What does the Mind Flayer want?

While much of the Mind Flayer is currently shrouded in mystery, through Will's connection to the entity, it is known that the Mind Flayer wishes to eradicate humanity and merge Earth with the Upside Down.
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What does the Mind Flayer do to its victims?

The Mind Flayer Creates The Flayed - And A New Monster

To rebuild its body, the Mind Flayer lures rats into Brimborn. The hordes of infected rats turn to bubbling flesh and slithers together to form a physical body. Billy (Dacre Montgomery) becomes the Mind Flayer's first human victim in Stranger Things season 3.
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Why does the Mind Flayer want revenge?

The Mind Flayer wants to get revenge on her for closing the gate to the Upside Down. All the separate entities of the Mind Flayer merge with it in the mill, making it stronger.
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Is the Mind Flayer evil?

To the light of this information, the Mind Flayer is an evil being with no redeeming qualities.
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What was the Mind Flayer inspired by?

Mind flayers were created by Gary Gygax, who has said that one of his inspirations for them was the cover painting of the Titus Crow book The Burrowers Beneath by Brian Lumley. Tim Kirk's cover art on the book, then in its first printing, depicted only the tentacles of the titular burrowers, the Chthonians.
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Can mind flayers be good?

Keep in mind, though, that a “good” Illithid would still need to eat brains. It might be fine with evil creatures of some intelligence, but it's up to you if that's possibly still too cruel of a fate… Just don't mistake a Mind Flayer that claims to be good as being entirely genuine.
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What language do Illithid speak?

Illithids were capable of speaking Undercommon and Deep Speech but preferred telepathic communication. They also had a form of written language called Qualith, which consisted of patterns of four lines imbued with psionic energy, capable of conveying not only text but also the author's thoughts.
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Who is the main villain in Stranger Things Season 4?

Who is Vecna? The big bad of Stranger Things season 4 is a humanoid monster with black skin and movable vines that protrude from his entire body. While he lives in the Upside Down, Vecna can psychically reach into the human world, kind of like the Mind Flayer's connection with Will.
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Is the Mind Flayer a Demogorgon?

The Mind Flayer, aka the Shadow Monster, is the Big Bad Wolf of Stranger Things 2, and it can psychically control people and other monsters. The Demogorgon, also terrifying, was more like a wild animal accidentally let loose in Hawkins. The Mind Flayer returns for Stranger Things 3, but it might not be alone.
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Did Eleven create the Upside Down?

So this season was the season that you will get all of those questions answered. Please help settle a debate that I'm having with my colleagues: Did the Duffers tell you that Eleven created the Upside Down in the scene with Jamie's character at the end? They did tell me. She does.
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Why does the demogorgon want Eleven?

The monster wants revenge after Eleven stopped its spread into our world. It was clearly displayed in season 2 that the Upside Down and its inhabitants harbor a grudge against Will for escaping in season 1.
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What does the demogorgon want?

The Demogorgon received its nickname from Eleven using the Demogorgon game piece from a Dungeons & Dragons set to show that Will was hiding from the creature in her vision of The Upside Down. In D&D lore, Demogorgon is a demon prince with two heads that strive to dominate one another but are unable to do so.
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Why does the Mind Flayer eat chemicals?

Like the rats who were infected by the little bit of the Mind Flayer left behind in this dimension when it was exorcised from Will last season, the Flayed were compelled to drink pool and cleaning chemicals to aid their bodies in creating the chemical reaction that would ultimately turn them into gloop absorbed by the ...
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What does the Mind Flayer do to Billy?

Billy Gets Possessed by the Mind Flayer

And, like Will before him, Billy gets bewitched by the Upside Down's big bad guy. Through Billy, the Mind Flayer then begins to control the minds of many Hawkins residents, a.k.a. the Flayed.
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Why do the rats explode in Stranger Things?

As we learn early in the season, the rats of Hawkins have taken to eating fertilizer and other toxic chemicals, which (spoiler alert) leads to them exploding into blobs of goo capable of fusing with other blobs to create the huge, slimy embodiment of the Mind Flayer that terrorizes our heroes.
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What did the Mind Flayer do to Heather's parents?

Heather's parents, concluding that this was just a dinner with Billy, get poisoned and taken to the Mind Flayer themselves. Janet wakes up next to her husband Tom in Brimborn Steel Works where the Mind Flayer has made its new home. They too get possessed by the Mind Flayer and become members of The Flayed.
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Why does Will cough up a slug?

Moreover, if this really is what is going on, Will's quiet barf up of tummy slugs in the sink means he's been infecting the town's entire sewage system with baby Thessalhydras. Someone ready the fireballs and hope we roll a 13 or higher. Stranger Things Season 2 drops all nine episodes on Netflix on Friday, Oct.
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What is the scariest monster in Stranger Things?

The Mind Flayer, which is also known as Shadow Monster or "Him," is no doubt one of the scariest monsters in Stranger Things. It was introduced and season two and returned in season three and rules The Upside Down, along with controlling Demogorgons and making them murder innocent children.
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Why did the Demogorgon take Barb?

This (literally) more cerebral monster is looking for a human host, whereas the Demogorgon that grabbed Barb was just been looking for food or may have screwed up his attempt at appeasing the Mind Flayer.
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Who created the upside down?

But what member of the Hellfire Club can wait that long for answers to all the questions posed by the shocking Volume 1 finale, and its major reveal that Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) created the Upside Down and the big bad Vecna, by locking One (Jamie Campbell Bower) inside the supernatural realm.
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How did Eleven get powers?

Psychic abilities. Eleven was born with a vast array of preternatural abilities, acquired through a combination of inheritance and exposure to hallucinogenic drugs while in utero during her mother's time as an MKUltra test subject.
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Is Dart a Demogorgon?

Being an adolescent Demogorgon, Dart possessed abilities that are characteristic of his species: Strength: After molting to his Demodog form, Dart possessed enough strength to tackle an adult human. Durability: As a Demodog, Dart's skin was thick enough to withstand several gunshots.
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Do mind flayers have weaknesses?

Weaknesses. A mind flayer is vulnerable to certain unique mental and physical illnesses. Exhausting one's mental reserves of psionic energy on a regular basis can cause a brain damage known as psionic cascade, which can trigger psionic powers randomly and eventually cause death.
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Do mind flayers have genders?

However, there are always a few who take up unlikely interests. Illithids' racial languages are Illithid, Common, and Undercommon. Illithid is a completely gender-neutral language with two formality levels: highly respectful and disdainful.
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Can you play as a mind flayer?

An innovative Dungeons & Dragons race gives players the chance to build a character infected with a mind flayer's tadpole.
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