How can you see the way Mike looks at Will and not think the guy is down bad
Like bro is MESMERIZED
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Mike being visibly angry as they walked through the airport and when they were at Rink-O-Mania just because Will wasn’t talking to him enough and because he thought Will had a crush on a girl is still so funny to me. Yes, funny “haha” but also funny “queer.”
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Just a reminder that Mike described meeting Will as the best thing he’s ever done and meeting El as just simple dumb luck <3
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So, I have a friend. He’s an older gay man. An ElderGay™️ as I like to think of him. In his early 60’s. Nice dude. He’s never watched Stranger Things before. So I conducted a little experiment.
I showed him three scenes from season 4 and asked for his thoughts on the characters. Those scenes were Mike and Will in Will’s bedroom, the van scene, and Will and Jonathan in the pizza kitchen. And you know what the first thing he said was? Even before the first scene was over? “I think the one in the blue shirt wants to be more than friends with the other one.” I kid you not. Without prompting. Without any context. He watched that scene and clocked Mike Wheeler immediately. It was more obvious to him than Will being gay, and Will is the one who is canonically gay. The van scene only reinforced this opinion of his. And the scene with Will and Jonathan literally made him cry.
I wanted to share this for two reasons. One, to show that removed from the context of Mike’s relationship with El, his feelings for Will are easy to see, even without 3 prior seasons of buildup. And two, the way queer themes are handled in this show are extremely meaningful, especially for older queer people who lived through that era. This man is literally twice my age, and there we both were, with tears running down our faces, watching how Jonathan affirmed and cared for his gay little brother. It’s so important for queer people and their friends and family everywhere to see interactions like these in mainstream entertainment.
So, anyway, Byler endgame lol
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mike wheeler 22,000 people know what you are
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People fight over whether Mike is gay or bi mean while my personal favorite headcanon is something I don't think many people have considered:
Unlabeled Mike
It's my personal headcanon that Mike wouldn't care about labeling himself. All he knows is that he likes Will and doesn't care about anything else. He doesn't know what he is and he's okay with that. As long as he gets to love Will nothing else matters.
All other headcanons are great and valid I was just sharing my own perspective. I love both the bi and gay Mike headcanons, but I can't choose between the two which is one of the reasons I'm sticking with unlabeled Mike for now. In the end I don't think it really matters what Mike is since I don't feel the show is going to explicitly say what he is. As long as he's a boy kisser nothing else matters 👨❤️💋👨
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is it obvious that i can’t draw mike’s hair
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“mikes never shown any interest in a guy” idk how y’all watched the series because i could point at least THREE guys who are NOT will that mike was attracted to in ONE and the same episode of s4
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