Yoonxis

She's sarcastic, skateboards, goes by Max rather than Maxine, and hangs out with little boys and yet she is so excited to meet El at the end of S2! She doesn't see El as competition she sees her as a friend! During

S3 we see that Max is an actual feminist icon as she encourages El to find herself outside of her relationship with Mike. We see Max's feminine side which she is not at all ashamed of.

And the fact that they made El and Max so close after El's initial jealousy toward her in S2 feels so special to me. All of S2 Max just wants to be a part of the party, specifically she wants Mike to accept her into the party (because he's really the only one gatekeeping lol) and Max fully realizes that the reason why Mike doesn't want her in the party is because he misses El and doesnt want to feel like they're replacing her.

12 y/o Will leaves on his bike in 1983, 17 y/o Mike tries to chase after him, to stop him, and as he runs past us it flips to 12 y/o Mike, and he’s running right off the cliff at the quarry. El doesn’t catch him this time.

12 y/o Mike hits the water, but he isn’t hurt. 17 y/o Mike swims to the surface, disoriented. Something bumps into him. It’s Will, his body floating eerily in the water. “It’s not Will, it can’t be,” echoes from the shore. We get an over the shoulder shot of 12 y/o Mike, who’s picking his bike up and running away. Here? We get the cut teary bike home.

12 y/o mike opens the door to his house, but instead it’s the lab, and Will is screaming for him. Mike, now a 13 y/o, runs, trying to get to Will. When he opens the next door, it’s his garage and he’s 14 and he’s yelling The Infamous Line at Will, watching his best friend’s expression ice over.

When it cuts back to Mike, he’s 17, and this time, instead of watching Will leave, he reaches out to pull him back. As soon as his hand meets Will’s arm, it’s rink o mania, and it’s Will who’s getting Vecna’d. Mike is watching uselessly from the DJ box. Will’s levitating, his eyes are bloody, the disco ball behind him shining like a halo. “You can’t save me, Mike, you never could,” 15 y/o Will croaks out as his bones snap.