Let’s unpack Will’s big moments in season 4, Volume 2.
Warning: This article contains spoilers fromStranger Thingsseason 4, Volume 2.
Stranger ThingsproducerShawn Levydirected the episode from season 3 that fueled a major fan theory aboutNoah Schnapp’s Will Byers.
Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Will (Noah Schnapp) have a heart-to-heart in ‘Stranger Things’ season 4.
“Mike is referring to them being at different stages of just pubescent development.
It’s not specific to sexual orientation or anything,“Levy had told EW of that moment.
“But ever since then, a lot of these questions have come up.”
Noah Schnapp on ‘Stranger Things’.Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix
That release never came, but there were a few more teases that strongly suggested he’s gay.
The first comes in the back of the Surfer Boy Pizza van in episode 8, “Papa.”
That’s when Will finally shows his friend what the heck he painted.
He says Eleven is “so lost without you.
It’s a lot like what Will was doing to Mike.
“I miss talking to you.
I, like,reallymiss it.”
And there is nothing in this world absolutely nothing that will ever change that.”
A teary-eyed embrace follows.
There is clear intention and strategy and real thought given to each and every character.
Did they resolve it?
At the very least, they did with the Will-Jonathan brotherly relationship.
But it can still go further.
In fact, it needs to go further.
At first, it was just a fan theory that goes back to the first season.
Schnapp, responding to this theory of Will’s sexuality at the time, addressed it on social media.
I’m only 12 but I do know we all relate to being different.
And that’s why I think the Duffers wrote the show the way they did.
So you might ask all these questions.
I hope the real answer never comes out!”
Even if this wasn’t the intent from the get-go, the matter has since evolved.
When season 3 hit, Schnapp slightly changed his tune. "
“It’s really up to interpretation,” the actor toldThe Wrap.
He reiterated this general sentiment after Volume 1 of season 4 dropped.
“I feel like they never really address it or blatantly say how Will is,” he toldVariety.
Stranger Thingsseason 4 is now streaming in its entirety on Netflix.
