Why did the demogorgon take Will instead of killing him?

The Demogorgon, then, goes after those living creatures that happen to be near a gate, but if it senses Eleven using a big amount of power, it doesn't really matter if she's close to the gate or not, it will go after her, and there will be casualties along the way.
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Why Demogorgon didn't kill Will?

The Demogorgon couldn't kill Will in Stranger Things because Will was good at hiding. He hid from the Demogorgon until the Sheriff and his mother went to the Upside-Down to get it. Also, from one aspect Will dies in the last episode.
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Why did the monster kill Barb but not Will?

The Demogorgon Tried (& Failed) To Use Barb

Her death implies that it didn't take, so the Mind Flayer may need a younger host to control its mind or Barb may have simply died while the Demogorgon was attempting to infect her.
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How does the demogorgon take Will to the upside down?

Eleven makes psychic contact with the Demogorgon, and in her terror, she accidentally rips open a hole in the fabric of reality. A gate forms in the depths of Hawkins Lab that connects our world to the Upside Down, which allows the Demogorgon to travel through.
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Why was Will kept alive?

As his strength grew weaker, the Demogorgon abducted him while unconscious. His body was taken over by vines which could have been keeping him alive for the Demogorgon to later feed on but he was soon rescued by Joyce and Hopper.
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What was the slug Will coughed up?

Stage One: Slug

Will Byers: Will was found in the Upside Down with a tendril extending down his throat following his capture by the original Demogorgon (see Stage Six below). A month after returning home, Will coughed up a larva and washed it down his bathroom sink drain.
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Why did the Mind Flayer choose Will?

When Will was trapped in the Upside Down and captured by a Demogorgon, the Mind Flayer became interested in Will and decided to use him for his own purposes, showing no care for him.
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Did El create 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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What attracts the Demogorgon?

The Demogorgon was attracted by pools of spilled blood, breaking through the wall. The Demogorgon began a spree of violence, attacking Dr. Brenner as surviving agents opened gunfire.
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What did the Demogorgon do to Barb?

Hurt and disoriented, Barb woke up in the Upside Down's version of the pool, which was empty. Upon noticing the Demogorgon, she screamed, alerting his attention and she tried to clamber out of the pool. The Demogorgon sadistically allowed Barb to almost leave, but dragged her back into the pool and mauled her to death.
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What was in Will's mouth Stranger Things?

November 1983. Joyce and Chief Hopper found Will Byers with the tendril in his mouth, extending through his trachea, and into his lungs. Hopper pulled it out of his throat before shooting and destroying it.
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Does the Demogorgon have eyes?

The Demogorgon doesn't have eyes as far as can physically be seen, so it relies heavily on its smell and hearing to detect the world around it.
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How was Will Byers taken?

So, how did Will Byers get there? It seems that Will was abducted by a Demogorgon on his late-night bike ride back home from Mike's house. Inside the Upside Down, Will tried to evade the creature that kidnapped him by hiding in familiar places, like the Upside Down version of his fort, Castle Byers.
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Is Will in love with Mike?

“Yeah. I think you find out slowly through the season, Will's kind of love towards Mike, and I think it's a really beautiful thing.” Questions about Will's sexuality have persisted since the early days of the show, particularly before the Netflix hit introduced any queer characters at all.
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Who is Will Byers boyfriend?

Will is gay and in love with Mike, who is straight and in love with El. Unfortunately, it seems that Stranger Things is going to let Will's feelings stew in the shadows until the bitter end. (Or at the earliest, when the Stranger Things Season 4 finale comes out on July 1.)
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Does Will have a crush on Eleven?

In Eleven's letter to Mike Wheeler, El reveals that Will Byers actually has a secret crush. She said: “Will is painting a lot, but he won't show me what he's working on. Maybe it's for a girl? “I think there is someone he likes, because he has been acting…
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How does El know Will?

(b) Eleven recognized Will. Will was abducted to the Upside Down on November 6, 1983. Eleven escaped from the lab on that same date. However, two days later, while exploring the Wheeler house with Mike, she sees a picture of Will and seems to recognize him.
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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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Is Will Byers the demogorgon?

Will was a shy, artistic boy who loved playing D&D with his three best friends. However, everything changed on November 6, 1983 when he was abducted by a creature that he and his friends would dub the "Demogorgon" and taken into an alternate dimension, which they also dubbed the Upside Down.
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How did 11 open the gate?

How did Eleven open the Gate to the Upside Down. When Eleven touched the monster, it noticed her. Her fear at this interaction unleashed her full power, and that psychic explosion opened the Gate.
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Did Eleven open the gate twice?

Until this point, only two gates have existed in the Stranger Things universe: the first opened by Eleven, coined the Mothergate by Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo); the second opened by the Soviets underneath the Starcourt Mall.
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Who created the Demogorgon?

The Demogorgon was one of the first models Aaron Sims Creative created using 3D printers. After smaller models were built to test out the concept, larger painted ones were presented to the directors.
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Why did they eat fertilizer Stranger Things?

Becoming a Flayed caused a radical dietary change in both the “diseased” rats and in humans, as the Mind Flayer forcibly overrode normal bodily wants and dietary palates in favor of the desire to consume chemicals, most often poisonous ones.
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What happened to Mrs Driscoll Stranger Things?

On July 4th, Doris was summoned to Brimborn Steel Works by The Mind Flayer. There, she, along with all of the other Flayed, were melted into biomass and absorbed into the Spider Monster.
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What does Dart turn into Stranger Things?

Stage Four: Dart eventually developed into a much larger creature, becoming roughly the size of a small dog. Dart's limbs lengthened, while his skin continued to darken.
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