just a mileven sideblog

So what thoughts do you have for Mike’s role in S5? I know we’re still processing the latest series, so perhaps it’s too early to ask, but I think we’re going to end up with the “core group “ working together again in S5, echoing S1, and thus I’m definitely expecting Mike to step up as Paladin and group leader.

I think s5 is going back to s1 dynamics with the addition of Will being key. I think it's going to be about protecting El AND Will with Mike taking the lead in both.

Stranger Things isn’t killing off Mike or El. 

I’m 98% confident they’re not killing off any of the core 6 kids. 

Could they die in season 5? Yes. Will they die in season 4? No. 

First off, El and Mike are the main characters. Without either of them, season 5 just wouldn’t happen. There’s no story without them. (El is the main with her powers and Mike is El’s motivation for damn near everything.)

Second, I don’t see any of the other kids dying either mostly because they’re so central to the show. Not just the characters but the actors too. I think not having them for the S5 press tour would be a huge loss that they’re just not going to do. 

I do however think that at least one of the core 6 kids is going to be in some kind of incapacitated state. Whether that be a coma, locked in the upside down, taken away, etc. 

Everyone else? Fair game for death. 

Predictions: 

Pretty sure: Murray, Enzo, Brenner, Owens

Maybe: Steve, Eddie, Jonathan

But after spending some time on the Stranger Things subs, I'm shooketh. But I also now understand where these absolutely bizarre tumblr theories are coming from.

Mileven is CORE to the entire story of stranger things.

El sacrificed herself to save Mike in season 1.

El fought to get back to Mike in season 2.

Season 3 was a mess but Mike still protected El and she did the same in turn. We had Mike explicitly being the one to protect her BECAUSE OF his love for her.

In season 4, she's regaining her powers in large part because of Mike (who doesn't love her because of her powers but because SHE believes that, it is)

She will defeat Vecna based on her overwhelming love for Mike who is going to give a long sappy ass monologue about how much he loves her at a key point. Does she love her friends and adopted family? Of course she does. But it's the all consuming soulmate love that will power her.

There is absolutely zero narrative reason for Mike to return Will's feelings. In real life would Mike like will? Maybe. Who tf knows. But for the purposes of the show, mileven is canon and will be canon and endgame.

-Mike clutch tells El he loves her and it's what lets her win against Vecna

-Eddie survives but goes into battle while forcing Dustin to stay back and be safe

-Vecna IS defeated this season

-El gets trapped in the upside down or she's presumed dead

-Season 5 is going to be about saving El and running from the government (they still think she's a weapon and a threat)

-I'm honestly not sure if one of the mains are going to die. I think it might be like Jonathan if anyone but I think the teasing has been mostly hype or a red herring

-Will comes out to Jonathan and is accepted

Absolutely no one: