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it just feels so real. when shane comes out to ilya and asks him if he would want to be with him if they could do that safely and ilya just refuses to answer the question. he keeps saying but they can’t. that we wouldn’t be able to go home. he can’t even answer the question because he can’t even imagine a world where he can exist safely.

when they see skip kiss on live television and have hope for their future for the first time.

when shane comes out to his mom and he tries to reassure her that he tried not to be like this. when he can’t look her in the eyes because he’s so ashamed.

to me there were only 2 possible reads on this:

1. mike has realised that he has feelings for will (i believe this happened at the end of s3) but he does not want to confront his queerness so he’s shutting will out, actively putting more distance between them.

2. mike knows will is gay (has known since at least s3) and knows he likes mike. mike is uncomfortable with that which is why he’s again, putting distance between them.

it’s not even just straight people. the sheer amount of queer people ive seen talk about how bylers are over reacting because our ship “wasn’t queerbaiting”. i am begging you to watch ONE analysis video. “unrequited love trope” give me one example where the unrequited love trope was such a huge part of the plot and went on for 2 seasons. since we’re talking about tropes what abt the cyrano trope?