GUESS WHAT!! Another post that had a point in the beginning and then I got derailed again 🤪🤪🤪
Thinking about Mike thinking Will had moved on from him,, “joined another party”
Between his calls never going through and Will never trying to reach out, and El telling him everything was fine and she had friends (and that meant Will had to have friends) and their being a girl Will might like-
Mike probably thought he’d moved on, that whatever friendship they had Mike had destroyed, because at this point I don’t think they’d talked about all the stuff that happened in S3, all that they’d done to reconcile was that conversation before the Byers left- why did Mike think that’d ever be enough?? He was stupid to think that? Wasn’t he.
So he’s all awkward and has these pent up emotions because all while dealing with the fact he might’ve lost Will to whatever California friendship, he’s also dealing with the fact he isn’t even sure he loves El anymore- and all these other confusing emotions about said friend he feels like he’s lost-
SO OFC HE GREETS WILL WITH THAT WEIRD ASS SIDE HUG, I MEAN WOULDNT YOU??
And then he see’s the painting that’s apparently for this girl, this person that’s REPLACED HIM. And Will had the balls to bring it with him when they’re coming to the airport to GREET HIM?? And Will gets all awkward when he asks about it so obviously he doesn’t want Mike to know and- when did that start?? When did Will start feeling so uncomfortable telling him things
When did they change so much??
Mike was foolish to think they’d stay the same. That Will wouldn’t find people that were better than him. Better friends, better people. Just better.
And then he ignores Mike all day and Mike tries so hard to ignore him too. To focus on El instead of all these confusing feelings and actions and the way Will can’t even seem to look at him.
And all that time he doesn’t even notice Will feels the same way, like he’s been replaced and like Mike’s moved on from their friendship and AGHRJRHSIDHDHSO THEY MAKE ME WANT TO BITE SOMEONE
And then rink o’ mania happens and- Mike finally gets it. At least somewhat. That Will didn’t know- Will didn’t know how hard he’s been trying to keep their friendship going- Will doesn’t know that he makes Mike feel so weird in his skin- Will…doesn’t..know… and Will didn’t replace him- and Will still wants to be his best friend and fuck. Mikes messed it up again. BUT HE CAN FIX IT THIS TIME
He wasn’t replaced- they both thought they’d forgotten about each other
So he apologizes and they’re back to normal making jokes and smiling at each other and god he missed this, the easier flow of conversation and being able to look at each other again- and even if they’re on the run in a stuffy weed filled pizza van they’re them again and that’s all that matters.
And then he figures out the panting was..FOR HIM??? Which yk, actually makes sense- since if El didn’t have any friends that means Will probably didn’t either but why wouldn’t he let El look at it- did he maybe feel the same?? Did he still need Mike the way Mike needs him- wait… El commissioned it .. .. … ……….. ?????????
Well they’re back to normal right..? Will wouldn’t- lie to him because they’d fixed them. They were them again- so Will wouldn’t lie right???? Right????
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Byler does miscommunication RIGHT!!!!!
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Ultraman: Rising showing how one’s familial love can influence them still hits ghhh
Kenji’s growing love for Emi causing him to reflect his role of Ultraman and starting to finally understand that role and want to help actually find a balance in protecting humanity and kaiju and Dr. Onda’s love for his family who he had lost to kaiju fueling his desire to eradicate them not for the sake of simply revenge but for the sake of humanity
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[ID: a manga page from Nabari no Ou that's been colored in shades of blue. It's a full-page illustration of an underwater scene where Miharu and Hanabusa are shown among various fish and sea creatures. They're very old species, some of which are extinct. Hanabusa is central on the page, holding her hand up to a coelacanth as she narrates:
"The atoms that rained down on earth from space became the ocean. They became life. And eventually, they became us.
If a type of life was interrupted, it became a part of the land. And now, after an extraordinary amount of time, it quietly gives us pieces of the memories from when it was alive...
It doesn't matter if the life lasted a few minutes or hundreds of years. It all accumulates and helps to raise up the next life.
Mankind may only have been born in a corner of a corner of the earths timeline, but we're still connected to 4.6 billion years of memories. Isn't it exciting to think that that includes you?"
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Trans. Alethea & Athena Nibley, coloring by me
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