Stranger Issues has solely simply ended, however already followers are avidly looking for clues about any potential spinoffs tied to the hit Netflix collection.
Although it is beforehand been confirmed by Netflix that a number of spinoffs of the beloved sci-fi horror collection are at the moment within the works, Stranger Issues‘ creators simply gave an enormous replace concerning the underlying plot behind one in all these deliberate spinoff initiatives.
In a latest interview with Selection, the Duffer Brothers overtly mentioned at the least one of many initiatives they’ve lined as much as cope with any unresolved plot threads from the final season of Stranger Issues.
Above all else, one factor the brothers are hoping to discover in a future spinoff is the mysterious origins of the rock seen within the finale of Stranger Issues: the identical rock that offers Henry Creel his powers and turns him into the collection’ essential antagonist, Vecna.
“The spinoff goes to delve into that and clarify that, and also you’re going to grasp it,” mentioned the brothers.
“However it’s a very completely different mythology. So it’s not a deep exploration of the Thoughts Flayer or something like that,” the duo continued. “It’s very contemporary and really new, however sure, it’s going to reply among the unfastened threads which can be remaining.”
As anybody who has seen the ultimate episode is certain to know, the rock in query is initially discovered within the possession of a badly injured scientist who warns Henry concerning the Thoughts Flayer (the large spider-like creature inhabiting a nightmarish actuality known as Dimension X).
Upon touching the rock, younger Henry receives a imaginative and prescient of the Thoughts Flayer, urging the boy to “Come discover me.” In the true world, the scientist delivers a ultimate ominous message to Henry concerning the Thoughts Flayer, telling the kid, “It can devour you.”
Although it might initially look like the proposed spinoff would possibly act as a deeper origin story focusing, at the least partially, on Henry Creel, the Duffers had been fast to inform Selection the venture will characteristic a completely new forged of characters.
“We’re truly actually excited, and it’s very thrilling to work with a clear slate: fully new characters, new city, new world, new mythology,” the brothers teased.
