#what picking a side in a fictional love triangle does to a mf

[maddy-ferguson]

am i the only one who thinks that will not feeling like a mistake just because of mike is weird and idk toxic and unhealthy for him

you're probably not and my answer to that is:

1) expecting a fictional relationship to be 100% healthy isn't fair because you can literally argue that any conflict is unhealthy but a lot of that is subjective people argue that mlvn can't be endgame because it's unhealthy but it's not like you can actually know that the duffers agree with you that they are. you can guess or think that they do because of everything else that says Mike And El Are Not Ending Up Together but "this can't happen because i don't think it's healthy" doesn't work and if it did OTHER COUPLES wouldn't be together or wouldn't be endgame. by the standards of most anti-mlvn arguments.

2) that being said (lmao) there's a whole other season to go! i think mike making will feel better about himself in general is sweet but it's not like it's actually working that well because will says it with tears in his eyes and starts crying for real like 20 seconds later. and yes it's because the situation is sad but yk. it's like this: most people think about will feeling like a mistake only in terms of him being gay but it's also about the whole i was taken to the upside down for a week, came back to life, my family and friends further alienated me by treating me like a baby, i'm irrevocably, fundamentally different from every other person on earth. we don't see him actually interact with the upside down in season 4 but you're supposed to remember this whole will and the upside down thing seeing as it's what kickstarted the entire show. they tell us that season 5 is gonna be very will-heavy and that will necessarily have to do with both the upside down thing and the being gay thing. he's not okay with either at the end of season 4. it'll definitely get worse before it gets better with the upside down (that's a given since he's in hawkins again) and since they're very linked probably with his sexuality journey too? i would say will no longer needing someone or something to give him the courage to fight on by the end of the show prayer circle always but like i said, it'll most likely get worse and i wouldn't be surprised if the end of the show is like i think they ALL need someone to give them the courage to fight on and it's each other love and light etc. he probably won't not feel like a mistake just because of mike by the end of the show him actually being reassured by his family will probably help and i guess people acting differently from how they did after he was rescued regarding the upside down and mike not being the only one not on the "people who further alienate him even though they mean well" list would help with the ud part of his feeling like a mistake. speculation.

my main point is if you think it's unhealthy and toxic you should probably wait for the storyline to be resolved because i don't think it's even supposed to be that healthy (yet? but maybe it never will be by your and my standards who knows!) since it's not actually working that well lol. i think it's easy to lose sight of that but do not fall for byler tumblr propaganda will is not existing in a state of post-internalized homophobia just because he's dealing with other things and isn't trying to fight his sexuality and would never date a girl. 😁

[recentanimenews]

Manga the Week of 2/9/22

SEAN: February still exists, despite all our best efforts. What manga is there next week?

ASH: It still does, doesn’t it?

SEAN: We start off with Airship, which has early digital editions for The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter 6 and The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary 4.

Ghost Ship debuts 2.5 Dimensional Seduction (2.5 Jigen no Yuuwaku), which runs in Shonen Jump +. The manga club president is only into fictional girls. But wait… what if real-life girls cosplay AS fictional girls? This comes with a recommendation from the creator of One Piece, well known for his realistic body designs on women.

ASH: With the right creator that could be a cute premise.

SEAN: Ghost Ship also has Peter Grill and the Philosopher’s Time 7 and SUPER HXEROS 5.

Two light novel debuts for J-Novel Club. Fantasy Inbound (Isekai, Shuurai) is an MF Bunko J title, and this time around, the fantasy world is crossing over to Japan… to invade it! With the world in chaos and destroyed, can one man stand a chance to save it?

The other title is Saint? No! I’m Just a Passing Beast Tamer! (Seijo-sama? Iie, Toorisugari no Mamono Tsukai desu!), a Kadokawa Books series about a girl who SHOULD be the Saint who will help to guide the Church… but will that get her cute animals to snuggle? Will it get her fluff? No. Ergo, she must change jobs!

ASH: I can follow that logic.

SEAN: Other light novels are The Greatest Magicmaster’s Retirement Plan 12, A Late-Start Tamer’s Laid-Back Life 2, and The Tales of Marielle Clarac 8.

On the manga side, they have Der Werwolf: The Annals of Veight -Origins- 5 and My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! —AΩ— 3.

ASH: It took me a moment to fully parse how many titles you just listed there.

SEAN: Kodansha has some print books. Cells At Work: Baby! 3, The Hero Life of a (Self-Proclaimed) “Mediocre” Demon! 2, I’m Standing on a Million Lives 11, Lovesick Ellie 2, Perfect World 10, Shaman King Omnibus 7, Toppu GP 7, and The Witch and the Beast 8.

ASH: Seems like the first print volume of Lovesick Ellie was just released not too long ago; I need to pick that up!

ANNA: It is really good! I didn’t realize the second volume was coming out so fast.

SEAN: Two digital debuts. Falling Drowning (Ochite Oborete) is a Dessert series about a high school love triangle. (Sorry, sometimes they just sound like that.)

MICHELLE: I will probably be checking this out.

ANNA: It sounds like my kind of thing, but I’m terrible at reading digital manga.

SEAN: Fungus and Iron (Kin to Tetsu) is a sci-fi shonen series that comes from Bessatsu Shonen Magazine. A young man risks it all for love… but the risks involve mushrooms!

ASH: Okay, I’m curious.

SEAN: Also digital: Are You Lost? 9, Giant Killing 29, I Was Reincarnated with OP Invincibility, so I’ll Beat ’em Up My Way as an Action-Adventurer 2, In the Clear Moonlit Dusk 3, It’s That Reincarnated-as-a-Virus Story 2, Police in a Pod 9, The Springtime of My Life Began with You 5 (the final volume), and Tokyo Revengers 24.

MICHELLE: I really must catch up on Giant Killing.

SEAN: Seven Seas has Seaside Stranger 2 and Skip and Loafer 3.

SuBLime debuts Change World, a Dear+ title that is a sequel to Sayonara Game.

They’ve also got the special limited edition of Yarichin Bitch Club 4.

Tokyopop debuts Alice in Bishonen-Land (Shinkyou Alice to bishounen to bishounen to bishounen to bishounen to bishounen ~Otome Game Royale~), a shoujo series that seems to combine idols with trapped in a game survival stuff. Our heroine is a manager?

Viz debuts Deadpool: Samurai, a series which runs in Shonen Jump + but stars everyone’s favorite Marvel headcase. Will Deadpool meet the stars of Shonen Jump? I wouldn’t put it past him…

ASH: That could be fun.

ANNA: Truly, there is no way to escape Deadpool.

SEAN: Viz also has Call of the Night 6, Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Edition 16, the light novel Fullmetal Alchemist: The Abducted Alchemist, Hayate the Combat Butler 39, How Do We Relationship? 5, and Komi Can’t Communicate 17.

Yen On has three ‘delayed from January’ books: Baccano! 18, The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Hey, How About Treason?) 8, and High School DxD 6.

And Yen Press gives us Combatants Will Be Dispatched! 6, Days on Fes 4, and In Another World with My Smartphone 4.

Can you make February go away with your MIND? Or with manga?

By: Sean Gaffney