#IS will's knight in shining armor. like... i just don't get it. mike isn't a bad character. he has depth. good sides and bad sides. he's

[bylertruther]

kind of crazy how mike said in a moment of vulnerability and weakness that he wants to be needed and to be of use and good at something, and then a large chunk of the fandom just decided to validate all of his worst thoughts & fears and suddenly reduce him to a weak, incapable, mindless, unloved wastoid wimp that's everything his low self-esteem tells him he is and nothing like how the people in his life see him (or what the narrative itself has shown us since the very first episode). even crazier when the people that do that call themselves mike fans lol but i'm 😴😴😴

#mike wheeler #mine #like. i don't think that some of you actually like him. you weren't supposed to agree with him when he was self-deprecating. #mike has been loyal brave kind compassionate courageous many many times. he's been strong for others when they couldn't be. he #grabs whatever he can use as a weapon because he isn't going down with a fight. he attacks and does do damage. people listen to him #when he speaks. they look to him to lead them and help them with both big things and small things. he IS their inspiring leader and he #IS will's knight in shining armor. like... i just don't get it. mike isn't a bad character. he has depth. good sides and bad sides. he's #always involved in the plot. why would you want to take that away? he's always been like that. if you take it away- then what the hell are #you left with? who is mike when you take away everything that he is? just. what? #i would expect that from someone that doesn't pay super close attention to the show or militantly believes him to be a homophobic #straight guy but. but but but.... i just will never get it lol. why did it come NOW after another character LITERALLY TELLS HIM #THAT ISN'T TRUE? it seems almost spiteful. as if the next thing you're going to tell me is that eleven's number is actually nine or smth.

[rainbownixie]

hi hello it's me again. sending another hc ask before i leave for vacation sob. do you have any trans will byers hcs?

every time i see your name in my inbox i smile and start kicking my feet <3 and YES i have trans will hcs because i'm sure he and jonathan are both trans and i've been thinking about it a lot! (no angst here lonnie doesn't exist he's inexistent don't even think about him getting close to trans will)

he realizes he's trans thanks to jonathan, ofc. little will byers saw who he thought was his sister actually be his brother and started to think about it a lot until one day he told jonathan

joyce is so so so supportive!!! she sells all of his feminine clothes and goes shopping for more masculine ones with tiny will and jonathan. even if they don't have enough money. my girl buys will all the clothes he needs.

all of this happened really early in his life, so mike is the only one who knew him before his transition. however, it's not like he can easily change his name and stuff (i don't know how it worked in the 70s/80s but i'm pretty sure it wasn't easy because it isn't now either) so people at school think he's a girl. well, the ones who go to his class and hear his deadname only, because everyone is sure about him being a boy when they first see him.

mike always defends will from bullies. he's his knight in shining armor tbh will always has to heal his wounds from him getting into fights he can't win (mike loves that)

he insists on wanting to learn more masculine things so he ends up learning stuff about cars and how to use guns. joyce tells him it isn't necessary but he finds it comforting somehow. although he never really uses guns or cars anyway (unless they're about to die but that happens later in his life)

dustin and lucas don't give a fuck tbh will told them to call him by his name instead of the one they heard in class and they went along with it. as years pass by i think they just forget sometimes that he's trans. when they suddenly remember they ask him how it feels to have boobs and they all make jokes about it (they make will feel better about himself it's not a problem)

when he feels dysphoric he borrows clothes from jonathan because those are bigger <3

(jumping suddenly to s4) el finds out about it when they have to change in the same room and she sees him naked and asks. he's nervous about it at first but she understands and accepts his brother pretty quickly ofc <3

when he's on his period suffering and wanting to die, mike is always there to hug him and give him comfort

he loves painting about his experience. he has a lot of art about him being trans and a boy and i'm sure they're the most beautiful paintings ever

max is trans too because i said so and she finds out about him being trans the first days of class together in s3 and they bond over that

he constantly says he hates his voice for being so delicate but mike, without even having to ask him, always says he loves it and that it is really handsome

this is really specific but mike gave him a mixtape with only love songs talking about boys because he didn't want will to think about himself as a girl, not even when listening to music

tbh i think i have more hcs but i'm pretty tired now! thanks for the ask bestie i hope your vacation goes great!!! <33

#trans will byers my beloved #i would do anything for him #will byers #byler