#answer to a question

[strange-anni]

Mike, Henry, Will and how it fits together

This is an answer to question I received from @greenfiend as to why I think Mike Wheeler and Vecna/ Henry Creel may be comparable to each other.

It's in regards to this post.

Can we assume that Will Byers is a good observer?

BC I think that may very well may be the case. I've been rewatching the scene where Henry tells Nancy and Eleven his backstory and while I do think some of it relates to Will (fresh start in Hawkins ↔ fresh start in Lenora), other parts relate way better to Mike. Like the whole situation Henry's describing about normalcy and how he doesn't fit in describes Mike just as well if not better than Will.

Like these words from Henry:

Not a single person in the entire show embodies Henrys words here better than Ted Wheeler does. In S1 when Will is missing Ted is assuring Mike that they do care while actually doing nothing and eating his chicken. That's when Mike explodes and leaves the table. Ted's response to everything is passiveness and inaction and Mike can't stand it. He's not like that and doesn't want to be like that. He's different too.

Which brings me to the fact that Henry also says time and time again that he's different. He is different from his family and I also think he sees himself as different from Dr. Brenner and what he stands for. They are both part of the DID system but their approaches to protect it are not the same.

For the Creels it all started when dead animals were found around the house and when Henry found out about their secrets. This is bad bc now he knows and what were they to do if he tells someone? I don't think it really matters in this case what their secrets actually were. What mattered was that Henry knew them and while Victor didn't pick up on it (Teds passiveness) Virgina actually did (Karen does try to reach out to her kids and sometimes senses something is up like the fact that Mike may be queer; Ted actually also knows but he treats it like he treats everything else. Not really worth doing anything about other than making small snide remarks. Him caring and not caring is basically the same thing)

So Henry knows secrets he isn't supposed to know (much like irl Mike knows secrets he isn't supposed to know either "It's a seven") which is dangerous as it can cause damage to the entire system. It's important to keep the secret be otherwise bad things can happen. So Virgina calls Dr. Brenner for help. How does she know Dr. Brenner? That doesn't really matter either I think. What's important is the role he has in making sure secrets stay hidden.

So Henry kills his whole family (or does he?), falls unconscious and later wakes up in Brenners lab where he is kept under control. Wouldn't it be so good if they could enlist him to help keep the secrets hidden? He's got so much special power after all. But that doesn't work bc Henry is not to be controlled, so Brenner decides to "clone" Henry instead. He creates all these children in order protect the system either through keeping the secret (of the a*use) hidden or by building a defense force against the lion. (the backstories of these kids don't really matter either)

Henry however notices Eleven among all the others, partly because she is special as well. She's the weakest and this may or may not be a subconscious desire for Will to get noticed. Either way, he singles her out and tries to encourage her while at the same time he is abused by Brenner himself. Henry's also telling El about the master of them all, the who controls the chessboard (Will; although El thinks it's Brenner) and how the other children want to murder El and she is willing to believe him. They plan to escape and everything is fine and dandy until Henry tricks El to remove the Soteria.

That's when he makes a fatal mistake. He kills all the other children in the lab, therefore loosing Els's trust and getting send into the UD by El. Literally the place where all the a*use is held. A place he cannot escape and place that transforms him until much later. (Like why? Literally why? Why are they all such idiots? Henry was so effing close and then he has to go and eff everything up by using violence again. That is not and will never be the solution here. You cannot kill the alters, you can only absorb them and even then it's not guaranteed that they won't show up again. Arrrgh why are you so stupid Henry?)

Why do i believe that Henry will spill the secret of Lonnies a*use? Because that's basically all he ever does. He opens his mouth and a secret spills out. Like he's hiding his desire in plain sight. He tells El, he tells Nancy and it's almost like he's crying for help because that's exactly what he's doing. I think he also represents Wills subconscious desire to open up. It's why the wound spreads and cannot be contained any longer. A band aid is no longer enough. Will wants to open up and the key to that is Mike bc Mike is kinda Schrödingers Mike: He both knows and doesn't know at the same time.

That is basically what I believe right now and theoretically I could even add a part 2 to all of this as I don't think that's all that happened either but that'll be even weirder and I'm even less sure of it so I'll leave it to another day.

A few things though.

I do believe the Creels work as a negative (as in photography) to the actual Wheelers. Like they are the Wheelers but Upside Down. The corrupted version of them. Therefore the corrupted version of Mike is Henry and the corrupted version of Karen is Virgina (at least in this case). And the Upside Down version of an uncaring Ted? An actual caring Victor.

I also do not think Will holds any grudge at all to the actual Wheelers. In fact I think he actually likes them a lot. Mike of cause first and foremost but I also think he's fond of Karen as well. He likes staying at the Wheelers and being in Mikes basement. It's a safe space for him in a way his own house never was (Lonnie) and maybe the fact that this backstory showed up at this time also means that Will is now slowly realizing that his believed truth about the Wheeler household is not shared by Mike in the same way. (Them being a perfect happy family)

On the topic of the Black Widow spiders I think it's noticeable how Henry not only says he's fond of them but calls them the actual true predators. It's very well known fact that Black Widow females tend to eat their male partners after mating but probably not so well known is the fact that this helps their offspring to survive. (Rings a bell, doesn't it?)

However this behavior was also mostly observed in lab environments where the male spider had nowhere else to run and is less often observed in the wild. In fact male Black widow spiders can sense through the females web if she has already eaten and is therefore safe to mate with. If she's not hungry, she will not eat him. (according to the wiki page)

[inlove-with-me-myself-and-i]

do you love the smell of earth after it rains?

Extremely So! I love it so much sometimes I like to just sit out there and smell it. Usually with a good book.

[heresylog]

I don’t care if you make fun of Catholicism as long as it’s accurate! The best humour has its roots in the truth.

[everythingwasnormalhere]

pls rb if you think cuddling doesn't have to be s3xual

im tryna prove a point to my bf's mother help me out

[v171]

The only example of straight oppression is the fact that Amsterdam for straight people is associated with the red light district where generally straight men can pay for sex with beautiful European women. However, for gay people, Amsterdam has a legal gay cruising, clothing optional section of a park where gay men can have sex for free in public.

[stingrayextraordinaire]

Another year, another group of my delightful ninth graders trying to spell the word "tragedy" for their Romeo and Juliet assignment.

Last year's collection

[thatsbelievable]

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

From the Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously 🥺❤ (you can watch it here in US or with US vpn :) <3) (or just this bit on youtube here :))

Neil Gaiman: I miss him most when I get stuck. You know, I'll just be working on something and I'll go, "Oh, this isn't quite it," and all I want to do is just call Terry, tell him what's going on and have him say, "Ah, grasshopper, the answer is there in the question." And I'd go, "Oh, for fuck's sake, Terry, just tell me."

[Terry Pratchett laughing]

[chowadoe]

[ DARK RIDER/SPEED STAR ⭐ AU ]

a double secret identity speedbiker au me and my buddy have been working on where sonic is the resident speedbike celebrity and shadow is the new mechanic in town :D (more info )

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

🔵 green hills' very own local celebrity! 🔵 has been racing professionally since his teens. tails is (or was!) his main mechanic before passing the torch onto his new employee 🔵 also part of the underground drag racing circuit.. it takes the edge off! 🔵 among busting crime syndicates and shady operations, Sonic (and company) have been tasked with keeping an eye on the drag race scene that's been buzzing with the introduction of new and innovative (and highly dangerous) mods involving a resource called Chaos Fragments.

SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG

⚫ new in town ⚫ Tails' newest (and very first) employee! specializes in the repair of bikes. ⚫ he arrived in Green Hills a little after a mysterious green meteor shower ⚫ obligatory dark past...

DARK RIDER 🩸 the newest racer in the drag racing circuit

[chloesimaginationthings]

Why did William get FNAF springlocked? Is he stupid?

[spectralsleuth]

Reblog and put your rare pair in the tags/comments! I want to see the depths people will go to create, for the most random two characters in the most obscure media.

[marvelsmostwanted]

Joe Biden, coherently and normally: I have three issues to speak about. First, the NATO conference went well. Second, the economy is back on track and inflation is down. Third, my proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza is moving forward. Any questions?

The media: Did You Know That You Are Old

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

I am incredibly serious right now when I beg you all, please, and if you have Twitter or Tiktok or whatever to please spread the word: click on an author's profile on Ao3.

You want to know if an author has written more? Want to know if they're still writing? Want to see more from them? Want to know if they've written a trope or kink or sex scenario you enjoy?

Click on their name. And look at their profile.

I cannot tell you how many times in the last six months someone has read a new or newer fic of mine and said they (a new reader who has read nothing else I've done) "can't wait to see what you do next!" I've written 50+ fics and over a million words already.

"I don't know if you're still writing..." click on my profile. I am. I literally wrote a 128k+ fic for that ship last month.

"Would you ever do X?" "Please do Y!" I already did. Click on my name and look at my works.

Archive of our Own is a library. It's an archive. Not social media. It is your responsibility to fight back against the laziness that corporate algorithms have trained into you.

Click my author name. Just click it. Just click it.

Before you demand more, or ask if a writer will do XYZ, or wonder if the author still writing, or anything - click on their profile. Click on the author's profile.

I'm not trying to be mean or condescending or anything like that. I'm just exhausted. It's disheartening and frustrating to repeat myself ad nauseam, because someone couldn't take thirty seconds to do the tiniest bit of work to see if I've written lately, if I've written more for their ship, or scan my works to see if I've written what they're asking for. Please. Please. I'm begging.

Click the author's name, and explore before you ask.

[angryonabus]

The Killer

So I was hanging out with some friends last night, and for whatever reason, we got onto the subject of whether or not we sleep with the bedroom door closed. Apparently it's safer in case of fires? But it turns out that most of my friends keep their bedroom door closed because of concerns about The Killer, aka, a person breaking into their house at night with the express intention of murdering them.

For the purposes of this poll, "I share a house/apartment" is for situations where you have your own bedroom, but there are other people living with you; "I share a bedroom" is for situations where there is another person sleeping in the same room.

[is-not-a-bell]

Sleepy King

The Justice League Dark caught wind of a cult trying to summon the Ghost King. A being with power so terrible and great, that all of the chaotic Infinite Realms feared him. A true tyrant. Long ago it took the effort of ghosts equal to gods to seal him away into a permeant slumber.

And now this cult wishes to wake him and bring him to the living realm. It was a race against the clock to find the ritual site and all members were called on board, magic or not. Even Constantine looked stressed.

They did find the site.

But it was too late, the ritual was completed. The entire inner circle of runes glowed before being swallowed in a column of green light. The air filled with static and a ringing that made Supergirl crumble to the ground.

The light dissipated, but there was no great figure or being of pure evil. Instead there was a boy, a teenager. He laid on the ground curled up in his sleep. He was a ghost no doubt, dressed in regal clothing.

Despite this when he stirred, everyone froze. It seemed the cold hard ground woke him up. He got up slowly and yawned, revealing his sharp fangs. Once sat up he opened his bleary eyes to look around. He looked confused and tired, really tired.

"Where am I?" He mumbled. "I was trying to get some sleep." Constantine internally screaming, latches onto that last sentence. He glances over to Batman. He caught that last part too. Batman approaches calmly and crouches down in front of the boy king. Hardening his resolve, Batman takes on a gentle tone.

"Hey kiddo, sorry we woke you. Lets get you back to bed yeah?" The boy nodded in agreement. He pulled himself to his feet before looking around in a circle. "Where did my blanket go?" He asked rather sadly. Batman is quick to shed his own cape and drape it over him. "You can borrow my cape until we get you a new one." He nodded again, pulling the black fabric around himself.

John quickly summoned a portal door, while Batman led the King through it. John threw looks around at everyone. Everyone could tell he was mouthing the words. 'Find me a fucking blanket now'

Running on the logic of getting the king away from Earth, away from graves and the undead, that could give him power. The portal led to the Watch Tower.

Batman took advantage of the King's bleary state to send a base wide alert for all noncritical members to evacuate immediately. With a priority that death adjacent members leave first. "The stars are pretty." Bruce looked at the boy staring out the window in wonder. He almost looked like a normal kid, almost.

"Yeah they are, it's pretty late so we should get you back to bed." He nodded, going along with Batman's gentle coaxing.

He takes the boy to an unused bedroom. Making sure the room isn't dusty and that lights are dimmed. He glances back to see about a dozen different leaguers all holding blankets, one thought to bring extra pillows. The bed was pretty barren with only a single pillow and a thin bedsheet. So Bruce took a thick duvet, one of the fluffier blankets and a second pillow from his team before shooing them away.

The boy ended up keeping his cape, mumbling how it was warm. He tucked the boy in, before quietly exiting the room and turning off the light. He was pretty sure the King fell back to sleep before he even reached the light switch.

After the door shut, he made direct eye contact with John. "Constantine." They needed to figure out what the hell was going on.