Coming back to the fact that the scene focused on how much Mike loves El is titled after how much Will loves Mike
He was barely in the scene. It was like 5 minutes of only Mike talking about only El and his love for her and strengthening her
And it was titled for Will. For Will's romantic feelings for Mike.
Mike told El he loved her. And the title of the song that played over that, 99% of the scene under that song being Mike telling El how much he loves her, was not "Mike loves El", but "Will loves Mike".
Mlvns complain about it like it's an accident, but it isn't. They literally gave away Mike and El's romance to Will.
We've counted before. Every single romantic moment, he's present. And sometimes, he's even its NAMESAKE.
Will owns their romance now and that's insane. They didn't just ween audiences off of Mike and El to get them attached to somebody else. They gave it away to the person.
And not just in terms of him having the power to keep them together or not, I'm talking about the AUDIENCE.
You can never again think of Mike and El without thinking of him. It belongs to him now. That's why Mlvns talk about us under every one of their completely Will-absent edits and posts but we seldom talk about them. Because one cannot talk about Mike and El without talking about Will. Because as of season 4, their romance belongs to him, that's insane. Mike and Will belong to themselves and each other. And Mike and El's friendship belongs to themselves and each other. But their romance belongs to Will.
He is always there. He is holding them together. He was provided the power to tear them apart. They are NAMED for him. It's like naming the ship between Mike x El "Will Byers".
"What's your favorite Mike and El moment?" "'You're the heart'" "Oh, the Mike and Will moment?" "NO, Mike's LOVE SPEECH TO EL"
they created a world where you have to correct it every time. Where the default for anything you say is to mean Will.
They essentially installed autocorrect to every time you say "I love Mike and El", go "did you mean 'Will'?"
"No, goddamnit, I said Mike and El WIll"
"Mike and El Will"
"M!leven Byler"