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Thinking about how Will is genuinely the sweetest most loving soul ever.

I mean, he has this selflessness with his loved ones and even strangers. like when he was more concerned about Jonathan's hand, despite having just gotten out of a freaking hellscape... or him giving away his truck just to make a crying girl happy. Or how he made the most thoughtful and beautiful present for the boy he loves knowing his feelings would never be reciprocated, and then ended up GIVING UP HIS HARD WORK just to try and make said boy and his girlfriend happy- MY HEART HURTS T_T

Or even the way he hugged El when they reunite, like he put 200% into that hug and didn't want to let go and how he IMMEDIATELY NOTICED HER SHOCK COLLAR AND TRIED TO GET IT OFF. Oh my god.

He just loves the people around him so deeply and wholeheartedly despite everything he's been through, and it's both beautiful and tragic like ISTG- if the writers don't give him the happiest possible ending that he deserves jesus fucking christ

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THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS IS BRILLIANT

I need your help, are you still Mike defender?

I keep having debates with milevens and people who don't believe in byler in a stranger things discord, I do well arguing my point that byler is real until they pull out the "Mike was so mean to Will in season 3 and 4. Will deserves better." And then I don't know what to say 😭 I don't believe that Will deserves better but I can't articulate why?? Can you give me some good points that I could possibly use to argue against the claim?

Thank you, love your posts, btw💕

yeah, absolutely, mike’s lawyer til i die! i’m pretty sure i’ve had someone ask this before and i made a list but here!!

first of all, mike wasn’t necessarily mean, he was defensive, those are two different things. he wasn’t trying to be mean, he just wanted to protect his feelings and be normal, as finn said himself and just fit in, which ended up hurting will in the process but mike didn’t specifically want that to happen! to add to this point, most of those things wouldn’t have hurt will, if will wasn’t in love with mike, which mike doesn’t know.

second of all, even when he snapped at will or just made will sad, he’d always come back practically begging on his knees to be forgiven, it’s happened time after time after time. after the rain fight, after roller rink, every time. and the thing is, it’s only when it’s will. mike couldn’t give two fucks about apologising to almost anyone else - remember when el ‘dumped his ass’? he was spending his day in his basement, practically unbothered. but he rode his bike halfway across the town in pouring rain, because will was mad at him.

lastly, the ‘will deserves better’ is the stupidest argument i’ve ever heard, because there is no better!!!!! mike is his first friend, his best friend, somebody will has been in love with for years, someone who understands him and who will, no matter what anyone says, is still the most important person to. mike reflectively defended will with his own body during the shoot out, not even thinking about it, just getting in front of him. mike is will’s world, his heart and making will be in love with mike for literal years just for mike to end up not loving him back, making will get over someone so important to him and go get ‘a better boyfriend’ would be, very simply, cruel.

i’m glad u like my blog x

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really cool... i present my greatest idea so far..

byler sleeping beauty au

please

please

pleaseeeeeeeeeeee please please

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byler tag already getting more lively again with the set leaks and s5 filming having started. please remember to be kind and courteous to others in the tag! please do not spread negativity when it’s unnecessary! let’s start the year off respectful and keep it that way going into s5 <3

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Stranger Things characters as cats :D

Special thanks to @voydhund for coming up with some of the cat breeds, helping me decide on colours and giving me the idea to draw them in the first place!

Also threw in a little byler that I drew on Whiteboard Fox (the website) lol

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when i tell you i am going to be INSUFFERABLE when we get some will leaks or updates, and we see his new hair and everything

OMG

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"Will please, wake up, please I can't lose you again"

This was gonna be part of a PMV but I lost motivation so here's the most important part of it

Someone called one of my previous posts "heartbreaking" and I just thought "heartbreaking???? I'll give you heartbreaking >:)"

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I added subtitles, feel free to add what's missing!

this is collaborative soo it has many of your ideas from the previous post :)

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I have 3 questions, sorry if you've been asked any of these before

1 Did you come up with the name Cloudycleric because of stranger things? Specifically the "Cleric" part

2 do you believe in lettergate/pocketgate idk which one it is but the one theory that Mike has a letter for Will which ends with "Love, Mike."

3 what are your thoughts on the theory (is it even a theory???) That the three headed dragon from Will's painting will actually become real maybe as an antagonist or not? (there's little to no proof whatsoever that this is even a possibility for season 5 but I entertain the idea because I love dragons and think that we really need more good movies/series with dragons in them)

hihi!!

yes! the first part comes from my favorite band tally hall, my fav song from them is "spring & a storm" so that's where the cloudy comes from haha. the original url/the url that this tumblr account is technically under is cloudyhall, bc rhyme & song & reference or whatever. when i made this blog i just made the hall into cleric because alliteration, branding i guess lol, it just sounded right to me, & i never changed it.

yes ofc. i believe that mike never intentionally meant to write "from, mike" on his letters to el, it was very much a subconscious thing, but if mike wrote letters to will & 100% agree that at least ONE of those letters ends with a "love, mike"

that's an interesting one i haven't heard before!!! i think if that was going to happen, that the mindflayer would parallel the dragon instead of it being an entirely separate entity we haven't seen in the show yet, but that would be fucking awesome as hell

thank you for your ask!!! have a great day:)

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byler community can we hug i love yall so much

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rb to have an ultra gay 2024

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byler but as animal crossing villagers

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the byler kiss is going to change lives. the passion, the frustration, the sadness, the yearning, the love, the shame, the fear is all going to be released in that kiss. like the kiss scene is going to be on a whole other level of cinema

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I need a sticker for surviving 2023 so I made one and thought I’d share it with you all too. Reblog to give everyone stickerssss

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happy (almost) new year everybody (it’s currently 7:18 pm as I’m writing this on the 31st of December)

finally finished something after a whole MONTH !! snowy byler!! it snowed!

anyways, make up for not being able to do a Christmas post cause I didn’t have the time to do so 💔 enjoy fellas

for comparison, my first finished work of 2023 will be past the break

from Jan 2nd 2023 (bottom right corner)

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how the van scene confirms mike's feelings - the framework & editing

i noticed something while editing a compilation of mike staring at will lovingly (because bless finn's amazing acting) and suddenly found myself analysing the editing choices/shots from the van scene (will’s monologue).

i found this scene doesn't only confirm will's feelings for mike, but mike's too.

what exactly makes this scene confirmation of mike's feelings besides the brilliant acting? it's the perfect cinematography and editing. ST's cinematography has been one of its greatest strength's, in my opinion at least. they know how to move the camera perfectly to tell us exactly what a character's thinking. the editing is also perfect.

**for this post, i won't be bringing up the lighting work or acting (at least not much) because it's something that's already acknowledged a lot.**

in the van scene, we are only able to really realize mike's feelings because of its choice of shots - specifically two subtle shots.

first shot:

every shot of mike during the speech had will still in the corner. unfocused, but still there. (minus the rear mirror and window shots)

except for one...

the editing work is one of the main keys to what makes this scene so intimate besides the great acting. the way it goes back and forth between close ups is meant to display tension/intimacy. they keep swinging between the both, almost telling the audience to pay close attention. there's something happening that isn't being said. the editing choice inflicts a feeling that rest of the world is gone - it's just them. (which is often what you typically feel when there's raging chemistry between you and someone else)

then they throw this one shot in, which subtly parts mike away with this conversation. he is distracted by something else..

the fact this one stands out different from the rest is important. will could still be seen in the other shots while showing mike is focusing deeply on what will is saying. then suddenly, just for one shot, will isn't there anymore. it's just mike, nervous and breathless. this is telling us that mike is no longer paying as much attention to what will's saying, but more on what he himself is thinking.

despite this being such a minor thing that is easy to dismiss, it changes a lot if you would've just framed it like the rest. not only would it get repetitive, but there would be nothing to take from the scene [visually] other than the fact mike is focusing on what will's saying… and sure, enjoys looking at his lips a lot. but, when you really think about it, the inclusion of this shot is what actually confirms finn's acting is intentionally romantic. the editors wanted to give the audience this one specifically framed shot of mike to draw your attention from what will's saying, to start wondering what mike is thinking.

and if you haven't already caught onto all the lip staring and quick glances, he’s thinking about will.

second shot:

there's one other shot that confirms it, too - the shot with jonathan and the rear mirror. this happens twice.

referencing back to what i said earlier about how chemistry between you and another can feel like the world shuts out and it's only you two, despite that being how it feels, it’s the exact opposite - everyone notices it. people around you can also see that chemistry. though.. it's only noticeable when it's truly real.

this is the point of the rear window/jonathan shot.

jonathan is noticing a shift in their relationship. he notices not only will's feelings, but mike's too. will is turned away, mike is looking at will - something will can't see. will story-wise believes his love is unrequited... when it's clearly not to the audience (or jonathan in this case).

this rear window shot is included to confirm to the audience that it is exactly what we're thinking - there is something romantic going on, there is electricity. so much so that other characters are catching on themselves. it isn't just a pretty shot. if it were, jonathan wouldn't have been included, and it wouldn’t be there two different times. filmmaking is precise, never forget that.

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filmmaking (cinematography in this case) is so powerful and complex. any slight adjustment in editing or choice of framing can change the story you are trying to tell.

so all in all, byler endgame