#mike gets vecna'd

[mikewheelerisaqueerler]

vecna is in mike's mind trying to find the best stuff to torture him with and he comes across these treasures

[squiddysides]

Just imagine if Will is looking at Mike, and for a split second, he sees himself through Mike's eyes and that's how he realizes Mike is the next Vecna victim

[vampirecurbtits]

Mike being taken instead of Holly..

Mike bonding with Max, finally admitting he was suicidal in the past (and lowk some now)...

Max learning about all his fights with Will, and shaking her head at him....telling him they'll talk about it later...

Mike updating Max on all her friends (they talk about Jane....she yells at him to be better...)

Will and Jane bonding while trying to get Mike back...Jane learning about Wills crush on Mike, and admitting her and Mike have been broken up since the end of s4...

Lucas and Dustin working together for crawls....getting some dustin content outside of his relationship with Steve....

Max not wanting to leave Mike behind, even if she trusts that he'll find a way....Mike pushing her to Lucas...

Will being who wakes Mike up....

MADWHEELER BONDING

[lyrayahh]

Well, that aged like shit 😒

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Okay, let’s squash this doubt because there’s still time left.

Will’s coming out scene & Mike’s body language.

‘I don’t like girls’ - Mike’s breath slightly catches in surprise and interest. His eyebrows raise showing surprise. His mouth slightly parts, this is more intimate and shows curious interest, something closer to home. He wants to know more and he’s feeling it. He also sits up, slightly leaning forward into it. You lean and direct your body towards the person you are the most interested in. (Especially romantically). This indicates that he’s focussed, he cares and it’s very important to him. It can be seen as romantic interest. It’s POSITIVE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT BIT -

‘I had this crush on someone, even though I know they’re not like me.’ - Mike’s body is panicking in a positive way. Mike does a DOUBLE take, meaning he is wondering who the crush is and he’s probably wondering whether it’s him or could be him. He swallows, so his nerves are kicking up. If it’s romantic then this shows he is flustered. Then he looks Will up and down quickly. This signifies attraction. His attraction is spiked, he’s re-assessing, seeing things differently, thinking things through. It’s POSITIVE.

Next, ‘so I push you away and we drift apart more and more…’ - Mike swallows again, this time he slightly furrows his eyebrows, and his nostrils flare where his breathing slightly quickens. He is now STRESSED. This is a future he doesn’t want. Someone with no romantic interest is not likely to react this way. For Bylers this is POSITIVE.

If you pair those things together, Mike’s thought process is probably along the lines of, ‘you like boys?’ ‘Who do you like?’ ‘Could it be me?’ ‘you’re imagining a future without me in it, and that scares me. I don’t like that.’

Him getting up after a few of the others for the group hug is deliberate restraint! He can’t jump up first now, especially if he’s interested, but he also doesn’t want to distance and go last. He needs a minute to sit with this. It’s positive.

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He does NOT show signs of awkwardness or negativity, so don’t worry about that. Don’t listen to any Milevens that try it.

Also, the Tammy stuff? He was (just hours before) comparing Mike to Vickie!!!!

I’m also still quite sure that Mileven either aren’t together anymore or are very close to breaking up. Please let her be safe and free!

We still have ‘what painting’ to go!! Hold on Bylers, I know it hurts. 🥺

Stay positive!

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[monsterkill--er]

THE WAY I SCRUMPT, MIKE YOU'RE IN DANGER BRO

These are two parallels from EP7 of S4 and S5. I just realized that Will’s coming out scene happens on a checkered floor, which makes all the characters look like players on a chess board.

One, aka Henry, aka Vecna, aka Mr. Whats It, manipulates Eleven to conduct the massacre at Hawkins Lab during a game of chess. The piece he steals from her is a knight on A6, just like the 6th of November, the day of Vecna’s plan to collide worlds. Mike’s D&D character is a paladin, aka a holy knight.

This sets up that Vecna’s grand plan involves stealing Mike, the brave knight, from Will in order to manipulate him, and everyone else, so he can win. Mike is so getting Vecna’d or targeted (again), and to hint it here during Will’s coming out scene? It has to be about Byler and toying with Will’s love for Mike.

By the way, “endgame” is originally a chess term, as in checkmate. Lucas says “that’s endgame” when he, Robin, and Mike talk about Will being trapped in Vecna’s mind, knowing his secrets, and Mike saying he’ll “stay with Will,” in the same location, on the same checkered floor.

THE WHOLE SET IS A "BYLER ENDGAME" JOKE. OMFG.

I'm willing to bet everything Vecna underestimates Mike's love for Will, "And when he does, it'll be the last mistake that son of b*tch ever makes." CHECKMATE.

[rebeccasreveries]

mike not getting vecna’d has to be one of the greatest television fumbles in recent history like the set up was right there

[aconiteandausten]

mike wheeler is going to get vecna'd in vol2

so i've been doing some thinking.

remember how we've seen bts for s4 where noah is at rink-o-mania in a different costume than the one he actually wears there?

and remember how we also got a bts photo of him in a stunt harness in that same costume?

i've seen a lot of people theorize over the last few years that these photos are because they filmed shots during s4 filming that are going to be used for vecna visions in s5.

but there's one thing that's always stuck out to me about this!

every time we see someone in a vision, they're always wearing the clothing they're wearing irl when they get vecna'd, even if they're in a memory.

now, if will get's vecna'd in s5, why would he be in clothing from s4 during the vision?

i definitely think this could be because we see a memory of will's from s4 at rink-o-mania that we haven't previously seen, and we see s5 will witnessing it, but that still doesn't explain the photo with the harness!

if s5 will is witnessing s4 will in a memory, anything requiring a harness (being thrown, lifted, etc.) would be happening to s5 will, not s4 will.

onto my theory:

this might be wishful thinking since i really want to see mike get vecna'd in s5 (i love him and want to see what the hell is going on in his head and think there's soooo much potential there) but i think these photos could actually be explained by a mike vecna vision in s5 rather than a will one.

we know from vol1 that mike is acting a lot kinder towards and protective over will than in s4, so i don't think it's that far of a leap to say that he probably feels guilty about how he acted during their time in california.

remember this scene from s4? where max is talking about her insecurities/shames and vecna puppets lucas to terrorize her?

and remember this one? where vecna-as-brenner breaks the fourth wall of the memory and starts talking directly to nancy?

because of all of this, i think that, potentially, we could get a scene where vecna uses mike's guilt to terrorize him by puppeting will to say horrible things to him, like we see with lumax.

now, remember that outfit we saw from the rink-o-mania bts? where does will wear that outfit?

the van scene.

i think there is potential for us to get a scene where we see mike experience/watch a different/his own pov of the van scene, then vecna-as-will turns to him and breaks the fourth wall of the memory to taunt him. this would then shift location to the roller rink (probably empty except them, like max's snowball memory), leaving vecna-as-will in his van scene outfit with a s5 mike at rink-o-mania.

this is also added to by the fact that the van scene took 12 hours to film. i definitely think that they were shooting additional things during that time, likely for s5!

i'm honestly not sure where the harness thing would come into play. maybe vecna would puppet s4-van-scene-will into doing something that would require a harness during mike's vision, though i can't conceptualize what that could be lol. but i just can't see a use for it if will is the one experiencing the vision!

this is all pretty far-fetched and would require a crazy amount of forethought, planning, and insane composite shots, but the duffers are the duffers and i wouldn't doubt them tbh

(also, i don't think this will actually happen, but on the very slim off-chance it does, i'd like it on the record that i predicted it.)

thanks for reading and rb if you enjoyed! <3

[sufferingfrommoodpoisoning]

Somebody is watching you guys during your intimate conversations

Eyes on the skis

Four eyes = four deaths = Vecna

He was also watching Max:

"See you. But do you see me?"