#mikhail antonov

[hazellevessque]

You know what I remember? Mikhailgate. I miss Mikhailgate.

[hotchocolatebeforebed]

Do you guys remember mikhail gate??? Like that shit was so crazy like they mentioned him once and everyone was like-

Mike vs mikhail rivalry

And they would use Boris as like a face claim. Like it was lowkey fire ngl

[l393ndjean]

What was your favorite meme to come out of mikhailgate?

i was, sadly, not a part of the fandom when Mikhailgate occurred, but probably this one:

(credits to the creator)

i actually made my own, which is kinda shit but anyways:

[blooddispensersad]

[hazmatazz]

now that i'm thinking of mikhail again i want everyone to know that i

1. think mikhail would be a rogue. if it's willhail then mikhail steals will's heart from mike

2. i think he would be the color red, not green. he wouldn't be a combination of byler he'd be the primary color love triangle

[thatonesongyouretryingtoremember]

four days until Mikhailgate's anniversary! (August 26th)

send me an ask (off anon) with a link to your fave mikhailgate post or fic

OR tell me about your fave mikhailgate thought or moment (off or on anon) or say anything Mikhail related. you can abt like it's still going, you know I'll play along.

reblog this to spread the word and invite ppl to send you asks, and remember to send asks to the person you reblogged from and to the person who reblogs from you!

use #mikhailgate, and #mikhailgate anniversary 2023, when you answer the asks!

[breadcrumbonbed]

Will Byers with his boyfriend? idk, never seen stranger things.

[will80sbyers]

First OFFICIAL pictures of Mikhail on the set of stranger things 5

[pholiabanna]

Did you guys know that after the Upside Down was defeated and Will left Mikhail for Mike, Mikhail went back to the USSR to investigate Gorbachev himself?

And that he was so successful that he went on to become associate professor of legal theory in the Higher School of Economics in Saint Petersburg?

And not only that, but on his free time he was also a really talented ice skater?

Man's had a crazy life, definitely my favorite character in the show <3

[willbyerswithagun]

Merry new year 🥰🥰

[willbyerssupremacist]

just remembered mikhail gate

[sadboyhrs]

if Mike doesn't figure his shit out soon Mikhail is going to sweep Will off his feet bro

[icantescapemikewheeler]

Apparently Tumblr wants to know more about Mike Wheeler's clone (aka Eduardo) so here's all of the lore I can think of off the top of my head:

- Eduardo is a clone of Mike Wheeler that was created in Hawkins lab. Why did they clone Mike Wheeler? They just did.

- Eduardo looks exactly like Mike Wheeler except he is always wearing Mike's airport outfit ™

- Eduardo is completely fluent in Spanish (it's his first language) and has some sort of strange innate ability to access and reference pop culture from the future. A prime example of this is the song Despacito.

- Eduardo uses Despacito as a curse word. Eventually Mike begins to as well because Eduardo starts rubbing off on him and it pisses him off SO MUCH.

- If it wasn't already apparent, Mike HATES Eduardo.

- Eduardo loves Mike, and for some reason thinks that he is his long lost brother José.

- Eduardo eventually escapes the lab and becomes a sort of Hawkins cryptid. He unintentionally gets Mike in trouble for the things that he does because everyone just assumes that he's Mike (because who would EVER imagine that Mike has a clone who speaks Spanish and is in love with the Chupacabra (me)).

- Eduardo makes his entrance into our favourite characters' lives when he accidentally hops on board a plane to California (his reasons for this are unclear, but seeing as he is Eduardo, that makes sense).

- Eduardo arrives to greet the Byers and Argyle at the airport. They immediately all sense that something's off about 'Mike' and Argyle proclaims that he is, in fact, not Mike, but "a shitty knockoff".

- As it turns out, the REAL Mike's flight was delayed so he arrives a few hours later and meets HIM.

- Eduardo essentially joins the California crew to go and rescue El. He sits in the trunk the whole time because Mike refuses to make physical contact with him.

- Within a few seconds of meeting Will and Mike, Eduardo KNOWS. He is a Byler shipper and is tortured by how oblivious the both of them are. His Byler-based frustration evokes a sizable amount of "Despacito"s.

- Mike has no idea Eduardo can speak English, as he only speaks Spanish around him. Mike also has a C in Spanish at school so he can't understand anything Eduardo says at all. As it turns out, Argyle is a surprisingly good translator.

- Obviously, because Eduardo is a clone of Mike, he's head over heels in love with El. As in El Chupacabra, the cryptid goat sucker. Once he learns about the concept of a "celebrity crush", he decides that his is El Chupacabra, and makes it his mission to find it. "El Chupacabra mi amor"

- When the crew arrives back in Hawkins, they decide that Murray should hide Eduardo in his bunker, at least until everything blows over. This turns into Murray accidentally adopting Eduardo as his weird little surrogate son.

- Eduardo stays locked in the bunker for the duration of the events of season five. After the final battle is won, Eduardo's world changes forever. He gets a roommate. His roommate is Henry Creel.

- A now powerless Henry and Eduardo form a strange sort of brotherly bond while being locked up in the bunker. However, there is one force that threatens the strength of their relationship: veggie tales.

- Somehow, through his ability to access future pop culture, Eduardo gets his hands on a VHS tape of an entire season of veggie tales. He loves it. He watches it every day. Henry DETESTS it. He wants it to stop. When the two are finally deemed responsible enough to start integrating themselves into society, Henry emerges rambling about the singing vegetables (which makes Murray regret his decision of letting him out).

- For some strange reason, only characters with a connection to the upside down can see the veggie tales tape. To anyone else, the screen just plays static. In a moment of weakness and desperation, Henry brings the tape to El and falls down on his knees sobbing, begging her to destroy the evil that is veggie tales. She has no idea that veggie tales is just a tv show, and Henry makes it sound super dangerous, so she uses her powers to obliterate the tape. (It took Henry FOREVER to be able to get into contact with her, since literally everyone else in Hawkins was doing their best to make sure they DIDN'T interact).

- When Eduardo finds out about the broken tape he is DEVESTATED. He goes into mourning for two weeks. He doesn't speak to anyone, he doesn't smile, he doesn't do anything. One day, he finds out that Henry destroyed the tape and he is FURIOUS. Eduardo drags Henry to the sheriff's office and tells Hopper that Henry killed Bob and Larry.

- Hopper has no idea that Bob and Larry are vegetables, and since this is Henry Creel being accused of murder YET AGAIN, he locks him up right away. Henry tries to plead his case by telling everyone who will listen that "THEY'RE JUST VEGETABLES" but it only makes things worse.

- That night while Henry is sitting in his cell, the vent on the ceiling breaks open and Eduardo crawls through it. He promptly breaks Henry out of prison, leaving him dumbfounded as to why Eduardo would save him if he got him locked up in the first place. When he asks Eduardo about this, he wipes a single tear from his left eye and says "Bob and Larry... are right here." He puts his hand on his heart. Eduardo promptly removes a tomato and a cucumber from his shirt pocket

- Eduardo also canonically hates Hopper, and has tried to kill him three times. One time involved axe body spray, another hitting him with a pan, and a third lying to him about his wife and child being at the end of the rainbow.

(some tagging because people who reblogged the og post might appreciate: @moomiiii @screamingfrenchfries @mikewontstopwhiningaboutit )

[hazmatazz]

because we want willhail again or somethin come listen to the idea i've had since mikhail first came around

now most of the main characters have d&d classes right? paladin, cleric, ranger, bard, mage(kinda), zoomer...(uhm......)

mikhail's a rogue to me

why? well...he steals will's heart from mike :)))

[thatonesongyouretryingtoremember]

What instruments ST characters play

El- drumkit, piano, theramin

Will- piano, violin (+viola, cello)

Dustin- electric guitar (obv), ukulele, accordian (badly)

Mike- guitar (semi canon), bass guitar

Max- clarinet. Badly. (She loves it tho)

Lucas- piano, trombone

Erica- piano, trumpet

Jonathan- keyboard, vocal

Nancy- flute

Steve- trumpet

Robin- trumpet (canon), oboe, french horn, harpsichord, harmonica

Argyle- vocal, piano, guitar

Joyce- piano (she played school plays when he kids are in middle school, she learned in high school), decent vocals

Hopper- guitar (also in high school to impress Joyce), vocal (canon)

Mikhail- musette, accordion

Scott- accordion, vocals (rusty on both but nobody's complaining)

Henry- absolutely fucking hopeless at music.

Lemme know who I missed! I've also got HCs to go with some of these, so shoot me an ask if you want to hear one :3