Stranger Things may be one of Netflix’s hottest shows, and Eleven one of TV’s most beloved and popular characters of the moment, but people forget she wasn’t the first pop culture figure who happened to be a girl with mysterious telekinetic powers.

A tweeter with the handle @djrocklee recently asked who would win in a face-off between Matilda – the titular figure of the 1996 film based on Roald Dahl’s book – and Eleven, and the responses have been pretty divisive and very passionate.

Even Mara Wilson, the actress who plays Matilda, has sounded off – although her resolution is somewhat idealistic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Via Twitter