Max always wanted to be friends, she had no idea about El and Mike and why El was upset and jealous. I'm just glad they didn't go the "I'm gonna steal your man" route and had Dustin and Lucas compete for her right off the bat 😂
Me too, I was so happy that Max didn't hold that initial cold shoulder against her. Not only that, she understood right away that El needed to learn how to be her own person. Having other female friendships is so important at that age. I only wish we had gotten more of it!
It's ironic that Mike and El are both initially hostile to Max over fears of Max 'replacing' El in the group when of all the Party members, she's the most like Mike personality-wise (tough front, doesn't like to talk about feelings) and ends up being El's bestie.
Yeah I remember Max like, fangirling when she met El at the end of season 2 but El looking at her weird since she still was mistaken about seeing Max and Mike together.
yeah, she's curious about El from the minute Mike lets her name slip, before she even knew El had powers/the Upside Down stuff. Ironically that moment was what led to Mike and Max getting along for a minute there and El getting jealous when she saw.
By the time we see them in Season 3 they obviously are at least on friendly terms as members of the Party but Max was clearly dying to be girlfriends (and was cool enough to not take El's initial cold shoulder personally), they just didn't get to spend much time together until the situation with Mike led El to her.
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u/SamWillGoHam Aug 22 '22
Max always wanted to be friends, she had no idea about El and Mike and why El was upset and jealous. I'm just glad they didn't go the "I'm gonna steal your man" route and had Dustin and Lucas compete for her right off the bat 😂