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“Normality is a paved road: it’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow.” -Vincent Van Gogh
”There is no blue without yellow and without orange.” - Vincent Van Gogh
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will squeezing past mike out the window to take control of the situation is my favourite thing. i loved this little moment and i love their dynamic so much. the cutest little team on the planet
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Duffers: Ok we NEED to have a scene with the camera focusing on ‘potentially the last letter that Mike may ever receive from El’ physically, figuratively, metaphorically ending up in the trash. Wham! Oh and yeah, make sure you crumple it up even more. Take 38. Oh and nonchalantly throw it like it doesn’t mean that much to you. Take 39. We gotta get this right.
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Hi hello, I really wanna talk about how crazy together is such an important moment for Mike. So--
Up until this point, Mike's depression and his struggles have been brushed off by everyone around him.
For one, his parents don't really try to listen to him. Instead they sort of guilt him for not moving on or feeling better fast enough.
They don't give him a chance to talk about his feelings. They just berate him. And we also see the same thing with his friends. For example, the way Dustin sort of questions why Mike is on the different channel.
And we can see how this really affects Mike. He already feels stupid for even believing she might be alive, and Dustin's comment is just a reminder of that insecurity.
The Duffers are such little shits for this because they have Dustin and Lucas's convo in the next scene play over Mike looking sad to draw your attention away from it, but you can see how much this is affecting him.
He feels stupid and weird for holding on, for not being able to let go.
But then there's Will, who gives Mike the space to talk.
Who listens to him with no judgment.
Who hears Mike call himself crazy, and rather than judge, admits that he feels crazy sometimes too.
This moment specifically is so fucking crucial. Because two things happen.
1- Mike starts to brush off his own feelings. He pulls himself away because he feels like he was weird for admitting that. He's ready for Will to judge him and agree. For him to say "yeah, you're being crazy."
2- Mike calls himself crazy. Like, this is the 80s. A time where the subject of mental illness was a huge taboo and highly stigmatised. Mike is implying he might mentally ill. And that's both such a vulnerable and terrifying thing to admit.
He's prepared for Will to agree with him. For Will to make him feel even more crazy. And he's scared of getting scrutinised, but none of that happens. Will willingly admits he feels the same (which is equally vulnerable) so that Mike knows he's not alone. And it works.
Mike's no longer alone in this. He has Will. They're in this together.
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“Hey, well, if we’re both going crazy, then we’ll go crazy together, right?”
“Yeah. Crazy together.”
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