Stranger Things’ Vecna Weakness Was Secretly Revealed By Will In Season 2
WARNING! Spoilers ahead for Stranger Things season 4, vol. 1!
The teens in Stranger Things season 4 discover the only way to escape Vecna’s curse after speaking to Victor Creel, but the villain’s weakness was already revealed by Will in season 2. While his appearance suggested he was a creation of the Upside Down, Stranger Things season 4, volume 1’s finale revealed that Vecna was actually Hawkins Lab’s Number One, who, in turn, was originally Henry Creel. The character’s hatred for humanity and strong powers led him to take those with trauma and guilt as victims in order to “balance” the natural world, with both Max and Nancy being subject to Vecna’s curse.
Vecna’s powers make him the most difficult foe that the Hawkins teens have faced yet, but the characters did end up finding a weakness that allows victims to escape his curse, at least temporarily. After learning how Victor Creel was able to evade death back in 1959, Robin and Nancy deduce that playing the victim’s favorite song can help them escape the trance that Vecna places them in, with music and happy memories being the only way to keep Vecna’s fatal curse at bay. When Max was on the brink of being murdered by Vecna, the trio of Dustin, Lucas, and Steve played Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” in her ears, which surfaced Max’s happiest moments and broke her away from Vecna’s grasp.
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Although Robin and Nancy don’t reveal how to escape Vecna’s curse until just before Vecna is preparing to kill Max, Stranger Things already hinted at the power of music and happy memories to snap victims out of the Upside Down’s influence back in season 2. When Will Byers was possessed by the Mind Flayer, the only way
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