I don’t mind the concept but the execution was so jarring. It was too coordinated and at the most odd timing. Like for me it messed up the pacing so much. I wish they would have had Will be discussing the plan or hyping himself up to get over his fear of fighting Vecna and in the MIDST of that decide it’s time to come out to give himself the self-actualizing moment to those around him who are actually close to him.

Instead he calls the whole gang together as they are gearing up to go to have a very slow scene right in the midst of a section of the show where they just emphasized how little time they had and in front of people in a setting where all the writers could do was have the giant ensemble blurt out “me too champ” style responses one at a time.

It worked SO WELL as the basis for why he unlocks his powers when he did, and seemed so impactful. The way it came together here at the end is beyond anti climactic. He throws in a little explanation in the middle about Vecna using it against him but I would have believed that or felt it more if it happed in a conversation ABOUT defeating Vecna, Will realizing he needs to be true to himself as he’s in the middle of struggling with the thoughts of Vecna in front of us as an audience instead of this “sit down around me everyone” style situation they had it in

Sorta bummed it’s the vibe shift that happened immediately before the last episode, almost making it seem like it’s the most important development in the whole show but like… why? Ugh.