The worst part of the Stranger Things finale is that Mike and Will don't end up together platonically. The whole party splits up and do their own thing and their paths don't really cross again. Lucas, Max, and Dustin are shown to still have fufilling lives where they chase their dreams and still maintain strong friendships and relationships. Mike and Will are BEST FRIENDS and have gone through so much together and end up with completely separate endings where they are both essentially alone (which was BOTH of their worst fears).
And I don't even wanna hear some bullshit like "well it's realistic!! Most people don't stay friends with the people they were friends with in high school!" because I'm literally 20 years old and I'm still friends with my best friends from high school and we call eachother and plan things regularly. I'm still friends with my friends from ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRO and we still see eachother even though we all go to different colleges in different states. It's actually insane to me that they just go to college and thats it.
This bothered me SO MUCH too. Like the reason byler was so loved and hoped for was because they had such a deep, caring friendship. And then all of the sudden Will comes out, moves on, and now theyβre barely even friends? Based on their relationship over the course of the show, that was actually very unrealistic for that to happen, especially after how close they were shown to be and how enthusiastic Mike was when Will got his powers
