![]() ![]() ![]() im convinced some people didnt watch the same episodes i did #strangerthings #st4 #byler #willbyers #mikewheeler ♬ original sound – </3 That might not even be the way Will understands his sexuality. To see characters name their sexuality or gender, to use the language of being LGBTQIA+ is so, so important.īut in the same vein it’s also pretty fucking hard for many teenagers to articulate the fact that they’re LGBTQIA+.Īnd when you remember the context of this being peak Ronald Reagan-era America, when homophobia was rampant and the AIDS crisis was allowed to kill thousands of people, it makes sense Will wouldn’t just say: “I’m gay”. Of course, there is a beauty and power in being explicit. In fact, I found it more moving than a number of other coming out scenes I’ve seen on TV. It Turns Out Some Of The Most Emo Bits In The Stranger Things Finale Were Actually Improvised So yeah, as a gay viewer, I understood this was a coming out scene. Will says all this while quite literally crying before turning away to sob while staring out the window. “But you make her feel like she’s not a mistake at all. “And when you’re - when you’re different sometimes you feel like a mistake. It’s just she’s so different from other people,” he says. “These past few months, she’s been so lost without you. Will emphasises how much Eleven relies on Mike, but it’s clear that he’s also talking about his own feelings. Dragons and pining for your best friend are both pretty gay activities. While Will tells Mike that Eleven commissioned him to create the painting, I don’t buy it. It depicts them, Lucas ( Caleb McLaughlin) and Dustin ( Gaten Matarazzo) fighting a dragon. Will tells Mike he’s the “heart” of the group, and finally shows him that fucking painting. Will and Mike ( Finn Wolfhard) are sat in the back of the van, discussing Mike’s relationship with Eleven (Brown). “If it’s Will kind of just refusing to grow up and growing up slower than his friends, or if he is really gay.”īut in season four volume two, we got what I and many other viewers understood to be Will’s coming out scene. I think that’s the beauty of it, that it’s just up to the audience’s interpretation,” Schnapp told Variety. “I feel like they never really address it or blatantly say how Will is. The Way Will’s Sexuality Is Handled On Stranger Things Genuinely Encapsulates Being A Teen ![]()
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