#and having El watch max die was one of the worst things Henry could do to her
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“Now I just want you to watch.”
El saw what Henry did to everyone in the lab. She didn’t die, but she had to watch it happen.
Max saw Billy die in front of her. She wasn’t the one in danger, but El was. And she watched her abusive stepbrother die in front of her.
Dustin saw Eddie die. He didn’t go back towards the bats. The bats didn’t hurt him. But he watched Eddie die in his arms.
Hopper didn’t die because of his exposure to the chemicals he was mixing. He watched his daughter die in a hospital bed.
Lucas wasn’t being targeted by Vecna. He wasn’t the one floating in the air, his bones weren’t snapping. But Max’s were. And he watched it happen.
Nancy wasn’t the one who died in the Upside Down, alone in Steve Harrington’s pool. That was her best friend, and Nancy had to watch it all go down. Had to see everyone unfold.
Mike didn’t get possessed. Or kidnapped. Or burst into particles. Mike didn’t die. Or almost die. He watched Will screaming like he was being burned alive. He watched his best friend nearly die and he watched as every adult around him was unable to help him. He watched Will bike away from his house before he disappeared. He heard his mom talking to Joyce the next day. He heard Will on the radio. He saw Will’s body in the water. He heard Bob die. He saw El die. He saw Will dead. He watched a man get shot trying to protect him, Will and Jonathan. He watched him die while putting pressure on the wound.
Mike was shot at.
He was told that he was wrong for trusting El. That Will wasn’t alive.
He had to run for his life because his friend’s body was taken by a being from another dimension that sent creatures to kill him and everyone around him.
He was knocked out by Max’s possessed brother.
He was shot at again in the desert, trying to rescue El who was taken by the government.
He’s been bullied his entire life.
And he did almost die.
Mike jumped off a cliff.
Dustin and El had to watch.
#mike wheeler#byler#I definitely could go more in depth with every other character here#and even some that aren’t here#but my point is#is that Mike has been going through it since season one#and that watching something terrible happen to someone you know and care for#is a thing#and having El watch max die was one of the worst things Henry could do to her#but then mikes also been through a lot of stuff that’s just him#jumping off a cliff for starters#being shot at multiple times#running from the government#being knocked out by billy and generally being in his path in season three#El has to save mike in the sauna#and Will screaming that he’s lying in season two#even though it wasn’t Will it was still his voice and his body#mikes been through a lot#but unlike Will and El he doesn’t have people to talk to about it#or anyone who looks at him and notices he isn’t okay#even though he commonly parallels what they think is happening with Will#like jumping off a cliff or ptsd#everyone’s quick to call Mike an asshole rather than asking him if somethings wrong
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