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I find it very interesting that s4 parallels s2 A LOT. In both seasons, they is a shot of Will’s Jaws poster behind Mike’s head in a scene WITH WILL. In s1, Nancy compares the demogorgon to a shark. On how it can smell blood from miles away. Idk this is just more proof of Mike being in the UD WITH WILL (bc both scenes Will is with him) or Mike is getting attacked by a demogorgon OR BOTH WHO KNOWS. All I know, this can’t just be a coincidence…
Will occasionally gets postcards in the mail.
No name. No address. No matter where he is.
Always of art.
Postcards of paintings from all around the world.
He likes researching them and learning about the artist, what the paintings mean, where the paintings hang now.
He knows she wouldn’t be there if he went, but he still looks into the cities that the galleries are in. Reading about the history and imagining her telling him about it. Imagining her exploring. Learning. Existing freely.
He doesn’t tell anyone because he knows she trusts him not to. Trusts him to not try and find her.
He likes to think she still checks in with him as occasionally the meaning or subject of a painting will hit too close to home with him and whatever the current thing that was bothering him.
He wishes he could write back. Wishes he knew how to check on her as she checks on him.
But since everything ended, his powers lay dormant. Only evidence they still exist are the small ‘electrical faults’ that are perfectly timed with big emotions and always end in a nose bleed.
If the writers weren't glaringly racist, I’m just thinking about how it would’ve made so much more sense for Erica to have Holly’s plot.
We've known her since season 2 and would have been far more invested in her than in Holly, who we knew nothing about going into season 5. They wouldn't have had to retcon her age *cough*, as she would have been around 12 years old in '87, same as Will when he was taken. She would have had a future-sister-in-law dynamic with Max in Camazotz. She could have relayed so much information to Max about what's been going on while she was gone. We could have seen her nerd out about A Wrinkle in Time and science (which is canonically her favourite subject). We could have seen actual depth added to her character and given an active, emotional storyline to Lucas, who would have been hellbent on finding her. It would have been so satisfying to see that dynamic since we're used to them bickering all the time; a real true-to-life example of the complexities of sibling love. It could have been so, so good.
No wait the kids are saying that this is them confirming that the whole scene in El’s mind with Mike was HIM imagining her the last time, because how would she have projected into his mind for that? Which means not only was he imagining being that important to her…he couldn’t even say he loved her in his mind? NAHHHH LMFAO
WillElMike is officially THEE most botched love triangle of all time oh my god everybody fucked over top to bottom
And I cry, it's not fair. I just need a little lovin', I just need a little air.
