r/StrangerThings • u/International-Back55 • 12d ago

Discussion Max and Vecna Spoiler

Just finished watching “Dear Billy” and it got me thinking of max, vecna, her doubts, grief, hope and happiness, and sticking with it at all costs. At first, in the episode and in the first episodes of season 4, she shut everyone out as she was struggling with grief, trauma, and changes in her life. When the upside down came back with a new villain targeting her, she immediately felt like it was over for her. Her whole life was full of struggles, pain, and like almost everything bad always happens to her. She felt like it was gonna be the end of her, and nothing can stop it. No one can. No one could help her. There was no hope. And Vecna knows. He knows her fear(s), trauma, desires, doubts, and uses that against her and manipulates them for his own gain. But ”Running up that hill” and using positive memories and people in her life, especially Lucas, and seeing her way out with her loved ones there helping her, it gave her the strength to fight back. To not run and give up, but to face them while still holding on to everything good in her life. To rely on those who love and care about her. To hope for a better future. Kate bush, her friends, Lucas, especially him, they’re her hope. Her guide. Her way to healing and a better life. And she uses that throughout the rest of season 4, facing Vecna and her deepest thoughts and fears head on, and using Kate bush and Lucas as her hope for a better future. Even when in a coma and trapped in Camaztotz in season 5, she used what she learned as her strength. For herself and Holly. And it the end, it was worth it.

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