@simsandsurgery1

1 year ago

I actually have a theory… please forgive me it’s a bit long and has spoilers… I think that Will actually has the same powers as 011 (or at least some of them). Going back, it makes a lot of sense. So we pretty much know now that Will’s disappearance was Henry/Vecna/001. This was all but literally confirmed by Eleven, Henry, and Will. Eleven said to Henry “It has always been you” and Will said something to the effect of “it’s weird to know who it was this whole time.” Furthermore, Henry’s powers developed naturally, without Brenner’s experiments. It’s conceivable to think that this could happen again. With Brenner so focused on reproducing Henry, a naturally occurring kid with powers might have passed him by. Especially considering it seems Henry’s powers started to develop around the age when Will disappeared. It’s possible that Will’s powers didn’t emerge because of all the trauma he went through. Henry also says to Eleven that he “sought her power” because he couldn’t open gates himself and needed the ability to do that. Maybe this only explains why Henry/Mindflayer/Billy went after Eleven so strongly in S3, but I think it explains a bit more. Maybe it explains the original disappearance of Will and the Mindflayer’s connection with Will in S2. Going back and watching how Will disappeared all the way back in S1, it’s pretty clear now that it wasn’t the Demogorgon. The Demogorgon was attracted first of all by blood, which as far as I saw, was notably absent when Will disappeared. The fact that Will also just disappeared and wasn’t immediately killed by the Demogorgon is suspect for me. Maybe he wasn’t supposed to be killed because he was part of Henry’s plan. Maybe he also just got lucky, but maybe it was part of a bigger plan. The mindflayer also noticeably sought Will out in S2. Maybe that’s just because there was already a connection. Maybe it’s because Henry needed Will because he knew that Will could open gates. Further, it is obvious that Will still has a knowledge of the UD. In S2 he could see occasionally into the UD and in later seasons he still shared a lesser sense of knowing about Henry/mindflayer. Maybe that’s just because of the connection he had with them, but maybe it’s not. Maybe it’s because he has some sort of powers. More on the “Will can open gates” theory. In S1 when Will is in the UD, he winds up around a few “almost gates”. For example, we see what I believe to be him reaching through the wall when Holly is in his room when Karen brings Joyce a casserole. It at first seemed like it was just the Demogorgon but on watching again, I think it’s actually Will trying to break through. He also later is able to talk to his mother through a wall which has turned into a bit of a gate. It’s conceivable that his powers may be manifesting themselves here because he is scared and in trouble but he doesn’t realize that he is the one doing it. This kinda got written off as “the Demogorgon can open gates” but maybe that wasn’t the Demogorgon at all. Finally, there is some evidence you could see as foreshadowing. Like for example the fact that Will is always drawing his DND character, Will the Wise, who is in fact, a wizard. It would be genius if the writers had been dangling that in our faces since the beginning. It would also be absolutely awesome to bring it back full circle, that it was all about Will to a certain extent all along. It wasn’t just a coincidence but a plan.

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