It was such a treat to check my reading page and find this entry! I love Mike Munroe so much, and it's great to see discussion of him.
seeing Mike scare his friends and immediately asking “Can Mike be the first one to die?”
One of my favourite things about Until Dawn Let's Plays is watching players take against Mike at the beginning and then slowly get attached to him.
Jess asks him what he’s doing, Mike screams “I don’t know!!” a bunch of times, and it’s hilarious.
I hadn't seen this before, and I just looked up a video and enjoyed it hugely. Thank you for bringing it to my attention!
I also think it’s good for Mike’s character to get his fingers caught in that bear trap.
Pfft, you're so right. I first played Until Dawn myself after watching it played, so I knew very well what would happen if I touched that bear trap, and I shoved Mike's hand into it anyway. I sometimes see people saying they always touch the bear trap because they hate Mike, which isn't my attitude at all. I want to see Mike's hand caught in a bear trap because I love him. I really like your thoughts about what it means for his character!
Sam says “It’s freezing! I can’t feel my fingers,” and if you cut off Mike’s fingers, he somehow doesn’t say “Neither can I”??? This is a crime.
This never occurred to me, and now I'm so sad it doesn't happen.
Mike is committed to having as many people survive as possible; he just doesn’t care so much if he is one of them.
This reminds me of one of my other favourite missable Mike moments: when Sam fails the first Don't Move in the final showdown, and Mike runs in front of her so the wendigo will attack him instead. There are GIFs on Tumblr here. I love Mike standing there, terrified, but constantly moving to make sure the wendigo can see him. He knows full well it's going to kill him, but it'll kill Sam if he doesn't do anything, and he can't let that happen.
I really enjoyed reading all your Mike thoughts! Thank you for sharing them.
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seeing Mike scare his friends and immediately asking “Can Mike be the first one to die?”
One of my favourite things about Until Dawn Let's Plays is watching players take against Mike at the beginning and then slowly get attached to him.
Jess asks him what he’s doing, Mike screams “I don’t know!!” a bunch of times, and it’s hilarious.
I hadn't seen this before, and I just looked up a video and enjoyed it hugely. Thank you for bringing it to my attention!
I also think it’s good for Mike’s character to get his fingers caught in that bear trap.
Pfft, you're so right. I first played Until Dawn myself after watching it played, so I knew very well what would happen if I touched that bear trap, and I shoved Mike's hand into it anyway. I sometimes see people saying they always touch the bear trap because they hate Mike, which isn't my attitude at all. I want to see Mike's hand caught in a bear trap because I love him. I really like your thoughts about what it means for his character!
Sam says “It’s freezing! I can’t feel my fingers,” and if you cut off Mike’s fingers, he somehow doesn’t say “Neither can I”??? This is a crime.
This never occurred to me, and now I'm so sad it doesn't happen.
Mike is committed to having as many people survive as possible; he just doesn’t care so much if he is one of them.
This reminds me of one of my other favourite missable Mike moments: when Sam fails the first Don't Move in the final showdown, and Mike runs in front of her so the wendigo will attack him instead. There are GIFs on Tumblr here. I love Mike standing there, terrified, but constantly moving to make sure the wendigo can see him. He knows full well it's going to kill him, but it'll kill Sam if he doesn't do anything, and he can't let that happen.
I really enjoyed reading all your Mike thoughts! Thank you for sharing them.