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“You won't even remember that you're dying.” - I Saw The TV Glow (2024), written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun

And if you also hadn't heard of her go read this because uhh... Holy Shit

This story sounds like it could have been a brilliant exploration of gender and warfare and violence but instead it was attacked by people who didn't know how to confront a story that made them uncomfortable, and the author faced horrible consequences.

Holy shit.

Holy shit.

NETFLIXNORDICs DELETED POST BTW

So back in s2 we all know Will was possessed, but the only part of him he could communicate though when the mind flayer took over him was his left hand. And earlier in the season Mike holds that same hand to comfort Will.

In s5 we see when Lucas holds Max's hand, thats the only part she can feel from the outside world, and is one of the reasons shes almost able to make it out.

(some of them should be taken with a pinch of salt).

• The Upside Down being stuck on the day Will went missing.

• The Upside Down wasn’t a thing till the 6th of november—essentially existing as it’s own pocket dimension inside dimension X.

• In a Hot Ones Interview, NS said that “Will built the tunnels” In s2. That never got verbal confirmation in the show itself or other interviews as far as we know. The clip was cut from the video (video under the cut1).

• In a leaked photo there was a line where Vecna says “You were my Vessel. My spy. My builder.” Arguably it could be fake, but the rest of the lines were correct and were said in volume 1. (picture under the cut2).

• In the recent volume 2 trailer, Dustin says “Everything we have ever assumed about the Upside Down has been dead wrong.” The party assumed the UD was just there/that El opened it, so if they were “dead wrong” about that, what else could it possibly be? Oh, right. Will.

• The tunnels in s2 were never fully shown till the Mind Flayer possessed Will. Now obviously the Upside Down tunnels were already underneath Hawkins, but Will’s connection was never severed, and in s2 he was already connected to Vecna (interview under the cut3), so who’s to say that Will wasn’t “building” during the time between s1 and s2?

• Vecna still needs Will for something, there is a reason why he hasn’t killed him just yet (interview under the cut4), Will getting powers should be a hindrance to Vecna—Will in general should be a thorn in Vecna’s side, after all he can partially see what Vecna is doing, so why not just kill Will? He needs him.

• “You showed me what was possible.” Is a line Vecna told Will in ep4, now what Will had possibly done to make Vecna say that? It’s not possession since the Mind Flayer obviously knows it can possess people. So far in the show Will technically didn’t do anything special (pre-ep4) that would warrant that line. Unless of course HE BUILT THE UD. And now Vecna is aware of the possibility of building a “bridge” into the Right Side Up aka Hawkins for the Mind Flayer to enter.

• “It is time. For a new world.” A line from the new volume 2 trailer. If Vecna had the ability to build a new world himself why wouldn’t he have immediately killed 4 people to open the gates right after the end of s3?

I hope I didn’t miss anything! If I think of anything else I will update this list :) Again, take everything with a grain of salt.