#i always bring up lumax but listen they are the perfect example of what love actually looks like

[demadogs]

I don't like mileven or byler so don't get it twisted but honestly that making out scene in the beginning of season 3 felt so off. I was the same age if not a little younger than mike and el when s3 came out and I remember cringing so hard when that scene came on I had to skip it LMFAO I was like "weren't you like 12 like a second ago???? What are you doing??? Huh???"

i genuinely believe they intentionally wrote that in to make the audience feel uncomfortable to replicate that mike felt uncomfortable doing it. i say hes uncomfortable because he puts her hands down when she tries to touch him, he pulls away to sing and she doesnt like it, and when hes biking home and talking to her on the walkie el looks way more happy than he does talking about making out again tomorrow. els smiling from ear to ear and mike doesnt smile at all.

it was also to show how the rest of the party are sick of them only making out and ignoring the party especially in comparison to lumax who can easily balance their relationship and their friendships. they pretty much state this verbatim when lucas is making fun of mike in the beginning and says “oh el i wish we could make out forever and never hang out with any of our friends” and then when mike responds saying its so funny that he wants to spend romantic time with his girlfriend, lucas puts his arm around max and says “im spending romantic time with my girlfriend”. will and dustin show theyre annoyance with them too by sayings its gross and bullshit. at first max was the only one that kinda gave them the benefit of the doubt but then when el told her how hes treating her she immediately was “oh hes a piece of SHIT”

it definitely wasnt to be like “look how happy and romantic this couple is”. thats not how they write any of the other couples. for lumax we can see how much they truly love each other just by max drawing stick figures of them at the movies. theyve only kissed on screen once and we still know how much they love each other. and all their friends support them being together bc they dont treat their friends any different. mlvn making out was just something mike and el both thought normal couples do so thats what they did. i think your reaction was the duffers intended reaction.