let's talk about El's queercoding because her calling women pretty was crazy and the first time she saw couples was on tv which were all straight so she probably thought that's what she was supposed to be, Millie said that in s5 El will figure out who she is without anyone else. so is she a lesbian? pansexual? idk but she's a sapphic
also the "try before you deny" in s4, Mike didn't want to try the pizza and called it blasphemous because he grew up in a conservative and homophobic town (but when he tried it he actually said it was good, when the camera panned back to Will) while El grew up in a lab so she doesn't have any internalized homophobia or bias and she tried it without complaining and said it was good
gonna be a real shock to me watching stranger things 5 and it isn’t as gay as i have gotten used to it being in fandom with lesbian el, gay mike, and bi max, lucas, steve, nancy, and jonathan
There’s always talk about there’s not really any solid evidence that Mike is attracted to women (and I’m sure my lovely mutual @aemiron-main could probably pop in here and explain in detail why there’s absolutely none lol love you bestie) but we rarely talk about how there’s literally no evidence that EL is attracted to men. Like the closer you look to more you realize how there hasn’t been a single instance where el was genuinely romantically interested in a guy?? Somehow, somehow there’s less signs of El being interested in men than in Mike being interested in women and that’s really saying something 💀
Also regardless of what you think Mike’s sexuality may be, El generally tends to show way more interest in girls than him and I think that’s genuinely so funny plsssss
Like the show textually supports that she is a lesbian please can we talk about this more 😭
i just came here to point out that El never showed any visible attraction to Mike
people are always overanalysing Mike and whether he was ever attracted to El or not to prove whether he's gay or bi but i don't remember ever seeing something like this with El
i don't remember ever seeing in the show where you could tell that she was attracted to Mike
because she never was
she spent so much time between seasons 1 and 2 watching tv and romance in tv so she was "brainwashed" into thinking that's how her and mike's relationship is supposed to look like
she was never attracted to him she was never in love with him she's just a traumatised girl in need of love so she got herself into a romantic relationship before she could even figure out the difference between different types of love and relationships
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i have not a clue what this is but I found it in my notesapp so here
El turns toward Argyle and asks, "Argyle, are you gay?" She sounds the word out.
Hopper chokes on his drink.
"Oh my god I'm so sorry I just taught her what gay means and she doesn't know about-" Will clambers to apologize but Argyle speaks over him, "I don't really vibe with labels, but I guess so, little dude." He ruffles El's hair and she giggles.
Will's mouth drops open and he stares at him. Jonathan is watching the exchange with slightly raised eyebrows.
"Well," Hopper clears his throat. He doesn't follow that up with anything. He just looks a little stunned.
"You guys are cool, right?" Jonathan finally speaks up, sounding a little more nervous than Will expected.
Joyce smiles warmly at him. "Yes, of course. It was just unexpected." She chuckles.
Jonathan looks relieved. "In that case," he shrugs, "I'm gay too. Full gay."
Will drops his fork. Jonathan looks at him and grins. "Me too." Will blurts in a moment of impulse. No one looks all that surprised. Rude.
"Me three." El adds, eyes bright.
"Me four!" Mike says from under the table where he was catching scraps in his mouth like a dog.
alternate st universe where mike talks to el about will when he's missing. el notices something different about the way mike talks about will but doesn't know anything about romantic feelings so she doesn't say anything. when she finds out what romantic feelings are, she at first thinks she likes mike (since he's the first person she's ever gotten genuine affection from) but quickly realizes the feelings are platonic and mike is in love with will. somewhere she finds out about homophobia and gay people. the rest of the show continues with dumbass byler and tired lesbian/aroace el.
serious question. when has anyone ever seen el This happy with mike? when has anyone seen her smile and laugh and be free this much around and with mike? exactly.
I love how El isn’t answering when Max says: “He (Ralph Macchio) is so hot right?” and she looks so weirded out by Max saying: “I bet he’s an amazing kisser too” only to then also say that she can’t tell if Mike is a good kisser😭