#mike being the only person making the conversation romantic until will clarifies that he didnt mean it like that

[whynotimtired]

Thinking about Finn calling the mike monologue "notebook-ey, in the best way" when- and I haven't seen it in a long time so correct me if I'm wrong- that man wrote letters to her every single day for a year. And she didn't know about it for even a second because her mom kept every one of them away from her. She thought he was ignoring her, or didn't care anymore. And he thought the exact same. Until she confronted him about it and he told her it wasn't true. And that it's not over.

Now who was the one who didn't get any letters? Who didn't get any calls? Who was the one who said "that's just not true." to "you've made it super clear you don't want to hear anything I have to say." Who complains constantly, to the point his friends are annoyed, that Joyce is always clogging up the line? Who thought he was ignoring him, that he didn't care anymore? And who felt exactly the same way?

"You called maybe a couple times. It's been a year, Mike."

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"Maybe you should've reached out more, I don't know. Why is this on me? Why am I the bad guy?"

#CAUSE WHY DO THEY PARALLEL SO MUCH #EVEN THE MOM GETTING IN THE WAY OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP (albeit unknowingly on joyces end) #mike has yet to kiss him in the rain but at the rate we're going..... #i mean. he said it wasnt over for him. he asked will to be best friends again. #the couple in the notebook has one thing that byler doesnt. and thats knowing the other loves them. #that is the ONLY thing holding them back #i think if mike knew will was in love with him he would start speedrunning un-repression #ALSO THEY NEVER ACTUALLY RESOLVED THIS FIGHT #not the parts where will didnt contact mike cause mike couldnt contact him. #we just need a book of letters. a flashback to mike calling over and over and over again until he gave up. #their relationship has this way of being so strained but still so easy #what rlly gets me is that will doesnt care that he didnt get a letter. he cares that mike stopped CALLING him. #effectively making the romantic parallel between the movies not actually letters. just communication in general. #mike sent el letters. and she got them. thats not 'notebook-ey' #he thought she would choose her fiance. a man she didnt actually love. who does that sound like? #'Meanwhile El has like a book of letters from you' 'Thats because shes my girlfriend Will!' 'And us?' 'We're FRIENDS! We're friends!' #mike being the only person making the conversation romantic until will clarifies that he didnt mean it like that #quick to jump to conclusions michael? has something been on your mind? #he specifically didnt send will letters cause it felt 'too romantic' and at the same time couldnt write romance into his letters to El #I WONDER WHY #mike wheeler #byeler #byler #stranger things #will byers #mike wheeler is gay #byler st5 #i mean the fact that theres a love triangle at all in the notebook. its so crazy that he said that cause when you rlly look at it- #its clear whos who. the couple with history and a good run of miscommunication vs 1 party stuck in an engagement w/ someone they dont love #'its like theyre married with no option for divorce' vs byler. why would you compare them to the notebook finn. why do you keep doing this