Will and his relationship with Vecna
According to this theory, it was not the Demogorgon, but Vecna, who kidnapped Will in the first season of Stranger Things . After Eleven refused to cooperate with Henry Kreel, he was forced to find a new ally. Harassed at school and abandoned by his father, always feeling like an outsider, Will seems the perfect choice for an antagonist preying on the trauma of the heroes.
The scene in the first season where Will is lost in the woods is also the first scene where we hear Vecna’s clock. In later seasons we learn that Demagorgon is actually an animal, a monster, devoid of human consciousness and intelligence. He also has no abilities that One and Eleven have. So what is puzzling is the scene where Will locks himself in the shed, trying to take cover, and the slammed lock simply opens, as if by telekinesis. So is it possible that Vecna was behind his disappearance from the beginning?
There is also an additional question – how did he manage to survive for so long on the other side? Perhaps that’s why we saw him sing his favorite song while hiding from the monsters of the Other Side: Should I stay or shoud I go? Achieving exactly the same effect as Max with the song Kate Bush in the fourth season.
Some fans say Will is connected to Vecna in a similar way as Harry Potter is to Lord Voldemort. He is the only one who senses his presence, has visions, and their minds are connected in some way. Another theory is that Will has been working with Vecna from the outset – controlled by him or voluntarily – and possibly gained powers similar to those of Eleven. In both her and Kali’s case, the intense use of force was associated with the inevitable nosebleed. In the final scene of season four, viewers caught something that resembled the same situation with Will.
Will Will prove to be the key to defeating Vecna and closing the other side once and for all?
