sometimes i think about this one post that someone made where they said that everyone treats will in a special manner because he's a sensitive kid and that's why mike treats him differently, but it's just like... i mean. yeah. you're right lol. everyone does treat him differently precisely because of his sensitive and meek nature, but the person they're specifically thinking of is lucas.
lucas has a will voice and he certainly doesn't treat will like he does dustin or mike, BUT the difference between lucas and mike is that lucas never once treats will the way he treats max. he has never been written into a situation where dustin tells max that lucas is going to X, Y, and Z for her in no time, only to then cut to lucas going and immediately doing X, Y, and Z for will while max is somewhere waiting on him to finally figure out how to talk to her like a human being. max never once gets jealous of will or gets left behind for / switches places with will either. lucas treats will sweetly in an entirely platonic manner and he always has.
meanwhile, mike treats will sweetly in a way that other characters on the show–namely lucas and max–expect him to treat el. and the difference is further highlighted by how he does all of the right things for will, but never el, and certainly not without hand-holding explain like i'm five levels of guidance.
despite dating eleven, that treatment is solely reserved specifically for will. he always knows what to say, what to do, what will wants, and he feels comfortable enough with will to do it all with ease. and when he doesn't know, he still feels safe enough to work and talk through it with him rather than retreating to someone else and dishing all their problems to them instead of him.
none of that EVER happens between will and lucas or will and dustin. ever! they treat him differently, but not in a way that's similar to how they treat their girlfriends or are expected to treat their girlfriends.
like. there just really is no other relationship in the party that is written like mike and will's lol. lucas was willing to go to the gate himself to find will all on his own, proving that he most definitely loves will an extraordinary amount, but i feel like there's a CLEAR distinction made between all of those friendships which highlights which are platonic and which are not.
will was upset with both lucas and mike in season three, but there's a Reason he mostly blew up at mike and proceeded to go to castle byers after and tear a picture of them right down the middle while memories that start and end with mike's voice play in the background, and it's not just because will likes him.
will's behaviors have remained consistent and admiringly Normal, even with his larger than life feelings for mike, but mike's are always changing and clearly indicative of him struggling with Something that he's yet to tell anyone about in full. it's mike who couldn't juggle being with el and being friends with will at the same time. can the same be said for will and lucas? or will and dustin? obviously not.
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I feel fucking crazy!!!!!!!!!!
(thinking about the way he convinced her he was still himself. his smile when she said his name. the way he said hello. the way he simply looked at her. how he had to act like everything was normal because he was so scared she was gonna leave him. the hurt when she asked him to change back, just exacerbating that fear even more. him trying to play it off as if he's totally fine with sending her home even though it's absolutely and utterly the last thing he'd ever want to do. his pride at finally getting her to smile, only to be immediately dashed when she snapped at him. the way he made the worst impression after that and scared the life out of her.
oh, just everything, all of it.)
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good morning, ok time for me to be a little insane upon first waking up a little hungover on a sunday
we all know joe is in arizona for his friend's bach party/the little autograph signing thing yesterday. (i don't know exactly where that was but i know he was definitely partying in scottsdale because he is a basic bitch <3 <3)
and then last night ja'marr posts the most random blurry picture on his story
the only point of which seems to be establishing that he is now also in arizona. (in phoenix which is like 20 minutes from scottsdale). it's not a picture of ANYTHING!!! like it's just some blurry shot from the back of an uber. truly the only point of this is to say he's there.
and now i woke up and thank god i screenshotted it because HE DELETED IT!!!!!
i invite you all to draw your own (insane) conclusions
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I lost interest in tbhk.
I'll try to finish my interactive au and the fic docs I already started, answer some of my asks too, when I have the time, but unless the new chap spark that excitement again I'll just... become a casual reader.
(I do still have pieces of my insane era on my docs though, so if interested I'll share the drafts and incomplete scenes of some fics)
EDIT: I WON'T CANCEL THE DTIYS EVENT, PRIZES AND ALL! No worries about that!
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