from this post by @kilipu99... for some reason it was funnier in my head if they were in canon outfits? #justacesiblingthings
i love the enthusiasm, but mike was canonically specifically styled to look like eddie per the stylists who work on ST, not to mention them both being party leaders and dms. mike admired eddie and looked up to him. meanwhile gareth has the light brown bowl cut like will, and he doesn’t take the dm role up, much like will rarely takes up the dm mantle in the boys’ party.
and I love your enthusiasm anon. It got me in a thinking mode.
Since you seem to like the Mike-Eddie parallel so much, let me give you a better nugget : Eddie plays the guitar and Mike has the guitar.
you are suggesting HAIR, DM, Mike's admiration for Eddie makes for a better case for eddie and mike parallel. so let me address them one by one. reasons why i don't agree with it:
Hair theory. Let's just say, hair is the dealbreaker. The scene where Chrissy is unable to remember Eddie as he used to have short hair. So his hair theory is inconclusive.
Also, I am sorry but I never came across such a specific mention by the creators about Eddie and Mike being canonically similar. Not even Stylist, I looked it up and I didn't find anything. This is from the official stylist and she doesn't mention the eddie and mike connection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI3j673h0GE&t=37s
2. Mike as DM. Let me remind you of s3 which specifically showed Will as the DM. Him and eddie take their d&d way more seriously than any other party member. reflected in their over the top d&d setup and prep for it. (Will must've broken his back, the whole season 3 he was only setting up the damn game) Mike on the other hand is easily distracted by phone calls and Letters(el suggests will may have replaced him and even after they win at eddie's satanic campaign he seems distraught). His commitment is more towards Will than the game itself. so i don't see him and eddie on same plane there. not questioning mike's proficiency though.
3. Mike admiration for Eddie and looking up to him: Just think about it this way. Mike is shown to have a tiny crush on Eddie.
I don't know why they would choose to show this, unless he is a narcissist who likes himself or people like him or maybe simply because Eddie is nothing but another version of Will.
If you recall Will and Eddie have been aligned together since S4 aired, see the old posts of 2022 and I pinned this parallel because I knew some would argue.
Will & Eddie parallelism
focus on Nuances: in the context of d&d. (Bear with me)
Authoritative mannerism of eddie and will.
Eddie: "it's the championship game?" "Can i level with you"?
Will: “is it? is it early Michael?”
2. Will and Eddie’s speech: Words of encouragement to become heroes.
3. Mike's Act of Pacification : its a rarity to see Will pissed. Angry Will also overpowers Mike within fragments of seconds
During their fight Mike was defensive and right after will left He went out of the way to fix things. He does not enjoy angry will. Apologises to will and goes out to find sub for eddie.
4. Missing Member: Eddie and Will are both pissed about a missing member. And lash out at mike for ruining the party.
5. The Erica connection: s3 shows dustin and lucas giving Will's D&D to Erica. and right after that s4 she joins the hellfire where eddie is the DM. its a little telling.
6. s5
AU
STILL AT THE BLEACHERS: Part 2 NMJ: DON’T YOU FUCKING DARE, A-YAO. WRITE THAT SHIT DOWN IN THE STUDENT COUNCIL LOGBOOK AND I’LL SNAP YOUR PINKIE.
JGY:…I was wordlessly asking for you to snap the pen, Da-ge. I am insulted that you would think that I would write that down. A-Sang’s shrieking about the unnecessary expenditures still rings in my ears, I had a nightmare about it once. And that was two weeks ago. _______________________________________________
Hello everyone, back at it with my Highschool!AU. Look at the first part so as to understand the issue at hand *cough*LXC*cough* :D But I just want JC in shorts, ok??? And this was a good time to learn on how to draw thighssss nngggghhh*rolls around
OOH I almost forgot, tagging @fervent-serenity cos they requested it :D. Here you go sweetie
ok but the orv epilogue grabbing you by the face and going "HEY YOU. YEAH YOU. READING THIS. YOU READING THIS STORY IS CANON TO THIS UNIVERSE. BY READING THIS STORY YOU ARE SAVING THE MAIN CHARACTER. BY LOVING THE MAIN CHARACTER YOU ARE LOVING YOURSELF. BY SAVING HIM YOU ARE SAVING YOURSELF."
Truly the fifth wall break of all time. I'm not sure anything can top that experience. We've peaked as a species.
I'm not friends with you because you serve a purpose to me, I'm friends with you because I just like you. That is to say, there is no one who can do what you do for me because what you do for me is just be you
[Constellation 'Demon-like Judge of Fire' is screaming]
[The long lost 'Fujoshi Nebula' has assembled once more]
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pampered boyfriend
i finally watched IT (1990) :P
Stranger Things, Finally got around to finishing this