Dropping a loved fictional persona will also be devastating. For positive lovers of Netflix’s Stranger Issues, the display’s season 4 finale remains to be a supply of deep grief. On TikTok, some lovers are so bereft, they are bobbing up with theories about how one persona particularly would possibly come again after apparently loss of life. 

Name it creativity. Name it the primary degree in Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ fives levels of grief. Both manner, there may be some determined thrashing about in hopes that this one persona would possibly reside to peer some other day in Hawkins. Finally, it would not be the primary faux out the display has pulled. 

Of all theories, despite the fact that, there may be one who if truth be told has a shred of good judgment, even though it is nonetheless rife with denial. Learn on at your personal possibility. Giant spoilers forward.

Eddie get up

Arguably, Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) — the D&D loving, Lord of the Rings-referencing, metalhead with a middle of gold, has been the breakaway persona of the season. Eddie unearths himself wrongly accused of the loss of life of cheerleader Chrissy Cunningham (Grace Van Dien), and he is taking up with the Hawkins children to give protection to the city. 

Woefully, pricey Eddie does not make it. Within the means of drawing the eye of the demobats, and status his flooring to be able to give his buddies sufficient time to assault the murderous Vecna in other places within the Upside Down, the bats crush him and he dies in Dustin’s hands.

It is a actual waterworks fest, truthfully. 

In a while, nobody appeared too shaken up about Eddie’s loss of life except for Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo). TikTok is some other tale. There is no scarcity of tributes. Unhappy song over montages of clips from the season. Folks leaving feedback like: “I could not forestall crying,” “I official cried abt this loss of life scene” and “devastated he did not get to stick longer.” TikTok clips speaking about Eddie’s misplaced long term — in the end graduating, having children, seeing Lord of the Rings within the theater. 

@leahmunsoncc im so devastated and im nonetheless crying 🙁 #eddiemunson#eddiemunsonedit#eddiemunsonstrangerthings#eddiemunsondeath#eddiemunsonsad#eddiemunsonedits#eddiemunson❤️#sadedit#unhappy#fyp#viral#edit#edits♬ eddie slays – leah !!

@retroreviver Ik this isnt him nevertheless it rings a bell in my memory of him#strangerthings#strangerthings4#strangerthingsedit#eddiemunson#eddiemunsonedit#eddiemunsonstrangerthings#strangerthingsfan#eddiemunsonedits#strangerthingsseason4♬ authentic sound – AntiNightcore

@jennnessa01 YUP. STILL VERY MUCH UNWELL. #eddiemunson#strangerthings#strangerthings4#lordoftherings#thefellowshipofthering#theshireisburning#josephquinn♬ authentic sound – anna 🏹

How Eddie may go back in season 5

For the reason that web is the web, it is arduous to pin down precisely who first floated this fan idea about how Eddie would possibly come again in season 5. 

On TikTok, person @.dizay posted an concept that sounds slightly believable, which was once then expanded on through @paulruddfanclub in a video that has greater than 2.7 million perspectives.

@.dizay The foreshadowing uuuhhh #eddiemunson#strangerthings#strangerthings4#vecna#strangerthingstheory#strangerthingstheories#idea#theories#fyp#fypシ#foryou#viral♬ authentic sound – Yazid

@paulruddfanclub#sew with @.dizay in point of fact concept i used to be in denial in the beginning till i were given to considering… #fyp#strangerthings#strangerthings4#eddiemunson#vecna#foryoupage#josephquinn#dufferbrothers♬ authentic sound – paulruddfanclub

It is going like this: D&D persona Kas the Bloody-Passed was once a resurrected lieutenant of Vecna’s who grew to become on Vecna and killed him. He additionally took place to be a vampire. The speculation then follows the standard concept that (vampire) bat bites can flip other people into vampires, and Eddie was once bitten through demobats. On TikTok, some have identified that Steve Harrington was once additionally bitten, however defenders of the idea say he would’ve had to die to be able to come again as a vampire. And Eddie died. 

Kas and Eddie additionally percentage a couple of commonalities, which lovers are hoping quantity to the foreshadowing of Eddie’s go back. For one, Kas makes use of a sword and defend, which Eddie kind of used (despite the fact that, technically he was once conserving a spear, if you wish to get choosy about it). TikToker @jadenbricker additionally identified the random sword Hawkins police leader Jim Hopper (David Harbour) picked up in a scene in a while prior to Eddie’s loss of life. (That sword, through the way in which, is the sword from the Conan movies.) Eddie additionally has bat tattoos on his arm, which some suppose has a hooked up which means. Plus, the Hellfire Membership discussed Kas within the sport they performed previous within the season.

The remark phase on @paulruddfanclub’s video is greater than 11,000 deep.

“For my very own sanity, I’m going to now absolutely consider this idea,” one particular person wrote.

Every other stated, “MANIFEST IT MANIFEST IT.”

And some other does not thoughts the faux out: “I typically hate when movies and presentations backpedal on deaths however I would absolutely settle for this particularly if Eddie himself slays Vecna.”

Is Eddie in point of fact lifeless?

Whats up. On your middle? By no means. Display runners the Duffer Brothers appear to like foreshadowing and undoubtedly have fooled audiences prior to. However in an interview at the Glad Unhappy Puzzled podcast, host Josh Horowitz requested, “Eddie Munson? Formally lifeless?” To which one brother spoke back, “sure,” and the opposite stated, “unfortunately, yeah.” Later within the interview, they mentioned how Eddie was once at all times designed to be a sad persona. Even though he’d survived the Upside Down, there would not be a lot long term for him in a the city that noticed him as a Devil-worshiping assassin. Possibilities appear narrow that he will get his happily-ever-after finishing. 

Ross Duffer did inform Collider, despite the fact that, that the season 5 author’s room does not get started till August. Most likely there may be nonetheless time to write down on your senator and insist justice for Eddie.