Happy Thursday, my fellow strangers! It’s Mrs. Strange once again!
On today’s episode for Stranger Universe, I will talk about how the California teaser
for Stranger Things 4 gives us a hint at Will Byers’ storyline this season.
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Stranger Things Day has come and gone, and with it came the final teaser for the upcoming fourth
season. The “Welcome to California” teaser, which featured Eleven and the Byers family adjusting to
life in their new home, gave us several new hints about the happenings in season 4. Among
those several new hints was a clue that a certain theory about Will Byers might end up being true
after all. Out of all the characters and all of the difficult situations in Stranger Things,
Will Byers has probably had the worst time of anyone. He spent all of season 1 trapped
in the Upside Down, and in season 2, he was possessed by the Mind Flayer to do his bidding.
Season 3 offered Will a short break from all of those troubles, but it may have revealed some
personal issues that he may have been having this whole time. Remember that Will had an argument
with Mike about how his relationship with Eleven was interfering with their party’s friendship.
Out of nowhere, Mike blurted out, “It’s not my fault that you don’t like girls.”
Ever since then, a lot of fans have speculated that Will is gay. When the theory started gaining
some steam, Noah Schnapp addressed the theory by saying that “gay or not is besides the point.
Stranger Things is about a bunch of kids who are outsiders and find each other because they have
been bullied in some way or are different.” Other than not having a romantic relationship
and Mike's one comment, there hasn’t been any real evidence of Will’s sexual preferences. Even so,
some fans are still hopeful that Will could eventually come out, and the teaser might have
dropped a subtle hint towards that possibility. While Eleven was working on a diorama about
Hopper’s cabin, Will was working on a project about Allen Turing, the British mathematician,
computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst and philosopher. Turing was an important figure during
WWII, and his efforts in codebreaking played a critical part in numerous Allied victories.
While Turing’s work life was successful, his personal life was looked down upon. Unfortunately,
during his time, being gay was a crime and in 1952, Turing was prosecuted for homosexual
acts. He endured chemical castration rather than going to prison, and poisoned himself a few, short
years later. So, while it could just be a school project, Stranger Things has a history of being
very detailed with its indirect characterization. Given Turing’s history, this could be a subtle
hint that Will might come out in Season 4. It’s far from a guarantee, but it is definitely a
possibility. If Will looks up to him as a hero, are the Duffers subtly implying something about
Will? We shall wait and see when season 4 comes out next summer. Overall, very exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today.
Do you think that Will Byers will come out of the closet in Stranger Things 4?
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