#mike loves will

[sporadicparadisewolf]

"Even El, especially El"

And Mike makes this face:

Mike wanted it to be Will who would fall apart without him, not El.

[whenyellowmeetsblueinthewest]

Fr 💀

[teambyler]

Mike, Will, and the Only Lie They've Kept

As early as the first episode, the show makes clear that Mike and Will are the only friends who NEVER lie to each other. “Friends don’t lie.” In the first few minutes, Will tells Mike the truth about rolling a 7. In s2, Will is completely open with Mike about his visions, and Mike makes clear in words and deeds how much Will means to him:

Dustin and Lucas lied to Mike about the roll being a 7. El lied to the group, screwed with the compass, and led them away from the gate. Dustin hid Dart from the group. The series establishes that Will and Mike are the most honest characters in the party. Will usually only feels he can open up to Mike. Mike, meanwhile, more than anyone values honesty, and it's key to his leader role in the party. He enforces the party code, and he never lies on important things among them.

So isn't it strange that he starts lying to El in s3, and his entire arc in s4 is his difficulty “being honest” with El to say he loves her? Isn't that strange? And isn't it strange in s4 that Will is dropping truth bombs to Mike and El, telling them to stop lying and to be open about their feelings, but then to his BEST FRIEND, he lies for the first time about the painting?

Isn't that a lie that will come to light between these closest of friends? And isn't Mike lying about something, too, by not hugging his BEST FRIEND after months apart?

These two are honest with each other in a way they aren't with anyone else. Aren't they nurturing their ONLY LIE to each other?

And hasn't the show used s4 to reestablish that they ARE best friends again, who "don't lie" to each other?

Isn’t everything pointing toward Byler at this point?

-teambyler

[wistfulenchantress]

mike needs to have a genuine conversation with joyce. genuinely, i think she is the answer.

i don't even think she would figure out the will thing. but i think she could help him find the words to end things with el (paralleling when she wrote the speech for hopper in s3)

joyce: but you didn't actually want to date her?

mike: everyone said i should. it was what i was supposed to do.

joyce: but did you want to?

mike: ...no

joyce: do you love her?

mike: i do. but not that way.

joyce: *wipes his tears away* then talk to her. and, if you ever love someone, do it because you want to. don't listen to anyone else.

and then, once mike has his feelings for el sorted out, he can figure out the will thing.

[taeiris]

and we kiss as though nothing could fall

part 2 to this post

this is canon to me.

[humblebumble069]

Byler portrait with a crow and a barn owl.. Thingg

I actually love hwo this turned out cuz I wasn't super sure, and idk how I finsihed it so fast?? HEHEHE ANYWAYS I LUV THEMMM

Here soems closeups too cuz i put in the WORKK

Thank you for your time 😁

Hope you love it as much as I do

[bonniebyler]

Hopper's threat to Mike

Hopper: you can't go out looking for Will Mike: goes out and desperately looks for Will for days

Hopper: you need to stop seeing El every day Mike: stays home, avoids her and even lies to her

Mike normally doesn't give a shit when adults tell him what to do. He disobeyed Karen, Ted, Hopper, Steve, the agents etc. and did what he thought was right. But in season 3, he did what Hopper told him to do, which is out of character, called him crazy and a "sick old man", and refused to tell El the truth. Hopper didn't threaten to hurt or kill him, as Mike told Lucas, so why was Mike so scared and didn't go and see El anyway (which he normally would've done), let alone even tell her the truth?

Hopper said "I'm going to talk, and you're going to listen" meaning he must've said more than just "if you keep seeing El you'll be in trouble", he must have given him a whole speech. Also, there must be a reason why they didn't show us that conversation or why we never found out what they'd talked about.

So maybe Hopper said something about Will, because that must've been the only way to scare Mike so much. Maybe Hopper knows about Mike's feeling for Will, and that he's only projecting them onto El. To me this is the only logical explanation to why Mike did something so out of character and followed orders he didn't like.

[darkcrowprincess]

Mike Wheeler about Will:

Mike Wheeler: WILL BYERS IS GENTLE, LOVING PERSON! HE RULES THE UPSIDE-DOWN WITH COMPASSION..... AND... LIGHT GOODNESS!!

[spuffyfet]

[frogwheeler]

The parallel to Mike's "I love you" crappy monologue except it's for will and it actually DOES help

The little women themed time jump seeing mike realizes how much he loves will and why it's better him and El don't end up together

Flashbacks to mike seeing the ruined castle byers

Mike having a hard time sleeping at night trying to settle his mind from thinking about will in the way he knows he should be thinking about El

SEEING HOW DEPRESSIVE MIKE WAS DURING THEIR SEPERATION

Mike's internalized homophobia and fear of being un-needed by those he loves and cares for

Will byers though a sensitive kid can still hold his own and load a gun to defend himself if it comes down to it like a true badass

PALADIN AND CLERIC EPISODE

The unsent letters from mike

The concepts

The flickergate kiss in the upside down w/ APOCALYPSE BYLER

WILL PROTECTING MIKE WITH A GUN

BYLER FACING VECNA

[ohfallingdisco]

from mike’s official playlist. this is not about el btw

[teambyler]

Mike and Joyce were the ones who recognized Will's voice

Just another way the Duffers established in s1 that Mike has a special bond with Will was the clear PARALLEL of Mike and Joyce being the only ones certain Will was alive. Mike knew Will so well that he recognized his voice as well as his mom did:

Mike, like Joyce, believed Will was alive despite everything. He was steadfast even though they saw what looked like Will's dead body. Joyce's faith and determination wee beyond doubt, but remember that when she saw the fake body in the morgue she had the advantage of already interacting directly with Will beforehand. She also saw that it didn't have Will's birthmark. Mike had NOT interacted with Will, had no evidence the body was fake, and Dustin had a plausible theory that what they heard was Will's dead spirit. But Mike was still determined to believe Will was alive. He was more "irrational" than Joyce:

As with Joyce, Mike's love and determination for WILL overrode everything. He was the one not held back by any doubt. This made him the leader of the party in s1. Everyone contributed, but Mike was the "heart" who fused the group together and drove them forward. And it was his love for Will, which rivaled even that of his mom, that moved him.

-teambyler

[whenyellowmeetsblueinthewest]

Tumblr delete my past account so I’m just dropping this here :)

[bye-bi-byler]

Mike Myers symbolism in Stranger Things

There are several references to Mike Myers in Stranger Things. The very first one is seen here:

Dustin compares El to Michael Myers but in this frame from season 1 episode 2, the name Michael Myers appears in front of Mike (Michael) Wheeler, whose missing best friend is Will Byers. Myers. Byers. 

Coincidence?

It’s possible but wouldn’t it just be so fun if it was foreshadowing for Byler endgame?

The second Mike Myers (Mike Byers??) reference we get is in season 2, episode 2 when Max Mayfield shows up to trick-or-treat with the Party, briefly driving a wedge between the boys. Just moments later, Will is possessed by the Mind Flayer and Mike takes him home where they share the “Crazy Together” scene in his basement.

The mask makes a return in season 4, episode 8. I know what you’re thinking, Mike and Will weren’t even in this episode! But what were they doing while this scene was happening? There’s a three hour time difference between Hawkins and Nevada, which would put them sometime in the mid afternoon. And what scene takes place in the mid-afternoon?

That’s right: the infamous VAN SCENE where we see Will confess his feelings for Mike (under the guise of El’s feelings). Look at how Mike looks at Will when he sees the painting Will made for him.

It’s been there from the very beginning. Michael Myers. Mike Byers?

[deancaslover]

Crazy how Mike confessed his love to Will in season 2 and he had already met El by then. Mike was the first one to confess his love, and some fans are still questioning his queerness. How dare you.