Who or what was the "Mind Flayer"?
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Uncreative — 3 months ago(January 02, 2026 11:37 PM)
An octopus-like humanoid creature who gets nourishment from the minds of others. They're most common in the underdark and interdimensional planes. Sometimes called ghaik or illithids. They reproduce by inserting a parasite tadpole into the eyes of their victims which gradually and painfully takes over the host body over the course of a week.
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MovieManCin2 — 3 months ago(January 03, 2026 05:29 AM)
Yes, I know that now. I recently googled it on
strangerthings.fandom.com.
MAGA! FAFO!
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder. 
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kuatorises — 2 months ago(January 04, 2026 02:55 PM)
I just watched the finale last night. It's been ages since I watched season 4, which explains more about how El banished Henry to that other place, but I think I got it all.
The Mind Flayer is an entity/creature that lived on another planet they dubbed The Abyss. It was formless. A mist of those particles you saw the kids throw up when Henry was killed. Vecna literally gave it a form: The Mindflayer. It was sentient, but aimless. He formed a network, both psychic and literal (with those vines he likes). They became a symbiotic lifeform. -
MovieManCin2 — 2 months ago(January 05, 2026 12:42 AM)
Yep. That sounds about right. But one more question: who was the scientist in the mine who Henry killed, and where did he get that piece of the mind flayer?
MAGA! FAFO! Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. Dumbocraps: evil people who celebrate murder. -
kuatorises — 2 months ago(January 05, 2026 07:09 PM)
It's never stated in the show. I was gonna say one of the scientists from Brenner's lab, but AI says he was a Russian spy. Apparently there is a play that ties into this?
How they got a piece of the Mind Flayer/the particles isn't quite clear to me, because I thought it was Eleven who opened up the gateway to that planet? Henry in the cave was well before that.