a little rant about Jax

It always stand out to me how he kept his eyes wide open in this scene

Like I'm sorry but Mileven doesn't sell it for me, cause why is he just standing there not even reaching for her. Poor girl 😭

But if you think about it they had broken up in this season and hadn't officially gotten back together (until this scene supposedly)

And then this is kinda mwtfdyd gate 2.0 cause what happened in those three months in ST3 (after fighting the flesh mindflayer) huh

(Added Will cause awww and also the blue and yellow in the background is so obvious lol!)

If you don't believe in coincidences (IykwIm) then you can see how there's a sequence of the couples/ships at the end of ST3

First Lumax

Second Byler

Third Jancy

Fourth Mileven

Also this is never shown to have happened

Neither this

(He goes to Cali during springbreak)

Oh and lastly Jopper mention!

So yeah, very obvious love triangle portrayals there with Will/Mike/El

And I'll just leave this there as a bonus

Jane: I love you

Mike: blank

"Oh but he grew up not being able to say I love you because of his parents"

Let's take a look at his sister Nancy!

With Steve:

With Jonathan:

(okay yeah, it's their un-proposal scene but whatever)

They seem to be the agency behind comic cons and other events in Spain surrounding ST but nothing more

At least it seems like most of their posts are reposts from other accounts and I think they aren't followed by any other official ST accounts or by the cast

Pero bueno ojalá sí signifique algo que hayan dado pistas de más contenido de ST aunque sea relacionado con algún evento que vayan a hacer

Creo que a la Comic Con de Málaga se había anunciado que van a ir algunos actores 👀

Will's self acceptance storyline didn't need him to be in love with his best friend for years at all, they just wrote all that angst for funsies

Like Will is out and about living his life to its full potential being unapologetically himself in an art uni and Mike is stuck in his basement all day writing fantasy stuff as escapism with huge eyebags (although canon Mike does go to uni after hs)

AND THEN Mike finally gets out of his house and goes to a uni party with Will and they make out and he freaks out but after some inner angst he realises who he is and gets his shit together but he still dresses for a while like a preppy nerd and Will kinda digs it but he won't say it

art is not mine! I found them on pinterest

Something that I truly cannot comprehend is why they would buy the rights to various songs known to be labeled as queer anthems (or associated with the community) and then use them in the most mundane ways possible.

(Let's remember that ST was the first ever show to be able to have Purple Rain in its soundtrack)

By this I'm talking about songs like Upside Down for S5E1, I think we're alone now being used for Holly's dancing scene, Heroes simply being played in the credits and Purple Rain being used for the void scene (🫩).

In the official WSQK album there are also songs that weren't even used in the show itself that are often associated with the lgbt+ community like Bicycle Race by Queen.

And then there are songs (verbally mentioned) like Human Cannonball by The Butthole Surfers...do I need to say more?

Ok, we all know how wrong THAT scene felt for both characters and how forced it seemed (despite there being intimacy coordinators).

Purple Rain by Prince is the key in my opinion, but not in the way most would think.

The song starts playing at the flashbacks of their past scenes.

(Ignoring how obvious it is that "you've seen me, the real me" and right after her being shown dressed up with a wig is so contradictory, let's not get into that right now).

I want to give focus to the lyrics here:

I never meant to cause you any sorrow I never meant to cause you any pain I only wanted one time to see you laughing I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain

This scene is in those flashbacks:

In my point of view this is Mike's message to El, he didn't want to hurt her, he just couldn't love her (like she wanted, romantically) despite him trying. I think El knows this, she realises right after in the original scene that he does love her in a platonic way, but of course that is not what she had hoped for and therefore her expression.

(S4EP8)

In S5 she has finally internalised it's not about her, but about Mike's sexuality. Accepting it is the reason she is able to understand Mike and smile at him here:

The next lyrics in the scene go:

It's such a shame our friendship had to end Purple rain, purple rain x3

"Wait, but those are not the full lyrics" is what I thought.

And that is where it gets interesting, as the song actually goes after the first part:

I only wanted to see you bathing in the purple rain I never wanted to be your weekend lover I only wanted to be some kind of friend, hey Baby, I could never steal you from another

It may be a reach, but I think this is El talking back to Mike. She didn't want to be just some "girlfriend" (his beard) but his actual friend, and the last line is a total reference to her knowing about his bond with Will and it being the reason they couldn't work out as a couple.

And after the song is cut off it actually goes:

I only wanted to see you underneath the purple rain Honey, I know, I know, I know times are changin' It's time we all reach out for something new, that means you too You say you want a leader, but you can't seem to make up your mind And I think you better close it and let me guide you to the purple rain

El continues to talk to Mike with these lyrics, she wants him to know she (in a way) allows him to be himself and go after what he truly wants deep down (Will).

Mike is called "The Heart" (Will calls him this while El is listening in S4EP8), but he doesn't act like it, not at all in all of S5. He lacks leadership because he is always indecisive between being himself and being what society expects from him.

Let me guide you. El and Mike have such a strong (platonic) bond, of course she would want him to find himself, and maybe in her mind that includes him losing her.

I know this is just an interpretation, but I really do think it could fit into perspective and personally I prefer to see it that way.