i just want to remind everyone that season 5 is going to be will byers centric! will is the main character, it all started with him and it will end with him.
do you ever think about how mike doesn’t understand el at a fundamental level & vice versa. i feel so strongly that they’re pretending especially in the “from mike” fight. mike really isn’t really shown that way around will. they understand each other & have very different premises for fights & different ways of making up. idk food for thought
Season 4 wasn't about Mike being with El. It was about Mike not being with Will. That's how you shoot a pining love story, not an established endgame ship.
"They just want us to know that Will is sad his love is unrequited!" And why would they ever choose to distract you like that? You can only focus on one thing: Milkvan or Will. They picked Will. Every time.
Actually, scratch that. There weren't two options. They could have made it even. They could have given them some happy scenes outside of Will. But they didn't want you to root for them even for a second. And if you did, if you thought you were safe, they wanted you to feel guilty when they pulled back and you saw Will's face. This season was them saying "You're rooting for them? How could you. Look at what you're doing to him."