#whatever mike wheeler

[chaoscradle]

you guys stop mike isnt gay I look at all my friends the way he looks at Will

[strawberrybyers]

the outfit parallels to season 1 are going to put me in a god damn coma,, if you hear nervous laughing sorry that’s just me because WHAT THE FUCK

[misterfibbly]

It’s honestly crazy to me that people look at this guy and think “straight man”

[wizmer]

Oh yeah? Did Finn participate in this lovely activity too? 👀

[paladinsbrainrot]

my favourite stranger things duo 💜 (they have interacted Once)

+ close ups !!

[taeiris]

in honor of our first byler set leaks and pride month

i present to you: the romantic goth byler i was yapping abt

[conflictofthemind]

I see this scene as being Mike opening up to Nancy about his perceived helplessness and inability to protect his loved ones. It is about Holly (and Karen) but it's not about the grief of losing Holly specifically.

Mike is going to be put through the wringer this season trying to step up as a leader and protector, but as one without powers who can't just blast away his enemies like El. He is vulnerable and human. Other than for romantic storyline purposes, this is why they're keeping the two separated so much. For Mike's own development he has to stand on his feet without her and her power.

Mike's insistence on El being a 'superhero', and that being a good thing for her can turn on its head in a scenario where Mike is put in her shoes. Mike now being the hero relied on by his younger sister, mom, and likely Will. Being a superhero means you are the leader, it means you are strong, it means you can't fail. And you can't be vulnerable. El knows this well - she failed to save Max from Vecna in what is notably the team's (and her) first big loss. Mike will fail to protect Holly and Karen from the invasion in their home. Will he fail to protect Will next?

[radagasttt]

icb we got 3 generations of byler in the wrap post

[bagsbyler]

whenever i remember this clip i just can’t help but giggle a little bit… the way will’s holding onto mike for dear life 😭 bunch of sillies

[frwalkwithme]

original under the cut

[luv-byers]

Can we…. talk about how Mike wasn’t even looking at whatever Dustin had created……. Can we… please look at what he is actually looking at?

Just in case u don’t see it yet……..

[demobatman]

three cheers for mike wheeler

[gaysforbyler]

“I hate Mike Wheeler”

Great, so does Mike Wheeler

[solarmorrigan]

“Eddie is the cool dad” “Steve is the cool dad” Incorrect

As dads they are both lame as hell, but the Party will tell each of them separately that they are the cool dad in order to manipulate them into doing things for them

“Dustin said I should’ve asked Steve, but I knew you’d be way cooler about it,” Mike lies, trying to wheedle a ride out of Eddie to a place further away than Eddie would usually want to bother driving

“Mike said you wouldn’t do it, but I told him you were the cool one,” Lucas insists, entirely untruthfully, while trying to get Steve to cave and rent him an R-rated movie for the Party’s movie night

El is a little heavy-handed with it, still not great with manipulation or lying, and tends to say things like, “You would be much cooler than Eddie if you stopped for snacks on the way home,” while the boys facepalm in the backseat. It doesn’t matter, though; she has Eddie and Steve both wrapped around her finger whether she knows it or not

Similarly, Max feels no need to play this game. She knows that she can let herself into the Munson’s trailer as early in the morning as she pleases, waltz right up to the back bedroom door, and bang on it while loudly demanding, “One of you assholes wake up and give me a ride to school, I missed the bus,” and they’ll do it

[bylrndgm]

MIKE WHEELER IN EVERY EPISODE [15/42] 2.07 The Lost Sister

[pinkeoni]

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