#st5 lb

it was badly placed. if it needed to happen at all, it was a bad idea to put it right before The most important mission of their lives, right when everyone was saying "okay, we gotta leave in 5!!" it easily could've been somewhere after he woke up from the trance. it completely killed the action momentum and also felt like an afterthought of "oh shit!! will needs to come out, where can we put it?" "eh idk right before Plot hits the fan and emotional monologues can't be squished in"

why was everyone there?? 😭😭😭 god i can't. this had to be mike alone (with will mentioning the love part, but at the same time acknowledging that he's working on getting over it and they're great as friends, since they decided on the no byler route), OR joyce+jonathan (as a sweet "we've always known it and have always loved you" family moment, even though it'd be a kind of repeat from the scene with jonathan in s4, but it could've been framed as jonathan helping will push through it to tell joyce), OR mike+joyce+jonathan+lucas+dustin (in the way it was done in the show, that's fine). i'm sorry but those people who have barely or never interacted with will shouldn't get to be a part of this intimate moment oh my god??