#mike strange

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Abby finally meets FNAF game Michael Afton

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Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown

[teambyler]

The Strange Postponement of Mike and Will's relationship

If Mike and Will had remained as close as they were in Season 2 in the subsequent seasons, the "are they gay?" rumors absolutely would have spread among the General Audience, as they entered their teen/dating/sexual awakening years.

(EDIT: And the possibility of romance between them in s2 was "set aside" in our minds because the show highlighted Mike missing El and trying to find her.)

There have been peculiar writing choices that seem to have no other explanation but to postpone romantic rumors about these two.

The show does its damnedest to keep these best-friends-since-kindergarten apart once they enter puberty. The only interaction that possibly hints at romance in Season 3 is their virtual double date with Lumax where Mike is concerned for Will's well-being one time. This was necessary to reestablish their "good friendness" at the start of the season to set-up their breakup during the Rain Fight.

Then, of course, the Rain Fight happens. Mike says "It's not my fault you don't like girls." They effectively "break up."

But then there is the strange, interesting choice that there is never a resolution of the Rain Fight. The apology for ignoring Will's D&D game comes from Lucas instead of Mike:

Will had his blow-up with MIKE, not Lucas! And we know that Mike absolutely was DRIVEN to apologize to Will, but we don't see it. Maybe he actually did, but it was offscreen. But why not have it ON screen? Why not clear the air on whether Mike thought Will was gay and was being homophobic to Will? Why not clarify THEN that Mike is a straight ally who supports his gay best friend, setting things up for Will to have a coming-out arc where he finds a love interest who is not Mike?

Instead, the writers made sure they had NO conversations for nearly all the rest of the season. They made sure Mike was focused on trying to repair things with El and blurting out "I love her." These two things together also kept the Gay Rumors(TM) in check.

Season 4 then dramatizes how they'd GROWN APART -- specifically, how they don't seem to have stayed in touch and Mike seems to be ignoring Will.

What a strange thing for the writers to do! Mike and Will had been on good terms. That's because it was the start-of-season set-up for an ARC where they become close again.

Alright, so they soon repair things. But for what?

The Will Counseling Hour:

They literally have no conversations with each other where Will isn't comforting Mike or they're not talking about El, to the extent that much of the GA thought that Mike was "useless" and the California plotline was a "waste of time."

(Either the Duffers were bad writers or had a reason to spend so much time on the California plot. Hmm...)

The show was putting Byler in a holding pattern. The show established that Mike and Will were close again, but with a "beard" on Mike: his relationship with El. Will's attempt to talk about anything ELSE -- like playing Nintendo and D&D -- was ignored as Mike worried about El.

The Will Counseling Hour ends -- and Mike and Will talking about anything besides El -- only happens with their very LAST conversation of season 4, when Will shares that he can still feel Vecna. Mike is now the Counselor: he resolves that they will beat Vecna. The bringing of these two together, along with signs that Mike and El are drifting apart, lays the trajectory for Season 5.

Season 5 will be the first season with Unfiltered Byler(TM) since Season 2.

EVERYTHING that kept the GA from thinking about the possibility of Byler, (1) how young they were in Season 2, (2) their being kept artificially apart and (3) Mike's focus on his relationship with El, will have fallen away.

For the first time since Season 2, the A Plot of the show and Mike and Will being close ("a team") will mesh.

Meanwhile, we'll get Season 2 Mike because Will will also be the center of the story and IN DANGER. It's impossible to imagine Mike being his aloof start-of-Season-4 self. Add to all this Season 4 hormones: we're likely to see the heart-eyes romantic, Will-Voice-speaking boy in love we Bylers see in the 2nd half of Season 4.

And there's the Painting Lie, which the Duffers have told Finn Wolfhard will "pay off in the end." Mike WILL KNOW Will loves him, and loved him so much as to sacrifice himself for him.

Even if one doesn't accept Byler, one can't deny that there has to be a DIRECT RECKONING over whether Mike returns Will's feelings.

The entire structure of how the show has presented their relationship is building up toward this. The Strange Postponement of Byler had a purpose.

-teambyler

EDIT: You might enjoy my s5 speculations in "How the Duffers likely will make the general audience AWARE of Byler and CHEER for Byler" =D

[artverso]

Mike Mignola - Doctor Strange

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Mike Mignola: Doctor Strange

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1989's Dr. Strange and Dr. Doom : Triumph and Torment HC cover by Mike Mignola.

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Doctor Strange by Mike Mignola

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THE STRANGE WORLD OF MIKE WHEELER

my stranger things x amazing world of gumball au :)

i just finished my first semester of college so i finally had time to add more onto this au! here is the party at a younger age<3

keep an eye out if you're interested in this au-- i'll be releasing art of other characters and some actual comic strips pretty soon!

I HOPE YOU GUYS LIKE IT!!! i always have the most fun drawing for this au!

[starscelly]

roope's phenomenal hand-eye and size !

vgk@dal 01.24.25

[the-person-on-the-bridge]

and don't tell me I'm wrong

[drakudoll]

Making him writhe and squirm under your touch

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Mike munroe/Steve Rogers/Stephen Strange/Peter Quill/Tony Stark/Eddie Munson/Timothy Lawrence/Loki/

[thefirstlioveyou]

the way he didn't gaf. even sorta leaned towards his direction just to bump into him

[rivastraut]

My yume ships! I only talk abt Rivastraut but do have a lot more 🍰

[marianagothic]

Hellboy: The Third Wish

[kdkdnfuiahuag]

why did we move past the fact that mike literally took el’s hands off of him when they were making out so quick??

[princeofcyberpunk]

hi motorcity fandom is this anything

i was not expecting the cartoon about teens with cars to genuinely change how i view the world