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What makes you think El is a manifestation of Will’s? It sounds like an interesting theory and I’ve heard it floating around, but I haven’t looked too much into the evidence and analysis people have for it

Honestly, there’s a lot of parallels and inspirations in ST that allude to it. The biggest for me is simply the fact that as soon as Will is taken, El just so happens to pop into Mike’s life. Then, when she leaves, Will comes back. The characters are constantly paralleled and interchanged, so much so that Hopper thinks he’s chasing Will all season 1 but in reality he’s hunting down El. She’s mistaken for a boy but also specifically for Will.

Then you have the Neverending Story parallel, which is consistently alluded to in ST.

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the Neverending Story, but a young boy named Bastian essentially manifests the fantasy world he gets sucked into. He creates a warrior boy character named Atreyu, who must save the fantasy world Fantasia from a dark force called the “nothing”. But when Bastian gets sucked into the fantasy world, he comes to realize only he can save it by acknowledging he is its creator. Thus, only he can change the neverending story. By naming his creation, he saves Fantasia and is released from the book.

there’s also the fact Will visually looks like Bastian

and El like Atreyu

Also, they’ve sung the song multiple times in the show and even had Will sing it in s4.

Turn around, look at what you see. In her face, the mirror of your dreams. Make believe I'm everywhere. I'm hidden in the lines. Written on the pages is the answer to a never-ending story

Reach the stars. Fly a fantasy. Dream a dream, and what you see will be. Rhymes that keep their secrets will unfold behind the clouds. And there upon a rainbow is the answer to a never-ending story

Show no fear, for she may fade away. In your hand, the birth of a new day. Rhymes that keep their secrets will unfold behind the clouds. And there upon a rainbow is the answer to a never-ending story

I could go on and on lmao. There are so many parallels between El and Will, and I always thought the Terry plot was sus as hell. Especially considering they’ve never elaborated on it. I don’t think Terry is El’s mother; I don’t think El has a mother. She’s a fragment of Will’s subconscious mind come to life. If the theory is that Will made the upside down what it is (and I believe he did) because he has the power of creation, then I believe he also made El to be his warrior the way Atreyu is to Bastian