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(Throws 10 Things I Hate About you Byler/Henderhop AU at you) Join my cult

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yall ever think about how mike probably felt like he was getting left behind by his friends because they were interested in girls (except for will but he didn't know that) and that's why he attached himself so much to el?

did you agree to this? her. joining our party. she's ruining the best night of the year (about max)

sound familiar?

you're ruining our party... you're destroying everything and for what? so you can swap spit with some stupid girl (about el)

it's not my fault you don't like girls

projection

and then he does the face he does when he's gonna lie about something

and he says

i mean what'd you think, really? that we were never gonna get girlfriends? that we were just gonna sit in my basement and play games for the rest of our lives?

PROJECTING AGAIN because mike, who even mentioned that? you've thought about it, haven't you, michael?

he was fully expecting will to say no. but NO will says YEAH I GUESS I DID. I REALLY DID

and mike is fucking flabbergasted because that's what he wants too, but he didn't let himself have it because he thought he wasn't allowed to want that

and that's the look of mike realizing he was wrong and he fucked up

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if you think Mike Wheeler is Hozier coded then you do not understand Hozier.

bro, it ain't that deep. it was a joke post I made when thinking of the song "Take Me To Church" from the perspective of a queer person which Mike very much is.

I meant that in a very vague sense of the word "coded".

Genuinley, why do people keep taking what I say seriously?????? I'm literally the same age as the loser in question, don't act like I ever know what I'm talking about omg

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Mike Wheeler is Hozier coded. In this essay I will-

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Working on a fic where the whole premise is. "I think Mike would've fought Lonnie as a kid also Mike and Jonathan love each other, fight the wall." and I think that's valid of me

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Idk if literally anyone else has noticed or cares, but teen Michael and adult Michael have different hair colours. Which means he either dyed his hair black\dark brown as a kid or he bleaches and dyes is to auburn as an adult.

Do with that what you will.

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So sorry y'all but I am a Gay Mike Truther.

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What score do you this Mike Wheeler would have on the RADDS-R?

I had a 219, so it'd probably be above that idk.

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Y'know what? I'm speaking my truth today.

Enough "Mike getting the shovel talk" fics.

GIVE WILL THE SHOVEL TALK!

Mike has already gotten his confidence beaten to hell and back, he doesn't need any more. This boy hates himself, any shovel talk a character gives him is lightwork compared to what his brain is telling him.

But Will? Listen, I love him so much, but he is just as if not more oblivious than Mike! "It's Hawkins, it's not the same without you" "Crazy together, right?" so on and so forth. Yeah, Will have the painting confession WHERE HE LIED but that was all he had. Mike was always more upfront with his feelings than Will, just in smaller doses.

The only reason we haven't seen Mike cry over something Will did is cause he hasn't cried since season 2, okay? Don't forget that Will didn't write letters either. Communication is a two-way street, boys. And Will was the one whose mom had a telemarketer job, not Mike.

I love these two so fucking much, but if I see another fic or post or whatever where Mike is getting dunked on for normal teenage boy things, his depression, his emotional repression, or his internalized homophobia, I'll commit murder.

They've both messed up, okay?

Everyone has delved to hell and back on Mike's shit.

But WILL HAS MESSED UP TOO!

Please, for the love of God, let yourselves realized that while he is a good person, he has fumbled a bit. And, yes, he did it thinking it was all for "the best", but fucking so did Mike! They have some of the same issues! And it has led to them both getting hurt!

Neither Mike nor Will sent letters in those five months and whilst Mike canonically tried to call (hence the complaining), Will didn't. Will is also the one who starts the arguments. Mike says terrible things during them, but Will is always the first to push (literally and figuratively)

This is not a Will Byers hate post. I love that boy so much. But I really wish more people admitted to both of them having flaws and messing up with each other. It is not just Mike who has messed up.

Sincerely,

an emotionally repressed queer teenage boy

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The first time I watched s4, I remember thinking this

was such strange blocking for Mike... Like why isn't he celebrating with the others?

Then I remembered the way he's been pulling away from everyone since s2. This is a perfect clue put in for the audience to realize/remember this.

He's not only being hidden from the audience, he's hiding himself from his friends as well!

Istg the blocking in this show is actually genius.

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Anyways

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Byler and Milkvan fans are so fucking different and it's in a way that pisses me off.

I'm not even going to touch on how Milkvan's have no media literacy and whatnot- we know. But I will talk about how they fucking hate Mike for some reason.

In "love triangles" (it's never a love triangle but instead a love point but y'all don't wanna hear that" you are SUPPOSED to love the person in the middle and be rooting for either of the other love interests, right?

Bylers do this. They love all the characters but the want to see Mike and Will in a romantic relationship.

Milkvans do not do this. They hate Mike. I have never seen a person who ships Mike and El actually like Mike as a character. They hate him so much. But they hate the idea of him being gay more, that is why they ship him with El.

I know nothing about Twilight, but let's use that love triangle at an example. People either want Jacob or Edward with her, and their reasons (from what little I've seen) always involve her chemistry with either boy.

Bylers do this. They focus on how Mike is queer coded and his already standing relationship with Will. Just look at The Byler Slides, it's mostly about Mike.

Milkvans do not do this. The only reasons I've ever fucking seen are about how "Mike isn't gay" and "they're canon". That's it. Never about now they work together(cause they don't), fucking nothing.

If you hate one of the characters in your own "totally canon and endgame" ship and can't even give proper defense to it, pick a new ship cause yours is not fucking happening and you need to stop saying it is.

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ow.

I need y'all to listen to me possessed Will choking Mike to death and Mike tapping out "I love you" in Morse code on his wrist because he can't talk but he can't die without at least some part of Will knowing

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don't talk to me or my small season 1 Mike Wheeler ever again

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Mike Wheeler I know what you are

(A poetry lover)