I believe.

I could be on my deathbed taking my last breath and I would still protect Mike Wheeler. Mileven Forever.

[mikewheely]

The Wheeler Siblings.

I LOVE THEM TOGETHER SO MUCH!

[mikewheeler]

It doesn’t matter how long they’re apart.

- Finn Wolfhard

[hopperjane]

Mike and El's first and last kiss (1x08/5x08)

[thatonekimgirl]

Mike Wheeler: Generational Yearner

[mikewheely]

Someone kill me

[mikewheely]

Watching Finn's performance as Mike in the last episode starting from the moment he sees El at the gate till the moment he closes the door in the last scene basically feels like someone has taken your heart out and is crushing it with both hands for a very long time. It hurts so much I can feel it physically. As much as I love to torture myself to get that cathartic feeling, I don't have the courage to watch that part. I opened Netflix, almost pressed play but backed out. How would I ever come to terms with it? I have no idea.

[partywithponies]

"It's just a TV show" maybe to you. I absorbed it into my soul though.

[kl125]

I’m going to need a few business days to process that finale. It was utterly beautiful and expectedly devastating all at once. I pretty much loved every choice, but I wish my girl, El, had a more hopeful ending. The ambiguity of her death makes sense, because the military needs to fully believe she is gone. However, being forever cut off from those who love her, especially Mike, with no hope of ever reconnecting, isn’t sitting right with me. Maybe I just need to be patient, and let my grief over losing the show I’ve spent the last ten years obsessing over dissipate, and perhaps then, things will make more sense. Perhaps then, I’ll be able to visit with these characters again, and find them waiting at the base of those three waterfalls, ready for the journey back to Hawkins, Indiana. Goodbye, Stranger Things. It’s been a blast!

[mikewheely]

I echo the exact same thought. Devastatingly beautiful is exactly what it was.

[stydixa]

STRANGER THINGS (2016 - 2025) Season 5 - Episode 8 - The Rightside Up

[stydixa]

STRANGER THINGS (2016 - 2025) Season 5 - Episode 8 - The Rightside Up

[stydixa]

STRANGER THINGS (2016 2025) Season 5 - Episode 8 - The Rightside Up

[mikewheely]

Stranger Things is the El to my Mike.

[mikewheely]

I hope I come to terms with this grief soon enough. The grief of Mike's fate, Mileven's fate, and the end of Stranger Things. I hope it is over soon, and I can move on and keep myself distracted with the latest seasons of Emily in Paris and Bridgerton, where there is no fear of a strong attachment like the one I have with Stranger Things, where I can just watch and go about my day like a normal person instead. There's no such attachment that almost starts to define your personality. I am never making the mistake of getting attached to a TV show like this again.

[mikewheely]

It's been more than 24 hours and I am still depressed AF. What do you mean Mike has to carry this heartbreak for the rest of his life? I know that's realistic and practical but WTF 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Why doesn't my boy get to be happy?

[mikewheely]

I apologize to Kali. I am sorry.

But my boy Mike Wheeler. I just-

I am happy with the way it wrapped up and El found her freedom (I believe). The only thing I don't think I will ever be able to wrap my head around is the fact that my son Mike Wheeler is the only one who has to accept the heartbreaking truth and still believe. It hurts more because I am like that. When El 'died', I had the same reaction I did back in season 4 when Max 'died'. I did not cry or sob or scream. I was just blank and I didn't believe their deaths. After that scene, I was like this can't be it. This can't be. I couldn't really process the scenes fully after that. And then when they showed the flashback during the graduation ceremony, I was like, I was right. I know she is not dead, maybe she is hiding, maybe she will reappear in the end. And then she did, only somewhere else. And today I realized after reflecting that I am so attached to Mike maybe because I am more similar to him than I believed I was. It's so hard to dissociate from him. Because just like he said that the only story he will never tell is of the Mage. I think our coping mechanism is the same. We believe and we leave it there. And this is precisely why I will never read a fanfiction (I never did) where Mike hunts her down and finds her to find any closure. Because it will never become real, we will never get to see it and it will only hurt more. Maybe I will accept and learn to live with it. It's too painful. All I will know is they are soulmates and they will always be each others'. And as always, Mike's beliefs are right. I believe.

[mikewheely]

The way some fAnS are dragging the seventh episode with that ridiculous IMDb rating is crazy! 71k votes and the average stands below 6? Are you kidding me?! There is no way the episode was received that badly and this truly is some engineered bullshit. I mean come on, if everyone disliked Volume 2 that much then how come the other two episodes have ratings above 8?

I thought I would ignore this, but I honestly cannot. Instead of constructive criticism, so much hate for an episode because your delusions did not turn out to be true? That you had to rate it that poorly? And then make up some fake ass rumour about them cutting 100+ minutes from volume 2, signining petitions for the release? Which Randy Havens debunked btw, and then people are like "Netflix paid him, no one else is saying that"? And also out of nowhere saying that Mike and Eleven broke up? These people really need to calm the fuck down.

I feel so bad that so many other things were just ignored to simply spread the hate and negativity! This is so unfair and absolutely insane.

[mikewheely]

If Hopper and Mike don't throw a bitch fit and show Kali her place for manipulating El into thinking that sacrificing herself is the only way, I will not be able to sleep at night.

[stydixa]

Mike protecting others STRANGER THINGS 5 VOL. 1 Episode 4 - Sorcerer