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🕯️mike gets called f*ggot and wills boyfriend in season 5🕯️

🕯️mike gets called f*ggot and wills boyfriend in season 5🕯️

🕯️mike gets called f*ggot and wills boyfriend in season 5🕯️

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I genuinely think byler might have brought back media literacy

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this boy kisses will byers on the lips next season btw

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El's room:

vs mikes room & basement:

y'all see what im hinting at here?

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how are you? im fine

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i want the show to set up a homophobic-bullies-plot

and i want it to be them bothering Will, only a little bit. nothing crazy just a couple rude comments.

but then i want it to look like it's building up to something worse.

Like you can tell it's going to escalate because one day we see the group of bullies after dark, sneaking into the school with cans of spray paint. they laugh maliciously as they paint something like "fag" or "queer" on his locker, and I want the audience to think "oh no, poor Will :("

The next day the party walks into the school hallway to see a bunch of people gathered around--

--Mike's locker.

It wasn't Will's. It was Mike's.

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Found this hilarious: rhis is pretty much how our dnd campaigns go

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On a random day my brain said "why not draw yuri phaidei" and so I did

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byler fanfic recommendations • part 2 !!

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= a body in motion by astrobi | Hawkins, 1986. The world is ending, there are too many people in Mike's house, and to top it all off, he and Will have some things to talk through.

= just another downpour by sylvianightshade | Will & Mike have an awkward night post-rain fight

= let me steal this moment from you by smoosnoom (moonsooms) | In the wreckage, Mike and Will spend a series of nights together. (favourite of mine)

= when we're finished saying nothing (can we please get back to us) by mikeslawyer | Mike feels Will slipping away from him and he can't, he won't let that happen.

= kiss me with your mouth full of smoke (and don't let my heart burn) by mikeslawyer | Mike and Will getting high, when the world is ending.

= if you kissed me now by astrobi | Will Byers and the harrowing experience of being snowed in with your mom, your almost-stepdad, all of your friends, and your (kind of) (secret) boyfriend.

= i hate accidents (except when we went from friends to this) by burgundyshirts | five times Mike kissed Will, and one time Will kissed back.

= resplendent by smoosnoom (moonsooms) | Will's powers seem to go haywire every time they kiss.

= this must be the place by be_brave13 & vipertooths | A year after Vecna's defeat, things have finally returned to normal. Well, aside from the lingering nightmares. And the fact that Mike is in love with his best friend and it's getting increasingly harder to keep that to himself.

But it's all going to be fine. They're going to go to Steve's parent's heretofore undiscussed lakehouse, spend two weeks slow-roasting in the Indiana sun, and be normal teenagers for once. Really, the least they deserve at this point is a little summertime relaxation.

(there wasn’t a shorter summary, sorry!! this is a new fav of mine tho, really loved this one)

= the walls we crashed through by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy) | byler fake dating trope

= All I wanted was you by regretcassette | Will gets asked out on a date, and asks Mike to come along to make it less obviously a date to outside people. Ft. Dramatic 17 year olds, rain fight parallels, jealous Mike Wheeler, and unrequited affection (but its not between byler)

= time after time by bookinit | will & mike listen to music and talk. really talk.

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AU:

= Win or Lose by gardenfairie | Mike's semester takes a serious turn when—

A) He realizes he's in love with his best friend

B) A popular handsome senior takes interest in said best friend, and he can't stand it

= Say It With Your Hands by Pseudologia | Will and Mike meet working at their local movie theater, and Mike is so into Will — particularly his hands — that he almost gets fired.

= how will i know (if history repeats itself) by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy) | the one where they're exes who still kiss sometimes, but not, like, in a weird way.

= need-to-snow basis by smoosnoom (moonsooms) | Mike has been acting strange, and, if Will didn't know any better, he'd almost think Mike was flirting with him.

Thankfully, he knows better.

Kind of.

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HAVE FUN xx

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my byler fic recs/bookmarks !!

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A Glimmer of Light Refusing to Fade by MagicSchoolbusDropout08 - a post s3, s4 rewrite, and s5 prediction fic that is possibly one of the best works ever written. nothing has ever impacted me as much as this fic and words genuinely can't describe how great it is (warning: this fic is amazing, but super duper dark so be careful with that)

a cruel summer with you by andiwriteordie, astrobi, and wiseatom - AAAGGGHHHHHHHH !! a summer camp au that literally SAVED my summer :) it has such good writing + the best playlist on earth

I Know the End by Bookinit - an incredibly long series that might just be the best thing i’ve ever read. it’s a byler rewrite of the first 4 seasons (+s5) and there are literal scripts that the author wrote to go along with it!! it’s SO insanely amazing that i literally don’t have words 😭 i recommend rewatching the show while you read the fic because it’s such a fun experience 🫶🏽🫶🏽

RESPONSIBILITY by Wheelerboi - a spideywill au that was my introduction to real writing 🫶 it’s still being updated but even so i recommend it SO much

To Hell and Back Again by perexcri - a post s4 apocalyptic fic that’s SO perfectly made. i was completely hooked the whole time i read it and read the whole thing in one go

Rock 'n' Roll by bylerisc4non - a band au that i love more than life itself. it’s longer, but so insanely worth it. the ending is actually my favorite thing ever and overall it’s just so perfect

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what a match: i'm half-doomed and you're semi-sweet by perexcri - a post s4 apocalyptic au that is one of (if not my most) favorite byler fic that i’ve ever read <3 it’s SO funny but also genuinely so insanely well-written since perexcri is the coolest person that’s ever lived

Finally! A Good Fucking Roadtrip by Julia_Skysong - an insanely well-written sequel to Lost Without You. it’s after the events of LWY and is just as good. i LOVE the party’s dynamic so much in this and physically could not recommend it more

what can i do by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy) - a college-age byler fic where holly completely clocks them both and saves the day. it’s so perfectly done that i genuinely have no notes

landslide by chamb3rs - a high school byler fic where the party is in their senior year and are trying to figure out their relationships and futures! this fic honestly feels just like a movie. it perfectly encapsulates that weird end-of-school-year feeling in the best way possible. it’s also so hilarious and heartwarming and i just love it SO much

my favorite AUs

snakebites and bitter tonics by willelworld - a cowboy byler au that actually makes me want to bounce off the walls because of how perfect it is. it’s based off of the game Red Dead Redemption, but you don't need to had played it before to read it

sweetheart, you’re so cruel by perexcri - a college au where will is a music snob and a writer for their school zine and mike is the frontman of a local band 🤭 it was one of my first ever bookmarks because it really is just so wonderful 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 i absolutely love rereading it whenever i have the chance

the start of an age by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy) - THE byler fic ever. i could not possibly love this fic any more than i do. i’m being so serious when i say that i had a small obsession with medieval times because of this fic. it’s a medieval byler au with knights, arranged marriages, and a WHOLE lot of gay people

Left His Heart There in the Sea by concerned_terrapin - a mermaid byler au (kind of?) that’s SOOOO insanely good <3 i genuinely wish i could read this again for the first time because it was seriously SUCH a fun time

wide and wild eyes - a mostly elmax-centric but still byler fic that’s just so cute and teenager-y and amazing. it feels like summer

Operation Matchmakers by midnighteverlark - a teacher byler au that is so so so so good <3 there’s a little miscommunication but in the best way

get him back! by delusionaltogether (Whyyyyy) - a grown up byler au where they accidentally reunite after years and have to work together and AAGGHHH

The Wonderful Whitman by gaysforbyler - a byler rewrite of The Great Gatsby that is SO insanely good i have no words. it’s literally the same amount of words as the real book (which is insane on its own) but it’s also just so perfectly well-done and i’m so in love with everything about it

haven’t even met (yet) by Pseudologia - a long distance penpal byler au where they send letters to each other and it’s so cute and sweet and amazing 🤭🤭 plus there’s just such a great plot 🫶🏽 i wish i could relive reading this for the first time

my ao3 is your_ivy_grows13 if you want to check my bookmarks! i haven’t posted anything of my own yet but it’s a good place to check for new bookmarks

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Every time I rewatch stranger things and I see Mike and El being goofy together I always say

“Man, I love their friendship”

They were so precious and their friendship was so adorable, I adore elmike so much

GIVE US PLATONIC ELMIKE BACK 🙏🙏

This is my Mike and Eleven

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if i had a nickle for every time mike started an episode in a yellow button up

had a fight with his girlfriend

and his bestfriend

which he responded to in wildly different ways

and then showed up in teal (a combo of blue and yellow btw)?

i would only have two nickels but its weird that it happened twice

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this is how i imagine ted wheeler when he finds out that will is staying with them in s5

like i imagine him standing in mike’s doorway like this at night when he sees will and mike sleeping in the same bed

i know he knows ab them i just can’t prove it yet

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wait i need a bully in s5 to refer to mike and will as boyfriends as an insult or throwaway joke. like "oh, sticking up for your boyfriend?" and then mike is ofc flustered and extra defensive

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"spreading through our country like some disease!"

oh. its the 80s. yknow what else was a common disease amongst queer people in the 80s? do you know what queernes was considered in the 80s? a disease. i cant rn bro. season 5 better play into the satanic panic, religious guilt, or churchgate stuff, like the setup is already there.

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i hope they touch on lucas and the racism he has faced in s5 bc he is my king and he deserves the world

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gosh can you imagine what was running through darry’s head after pony said that? 😭