"Is Tyler My Bad Dream? Or Am I Tyler's?"

let’s talk about

michael’s airport outfit

and how different it is from the rest of his clothes

as we all know, the people involved in making this show go above and beyond to make everything mean something. almost nothing is a coincidence. you can see it from the way some characters talk and react, to the way they’re placed in a scene, maybe from a small detail in the background, or the music that’s playing during, but most importantly: through their clothing

for the most part, mike’s style has always been the same, collared shirts and jeans, maybe shorts (which he only ever wears on season 3 and on his first day in lenora in season 4)

the airport outfit is just so out of character, and i don’t think it’s a coincidence

when argyle first meets mike he checks out his shirt and calls it a “shitty knockoff” and while they’re making it up to seem as if he’s talking about the brand, he’s talking about mike

how airport mike is the shitty knockoff of hawkins mike, real mike

mike is pretending to be someone he is not

he’s trying to please el, dressing how he thinks she’d like, trying to prove that he likes her (despite the fact that no one doubts this), trying to convince himself that he likes her

this weird, knockoff version of mike wouldn’t even hug his best friend after 6 months (give or take) of not seeing him, i wonder why?

6 months really is a long time to reflect about your feelings and come to new realizations

this outfit, this attitude, they’re a representation of mike trying to hide who he really is, how he really feels. it’s him trying to be someone he is not to please other people but also to erase himself, to try to change who he is because he doesn’t accept himself

and Noah

the world if gaten and natalia and maya and joe and joe had control of the scripts

MWAH!! 🧼💋

mike gay panicking around will

stranger things 4 art by butcher billy

I really like the idea being thrown around that Mike has a stack of unsent letters to Will. All of them signed Love, Mike. Because it does make sense — imagine writing a letter to your best friend and signing it easily with love, and then writing a letter to your girlfriend, and you freeze. You’re stuck. It’s supposed to be just as easy, but suddenly it’s not, and you’re forced to confront something. What do you do? Hide the ones that hold a secret and send the one that makes sense to the world! I don’t know, I just think it’s really neat!

we all carry on, when our brothers in arms are gone

They make me ill.

Just finished season two and felt compelled to draw these dorks.

Murray, to Will at the dining table: So Byers kid, how are you and your boyfriend Wheeler?

Byler, malfunctioning: W-what?

Murray, to Steve: And you Harrington, how long have you and Munson here have been dating?

Steddie, malfunctioning: E-excuse me?

*everyone else starts choking on their food at the same time*

Murray, raises an eyebrow: What? It's not my fault you guys keep looking at each other with heart eyes. For Pete's sake, I'm not blind.

*Robin rolls on the floor laughing*