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Everything we’ve thought about the Upside Down world so far is wrong. The dialogue that Dustin said during the Volume 2 trailer now finally makes sense.

Let’s quickly break down these three episodes of Stranger Things Season 5, Volume 2.

Today, we’re going to uncover the real truth about the Upside Down world, what was in Brenner’s diary, and explore the science behind the wormhole dimension. And most importantly, what might happen in the final episode coming out on December 31st.

Mystery of the Upside Down

In Volume 2, when Dustin, Nancy, Jonathan, and Steve visit the Hawkins lab, Dustin finds a journal belonging to Dr. Brenner, and the visuals described in it are literally mind-blowing.

It turns out that the Upside Down is not a dimension. It’s a wormhole.

The Upside Down is like an interdimensional bridge that connects our world to another world called the Abyss. For so long, we thought it was Dimension X, but that was wrong.

Imagine a tunnel with Hawkins on one side and the Abyss on the other. And the tunnel in between is the Upside Down.

There’s only one way to get from one place to the other. It’s not an entire city or an entire world.

So, we can say that during Season 4, Vecna resided in the Upside Down. Because he felt that since everything could be done from there, why go anywhere else? And in the center, you see a sphere just above the Hawkins lab, which they are calling exotic matter.

This is essentially an unstable energy source that holds the entire wormhole together. If you disturb it even slightly, the entire structure could be disrupted. Nancy only fired a shot at it, and the situation became so serious that everything around where Hopper and Eleven were collapsed.

I mean, if you disturb this exotic matter too much, the Upside Down could disappear in the blink of an eye.

By the way, I should mention that the Duffer Brothers actually wrote a 20-page mythological document before Season 1, in which all of this was explained long ago. This twist was planned from day one.

The Abyss

The Duffer Brothers also referred to the Abyss as Dimension X. This is the actual world from which the Mind Flayer, Demogorgons, and all the other monsters originated. And most importantly, this is the place where Eleven sent Henry Creel in 1979 when she was a little girl.

And now, somehow, it makes sense why Henry traveled so far when he was thrown into that place.

If the Upside Down world is just on the other side of the wall, he should have simply fallen through the wall. But no, he travels a great distance.

When Henry reached the Abyss, he transformed himself into Vecna. There, he gave shape to the Mind Flayer and then returned to Hawkins through the Upside Down world.

Henry Timeline

In the stage play Stranger Things: The First Shadow, which took place in London, we learn that young Henry Creel accidentally entered Dimension X in the 1950s. He encountered the Mind Flayer there and gained his powers from it.

In 1979, Eleven sent Henry back to the Abyss, and in 1983, when Eleven made contact with the Demogorgon, an Upside Down world wormhole was created, connecting Hawkins to the Abyss.

Now, looking at the present, or rather 1989, Vecna wants to merge both worlds.

Now it’s becoming clearer what Vecna is actually doing.

In Volume 2, it was revealed that Vecan kidnapped 12 children, excluding Holly Wheeler and Max, who are apparently in Camazotz, where the other ten children are also located.

So, in a way, 12 children are currently in his vessels.

Vecna plans to combine the psychic energy of these 12 children to forcibly push the Abyss downwards through the Upside Down wormhole, directly merging Hawkins and the Abyss. Essentially, he wants to combine both dimensions.

At the end of Episode 7, we saw Henry Creel sitting with all the children, performing some kind of ritual that mentally hijacks all of them, similar to what happened to Max Mayfield at one point.

How he will use the powers of these children to merge the two worlds is something we will only find out on December 31st.

And if you think about Vecna’s plan more deeply, it’s truly terrifying. All the Demogorgons, the Mind Flayer, and every other monster would come directly to Earth. Not just Hawkins, but the entire world would be destroyed.

Vecna even tells Will that when he possessed him, Will himself was creating tunnels within Hawkins.

Just imagine, Will alone created so many tunnels! So, if Max Mayfield is removed from the group, how many tunnels will the remaining 11 children dig?

Now, considering these three episodes, some theories are forming in my mind.

Eleven Sacrifice

The biggest theory is that Eleven might sacrifice her life in the future because she created the Upside Down world wormhole, and if she stays alive, the army will use her blood to create super soldiers, which is Dr. Kay’s plan.

If Eleven remains alive, her friends will always be in danger.

This situation is unavoidable.

First, there was Dr. Brenner, then Dr. Kay, and someone else will come along in the future. This will never end.

At the end of Episode 7, Kali, Eleven’s sister, tells Eleven that when the Upside Down world is destroyed, they will be destroyed with it so that the military can never exploit them in the future.

This would be an unfortunate moment. However, I have a feeling that nothing like that will happen.

The Duffer Brothers could have shown this sequence later, revealing that Kali and Eleven had this conversation, but why did they show this scene so early?

Everyone may be focusing on Eleven, but someone else will be the one to end up being the real threat.

Mind Flayer

The Mind Flayer could be the real villain, or perhaps Vecna will turn out ot be a victim.

In the stage play, we were also shown that the Mind Flayer corrupted Henry’s mind. Maybe he is the real villain.

Suit Case

Friends, we see a very shocking scene. When Holly is exploring Henry’s memories, she falls into a pit. There, we see young Henry Creel, who is just an eight-year-old child.

In that memory, we see him looking at a suitcase. Whether this suitcase will be discussed in the future or not is unknown. But it is mentioned very well in the Stranger Things: The First Shadow play.

That briefcase contained military technology that was directly connected to Dimension X. This technology was actually part of Project Rainbow. But there was a secret Navy experiment in 1943 involving a ship called the USS Eldridge, which accidentally traveled to Dimension X.

When eight-year-old Henry accidentally opens that briefcase and plays with the technology, he is accidentally transported to Dimension X for 12 hours. This was the moment when Henry had his first encounter with the Mind Flayer.

The powers you see Henry possessing today weren’t something he had since childhood. In fact, the Mind Flayer infected him. That’s why Vecna is so afraid of going into that cave, because that’s where he lost his humanity, where he was defeated for the first time, and where he transformed into a villain.

If you zoom in a little, you’ll see that this is a Russian spy, as mentioned in that first shadow play.

So yes, I’ve tried to answer all your questions, and I think I’ve answered them all. But if I’ve missed anything, please let me know in the comments section below, and feel free to share your fan theories as well.