Was thinking about ways to start to subtly hint to the GA that Mike likes Will because they can’t just jump straight to like Vecna callout, even as a queer Mike truther I think that feels forced, and then I just thought...
Do what they always do. End a scene with a look like 4x04. Just...this time...don’t interrupt. Let the look linger. in silence. Have Will be the first to look away. Then either Mike looks down and like “oh” and maybe a little insecure (yk that look that kind of implies that something did just happen) or just have him not look away.
I feel like that’s a start for sure. And it makes the most sense from the starting point we’re at too because like. There are not actions there that could be argued out of character. I mean, people who want to can deny but active deniers aren’t GA - GA are the people not committed to an interpretation so they aren’t pushing back. It wouldn’t seem out of character or sudden at all because it’s just...a continuation of what his behavior was already like. The camera’s just focusing on it a little more now. It demonstrates a hypothetical. A lingering glance is universal TV language. We know what it means. And an interrupted one like they’ve had is still a little deniable in nature, but a look-away? A shy, coy reaction? As if something just happened between them? Something unspoken just from intimate eye contact? That gets the ball rolling. Even if slowly. It can pick up speed from there. It’s gaining momentum.
