#who he spent all of s3 kind of rejecting playing with bc he thought he had to

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The Great Pretender by Freddie Mercury

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#byler #stranger things #bizarre love triangle playlist #mike wheeler #mike’s pov #now this song has quite a bit of mike dnd angst #we even have a mention of heart/crown which is pretty on the nose #esp when it’s followed by: #‘pretending that you're still around’ #although mike looks happy in this image and I think he indeed is #i can’t help but notice the way he’s isolated from the others #and how this is the first time we’ve seen him play dnd happily since s1… only this time it’s w/out Will #who he spent all of s3 kind of rejecting playing with bc he thought he had to #and now in s4: #‘i play the game but to my real shame— you’ve left me to dream all alone’ 😔 #‘too real when I feel when my heart can’t conceal’ #mike does pretty good at hiding his feelings for Will… #but the arrow/triangle pocket over his heart aka his heart can't conceal… it gives him away🫣😂 #now all of those lyrics are great but none of them blow my mind quite like #‘i seem to be what I’m not— you see’ #and that’s bc I think this lyric can have a lot more significance when you give it double meaning based on punctuation #mike 'seems' to be -> what he’s not #and what mike is -> is not what we see #mike seems to be straight but he is not #mike is not straight but that is what we see (for now) #mike wheeler core all around for this one though #4x01 #gif