the unspoken side plot of mike spending the past 18 months finding a hobby in costumizing little figurines to better visualize their plans (and keeping them in a bag w his d&d demogorgon) is so adorable
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okay so @/girlfumbler pointed out on twitter that will is spying (which i also picked up on but i was totally unaware of how direct this parallel was omg)
but that got me thinking, and if will is possessed like this again then they'll have to break him out of it, right? just like the shed scene.
sooo...... i'm here to propose that we get another shed scene somewhere (in vol 2?). not in the shed or anywhere will would recognize, obviously, but a shed scene nonetheless. and i'm ESPECIALLY hoping for a new byler shed scene or something similar.
i mean, you can see it right? will is possessed so he'll need these same people again (possibly robin as well!) to break him out of that state. but considering it's been leaked/speculated that will's love for mike will be a focus for vecna to use against him then i think a queer focused shed scene could be really cool.
(creds to girlfumbler for all the images and sparking this idea)
So the new footage is super cool to see and we 1,000% are getting a making of documentary to accompany the last season (They've all but confirmed it) but a few things caught my eye and I wanted to share them with y'all here.
Portal
The portal scene is extended from the July teaser so we can see more of the room. Based on the image, it looks like the walls are exposed pipes like the lab so I bet this is Nancy and Jonathan crossing dimensions from the upside down lab. The walls might also be columns like in a church. So make of that what you will.
Unintentional Trip
The new scene with Dustin and the walkie (with Jancy in the background) provides greater insight into whether or not this group planned to go into the upside down or if it was their only choice/best chance at survival. Based on how Dustin is reacting here, looking like he's trying (and failing) to communicate with the other side, and how Nancy is just sitting on the stoop, I have to believe that going to the upside down was not the plan. If it were, Nancy would not be sitting there waiting/scheming, she'd be ready to take action.
Okay. I'm at a point where I can actually think about this finale.
Stranger Things S5 fucking sucks.
This post is exclusively talking about queer representation. I will probably do a separate one talking about the overall story of the episode and ST.
Queer representation in this show is done so badly, and they are explicitly used to further the straight ships and male characters (which btw, do NOT get me started on Stranger Things and its representation of women). Robin's character starts out seeming to be set up to be another romance plot for Steve, thankfully, they didn't do that and instead make her a lesbian; her coming out scene is great, I love it, I don't love how her queerness is used pretty much exclusively to further Steve's character. Yes, we do get some development regarding Robin and her acceptance of her own queerness, however, that is quite limited (fucking Tammy Thompson) and instead her coming out and Steve not being a dick about it, seems more to revolve around Steve's character changing to not be a dick anymore.
Prior to this, Robins queerness isn't addressed, and the struggles she faces as a queer person in America at this time are not even hinted at much. Then, going in to S4, Robin is more openly queer, she's talking with Steve about women and her crush on Vickie. This is good, however, it's so short lived it might as well not matter. We get an okayish scene with Vickie where Robin makes a dumb joke and we get that tie back to her best friend Steve (because reminder, he's a nice guy now!) and fucking Tammy Thompson. Then, we basically ignore Vickie for the rest of the time until oops random scene to let you know that she has a boyfriend, and then the ending scene which sets up hope for a development of romance between Vickie and Robin (again, featuring Steve). My main issue, is how in a show which is pretty well known for having different view points, especially regarding showing the development of relationships between characters, think Stancy/Jancy scenes, Jopper, etc;. We get fucking NOTHING for robin and vickie. All of Robin and Vickie's relationship develops of screen. They don't do this for any other relationship, specifically the only canon queer relationship and they get absolutely nothing.
Even in S5 where you get more of Robin and Vickie, it seems more like it's put in there to just say that there were gay people in the show- and that fucking epilogue where they completely discard Vickie and then have a suddenly much more feminine Robin really irked me.
Part of what I loved about Robin's character, was her queerness, that was integral to who she was and I found that it was reflected in how she dressed; you see after she accepts herself and comes out to Steve that she becomes more relaxed and open, she dresses more masculine, she just looks 'more gay'. For them, in the epilogue, to have her be suddenly and pretty drastically more feminine was just- idk. I think in culmination with all the other aspects of this show that make it bad queer representation, i really didn't like it. It felt more like the duffers were pushing the idea that they had 'grown up and moved on' and specifically part of Robin's moving on was becoming more feminine, more 'womanly'. Now combine this again with societal and media's dislike of butch and masc women... You can see what I'm getting at? Then to completely remove Vickie? Yeah.
Then, we have Robins queerness being used to push Wills character. Now, I did actually quite like this at first. Robin shows Will that he's not alone, she helps him accept himself, gives him community (and queer community is vitally important). I fucking adored this for the first part of S5, it was so cute and I liked how they both had Robin and Vickie explicitly as a couple, and then used this to show Will that it was okay and that he too could have love. Then it all blew up in flames. For whatever reason, Robin and Wills relationship goes no further than her saying 'its okay to be gay' and then this immediately pushes will to come out to EVERYONE after he is threatened into doing so by his fucking abuser. Will doesn't come out on his own terms, it's a theatrical and anxiety riddled coming out scene where he is borderline hysterical because he is forced to do this by his abuser. Then. THEN. He compares the love he feels for Mike, his best friend, the heart, his god damn anchor, to Robins fleeting crush on Tammy god damn Thompson. They reduce Will's feelings to an actual, literal, joke.
Then it's over, you get a pathetic coming out scene which looks like it's out of a shitty Disney movie (quite obviously written by straight people) and the comparison of Wills feelings to a joke.
Then the finale comes out, we all had limited hopes by this point but oh my god. What the fuck. Firstly, any sort of hint at byler is assassinated, we get one scene (the best friends one) which is pretty much the writers laughing at everyone. Then they give Will and epilogue boyfriend and that's it done dusted. Furthermore, Mike's relationship with El is also poorly done; they had the potential to tell the story of a boy dealing with compulsory heterosexuality and having to confront his feelings for his best friend, while trying to maintain a relationship with a girl he's not in love with. Instead. They just completely assassinated his character, they couldn't settle on Byler or Mileven so they chose neither, Mike barely seems to give a shit about El until she dies (doesn't even say I love you back) and then stays in Hawkins writing stories while he's unable to go out and break the cycle. Mike's arc, is that he doesn't get out, he doesn't find happiness with/without El and manage to move past the loss of his beloved girlfriend, nor is it the acceptance of his self identity and him going on to live his own life. No. Mike Wheeler lives every queer persons worst nightmare, he is alone.
Also don't get me started on the stonathan, ronance, curry thing- cause yeah it's funny and also as a ronance shipper LORD I loved that final scene, but also I am aware enough to tell you that they're fucking cowards. They hint at Nancy's queerness pretty openly, but they give plausible deniability because having queer characters who have happiness just, isn't marketable. Hell, tbh I think the only reason we got as heavily implied ronance as we did was because of how hard both Maya and Natalia were pushing for it.
The ST5 epilogue graduation scene felt like the ending of Grease, where Sandy and Danny randomly fly off into the sky and everyone on the ground is smiling and waving like it's normal
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Volume 1 thoughts from somebody who's a little stupid all the time sometimes and a massive Byler
I always preface these types of posts with this but, I'm absolutely horrible at analyzing, putting things into words, or expressing myself properly. So this is all going to be me yapping with no substance, just pure nonsense. Some may say it's self deprecating but I think it's acknowledging myself where I am and my abilities.
That said, I have a lot of thoughts on Season 5 Volume one of Stranger Things. If you haven't watched it, than...oopsies! Spoilers ahead!!!
So, I'm not a fanfic reader (crucify me) and only got into diving into fandoms just this year or so, which means I went into this season with not too many expectations.
Some of my favorite theories and "wants" were...
Lovers lake gate (I still have hope after the fact)
Will and Robin MLM WLW solidarity
Byler (obviously)
Jancy
Steve getting over Nancy
HEAVY Byler angst
Will 😭😭😭😭😭
And some things I didn't want to happen were
Melvin/Milkvan (I love them as friends and I need them to be best friends)
St4ncy (idk what the "code word" for it is, and I don't want to be spreading hate for it on the tag cause even saying it puts it on the tag so)
Will powers (Hot take, I didn't want it like at all)
Vecna/Henry redemption
My top 4 characters list
Will <3 😭
Mike
Jonathan
Nancey
Demogorgon :) <3
And finally, my seasons ranking. 1 being the best, 4th being the worst
Season 4
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
And so now, with the mindset I went into this season over with, I'll be entering the meat of the post...
My episode thoughts!!!
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ST5 EP1 - The Crawl
(00:00)
On first watch, I was very excited going in! We saw the first 5 minutes already and it was...intense to say the least, so I was excited to see if they kept that same intensity throughout.
I feel like I haven't heard enough people talking about how you can hear Will yelling "GO AWAY" as he's being...infected(?)...by Vecna (Trying to find a less triggering way to describe it). It really shocked me when I heard it on my first watch of the episode. I didn't hear it in the preview they gave us.
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(5:38)
I was nervous I wasn't going to like Holly, since I struggle a lot with new things as someone with autism, but I loved Holly right away. She already seems so fleshed out, and her actor is so talented. I'm SO excited for her part in the story in Vol2.
The breakfast scene is so fun. I love how the Byers family clash against the Wheelers. Nonconformity vs Conformity. The Byers are so much freer. It reminds me of when I moved out of my childhood neighborhood and up into the fancier side of town. Everyones homes seemed so bland and unlived in, and everyone felt so fake. I think I still am one of the weird ones around here.
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(8:01)
WSQK immediately took my heart, I LOVE rebellious Robin being sarcastic to the government. "As I like to call it, the Big Mac".
I heard people mention leaks that Will and Robin would be close this season, and I was so excited because I love Robin but I hate Steve, so this meant I could enjoy Robins character even more! I didn't even know a quarter of how much this dynamic would change my view of Robins character.
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(12:12)
Something about Dustins intro felt off to me, the writing felt really cliche especially with Mike and Lucas but it could, once again, just be me being really bad with change. Dustin has had a really big change. I can't wait until he gets to enjoy himself again. He deserves the world
I will say, it makes me so sad how NOBODY is acknowledging the fact that Dustin is dealing with TRAUMA and MOURNING. The characters just treat him like he's acting weird for nothing when he has very good reasons to be like this. It feels so out of character for everyone else. They're acting like my mom and I don't like it.
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(19:07)
Steve and Jonathan scenes PEE-YEW. I love Stonathan (not as endgame but just as a fun ship, I don't think they'd make them endgame) but when they're like, fighting over Nancy it's just so weird.
I actually have a lot of thoughts on this though.
Now, I am a little bit of a Steve hater, only really liked him in season 4 and any time he was with Dustin in season 2, but I do have maybe a little bit of a Steve defense(?). This is just kind of what I observed, so I could be completely wrong. It does appear that Steve is fighting over Nancy with Jonathan, but I do also wonder if this is from Jonathan's POV. Jonathan seems to feel maybe a little inadequate. Like he isn't good enough for Nancy. And to then be around the athletic, good looking (subjectively), ex boyfriend kind of reminds him of this. Honestly, I either hope Jonathan works on himself or that Nancy's just fully independent. I will say, I still hated Steve this season, did not like a single scene of his, plus I think he was still a jerk towards Jonathan, but I do also think that maybe some of this is Jonathan's POV maybe.
Also it took me until my third rewatch to realize when Murray says "I know you're allergic to jazz, but just give it a whirl, I think you'll find it...quite engaging" is supposed to foreshadow the engagement ring hiden inside the tape.
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(23:16)
Will is so cute in his jacket😭😭😭, I want the same one so badly. Might have to bring my bowl cut back too(I did have one before, but I already know I prefer long hair despite trying to pass as a pre-T trans man, so sadly the bowl cut won't be coming back. Maybe I'll add a picture of it towards the end. Maybe...)
I love Robin using the radio station to send messages over the radio. IT'S SO COOL. Robin is EASILY moving up my favorite characters list. This will only strengthen throughout these posts.
The entire feel of this scene was just, so so exciting. It really set me up to feel hype for this season.
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(25:38)
Wheeler siblings leading, they're so cool. I love the back and forth between them. GOD I love them
I love Jonathan's support of Nancy in this scene, too. "Have you forgotten what they showed Nancy?" that's right, defend your girl
(29:11)
Will walking off had me SO hooked, but then the editing of the spinning just took me right out of it. It was SO goofy, I feel like they could have shown it better. I'm watching it as we speak and I'm laughing. Noah's acting was SO good though when he fell over to the tree and in the rest of that scene, though. And Mike's will voice and comforting Will, he can't keep his hands off his shoulder omg. That's his man 😭😭
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(30:40)
It's SO uncomfortable seeing Vecna creeping from the fence omg. I watched a short film some time ago about a predator that ends up killing his young victim because he's faced with the fact that he's fucked up, and it reminded me of that and the short film was SO good, the discomfort I felt watching that film came back during these scenes.
I do ask, though, what is Holly's outfit? It confuses me so much. None of the colors go together, and it's just so...weird? She looks adorable so I guess it doesn't matter that much but I just haven't been that big a fan of it.
Also Derek omg. Jake (the actor) did AMAZING with Derek. He's hilarious. I hope for all the new and young actors that being in ST helps boost their careers, they all did so well
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(31:48)
I hate Dr. Kay. She's so like, suddenly introduced and the dialogue is so off. Like they're using full names and titles to introduce the characters names and such and it just, feels so obvious they're doing that. It's just a random new villain with no feeling behind her.
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(33:47)
An emotional reunion between El and Hop in season 4...just for them to constantly argue in season 5? That feels kind of off to me. I know everything's tense, and he talks about wanting to protect her, but still it feels like they're regressing.
I hope they finally have a healthy relationship in volume 2, especially as El proved herself some more in the first Vol. On the other hand, I hope El starts to understand Hops concerns, and sees from his POV. With the added knowledge of later on in the season with her "kryptonite", I hope she finally realizes that she needs to be careful. Maybe there's a training montage where she learns to fight without her powers more so she can stand on her own without them? That'd be cool. It would also push her towards the independence arc of finding herself outside of a relationship and outside of her powers. What she likes and what she's capable of.
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(38:05)
Holly and Mike are so cute. "Monsters aren't real, Holly" sure...
I love Mike the Brave and Holly the Heroic. He sat there and made a minifigure for her, and taught her about his nerdy stuff and she seems so interested. She really matches his nerdy-ness here. I was once a little kid, geeking out over how cool my older siblings were because they were into warhammer and cool games, so I saw myself a lot in her. I know I would have felt like the coolest person ever if any of my siblings did that for me.
I'm glad she feels capable of talking to Mike about things. He must have really made himself a safe space for her.
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(41:12)
Will accompanying Lucas to the hospital is so sweet of him. He really loves all his friends, he's there for them so passionately; I love him 😭
"Robin! Rockin Robin!!" he's so cute calling her her full radio name omg 😭😭😭
Robin and Vicky are so cute, I just hope they can make up in volume 2 with the fact that Robin stood her up after canceling on her already in this scene.
(43:37)
WIIILLLLLLL 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I remember the first time I ever saw a queer couple, it felt just like that scene. I was so like...enchanted. I didn't know it was even a possibility, I was so young, but I immediately knew it was correct. But my mom was there and told me it was wrong, and I was so young that I just accepted it when deep down I knew that awakened something in me. And Will running away I feel like might represent him running away from his feelings, and being scared of who he is which is SO relatable. AND I LOVE THE MUSIC BEHIND IT OMG. That scene is like officially in my favorites list. It really captures the feelings of discovering other queer people so well. I also am obsessed with how much they zoom in on Wills eyes. I love eye imagery
He was so dramatic with that run, too omg. Will my beloved 😭😭
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(time stamp)
Dustin misses Eddie so much, GOD I WANT THE BEST FOR HIM. And poor Jake omg. He's just a snake baby (I love animals)
I feel bad but I can't help but die laughing at just the stark contrast between "You should really keep a better eye on your pets Henderson", "It's dangerous out there", "They shouldn't be left out there like that", "Hey there freak, long time no see", and then just the fucking "hiya"
Dustin's fighting was so much better than I was expecting, tbh. He was really badass there. It was never like, pre-established, so I was shocked he fought back like that.
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(time stamp)
Mike and Els reunion was cute, I will say BUT LOCAL VILLAGE GATE IS REAL???? THAT BULLSHIT??? I was fucking dying laughing. I have no idea what to think about this scene. It seemed like, romantic but also platonic at the same time. Very perplexed.
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(50:43)
I love Hop calling Dustin "Inspector Gadget", I loved him (Gadget) as a child.
Will (😭) would have been so certified for filling in for Dustin, especially as he says that he helped Dustin set it up, and we would have gotten Steve and Will but instead we got unnecessary Stonathan arguing and a sad Will. He looked so disappointed he couldn't go 😭😭😭
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(52:42)
HOOLLLYYYYYY. I make jewelry, so I loved seeing her make a Holly the Heroic necklace. It's very clearly important to her, she's so wholesome. Also, I had to read A Wrinkle in Time for school one year, I'm thinking 6th grade or so. I didn't understand it at the time but what I did understand was so good, Holly's making me want to do a reread
Rainbow heart bracelet? I see you Holly teehee
Her seeing her parents argue really brought me back to my own childhood. Her hiding in her room really got me. Holly is so younger me, I want to protect her
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(55:00)
"Do you have to chew so loud?"
"Snipers chew gum..."
"You're not a sniper"
Love these two to pieces, Lucas was really feeling himself there and he should. As someone with misophonia though I feel you, Mike
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(55:20 paused)
Yes, I'm talking about a single frame. This single frame of Will gave me dysphoria I took physical damage from it. It's my discord pfp at the moment
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(59:42)
I love the way the frame goes onto Will. And once again the eye imagery UGH I'm such the target audience. The way it cuts in and out from Will to the fight is SO cool. Once the lights started flickering, though, this was the moment I was like "omg they're doing Will powers aren't they?". I mentioned previously that I was not keen on Will having powers, but after this scene I started to have my own theories, and it felt really exciting. I was opened up to Will having powers.
My theory? (As of this scene)
Will gets the ability to control Demogorgons. I thought, if Will has the Demos (as they start calling them) vision, and feels what they feel, it would make sense if he could start like, inhabiting them and controlling them. My further evidence? Demogorgons are so fucking cool and I want to see more of them. That's my only like real evidence, because it's real to me. I can't explain it, but Demogorgons just make me so so happy. They're so cool and the way they climb on ceilings is fucking sick and they're just, UGH I LOVE THEM. And Will being my favorite character, I'd like to see him really connected to them like that. I only own two pieces of merchandise for ST (I don't like Funko merch sorry), and that's a little Will figure and a Demo Bumbumz. I'm the target audience for Will and Demo scenes this season and it makes me so happy. GIVE ME MORE WILL DEMO VISION SCENES
ahem...autisming out aside...
More on this scene, I wonder if the demo didn't attack Hop and only the driver because it was experiencing Wills emotions as well, and saw him as a friend rather than a threat or an enemy. There's more to this theory in later episodes.
(1:01:23)
Will falling was shot SO well, I love this shot so much😭😭😭. The camera following him down was such a good idea.
The power being fried makes me wonder how strong Wills powers are going to be. Like, they can act that strongly? INSANE
And the demo going to the Wheelers house, I was so excited to see Ted get slimed.
(1:03:05)
OMG Noah's acting here is AMAZING. I felt like I was hyperventilating with him, because I was lmao. First watch, I was breathing so hard and had to pause to calm down and not scream since my sister was sleeping in the same room. He did such a phenomenal job in these emotional scenes, though omg.
Wills desperate clinging to Joyce😭😭😭, him and Joyce lit by the light😭😭😭, omg and the light BEING Nancys and then it being her family being attacked omg.
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(1:03:56)
Ted fucking Wheeler. I was disappointed first watch when I saw he was outside the house, cause we already knew about the attack scene and I wanted him to be in the house for it (jumping ahead, I was delighted once I saw him enter the house)
(1:04:35)
My poor girl Holly :( She was already so upset, and to then experience the horrors? Ugh she doesn't deserve any of this. Also I need that pencil lamp she has.
The Demo coming out of the ceiling INSTANTLY reminded me of a nightmare I had as a child. I was in my crib, and a demon ripped open a portal right under me. I grabbed onto the crib and screamed for my mom and nobody came. It was because of a Tom and Jerry episode where Tom had a scary voice at the end. I would cry every time the episode came on.
Unnecessary tangent aside, the actor for Holly is so talented. I was sad when I first heard they recasted the actor, but the moment I saw her actively in the show, I was like "oh they chose good"
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Final thoughts...It was good! I thoroughly enjoyed it, however I did have my complaints and also...it didn't feel like Stranger Things to me. The lighting I think was one of the main things. The dullness of it. I think also it's a bit more obvious that the actors are older than their characters, which was never acknowledge-able in the other seasons for me. The ages the characters are vs their characters ages, there's a lot of big changes there even though they're not far off. It felt like a different show and it was jarring. After rewatching the season 2 times and the first episode 3 times now, I'm warming up to it a lot more, but I still feel the stark difference.
I'm bad at rating things but I'd give it a solid 7.5/10. I have not stopped going insane over this episode, specifically Will seeing Robin and Vicky. My complaints are overshadowed by just how excited I am, I'm shaking waiting for Vol2 omg. It's so bad I even ranted to my homophobic mom about Byler.
This post is so long, I'm just going to post this and then do the rest of the episodes in their own posts. Thank you for reading this far! And no, I'm not including the bowl cut picture of me. I felt too awkward doing that. Sorry
Thank you for reading this far if you have (not sure why you would but thank you anyway!)
My interpretation on the coming out scene from Mike’s perspective
I firstly want to clarify that I did not like this scene AT ALL.
One thing is Will feeling like he’s forced to come out, out of fear, but WHY DUFFERS? WHY IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CAST?
And I also know that the Duffers are literally good writers? They’ve proven that so far with the show - so what the hell are they doing here?
(This will also mostly go over Mikes part in this, I won’t really go over Will’s switch up in faith and stuff like that! Not for now. )
Will is an unreliable narrator, so when he says “I know that they’re not like me” we can’t trust him at all. That is what he thinks and we already knew this. This isn’t new information, it just feels like it is cause it’s finally acknowledged, but really, this proves nothing.
We still know nothing about Mike’s feelings and there are still things that haven’t been revealed, so all we can do is interpret his reactions and how it fits the narrative in general.
WHICH leads me to these framing and focus choices.
“I don’t like girls”
Mike’s in focus, Dustin and Lucas are out of focus. We are supposed to pay attention to his reaction. Meaning, that the little adjustment he did, was probably very intentional.
“I mean I do, just not like you guys do”
Here however, Lucas and Dustin are in focus, while Mike is not only half out of frame, he’s also noticeably out of focus.
And people can argue saying “Well, obviously they show Mike’s reaction, cause Will is quite literally talking about him.” which is true, yes, but that just proves my point with the second clip further. Why would they shift focus point, if what Will says refers to who’s cut to?
To further back this up I also realised that it is definitely intentional, cause when Will was talking about having Vecna inside your head, it cuts directly to Max and when he mentions Tammy, it cuts to Robin.
And look it might all be really obvious - cause duh, of course it is - but think about it. What does that say about Mike?
And don’t even get me started on this clip. HE GULPS.
“And it just makes me feel like something's wrong with me. So I push you away. And for the rest of us, we just drift apart more-“
He looks like he’s on the verge of crying - and yes, so is the rest of the group, it’s an emotional scene. But this is Mike. Mike, who has shown little to no emotion this whole season and I would even go as far as saying that he looks like he understands. Something is switching in him and will die on that hill.
Maybe it’s the realisation that he’s also afraid of drifting apart, maybe it’s the intensity of the speech, maybe it’s because someone is openly confessing and opening up about all of the same struggles he’s been dealing with, the exposure kind of forcing him to look inwards - maybe it’s all three - I don’t know.
But what I do know, is that canon Mike is afraid of what Will's saying: drifting apart = “and I don’t know, maybe I feel like I lost you or something.”
Now with the confirmation that we know that Mike knows about Will’s feelings - Which, by the way is not something most people would catch onto (at least not know for certain) if not the Duffers had confirmed it in that interview.
And it makes me even more confident in that we are supposed to read into his reaction. Finn is a great actor and his micro expressions are great, but it’s still just acting, this isn’t a real situation, so as an audience it can be difficult to tell apart whether you’re supposed interpret something or if it’s just the actor.
I don’t know if im making any sense… I sound delusional
LASTLY
“I’m not afraid anymore” Cuts directly to Mike, who’s nodding..
THEY ARE SPELLING IT OUT FOR US. IT CAN’T GET CLEARER THAN THIS.
Wait wait wait wait wait so for Jopper it’s night so we can see the lights are on…(established couple) but for Byler the lights aren’t on…(day) —>YET<— (yet to be established). But the signal exists. (This part is cornplating but: eventually day will turn to night so the lights HAVE to turn on #metaphor or symbolism whatever that’s a bit of a reach though)
mayhaps also connecting to the ending of ep4 with the flashing car lights behind Mike looking at Will. (Bonus points it’s night) Like finally it’s going to happen and the flashing lights showing that finally Mike isn’t going to be an oblivious repressed empty headed moron anymore (sorry mike)
I wasn’t really sure how to word this but do you get where I’m leading?
