theo

certain people can’t help convincing themselves that because mike can’t say “i love you” to el it must mean he’s gay and in love with will even though he has shown absolutely nothing but friendship towards will 🙃 they love to ignore the fact that mike blurted out “i love her and i can’t lose her again” and el overheard him, they also love to ignore the fact that mike tried to say “i love you” to el in the grocery store in s3. “i’ve never felt like this before with anyone”, “they do say it makes you crazy” “like, ‘blank’ makes you crazy… like, the word” he was so desperately trying to say the word “love” in another sentence but couldn’t even do that, let alone tell el he loves her, and this is what the writers have been continuing to show in s4. it’s not that he doesn’t love el, he knows how he feels but has trouble expressing it verbally or even written down. he’s just too scared to say those 3 words to her!

Yes, I understand that Devin said that Yelena’s sexuality was up to interpretation, but what else did she say?:

“Later, when I had lived with [Yelena] a little longer and someone asked me if she might be ace, I thought that actually made a lot of sense for her. But there are two strong caveats to that. The first is that Yelena is Russian... Yelena may not have been exposed to terms like “ace” and “aro.” Yelena, remember, not only works for the State, she was essentially raised by them. If she has thought to question her sexuality at all, I feel pretty confident that she’d keep her conclusions to herself.”

Hmm okay. Still not disproving that Yelena is aroace. In fact, highlighting why she would’ve said “I’m not lesbian, I’m...nothing,” because she wouldn’t have known the word for being aroace. Let’s go further:

“I mentioned two caveats to my answer, though, and here’s the other one, which is actually the most salient issue in all of this: I do not own Yelena Belova. Though she sprang from the imagination of JG Jones and I, she is the property of Marvel Entertainment...I have absolutely no control over Marvel’s decisions for her in the future. I like the idea of her being ace and hope they go with that, but despite my 20+ years writing comics, there isn’t even anyone there I can mention that to.”