"Don't get me wrong, the three-pronged approach taken to stop Vecna definitely hurt the guy. Between Eleven's mind-fight with Vecna; Hopper, Joyce, and Murray roasting and beheading the demogorgons and Mind Flayer particles in Russia; and Nancy, Steve, and Robin torching, shooting, and forcing Vecna out a three-story window while he's supposed to be in his serial-killer trance, I imagine Vecna skulks off as an injured party, both physically and emotionally speaking."
"Yet still, as he tells El in their mind-fight, she and her friends have already lost. This is simply the beginning of the end. While they thwart Vecna for now, his plan to kill four teens and open four gates in order to crack open Hawkins comes to fruition when his final target, Max, dies in Lucas's arms. Sure, El uses her powers in the void to bring her friend back to life - albeit in a coma - but the damage is done."
The remaining citizens of Hawkins live under U.S. military quarantine and secretly hunt monsters on November 3, 1987. Vecna executed a four-gate plan that killed teens and cracked open Hawkins to the Upside Down. Eleven fought Vecna mentally while Hopper, Joyce, and Murray destroyed demogorgons and Mind Flayer remnants in Russia. Nancy, Steve, and Robin confronted Vecna and forced him from a three-story window. Max was killed and temporarily restored by Eleven, ending up in a coma. The town now faces visible Upside Down snow, structural damage, and ongoing threats from creatures beyond the rift.
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