Feb 6
I think a lot about redeemed Henry designs, and I wish more people would incorporate the fact that he is irreversibly disfigured. Like legitimately burned, he is not coming from back that. It feels a lot like Curly from mouthwashing where they'll slap a burn mark or two on him and then call it good.
I understand why it happens. Whenever we see Henry Henry, it's in the human form. But that's in his head. When he's awake, that is his body. That is what he looks like after being warped by the upside down.
#it is such a major part of his trauma#we see the sa allegory but dont continue on with the allegory of how it changed him into this perceived other being#a lot of the horror of vecna unfortunately plays into disability horror#and I hope people will start to unpack that#what the mindflayer did damaged him so viscerally that he is forever changed#and what makes him scary is so directly tied in his victimhood and having his humanitu stripped#i do not want to get jumped but I see so many think pieces that do not tackle this brand of ableism#dia rambles#stranger things vecna#henry creel#henry ≠ vecna
