Elhenry Imagines

A blog to share romantic situations for the Stranger Things ship of Eleven and Henry Creel. Taking submissions for fanart, fanfic, drabbles, and more!

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Disclaimer:

We do NOT ship a child El with an adult Henry.

(People accuse us of this while simultaneously supporting equally or more problematic ships lol).

We support AUs and canon divergence ideas such as the following:

-Henry and El are the same age. They meet in the lab.

-Henry is redeemed in Season 5, and his relationship with El grows into a romantic one once she is an adult.

-El says yes to Henry's offer to join him, and a very slow burn romance happens only once El is an adult.

-Time travel!

These are just a few of the many reasons we ship Henry and El:

-Henry sees himself reflected in El. In a sense, they are two parts of a whole. The only one who can understand the other. Huge Reylo vibes here.

-They have gone through similar pain and abuse, but they have come out with opposite views on the world. Dark vs Light, Yin vs Yang, need I say more?

-Henry had no real need for El to join him, other than some deep part of him wanting connection, partnership, and understanding.

-He has a canon obsession with her. He claims in season 3 (if we assume Billy is possessed by Henry/Vecna) that he has been building the UD for her. Yes, perhaps for revenge, but there is a fine line between love and hate, eh?

-He literally became a monster without her. She was his last hope, his last attempt to reach out to another person, and she rejected him (we aren't saying she did the wrong thing lol).

-He has a continuous tenderness for/with her, even when it no longer serves him to do this for manipulation purposes (i.e. Henry as Vecna)

-His obsession with stroking her face??

Our main point: If we imagine all the events of Season 4 took place between an adult El and an adult Henry, would we not see the potential romantic subtext here?

We want a life of healing and love for Henry. We believe that a large portion of his anger, violence, and nihilism comes from how people have continuously rejected him. If El had said yes, we believe the partnership and family she would have given him would have greatly tamed and diminished his world domination plans.

We just want them happy together, okay? 😭

Anyway, we hope you join us! You are even welcome to disagree and tell us about how you view Henry and El's relationship. We would never attack you for your views, so please don't attack us for ours.

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@khatcream

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I see. I was also disappointed with the lack of Elhenry in S5 but I did liked when Kali said only El was truly like Henry.

Also Jamie's interview where he said Henry saw her as his equal, he genuinely believed they could make a new world together, he loved her, etc.

Granted he called her sister but still. Plus how tragic is it that their stories deeply tied together where they both died on Nov 6?

Even the S5 merchandise had El listed as the ultimate sacrifice and Henry listed as the final sacrifice.

Omg you're so right-they died on the same day!! I also love how Eleven is the only one similar to Henry in ability, and that he saw her as an equal.

[cristalbeesnow]

How sad... (I wonder if they would have died together, sacrificing themselves, if they had kept the variant where Henry redeemed himself. It would have been heartbreaking and yes, that's what I wanted... not what we got...)

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Me too. I didn’t realized how much I needed the redemption arc until we got what we got. I’m probably one of the few people who thought the Mind Flayer was possessing and controlling Henry even before the play and felt relatively confident about the theory even when the evidence was lacking. My fic ideas always portray Henry as a good, kind kid at heart, if a bit shy and lonely.

[cristalbeesnow]

Oh yes... they should have redeemed him, especially when we saw that he wasn't guilty but possessed. Like what happened to Will and Bill... I don't know, he deserved what he got... I found it unfair and inhumane... I don't understand why they chose this horror...

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Yeah, I’m not 100% sure either, not really anyways, but my best guesses are either that they underestimated the intelligence of their audience (I’m not sure they’re wrong given some of the takes I’ve seen) or that they didn’t want the audience to have to see the play to understand Henry’s ending…likely a combination of both. Perhaps I’m giving them too much credit, though. Honestly, I think a lot of tv show writers are just plain cruel. I’ve seen it time after time, especially recently.

[cristalbeesnow]

Yes, some writers are cruel. But I think there was an internal disagreement between them and Kate (this rumor is going around, but it's just a rumor). This would explain why they changed their minds about redeeming Henry and also about the flashbacks that were supposed to be present but were (I think) removed. They had always talked about flashbacks present in season 5 that connected to TFS to help those who hadn't seen the work (canon) understand it, but everything was taken away... a real shame!

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I just don’t know why there would have been an internal disagreement when they did play a part in coming up with the story for the play even though Kate is the sole writer. I blame cruelty not just because of Henry’s ending, but El’s and Kali’s, too. There is no way all the children that Brenner experimented upon should have died. The optics of it is horrific.

[elhenryimagines]

I see. I was also disappointed with the lack of Elhenry in S5 but I did liked when Kali said only El was truly like Henry.

Also Jamie's interview where he said Henry saw her as his equal, he genuinely believed they could make a new world together, he loved her, etc.

Granted he called her sister but still. Plus how tragic is it that their stories deeply tied together where they both died on Nov 6?

Even the S5 merchandise had El listed as the ultimate sacrifice and Henry listed as the final sacrifice.

Omg you're so right-they died on the same day!! I also love how Eleven is the only one similar to Henry in ability, and that he saw her as an equal.

[cristalbeesnow]

How sad... (I wonder if they would have died together, sacrificing themselves, if they had kept the variant where Henry redeemed himself. It would have been heartbreaking and yes, that's what I wanted... not what we got...)

[elhenryimagines]

Me too. I didn’t realized how much I needed the redemption arc until we got what we got. I’m probably one of the few people who thought the Mind Flayer was possessing and controlling Henry even before the play and felt relatively confident about the theory even when the evidence was lacking. My fic ideas always portray Henry as a good, kind kid at heart, if a bit shy and lonely.

[cristalbeesnow]

Oh yes... they should have redeemed him, especially when we saw that he wasn't guilty but possessed. Like what happened to Will and Bill... I don't know, he deserved what he got... I found it unfair and inhumane... I don't understand why they chose this horror...

[elhenryimagines]

Yeah, I’m not 100% sure either, not really anyways, but my best guesses are either that they underestimated the intelligence of their audience (I’m not sure they’re wrong given some of the takes I’ve seen) or that they didn’t want the audience to have to see the play to understand Henry’s ending…likely a combination of both. Perhaps I’m giving them too much credit, though. Honestly, I think a lot of tv show writers are just plain cruel. I’ve seen it time after time, especially recently.

[elhenryimagines]

Not only did they died on the same day but they were also freed from their prisons on Nov 6 as well.

When El made contact with the Demogorgon she created the Gateway which allowed Henry to escaped the Abyss returned to Hawkings and she escaped the Lab by using the way he showed her.

Also not only powers but add everything else they have in common they pretty much have the perfect shared life experience where it's like they were made for each other.

Yeah, there are so many parallels and they have a lot of similarities. One of my shipping styles has always been like calls to like. I’m not a huge fan of opposites attract. Even with enemies to lovers, for me, it is more about the discovery of how much the two characters have in common.

[elhenryimagines]

I see. I was also disappointed with the lack of Elhenry in S5 but I did liked when Kali said only El was truly like Henry.

Also Jamie's interview where he said Henry saw her as his equal, he genuinely believed they could make a new world together, he loved her, etc.

Granted he called her sister but still. Plus how tragic is it that their stories deeply tied together where they both died on Nov 6?

Even the S5 merchandise had El listed as the ultimate sacrifice and Henry listed as the final sacrifice.

Omg you're so right-they died on the same day!! I also love how Eleven is the only one similar to Henry in ability, and that he saw her as an equal.

[cristalbeesnow]

How sad... (I wonder if they would have died together, sacrificing themselves, if they had kept the variant where Henry redeemed himself. It would have been heartbreaking and yes, that's what I wanted... not what we got...)

[elhenryimagines]

Me too. I didn’t realized how much I needed the redemption arc until we got what we got. I’m probably one of the few people who thought the Mind Flayer was possessing and controlling Henry even before the play and felt relatively confident about the theory even when the evidence was lacking. My fic ideas always portray Henry as a good, kind kid at heart, if a bit shy and lonely.

[elhenryimagines]

I see. I was also disappointed with the lack of Elhenry in S5 but I did liked when Kali said only El was truly like Henry.

Also Jamie's interview where he said Henry saw her as his equal, he genuinely believed they could make a new world together, he loved her, etc.

Granted he called her sister but still. Plus how tragic is it that their stories deeply tied together where they both died on Nov 6?

Even the S5 merchandise had El listed as the ultimate sacrifice and Henry listed as the final sacrifice.

Omg you're so right-they died on the same day!! I also love how Eleven is the only one similar to Henry in ability, and that he saw her as an equal.

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What's your favorite Elhenry scene? Also when did you start shipping them?

Oh boy, that's tough! I was disappointed at how little Elhenry we got in Season 5. Their dynamic in Season 4 was so interesting. I liked how Henry saw potential in her in the lab and maybe even genuinely felt bad about her being bullied, since he could relate. I also love his power reveal scene when she finds out he is 001. I also love how she extended him empathy when they met again later on in Season 4. So basically, all the Elhenry scenes lmao. I started shipping them maybe a year after I watched Season 4? I was like...wait...there are vibes here.

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I don't know if you already knew this but the Netflix movie Damsel Millie's character agreed to marry a prince. Her character's name? Princess Elodie. The prince's name? Prince Henry. Princess El x Prince Henry.

I think I vaguely knew that. Someone might have brought it up in the discord server for Elhenry.

[leather-and-lace-98]

"I used to believe, in the days I was naive, that I'd live to see a day of justice dawn. And though I will die long before that morning comes, I'll die while believing still-it will come when I am gone."

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*Screaming and crying in Elenry* ❤️❤️

@linzallu-creates

[levamplestat]

Jamie Campbell Bower as Henry Creel Stranger Things 5.08: The Rightside Up.

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[designerairway0]

i'm destroyed.

it hurts so much to watch Henry die like that.

no nuance. no mercy. just a brutal death like “he deserved it” — i’m sorry??

it feels like nobody cared about him. not the characters, not even the creators of the show.

his backstory had so much potential for real dramatic conflict, something that could have added depth and weight to the whole story… and they just did nothing with it.

his trauma didn’t matter.

his classmates didn’t give a fuck.

no one asked what happened to him. no one seemed worried. not even curious.

when they found out it was Henry, there was no emotion. nothing. like — wasn’t he their high school classmate??? how do you just move on from that?

and what hurts the most: all those parallels.

the show keeps reminding us how Will and the other kids are loved, protected, understood. how love, trust, and connection can save someone.

but not Henry. never Henry.

as if he deserved none of it. no care. no love. no chance.

i started crying when he was in the cave — so fragile, so broken — facing his younger self. he was alone. always alone.

no one came for him. no one tried to help him.

(and what if those moments where he’s gentle with the kids aren’t just manipulation?

what if that’s Henry still in there somewhere ..giving care that he never got but always wants

or maybe it’s even crueler than that.

maybe the mind flayer is using it against him — forcing him to show kindness, forcing him to manipulate through the only thing he still has, turning his humanity into a weapon.)

and honestly?

if Henry couldn’t resist the mind flayer, maybe it’s because he didn’t have powerful happy memories ....

all he got, in the end, was a slow and painful death.

no one looking for him. no one trying to save him.

(and yes — Brenner did try to find him. and they didn’t even bother to develop that either.

the whole story literally starts with finding Henry. everything comes from that.

i truly believe the show would have been stronger if they had gone in that direction instead of giving us this ending.

there. i said it.)

[mixedbagofships]

It bothers me so much that they erased both Patty’s and Brenner’s roles in his life, both the good and the bad. Henry deserved so much better.

[moonlitdark]

DEREK 😂💀

[elhenryimagines]

Is there still a discord for Elhenry? I’m in deep and have no one to scream with about it 😅

Hi! Join us! ❤️

https://discord.gg/Fuh6rzywB7

[creelsclock-deactivated20260315]

WHAT A GOOD DAY TO BE A TFS FAN OMG. THIS POOR MAN OH MY GOD :(

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I really hope El realizes Henry isn't the real enemy.