#but there's no other way to get that across without provoking my inner grammar nerd

[brionysea]

hi!! i was rewatching stranger things recently (as one does) and Mike gave me strong demi vibes. also i headcannon el as aroace personally :D (i was wondering what your thoughts on these headcannons are? :) )

1000% agree. they found the most organic way to drag out a love triangle with mike at the centre (it also makes the answer super obvious when his romantic options are "girl he barely knows anything about (because she barely knows anything about herself)" and "best friend of 10+ years who have history, chemistry, and shared trauma" - attraction just isn't possible for one of those) + el's whole thing is that she doesn't need romance, she needs friends and family, especially female friendship. so specifically non-partnering aroace but she's not lonely in the slightest, because she has all these people! who are willing to die for her within 3 seconds of meeting her!!! and who she's constantly throwing herself in the line of fire to protect, because friendship doesn't need to be "levelled up" to romance in order to be worthy of that!!!!!

two aspecs walk into a relationship, carnage ensues...