#when hyperfixations collide 😭😮‍💨

[henrysglock]

LISTEN OKAY IN RELATION TO MY LAST REBLOG!!

I love LOTR parallels, but god!! No one is talking about the possible CQL/The Untamed parallels!! Specifically this scene from Episode 33.

MAJOR CQL SPOILERS BELOW!!

Wei Wuxian throws himself off a cliff because he just wants everything to stop. He blames himself for the deaths of several family members and just the general suffering of everyone he loves. He figures the only way to stop everything is for him to die.

His soulmate (And later husband!! Don’t let this scene fool you!!), Lan Wangji, barely catches him. He’s injured, there’s a battle raging in the background…Wei Wuxian rips his arm away and falls to his death, leaving Lan Wangji standing alone, devastated, on the cliff.

So. How do I relate this to st5?

It’s a common belief that Will thinks, or might come to believe, that he started all the Upside Down fuckery. That he’s the final connection to the Upside Down. That he is the last obstacle between The Party and making all the pain and destruction stop. Sound familiar?

Byler has been together for a few episodes, and it’s was very emotional, it’s been very cute, but now it’s time for the final battle. Midway through, Will has the realization that in order for all of this to end, he (as the final connection) must die. He and Mike are injured and separated from The Party. El is trying (and failing) to close the Rifts.

Will pauses by the edge of a Rift, staring into the abyss that is the Upside Down. Mike notices that Will has stopped.

“Will, c’mon, catch up.” he says, voice gentle.

When he doesn’t respond, Mike makes his way back to Will’s side.

“Will? What’s wrong?”

Will looks up at Mike with this devastating expression. Silent tears drip down his face. His eyes are apologetic, filled resignation, determination, and a little bit of fear. He’s decided.

“I’m the connection, Mike.”

Mike realizes what he means, what’s about to happen, just a second too late. Will closes his eyes and steps off the cliff.

Everything feels like molasses. Time and space are stretching as Mike launches himself in an attempt to catch Will as he plummets. Mike’s arm is broken, and it hurts like hell when he grabs Wills wrist, when Will’s body weight yanks against his shoulder. He doesn’t care, it doesn’t matter. In that moment, all that matters to Mike is that Will isn’t dead, that there’s still a chance to save him.

Will stares up at Mike in pure shock, framed by the same darkness that stole him back in 1983. The same darkness that Mike vowed he wouldn’t let Will succumb to again. Mike struggles to pull Will up, but he’s too weak. Blood runs down his arm, droplets landing on Will’s face, mixing with his tears.

“Will,” he pleads, “come back.”

The earth rumbles with an earthquake, jolting them both. Mike is dragged forward, stubbornly refusing to let go even as the ground pulls him towards certain death.

Then his grip on Will’s arm slips, only for a second. Will is shaken from his shock and realizes that if Mike doesn’t let go, they’ll both die. He can’t let that happen.

“Mike,” he whispers, “let me go.”

A heartbeat passes, Mike staring at him in denial and disbelief. Then, with all the strength he can muster, Will rips his arm free. As he falls into the Upside Down, the Rift closing rapidly above him, he watches Mike’s face go from shock to anguish. Mike’s arm is still outstretched, as if he’s still desperately clinging to Will. He hears Mike scream his name as the ground knits itself back together.

I’m sorry, Mike…and thank you for loving me, Will thinks as he falls into the abyss of the Rift.

(end scene)

LIKE WOULDN’T THAT JUST BE??? SO DEVASTATING???? anyway, thank you for coming to my TEDtalk.