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STOP?

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I have this dumb little scene in my head where Mike and Will pull up to a drive-thru while Max is working the window. Mike and Max are arguing over chicken nuggets or something like that ("I ordered 11 chicken nuggets Max, I specifically asked for it" "Well I told you, they only come in boxes for 10 or you could get two orders of 6, we don't have 11 nuggets for sale!") while Will sits between them in the driver's seat, just completely exhausted

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Me reading flickergate for the first time

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The GA and homophobes watching s5 when byler is endgame

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Initially I was gonna make a post saying melvin had potential, but when I thought more about it I think getting them together early is what doomed their relationship.

Regardless of whether or not you believe they had legitimate romantic attraction in early seasons, and for the sake of argument let’s say they did, it doesn’t negate the fact that El literally grew up in a lab and is being pushed into a romance with the first boy she meets.

Furthermore, getting them together early, at the tail end of season one (even if they don’t officially get together as a couple until season two) is even more proof that they aren’t meant to last. Just from a storytelling perspective, it would make more sense to save the main couple getting together until closer to the end. That way, you can capitalize on the dramatic tension between them until they finally get together. This is why so many popular couples are victim to slow burn, even within the same show we did not see Hop and Joyce get together until late this most recent season, even when it seemed obvious they would eventually be together. When a couple gets together early, there’s not many places to go but down.

This ultimately put a hinderance on El and Mike’s personal development. This goes back to what I said earlier about El’s backstory. Personally, the only way I could see milkvan actually working as a ship from both a character and a story standpoint is if they held off on getting them together at all until the very end. That way, not only could the story build tension between them, but both of them would be allowed to grow and go through their own arcs seperate of each other. El could become her own person outside of the lab before choosing who she wants to be with, and in a world where Mike is straight, he would most likely go through an arc where he learns that he is more than just a “pathetic nerd” and that he’s more than deserving of being with this girl that he fell in love with. But that’s not how their stories are written.

Quite literally by setting them up together early, this is meant to indicate that their individual arcs are meant to pull them in different directions. El’s arc isn’t meant to be confined to Mike, she is meant to find herself outside of Mike and the influence of men. Similarly, Mike’s arc is not confined to El, and likely in season 5 we will see him discover himself outside of his relationship with El. (You know, before he gets into the relationship he actually want to be in at the end)

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Reminder that this was Mike tearing up as he recreated what he believes to be the best thing he's ever done....asking Will to be his friend.

Also, I feel like people focus so much on Will tearing up here that they miss the fact Mike teared up too. Like this moment was just as special and important to him as it was for Will. He was getting emotional too.

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mike wheeler (derogatory) …no jk i actually rlly like him still but i dont like Many of the choices he made in the last two seasons

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Shake your hair, have some fun Forget our mothers and past lovers, forget everyone Oh, I’m so lucky, you are my best friend Oh, there’s no one, there’s no one who knows me like you do

Are your lights on? Are your lights still on?

I’ll keep you safe If you keep me strong

byler through the seasons - and one of my fave headcanons for season 5, mike the hero and paladin, protecting will. lyrics by wolf alice

thank you for the 1000 followers (even if only a part of you came from my most recent obsession/fandom) ❤

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This campaign defies censorship in social media to raise awareness for early detection of breast cancer

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Sorry but Noah's company using this template on their tiktok and him commenting is still sending me

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early days byler moodboard

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this account is okay but i miss buckieduckie2 i wanna go back 😞😞😞 i’ll be back in a couple hours tho dont yall worry 🤪🤪🤪

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daily reminder that judging by the frog pillow, various teddies of different species, and tiger plushies that will has in his room, he would 100% undoubtedly collect squishmallows / plushies and i know this bc he literally just texted me rn to confirm and sent me a pic of said collection, too, so !!!!!!!

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yeaaaaaaaaa

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ITS 5:05!!!! IM GOJNG BACK TO FIVE O FIVEEEEEEEE

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that’s a really cool animal

if you could be any type of land mammal what land mammal would you be

i would be a duck. what about you

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i found out one of the girls i sit with in bio class also has tumblr part of me wants her to secretly be one of my moots WOULDNT THAT BE SO COOL