#mike gets vecna'd

[thefirstlioveyou]

forever thinking of every breath you take being used as a song because the ending bit is literally just vecna watching mike

every breath you take

every move you make

every bond you break

every word you say

every vow you break

every smile you fake

i'll be watching you

[henrysglock]

mike vecna vision...mike vecna vision come home to me...

[brionysea]

he's literally getting vecna'd idk what to tell you

[mikewheelersfanfic]

what if it's actually mike that gets vecna'd and his vision starts with will seeming to get vecna'd instead what then huh

[coniangray]

In honor of one and a half year of rooting for that fic and working on it for 9 months:

Here's the fanart that inspired me to write some scenes in "a footnote will do" in July 2022- December 2023.

In order used of appearance in the fic:

From @kidovna:

Mike ending on a busy line while will was away in lenora:

Will's vision under vecna's curse:

Kidovna's flickergate:

Byler on halloween 1987:

From @taeiris :

Meeting with the party to arrange the plan for the ud entrance and their final movements:

Vined Will byers, vision of Mike:

Mike's vision of possesed/ intoxicated Will:

From @meowza315:

Mike getting cursed by Vecna:

Thats it! I was supposed to post this about half a year ago, but legit just noticed it in my drafts and found it as an opportunity to thank everyone for inspiring me to write this 121k word long fic.

It really travelled with me through hell but im fr happy to have ended it and not just abbadoned it in the middle of nowhere lol.

Hope u enjoy it if you havent read it already <33

[transautisticmikewheeler]

"How am I even supposed to trust this is real?" Mike asks, his voice cracking with emotion as he stares at Will, exhausted. "F-For all I know-" Mike sniffs, cutting himself off as he swallows back tears. "I... don't want this to be... I don't want you to be fake," he ends in a whisper, begging unconsciously to whoever is listening. "Will, I can't-"

"Mike," Will interrupts, voice stern, solid, enough to latch onto. "You're real, I'm real, we both exist, okay?" Will grabs his arms, digging his fingers into the flesh enough to further ground the fog surrounding Mike's head through it, his jacket not on for once.

Voices still whisper in his head, but Mike focuses on Will's fingers, the pressure of them, and imagines the balloon his head is being pulled down from where it was in the clouds.

"I promise, Mike, okay?" the other boy continues softly. Pulling a hand back, he holds out a pinkie. "I swear to you, all of you, that this is real and we exist, and you never have to go back there."

Mike's eyes drift to Will's held-out finger, to his eyes, searching, then back. He feels entirely too shaky, body tense with fear from narrowly escaping death in the middle of town, everything about him spilling out, seams ripping too much to hide now. Too much to hide how sick he is, how his parents see him, treat him, because of it.

It almost breaks him, finding this out, knowing he's not alone. The fact that he does not exist singularly, but as a part of something.

And he wants to believe it so badly, that he can escape them, how they made him, but the whispering in his head serves as a reminder he can never truly get away. Even so, he reaches his own pinkie out, curling it around Will's, desperate for something.

"Please," Mike mutters, voice giving out halfway through.

Will surges forward now, arms wrapping around Mike as the whispers get louder, clearer, closer. Mike loses himself in them, eyes closing, exhaustion catching up.

"Rest, Mike."

[apocalyptic-byler]

those mike gets vecna’d theories are looking mighty good rn

[sky-neverending]

Vecna: I know what you are, Micheal.

Mike: Gay?

Venca: No

Mike: In love with my best friend?

Venca:…no

Mike: THEN WHAT?!?!

Vecna: Someone who wears socks with sandals

Mike: Oh.

[byler-alarmist]

I know it's petty of me, but I would love to see a moment in S5 that makes it clear to the GA that Mike isn't interested in El.

Perhaps in a Vecna vision a flashback to them kissing and Mike just looking extremely bored, repulsed, or uncomfortable in a shot that we didn't see previously

Like that scene in But I'm a Cheerleader when Megan is still dating a boy:

I mean, I know we (Byler Nation) saw this play out, but I think the GA needs it to be even more in your face for them to get it.

So that by the time Byler kiss happens, the difference will be so, so obvious.

[a-strangers-thoughtss]

Wip Wednesday 💪

(Sorry I’ve been so bad at consistently updating lmao)

My dogs are actually making me so mad rn bc they won’t shut up, so that’s fun too

[thefirstlioveyou]

okay. nice

[justghostly-things]

I have been having Stranger Things thoughts and I honestly think I might explode if I don't talk about it just a little.

So uh potential spoilers for season 5 after the break

(it's potential because I have no proof of any of this It was just a thing that popped into my head T_T)

So in season 1; we have Will getting kidnapped/gets stuck in the upsidedown.

In season 2; Will gets possessed. (And we get introduced to dart but idk if that could come up again. )

In season 3; yes we get a possessed Billy but we also get the flesh monster thing (and I guess the whole russian plot but I am gonna be honest I don't really understand what is going on there so I am ignoring it)

And finally in season 4: We have the whole Vecna curse.

I think it would be fun if in season 5 if the party has to face all of these at the same time. I think it would be a good full circle moment. Also they kinda like to bring back old concepts in the Stranger Things all the time so it makes sense that they might do it.

For example, we have been seeing a bunch of Holly pictures, so we know she is going to be at least more important than she has been. Which got me thinking that maybe she gets taken to the upsidedown like Will did in season 1. Which I am more on board with than her just getting killed

I am not completely convinced about the whole; Will is gonna get possessed again theory, that has been talked about. I do think that it is very plausible if this is what they plan on doing for season 5. But it could just as easily be any party members being possessed.

We might get more flesh monster, (yay..) but the mind flare could also just be its shadowy self and I think it would work just as well. I would of course add the clump of mushed together meet just so the connection to it is obvious but we also have more obvious examples before this I don't think it's strictly necessary.

Then of course, the Vecna's curse. I know this might be a bit of a hot topic, I do have thoughts on who (Mike wheeler) Vecna will target but I will leave that for a different post. I do think that it would be a waste to introduce Vecna's curse and then not utilise it in the final season, but I have heard the argument about how it might feel like repetitive story telling (which I don't think Stranger things avoids doing) but I can agree that this could be the case. I think it is likely that it won't be exactly the same. Because we have seen the whole main character Trauma reflected back at them plot. But if Stranger things Season 5 main conflict is a combination of all of the previous conflicts than I think it is fine. And again I think it's a very powerful tool and they shouldn't shy away from using it just because we have seen it before. Idk

I was talking about all of these with my siblings and they pointed out how there are the og four (Mike, Lucas, Dustin, Will), the four gate ways, the four seasons and then the four main conflicts.(There is probably more I am just not smart enough to think of it.) but maybe that is evidence in my favour for this. Idk.

[brionysea]

quick! how many hints can we drop that mike's being targeted by vecna before they catch on?

[eatmehuckass]

i NEED more content on wet cigarette not like having dirty nails reading glasses tiring hair up load of problems sweater internal homophobia wearing freak mike.

I NEED this man to HURT. I NEED him to sob. I NEED him to BREAK.

[sapphic-bats]

I need Mike to be screaming crying, giving an award-winning performance of sobbing in true pain, telling Will that he’ll “be okay” and that “he’s gonna get [him] out of here”,

then a voice interrupting Will’s death in Mike’s arms and revealing it to be the work of Vecna.

[transautisticmikewheeler]

mike, after being homeschooled most of his life, meeting will and instantly taking a liking to him. mike who hears voices sometimes and feels his body move on its own and forgets a lot but that's normal, right? mike who doesn't remember being abused at all getting targeted instead of max.