Your answer helped me out immensely, so thank you so much! (Also I'm still laughing at "mike has a rock for a brain" cos it's kinda true lol). Also I really liked (and agree with) how you think that, even tho mike and el may not be IN love, they do love and care about each other a lot. I feel like not a lot of shippers think about mike can feel love for both El and will (even if it is different kinds of love). ANYWAY, I loved your answer, it was super informational.
Ohhh my god, tumblr is really being goofy with this whole "im not gonna show you your asks unless you're on desktop" thing. Now I get what you meant when you said you blew up my inbox lol. You still haven't! On the contrary, it makes me so happy to be sent asks. Thank you ;w;
Thank you so much for this lovely follow-up message! I'm so glad my thoughts could be helpful, and honestly thank you for reading! That answer really got away from me lol, but I think I got a chance to clarify some thoughts for myself for the first time, too. Hadn't ever put some of those ideas into words before. So thank you for the chance to do that.
He DOES have a rock for a brain sometimes doesn't he? lmaoooo. But even with his rock between his ears, I completely agree with you: that dunce loves the life out of both El and Will. He would literally lay down his life for either of them (that's a self-esteem problem he needs to address but that's another story lmao).
Now that we're talking, though, about how Mike loves both El and Will very much, I'm remembering a key point that I failed to address in my post, which is this: El and Will definitely seem to be spiritually connected somehow. It's unclear to me how yet, but I have read Kaypeace21's DID theory with interest. Strangertheory also has some great posts about how Will and El seem to be connected. If I find a post that I think you might enjoy from either of them talking about the ways those two are connected, I'll send it your way!
At the end of the day, as much as people are really hyped to support their own ships, the fact is that Mike has deeeeeeep connections with both Will and El, and it is pretty damn likely that El and Will are connected to each other. Mike loving them both might not be as contradictory as some shippers think it is. Which is an exciting thought for multi-shippers, people who love El, people who love Will, and poly people/people who like the idea of poly ships.
Ty again for your fantastic ask, it was so fun and fulfilling to answer it <333
