#looking at this in full and realizing mike is so fucking queer coded holy shit

[queermikewheeler]

"You're blind. Blind because you like that a girl's not grossed out by you." "'If you love her so much, why don't you marry her?' 'What are you talking about?'" "I knew you were acting weird, I just.. I thought it was because of Will." "'Do you like Eleven?' 'What? No. Ew. Gross.'" "Will you be like my brother?" "I'm the only one acting normal here! I'm the only one that cares about Will!" "All this that's been going on with Will, I can't imagine what it's been like for you. I just... I want you to feel like you can talk to me. I never want you to feel like you have to hide anything from me." "Will! Will, what's wrong? I couldn't find you. Are-- are you hurt?" "Hey, well. If we're both going crazy, then we'll go crazy together, right?" "I'll go to Will's after school. See what's going on. You guys stay here and find Dart." "'Is Will here?' '[....]' 'Is he okay?'" "Will. What's wrong?" "Will? Will, are you okay? Will, what's wrong?" "Will. Will? Will? What's wrong? Are you hurting again?" "I just walked up to you and... I asked. I asked if you wanted to be my friend. And you said yes. You said yes. It was the best thing I've ever done." "[...] there's something very wrong with this thing between you and El." "'Do you lie?' 'What? No. Friends don't lie.'" "You lie. Why do you lie?" "'You're destroying everything, and for what? So you swap spit with some stupid girl?' 'El's not stupid. It's not my fault you don't like girls.'" "[...] we're not kids anymore. I mean, what did you think, really? That we were never gonna get girlfriends? We were just gonna sit in my basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives?" "[...] he'd want to attach himself to someone again. A new me." "'[...] Hopper, he went all crazy on me, telling me I'm spending way too much time with you. He made me lie. I mean, you're the most important thing to me in the world.' 'What if he's right?'" "'El has saved the world twice, and Mike still doesn't trust her.' 'You wanna talk about trust, really? After you made Eleven spy on us?'" "'So can we please just come up with a new plan, because I love her and I can't lose her again.' 'What's going on?' 'Nothing. Nothing.'" "It's just, I was jealous at first, and-- and angry. And that's why I said all that stupid stuff." "You know, they do say it makes you crazy." "Like, old people say it to each other sometimes." "Yeah, but, what if you wanna join another party?" "[...] I was thinking Christmas day could be super fun, because we'd all have cool new presents to play with and uh... Sorry, that made me sound like a seven year old." "'That was really heat of the moment stuff, and we were arguing and... I don't really remember... What did I say, exactly?' 'Mike.. I love you, too.'" "You were rolling your eyes, you were-- you were moping. You were barely talking. You basically sabotaged the whole day." "'Well, what about us?' 'What?'" "'That's because she's my girlfriend, Will.' 'And us?' 'We're friends. We're friends.' 'Well, we used to be best friends.'" "I...I care for you...so much." "You can't even write it, Mike. 'From Mike.' 'From Mike.' 'From Mike.' 'From Mike.' 'From.' 'From.' 'From.' "You know what I think of you." "Maybe I should've said something, and if I would've said that thing, then maybe she'd want me there with her, wherever she is." "It's Hawkins. It's not the same without you." "Maybe I feel I lost you or something." "Friends. Best friends." "I should've explained myself. 'Cause then maybe Eleven would've taken me with her and things would be different, but... I didn't-- I didn't know what to say." "Sometimes, I think it's just scary to open up like that. To say how you really feel. Especially to people you care about the most. Because, what if... what if they don't like the truth?"

and other quotes I would use against Mike Wheeler if I were Vecna