#elmike quotes

[gayofthefae]

I think about it every time we talk about El's pov of the speech so I had to finally just do it

[spookystarfishzombie]

[hoteadepresso]

Mike: I heard you like bad boys

Will:

Mike: Tell him El

El, not looking away from the TV: He’s the worst

[jaegerisim]

Incorrect byler quotes

Mike: Is that makeup? Will: Yeah, just a bit tho Mike: oh, ok. Cool

*10 minutes later*

Mike: *crying on El’s shoulder* Fuck, he looked so good! El: I know Mike: I’m so gay for him El: I know

[emblazons]

At first, I missed all the spring flowers—  but now I find it pretty here, too.

S04E01, The Hellfire Club | S04E09, The Piggyback

[thatskindagaytho]

max: mike’s literally bad at everything

mike: HEY-

dustin: mike can’t be bad at everything. he might be a good kisser.

will: yeah, he’s good.

el (simultaneously): no he sucks.

lucas: …

[groovinrightalong]

Okay but “I only exist within the warmth of your gaze” is something so Mike Wheeler coded and I think we should talk about it

[lordystrange]

El (about some guy): he’s cute

Will, Mike and Max: he’s gay

[weirdo09]

el: so you like my brother and max’s ex-boyfriend?

mike: yup

el: but how are you going to tell them?

mike: i won’t

jonathan: hey, what are you guys talking about?

el: oh just that mike-

mike: *covers her mouth roughly* nothing!

el: mhm!

jonathan: oh ok uhm i’ll be in the kitchen if you guys need anything.

once jonathan’s gone

el: why’d you do that?

mike: he hates me! why would you want to tell that I like will?

jonathan: you like will?

mike: HOLY SHIT

jonathan: nah, mike it’s ok, you too would be cute together.

el: he also likes lucas! ^^

mike: EL!

el: oops

@adorewillbyers @adoremikewheeler @bylerislovebylerislife @atbyler

[gayofthefae]

Let's do a major contrast I've somehow overlooked. Let's talk WILL'S confession versus Mike's.

Mike and El both express self doubt as prompting for Will and Mike to tell them their feelings to make them love themselves.

But Mike tells Will he feels like El doesn't need him. In response, Will tells him that he lights up the people around him and is their guiding light. In conclusion: he is needed. He says this after "of course she'll need you, she'll always need you" fails.

On the other hand, El tells Mike that she feels like an unlovable monster and he responds that she isn't unlovable and isn't a monster. Essentially, the same direct response that failed for Will (so it's a good thing she already got to self love before he got there).

Mike said he felt unlovable and Will described the definition of love in great detail with him as the subject and concluded by pointing out that what he just described was love. El said she felt unlovable and Mike said that he did love her. He didn't include a personal story - No. He didn't. He included a length of time.

Read that again

Mike absolutely did not tell a story of loving El. He dated his love for. He said 'I have loved you since that one time you looked sweet in that big t shirt'. That was a memory identifier. Even shippers know the shirt isn't what MADE him fall in love with her, it was just endearing.

Mike never told El a story. He did not use a SINGLE EXAMPLE.

Will's speech breakdown was:

You bring light [my life]. You brighten [my] days when [I'm] feeling sad. Being without you is a burden for [me] but having you back is such a joy - so much so that the idea of losing you is terrifying and can make [me] impulsive and avoidant. All that has a name. It's love.

Mike's speech breakdown was:

I love you. You think that I don't but I do. I couldn't say it because I was scared but you're more important now. I do love you. I have for two years. Remember two years ago? I do. You're wonderful so please please don't die on me you're so important to me.

And when you see them next to each other like that. Mike's is just the bare bones of Will's...just without any deepening of it. He doesn't describe the emotions he experiences once. But he does go "your self doubt is wrong, compliment, personal story, I was scared, I love you", which is what he got from Will's. Whether he believes himself to be copying Will's words or copying El's, he's taking a speech he was as romantic and mimicking it.

We've seen the van scene a hundred times but Mike hasn't. Will said "you're the heart" and it gave him an idea. So he reapplied the details and quoted a long speech said to him 12 hours prior to the best of his ability of the top of his head.

Because people in real life don't remember monologues said to them like that. Mike probably remembers the most important phrases to him like "you're the heart" but besides that he remembers "you're wrong, personal story, compliment, I was scared, I love you - and when he said I felt really loved".

He's got an emotional memory and because of the recency a pretty clear memory of the speech's structure. He remembers the exact structure and he remembers that it worked, so he uses it. Will reminded him of a love confession that worked to cure self doubt so he uses it.

His confession isn't just plagiarism. It's his best regurgitation. But the only feeling behind it was the desperation for it to work, so it lacks everything it needs to because unlike Will, he doesn't know why he's saying each piece. He doesn't know the story is supposed to be an example of what loves feels like, he just knows there was a story and it worked on him so he thinks of a story and puts it in cliche romantic wording.

Mike's speech is Will's speech if you asked someone who didn't know the justification for any part of it to recite it back to you technically.

"Wrong, story, compliment, scared, love"

[spookystarfishzombie]

[foxboy123]

El: You remind me of the ocean. Mike: Because I'm deep and mysterious? El: No, because you're full of salt and you scare people.

[jaegerisim]

Byler Incorrect Quotes

Max: Get a girlfriend, Mike

El: or a boyfriend! He is bi

Max: Damn nobody want u fr 😭😭

El: I'm saying like 😭😭

[me1-atonin]

ok ok so basically these past couple of weeks i’ve been on a stranger things rewatch with my mom and sisters and i’ve been dropping byler hints/elmike besties stuff to my mom (who is mildly homophobic)

like i’ve just been saying shit like

“mike and el should’ve never been in a relationship. they would’ve been way better as friends.”

“there was a deleted scene of mike crying riding his bike home after will was found dead”

“he said he’s going to take will home and then took him to his house instead of will’s”

“it’s so cute that mike stayed in the hospital with will that entire time”

“damn the only people that will remembered were his mom and mike”

“el is really happy that she broke up with mike”

*quoting the “it’s not my fault you don’t like girls” scene word for word*

“that’s so funny how mike goes to will’s house to apologize instead of el’s”

“see how mike looks confused when el collapsed on him? that’s because it was actually because millie was so tired from yelling all day that she just actually fell on top of finn”

but yeah we’re only half way through season 3 and i have a lot more comments to make lol. also she didn’t seem averse to me saying any of this stuff so maybe she’s starting to see it?

[henderhop-is-endgame]

"The Monster" (WIP) re-write of original "The Archer" by Taylor Swift, from El's perspective. First verse is Elmike; second verse (& thru the end) is implied Henderhop.

[Verse 1] Combat- I'm ready for combat.

It's what I was made for- I know I can't lose.

But you speak of heroes in movies

As if I'm nothing more than an icon you pay homage to.

[Pre-Chorus] On a dark stormy night, you gave me a home.

But I can see now, your love hasn't grown.

Darling, let me know: should I stay, should I go? ¹

Help me hold on to you.

[Chorus] I've been the monster, I've saved the day

Now you've got to let me know my darling: should I stay?

[Verse 2] Memories. I'm trapped in dark memories

But I'm breaking through to bright warm sunlight

The truth is², the battle has just begun

If we do it together, we'll win the fight

[Pre-Chorus] You're not giving up, your eyes shine like stars ³

My battery's low, but it will recharge ⁴

When you're here I know that I'm not alone.

Help me hold on to you!

[Chorus] I've been the monster, I've saved the world

But you know I'm not a superhero- I'm just a girl.

[Bridge] We fight for the heroes- friends we once knew- who knew that I'd be fighting dragons with you? ⁵

We stand holding hands in a dark hidden room⁶- The walls start to crack- the light's seeping through

The sun will rise soon, away with the night ⁷

We open the door and let in the light ⁸

The battle is won, the war at its end

So glad that we made it through

[Chorus] I'm not the monster, I'm not the prey

We could be heroes, just for one day

(We could be heroes just for one day) ⁹

[Outro] Combat, I'm ready for combat

Footnotes:

"Should I Stay or Should I Go"- The Clash

Quoting from Mike's monologue in 4x09.

Referring to the the lighting choices & star motif

Quoting from El in 3x08.

"Long Live" Taylor Swift

"Everybody Wants To Rule The World" Tears For Fears

Referring to the light motif discussed in the byler tag

Referring to the door motif ("Never Surrender"- Corey Hart and "Open the Door"- Gentleman After Dark, for example)

"Heroes"- David Bowie

Each chorus refers to the monster/superhero dichotomy that El has been dealing with since season 1.

Synopsis/explanation: El is lost in a daydream which starts with her relationship with Mike, and ends with destroying the Upside Down for good. The final line indicates El collecting her thoughts & returning to the present: she's assuring the Party (and herself) that they're in this together.

[unfortunate-sapphic-disaster]

Mike: wait- why is max wearing my flannel?

Max: what do you mean your flannel? I stole this from El.

El: I have no idea what you're talking about, i stole that from Will.

Will: Oh. yeah, I definitely stole that from Mike.

Mike: can everyone just stop stealing my clothes?

Max: no.

El: no :)

Will: absolutely not <3

Mike: -_-