Stranger Things 4‘s penultimate episode featured one moment that should’ve been a heartwarming affirmation of one character’s importance to the gang, but fans just aren’t buying it. In “Chapter 8”, Will (Noah Schnapp) very nearly comes clean about his feelings for best friend Mike (Finn Wolfhard) when he tries to make him feel better by telling him he’s “the heart” of their friendship group. The only problem is that folks think Will was talking out of his…Upside Down.
Stranger Things Twitter has been fighting it out over who really is the heart of Team Hawkins after user @zZzmunson went viral for blasting the Byers boy’s claim. “WRONG,” they wrote after quoting Will’s words before arguing that Dustin Henderson (Gaten Matarazzo) is the actual heart of the group.
To be fair, there are some Mike defenders out there, but they’re being drowned out by all the vocal Dustin lovers out there.
But if Mike actually isn’t the heart of the gang, then what body part is he? The options fans suggested weren’t all that complimentary:
But others aren’t so sure that Dustin is the heart — they think he’s the brains of the operation.
*Amy Poehler in Mean Girls voice* He’s not a regular brain, he’s a cool brain.
OK, so if Will is the heart and Dustin is the brains, that must make Steve… the soul.
And Lucas is the strength. But Mike’s definitely the toe.
After this thread, we’re going to need the ST fandom to assign every character a corresponding body part. Honestly, the ensemble cast is so huge these days there’s probably at least one person per bone in the human skeleton.
Meanwhile, it’s a little sad that fans have turned against Mike so much, seeing as he started out as essentially the show’s male lead, so hopefully, he’ll get some time to shine and win folks back in season five. Especially as the final run is set to go back to basics.