Call me crazy, but I don't think Will is getting Vecna'd.
I think everyone is going to be expecting it, to the point that they protect Will like crazy. I also think Henry is going to use their preoccupation with Will's safety to try and pick the rest of them off one by one. His plan is to torture Will until he breaks.
What Henry is going to want is for Will to join him again. To that end, he will target everyone Will cares about, all the while taunting him. He will tell Will how pointless it is to fight against him. He's going to win in the end, and he might consider sparing some of Will's friends if he joins him.
I stand by my prediction that Will is going to have a Luke/Palpatine temptation arc.
the airport scene really is a cinematic masterpiece
we have argyle and jonathan high as hell
willel excited to see their boo
then this doofus shows up only to have his girlfriend immediately be disappointed by “from: mike”, have a totally “heterosexual” interaction with his best friend, then gets clocked by a guy he doesn’t know for wearing a knock-off
i love every moment of it because in just these 2 minutes you find out everything you need to know about the dynamic between mike, el, and will. this is the first half of the catalyst that takes down mikeven, shows mike’s struggle with his sexuality, and the love will has for mike. it’s chef’s kiss fr i couldn’t have asked for a better scene 🤌
because not only is mike holding up the phone for will, even though will has already taken it, therefore there’s no longer any need for mike’s hand to be there.
but mike is literally standing in a glass booth, shoved inside, while will is standing just on the edge of it, just barely outside.
mike is holding will’s hand, almost as if reaching outside of the glass closet to will, who has just barely taken a step out.
S5 Mike Wheeler confesses his feelings for Will to El because he doesn't know what to do with them, constantly stumbling over his words, fidgeting with his hands, making absolutely no eye contact, totally freaked out by the fact he's saying all of it out loud, and finally El stops him, looks directly into his eyes, and says, "Mike, it's okay, I understand." smiling warmly which immediately calms him down, stopping his multiple attempts to explain himself out of anxiousness
NO EVERYONE STOP BREATHING! THE WAY MIKE HUGS WILL AND JUST.. FUCKING.. LAYS HIS HEAD ON HIS SHOULDER!!!?! HE JUST HE HUU JUST FHCKING LAYS IT THERE AND THEY'RE SO GENTLE THEY DONT SQUEEZE AAA THEY JUST HOLD EACH OTHER AND HJJJJJ THEY JUST LAY ON EACHBOTHER AND HOLD EACH OTHER I'M HLGONNA I AM GONNA COMBUST