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i am going absolutely feral right now first of all :

birthdaygate

green shirt (blue and yellow)

the headphones he's holding??

the wavy hair omg

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SO DID YOU OR DIDN'T YOU WHAT IS THE TRUTH

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I just know Noah's gonna serve us the whole platter this season

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mike won't be ready for will's glow up wtf are the duffers up to

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oh time travel is so happening...

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blue and yellow meet in the west?

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WHAT IN THE COLOR THEORY IS THIS

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It's the silence. It's Byler season 3. It's the fact that in season 3 they don't really have a plot together outside of episode 3, or even really that one scene in episode 3, honestly. But they do everything together. Yes, out of world, the Duffers blocked them there, but in world they sat there. They ran to each other every time. They reacted together every time. It's the use of the silence. They were subtextual that season and the writers said "we're putting them in the subtext but we will fill every silence between words we have with them". It's the way that they're always always there even when they're not. Even when it's not about them. Even when it's actively about someone else. Even when it's about someone else that should be contradictory. It's still them.

I can't think of an actual conversation Will and Mike have after that fight until after the battle at Starcourt. But they're always together. There is so much story in silence and they utilized it.

There isn't much reason for any of these. It's subtle and background, most of Will's arc being either setup for next season or carried by Lucas after their fight. But they want you to know. They want it to stay on your mind. Mike hearing what Will said and not being able to respond verbally because that's dangerous territory but returning to his side, if he ever truly left.

It's the elevating of the script. The way that even when the story needs to be about something else for even their characters, they still want them on your mind.

I love these silent stories they tell. The way Mike goes back to Will's side after their fight in season 3. The way Mike gets more comfortable initiating touch again after their fight in season 4.

They always want them on your mind. They always want to associate them to each other so that when you think Mike, your mind autofills Will. And maybe you think "huh, that's strange, wasn't his plot about El?" but your mind did it anyways.

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in s5, will is going to say "no we have to talk about this. this matters. talk to me" to contrast all the times he's said "you don't have to say anything" and "i don't care" and "i deserved it" in past seasons

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I wasn't here back then, but can anyone tell me how milkvans reacted when Will got Every Breath You Take on his spotify playlist, yet Mike and El didn't?...

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Byler doubt? Idk her 🤷‍♂️

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i just came across my own post on pinterest💀

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i think “you can’t go, it’s raining” hits particularly hard bc that’s not what Mike is actually saying, is it?

what he’s actually saying is a combination of “you can’t go, not again” and “you can’t go, I’m not ready to let go of us yet” and “I don’t want you to go, please stay” all wrapped into one, bc not only does Mike feel like he can’t say any of those things, but he’s also 13 here. he knows he’s saying this in the sense that he knows he’s feeling all of them, but I don’t think he’s sorted them all out in his mind in a way that allows him to fully understand and come to terms with all these feelings and why he’s feeling them bc u know, he’s 13.

so instead, all he says, all Will hears, is a pleading “you can’t go, it’s raining”

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hello my lovely moots i'm back

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yes i am obsessed with atsv

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hi luvs sorry for being unavailable i was having a depressive episode