January 1, 1937: Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur Prabhupada passes away. His disciples begin fighting between themselves almost immediately. Eleven was not the lab's only test subject: she had sixteen 'brothers' and 'sisters', who were probably abducted from their birth mothers in a similar fashion. In the early years of her life, she was allowed to play in the Rainbow Room with the other test subjects, including Eight. Psychological tests were conducted to exploit the telekinetic abilities the children were born with.

The baby mask Kali gave her in "The Lost Sister" hangs on her wall, and is seen on the corkboard in the fourth season. After nearly an entire year of living with Hopper, Eleven's vocabulary expanded significantly, although she still struggled to understand complex words and social cues. Eleven also learns to be more independent when she forms a friendship with Max Mayfield and to start making her own choices. When discovering the Mind Flayer's return, Eleven became onboard to stopping him and when viewing the memories of the possessed Billy Hargrove, she sympathizes with him for having an abusive father which allows him to break free from the Mind Flayer's control over him. Hopper was able to adopt Eleven through a forged birth certificate given to him by Dr. Owens. This allowed Eleven to enter mainstream society without fear, which led to her pursuing a relationship with Mike that continued and prospered into the summer of 1985. Hopper, however, grew increasingly irritated with the relationship, threatening Mike and forcing him to stop seeing Eleven. This caused Eleven to break up with Mike, but they later reconciled after Mike explained the situation. During the battle against the Spider Monster, Mike saved Eleven's life various times; when her leg was seriously injured, he helped her walk and took care of her. After Hopper's apparent death, Eleven and the Byers moved to Lenora Hills under Dr. Owens' supervision. Before leaving, El and Mike made plans to see each other at Thanksgiving and Christmas, but sadly had to say goodbye as the Byers departed. In the 2019 novel Suspicious Minds, Jane's birth occurs in June 1970, which would make her 13 in Season 1.

Martin Brenner "I came here to try and understand who I was. To see if ... I was the monster. And I know the truth. It is not me. It is you. You are the monster." Yet I also received queries from others who doubted and challenged my qualifications (and motives) to write a book on the history of ISKCON. One devotee woman went so far as to write a negative 3,000-word online review of “Killing For Krishna” in which she boasted, “I have not read the book, and have zero plans to do so.” As far as I am concerned, anyone has the right to write a book about anything they want, and I am doing it, whether others like it or not. Researching and writing is my dharma, for I am, by nature, both a reporter and a historian.

She is seen enjoying Eggos with Hopper for breakfast and dessert. In "The Lost Sister", when Kali's crew raid the convenience store, El tosses some fruit aside when sees Eggos in the freezer. Reporters dig into the story in an attempt to discover the truth, and then they report it. Historians research and write about the past. That is what they do. I heard that once Prabhupada said that a dancer dances whether she find herself in heaven or hell. The dancer’s dharma is to dance. Similarly, my dharma is to research and write, and I will do that whether I’m in heaven or hell, or whether people praise me or condemn me. It makes no difference to me. Regarding my qualifications to write about the Hare Krishna movement: I faithfully served ISKCON and my spiritual master for fifteen years during a very formative time in my life. Since then, my life has been influenced to a great degree by those fifteen years as a Hare Krishna devotee.Millie Bobby Brown (born 19 February 2004) is an English actress and model. She rose to prominence for her role as Eleven in the Netflix science fiction drama series Stranger Things (2016), for which she earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at age 13. She is also the youngest person ever to feature on TIME 100 list. Stranger Things’ Creators Answer Burning Questions About Eleven’s Origins, Will’s Sexuality (and Birthday!) and More Ahead of Volume 2" Variety. June 2, 2022. After the battle against the Mind Flayer, Eleven's abilities seemed to vanish. According to Dr. Brenner, power overuse led to a blood vessel in her brain to burst, causing a stroke. While strokes in ordinary people can cause cognitive and paralysis issues, for Eleven, the stroke caused the "signals" in her brain to become too scrambled for her psychic abilities to work. Through intensive immersion therapy, which also unearthed repressed memories, Eleven regained her former powers. For many, many years, that is how I perceived the world. Some called me a “bliss boy,” a devotee who simply likes to chant and dance and eat prasadam, work hard all day for the spiritual master, and associate with similarly-inclined godbrothers. I faithfully followed the four regulative principles, chanted sixteen rounds daily, ate only Krishna prasadam, avoided the “fringies” and others who were not strict in their sadhana, refused to indulge in gossip, or think or speak about anything but Krishna-katha: talks about Krishna or his service. Moments later, Mike, Will, Jonathan and Argyle, who had independently discovered Eleven's location, arrived at the scene in Argyle's Pizzamobile. Eleven, still recovering from having exerted her powers, was pleasantly surprised to reunite with her friends. Before departing, Eleven granted a dying Dr. Brenner one last conversation, though denied him the complete forgiveness he asked for. After the group of five escaped what remained of Sullivan's forces, Eleven informed the others they needed to travel to Hawkins immediately, if she were to have any hope of stopping Vecna.

The younger version of Eleven shown in "Dig Dug" and "The Lost Sister" was portrayed by a set of twin toddlers [27] Charlotte and Clara Ward, however, they were never credited for the role. Stealth: Eleven sneaked inside Benny's Burgers without making a noise, and ate french fries until getting caught. Later, she evaded the forces of Hawkins Lab as they scoured the woods near the Wheeler house. Morse code: She was taught how to read and signal Morse code by Hopper as a means for them to safely communicate.While sensorily deprived, Eleven can enter a heightened psychic state and visualise herself in an inner mental void, through which she can seek out targets in different locations than her own. This ability is powerful enough to find targets over vast distances, even as far as other dimensions. Around December 25th, Eleven took leftovers and Eggos from a box in the woods. It remains unclear if Eleven already found the box, or previously used the box to collect food. The initial basis for Eleven's character was formed when the Duffers imagined an escaped MKUltra test subject heavily influenced by E.T. [21] However, they also wanted to keep an underlying sense of danger and instability, saying that "Eleven isn' a normal girl, and she's no gentle plant-collecting alien either. She has unpredictable supernatural powers that will most definitely put our boys in jeopardy." As a result, they also incorporated elements from the anime Elfen Lied as well as the 1988 anime film Akira into her character, though with "less bloodshed." [22] It's also highly likely Eleven was inspired by characters from the works of Stephen King, such as Carrie White from Carrie and Charlie McGee from Firestarter, although these have not been cited as specific influences. November 1977: Prabhupada, nearing the end of his life, speaks in Bengali to his godbrother Bhakti-Vaibhava Puri Maharaja, “I have done my duty. Now the rest depends upon the Lord. What can I do?”

April 22, 1977: During a room conversation in India, Prabhupada agrees that none of his disciples are presently qualified to become genuine gurus, but he hopes that as soon as someone becomes qualified—when his training is complete—he would appoint him. If a disciple were to begin initiating without being fully trained, he would become a “rascal guru.”It’s also illegal for anyone under 18 to share explicit images or films of themselves or another young person, even it was shared with their permission. Only the police can decide whether or not to charge a young person with a crime. It’s a good idea to speak to them if you’re worried. Mike and Eleven shared an intimate moment in his basement before Dustin interrupted to alert them that Lucas was communicating via radio, warning them that the "bad men are coming." The three escaped on bike while agents from Hawkins Lab pursued them. Eleven used her powers to flip one of their vans over, and they made a narrow escape. The kids went to a junkyard, where Lucas and Eleven apologized to one another. After realizing that agents were still searching for them, they shoved their bikes under an abandoned bus and hid inside. A: Thank you. It’s such a comfort when loved ones rise to the challenge and surprise you in a good way. The kids were left alone in the school while Joyce and Hopper went to the lab and Nancy and Jonathan went to the Byers house. Mike and Eleven shared another intimate moment where Mike invited Eleven to join him at the Snow Ball school dance. Eleven accepted and the two shared a kiss.