P.S.: All credits go to u/mrzoink I have merely quoted the parts of their post that are directly relevant to this question.Īgree with the previous answer, but may have something to add.Īfter recently rewatching the series, I started to wonder about the nature of The Upside Down. Psychic), another that all the Byers are psychic, and finally a last Joyce / Will and Joyce / Jonathon is Joyce.Īn alternative theory would be that Jonathon simply guessed, but Joyceĭefinitely sensed him when Jonathon said 'mom.'Īnother theory would by that the Byers boys are both (somewhat Sensing each other across dimensions, the thing that is common to Taking into account the episode 8 scene with Jonathon and Joyce Will might be growing in psychic ability during this time too. The alphabet wall is probably a variation of the same thing. She's speaking directly to Will's mind, but only if he is 'close.' There is probably no interface at all on Will's side. When they use the Morse code light string ball, Joyce tells him how Using the telephone in the Upside Down at all, because if he was he Will only breathed during the first phone call. Joyce intuits that a complex interface like a phone is too much for Monster, etc.), or because there's some special connection because of Untapped psychic potential, or because everyone has some capacity toĭo so and the events of the series make this easier (the rift, the

Joyce is able to do this because either she has some previously Joyce managed to reach out to him this time,īut only barely. Will only breathed on the first call - he didn't sayĪnything, because he didn't know Joyce was hearing him. Will was at 'close range' which we canĪssume helps. Interface not entirely unlike the one Eleven uses, a CB radio. Speculation: Joyce psychically reached out to Will, through an There is no canonical answer for this yet but I have come across an interesting hypothesis by u/mrzoink in a r/StrangerThings post in Reddit:

A Walk in the Dark by Joyce Stranger