Now that Stranger Things season 4 has confirmed not only Will's queerness, but also his unrequited love for Mike, it's certainly interesting to look at their relationship in retrospect.
Now that he's gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing. Now it's 100% clear that he is gay and he does love Mike. But before, it was a slow arc. I think it is done so beautifully, because it's so easy to make a character just like all of a sudden be gay.
Now actor Noah Schnapp, who plays Will, revealed to Variety that his character is indeed gay, and secretly has feelings for his best friend, Mike, who's in a relationship with Eleven.
It's official: Will Byers is gay. In a new interview with Variety, Noah Schnapp revealed that one of the most popular “Stranger Things” fan theories circulating the Internet is true. His character does, in fact, have romantic feelings for Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard).
While Schnapp has refused to explicitly answer questions about Will's sexuality in the past, to him, it's always been obvious: His character is gay, and has been in love with Mike all along.
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He's a kid with a lot of emotions that he never learned how to express with words or say something as vulnerable as "I love you", and thus expresses his feelings with actions instead. The difference between Eleven and Mike is clear.
Now that Stranger Things season 4 has confirmed not only Will's queerness, but also his unrequited love for Mike, it's certainly interesting to look at their relationship in retrospect.
He got so upset every time Mike and Eleven became close and it was almost as though he was jealous of their relationship. He attempted pulling Mike away from Eleven but at the same time he hated seeing his best mate so visibly sad.
Mike is deeply concerned for Eleven's safety at that juncture, making his brain laser-focused on nothing else. With that in mind, his non-reaction to Will's crying is fairly understandable.
“If you've been watching the show, you should know that Will is not interested in El,” Harbour said. “He's interested in someone else in the group.” Later, Harbour added, “Will wants to be in the basement with Mike playing D&D for the rest of his life.”
The following contains spoilers for Stranger Things Season 4, Volume 2, now available to stream on Netflix. In Season 4, Episode 8 of Stranger Things, “Papa,” the series finally gave Will a moment to confess his love for Mike. When Mike shows his insecurity, Will uses that moment of confession in Eleven's name.
He is the youngest son of Joyce Byers, the younger brother to Jonathan Byers, the stepbrother of Eleven, and the best friend of Mike Wheeler, Dustin Henderson, Lucas Sinclair, and Max Mayfield.
“Stranger Things” Star Noah Schnapp Confirmed That His Character Will Byers “Is Gay And He Does Love Mike” Just Weeks After Praising The “Beauty” Of His Sexuality Not Being Addressed. “It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends?
Will is gay and in love with Mike, who is straight and in love with El. Unfortunately, it seems that Stranger Things is going to let Will's feelings stew in the shadows until the bitter end. (Or at the earliest, when the Stranger Things Season 4 finale comes out on July 1.)
But for those who still weren't sure, Noah has now officially confirmed it. In a new interview Variety, Noah has confirmed that Will is gay, and that he is in love with Mike Wheeler.
Mike finally says that he loves her. In the Void, El becomes emotional when Mike tells her he has always loved her, and that he was afraid to say it out of fear that if El ever left him, it would make that day hurt even more.
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Mike's immediate instinct to take care of her and show her kindness makes Eleven form an attachment to him. Even though both characters are young enough to have romance far from their minds, it's pretty clear to the audience that that's where Mike and Eleven's relationship is headed.
Stranger Things might be full of government experiments and terrifying monsters but that doesn't mean young love isn't blooming! Such is the love between Eleven, a young girl with telepathic powers, and Mike Wheeler, a nerdy high schooler.
Will was indirectly telling Mike that he was gay and it was actually him who felt like the "mistake" for being different. Fans took to Twitter to share their heartbreak at this emotional moment.
Byler is confirmed by the Stranger Things writers.
As Mike and Eleven's romance starts to get a bit more serious, Hopper becomes upset that they're spending so much time together. The sheriff then threatens Mike so that he'll stop spending time with her. After Mike complies and lies to El about why he's avoiding her, she dumps him.
Mike had always hero-worshiped Eleven because of her powers, and Eleven clearly felt the weight of living up to his expectations. This led her to lie to Mike in her letters, pretending she was fitting in at school in California and had made lots of friends.
Do Eleven and Mike reunite in Stranger Things season 4 part 2? After getting split up in part 1, Eleven and Mike do indeed reunite when the California crew follows the coordinates Suzie gave them and finds Eleven's location.