Mike and El making out in the first couple of episodes isn't bad news for us and is actually totally necessary, if you believe the leaks. When couples make out in this show for nearly any reason other than to officially get together or reunite, it means that the couple is trying to use physical intimacy to patch up their shaky relationship that is failing for other reasons i.e. Stancy.
But in Mike's case specifically, we have to have a scene in s5 where we are SHOWN that he is struggling in the physical intimacy aspect of his relationship with El. As in, El grabbing him and making out with him and him not touching her, only reciprocating as minimally as possible, and not letting things escalate too much. They're getting to that age and that point in their relationship where El is going to want to take things further than Mike will be comfortable with or even capable of. Particularly if they're like 16-17 this season, I wouldn't be surprised if El tried to initiate sex (they will have been dating for a couple years atp I think?) only for Mike to totally shoot down the idea or display a total lack of interest, which is going to hurt El a lot.
Before we see Mike and Will get together, we have to see the lack of physical interest Mike takes in El so that nobody will be able to say "But he loved El and Will became his love interest last minute." If he straight up doesn't want to have sex with his gf of two years then not even the cishets on reddit can deny the gay Mike Wheeler + platonic Elmike allegations. El is going to be into it and Mike is NOT going to be into it.
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the fact that eric kripke isn't even christian really adds something to the way christianity is depicted on supernatural. because its really not about being christian at all, but about living in america, a country dominated by christianity, and having to decide for yourself how to handle that. faith is huge in supernatural, and the mythology of the show is very bible-centric, but notably, christ is never there. even sam, who starts out revering the angels, who once said he prays every night, doesn't actually call himself a christian or imply that he believes in jesus--the show is steeped in christianity and biblical lore and yet neither sam nor dean are christians. in fact, over and over again the church itself is depicted as a haunted house that sam and dean will only ever enter as strangers, as outsiders. priests, preachers, faith healers, chapels, crypts, etc. are all just iconography that create an intense sense of unease that sam and dean respond to instantly. as a jew, its very relatable. an essential part of living in america when you're not christian is that exact sense of unease, of knowing that the culture of your country has ensured that you'll get knocked over by christianity no matter where you go, that you'll see hundreds of people truly believing they're good people while doing awful things in the name of their god, and you have no choice but to confront that. kripke gets it
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so much happened in this whole episode but i’m still on fig infiltrating ruben’s dream, making it look like the place where his friend was murdered, and then disguising herself as kipperlilly & repeatedly saying different variants of “somebody needs to take the fall for this, and it’s not going to be me. it’s going to be you.” while adaine as the elven oracle shows up next to her. can you imagine waking up from that, the idea of a horrible truth being pinned on you by your friend to save her own skin while the personification of fate and destiny stands there, almost as a promise that this is GOING to happen to you. we don’t even know if this kid is guilty. my god.
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the great irony of early one piece antagonists believing zoro was the actual captain and using luffy as a puppet ... oda really threw us a bone and curb-stomped it right in our faces. yes, zoro could be a captain in his own right. yes, zoro could match luffy in strength. yes, zoro knows this perfectly well. and you know what? he chose luffy two years ago, and he will continue to choose luffy again and again. roronoa zoro, the pirate hunter, who followed a wannabe pirate with a nonexistent crew on a whim because luffy brought him his swords and made a half-assed attempt at a bargain. zoro, who made a vow to never lose again on both his and luffy's honor. zoro, who told luffy he'd make him commit harakiri if he got in the way of zoro's goal, only to turn around and be willing to sacrifice his dream if it means that luffy reaches his. zoro, who stood in place and took luffy's pain and told a warlord to take his head instead of luffy's, who got down on his knees before his supposed rival and begged mihawk to mentor him so that he could return strong enough to protect his captain. zoro, who has conqueror's haki- a natural born leader- but chooses to stay at the right hand of a man he has deemed greater than himself.
and the thing that luffy fears most? being alone. being rejected. being left behind. and what should have been his foil- the pirate hunter to his pirate king, the nonbeliever to his divine, the king of hell to his sun god- instead becomes his first and most devout follower; the one who demands to follow him to hell and back. oughhhggg i'm sick to my stomach
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we don't talk about it enough so i'm just going to say it. lucas sinclair is stronger than all of us putting up with the gay ass drama in his friend group. like he had to be lowkey annoyed asf being dragged to will's house in the pouring fucking torrential rain by mike because mike needed emotional support while banging on will's door begging will to take him back after he said all that shit in the garage that lucas had NOTHING to do with but did lucas still go with him? yeah. yeah he did. and he did it for the gays. name a better ally
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