Kurtis Conner

When the group returns to Hawkins, blah, blah, blah.

Okay, we know that.

Okay, hidden clues throughout the finale and season five episodes have led fans to question whether this is truly the end and whether reality itself could be something else entirely.

That uncertainty has fueled a new theory centered on the conformity gate.

Okay.

And you know, this is the thing, what I was saying, like, this is cool that people have fan theories.

Um...

Sorry, I'm getting ahead of myself.

According to the Conformity Gate Believers, the epilogue viewers see at the end of Stranger Things Season 5 is an illusion orchestrated by Vecna, and he may not actually be dead after all, even though he got his fucking head chopped off.

The theory was started by Stranger Things fan Jess on X. Okay, proof that everyone is under Vecna's curse, including the audience.

The Duffers are actually geniuses, and this plot twist is going to be generational.

okay okay because yeah because things are different colors that also just could be a like a a set design problem like someone forgot to paint it or something but um one of the most talked about examples comes from the graduation scene at hawkins high in the scene several students appear to have their hands positioned in the same distinctive way henry creel often does just like in their lap i guess

Jesus Christ.

Members of the Wheeler family including Nancy, Mike, and Karen also debut shorter hairstyles that closely resemble Henry's.

Further fueling speculation.

What the fuck?

Because he's got the same, they got the, yeah, if I was a, if I was a psychopathic alien psychic demon who wanted to take over the world and I made a, that would be my first thing.

If I was making an illusion, I would make everyone have the same haircut as me.

That's what I would do.

Everyone had fucking mullets.