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Nowhere Boys, Wolfblood and H²O are like. The holy trio to me I can't even explain it

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Thank you to everyone who got me to 500 likes!

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happy pride month to these dorks <3

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Byerses and Bends, Refraction and Distortion

I realized the Byers brothers are wearing shirts in s5 that are potentially in conversation with each other.

Jonathan’s The Fall shirt has a specific album cover on it, Bend Sinister. It’s named for the 1947 Nabokov novel, a dystopian satire about twentieth century totalitarianism along the lines of 1984 (though my impression is that Nabokov didn’t like those comparisons).

The title comes from heraldry (the design of “armorial bearings,” which include shields/coats of arms). In heraldry, a “bend” is a diagonal stripe running from the bearer’s upper right side to the bearer's lower left side. A “bend sinister” is a diagonal stripe that runs the opposite way, so from upper left to lower right.

I have to be honest, I've spent a long time with this quote and I still struggle with the meaning of "an outline broken by refraction" but we are not all Vladimir Nabokov

so a bend is a diagonal stripe...aka what Will has on his chest as part of his s5 midseason outfit.

others have already pointed out how the diagonals also evoke the "rod motif" associated with Will visually throughout the series

but interestingly if this is intentional, Will's "bends" are actually going the "correct" way. I'm encountering conflicting information and I do not have patience to go too deep into heraldry, but it seems like bend sinisters were sometimes added to the coats of arms of illegitimate children of nobles, so it's associated with bastardry or illegitimacy.

obviously potentially something here in terms of identity and integration considering where we’re at in our supernatural coming-of-age tale. there’s maybe something about Will being a “legitimate” heir (to the Upside Down? Or maybe more generally the heir to the cycle that started with Brenner and Henry who will set things “right”?).

I am not well-versed in '80s post-punk at all but my impression is The Fall album is playing a lot more with the totalitarian dystopia of the novel’s premise versus the title itself (also very thematically appropriate for ST s5). but there is some distortion and reflection going on in the album’s cover – as the image of the human face is repeated, it gets larger and more overexposed.

and also interestingly if intentional, that means the Byers brothers have their own shield imagery motif going on. Nancy has to get in on this game.

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found an absolute SCORE at an op shop

only found the first season, but still!!! i didn’t even realise these were sold on dvd

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They'd been friends for not even 2 weeks when the events of Series 2 went down, and Jake proceeded to go feral.

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WILLY POGÁNY Hand to the Stars

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A day in June in the woods near Lellinge (detail), c. 1878.

Carl Frederik Aagaard

oil on canvas

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Let me remind people that noah has been in every single Netflix’s promo event…that’s how you know he’ll be playing S5 main character

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i started crying like actually i cant see them like this

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Noah with Caleb and the cast of Squid Games and One Piece at TUDUM 31/5/25

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Noah Schnapp on the TUDUM red carpet at the Kia Forum in LA 31/5/25

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🧟‍♂️🦌

Zombie boyfriend?

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10 kpop songs that remind me of Will Byers 🎶

f(x) — ice cream

"You hear me, I hear you...

...Don't leave me don't tease me. I am shy, I am shaking, I am your. Milkshake milkshake, to be honest I'm. Ice cream, ice cream, vanilla ice cream..."

hearts2hearts — the chase

"Swim through the colours of blue ink. That squeaking, creaking. Chalky chalky. Chalk will neatly, transcribe our story...

Crop. I let my heart, Cut a piece of the fantasy. Sparkle sparkle. I think I just saw something...

Meanwhile, did I grow? Can't explain it, But I sprint as hard as I can. I don't wanna stop standing still. This big emotion..."

gfriend — labyrinth

"Walking along the light like being possessed. In the labyrinth without an exit.

Oh won’t you wake up, Oh you’d better wake up. The shadow that’s following me Is shouting, it’ll suppress me. Oh won’t you wake up Oh you’d better wake up.

It’s noisy, I don’t want to hear it. I just want to be here. Go away"

iu — palette

"Strangely, these days I like things easy. Nonetheless, I still like Corinne's music. Rather than hot pink, I prefer dark purple. I also like pajamas with buttons and lipstick

Nonsensical jokes...

Rather than long hair, I definitely prefer a short bob...

Why is it that I like things that are a bit tacky? Rather than pictures, I prefer filled palettes, diaries, times I was asleep"

loona — one&only

"Walking alongside me, When that shadow takes a step towards me. Even the darkness feels bright. The moon illuminating the sky like stage lightings. The shape of myself dancing under it sparkles. Been imagining the shiny moments. That door has opened, baby...

Being fallen into a weird world. Even if you tell me so, I’m fine. I’m the leading role then. I don’t need no garden of Eden. The time in my hands, Means that I’m already in heaven

Ah, with the eyes closed. When the lips pout and kiss me. Oh when I open my eyes, I face my true self at this shining moment.

One & only...

The reflection of my new shape on the window. It feels familiar now. The voice being heard again. I’m trying to listen. In this universe, It’s not a coincidence that I’ve met myself. Oh, I know now, Why the waving flowers bloom"

billlie — nevertheless

"When you call my name, I open my eyes, Into a new time and space. I feel like I'm falling...

...Even if I keep calling you, I can just hear the echo. Maybe aren't you, Here anymore? Feelin so sad, yeah that's my bad. No matter how hard I try to catch you..."

loona — colors

"Draw me with blue, A darker colour. So you can see me, So you can see my heart. Get coloured by me a bit more, Like we're already destined to be. Like being bewitched by something, Inside the Mirror, Mirror. Which one is real? Even if it's impossible to tell.

Like a magnet, You pull me towards you."

artms — butterfly effect

"Since that day, the hurricane in my heart has grown. In this prepared moment, Feels like no gravity out here. Rise even higher, Diving along the dazzling light.

Calling you in slow motion, It's butterfly effect zone. Now back to fast motion once more, I'm falling into your kaleidoscope."

artms — distress

"Lights turning on one by one, The sound of sirens ringing again, It's our time...

Through the time we waited. Always with the same light, No matter in the darkness. My heart speeds up right now. Yeah, tonight, I’ve changed. I'm not afraid again now...

Flying higher with you. Free me now in this space. Wake me up from the fallacy. Delete, delete, delete. Delete."

newjeans — ditto

"Can't wait 'til the morning, so say it, ditto

My feelings for you, Like the memories we share, Have grown so big. Summer's already gone and it's autumn. Been waiting all this time. I got no time to lose. I had a long day. I miss you. Ra-ta-ta-ta echoes my heart.

I got nothing to lose."

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Day 13 of drawing Byler everyday till Tudum (1 more day!!)

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chocolate covered strawberries 🍓