The masterminds behind Stranger Issues have squashed all rumours over a specific character returning in season 5, a lot to the dismay of hundreds of distraught followers.
Within the season finale of the epic present, which dropped on Netflix on Friday, July 1 the loveable Eddie Munson (Joseph Quinn) goes down like a hero within the Upside Down after creating an electrifying, guitar-shredding distraction to the tune of Metallica lead the vicious demobats away from the Creel home.
He initially manages to race away from the flock of creatures and use his weapons to defend himself, earlier than finally being introduced down by the beasts, dying within the arms of Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo).
Whereas his demise appeared fairly convincing, a number of viewers weren’t proud of how his story ended, particularly as we solely received to see him in 9 episodes.
Contemplating that the hit Netflix present is understood for its surprising twists and turns, many followers believed Eddie would make a shock return within the upcoming instalment, nevertheless, co-creators Matt and Ross Duffer addressed the mounting hypothesis.
Throughout their sit down on the Completely satisfied Unhappy Confused podcast, Matt mentioned: ‘We kind of noticed Eddie as a little bit of a doomed character.
‘Even imagining the flipside of that the place he does survive that closing battle, there’s not a fantastic life ready for Eddie in the correct aspect up both, so he was actually designed from the get go as a doomed character – not like somebody like Bob [Sean Astin’s character, who died in season two], who was like a shock to actually up the stakes.’
‘He was all the time going to be a tragic character,’ Ross added.
‘There was no different arc for him. He would have wound up in jail – this fantasy that he would have been in Milwaukee graduating sadly was by no means an end result for him.’
Followers had been so devastated by Eddie’s demise, that a petition was arrange on Change.org, which on the time of writing, had already garnered over 19,000 signatures with a goal of 25,000.
The one that created the petition, who’s going by the title Maddy, wrote in abstract: ‘It is a petition I've began to convey again fan favorite Eddie Munson.
‘The Duffer Brothers have unfairly killed him off and plenty of different followers and I feel he deserves to be introduced again and never simply as a flashback, please signal this petition to unfold consciousness.’
The outline added: ‘Stranger Issues followers are kindly asking Netflix and the Duffer Brothers to convey again the fan favorite character Eddie Munson.’
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