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It’s Mrs. Strange once more.
On today’s episode for Stranger Universe, I will go over an interview with the Duffer
Brothers for Stranger Things 4, where they admit that they forgot Will Byers’ birthday.
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It has been exactly one week since Stranger Things 4 Volume 1 arrived on Netflix last
Friday.
Volume 2 will debut in less than a month on July 1, and we definitely can’t wait to
see it.
In a new interview with Variety, the show’s creators, the Duffer Brothers, talked about
various new plot details for season 4, including the confirmation regarding Will Byers’ birthday.
In Stranger Things season 4, Mike Wheeler flies to Lenora Hills for spring break on
March 22, which happens to be Will’s birthday according to season 2.
There’s even an emphasis on March 22 when Eleven is being bullied at the roller rink.
However, the show seemed to have forgotten this in season 4, even though some fans have
been speculating that it will be brought up later on in the season finale, potentially
by Vecna if or when he possesses Will and tries to kill him.
Sadly enough, the Duffers themselves confirmed in this new interview that this was a mistake
and that they genuinely forgot about Will’s birthday.
When asked about this, Matt Duffer said:
“The honest response is, clearly like the characters in the show, we also forgot about
Will’s birthday.
So the debate now is whether we adjust Will’s birthday or we just let it be really sad.
So Ross and I, and my memory’s not great, but we love Will, and I don’t want people
to think we don’t love Will because we forgot, we do!
But now we mentioned Dustin’s birthday this season, so we’re being very careful for
people not to forget, in case the timelines.
We’re thinking his new birthday is going to be May 22, because “May” can fit in
Winona’s mouth in the Season 2 scene where Joyce says the date of Will’s birthday.
So that would be us George Lucas-ing the situation.”
At that point, Ross Duffer joined in on the convo.
“Of course that would mean his mom forgot his birthday!
It’s too mean.
It was obviously a mistake, and we’re sorry.
We apologize to the fans.”
The brothers were also asked about Will’s sexuality, and this is what Matt Duffer had
to say about it:
“The full arc of the story hasn’t come to pass yet because we really are in Episode
7, it’s what we call the end of our second act.
So there’s a lot more resolution in the story; we’re trying to do the same with
the characters’ arcs.
And I would say that applies to Will’s arc.
So it’s going to be much easier to talk about for everyone, the actors and us, once
those final two episodes have played.
But certainly, his journey and arc is far from finished.”
It definitely sounds like Will’s character arc is far from over in this season, which
is good because that would mean that he will get more screen time in Volume 2.
As for his birthday, the Duffers at least were honest about forgetting it.
This confirmation should be good enough to close down that topic, since his birthday
won’t be brought up in the remaining two episodes of season 4.
With that said, I am looking forward to seeing how Will Byers develops as a character, especially
if he comes out of the closet and actually reveals that he has feelings for Mike Wheeler.
Will Byler happen in Stranger Things 4?
We shall see.
Overall, super exciting times.
And that is all that we have for today.
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