🍿 2022-05-30 19:01:00 – Paris/France.
Vecna, the seasonal villain of stranger things, was debated during the opening weekend of the new season of the series. Also in a disturbing point of interest in the argument of the program.
Bigger, darker and more sinister, the latest installment of Stranger Things shows considerable maturity. At the same time, a narrative ambition that seemed lost in its past chapters. Which, of course, is a plus for the whole new plot of the Netflix series.
The first seven episodes of the fourth season of stranger things surprised the audience. Especially after a third one that got mixed reviews and a three-year hiatus. There were serious questions about what the show could do to make up for lost time. Even more about how it could delve into new themes and characters. So, the new episode and its clever script was a nice surprise for the fans. Also causes speculation about where the series is headed and its plot.
Warning, spoilers ahead!
But in addition to showing the maturity of its main characters, the series has also shown that it plays strong on the plot. One of those points of interest of considerable importance was the way the series presented the villain. Vecna, a creature that inhabits The Other Side and who exerts a pernicious influence on reality, amazed at its power. But precisely, it was also the union bridge that stranger things established with all its history.
The mythology of the show grew. And also, it took a smart step to interconnect with all the elements from previous seasons. Vecna, with its complicated history, is the focal point of all the intersecting lines of a more mature narrative. As a focal point, it is both the way in which stranger things will try to lead the way towards its fifth and final season. Quite a narrative audacity which has shown that the series remains one of the most consistent narrative experiments in terms of Streaming of the last decade.
What is Vecna's relationship to The Other Side?
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As the series recounts in episodes six and seven of the season, Vecna is not, as one might imagine, a product of The Other Side. In a startling revelation, the story ends by showing that the monster has a direct relationship with Eleven. The reason? The girl accidentally freed him from Hawkins Lab where he was being held captive and under investigation, like her.
But the most curious thing is that Vecna's story is already told throughout the season in some kind of fearsome neat subtext. In fact, Vecna begins as Henry Creel, son of Victor Creel and inhabitant of the spooky haunted house of Hawkins. Author of animal mutilations and the murder of his family, Henry finds himself in a coma. He will then be detained for investigation in the Hawkins laboratory. Converted on test subject 001will also be behind the project that includes Eleven.
Later in 1979, Creel, now part of the lab's staff, ends up manipulating Eleven into freeing him from the mechanisms that control his power. Once he succeeds, he slaughters all the children in the lab and confronts Eleven, who manages to defeat him and send him to the other side. Trapped in the dimension, Henry has sublimated his powers and become a parasitic creature that can also voraciously consume the lives of others. When the fourth season begins in 1986, Henry/001/Vecna has already been in The Other Side for seven years.
What are the most immediate references on Vecna?
Like much of the plot of stranger things, Vecna has considerable parallels with horror movies. Scenes that show him walking in the dark with his claws open – homage to Nightmare on Elm Street — even to its grotesque aspect. The vilest creature of the season is also an ingenious combination of signs and codes that can show where the season is heading.
Vecna could very well be a reimagining of Freddy Krueger. With the character, he shares omniscience over fears and emotional pain. Also the possibility of using them as a sophisticated weapon against their victims. His fearsome appearance, which physically connects him to the Other Side, ties into how Clive Barker designs his creatures in Hellraiser.
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As if that weren't enough, this gigantic and grotesque giant parasite looks like something out of several Stephen King stories. pages of the novel Paperand the recent book After. In both cases, the creature is able to use the fear of its victims to attack. The same as Pennywise and many of the creatures the master of horror has dreamed up over the past four decades.
Where does the reveal about the new villain lead?
Season four made it clear that Vecna controls the hive mind of The Other Side. Meaning that somehow he somehow managed to bind or manipulate the Mind Flayer's power. So everything indicates that Vecna can use her willpower to attack using the creatures on the Other Side.
More interesting still. If the Mind Flayer really disappeared, it is possible that Vecna will replace it as the center of power. Already season four has made it clear that the monster is able to open portals in all places it kills. So the chances of leaving him locked up, or isolated on the other side, are slim. Just like the idea of attacking by dragging him out of his domain.
So far, the creature has shown that it is capable of killing by using its powers through the minds of its victims. So it's very likely that the remaining two episodes of the season will feature Elven and his crew from The Other Side. Will there be a direct confrontation with a villain who has complete control of his environment?
SOURCE: Reviews News
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