#me and season 5 are best friends

[wield-the-mighty-pen]

THE PARALLELS 

[gayofthefae]

They've said they want their show rewatchable. As someone who wasn't like SUPER invested in the ships/show before, the most rewatchable thing they can do is Mike's queerness.

I would not have rewatched it until season 5 came out. Maybe once before then if I got bored, but definitely not as much as I have without it. And the plots for Will have been too supernatural focused (also a good rewatch point after season 5 comes out, I'm sure) to be worth rewatching for his queer personal plot for two seasons before we even really get to it too much.

But Mike? Everything Mike does is impacted by his queerness. Will? Obviously. El? Most DEFINITELY. The Supernatural? You mean the thing that only ever affects Will and El? Yup.

Do you know my first thought, as someone not yet obsessed, when it started to become more clear that Mike was queer? "Oh, that's more interesting"

The average person isn't gonna drop the show because their ship broke up amicably. But they are going to if they get bored.

Mike having been queer the entire time, who cares if planned, as long as it isn't contradicted by anything prior (which is not possible because queerness is not disprovable) just gives a whole new view to everything he's ever done, making it less straightforward than you thought it was, changing your original view of the events, making you want to rewatch just to see how each moment is impact.

Making it more INTERESTING.

It's simple, honestly. Speaking as someone who passively thought the couples were cute and generally wanted the characters to be happy but wasn't deeply attached or fixating on any part of the show, Mike being queer is just more interesting than him being straight. That's all the people really want.

They've already gotten lots more residuals from this. And I'm sure they know that at least half of it isn't just because of the vol 2 lore drop. And it isn't because of what we think is gonna happen for Will in season 5 either, why watch seasons where it also hasn't happened yet. It's because of something else, much like the lore, that affects every facet of an entire plotline from the first episode. Not even the lore actually does that, it's just interesting to know, but that one's easier to connect back in your memory, but isn't as deeply rooted that you need to think through every singular behavior of the mind flayer. But with Mike, we know it affects it, but we immediately had to know how.

I probably would have rewatched it once by now. Maybe one more time a year from now to prepare for the season 5 release, but maybe not. I didn't do my rewatch before season 4's release, so I might not have. But instead, because of Mike and Mike only, I'm currently on my third watch since 2022. Maybe fourth, I'm not sure. Not just because of a ship I wanna see again because they're cute. Because I'm LEARNING something new every time I see his face on my screen. Not because I ship it, not even because I personally want it to be true for any character's sake.

But because Mike being queer is just. more. interesting.

[itsafternoonpast5]

thinking about their friendship so hard

[claudiaeparvier]

man, what a wonderful day to remember that richonne is canon

[scoobydoodean]

Dean and Cas both getting called dogs in this episode (5.14):

Sam about Dean:

It’s when a dog doesn't eat-- That's when you know something's really wrong.

Famine about Cas:

You sicced your dog on me. I just threw him a steak.

[mo-ok]

top 10 sentai blacks yes its important that Junichi Haruta is here twice

[feelingtheaster99]

Marinette Dupain-Cheng deserves like an EPISODE LENGTH apology from the whole class for not believing her about Lila

Honestly especially Alya for constantly GASLIGHTING her about Marinette’s dislike and disbelief of Lila purely stemming from jealousy when the WRITING WAS ON THE WALL

[i-am-a-fan]

Start of a new fic. (Tiny season 5 spoilers, but I needed to make something for them)

[sage-nebula]

Thinking about how when baby Tails met little Sonic, and Sonic was so nice to and supportive and encouraging of him, and that was the first time in so long that anyone was nice to or actually liked Tails, and so an achievement was unlocked for Sonic: Miles Prower will now die for you.

And then a little while after that, when Tails tells Sonic that he's already got the best family, and that Sonic is his best family, and he loves and cares about Sonic more than anyone else, and so an achievement was unlocked for Tails: Sonic the Hedgehog will now die for you.

These brothers just love each other so much, I cry.

[helpimstuckposting]

I’m sorry but Alya is pissing me off in s5, if my best friend refused to listen to me when I said someone is a liar and narcissist who’s constantly being evil behind everyone’s backs and she DIDNT believe me I’d be furious

[whiteapplesandblackblood]

2023 actor award nominees chuuya nakahara and dazai osamu for that stunning performance everybody! give it up for our two best gay- I mean gorgeous actors!!!!

[wakeupthemembersofbylernation]

It’s wild how so many people are fundamentally incapable of recognizing queer characters unless they explicitly say the words, “I’m gay” on screen

[unsurebazookacore]

the fact that argyle wasnt listed in the cast of the first episode of s5 is... surprisingly more heartbreaking than i was expecting. i dont know why but for whatever reason i just assumed he was gonna be there, even though they hadnt said anything about him coming back. and yeah, storyline wise, him going back to cali makes the most sense, its his home, its where his family is (even though we dont get to see them in the show), and especially with the time skip to 1987 occuring sometime in the season, it wouldnt really make sense for him to still be in hawkins after an entire year has passed. regardless of all this however, i really am gonna miss his character. he didnt fit in with the dark, supernaturalesque world of hawkins and the upside down, but i really liked the contrast his character brought to the show. it was nice to see someone from outside of the party and the tight knit reality of hawkins be thrust into the chaos that the reccuring characters face every season, and scenes with him in them were always a well-valued break from the grim and horror of the rest of the show.

thoughts aside, im gonna miss his character a lot, and i hope at the very least, they give him an appropriate send-off at the beginning of the season, bringing his story to a proper end

[dylanconrique]

tim calling angela or genny to come over to his place bc he's nervous about his date with lucy and needs a fresh set of eyes and ears to help coach him through it and advise him on what to wear and how to act cause "what if i don't know what to say?"

[yrlocalghost]

going for a walk in the cold going for a walk in the cold i love the cold my best friend the cold

[hereiamforsomereason]

Manifesting Mike getting Vecna'd in season 5, having to accept his sexuality and deal with all his unaddressed trauma then having a scene where he escapes the Upside Down, just like Max did in season 4 but instead of Running Up That Hill, it's Bohemian Rhapsody playing.

Too late, my time has come is the first line that plays.

The first flashback starts at Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.

I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all plays while Vecna is showing him the moment he realised he's in love with Will.

Let him go, we will not let you go, let me go! is the moment he starts fighting back and starts remembering all the happy memories of his friends and family. Dustin, Lucas, Max, El, Nancy, of course Will and so on.

So you think you can love me and leave me to die and Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here plays at the part where he escapes the Upside Down like Max did.

I know there's like less than 1% chance of it happening but I think it would be so cool if it did.