There is a long way to go before Stranger Things season 5 arrives. But in the meantime, fans can satisfy their craving with the stage play coming next month.

As the release date is coming closer, we are getting more clues about what we can expect from not only the play but also season 5. Now, one fan has come up with a mindblowing theory that might have predicted the entire plot of season 5.

The stage play tells the tales of Joyce, Hopper and Bob, who are in high school and notice the arrival of a new kid named Henry Creel. Fans are speculating about what insights the play might offer regarding Henry aka Vecna as it tells his backstory.

Henry Creel Rewrote Time in 1959

A user Willow the Wise has shared an interesting theory on Twitter. It suggests that Henry Creel rewrote time in 1959, causing Joyce, Hopper, and Bob to forget the events of their youth.

It states that Joyce and Hopper were destined to be together. However, Henry Creel altered the timeline, preventing them from being together. This was necessary so Will Byers was born, which set everything into motion. If Joyce and Hopper were together, Will would never have been born and the gate would never have been opened.

In season 4, we see young Henry telepathically manipulating the hands on the clock and if we watch the scene with older Henry’s dialogues, it implies that he may have altered the time.

It could be the reason why Hopper feels cursed. He was previously set on a different course; one where he didn’t get drafted, and get married to Joyce. In the older timeline, his daughter didn’t die.

In the past, Stranger Things account on Twitter posted “a Jopper a day keeps the Vecna away”.

If Hopper had ended up together with Joyce, Will would never have been born, and everything that led to the gates opening never would have happened.

Will’s disappearance in season 5 truly sets the entire show in motion. It puts the characters on the path that leads to Vecna’s plan coming to fruition. Hence, Will was taken for a reason, and that the Upside Down being stuck on the day he went missing is purposeful.

The show had many references to time travel. However, if the plotline of Season 5 is going back in time to set everything correct, Will and Jonathan would cease to exist.

So what if Henry actually rewrote time in 1959? What if he changed the timeline and set it on a different path so that everything in the future would lead to where it did (specifically the destruction of Hawkins and the opening of the gates)?

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Hopper and Joyce Don’t Remember the 1959 Events

Later, the user also added that this could be the reason that no one remembered Will’s birthday because he was not supposed to exist. But being outside Hawkins and far from Vecna’s influence, began to slowly weaken Vecna’s grip on everyone’s minds.

Recently, the Stranger Things writers also shared their insights on the subject. Talking with the Las Angeles Times, they stated that the Stranger Things play will explain why Joyce, Bob and Hopper seem surprised by what’s going on in Hawkins and do not connect it to their high school years.

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