We have seen some mixed reactions for ‘Stranger Things’ season 5 volume 2. Some people liked it while some found it difficult to understand. After ten years, volume 2 finally explains the Upside Down. There were some scientific explanations in this volume which digs deeper into Vecnas’s plot to conquer the world encompassing both the Right Side Up as well as Upside Down. For years a lot of us thought Upside Down as a place created by Vecna. But this was never the destination, but just a mere path.
The Upside Down was never the final world
For a long time, fans believed that Upside Down was a world created by Vecna. Season 5 Volume 2 changes this idea completely. The show reveals that Upside Down is not final destination. Instead, it is only a path, a dangerous route between two worlds.
Dustin, the group’s science lover, gives this hidden world a name: the Abyss. According to him, the Upside Down is more like a broken tunnel that connects Hawkins to something far more powerful and terrifying.
What is the Abyss?
The Abyss is shown as a strange empty world filled with floating rocks and yellow sky. This is where creatures like the Mind Flayer and Demogorgons truly come from. It is also where Vecna has been hiding ever since Eleven banished him years ago.
The Upside Down version of Hawkins, which fans are familiar with, exists inside this tunnel. It is not copied world but reflection trapped inside passage between dimensions.
Understanding wormholes in simple terms
To explain this idea, the show uses the concept of wormhole. Wormhole is theoretical idea in physics. It suggests that two distant places can be connected through shortcut instead of taking millions of years to travel normally.
These shortcuts are imagined as tunnels through space and time with entry and exit connected by bridge. The idea was first discussed in 1916. Scientists like Albert Einstein later developed this concept.
How the wormhole works in the show
In ‘Stranger Things’, wormhole is represented by the Abyss. It connects Hawkins to Vecna’s world. This tunnel is kept open by powerful floating energy source called Exotic Matter located above Hawkins Lab in Upside Down.
As long as this energy exists, connection between two worlds stays open. If it is destroyed, the bridge will collapse forever, cutting off Vecna and the monsters completely.
The wormhole was accidentally opened when Eleven banished Henry Creel. Since then, creatures like Demogorgons, Demodogs, and the Mind Flayer have been able to enter Hawkins.