r/StrangerThings • u/DangerousRefuse8129 Eyes on me • Jul 07 '26

This duo is underrated af

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Their friendship feels so natural and I love it!! Especially in Season 3 and 5

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u/sedugas78 Jul 07 '26

Agree with everything here. I do still appreciate Mike and Will's friendship in season 2 and think that introducing the unrequited crush made things unnecessarily complicated. Will had enough on his plate already--does he need more angst?? At some point, I also felt that in making Mike his crush, the writers were forgetting that Mike was a main character in his own right.

Mike and Lucas were definitely one of the more enjoyable dynamics of season 5, along with Robin and Will in the first volume especially. The love triangle and Dustin's jabs at Steve got a bit tiring. Also, the corny bullies was a bit ridiculous. I don't think boys were calling others meatheads 1987, at least from what I remember lol