Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Stranger Things 5, Vol. 1 If there’s one fandom crossover no one had on their 2025 bingo card, it’s Stranger Things and Harry Potter , yet Season 5 practically invites it. Will Byers’ ( Noah Schnapp ) long-running psychic connection to Vecna ( Jamie Campbell Bower ) becomes central to the new episodes, and fans immediately began linking it to one of the most defining elements of J.K. Rowling ’s series: The Horcruxes. And honestly? The comparison tracks.

For years, Will has felt the presence of something dark left inside him after surviving the Upside Down. Season 5 pushes that idea further than ever, finally giving him a storyline that doesn’t just revisit his trauma but transforms it into a force that could make

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