Why did the Mind Flayer want Will?

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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Why did the demogorgon target will?

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 does the Mind Flayer want Billy?

What are your thoughts? Billy's purpose was to help the Mind Flayer get more people “Flayed” and then help kill El but he was also the Mind Flayer's “eyes and ears”, so to say, or a spy just like Will was in season two. Billy would go out and find the group and then after sometime the mind flayer would show up.
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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 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 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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Why was Billy crying in Stranger Things?

After being reminded of his mother and her beauty by Eleven, Billy cried, showing deep down he still loved his mother. This memory and love for his mother, made Billy sacrifice himself to the Mind Flayer and apologize to Max for abusing her as he died.
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Why is Billy so mean in Stranger Things?

Towards the end of the show's second season, it's revealed that Billy has a difficult relationship with his father. Billy is angry and hateful because his father is domineering and abusive. When his stepsister, Max (Sadie Sink), goes missing at the end of the season, Billy's father is furious with his son.
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Why did Max move to Hawkins?

On the night of the Snow Ball, Max allowed her mother to help with her hair. Neil Hargrove is Max's stepfather. Max's feelings towards her stepfather are currently unknown, however, she does bear some anger towards him for moving to Hawkins in order to get away from her biological father.
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Why did 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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Why didn't Will get eaten by the demogorgon?

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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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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How did Hopper get to Russia?

(This makes his location somewhat accessible by plane, even during the series' Cold War setting.) Here, outside an unspecified town, exists a prison camp from which inmates work on a Siberian railroad line. Hopper appears to have been captured in Hawkins and then rendered to Russia as a political prisoner.
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Is Billy in Stranger Things 4?

Dacre Montgomery returns to the role in episode 4 after having been killed off the show at the end of season 3. "Dacre is a good friend and someone I have been a massive fan of since the first line of his Billy self-taped audition.
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Why did Billy's mom leave?

Billy's mother lived in California with her son Billy and her husband Neil Hargrove. She loved Billy and supported his surfing hobby, but Neil's abuse eventually drove her to abandon her son in order to escape. Billy tried to get his mother to come home, but not to avail.
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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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Does Max have powers in Stranger Things?

But it's soon revealed that no, Max does not have powers in Stranger Things 4. Her storyline is actually much more terrifying... In the season, viewers are introduced to a new villain called Vecna who lives in the Upside Down.
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Are Max and Billy siblings in real life?

'Stranger Things' Season 2's Max and Billy Are Siblings

Actress Sadie Sink will play a new character named Max, while actor Dacre Montgomery (who can be seen in the upcoming Power Rangers movie) will play a new character named Billy.
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Is Billy's dad abusive Stranger Things?

He was also extremely physically abusive towards his son and first wife, which caused his wife to leave them and made Billy grow more violent like his father, though even as an athletic young adult, Billy was terrified of his father. Neil is shown to have violent tendencies and is abusive towards his son, Billy.
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Is Stranger Things 4 the last season?

Is Stranger Things season 4 the last ever season? Stranger Things' creators and Netflix have confirmed that the show will continue after season 4. Fear not, we will all be back in Hawkins at least one more time.
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Is DART The slug Will coughed up?

The slug Will coughed up is a baby Demogorgon.

He affectionately names the slug Dart. Dart ends up molting into a Demodog and killing Dustin's cat, Mews. The relationship with Dart later comes in handy for Dustin, but try telling that to Mews.
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How do Demogorgons reproduce?

In the only cases of Demogorgon reproduction observed, the cycle began with the deposition of eggs or larvae within a host by a tentacle within the Upside Down. The slug-like larvae later were vomited up by the host, and subsequently escaped into the wild.
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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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Do El's powers come back?

Eleven definitely has enough of her psionic powers back to slam a couple of secret laboratory guards against the ceiling, blast some lights, and get her iconic nosebleeds again. This is evident in the penultimate episode of Volume 1, “The Dive.” Dr.
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