The Upside Down - Blog Posts
The thing is, if Mike had said in any other context ‘My life started November 7th 1983’ it would be understandable.
He could’ve meant that his life started because it was the first time he truly felt loss. Of course that loss being his best friend going missing and leading to a body being found.
It could have meant that his life turned upside down when he found out monsters and powers were real. The night his childhood became a cycle of pain and horror, with him and a gaggle of other children being in charge of saving the world. But his life didn’t start that night in the woods, his life started ‘that night he found El in the woods’. And I know it was supposed to be him professing his love or whatever, but El didn’t start his life. The Upside Down did, and Mike has the two confused.
I know it’s a bit nit picky but I think it’s fun to point out that it feels more like he’s projecting his feelings about the Upside Down onto El. He frames it as El being the catalyst of his life because at the time she symbolized the supernatural things happening in Hawkins and the hope of getting Will back. Because him finding El in the woods introduced the world that had consumed his life for the last 2 and a half years at the time of his monologue.
anyways Byler is canon
(Eleven and Hopper eating dinner)
Eleven: What is 'gay'?
Hopper: It means...
Hopper: Happy?
Eleven: oh.
(the next day)
Eleven: Mike makes me gay.
Will: Me too, El. Me too.
Eleven:
Lucas:
Dustin:
Max:
Will:
Papa:
Demogorgon:
Demodog:
the Mind Flayer:
the Upside Down:
Pennywise hours away:
Mike:
Mike: What the fuck.
Dustin: You're definitely a mom.
Steve: I'm not.
Dustin: *sigh*
Dustin: Mike and Will are throwing Eggos at each other, Lucas is fighting with Erica, and Max is cutting Eleven's hair with a knife while El trying to pouring water on your head with her mind.
Steve: CHILDREN!!!
Steve: Wait, on my head?
Steve: (turns around)
(splash)
Eleven, Max, Mike, Will, Lucas and Erica: SORRY MOM
Steve:
Dustin:
Steve: Shut up
Steve: Alright, Robin. I have a good news and a bad one. What do want first?
Robin: The bad one.
Steve: My kids made a mess so i need you to help me clean it up.
Robin: Steve… You don’t have kids.
Steve: Well that’s the good news. I’m the single mom of seven middle school kids.
Mike: El, I love you
Eleven: Sorry Mike, the train of love already stopped at the Max station
Max: Choo choo bitch
Eleven: Mike, spell ‘perfect’
Mike: E-L-E-V-E-N
Lucas: Aww that’s sweet
Lucas: Max, spell ‘perfect’
Max: M-A-X