if lumax ever found out about the tower conversation they’d be making fun of mike going “friends, no thanks… BEST friends” to his face on a daily basis and i think that’s beautiful

this is their song btw, trademarked and stamped by byler themselves

THEY KILLED BYLER SQUARED. RIGHT HERE IN HAWKINS INDIANA.

you look at the most liked fics on ao3 and the first one is from 2018, the byler one is from two months ago, the third one is from 2014, the fourth one is from 2019 and the fifth one is from 2015

his greed sickens me

dont worry mike wheeler ill reincarnate you as a (slightly wrinkled) lotus flower

when i think i’m at peace on my death bed and then someone shows me this

mike’s metaphorical “death” being the ily monologue from s4 cause she thought she was dying than in s5 she does, epilogue mike has to deal w survivors guilt + internalized homophobia (adds to the guilt) he has to learn how to start over and forgive himself THEN WILL COMES IN

it wouldve been so good if will was trapped in camazotz with max. madwise would’ve made a lot more sense