Only One Stranger Things Character Truly Deserves to Have Their Vecna Killshot
If you think Eleven has to be the one to take down Vecna, you might want to think again.
As Stranger Things prepares to wrap up the Hawkins' eerie tale in its fifth and final season, fans are already speculating on who will be the one to take the final shot at Vecna and end his curse once and for all.
Naturally, many people think that the honor will be Eleven's, since she is the most capable of the Hawkins gang when it comes to psychokinetic and telepathic abilities (unless someone else is revealed to have similar powers).
However, it would be much more satisfying, according to fans, to have someone else take Vecna down.
That "someone", they believe, has to be Joyce Byers.
Think about it: this could be the perfect Molly Weasley vs. Bellatrix Lestrange moment for Stranger Things. A mother who has never had a moment of peace and quiet in three seasons (and is unlikely to enjoy one in chapter four) pitted against the villainous creature who terrorized her son and his friends.
Joyce Byers seems like the perfect candidate to take her kill shot at Vecna, even if Eleven or someone else will do the hardest part of the job.
"Eleven may do the bulk of the fighting against Vecna, but I would love to see Joyce come from behind with her season 1 [axe] and decapitate him in the end. For me, Joyce having the final blow that takes down Vecna would be so satisfying," Redditor dedavis1492 said.
Having Joyce finish off Vecna with her axe would also be a perfect nod to the first season. Other fans feel that Will, as the one who has technically suffered the most at the hands of Vecna, deserves the final blow to kill Vecna, but it seems that pretty much everyone in the Byers family is considered by the fandom to be the perfect Vecna killer.
Fans will have to wait a long time to know for sure, though. Production on season 4 has yet to begin, and rumor has it that the final chapter of Stranger Things may not be released until late 2024 or even 2025.