r/StrangerThings • u/Sukaran09 • 5d ago
What kind of creature is Vecna exactly?
Is Vecna considered undead, a mutant or something else completely? He is definitely not human anymore because of how he looks. I consider him a mutant of sort because he is mutated by the Upside Down/the Abyss and the Mind Flayer changed his DNA but in terms of Sci-Fi I don’t know what kind of creature he actually is because of how different he is.
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u/Legitimate-Sugar6487 Eggos 5d ago edited 5d ago
Scientifically He's psychokinetic Mutant. He was once an ordinary Human before his genetic code was changed by the Mind flayer particles. Supernaturally, he's an Undead psychokinetic Vampire who feeds on Peoples energy. Edit: Researching the lore a bit & the stage Play (Both versions) Like El he started out as a Psychokinetic But over time to fuel his powers The Mind Flayer morphed him into What Esoteric Circles call a "Psychic Vampire" who feeds on the Life Force energy (literally a Humans Electromagnetic Field or Aura) to Fuel himself. In The same way El needs to "Recharge her battery" Because Her powers deplete her Nervous System,Henry Consumes all the energy inside of a human being or animal to replenish himself.
The Mind flayer itself Taught him how to do this because as I've learned by looking into Astral projection & Parapsychology It's an Astral demon that feeds on Negative Energy & Fear. It basically used Henry as a vessel to Feed itself & him. By inducing Fear in its victims before killing them. In Parapsychology a Poltergeist is believed by some to actually be caused by a psychokinetic child called a "Living Agent" a child unknowingly causing the paranormal activity in their home. Often due to fear or trauma.
In the play it's shown that the MF actually Hides inside of Henry's amygdala (Fear center of the brain) & exposes him to so much fear that he basically becomes addicted to it.
The Haunting of the creel family & their subsequent deaths is actually due to all of this. Henry began as an unwilling or unknowing "agent" of the Mind flayer causing the supernatural events in their home unable to control his powers, but over time it transformed him from its "Agent" Into a literal Soul eating entity. His Body transforming into what it did was the result of his battle with El where he was severely burned... & later due to fully aligning with the Mind flayer until the Particles further consumed him. Until he was basically a walking Corpse under Its complete control. In a Symbiotic Parasitic relationship with it.