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am i the only one who thinks that these scenes are directly linked to each other?

the way his head is about to hit the ground would either result in great trauma (which to me seems highly unlikely considering the active role he plays this season), or a shift to the upside down, since we have already seen noah in the castle byers set

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FR even without all the evidence we have BYLER IS STILL THE ONLY LOGICAL OUTCOME!!

PREACH.

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💀

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oh they mean everything to me

Just realized that Will slept over that night meaning that he stores his wizard costume at Mike's house

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I just realized this is yet another parallel even because of what they're talking about

Mike and Will are saying they understand each other

Vickie and Robin are saying they understand each other

And then we have this framing and the camera slowly pulling away from them

and obviously all of this

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bringing this back bc i’ll always admire everyone’s byler theories being so on point

fbi: so what makes you think you can work for us?

me: well i ship byler and-

fbi: YOURE HIRED

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people may dislike this will byers outfit but mike wheeler certainly didn’t

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the way he IMMEDIATELY closed his account too 😭😭😭

the duffers, cast and crew trying their darndest to not spoil any of the new season

meanwhile noah schnapp:

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THE WAY I GOT CHILLS WHEN IT ECHOED

THE SCREAM CAME FROM WILL THE SCREAM CAME FROM WILL THE SCREAM CAME FROM WILL THE SCREAM CAME FROM WILL THE SCREAM CAME FROM WILL

I AM NOT OKAU

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my personal theory stemming from this picture is that holly's disappearance is for sure going to parallel will's in that she has a friend group that are will, mike, lucas and dustin's age in season 1 and they're trying hard to find her - maybe a certain someone in that group is trying a little too hard to find her.....and mike sees himself in them............and thats what helps him realise all his behaviour in season 1 towards will was romantic

a reach but cmon

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WE’RE SO BACK

Will shouting “Run” makes SO MUCH sense when that’s exactly what he spelt out to Joyce in season 1

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oh im SO loving this

Mike Wheeler, I'm not done with you yet.

Another small(ish) post about Mike's hidden POV in season 4 because I'm a little bit obsessed with trying to figure him out.

Something I feel the need to point out is that, in the opening of season 4, Mike is absolutely re-reading El’s letter—and it's significant.

The likelihood the letter arrived that morning and Mike got up early to retrieve it from the mailbox (while in his underwear…) is pretty low. That boy defintely just woke up and grabbed the letter from his nightstand or something.

Also, El mentions Joyce's new telemarketing job. Mike had already been complaining about this to Dustin—a lot, apparently.

I should clarify for confusion: El does give us a hint about when this letter was written - approximately 6 months since they left Hawkins (Early October '85). Mike is reading the letter on March 21. I posit this letter is from early March or even late February.

This letter is old news!

So why is he re-reading it? He's seeing El in person the very next morning anyway.

Now, we already know that Mike and El have been consistently communicating—Will described it as a, "book of letters" after all.

But who hasn’t Mike heard much from?

Will.

Mike was re-reading the part about Will’s painting—the part where El hints that Will might like someone.

How do we know this?

Mike is in a bad mood all day (until he plays D&D).

At the airport the first thing Mike asks Will, aside from a brief “Hey, how you doing?” is about the painting.

And interestingly... the part of the letter we see Mike reading when we cut to his POV?

The part where El mentions having lots of friends.

In this letter El says she is, "twice as happy now" and that she has finally, "adapted." Meaning this is likely her first and only mention of having friends. And Mike is re-reading it for some reason.

After Will doesn't give him the painting and he learns they're going to Rink-O-Mania he asks El if her friends are meeting them there... while glancing over to Will.

So basically, since reading the letter two things have been stuck in Mike's mind:

The fact that Will is painting for somebody he likes, and

that El has friends.

He is connecting the dots... in fact, he's connecting the dots so hard that he probably keeps the letter by his bedside and re-reads it every so often trying to figure out who the painting is for. That is some serious yearner behaviour.

Mike Wheeler—I know what you are:

Jealous, seething, and tormented by the possibility of unreciprocated gay love.

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mike doesn't even look at el like this

this is his "totally platonic bff" btw

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don’t like this but I spent too long on it to not post it so here it is :’)

based off the theory that Mike did write letters to will just never sent them

(click for better quality)

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mike’s reaction to will’s painting means everything to me!! he was so surprised!! he’s absolutely in love with will’s art!! A NEW ADDITION TO THE BINDER!!

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omg YES PLEASE

I need Mike and Will to say something like this in season 5

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needed this rn 🤍

it’s beautiful, really. the way you encourage the person in the group to keep talking after the noise drowns them out. how you offer to walk with your friends, even for short trips. how you remember little details about the people you love, taking note to maybe bring them some future joy. the way you know the signs and signals of the people you love, what they’re needing and when. how you show people love you never received, to make sure they don’t have to hurt the way you have. the way you treat every heart you have the honour of holding so tenderly. it’s beautiful, and it is something you are also worthy of. you deserve such consideration and care. you deserve to be treated with kindness. the way you love is beautiful, as are you, and the generosity you show others will make its way back to you with time. 🤍