Schnapp said that Will's “jealousy” over
Schnapp recently confirmed that Will is in love with his best friend Mike, an apparent yet unspoken fact in Season 4. If Will's jealousy watching El and Mike get wrapped up in each other at the roller rink didn't make it clear, his impassioned speech to Mike in Episode 8 surely did.
Noah confirmed that Will is in love with his best friend Mike Wheeler, played by Finn Wolfhard, but doesn't want to hurt Eleven's feelings by confessing it.
And in season 4, it became apparent to many that Will was struggling with a secret. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Wyatt Oleff to play Will Byers' Boyfriend in Stranger Things Season 4.
Mike and Eleven have been the couple to root for from the start. After everything they've been through, Season 4 proved that not even a long-distance relationship could dent their relationship.
In a new interview Variety, Noah has confirmed that Will is gay, and that he is in love with Mike Wheeler.
It can be argued that Eleven meets the majority of criteria for a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) diagnosis and utilizes many defense mechanisms in order to cope with her trauma and potential disorder.
Mileven is the het ship between Jane "Eleven" Hopper and Mike Wheeler from the Stranger Things fandom.
He was in the Upside Down, far out of reach of any regular human in Hawkins. But when Mike brought Eleven to his house, she saw a photo of Will and recognized him. Mike hadn't even mentioned that Will was missing, but Eleven somehow knew not only who Will was but where he was.
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.
At one point, Will says, "When you're different, sometimes you feel like a mistake." Will is indirectly telling Mike that he is gay and that it is he who feels different. After their conversation ends, Will painfully turns away from Mike and sobs into his hand out the window, so Mike will not see him get upset.
Mike, before his love confession, apologizes for everything BUT LYING (the thing that broke them up in the first place). Aka because the love confession itself, was yet another lie Mike was telling. Which is why he never says “I love you” (to her face) but instead says *blank/it* instead of “love” .
Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp has officially confirmed that Will Byers is gay and is in love with his friend, Mike (Finn Wolfhard), as season 4 strongly indicated. Will's sexuality has been a topic of discussion among Stranger Things fans since season 3.
The actress, who plays Eleven on the show, recently hinted at an engagement to her boyfriend Jake Bongiovi, whom she first sparked romance rumors with in June 2021. With Stranger Things season 5 on the horizon, here's a guide to the real-life partners of the cast.
Are Eleven and Mike Dating in Real Life? First of all, no, Millie Bobby Brown (Eleven) and Finn Wolfhard (Mike) are not dating in real life.
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In the first episode, "The Vanishing of Will Byers", Joyce had attempted to call Lonnie to inform him that their son is now missing, only to be answered by his much younger girlfriend Cynthia who rudely hung up on her.
Tropes. Byler is the slash ship between Mike Wheeler and Will Byers from the Stranger Things fandom.
In the process, the two slowly begin to embrace their romantic feelings for another. Returning home, Jonathan and Nancy assist Joyce in freeing a possessed Will from another entity from the Upside Down known as the Mind Flayer. A month later, Nancy and Jonathan have become an official couple.
It's not until Jonathan overhears a conversation between Will and Mike, and Will's feelings towards Mike become more obvious (not to Mike, though, who remains oblivious) that he pays more attention to what's going on with Will.
Will's coming out moment comes when he gifts Mike a painting and gives a speech about how Eleven is "different," though he is referring to himself throughout. He lies to Mike, saying Eleven commissioned him to paint it, but in reality it was him expressing his love for Mike.
Although Mike was there for Will in his beginning stages after The Upside Down, later on, he completely stopped supporting Will or checking in on him and focused solely on El. When Mike coupled with El, Lucas and Max became an item, and Dustin had his long-distance relationship with Suzie, Will was left by himself.