{"id":409310,"date":"2025-11-27T22:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T22:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/409310\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T22:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T22:42:16","slug":"fans-react-to-will-byers-powers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/409310\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans React to Will Byers&#8217; Powers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This story contains major spoilers from \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5, Episode 4.<\/p>\n<p>The first four episodes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/stranger-things-netflix-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5 premiered<\/a> Wednesday night on Netflix, and they brought with them enough twists to provoke a flood of shocked fan reactions on social media.<\/p>\n<p>While each of the season\u2019s first four installments contain their fair share of shocking moments, it is the two game-changing reveals packed into the final 10 minutes of \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5, Episode 4, aptly titled \u201cSorcerer,\u201d that completely reset the landscape of the Netflix series. The first is Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and Hopper\u2019s (David Harbour) discovery that the military base in the Upside Down is not holding Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) captive, but Kali Prasad (Linnea Berthelsen), a.k.a. Eight.<\/p>\n<p>The latter character makes her long-awaited return in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/stranger-things-season-5-episodes-how-many-run-times-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5, Volume 1<\/a> finale, where she is reunited with Eleven for the first time since their adventures together in the divisive Season 2 episode, \u201cThe Lost Sister.\u201d Eight\u2019s return prompted reactions from fans online, with one X user posting screenshots of Kali and Eleven\u2019s reunion and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mbbelel\/status\/1993903908759191679?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">joking<\/a>, \u201cYeah Vecna is [boned].\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/powerwomensummit2025.splashthat.com\/PowerhouseSpeakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"970\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764283335_414_PWS-970-x-250-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7893946\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nothing in the \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5, Volume 1 finale has left fans reeling quite as much, though, as the climactic reveal that none other than Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) is the episode\u2019s eponymous sorcerer. As Will watches Vecna\u2019s Demogorgons prepare to kill three of his friends, Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Robin (Maya Hawke) and Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), he unexpectedly taps into his own, long-dormant psychic powers. <\/p>\n<p>Sporting white eyes, Will freezes and kills each of the Demogorgons. The episode then ends on a shot of him wiping blood from his nose in a moment purposefully reminiscent of similar instances with Eleven. Suffice it to say, \u201cStranger Things\u201d fans have let their feelings about that final twist be explicitly known online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUNLIMITED CHILLS FOR THE LAST 25MINS OF EPISODE 4 OF \u2018STRANGER THINGS 5,\u2019 one fan wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SammyJReacts\/status\/1993918009191412164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a>. Elsewhere, another <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jegulusmoony\/status\/1993888755456135611?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted<\/a> a video of Will\u2019s final scene in \u201cSorcerer,\u201d writing, \u201cI think this is objectively one of the most badass motherf\u2014king scenes in the history of \u2018Stranger Things.\u2019 This is MONUMENTAL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can check out more reactions to the \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5, Volume 1 finale below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">will has powers, 008 is back, vecna took all the kids, MAX IS ALIVE, will becoming friends with robin, military ass kicked, and the wheeler family parents is on the brink of death. stranger things 5 volume one is batshit crazy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eeYIPdxJpr\">pic.twitter.com\/eeYIPdxJpr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 xtracouture (@007_Mischaa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/007_Mischaa\/status\/1993918596553298278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UNLIMITED CHILLS FOR THE LAST 25MINS OF EPISODE 4 OF STRANGER THINGS 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HNeTaqfBAL\">pic.twitter.com\/HNeTaqfBAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sammy J Jonah Jameson (@SammyJReacts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SammyJReacts\/status\/1993918009191412164?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">yeah vecna is bones <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KuY3xb7SZk\">pic.twitter.com\/KuY3xb7SZk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 stranger things spoilers\ud83d\udd34\ud83d\udd34 (@mbbelel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mbbelel\/status\/1993903908759191679?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE AURA WE ARE SO BACKKKK <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrangerThings5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#StrangerThings5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/t6Zt6SW8Zj\">pic.twitter.com\/t6Zt6SW8Zj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 best of stranger things (@stonetflix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stonetflix\/status\/1993927337927430547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">oh the harry potter will byers parallels\u2026 500 lines of will byers main characterism <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aD8hD54pLk\">pic.twitter.com\/aD8hD54pLk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\u2014 ann\u2e06\u2e09 (max mayfield defense lawyer) | st5 spoilers (@overagain_an) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/overagain_an\/status\/1993934787585954134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i want to talk about episode 4 so bad it was even better than i expected will byers the main character that u are<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ta9XwFOSDt\">pic.twitter.com\/ta9XwFOSDt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u309b (@itsflaur) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsflaur\/status\/1993888352593223768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">they CANNOT expect me to care about the stancy jancy love triangle when i just watched will byers do what he just fucking did<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 kya (@djokingg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/djokingg\/status\/1993921731032175021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">will byers this is your season <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ryiinSQCxS\">pic.twitter.com\/ryiinSQCxS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 hannah (@sorcererswill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sorcererswill\/status\/1993839198772842695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i have never been prouder to be a will byers stan than on this day. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GBbXh8Al1v\">pic.twitter.com\/GBbXh8Al1v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u01dd\u0254\u0250\u0279\u0183 \u2729 s5 spoilers (@gracieethings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gracieethings\/status\/1993915537936797769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">KALI (008) IS BACK<br \/>WILL\u2019S GOT POWERS<br \/>ELEVEN CAN FLY<\/p>\n<p>THE FINAL BATTLE\u2019S GONNA BE INSANE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oVcfeiNCYB\">pic.twitter.com\/oVcfeiNCYB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 doki (@forhellfire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/forhellfire\/status\/1993923985248247965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I never disliked Kali\/number 8 episode and I actually liked her coming back <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ODz9CNod1s\">pic.twitter.com\/ODz9CNod1s<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 carmy\u2078\u00b9\u22c6\u02da\uaa5c.\u141f (@doomsthey_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/doomsthey_\/status\/1994080778523656386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With Kali returned to the fold and Will now having psychic powers, Eleven won&#8217;t have to face Vecna alone this time! \ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrangerThings5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#StrangerThings5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StrangerThings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#StrangerThings<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Netflix?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Netflix<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xOj6qKOve6\">pic.twitter.com\/xOj6qKOve6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kristopher Cornileus\ud83d\udc51 (@ManofTomorrow22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManofTomorrow22\/status\/1993932899574534605?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5, Volume 1 is streaming now on Netflix. The season\u2019s next three episodes premiere Dec. 25 on the streaming platform, followed by the \u201cStranger Things\u201d series finale on Dec. 31.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"the-wrap-read-more__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/stranger-things-season-5-characters-cast-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/stranger-things-season-5-cast.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"&quot;Stranger Things&quot; Season 5 Cast (Credit: Netflix)\"   data-portal-copyright=\"TheWrap\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Note: This story contains major spoilers from \u201cStranger Things\u201d Season 5, Episode 4. 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