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mike wheeler trapped in Vecna’s mind having to jump off the quarry to get to another memory.
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if you went back in time and asked me which couple between byler and phan would be real by the end of 2025 i would NOT have got the answer correct
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can't believe no one's done this one yet
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happy holidays ♡ I have the best time running this account and wanted to show my appreciation to you all. I am gifting four of you PHAM TIER phatreon membership for two months!
entry details:
- reblog this post ♡
- only one entry per person
deadline:
- you have until the 27th of December to enter
- winners will be announced here the next day on the 28th
side note: if you are reblogging for reach (thank you ♡) please write it in the tags so I don’t count your entry!
i was going to do this for my blog's ten year anniversary last month, but i'm nothing if not a master procrastinator so it's taken a while. in order to actually finally post this let me not yap too much and instead get straight to it
i'm giving away three months of phriends tier phatreon membership to three different people! yay! three months each to be clear, not divided among the winners lol
to enter: – reblog this post! – that's it ♡
notes: i will only count one entry per blog, however i'm not gonna stop you from reblogging it on a couple of extra sideblogs if you want, i trust you all not to go too crazy and enter with like ten. there's also no rule that you have to be following me to enter because i can't in good conscience trap anyone into that lmao
the deadline for entry is december 14th, so this sunday! the winners will be randomly selected and announced the next day, in exactly one week
good luck! :)
p.s. if you're only reblogging for reach and not entering, just write that in the tags and i'll omit you from the draw
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OKAY LISTEN.
I have NOT stopped thinking about this for like three whole days and I simply MUST unload the brainworms on you all before they start filing for tenants’ rights. Because Stranger Things fans keep walking RIGHT PAST this moment like it’s a pothole on Hawkins Main Street when in fact it is the Grand Canyon of Mike Wheeler’s homosexual awakening.
So. Gather ‘round, children of Tumblr. Auntie Feral Theorist is about to speak.
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You know the scene.
THE scene.
Mike Wheeler, standing there, looking at Will like Will just descended from Mount Heroic with stone tablets that read “YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH THIS BOY, PLEASE CONSULT YOUR LOCAL GAY AGENCIES.”
And sure, everyone’s like “hahaha he did the LEGO BATMAN MEME” but NO. NO NO. We’re doing a deep-dive. We’re going into the Mariana Trench of Byler Lore. Bring your floaties.
Because here’s the truth:
Mike Wheeler’s entire attraction to Eleven has been 50% trauma bond, 40% “wow she has powers,” and 10% “oh she’s looking at me I guess I love her now??”
Don’t fight me. I don’t make the rules. The Duffers did.
Every time this boy tries to tell El how he feels he’s like:
“Uh… you’re… like… amazing… and cool… and you fight monsters… and… um… yeah.”
Bro is in love with the concept of a superhero girlfriend. He accidentally dated a genre trope.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WILL?
Oh. Oh honey.
Mike loves Will for Will.
For the kid who sat next to him in kindergarten.
For the boy who draws dragons and thinks D&D campaigns are acts of emotional vulnerability.
For the boy who now has powers.
Mike Wheeler has been a half-cooked disaster casserole since Season 3 because SOME PART OF HIM HAS KNOWN.
He’s known.
He’s KNOWN-known.
And now Will—sweet sunshine boy Will “I Don’t Want To Be The Monster” Byers—walks up in Season 5 like:
“Hi Mike :) btw I now have glowy apocalypse powers and also I accidentally saved your life, nbd”
And Mike Wheeler just ascends.
He leaves his mortal body.
He sees God and God is wearing a striped shirt and bowl cut.
Like imagine being Mike. You’ve spent YEARS suppressing feelings like it’s your side gig. And then suddenly Will is ALSO a superhero, but instead of falling in love with the superpowers, you realize with horror:
“Oh no this wasn’t about powers at all I’m just OBSESSED with this boy in general.”
And THAT is why this moment hit him like a freight train driven by Gay Awakening Thomas the Tank Engine.
Because now Will and El BOTH have powers, and Mike is about to see—in 4K Ultra HD—that he looks at her and sees “friend,” and he looks at Will and sees “oh no he’s glowing and so is my heart oh no oh no oh no.”
Season 5 isn’t just about the apocalypse.
It’s about Mike Wheeler accidentally realizing he’s in love with his best friend while the universe explodes in the background like an emotional support firework show.
Anyway, that’s where I’m at.
Follow for more deranged Stranger Things or other fandom theories and late-night spirals.
IM NOT OKAY
