#like neither are acting like themselves it all feels wronggg

[mikoran]

not sure if ive just been shipping byler for too long but mike and el being in a genuine romantic relationship now feels like. out of character. like even ignoring all the theories about him being queer and such just looking at his and els characters and ignoring the romantic context theyve been put with since the start, i dont look at them and think “hm theyd make a good ship” it just doesnt feel like a thing they would do i cant explain it

#case and point byler endgame #anti mileven #byler #they were brought together by circumstance and became close because of it but outside the traumabonding i just #cant see them ever liking each other like that?? #after being shown more of els personality and glimpses into her interests it just doesnt make sense to me yknow #if they met with season four circumstances with all the development and such theyve gone through at this time #i cant even tell if theyd be like friends they feel like theyre friends of a friend or something #maybe its just cuz we never saw them be normal kids with a platonic relationship and els friendships haven’t really been explored #outside of max ofc #but their personalities just dont click and it feels even more painfully obvious during rinkomania #like neither are acting like themselves it all feels wronggg #maybe some of these tags shouldve been said in the main post #oh well #back to the traumabonding with lumax and jancy its different because theyre both able to also act like themselves while going through it #with mileven el hardly knew what being a person was and we never saw who she was because she didnt even start knowing that til s3 #the traumabonding was the only thing keeping them together while with jancy and lumax the characters also liked who they were as people #and learned more about each other along the way etc etc #mike and el were just close by circumstance and after growing into their own they became clearly incompatible #they share like no interests and would not like each other at least romantically if not for what forced them together #i shouldve just made a whole separate post with this no ones gonna read this anyways #whoops