Still waiting for Once and Future King

The funny thing is that one definition of "Tammy" is "twin".

So in a weird way, Will is saying Mike is just like him. Right after he says he's not like him.

and some sketch from 2023 :

Here’s HSTHETE, the 24 hour comic I drew this year!  Thanks to everybody who followed along on twitter this weekend as I posted these pages <3

in my mind, it's why joyce is so confused when hopper complains about him in s3. because that has never been the mike she knows. from her perspective, mike has probably always been all ''let me help you with that mrs byers'' and ''hi mrs byers! can will come out and play?'' mike has always respected her, because she respects kids. she treats them as little adults, rather than kids who don't know what's good for them. same thing with mr. clarke, the only other adult we see mike respect. hopper, in contrast, has a "I'm the adult and therefore I'm right" mentality that really rubs mike the wrong way.

I really like this about mike. he's a little shit but only if you deserve it.

While he acts as usual around her and Red, responding in a haughty and arrogant manner, with Joyce he is polite, never raises his voice, and offers to help in any way he can.