Vecna & Mind Flayer Connection Fully Explained

Warning: Spoiler Stranger 4end.

Strange things Season four reveals that Henry Creel (aka One aka Vecna) created mind-busters when he was exiled to the Upside Down in 1979. Strange things. Already in the first season, viewers have seen Upside down, what is the power of Eleven and Boss, but that is only the beginning. Soon after, the mind saboteur joined the fray with his demon dogs and caused great dryness around Hawkins. Now the final answer has been revealed Strange things Season 4.

Before season four, the Duffers had indicated multiple times that this would be a reveal season – and they weren’t kidding. The first episode explains aspects of The Upside Down, Eleven’s backstory, and even the character’s motives that have remained enigmatic over the past few seasons. But the second volume offers more details, especially about Vecna ​​and mind flayers. Early in the season, Dustin suggested that Wakener was the five-star general of the mind saboteur, his second-in-command. This cannot be further from the truth.

It turned out that Vecna ​​had disobeyed the orders of the mind saboteur; he is carrying out the orders of the mind saboteur. It’s always the other way around. Vecner created the mind flayer upon reaching the Upside Down, and discovered that the mind flayer’s bead/honeycomb mind was the missing piece in his plan to achieve ultimate power. According to Dr. Brenner, whenever Vecner kills someone, he “eats” them alive. This means he gains their consciousness and powers. By using his powers, Henry/One took control of his mind and gained all his powers, becoming stronger and controlling the Upside Down.

What powers did the mind wreckers endow Vecna ​​with?

Even before Henry Krill became Number One, he possessed the ability to read other people’s minds and use their worst memories to kill them. After Henry killed his mother and sister, that’s how Dr. Brenner was finally attracted to him. But his strength can only go so far. While his telepathy and telekinesis are useful, absorbing mind-flying particles from The Upside Down (or versions of The Upside Down before 1983) connected him to this new world. In his own words, he eventually broke free of the metaphor and became the Predator.

The mind of the hive is connected to the mind making Henry Krill the version of Vecner that viewers see Strange things Part 4, control Demobats, Demodogs and Demogorgons in the Upside Down and the real world.

Why Mind Flayers Look Like Spiders

Interestingly, Henry Creel never gave up his fascination with spiders. In the end, Henry controlled the mind-flying particle and gave it shape, transforming the shadow monster into a mind trickster, a spider-like creature. It is based on his own design, a sketch he made while living in the Creel house as a child. Thematically, turning the mind flayer into a spider-like creature is to match the monster’s abilities.

Creel house spiders are mostly black widow spiders. Their bite is venomous and produces pain similar to the pain Will Byers feels when attacked. In addition, the symptoms of a black widow bite usually last about 7 days, which is about the same time as the Wickner curse. While this isn’t the same as what the mind saboteur did to Will in season two, the idea of ​​the monster attacking, biting, and infecting its prey is similar to what happened in season three.

Why Vecner used Mind Flayers in Stranger Things Seasons 2 and 3

The big question is, if Wickner was responsible for all of this a long time ago, why didn’t he attack Hawkins sooner? At first, the devil was Strange things Part One and Mind Flayer Strange things Season two was a means to an end, catching Hawkins, but they were eventually stopped by Eleven. She killed the Demon Lord and closed the mind vandal’s gate, so in order to break Eleven’s resistance, Vecna ​​built the mind vandal in the real world and absorbed Eleven’s powers when it bit her. That bite may have been part of what stopped Eleven’s power at the end of season three and the beginning of season four.

But once Vekner gains Eleven’s powers, at least in part, he can teleport into people’s minds, kill them from the Upside Down, and use their deaths as a means to open new doors. None of this would have been possible without Eleven. After the mind flayer failed to fulfill its original purpose, it served a new one. What’s interesting, however, is that since the thinking brain has been removed from Will Byers, it leaves its mark on Will Byers, meaning Will still has a connection to Vecna, even if the monster doesn’t know it.