#mike wheeler lightingbender

[messrsbyler]

nic oh my god you wrote me a book and i swear on my life i will go back and respond to it because you are so big brained i am obsessed with you please let’s never shut up about this because stranger things/avatar is everything i ever needed

but but but i am dropping in before i go to bed to say

mike not knowing how to master lightning. first of all. ouch. why would you hurt me with that. second of all. god PLEASE JUST IMAGINE a scene like zuko has where he’s standing in the pouring rain and screaming at the sky. lightning is crashing. mike is just sobbing and having a breakdown.

idk i am so so sleepy right now brain is slowly shutting down but something. something about all the rain imagery (pouring rain the night mike lost will/found el, pouring rain in byler fight + pouring rain breakdown now and eventually pouring rain byler kiss). something something water is his opposite element (water also being el’s native element? interesting there’s something there). something about all these moments representing a culmination of mike’s insecurities and how he feels like he’s not good enough and his inability to firebend well also being so deeply tied to his guilt over like everything happening with will. the rain. the lightning. the storm. the heaviness of all mike’s emotions!

IM SORRY I REALLY WENT ALL OUT ON YOU (though you are the one to blame for that one) and omg no it's okay! take your time there's no rush that post isn't going anywhere!

big brained, obsessed with me- ASJDAHSDJA damn it andi you can't just drop bombs like that and flee?

you DARE to ask for explanations, ask how i dare to hurt you like that, to then proceed to hurt me LIKE THAT AS WELL BY PUTTING MIKE SCREAMING WITH LIGHTING IN THE BACKGROUND IN MY MIND?

something something all the rain imaginary you mention. something something rain being water (ugh i'm so smart, did you see me putting those two dots together? harvard potential) something something waterbending being used to heal, something something at the final scene with the rain, the rain representing mike healing from his insecurities and self-loathing, something something el's native element being water, something something el being the one who brought will back to mike and healed that wound, something something fire and water being opposites and not being able to coexist that easily something something but lighting and water (rain) coexisting together, something something what if mike is mediocre at firebending because of all the pressure put on him as he tries to follow nancy's path but he can't never reach her because he's not using his bending to grow and strengthen himself, he is doing it to fit someone else's (his parents') expectations and the too big gap left for him to fill in his last name. something something when mike discovers lighting it's something that connects so well with his outbursts of emotions, something that can be dangerous and scary, something others might shy away from (this being a parallel of loud mike, of rebellious mike, of that mike that thrashes and is crying for help and to be seen), but how lighting is also beautiful at the same time and powerful and just so in sync with mike. something something what if mike's bending call is to lighting instead of purely fire, because it coexists with water meaning it coexists with mike healing and finding himself and how he is worth it because he is mike and being mike is enough.

SOMETHING SOMETHING (i had to google this) TO FORM LIGHTING YOU NEED BOTH AIR AND WATER according to the NASA (and you would think those guys must know one thing or two about lighting, right?)

You need cold air and warm air. When they meet, the warm air goes up. It makes thunderstorm clouds! The cold air has ice crystals. The warm air has water droplets. During the storm, the droplets and crystals bump together and move apart in the air. This rubbing makes static electrical charges in the clouds.

something something both will and el being important in mike's journey to discover himself and his worth and his lightningbending. something something water healing him and air giving him the strength he needs

something something i wrote too much again SORRY!

OKAY THAT'S ALL! sweet dreams andi!!!