#mike and will

[novalunosiss]

The "it was all a d&d game and they're back in Mike's basement" theory is so funny to me because like...

Assuming that everything that happens in the show is part of the "campaign", you're telling me a group of eleven year olds sat in a basement in 1983 and one of them was like "and what if my character is in love with your character and spends years quietly suffering, thinking his feelings are unrequited?" And the other went "got it" and started penciling emotional repression and internalised homophobia onto his character sheet.

Will: roleplaying, trembling voice "and when you're different, you feel like a mistake..."

Mike: age 11, scribbling furiously “he’s in love with me but I’m too emotionally repressed to notice.”

[thenomadicfox11]

I need to talk about this!! I've been trying to figure out the best way to put my thoughts into words, cause I have a theory connected to this, cause come on!! Will and Mike are Frodo and Sam!!

I will be writing a long theory post soon. I just need to find as many parallels between Stranger Things and The Lord of The Rings as I can!!

Stranger Things 5 will have a "Lord of the Rings" ending

Finn Wolfhard has read every script of Stranger Things season 5 except the last. When asked in a recent interview what he hoped for in the last episode, he said a "Lord of the Rings happy ending." So s5 will be epic like LOTR, but HOW?

#1 - What the General Audience thinks:

#2 - What Milevens think:

#3 - What Bylers think:

I'm for a mix of #1 and #3 myself =D

Some Milevens online said the LOTR reference somehow supports a Mileven endgame. I'm like DUDE Lord of the Rings is literally a Byler fanfic about two boys who love each other going into the Upside Down lol

-teambyler

[i-eat-homeless-people]

Claim your "I was a Byler before s5 came out" here

[nayalovesbyler2]

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

[faelorelia]

Them: “Will Byers will have a new love interest in ST5.”

Will Byers in ST5:

[literallymikewheeler]

can we PLEASE just talk about how confused joyce probably was during season 3 whenever hopper would shit talk mike

hes over here literally calling mike the spawn of satan and joyce is probably thinking "mike wheeler...? wills mike wheeler...?? the mike that stayed with will for a week straight while he was possessed and in the hospital??? the mike that never gave up on trying to find him even ONCE while he was missing?? the mike that quite literally said befriending my son was the 'best thing he has ever done'????"

[everbyers]

Rink O' Mania / The Airport Scene™ is the biggest byler proof.

Okay, that title was little dramatic, but It's not too far from the truth.

It's such an amazing piece of evidence because It's one of the proofs that melvins can't make about their ship. A good example of evidence like this is the end of s4. It either means something for byler or nothing, no in between.

There is yet to be an argument against WHY Mike wasn't being himself. (Of course, melvins deny that he wasn't being himself when it is obvious. Even if you don't ship byler, Mike was NOT being himself.)

An argument I've seen some melvins use is how Mike was just trying to impress El. Which could be true, but:

Why did he fake his smile? In here you can literally see that he's faking his smile AT THE SAME TIME AS EL. WHO WE KNOW IS LYING. I mean, okay the outfit was him not being himself, but does he also hate being with his girlfriend?

2. I am sure Mike not being himself around El for this reason would be brought up at some point, no? Why would Mike open up to Will about everything BUT that. He would definitely say something about not feeling like he can be his true self around El.

3. This was never really an issue in previous seasons? I am overdue a rewatch, but if my memory serves me right, Mike never had a problem with being himself around El. Season 3 was more about not being himself in general.

Obviously, he isn't being himself around El - but not to seem cool, but because he is actually in love with Wi- *GUNSHOT*

[tht1989girl]

Oh oh I'm in my enemy territory

WHAT DO YOU MEAN TRYING TO MAKE MIKE GAY HAVE YOU SEEN THE MF???

[itswhatyougive]

he's right behind me, isn't he

[lostwarllock]

Look at THEMMMM *incomprehensible scrEEAMING*

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[byler-alarmist]

[bootsysblog15]

These r so fun to make ☺️

[faelorelia]

Just a reminder 👇🏻‼️

[lilaclyl]

yall i think lucas is gonna clock byler. you all saw the way lucas looked at the two of them after the hug in the hospital... idk someone expand upon this idea PLZ