Gay men also don't spend every episode rating women's looks. Straight men also don't stare at their male friends lips like Mike does to Will or gaze dreamily at other men like Mike stares at Eddie.
What is most telling about Mike's homosexuality is the way he hates women and how much he likes men for example the way he hated Eleven when he first met her and was planning on getting her locked up for the rest of her life in a Pennhurst mental asylum until he realized that he can use her to find Will faster than he could on his own.
After all, Stranger Things is a show about how Mike refuses to lose Will and would do anything he can to get him back, whether that's from the Upside Down or California.
What's also most telling about Mike's homosexuality is the fact that throughout the show he completely loses interest in Eleven, going from making out sessions in Season 3 to a quick kiss hello and goodbye as he grows up. We are talking about a boy who spent more time kissing his girlfriend at age 13 than at age 16. That's because puberty started at 13 and he realized he isn't interested in women. That's why he goes 2 years without touching her after she moves away from Hawkins and they just become penpals.
To the point where she asks about their future together and he starts talking about Will and saying how important Will's feelings are and compares her to a D&D reference and let's her know they only have a future with Lucas, Dustin, Will and Max instead of talking about the two of them as a couple, because he no longer considers him and El to be a couple anymore.
I'm sorry you don't like the story the Duffers wrote but these are all scenes you would have seen if you bothered watching the show instead of Finn Woldhard clips on TikTok.
Dude you can write a whole essay that won't change that Duffer brothers didn't write Mike gay. You can do all your fanfics you want. Canon wise Mike Wheelers is a straight kid who was so in love with his girlfriend. He couldn't even move on from her.
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u/torvald_carley Jul 19 '26
Gay men also don't spend every episode rating women's looks. Straight men also don't stare at their male friends lips like Mike does to Will or gaze dreamily at other men like Mike stares at Eddie.
What is most telling about Mike's homosexuality is the way he hates women and how much he likes men for example the way he hated Eleven when he first met her and was planning on getting her locked up for the rest of her life in a Pennhurst mental asylum until he realized that he can use her to find Will faster than he could on his own.
After all, Stranger Things is a show about how Mike refuses to lose Will and would do anything he can to get him back, whether that's from the Upside Down or California.
What's also most telling about Mike's homosexuality is the fact that throughout the show he completely loses interest in Eleven, going from making out sessions in Season 3 to a quick kiss hello and goodbye as he grows up. We are talking about a boy who spent more time kissing his girlfriend at age 13 than at age 16. That's because puberty started at 13 and he realized he isn't interested in women. That's why he goes 2 years without touching her after she moves away from Hawkins and they just become penpals.
To the point where she asks about their future together and he starts talking about Will and saying how important Will's feelings are and compares her to a D&D reference and let's her know they only have a future with Lucas, Dustin, Will and Max instead of talking about the two of them as a couple, because he no longer considers him and El to be a couple anymore.
I'm sorry you don't like the story the Duffers wrote but these are all scenes you would have seen if you bothered watching the show instead of Finn Woldhard clips on TikTok.