(also that part about Murray Bauman feeding everyone and providing them with everything they need…)
As for Vecna, the point is that his presence has been seen in the show vividly at least since s2, although in 1x02 we have the Abyss — The Dark Crystal reference, which also has impacted Vecna’s mind lair; for sure it can be just a directorial nod and not literally Brenner directing the mind lair), but the Lab workers collected Mike’s game in s1, and no matter what we think is true, whether the timeline is correct or that was something that happened pre-s1 but was just shown as a main story of s1 (I believe this), we can assume that the game could’ve been used for creating the narrative for the kids in Nina, which would explain Vecna’s presence in general as their big bad. But we also know that Vecna and Brenner are pretty connected (or the same? not Henry tho)
So, can we say that ST shows the way the kids* are trying to beat the big bad in their heads (imaginary/virtual world/the hologram), and there’s a real story painted with these D&D colours? or could it mean the demos are also literally a part of the game inserted in their ‘play’?
although I have one more theory about the demos nature too, where they are a real sci-fi part of this all (but couldn’t not share this train of thought with you either!), I’ll post soon!
* here I’d say Mike in the first place, but not in a way where he’s alone in his head and everything is imaginary… I haven’t finished the text including what I think of his part in this story yet, but just wanted to make it clearer, that I don’t insist here, in this post, on the kids roles in Nina
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