Mike Wheeler you would totally be into AJR
(also, is it just me or does The Maybe Man Album have Mike Wheeler vibes. I am probably wrong sense I tend to focus more on Will)
no no no
Youāre right
as someone whoās entire personality was the album for a solid year and a half
it is him
Not knowing who he is
Not wanting to care as deeply as he does for his friends ātouchy feely foolā
(Surfs ahoy reference? Letter gate reference?) either way, not being good at communication and being too stressed to actually face his problems head on and just wanting to run away from them
Lowkey max, learned helplessness/avoidance when it comes to his relationships, neurodivergent Mike wheeler, his parents pushing him into college/adult life, TO DUMB FOR BREAKING UP/ ID DO IT IN PERSON BUT ILL PROBABLY MESS IT UP!?!? HIM AND EL HIM AND EL ITS JUST HIM AND ELā
the world ending lol
oh dear GOD itās Inertia time š (Iām not gonna cry trust)
Skinny jeans mention (emo/gay ass Mike wheeler)
all of his friends know what they want for their futures (we are not ignoring the fact that the writers were racist and didnāt give Lucas a clear future accept max, that is bad, but for the sake of the argument letās just say Lucas has stuff figured out) vs Mike who wants to be a writer, but that could cause him to just fall back into dnd/their childhoods again and not move on
He wants better, but heās lost all his emotion, heās staying right where heās at
Him and El, wanting to leave but feeling he is stuck
adding more
This whole song (if we ignore the fact is hopefull in the end) is El and Mike, rushing into a relationship, just following the path of a relationship thatās set out for you, being unsure/ second guessing if this is what he wants (itās not), feels he canāt LOVE HER RIGHT, literally comparing his relationship to his parents relationship like how el and mike paralleled Karen and Ted,
āI need too much attention from youā
and later in the song you could also think of it as byler with ālove isnāt big kid, itās little and quiet / add up the days I think youāll turn out to like itā
because thatās what love is supposed to be like
vs. The emptiness of Mike and el not really TRUELY knowing eachother
DnD, not being able to grow up/ move on
Masking, wanting to play as someone else, I feel like the res of it speaks for itself
Heās not okay, he doesnāt want his friends to leave, feels like heās waisted his life
I feel like these ones speak for themselves, he tries so hard to be liked but it fails, he just wants to do good and get approval from others
Goes back around to not knowing who he is, but being selfless for his friends and letting them have their character archās and figure themselves out while heās there to help them and be the rest, to be the heart
This is obviously all really basic analysis, I just did this to prove that weāre not crazy lol
