#ST parallels

[willthewiz]

El: "I love you too."

Mike's reaction:

Mike: "I love you."

El's reaction:

This is supposed to be romantic...?

[jonathanbyersphd]

brb going feral from the implications

[byler-alarmist]

Something about Steve and Max looking at boys through binoculars is so special to me

[sapphicslut777]

this scene in st1 when karen is saying to mike “i want you to feel like you can talk to me, you don’t have to hide anything from me” she had no idea about the el plot line at this point… she was letting him know it’s safe to talk to her

suspiciously like this scene from st4 when jonathan is hinting to will that he knows he’s gay and is comforting him and telling him he loves him no matter what and he’s “here to talk, now more than ever” ❤️❤️❤️

[sarahivess]

I think I’ve seen this before

And I liked the ending

[conflictofthemind]

@will80sbyers I just watched Donnie Darko (free on YouTube for some reason) and you are so right about that possibly being an inspiration for Will Season Five. Did not know it was set in the eighties!

Will having nightmares being haunted by Vecna, where he’s forced to be the spy again and help him. The leak we have of Will blaming himself for Mike’s family being attacked and in the hospital…

This photo of him on his bike at night!

It drives me insane now knowing that these are the same model of shoes Donnie wears in the movie, and in the new season Will is wearing them once more but inversed.

And then the whole time loop - clocks thing. The rainbow ship drawing // Project Rainbow stuff with Will. Donnie causing the plane’s engine to fall off which either crushes him in his sleep or starts the loop.

Vecna’s insistence that he sees the future and how everyone will fail, specifically showing Nancy how the Wheelers will be taken out. What Will is blaming himself for is the Wheelers being attacked. Will being used as an agent for Vecna to enact his future the same way Frank led Donnie down a particular path of actions in order to insure his future and the stable time loop.

I’ll have more thoughts on this later particularly regarding the time travel stuff. I’m so sure Will has some involvement in starting or perpetuating a time loop that the characters are in that began with the USS Eldridge / Rainbow Ship.

Even more extra thoughts though:

-Both Will and Donnie being artists and drawing the entity that is haunting them!

-Both being referred to as “schizo”

[erikiara80]

[manic-pixie-aquarius]

I had many thoughts last night regarding season 5...

As most have pointed out, 1x08 was titled The Upside Down and 5x08 is titled The Right Side Up.

I'm sure we all remember how season 1 ended...

Do we think...? Y'know... Eleven might die?

And after this happens we see Will regain consciousness in the hospital, what if we also had Max waking up as a parallel... Idk... It would be very angsty and tbh I dont think it will happen but I think there is a possibility of El dying in a similar fashion.

I saw someone suggest that Will will die in season 5 but if that happens...

(not that I won't be sad if El dies, it's just that Will is my favorite character and I connect with him on a personal level so if he dies I will never be the same)

[henrysglock]

I, personally, never got over this one

[insomniacirl]

Okay yes- we talk about the s3 Byler fight scene all the time:

BUT CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT THE SCENE PRIOR TO THIS???

Because yes, Mike and Lucas act like assholes towards Will because they're too concentrated on the girls- but as soon as Will finally breaks and gives them the,

"Okay, fine. You guys win. Congratulations."

Mike KNOWS he's fucked up and immediately tries to fix his mistake.

"Will I was just messing around- let's finish for real, how much longer is the campaign?"

"Just forget it Mike!"

"No- we want to keep playing- right?"

*Turns to Lucas and gives him a look*

"Yeah totally!"

"We'll just call the girls afterwards-"

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT VS THE ENTIRE REASON MIKE IS DISTRACTED TO BEGIN WITH???

That boy has no idea how to apologise to El, how to make it up to her- after being broken up with he fully pins the blame on El and argues to Lucas that it makes no sense- that he's the victim.

BUT AS SOON AS WILL'S UPSET WITH HIM? Now that's a whole other story.

And to really get that message across, also pay attention to the very blatant fact that Lucas has been trying to help him with the girls this entire time, telling him what to say and do- but it's Mike's turn to tell Lucas what to do when it comes to Will, that's where his expertise come in. It's second nature, with Will he knows what to do, he acts on instinct to reach out and soothe any injury he's left and he only ever blames himself.

Up until the fight that is.

Say what you Will about season 3 Mike Wheeler, but I will defend that boy with my life.

Yes, he acted like a douchebag- but he was also an extremely confused, extremely frustrated 14 year old boy, with no idea how to fix all the mistakes he seemed to be making just by trying to do what people were telling him was right.

[itswhatyougive]

Happy Hip Bump a Homo to all who observe

[alcalystrasz]

Who wants a parallel of this scene with byler? Cause I do.

What I mean is, I want a Mike asking for Will to dance and a Will that accepts. I want a romantic, true romantic song in the back while they kiss with every kids in the gymnasium looking at them like "wow what??"

[will80sbyers]

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[byler-alarmist]

OK so remember how we were talking about how different characters in the show style themselves differently ar certain points to make themselves into something their love interest would like? Like Nancy dressing more New Wave-y to fit Jonathan's musical tastes, Lucas wearing the Karate Kid-inspired shirt because Max was crushing on Ralph Macchio, etc?

Remember this part?

Well.....

Tom Cruise in Taps, 1981

I rest my case

[l393ndjean]

I finished the first scene of my Will and El role reversal fic!

Only ten billion more to go...

[skeletal-butterflyy]

Actually I think el only had bad outfits when she was trying to be “normal” and fit into societal standards. In s3 she was having fun with max and learning to be herself and her outfits were great, but at the beginning of season 4 she’s trying to do/be who she thinks she SHOULD be instead of who she is, hence the less than aesthetically pleasing outfits. Same goes for mike actually, that horrendous mess he was wearing when he arrives in california is what he thinks he SHOULD be wearing instead of what he would actually want to wear.