tonight i’m angry about them only letting will get that hug from mike, one that he beyond deserved, as a “reward” for moving on from him . and then they have mike go out of his way to not touch him for the rest of the season. now he gets a hug from the character he was in love with had a crush on who literally had no reason to refuse to hug him when they reunited after 6 months because what?? like genuinely? there’s no romantic tension anymore? because buddy you might wanna fact check that 😬
like no i’m not gonna sit here and plead to anyone who’ll listen about canon byler subtext rn because they did what they did, or rather, didn’t do anything with intent. but, i just find this annoying and not properly portrayed.
but likee, at the time, after watching shock jock for the first time i believed will still had feelings for mike because of the way he reacted to the hug and immediate aftermath. the way he whispered his name, and gazed into his eyes before the reality of the missing kids hit.
i really don’t even know where im going with this, or if i articulated things right, but i’m overall just annoyed when thinking about it rn lol.