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I was trying to figure out how Mike developed a hero complex at such an early age, since his home life doesn’t give any evidence of encouraging a hero complex. Then I realized that, at five years old, he made friends with someone who was being abused. He probably wanted to protect Will from his father but couldn’t do much (being a small child), and because he felt responsible for Will’s safety, that led to his feelings of inadequacy and therefore a need to be needed in order to prove that he could do right by someone.

#little kids’ brains aren’t able to properly process intense circumstances (like abuse) so trying to help out a friend turned into identity #issues rooted in the core of his personality #this is also probably how (or at least the main reason why) the wheelers’ basement became the hub for all of Mike’s friends #I bet he invited Will over a LOT to keep him away from Lonnie and when they met Lucas they all hung out at Mike’s house because Mike wanted #to be in control of the situation and even when they kept meeting new kids the situation stayed the same save for number of party members #and I bet when Will Lucas and Dustin were getting bullied that just fueled Mike’s hero complex further #somebody get this boy a therapist #mike wheeler #mike wheeler analysis #will byers #mike and will #will and mike #byler #byler analysis #stranger things #stranger things analysis #st s1 #st s2 #st s3 #st s4 #mike wheeler apologist #mike wheeler protection squad #mike wheeler defender #mike wheeler defense squad #mike wheeler get behind me #mike wheeler needs a hug #will byers needs a hug #finn wolfhard #the party #lonnie byers

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