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hey [with intention of forcing you to read the byler master doc]

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“mike wheeler never smiles for pictures”

interesting

very interesting…

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of course he loves them both

but he’s in love with only one of them

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lucas, i’m so scared.

i don’t wanna die. i’m not ready.

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wanna dance?

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do you love me?

want me?

hate me?

boy i don’t understand

no i don’t understand

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we’ve talked about these parallels

but have we talked about how if vickie, her ex and robin are parallels to mike, el and will

then that means these scenes are foreshadowing to them as well

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let’s talk about

michael’s airport outfit

and how different it is from the rest of his clothes

as we all know, the people involved in making this show go above and beyond to make everything mean something. almost nothing is a coincidence. you can see it from the way some characters talk and react, to the way they’re placed in a scene, maybe from a small detail in the background, or the music that’s playing during, but most importantly: through their clothing

for the most part, mike’s style has always been the same, collared shirts and jeans, maybe shorts (which he only ever wears on season 3 and on his first day in lenora in season 4)

the airport outfit is just so out of character, and i don’t think it’s a coincidence

when argyle first meets mike he checks out his shirt and calls it a “shitty knockoff” and while they’re making it up to seem as if he’s talking about the brand, he’s talking about mike

how airport mike is the shitty knockoff of hawkins mike, real mike

mike is pretending to be someone he is not

he’s trying to please el, dressing how he thinks she’d like, trying to prove that likes her (despite the fact that no one doubts this), trying to convince himself that he likes her

this weird, knockoff version of mike wouldn’t even hug his best friend after 6 months (give or take) of not seeing him, i wonder why?

6 months really is a long time to reflect about your feelings and come to new realizations

this outfit, this attitude, they’re a representation of mike trying to hide who he really is, how he really feels. it’s him trying to be someone he is not to please other people but also to erase himself, to try to change who he is because he doesn’t accept himself

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you’ve been rolling your eyes, you were moping, you’re barely talking, you basically sabotaged the whole night!

i’ve been a total third wheel all day it’s been miserable, so sorry if i wasn’t smiling

subtle change in facial expression

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look away, im reblogging my own stuff

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who are you? im you, but older

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this is awesome! did you paint this?

yeah! yeah, i mean, i mean, i mean el asked me to, she commissioned it basically, i mean she told me what to draw…

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mike and will? that’s totally platonic.

totally platonic…

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“would you mind?” yes i would, leave me alone

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no one loves will’s art more than michael does