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Wait a second. Lonnie saying Will has "never been very good at taking care of himself" vs Mike always being the one whose self-reliant and takes care of others
Will has Joyce and Jonathan to take care of him, he didn't have to take care of himself as a child, he could be a kid when Lonnie wasn't being an ass.
Then we have Mike, where we have Karen saying "he'll come to me when he's ready" when, if your 12 year old is suffering the loss of his childhood best friend, you as the parent need to be the one reaching out to them. We have Mike clearly not having a close bond with Nancy, and not going to his mother unless he's at his absolute limit. We have Mike clothing and housing and generally taking care of another 12 year old when he's already living in an absolute nightmare.
Something something a kid "taking care of himself" is what abusers want, that Will didn't have that emotional neglect from his whole family because he had Joyce and Jonathan, but Mike takes care of himself because his family doesn't emotionally support him.