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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.
“There's an effort there [with] Mike and Eleven, because they're so in love and they love each other so much, and they've gone through so much together,” Wolfhard told Collider in April 2022 of his character's relationship with Eleven.
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.
Mike frequently blasted Max as "annoying", arguing that she shouldn't be a part of the gang. When Sink's character became friends with his girlfriend, Eleven, the Max vs. Mike beef became even more bitter. Fans think they know the reason why the two seemingly can't stand each other.
Mike is rude to her because he does not want anyone else in the party. This is shown before and after the scene where Max is thrown off her skateboard in the gymnasium by Eleven. Mike states that no one else can be in the party.
2 Will's Confession in the Car
To comfort him, Will shows Mike his painting, wherein he drew Mike as their knight in the shining armor; the one who keeps the group together. He then expresses his romantic feelings for Mike, using Eleven as disguise.
Now that he's gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing,” the actor explained. “Now it's 100% clear that he is gay and he does love Mike.
In the first season of Stranger Things, Mike (played by Finn) and Eleven (Millie) formed a bond that felt like a little more than friends. By the eighth episode, their chemistry was palpable and it led to a perfectly awkward first kiss that neither of them would forget. At the time, Finn was 12 and Millie was 11.
That is exactly who I was when I was a kid.” That just made me so happy to hear. They are writing this real character and this real journey and real struggle and they're doing it so well. Schnapp has also confirmed that Will has been jealous of Eleven since season two as Mike began to have feelings towards her.
Even though they don't have a ton of time to iron out their issues right away, they are ecstatic to see each other and be back together. Later on in episode 9, Mike admits what worried him about their relationship, and he's able to communicate that he loves her.
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.
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.
Fandom. Sorry, but Byler isn't going to be canon.
Others have celebrated major milestones, like Millie Bobby Brown. 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.
When Angela got in trouble for destroying El's class project, Angela and her friends decided to get payback by humiliating El at the local roller rink. Following the incident, El finally lost her temper with Angela nd struck her in the face, giving Angela a concussion; she was left overwhelmed and in pain.
So, do actors really kiss? Short answer: It depends. They usually do some form of kissing, but there are ways to get around it (more on that later). Whether you wind up locking lips with another actor or not, there's a lot that goes into kissing scenes that you should know about.
Which makes her character, drum roll, just 13 years old when she starts canoodling with Mike's character, who is played by Finn Wolfhard. To be fair to her, a first kiss aged 13 may not be so unusual, and the action is all kept responsibly PG.
Do actors feel anything when they kiss? Yes. When actors kiss on stage or in a film, they feel awkward. And they feel the eyes of every other person in the room focused on them, and on the fact they are kissing.
Breakup. After being pushed away by Mike, Eleven breaks up with him and spends some much-needed girl time with her new BFF Max. They later reconcile after Mike reveals that he only avoided Eleven because Hopper had threatened him and tells El he loves her which she reciprocates.
In season four, a new aspect of Will emerged more fully; the teenager from Hawkins appeared to have a crush on his friend Mike Wheeler (Finn Wolfhard), and now Noah is confirming that Will is indeed gay and in love with Mike.
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. El, blind to his plight, thought that Will's painting was for a girl, but it was a sort-of-but-not-quite confessional painting for Mike.
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.
On AO3, Byler is the most written ship for both Mike and Will. It is also the third most written ship under the Stranger Things (TV 2016) tag, only behind Steddie and Harringrove. On August 1st 2022, Byler officially surpassed Mileven on AO3 with more fanfics.
In a new interview Variety, Noah has confirmed that Will is gay, and that he is in love with Mike Wheeler.