"The final season of the sci-fi horror series sees our heroes reunite as Hawkins is both under quarantine from the US military and under attack from the forces of the Upside Down due to the events of the season four finale. The action gets underway quickly in the new season, which first picks up with Will's (Schnapp) first experience in the Upside Down from season one. There we see Vecna ( Jamie Campbell Bower) capture Will and promise "you and I, we are going to do such beautiful things together" as he transfers elements of his world into the young boy."
"The moment also plays into and mirrors Will's coming out story in the series. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the "whiplash" reveal, Schnapp discussed bringing is own experiences, coming out in 2023, into the story. "It wasn't just like a one-note coming-out story. It was complex, wrapped up in this internal struggle of an external world that we're fighting," he told the outlet. "To overcome this external force, he has to accept his internal struggle. It was kind of like an interwoven superhero coming-out story.""
"The moment works like an analogy for what it can be like for queer people to express their full potential by being able to embrace themselves fully."
Hawkins reunites under military quarantine and a ramped-up Upside Down threat, with the season opening by revisiting Will's first experience with Vecna. Vecna's capture of Will establishes a lingering connection that transfers elements of Vecna's world into Will, producing unexplored powers. In a cliffhanger moment, Will uses these powers to save friends from Demagorgons, paralleling a coming-out arc. Noah Schnapp incorporated his own coming-out experience into Will's development, describing the storyline as complex and intertwined with external threats, where embracing internal struggle enables overcoming external forces and realizing full potential.
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