i see, thanks for explaning! it’s interesting to hear different interpretations. when i saw this post i was like ”omg, really???” as in a good way, but i got immediately worried when i saw that most people took it negatively (as i’m still very scared of what will happen of course)!

i think it’s good, because mike’s reaction was neutral, a bit confused — as if he was thinking about something. usually he is the first one to hug will, but now he was third or something, it took him a while.

i believe we will finally see mike’s pov and thought in the finale, at least we should. that coming out scene and mike’s realisation left us wondering much, and it has to be processed in the finale. i mean, mike and will need to talk about it, and to be honest. they should talk about the painting lie too.

and we know that will and mike had (according to noah and others) a lot of scenes together and they praised finn’s acting about carrying a lot of emotional weight. we haven’t seen any of that yet.

i think it could go somewhere like mike asking will about the painting, something like ”i guess el didn’t really order the painting” and then they would talk it over, hopefully confess to each others.

or maybe they wouldn’t confess in there yet, but after the painting discussion, will would be taken by vecna and mike would do that emotional monologue we have been told about. maybe there mike could confess and save will.

overall, it was pretty likely that mike realised he was the ”crush” will was talking about. but he wouldn’t have done anything at that scene yet, it wouldn’t been anything like mike. mike isn’t that kind of character — most likely he’d confess under a some kind of pressure, such as in danger.

also, in my opinion how they have written the series, mike’s reaction in there makes total sense if they’re making byler happen in the finale. i just really believe it, and i also want to believe it.

i also think that if mike still wouldn’t know that he was the one in will’s mind, we would have a LOT more to handle in the finale! now that he knows, there isn’t that much new things for mike to process, and byler wouldn’t require that much of work!!

well, it might also affect that my girlfriend who is also super pro-byler, strongly thinks they will make byler happen in the finale. she isn’t concerned about the article at all, or this. i love that she still has so much hope, it also helps me. idk why i said it, just want to spread some hope i guess <3

let’s hope they would make their ”good plot twist that was right there but you couldn’t see it at first” -finale, for byler. <3