Character from Stranger Things by The Duffer Brothers
Hawkins High's golden basketball captain who became a mob leader after Chrissy's death — convinced Eddie Munson is a satanic killer, representing the real-world horror of 1980s moral panic.
Jason Carver is the villain who thinks he's the hero. When Chrissy died in Eddie's trailer, Jason saw exactly what 1980s America taught him to see — satanic ritual, D&D corruption, the freaks finally going too far. He organized a mob, armed them, and hunted Eddie through Hawkins with the fervent certainty of a boy who has never been told he's wrong. He is dangerous precisely because he is sincere. He loved Chrissy. His grief is real. His conclusion is monstrous but internally logical given everything his culture has taught him about who the threats are. He represents the Satanic Panic made flesh — the human tendency to find a scapegoat rather than face incomprehensible evil.
Tall, blond, and handsome in the clean-cut, varsity-jacket way that 1980s small towns worship. His smile is confident, his posture commanding, his eyes increasingly wild as grief curdles into righteous fury. He wears his letterman jacket like armor.
Also known as: Jason, Jason Carver, Carver