#this isnt necessarily abt byler but it could be

[elekinetic]

im really hoping mike gets vecna'd next season. honestly theres nothing revolutionary or (imo) particularly interesting about vecna pulling the "i know your secret, how shameful" with will because it's been pretty clear hes gay + in love with mike since season 3. but when was the last time we got insight into how mike is really feeling? sure you have the s4v2 monologue but thats only one part of the equation and was also shared under EXTREME duress. we see wayyyyy less of mike's internal journey than will. considering he was our audience surrogate and main protagonist for s1+2, its strange we've become so disconnected from him. its much more interesting to reveal the internal thoughts of a character who's been relatively (and unusually) guarded. im hoping the reason we've seen less of mike is to make that eventual insight---probably at the hands of vecna---all the more rewarding.

edit:

adding something i wrote in the replies bc i think its relevant

i think i shouldve specified i dont think its gonna be him getting #chrissycrumbled or like the relationship vecna had w his victims in s4, but i can def see the party having to go into the UD and vecna tormenting all of them with visions etc. like can u imagine lucas getting visions of max and getting taunted w his guilt while vecna goes full homophobic dog on mike? i think itd be interesting to see