#Will Byers villain arc

[phosphenesoupp]

little sneaky peek/sketch

[mikewheelerfan2022]

I’m not insane to think Sorcerer is about Will having powers, right? Oh please tell me I’m right

[castleclericz]

“will hurt tons of people in season 2 how can you like him”

have you considered will byers is my baby pretty pretty princess

[yourfavtoenail]

Props to William Byers Man

I’m only now really thinking of this but, if you were Will Byers how petty would you be? Like this man puts up with all the bs and 9/10 gives back positive or neutral behaviour. Been through it and being so selfless all the time causes you to snap real quick when you realize it and finally get tired of the bs. But here he is, putting everyone else before him STILL.

So the question still stands, how petty would you be if you were Will?

waiting for the villian arc tbh, I may just be one of his top suppporters

[chimziemint]

Will is really better than me because after two years of back to back other dimensional trauma, then my friends basically ignoring me and telling me to grow up???? The villain arc would have been absolutely made. The Mindflayer coming back would have been the least of your worries.

Vecna season 4??? Absolutely not I’m coming for you too. My childhood was ruined because of you and now I’m making it everyone’s problem.

[hes-a-bit-of-a-prat]

After the week he spent hiding in the Upside-Down, there was always something pulling at the back of Will’s neck. He had never told anyone - what could they do? But the closest metaphor he could compare it to was like an umbilical cord. Always present, pretty much giving him life as if he had been born there.

At the age of sixteen, Will hardly noticed it anymore. It was a lot more of an issue keeping it a secret when he was younger and fresh out of the Upside-Down and also when he got possessed by the Mind Flayer. But, now he had had time to get used to it, it didn’t bother him at all.

OR

Will's connection to the Upside Down was never broken and it is lacking a new leader.

Rating: T

[manic-pixie-aquarius]

omg omg this just gave me the thought what if he DOESN'T choke someone to LITERAL DEATH cause he does not need the guilt of that... And instead....

(adding this pic cause it looks like its from the same scene)

What if Vecna's influence on Will ramps up this season (like season 2) and he does find it hard to control himself so he does end up maybe choking someone until he's able to snap out of it...

And maybe that's why Will is sitting across from everyone in both of these scenes, for safety. If this is true it would break my heart--for Will to feel like he isn't trusted... But at the same time it ties in with the Will Villain Arc many have been hoping for.

nope dont want this...please duffers stop making my boy suffer 😭

[callico-awts]

Yes ik I'm (not sorry..) sory for making art for will hshshsh

Idk I just rewatched season 4 hshshs and yes I want some villain arc for will..

I will support him for that-

*/levitates

[liveforever7]

Since I watched S4 i'm confident that Will Byers won't be killed in the last season, why would you make him suffer such horrible things since s1 just to fucking kill him at the end? he's practically not had a moment of peace EVER since the show started

Some people saw his storyline in S4 and think he's gonna confess to his best friend and Mike's gonna be like "ok bro I accept you but No Homo, okay? We can still be friend though" and then Will's gonna die traumatized and unloved, ARE YOU CRAZY?

After reading the scrips n*ah said he will have a happy ending and I believe it, it's what makes sense after all.

[unsurebazookacore]

Has anyone analyzed the song that plays during the end credits after s4 ep9?? Like it’s the first time they’ve played an actual lyrical song at the end of a season, most of the time its just the st theme song as they pull away from the title card, but also like… its called Spellbound. Like, Will the Wise, in dnd Will is a wizard/cleric who can cast spells, hinting Will getting powers next season?? 

The song itself has been interpreted multiple different ways, “a paranormal horror, a depiction of child abuse, a comment on conformity, or on the hypocrisy of religious figures,” all things the show explores, and, "Spellbound" was named after Alfred Hitchcock(whose films the Duffers have taken inspiration from)'s 1945 psychological thriller about an amnesia patient Gregory Peck who was accused of murder. Similar to how in season 2, (which, as we all know at this point, season 5 is drawing inspiration from) Will slowly loses his memory and leads the soldiers to their death in the upside down.

Now, the song has a lot of Vecna’s curse-type references, like the “rag doll dance” similar to how Vecna turns his victims into lifeless, loose-limbed rag dolls, “laughter cracking through the walls” like the cracks in the walls when the original Mothergate was opened up to banish 001, even “it's an illusion you cannot shirk” like how Vecna makes his victims see things and terrorizes them with visions. 

But in particular the repetition of “we are entranced,” is what sticks out to me. I mean it’s not a stretch to guess Vecna’s going to come for Will next season, but could his motives be more than just claiming another victim and making another gate? Like we know Vecna wants control, he controls the Mind Flayer, he controls everything in the Upside Down, so could season 5 potentially have him like taking the town of Hawkins hostage? Putting everyone under a trance season 3 style kinda? 

So in summary, if this does hint to season 5, I wouldn’t be surprised if Vecna takes advantage of Will’s trauma and secrets and does the same thing he did to Eleven, and tries to recruit him. Manipulate Will into being his right hand man or his general per say, especially because of the s5 parallels between Henry Creel and Will being described as “sensitive boys” who have been outcasted from society, Vecna could even see a part of himself in Will. And Will, being at the incredibly low point in his life that he is, is susceptible to Vecna’s mind games… and could actually join him. Heck, Vecna could even be how Will gets his powers, like the same way Will got super-strength almost when he ripped his restraints and was choking Joyce in the s2 finale. Will is the glue that hold the party together, so instead of looking for him like season 1, they would have to deal with actively being forced to fight AGAINST him, in his brainwashed entranced state obviously, but it would kinda take the baseline ideas of season 2 and essentially put them on steroids. 

Anyway the song is definitely hinting to Will having a Will the Wise arc, and we get to see Willie cast some spells next season, so a win is a win 💪💪💪

[bylerblogger]

If Will decides to join Vecna in season 5, I'm rooting for the villains.

[jonathanbyersphd]

Will Byers in the summer of 1985 had to deal with his cool older brother being lovesick, his best friend (crush) ignoring him for a new girl, and was third wheeling every day.

HE IS STRONGER THAN ME

[urdeadpoet]

happy birthday to my one of, if not my favorite homosexual bestie in the show <3

happy birthday to my favorite character, will byers <3333

credits: @boycattj

[aceoflanterns]

no longer sad wet cat now i am evil

[whenbluemeetsyellowinthewest]

will byers could have a villain arc and brutally, violently murder everyone on the planet and i would still be like “slay bby girl”