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stranger things - Can the Demogorgon open gates?



Spoiler Alert - everything is a spoiler


In Stranger Things, gates to the Upside-Down open up all over the place:



  • There's the "primary" gate at the DoE facility

  • There's a gate in Joyce's shed which Will disappears into

  • There's at least one gate in Joyce's house

  • There's at least one in Mirkwood that Nancy (and Jonathan) go through


Is the Demogorgon opening these gates or are they natural phenomena?



Answer




Definitely


According to the Duffer brothers:



We don’t want to reveal much, other than to say it is an interdimensional being that has more in common with the shark from Jaws than Pennywise from It. When the monster enters our dimension, it’s like a shark breaching the water. Very much like a shark, it drags its prey back into its home, where it feeds. Each time it enters our world, it leaves a small tear, or wound. That’s what Joyce found in her wall in episode 4, and Nancy found in the tree in episode 5. These tears are almost like portholes into the Upside Down. But they don’t last very long. Like wounds, they eventually heal and seal up.



So every single portal but one is in fact made by the Demogorgon slipping between dimensions. That one, of course, is the first, permanent tear, which Eleven admits to making.



ELEVEN: The gate…I opened it. I’m the monster.



Presumably her involvement is why it is a proper gate, rather than a mere temporary tear.



Interestingly, the hole that Joyce found in her wall is described in a similar manner to the tears created by the Demogorgon: “That’s what Joyce found in her wall in episode 4.” However, the Demogorgon quite clearly had not passed through that hole recently. Then again, it wasn’t quite a proper hole, but more of a barrier. Perhaps the Demogorgon was thinning the barrier between realities in preparation for crossing? Or perhaps Will was somehow…


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