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live laugh love my little byler drabbles that i posted like 4 years ago and said goodbye to this account forever, stranger things writers and the duffers better watch out like ???

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I’m sorry but there’s literally no power on earth that’ll make me care for Billy. I love max but I was so uninterested with her grief over him. I get it though. He’s her brother and no matter how much of an asshole he was the love will ALWAYS be there… but why the writers tried to make him essential to her character is beyond me when he was nothing but cruel to her and her friends in season 2.

And we also know he was racist, right? Him targeting Lucas and forbidding Max to hang out with him will not and cannot be erased or made to be less than what it was.

Racist, no matter the age or reason, get NO sympathy from me. Fck Billy Hargrove and may he suffer eternally in the fire while I rewatch his death scene for emotional comfort!!!

There’s a LOT of people in the comments defending Him so I’ll just leave with this

HIS DAD DID NOT HAVE ANY CONFLICTS WITH ANY PERSON OF COLOR THROUGH HIS DURATION OF THE SHOW. IT WAS NEVER SEEN OR HEARD

OUT OF ALL THE FRIENDS MAX SURROUNDED HERSELF WITH, IT WAS LUCAS THAT BILLY TARGETED TELLING MAX TO DISTANCE HERSELF FROM. THE ONLY BLACK KID IN THE GROUP BEFORE ANY ROMANCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM BEGAN.

BACK IN SEASON TWO, LUCAS WAS THE ONLY KID THAT BILLY GOT PHYSICAL WITH OUT OF THE GROUP BECAUSE. OF. HIS. RACE.

There’s literally NOTHING!!! NOTHING!!! You can say that’ll make me feel anything for that weirdo.

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'i'm okay with will liking mike but it would be unrealistic for mike to like him back because he's been with el for so long' okay well this is a show about a girl with telekinesis and decaying alternate dimensions and monsters made of melted humans. i think mike wheeler can like boys.

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WAIT I JUST SAW A VIDEO ON TIKTOK THAT SAID THAT FINN RECENTLY SAID IN AN INTERVIEW, AND I QUOTE, "yeah there's a lot of unexpected romantic stuff happening this season. that a lot of fans wanted, especially in the 80's where it's hard to really be yourself, but ig we did it really well." ???!!!!!!!!!!! MAYBE THIS IS OLD NEWS TO SOME OF YOU BUT IT IS FUCKING NEW TO ME WHAT THE FUCK.

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the duffers will feel my wrath

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The amount of people refusing to believe that Will is gay and implementing that they believe it’s because he doesn’t want to grow up due to the time missed while he was possessed and in the upside down, like but.....

nowhere was it necessary to say “it’s not my fault you don’t like girls.” If regarding to not wanting to grow up. It would’ve been so easy to say something regarding “growing up” or that “we can’t stay young forever.” to be the punchline that hurts.

It may partly be true that it may be not wanting to grow up. But no where near was THAT line directed towards growing up.

First of all, Wills reaction is shock, hurt and almost betrayal.

The fact Will has been a queer coded character through out the entire show since episode one. The only one who hasn’t expressed any interest in girls.

Will was ONLY offended at that line. And no PREVIOUS line. Like it was intended to hurt, as it was an argument.

Mike took a jab as him “not liking girls” as a fight back in their argument rather than ‘not wanting to get a girlfriend’ due to wanting to remain a child, so to say.

Mike felt the need to apologise for what he said like he knew it was wrong to say it.

Before then saying, “But we're not kids anymore.” only AFTER saying the not liking girls line. Like they aren’t meant to mean the same thing but he said that to change the conversation back to the subject matter of the lost childhood situation. Although Will is still reeling.

I’ve seen so many interpret the line otherwise as being a missed time from his childhood thing which it definitely partly is. But the way that line was worded specifically and the choice of line was a massive hint. They could have said/picked something much clearer like the but were not kids anymore line for Will to be very hurt at.

I hope this makes some sort of sense but it’s late and I’m ranting

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THE NEW YORK FUCKING TIMES

(James ransome is his full name)

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Can you believe how much more depth Will's storyline would've had had Joyce told him that she planned on moving? Him wanting to play D&D so desperately could've been used for comedy AND drama, the destruction of Castle Byers would've made total sense because he'd HAVE to take it down eventually, whether he wanted to or not.

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imagine if billy wasnt possessed he was just like hungover or just acting weird and then these eighth graders like boiled him alive for no reason. Season would get five stars honestly

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Joyce: So my magnets just kept FALLING OFF, like, out of nowhere?? So I was like I gotta find out what’s happening! Anything that is making my magnets fall off can’t be good, right? Like, magnets don’t DO that. They stay ON. That’s why they are called MAGNETS. So, I was really scared, because what if these stuPID magnets falling off meant that the government was making experiments near my house? I mean, it’s the only logical explanation. And with my new friend, Scott, we made this like, electromagnetic field and he showed me how to make the magnets fall off, so what if the GOVERNMENT has something like that? And why would they make that? What do you think, huh? Why would my magnets just fall off like that?

Employee: Ma’am, this is a Starbucks

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A Stupid Fight - Byler

They were in the middle of a stupid fight. They both wanted to forget about it as soon as it had started, but instead, it ended with Will slamming the door to their apartment as hard as his small body could manage.

Mike sighed, running a hand through his wild curls. He looked blankly at the pieces of paper in front of him, scribbled with ideas that his mind formulated in the middle of long nights, making him jolt wide awake and wake Will in the process.

Will.

“It was supposed to be good news,” Mike mumbled to himself, “Not the start of a fucking argument.”

Mike had gotten an offer that he couldn’t pass up. The couple’s comic series has been pitched to be turned into a full blown Hollywood series of movies. He was super excited about it, and he was especially excited to tell Will since it was both of theirs, Will being the illustrator.

He was hoping Will would be as happy as he was. Obviously nothing was set in stone, but he wanted to answer the movie company as quickly as possible to ensure it could still happen.

They could pick up their entire life and shift it across the country. It was an exciting new stage of Mike’s life, and he wanted to share all of it with Will.

Will, on the other hand, wasn’t leaping at the idea. Living even in New York City, it was too far away from Indiana for Will. He was very family oriented and liked visiting his mother and Hopper over breaks from work and holidays. Mike totally understood that, but he couldn’t and didn’t want to move without Will.

“We’ll still see them on holidays and stuff! We can call!” Mike had assured him enthusiastically, smiling widely at his boyfriend.

“Mike, it’s not that easy. My mom needs me to be close, she doesn’t want anything to happen like... before,” Will whispered the last word, reluctantly looking up at Mike’s worried eyes.

“Will, I’ll be with you every single day. Nothing will happen, alright?” Mike promised him softly, holding Will’s hand to comfort him. Mike pressed a soft kiss to his lips, pulling away to smile gently at Will. “Think of it: we could buy an actual house, that’d be awesome. It’ll be way better than this shitty apartment, and we can maybe get a cute dog or something. We’ll have a office to share, you can have a place for all your fancy art things-“

“Mike, what if I don’t want that?” Will said so quietly that Mike could hardly hear him.

“I get that you don’t wanna move, Will, but I don’t wanna-“

“No. What I mean is... what if I don’t want this huge Hollywood success. It’s our work together, I don’t want our names or work to be associated with a horrible movie. Then, horrible sequels too.”

Mike furrowed his eyes, looking at Will with confusion on his face. “I���m sure we’ll have a say in everything concerning the movie-“

“How much say? Will we see the script, will we not? Will we be able to have a say in costumes, outfits, or sets? Will they even fucking let us because we’re together?” Will asked, his voice shaking but getting louder with every question.

“Will,” Mike said, trying to calm him down with a soft voice. “Things are better in California, you know. There’s always gonna be people like that in life-“

Will scoffed, shaking his head. “So, you’re just telling me to accept that?!” He challenged Mike with a look of disbelief on his face. “Really? After everything I’ve been through- after everything we’ve been through?”

Will went over to the kitchen, grabbing his jacket violently off of the counter. He put it on quickly, looking utterly frustrated and upset. “You know what, Mike? I’m sorry I have to ruin your big Hollywood dreams, but I can see the reality in some of these things. I’m not gonna work with anyone who thinks that our relationship is gross or disgusting so much so that they don’t want us to be involved in making our work become a reality.” He reaches the door, watching Mike stay put near the couch. “I’m gonna go take a walk,” he finally said, slamming the door before Mike could respond.

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Mike shook his head, playing out the previous events on a loop in his mind. He felt horrible. He felt guilty that he hadn’t listened to Will the way a boyfriend of years should’ve. He sighed again, lifting himself off of the couch.

He knew Will needed space, and he wanted to give him that, but he couldn’t stop thinking about how things ended.

He walked over to their shared office, smiling at the rough sketches along with finished pieces scattered all over Will’s desk. Mike could list thousands of good qualities of Will’s but neatness wasn’t one of them.

Mike opened his own desk’s drawer that they had named the Drawer of Everything Needed at Some Point when they had first moved into their apartment. He smiled, picking up the small velvet box he kept hidden in there. He had bought it on a whim one day several months ago. A simple silver band that he knew would suit Will. He had only glanced at it a few times since purchasing it, but this time it was the most meaningful.

He was waiting for the right moment. But, as his thumbs stroked the velvet material of the box, he was fearing it would never come. Especially not after the way this fight left them.

Sighing, Mike shoved the box far back into the drawer like he had done so many months ago.

Will, instead of being cuddled up close to Mike, was out in the brisk cold air of Central Park. Him and Mike didn’t live too far away from the park, but it seemed miles away that February night.

He was stuck in his thoughts. He didn’t want to be disagreeable, but he wanted to ensure that moving across the country would be worth it. Will wanted a say in everything, he wanted a say since he was the one who designed Mike’s characters. He felt like that was only necessary.

But, he also felt that if the actors or people working on the movie figured out him and Mike were together, it would destroy everything. The comics wouldn’t sell, the movie would be gone, everything would shatter.

“A gay comic book writer and his boyfriend who draws the pictures,” Will mumbled to himself, kicking some slushy snow into the street.

Once in the park, he sat on one of the benches. It was freezing cold, and that only made Will miss Mike more. Mike was basically a human furnace, heat radiated off of him.

After contemplating the long walk back to their apartment, Will waved down a taxi which brought him to his building a lot faster than he wanted to be. I should’ve walked. What if Mike’s upset? I basically crushed his dreams, should I walk around the block until midnight? I could do that...

He generously paid the taxi driver, wondering if the man could be bribed into driving Will to Jersey. Maybe Indiana if he was up for it. Anything to avoid Mike’s hurt gaze that Will worried about the entire cab ride. Too soon, the taxi was gone, and Will was left to either freeze his ass off outside or go inside and possibly be broken up with Mike.

He hoped for the best, that Mike would just be mad for the night, and ran up the stairs. He didn’t bother waiting for the elevator, and instead took the stairs two at a time.

He reached the apartment quickly, digging into his pocket for the keys. After moments of panicking, Will found them and slowly unlocked the door.

All of the lights were still on, and Mike was sitting on the couch. His head turned when the door opened, and he couldn’t help but smile widely.

“Will,” Mike said, walking over to the door to stand in front of his boyfriend. “You’re freezing.” His smile melted into a frown, taking his jacket quickly.

“I love you,” Will told him, smiling and happy that he wasn’t upset. “I’m sorry,” he said once Mike had him wrapped tightly in a hug. “I’m sorry. I totally overreacted. I should be happy that your work is possibly going to be a movie. That’s amazing.”

Mike stepped back and leaned down to kiss Will. “It’s /our/ work. You worked as hard as me on your famous drawings-“

“I’m not famous,” Will quickly corrected him, ducking his head as a blush formed on his cheeks. “I love you, dork.”

“I love you more,” Mike responded, holding onto Will’s hand while trying unsuccessfully to hang up Will’s jacket in their closet. After failing multiple times, he threw it onto the counter, Will rolling his eyes at him. “And, I’m not mad, if anything I wasn’t listening to what you were saying. I’m sorry about that, and I should’ve asked all of the questions you had. They’re important. They’re important to you, that makes them important to me.”

Mike continued on, walking them over to the couch. “And, honestly,” he sunk into the couch cushion, smiling as Will instinctively curled up into his side, “they should be important to me nonetheless. I never want to put you in a situation where either of us could be hurt in that way. And, obviously I want my boyfriend on set at all times. I want to be able to hold his hand while we watch actors mess up lines all day long. Besides, you’re the creative genius behind all of the illustrations, so you especially should be the one watching from behind the camera.”

Will interlaced their fingers together, squeezing Mike’s hand. “I don’t want you to be hurt either. Or us. Or the movie because of some anti-gay writers or producers or directors trying to keep everything from us.”

“I’ll call them first thing tomorrow. Everything will be figured out for us I’m sure. If that’s what you want... you know, if you wanna go to California.”

Will shot him an uneasy glance, relaxing as he felt Mike’s hand squeeze his. “I’m still not sure about that... I don’t mean to be like that — all disagreeable and stuff — but I’m sorry-“

Mike pressed a kiss against the top of Will’s head. “Hey, don’t worry about it. I want you to feel as comfortable as possible. I wasn’t listening, and we both know I do that a lot. I’ll ask about relocating the filming locations, how about that?”

Will smiled, wrapping an arm tighter around Mike’s torso. “And, we can always get a dog here in our shitty apartment, right?”

Mike laughed into Will’s hair, nodding along to his words. “Yup, our shitty little apartment.”

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my first actual tumblr post being spidey art? it’s more likely than you think

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Steve checking up on Nancy and Jonathan

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will byers is not “gay coded” he’s just gay oh my god… “gay coding” is the ascribing of gay characteristics to characters who are not textually gay (e.g. disney villains who wear hot pink and lisp a lot), it is not an appropriate descriptor for a fourteen-year-old child growing up in a notoriously anti-gay historical and cultural milieu who is described by the creators of the show as having “sexual identity issues” and who repeatedly makes clear his lack of romantic interest in girls while other characters persistently target him for homophobic bullying. sorry to go so hard on this i just think it’s very important that none of this be dismissed as fan speculation or sneaky, under-the-radar “coding” when in fact we have every indication that this is a deliberate and overt part of the text of the show. you can definitely write a gay character without writing an openly gay character, and writing a closeted/questioning kid is not the same thing as gay coding or queerbaiting.