To make Will unstoppable, 'Stranger Things' creators had him face a fear bigger than Vecna

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This article contains spoilers from Season 5, Vol.2, of “Stranger Things.”What could be more gulp-inducing than trying to defeat a nightmarish vine-covered villain and wipe out an eerie and horror-filled alternate dimension? Maybe writing a satisfying conclusion to a mega-popular TV show built on that idea.Ross and Matt Duffer, the sibling masterminds behind Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” are closer to finding out if they’ve achieved that in the eyes of the show’s fans.

On this morning in early December, the duo are in their own alternate dimension limbo with the show’s final season release — Vol.1 is out and they’re bracing for impact with Vol.

2.“The day that [Vol.

1] was released, I paced around all day,” Matt says.“I did absolutely nothing, just waiting for reactions to come in and reviews to come in because you really never know how people are going to react.

There’s pros and cons to the show growing in size in the way it did — people just take it apart to an insane degree.It’s scary, always scary.

You never really get used to it.”But the self-doubt keeps them sharp, he says.“It forces you to not get lazy.”“It’s a balance between feeling very confident, then it swings to being very insecure about it — and it’s hard to keep sight,” Ross adds.

“You watch these episodes dozens and dozens of times over and over again.And the strange thing about this show is that a very small group of people had seen the episodes, a really small circle, then suddenly you’re just blasting it out to millions of people all at the same time.”The pair are sitting on a couch in the office they share — “E.T.,” “Alien” and “Batman Returns” posters adorn the walls — at their facilities, Upside Down Productions, in Los Angeles.

While they were able to revel in fan reaction for a few days after the release of Vol.1, they’re back in...