GOD, SO REALLL!!

GOD, SO REALLL!!😭

okay say queerbaiting or milkvan endgame all you want but i have yet to see any plausible heterosexual explanation for the following

- the airport hug

he was happy to hug will in season 3 and happy to hug lucas in season 4. when the entirety of the show has made it clear that mike and will share the more profound bond (destiel iykyk) out of the party it makes no sense for him to not want to hug him- unless it’s because of his queer realisations atm

- ‘we’re friends, WE’RE FRIENDS’

um it is simply not plausible that mike clocked wills feelings enough to say this yet didn’t pick up what he was putting down in the van speech. bffr mike was absolutely on the defensive here, mans was trying to convince himself

- mike looking at eddie

you’re telling me you watched the scene in episode one where eddie has his ‘if you’re inTo baNd’ speech and still think mike isn’t a homo? he has a lil fanboy crush on eddie and none shall convince me otherwise

- mikes reaction to el kissing him and i love you too

there is no heterosexual reason for him to look so taken aback and distressed after her kiss and her saying she loves him too. the music and els face all suggest a beautiful moment of love but mikes face looks shocked completely contrasting this. esp contrasted against his face at ‘what if you wanna join another party’ and considering his face when he hugs karen at the end of s3. up till then he had made no effort to try and rekindle their relationship but still wanted to see her and talk to her while she was away. ur gonna look at me and ur gonna tell me that i’m wrong

- ‘i care for you so much’

yes i understand that some people have trouble saying i love you- as we see with nancy and steve. bUt the way this is framed in this scene makes it feel queer. he is deflecting he says he cares for her but can’t say he loves her. this is why i’m a gay mike truther this feels like he’s trying so hard to be someone he’s not but he’s reached his limit. he can’t truly say he loves her until under so much duress and pressure. even when he first said ily in season 3 was just a slip up and significance was only given to the words through everyone else’s reactions, not mikes own reaction.

- ‘mrs byers has this new job, mikes always complaining about it’

im sure i butchered this quote but we KNOW him and el only talked on walkies because she couldn’t talk on the phone for dead of the government figuring out she was alive. this line proves mike called plenty and he can only have been calling to talk to will. while yes it is feasible that he was calling as friends, why wouldn’t he say something? leaving this revelation until the last season makes it significant, and therefore makes it romantic and queer.

- shared looks

do i even need to explain. their looks are just fucking gay. especially that one in season 3 where wills like he’s here and mike just keeps staring at him for a good while

- the emphasis on lucas and mikes friendship

they make clear in season 1 that lucas is mikes best friend by mikes convo with dustin. and in season three their status as best friends is made clear because they relate and complain to each other all the time. then WHY throughout the WHOLE show is mike and wills bond given the most focus??? season 1 will is mikes motivation, season 2 he is his priority, season 3 they have an important arc and season 4 they have ups and downs but ultimately their relationship is regarded as most important- they are the only two from the original party who have consistently been paired together. dustin and lucas were both in the hawkins crew but were always in separate groups. there is no heterosexual reason to make clear who mikes best friend js then spend 4 seasons focused on his relationship with will.

- framing

there is no heterosexual reason to frame him in a closet at the milkvan season 3 kiss. there is no heterosexual reason to put a one way sign pointing to his closet. there is no heterosexual reason to pair him and will in the closing shot alongside two other endgame couples. need i say more.

- blue and yellow

obviously this colour symbolism is undeniable at this point. whether or not ppl believe it symbolises their relationship or just their characters, it’s clear that will is yellow and mike is blue. there’s a reason we barely see green clothing or lighting. there’s a reason mikes bouquet to el had purple (her colour) but too much yellow (will). there’s a reason their flannels always have hints of the other persons colour.

- will as mikes priority

instead of coming crawling back to el for forgiveness in s3 he goes to will. he says his life started when he found el (a lie like the rest of that speech) yet when will went missing he only cared about him. all of season 2 showed that he loves will so much he wouldn’t leave his side ever.

i have many other opinions about why milkvan endgame would completely undermine so many messages of the show but yeah i’ll stop for now

En mi opinión byler es mejor que mileven por muchisisisisimos motivos, pero haré una lista.

1-Mike y Will se entienden entre sí mucho mejor de lo que lo hacen Once y Mike, esto se ve por ejemplo en la temporada 4 cuando Mike y Once pelean porque Mike no sabe decirle a Once que la ama y ella NECESITA que se lo diga pero él no puede explicarle que no puede, por otro lado, Mike y Will tienen una conversación acerca del distanciamiento de su amistad y podemos notar que es mucho más cercano, más íntimo, se entienden el uno al otro y no hace falta palabras de afirmación porque ya lo saben.

2-Ni Mike ni Once se sienten cómodos con el otro del todo. Cuando Once está con Mike, finge tener muchos amigos en California y que es genial aunque le hacen bullying ahí, por otro lado, Mike deja de jugar a DnD cuando está con Once, pero cuando ella se va, él vuelve a jugar. Además de que Mike mencionó en una conversación con Will que se siente inseguro en su relación porque siente es menos que Once o que vale menos. Sin embargo, Will y Mike se sienten cómodos el uno con el otro, se cuentan sus problemas y se apoyan, todo el tiempo. Pasan tiempo juntos haciendo cosas que a ambos les gustan.

3-Mileven es tóxico. Así es, suelto la bomba. Fingen ser quien no son con el otro, Mike deja de salir con sus amigos para estar con ella (cosa que puede ser entendible por la edad, pero sigue estando ahí) se mienten el uno al otro, no se sienten cómodos, cuando pelean no se disculpan. Por otro lado, byler es lo opuesto. Hacen cosas juntos, son su mejor versión con el otro, se dicen casi siempre la verdad (a excepción de sus crushes), se sienten cómodos con el otro y lo buscan, se cuidan y aseguran de estar cerca del otro tanto física como emocionalmente, y cuando pelean siempre se disculpan y arreglan las cosas (como dato que demuestra esto, tenemos en la temporada 3, cuando Mike y Once pelean porque Mike mintió, el después de la pelea es un momento feliz y agradable, Once con Max, descubriéndose a si misma, Mike tranquilo en su sótano comiendo papas fritas y quejándose. Sin embargo, ese mismo capitulo, cuando Mike y Will pelean es todo lo contrario. El momento es sombrío y triste, y el después de la pelea es devastador, con Will destruyendo el castillo Byers, su lugar seguro, y Mike corriendo en mitad de la lluvia para pedirle perdón)

4-Es lo mejor para los tres. Mike se siente insuficiente con Once. Once se siente encerrada con Mike. Will se siente miserable y que nadie lo puede amar por su orientación. Cuando Once está por si misma se empodera. Cuando Mike y Will están juntos están completos, felices, amados.

Escribí esto en la madrugada debatiendo con un mileven shipper empeñado en que no tiene sentido que shippee byler

The wise 💞

OMGGG????? THIS IS SO AAAAAKABAMQBWMFBFMFJSKBDNFJFKFKFB I WANT TO EAT HIM

What do you think he’s looking at?

got bored during class and worked on doodling s5 mike wheeler concept idea — im working on a full digital illustration of the party!

HEYY HAPPY PRIDE!

This is S2 byler, if you even care