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mwtfdydgate but the whole ensemble’s hanging out in the basement going over something serious then hopper says something that gives will a diabolical flashback to this stupidly hilarious inside joke him and mike had as kids and no one understood it but them and starts violently shaking trying to contain his laughter and then mike looks over and immediately gets it and loses it and dustin and lucas are like oh not this again and mike and will are just dying and mike leans in to whisper something to add to the joke and will starts going red and that makes mike laugh even more and buries his head in will’s shoulder to hide his blush and will leans into him out of muscle memory and jancy are smiling to themselves cos they remember this happening all the time when they were little and the rest of the group are just staring confused but mike and will haven’t laughed so hard in years and suddenly it feels like yesterday they came up with the joke in kindergarten and they just have one moment between them where everything else and all those years and horrors disappear and it’s just mike and will laughing at their stupid little joke

will never found apocalyptic miwi with 12yo mike running away from home to find will himself because nobody believes him is calling to me like a fucking siren

and if he leaves in the morning with everything he owns in a little black case… the only things he loves enough to bring being will's art binder... because the answers he seek will never be found at home… and the love that he needs will never be found at home… because will was never found at home...

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good morning what if jane picked mike to be the person she said goodbye to because she knew he was the only one who wouldn’t be able to say i love you back and she knew the only way she would’ve been convinced not to sacrifice herself is if she was reminded of how loved she was have a nice day :)

#it’s 10pm for me but it sounded crueler that way sozzies #you guys are such sweethearts in the comments #byler #mike wheeler #stranger things #will byers #byler endgame #byler nation #byler is canon #byler st5 #byler analysis #byler brainrot #anti milkvan #anti mileven #elmike #platonic elmike #jane hopper #urfavrambles #thinkingthosethoughts

el having mike's promise ring on her right hand which is associated with using her powers implying mike always helped her harness her powers but after that disastrous monologue she switches it to her left hand implying she no longer needs mike's love to harness her true potential

will having his matching watch with mike on his left hand then after those mysterious 18 months switching to his right hand, which is the hand that mike held in s2, was used to communicate in morse code while possessed, and used to kill the demogorgan about to hurt mike... implying mike's love helped will harness his true potential

but it could mean nothing

edit: well apparently i was right it did fucking mean nothing

did anyone else notice how mike and el's relationship is represented by the broken diorama between them

...which will offers to help fix

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i literally dreamt of a perfect hc and woke up just to ask someone to PLEASE include it in a oneshot

basically miwi learnt morse code together as kids right because wiw used to be nonverbal and we all know mike is sometimes bad with words, so the only times he was really comfortable talking was when he was talking to will in morse code (because that way he wouldn't lose himself rambling but really mean what little he said)

anyway give me them lying in mikes bed in the darkness during the 18 months and will still won't talk to mike to shield himself from any more pain and mike hates that he can't talk to his best friend anymore bc it reminds him of when will was always quiet because he physically couldn't express himself so he gently taps "are you okay?" against the back of will's hand in morse code for the first time in 10 years and will slowly taps back "yes" (even though they both know it's not true)

then after will falls asleep mike is still lying awake just looking at will's face, peaceful and lost in a dream, a few inches away from him. and he's hating himself because he's too much of a coward to tell will he's in love with him. he can't even write it. and even if he did, he could never show it to him. so he tells will the only way he knows how. he gingerly tucks a few flyaways behind his ear, letting his thumb naturally gravitate towards the soft curve of his cheekbones. and he gently taps the space on his skin that's tinged the slightest shade of pink, visible by the low glow of the bedside lamp, the words "i love you".

they named episode 5 "shock jock" because they shocked a demogorgan on the radio tower.

but remember when we thought it was because robin, a literal disc jockey on a talk radio show, would "express opinions in a deliberately provocative and offensive way"? hawkins' shock jock, revealing the jarring truth about the upside down and the potential collision of dimensions to her unsuspecting listeners? truths about the government, secret lab projects, and the blood of so many in the hands of the so few in charge? maybe even a subtle hint about herself that she would never normally reveal, in fear of becoming the town pariah? but hey, if it helped will unlock literal superpowers, maybe it might do the same for some other kid out there too, a kid like her. and if it didnt, the world is ending, so fuck it right?

they named episode 6 "escape from camazotz" because max escaped the place holly nicknamed after a book she read in school.

but remember when we thought it was because mike would finally escape his prison of forced conformity? that he would accept that he was never in love with jane, that he still wanted to play dnd, and that he didn't want to hide his emotions anymore? because max was always paralleling him to to holly, who was literally trapped in camazotz? "ok, i changed my mind. you're not like your brother, you are your brother", constantly pushing for her to be "brave", reminding her that she didn't need to hide behind holly the heroic? that she just needed someone to tie her back to the real world, someone that reminded her of home?

they named episode 7 "the bridge" because steve fucking harrington suggested they cross the bridge between worlds.

but do you remember when we thought it was because will and mike would finally connect on an emotional level, after being separated and oblivious to the other's feelings for three seasons? because they would have to rely on their connection and shared memories to defeat vecna, together? because the line between will and henry's psyches was blurring, and to destroy him, they had to break their tether, had to burn the bridge? or because mike "i don't want to have any more regrets" wheeler was going to confront his feelings, the very thing he had been putting off doing for so long? put it all on the line, now that the world may end? that he was finally going to cross that bridge, now that he'd gotten to it?

remember when we thought creative decisions held meaning?

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apart from will, i honestly think if anyone needed to hear robin's speech, it was jane.

"there was always this part of me that kind of scared me"

jane constantly views herself as a monster, and doesn't see herself as the same as other girls her age, although she desperately wants to. she knew she was different, and that scared her. she was scared of what she could do. and she was scared of who she was.

"but I thought that if [he] loved me, all of me, i wouldn't be so scared anymore."

jane has always seeked affirmation from mike because that's what she has been trained to do all her life. without validation from the men who raised her, she didn't know where to find her self worth. she saw no purpose in herself once she lost her powers, the one thing her father figure had hinged his affection on. which is why she was begging mike to tell her she was more than a superhero. that he loved her, after she had nothing more to give. and he couldn't.

"i was looking for answers in somebody else, but… i had all the answers. i just needed to stop being so goddamn scared."

jane needed to hear this more than anything. she needed to know that she didn't need to beg for scraps from men who didn't have it in them to love her like she needed to be loved. she needed to know she could find love and happiness in other places. and she needed to understand that she wasn't a monster.

"once I did that, oh, i felt so free. it's like i could fly."

and can you imagine, how we thought this line was a metaphor for will, but as the denouement of jane's arc to reclaiming her autonomy and becoming her own person, she was finally able to defeat vecna? because now, as owens said she needed to, she could do more than walk. she could do more than run. she could finally fly.