Riding with Buttercup

Well, of course it wasn’t explicit – queerness is rarely depicted directly in mainstream media. It’s almost never afforded the same treatment as a typical straight romance.

Even Will was consistently described as not being gay but simply “slow” to grow up. And yet you expect there to be a clear “Guys, I’m queer and in love with Will” scene from Mike, when they didn’t even have Will explicitly say the word “gay” or directly confess his feelings?

It’s not our fault that you’re not open-minded enough to see beyond your heteronormative lens (and are so clearly bothered by Byler for some reason).

"No thanks, take off your belt."

And no one believes that Dustin actually has a girlfriend.

Because yeah likely story! Sure, your ‘girlfriend’ that you can’t talk to over the phone, your ‘girlfriend’ that lives in another state, your ‘girlfriend’ that you met over camp and have known for like maybe a few weeks, your ‘girlfriend’ who’s suspiciously like a super-tech genius. Your ‘girlfriend’ who’s like …

basically a superhero!! Like, Dustin’s best friends don’t believe him

And then as the viewer, I’m supposed to believe that *no one* in this ENTIRE TOWN would notice that Mr. Emo over here…

Is depressed as FUCK right after his boy best friend moves away to California? The same one who was acting out in Season 1 because his boy best friend was missing…? The same boy who Troy et al. targeted their homophobic bullying towards?!

Who *only* looks happy when he’s engaging with his hobby that is *directly* connected to his boy best friend?

**in the wrestling room mind you** I know what you are!!!

And sure, Dustin and Lucas know El, but like… !? NO ONE ELSE!

Sure…

Oh, Mike! Yeah, no he’s acting out because his ‘girlfriend’ moved to another state with the Byers

Sure, Mike’s ‘girlfriend’ no one knows (or, last they saw her, she was being confused with Will fucking Byers)

Sure, Mike’s ‘girlfriend’ that he can’t call because otherwise the ‘government’ will find out her location… so they can only communicate via radio (are we even sure that Dustin’s Cerebro is like a secure method of communication…? That is IF they even used it)

Sure, Mike’s ‘girlfriend’ that’s supposedly SuperMAN a superhero!

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH now he’s leaving for Spring Break to visit his ‘girlfriend’ who ‘lives with the Byers’

You KNOW how bad those rumors were this time around I’m sorry!!! And guess what!! El’s not even there to fucking make his bullies piss their pants anymore!

No wonder we don’t have a Mike POV book yet

And then the SECOND Mike is back in town. With the Byers. Where’s Mike’s girlfriend!?

Oh yeah… hiding from the government!!! Again!

But you know who he’s fucking living with now!? 💀💀

Oh and NOW HE HAS SUPER POWERS TOO!?

I’m sure!!

Give me a fuckin break. That man was fighting rumors left and right I know it to be true!!

Saw this, looks fun!

Link to the quiz is here

… yeah, that tracks.

Soft tagging @blockcat-safari, @jackdraw-spwrite, @cityofangeisislying, @audioeidolon, @venusplantt, @bardicc-inspo and @voidindite in case they would like to play along :)

*sigh*

they ARE a married couple.

they DO have a cat.

and they ARE MADLY IN LOVE!