Stranger Things Season 4, The last three seasons of Stranger Things had Indiana and Hawkins surrounded by beings inspired by Dungeons & Dragons. And this makes Beholder a fit follow-up for Stranger Things Season 4. Setup of the 1980s, Stranger Things divides the focus among three different characters of different age groups. However, the focus is more on four-grade school-going boys. Who makes friends with a telekinetic girl named Eleven. They all encountered several horrific attempts with her, of invading the town in which they lived by eldritch Upside Down. The show is greatly influenced by the pop culture of the 1980s. Be it the world or the storytelling way. Mike Wheeler and the gang are keen Dungeons & Dragons players.
Stranger Things season 2 and D&D
Even the Mind Flayer and the Demogorgon are named after the famous monsters in D&D. The heritage started when Eleven represented the creature following Hawkins using a boy’s miniature. In Stranger Things season 2, after the revelation of Mind Flayer. The purpose of the name to be after D&D creatures are came clearer and louder.
The Beholder in D&D’s Greyhawk (1975)
The Beholder, one-eyed faces, and with many protruding eyestalks, featured in D&D’s Greyhawk (1975) for the first time. Also, it is a famous creature. It would be best for the Stranger Things season 4 to have The Beholder as the top choice as a supervillain. Also, every single news that is coming out regarding the fourth season is pointing towards The Beholder’s involvement, including Hopper’s Siberian survival.
Moreover, The Beholder is the game’s original creation unlike Demogorgon as somewhat like it already existed in mythology. Stranger Things, being such a victorious and well-built cultural phenomenon, it is almost forgotten judgment that D&D‘s publisher, Wizards of the Coast in the team.
Dungeons and Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons have become highly popular and successful given their cultural recognition, beginning from 5th edition in 2014. Also, all the acknowledgments and praises that Dungeons & Dragons have gathered over the years. So, it has encouraged the creators of Stranger Things to keep working on its amazing line of villains.
