Stranger Things Fan Art Imagines Eddie Munson Returning As A Vampire

Warning! Contains spoilers for Stranger Things season 4

Inspired by a popular Stranger Things theory, new fan art imagines the much-loved character Eddie Munson returning as a vampire. With its highly anticipated season 4 having finally hit screens earlier this summer, audiences returned to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana in droves, making Stranger Things season 4 Netflix’s most-watched English language show ever. Season 4 saw the return of the show’s beloved ensemble cast, while also introducing a host of new faces as the gang came up against the evil Vecna.

Having received the warmest welcome of these new faces, however, was Joseph Quinn, who starred as Eddie Munson the loveable leader of Hawkins high’s Dungeons & Dragons club. The season put a major focus on Eddie, who was vilified by the citizens of Hawkins after he was wrongly believed to have been behind Vecna’s string of gruesome murders. Eddie’s story culminated with an epic performance of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” before he was attacked by a hoard of demobats during a heroic moment of self-sacrifice. Having immediately established himself as one of the most beloved characters across all of Stranger Things, various tributes have since emerged for Eddie, with many hoping that they have yet to see the last of him.

With social media leading the way with intense support for Quinn’s character, fans have now shared some of their fantastic art inspired by a popular Stranger Things season 5 fan theory. The various pieces of art imagine Eddie as a vampire, with each depicting him with different vampiric characteristics. Each of the pieces also shows Eddie in his now-iconic Hellfire Club t-shirt, with some even picturing him with gigantic wings, and one imagining him coming back a demobat, rather than a full vampire. Check out the various pieces of art below.

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The art is directly inspired by a popular fan theory that has begun to sweep across social media in recent weeks which theorizes that Eddie’s dramatic death sequence could actually be leading to something more. The theory suggests that Eddie could return in Stranger Things season 5 as Vecna’s right-hand man from D&D lore, Kas the Vampire, a character that was briefly mentioned during the Hellfire club’s D&D session in one of season 4’s earlier episodes. While the theory remains purely speculative at this stage, many are hoping to see Eddie appear in some capacity in Stranger Things season 5, with a petition calling for his return having recently surpassed 75k signatures.

These brilliant pieces of fan art certainly pose an interesting direction for Stranger Things season 5 to go in, although as it stands right now there is absolutely no saying whether audiences will see Eddie’s return at all. However, there is still a while to go until audiences can expect Stranger Things season 5 to hit screens, as the show’s creators, the Duffer brothers, recently confirmed that they will begin writing it next month. For now, it remains to be seen whether they will take into account the unprecedented levels of support that Eddie has received since his debut, or whether they have simply had a plan for an undead Eddie all along.

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