• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Stranger Things fans horrified after learning axed Will Byers storyline

Home> Film & TV

Updated 15:18 6 Oct 2022 GMT+1Published 13:14 6 Oct 2022 GMT+1

Stranger Things fans horrified after learning axed Will Byers storyline

"Oh the guilt would have been through the roof"

Daisy Phillipson

Daisy Phillipson

Stranger Things fans have been left horrified by an axed plot line which would have turned Will Byers' life upside down (see what we did there?).

We've absolutely loved watching Will grow up and progress as a character for the past four seasons, which is why we're so glad the Duffer Brothers didn't go through with this idea.

But with such a long wait until season five, the writers' room of the hit Netflix show has decided to look back at some of the ideas that were ultimately scrapped.

Advert

In this case, we're travelling back to season two when Will became possessed by the Mind Flayer after being pulled into the Upside Down.

Fortunately Joyce and his pals realised what's going on and they sedate him before setting out to destroy the monster.

But sadly there was a casualty in the same episode - Joyce's partner Bob Newby, who had been like a father to Will.

Advert

While saving the mother and son at the Hawkins National Laboratory he was mauled to death by a Demogorgon.

Though this outcome was heartbreaking enough, the Stranger Things writers originally thought about having Will kill Bob.

Bob was sadly killed in season two.
Netflix

In a tweet shared yesterday (5 October), they wrote: "Crazy s**t that almost happened #1: In season 2, a possessed Will was going to kill Bob."

Advert

Yes, rather than sedate the possessed protagonist, he could have ended up unintentionally killing his step dad, which I think you'd agree would send his character on an even darker trajectory - and could have made him an easier target for season four's big bad Vecna.

The fans have been losing it over the plot line, with one writing: "And we thank lord everyday that it didn't happen."

"Oh the guilt would have been through the roof," wrote another, to which a third replied, "Imagine how Joyce would look at him after that."

Advert

A fourth chimed in: "Ya'll better have some mercy on him next season."

Agreed - Will needs to be protected at all costs.

While we're on the topic of Stranger Things, as we know, the fourth season wrapped up on Netflix with a big finale which saw the Hawkins gang face off against Vecna and save the day, though not without great cost.

Advert

The Duffer brothers said after the fourth season wrapped up they'd take a well-earned break before getting the writers back together in August.

It seems that since their return to the writing room they've been busy hammering out the plot details for the fifth and final run and last month decided to troll the fans with what they'd come up with.

Tweeting from the same writers' room account, they shared a blurry picture of a whiteboard covered in the entire story beats.

All the answers are right there – so close and yet so frustratingly far.

Advert

The trolling seemed to work as it left fans trying in vain to pick out little details or even make out individual letters.

It's the perfect way to tease fans without giving anything away.

If you have a story you want to tell, send it to UNILAD via [email protected]

Featured Image Credit: Netflix

Topics: Stranger Things, Netflix, Film and TV

Daisy Phillipson
Daisy Phillipson

Daisy graduated from Kingston University with a degree in Magazine Journalism, writing a thesis on the move from print to digital publishing. Continuing this theme, she has written for a range of online publications including Digital Spy and Little White Lies, with a particular passion for TV and film. Contact her on [email protected]

X

@DaisyWebb77

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Stranger Things fans are all making the same point as Netflix reveals season 5 release date
  • People think Winona Ryder just took a shot at her Stranger Things co-star Millie Bobby Brown
  • Netflix fans left stunned after learning that co-stars in popular show are siblings in real life
  • One of Netflix's most watched series is being called a '10/10' by 'disaster' fans

Choose your content:

an hour ago
3 hours ago
16 hours ago
  • an hour ago

    28 Years Later ending explained after haunting Jimmy Savile reference and Jack O'Connell introduction

    The 28 Days Later sequel has finally released

    Film & TV
  • an hour ago

    Psychological thriller branded the 'best thing Netflix has produced' gets promising update on potential return

    Fans of the TV show have been calling for another season for years

    Film & TV
  • 3 hours ago

    Netflix users only have days left to watch iconic horror that 'deserves 6 stars' before it's removed from the site

    The '90s flick stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and has been praised as having the 'best chase scene in a slasher to date'

    Film & TV
  • 16 hours ago

    Netflix adds all six seasons of ‘wild’ crime drama fans are hooked on

    "Now everyone else will get to finally see this hidden gem."

    Film & TV