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Someone from the main cast has to die in Season 3

posted 6 years ago by Mister Babadook (2621)
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As much as i love most of the characters, in Season 3 they gotta get a little ballsy and kill someone off already. Everyone coming out of these seasons alive is gonna get a bit boring after a while, they gotta show the audience all of these characters aren't safe.

Imo as much as i love him, Steve should be the one to die, Nancy has already moved on to Johnathan and Steve is really left with nothing connecting him to the group anymore. Unless he just wants to hang around a bunch of kids for no reason.

I think Steve has redeemed himself so much that it would be a big punch to the gut for the audience to see him die, which would be a great shocking death that packs a punch.

[–] nauru-1 (160) 6 years ago

Probably not in season 3, but I think Hopper makes sense as a character death near the end of the series, possibly as a bold sacrifice to save El.

[–] Mister Babadook (2621) 6 years ago

Yeah i could see Hopper for a series finale death, but to me Steve would make the most sense as middle of the show death to have a shocking moment somewhere in the middle and not just at the very end of the show.

We need a death threw in there that says everyone isn't safe anymore, just to set the tone. And Steve would be the perfect choice. Hopper yeah in the final episode or next to final episode of the series would be appropriate as you said saving Eleven in some way.

[–] chrisjdel (2714) 6 years ago

I think Billy may very well kill someone next season. It could easily be Steve. There's been that bad blood between them almost from the moment they set eyes on each other. But there's likely to be multiple deaths among the main cast in season 4, the end of the show's planned story arc - that means the final do or die showdown against the Mind Flayer with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. Some of our characters will have a happy ending ... but not all. Fans are invested enough in them now that it's going to be sad no matter who we lose.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (6908) 6 years ago

I'm gonna guess Jonathan will be the one to die, if any. I think it would be the most surprising death, and yet somehow make the most sense.

Jonathan has kind of been 'lucky' in a sense - he was there when Barb died, but didn't even sense the demogorgon. His house was supernatural central and he basically saw and heard nothing, to the point he thought his mother was crazy. Up to now, he hasn't had much interaction with the 'light company' and that was pretty tame compared to the guy who got shot in the diner in season one or the kids for that matter. And he hasn't really had to fight much, so he's not a hugely necessary character.

But he's also been a key witness to the terror inflicted upon his brother, who's been an almost target of the supernatural other world, and the others, so he knows exactly what everyone else has gone through. It would just make sense if he was the one to sacrifice himself for Will. He is connected to almost every main character in the show, so there are enough people within the show that would be devastated by the death and it would have a big impact. But he also has like no friends and isn't deeply connected enough to the story that it would impact the whole show for the worse if he was gone.

I like the character, he's a gentle soul, but he is the one I think should go if any.

[–] Mister Babadook (2621) 6 years ago

I dunno i don't see the writers doing that to Joyce, her character has already been through so much, Will disappearing, having his "funeral", her deadbeat husband just scamming her for money, then in S2 Will gets possessed and she has no idea how to help him, her new Boyfriend Bob gets eaten right infront of her by Demidog's, Will nearly dies and has a shadow creature exorcised from his body.

Killing Johnathan would be too much, and i just think the Buyers need a break in S3 after all the shit they've been through. Joyce deserves to be happy, Johnathan dying would crush her and leave her in shambles.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (6908) 6 years ago

I hear you, and I definitely agree with you. But when someone dies, it has to impact who is left behind and that has to be someone, so why not Joyce? It would resonate even more because she's been paying all this attention to one son, and not the other. And it would help segue into the obvious relationship forming between Joyce and Hopper, as he will be someone who she'll lean on.

If it's Steve for example, who will care? Nancy for like 10 seconds? Dustin? It has to be someone that affects many of the main characters in the story.

[–] Mister Babadook (2621) 6 years ago

Yeah but i'm not saying Steve would be the only death, i'm just saying Steve as the 1st surprise death, you can always have a big emotional death that affects everyone, like Hopper dying in the final episode. I'm just saying Steve would be a good choice for a middle of the season death, as a way to tell the audience not everyone's safe anymore, like Randy dying in Scream 2, didn't affect everyone but it impacted the audience and told us these characters are in danger.

Also i feel like Steve dying would have a big impact on the group, Dustin got really close to him in S2, and he's been like a big brother to the kids. Sure it wouldn't affect the entire cast, but it would serve its purpose and affect a small group of them.

Also The Duffer Brothers in the Beyond Stranger Things episode said they think they should give the Buyers a break in S3, which is a big reason why i doubt Johnathan dies. They could be bullshitting but i truly think they're gonna have the Buyers be sort of in the background in S3 taking it easy.

[–] Reaperscout (582) 6 years ago

I think Mike is going to be the one to die. That or go MIA like Will in Season 1. From what I'm hearing, Finn is going to be REALLY busy for a while. He has a ton of movies he'll be filming throughout 2018. Plus he is part of a band when he's not acting. His band got noticed and stuff too, so when he's not filming movies, he'll be doing stuff related to his band. I think he and his band will be working on their first studio album.

Mike's death would probably lose a lot of fans, especially those a fan of Mike and Eleven's relationship, but if Finn is going to be busy and they want to get going on Season 3, something has to be done. I can see either Mike being in it for a little bit in the first episode to be killed off (setting up the season), or he goes missing in the first episode (taken by something from the Upside Down) and isn't seen again until the last episode.

But maybe with Finn's schedule, this is why the Duffer brothers aren't sure when Season 3 will be released. They want to get it out ASAP, but with Finn's schedule, it's causing problems and they aren't promising/guaranteeing anything. They probably wanted Mike for Season 3, but if Finn is going to be busy, that's going to create problems for the show. And if they aren't killing him off, they are probably figuring out what to do to explain his disappearance/absence. But he is the main kid, so he is kind of needed. But I could see Mike being the big death of the season because of Finn's schedule and band related stuff.

[–] nauru-1 (160) 6 years ago

There's way too many factors that go against this.

1. Stranger Things is a show that cares deeply about its characters and their journeys. Even if they were going to kill off Mike, that would be a whole season affair. That would mean Finn would be especially needed to be around in season 3, not the other way around.

2. He has two upcoming movie projects: The Turning and IT Chapter 2. His involvement for The Turning will be complete before they start shooting in April, and IT will only entail a secondary role in flashbacks.

3. He's likely contractually obligated to take projects that align with his schedule. Do you think he would give up on one of the biggest things in pop culture to do smaller things? Why does him busy have to mean anything other than that he knows he's able to handle doing both?

4. This all started with some clickbait sites looking for traffic, and there's nothing more to it. Why do these sources think they know things about the show when the creators themselves are still figuring those things out?

[–] Bowilly (171) 6 years ago

I think Steve is the logical choice also since he’s not really tied to the other characters in a family sense. Everyone hated Steve in the beginning, now everyone loves him, including myself. His death would have a big impact on the audience now, not to mention his fellow characters like Nancy and Dustin.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I hope they kill off the black kid, the only child actor in the cast I do not know by name. He is boring and uninteresting and has no charisma. There was an amusing scene in season 2 in which the black boy doesn't wish to be like Ernie Hudson in Ghostbusters---the token black who had none of the funny lines. That is ironic because that is exactly what this kid is alongside more talented child actors like Gaten Matarazzo, Finn Wolfhard, or Millie Bobby Brown.

[–] Freakflag1 (125) 6 years ago

Why do people think shows always have to kill main characters?? It ruins the show..let this just be a show where we get to enjoy the characters!

[–] Mister Babadook (2621) 6 years ago

Cause in shows where the main characters are constantly put in life and death situations, at some point someone needs to die just to change things up and surprise people, instead of having all of them always defeat the monster, it gets boring and predictable after a while.

[–] Reaperscout (582) 6 years ago

Yeah, I don't understand why people want characters to die just to raise the stakes and stuff. And killing characters isn't always a good thing. Plus people will stay complain and go crazy and stuff when someone actually dies.

Take the Disney Marvel Cinematic Universe, for example. Everyone complains that they never kill off anyone important and that everyone is supposedly "safe." Then in Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 they kill off Yondu. Now there is a HUGE demand to bring Yondu back from the dead and stuff.

WTF???!!!!!! You complain about no one dying and then they kill off someone, but now want him back? It was stupid from the beginning to kill off Yondu. I liked Yondu from the first GOTG. I know life isn't all sunshine and rainbows and all that, but you don't need to kill characters just to raise the stakes and stuff. Just torture the heck out of characters or something.

People can't be pleased no matter what.

[–] Freakflag1 (125) 6 years ago

Yes! And The Walking Dead has killed off all but 2-3 of their main characters and the show has went downhill.

ST has a wonderful cast of wonderful characters. I don't see why they would have to mess with that and kill anyone. All of them are wonderful and killing people just to upmstakes doesn't make the show any better.

I know they're different genres, but Power Rangers, Alec Mack, etc all had somewhat dangerous storylines and they didn't kill people off just for shock value.

I hope this remains a good show with great characters that we get to sit back and enjoy their journey and don't have to worry about who is going to die.

And if someone does die, hopefully it'll be newbs they bring in, like Bob.

[–] Starduster (268) 6 years ago

I totally agree!
I simply stopped watching The Walking Dead because everyone I liked was being killed off. The show was simply becoming too much of a downer.
I HATE seeing kids die so I seriously dont want to see them killed off.
I wouldnt mind losing Billy. I see NO redeeming qualities there and it would be good to see him get what is coming to him. He is just downright dangerous as far as I am concerned.

[–] not_a_virus.exe (1267) 6 years ago

I don't know about the third season, but I definitely think that Will should die in maybe the final season. Between being stuck in the ether and then being possessed by the mindflayer, he's been through so much shit already that it feels like the show is trying to make him into a conduit for the upside down. It' s starting to feel like he might have an endgame that deals with self-sacrifice which would make him the pentultimate hero of the story next to Eleven. It would be a devastating finale but it feels so necessary.

[–] jareduf (48) 6 years ago

I'm hoping its Johnathan as I find him so annoying. Imo, Nancy would never go for him but don't think they would do that to his mom.