stranger theories

I think Eleven is at a higher risk of dying because she's not "safe" anymore. They couldn't kill her off before the final season because it wouldn't make sense, but now? I wonder if they're going to pull a "one cannot exist without the other" kind of thing, like in Harry Potter. I mean look at the Volume 2 poster vs Deathly Hallows:

It feels to me like they're setting up a final confrontation between the two of them in which both of them will die. The two of them are so linked that it wouldn't surprise me if that's the root they go down. Plus this season is going full circle to S1, a season in which Eleven sacrificed herself to kill the demogorgon, so I think an Eleven death is a high likelihood.

In terms of Will, I'm less sure. I hope not, I hate seeing gay characters die again and again. He's also been through so much suffering that to me it would feel unnesessarily cruel to the audience to kill him off. But on the other hand, he does have a lot of material for Vecna to use on him so who knows. Also, he's very protective of his loved ones and he'd easily put himself at risk for them or to protect Eleven. Also, requited or not, they're going to have to address his feelings for Mike so I think more time would be devoted to that than to setting up his death. Overall though, I feel like he's less likely to die.

I'm just as clueless as the rest of you guys when it comes to the plot, but I hope my thoughts made sense. Thanks for the ask (:

I don't know if it's nessecarily a retcon, but it is disappointing. They never said they all had different powers, but you think that some of them would have 008 powers and some of them would have 011 powers instead of everyone except her having them, because that makes it a bit odd. Maybe there's a purpose to her have different powers but they seem to have abandoned that plotline due to the poor ratings of the Lost Sister (which was a fine plot but killed the pacing).

So it's not like they're changing anything per say and I know they all have one of 001's powers, but I kind of wish they'd spiced it up by having a mixture and then in the circle scene we could see the kids manipulating each other or something. It's a missed opportunity but I get that's it easier to give them all the same power or whatever. Thanks for the ask, anon (: