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the two canon couples at the sides. all the byers being to the left. all couples holding hands except byler. the lightning (electricity) betwen them. them in the middle. the back-to-back shots of each of the three couples. el at the front alone, with a not sad but determined look on her face. the flowers mike had picked for her in hawkins wilted. her layers of blue clothing shed. the synchronized breathing, the pocket pointing to will. st4 final shot you will always be famous

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”bylers not going to be canon” mike’s pocket the entire season:

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I love s2 so much but I will always get a little upset at all the adults in the lab practically ignoring Mike the whole time. Like if they are freaked out and scared about the situation, imagine how the only other kid in the room feels?

I know that it could be possible that he received some comfort and we just didn't see it, especially because of the way Mike starts being hidden from us in season 2, but if that was the case I have a feeling his breakdown with Hopper wouldn't have been nearly as loaded as it was.

Maybe it's just the way I operate but if there are kids around me during a stressful situation (even when I was a kid myself), I always make sure they are as far away and as calm as possible. I make sure to explain to them in the best way I can what is going on so that they at least have an idea of how to handle their emotions.

I know Mike wasn't freaking out or anything, but of what we know about his character ("even Mike, who likes to act tough" - LOTL), he wouldn't say anything no matter what awful emotions he was feeling. But I don't care. The adults in the situation should know better.

He's literally watching his best friend be taken over by a monster (which he basically swore to protect him from), be tortured by scientists, and then be forced to kill people, which Mike also tries to stop because he catches onto the trap (just a bit too late). He then has to run through a lab of dead people while being chased by the monsters who killed said people until he gets trapped in a room with no way to help and just has to hope that they all get out alive, which they don't, he learns as he holds Will's limp body then has to comfort Joyce as he coerces her to keep going. Oh yeah, I didn't mention that he also had to convince the adults to put his best friend to sleep or else he could also kill them and has to listen to his screams as they put him under.

I will never stop believing that season 2 is absolutely devastating for Mike and that the trauma he gained from it is almost impossible to fathom.

Now, I'm not saying that he wouldn't have been traumatized if he received comfort, but I at least don't think it would be as bad as it is. I mentioned in a post before that he might've lost even more trust in the adults (I specifically named Hopper) around him because of this. We know he's had a problem with authority since the beginning, but it gets worse in season 3, and I think this might be part of the reason why.

Anyways, I'll stop rambling now. Season 2 is my favorite season, but man (I've said it a million times and I'll keep saying it) Mike in season 2 literally breaks my heart into a trillion pieces.

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s5 is Mike’s season in the sense that this will be the season he finally gets to protect his loved ones and show everyone what he’s capable of.

s5 is Will’s season in the sense that this will be the season he finally gets to defend himself and show everyone that he’s more than just a helpless victim and a side character in his own story.

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sorry i acted weird last night, i'm just trying to keep on a normal path and be as normal as possible

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The ST costume designer everybody. 🍭🍭🍭🍭:

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Bro can you stop rolling your eyes and moping its throwing me off

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This came to me in a vision. (tiktok: televangelistic) (Wills face in that last clip always gets me omg)

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BOTH Will and Mike have pushed each other to go with girls.

Mike pushed Will to dance with the girl at the snowball and Will pushed Mike to confess to el with his painting...

MY HEART HURTSSSS

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i feel so bad for byler shippers who aren't on tumblr must be really hard to have to deal with whatever the fuck tiktok got going on

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when will tells you to run, you run

close up and b&w!

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S2 shed scene -- Will/Vecna POV -- part 1 of 2.

[I bit off more than I could chew with this piece, so I had to split it up to get something done in time for @bylerween2023. Maybe if we're lucky I'll have part 2 done in time for bylerween2024. :p]

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Id also like to add the strong dispksy of bancys character from this scene and her motives that are easily, by edfies mistake, mistaken for love

I have been thining so ssdfoooooo much acout nancy abd mike snd the comparisonbetween them nd how theyve both internalised jarring lesskns from feeling helpless abour their friends death (abd i knoe will doesnt die but mike thought ha eas dead abd saw a fake dead body og him so if u think he didnt internalise something from that experience ID SAY YOYE WRING)

And a big thjng nancy internalisd after losing barb was that her INACTION resukted in barbs death

So its no suprise bancy wastes NO TIME in takingaction to prevent her friends from ever meeying the same fate as barb

Which is what drives her to take IMMEDIATE actuon to save steve

However, mikes internalised lesson was based on how his ACTION resulted in (or couldnt prevent) wills death and the hurt that followed

When he was pushing back against his parents on how they should be looking for will and how hes the only one that cares about will, i think he internalised two things after seeing wills fake body:

1. His efforts to look for will were pointless and only attributed to the hurt

2. He shouldnt have cared about will that much in the firat place, because then it wouldnt have hurt so much to lose him

So how dows this tie into things??

If mike chose to follow will instantly into lovers lake, it would not come from an internalised lesson like nancys action to follow steve did, it would, in fact, DEFY the lesson he internalised from seeing wills body—making it all the more important—because it SHOWS US that unlike nancys action—that was made in spite of a lesson she internalised—mikes action would be made DESPITE the painful lesson hes internalised—meaninf he wouldnt be making the decision to prevent hurt—hed be doing it because its his INSTINCT to protect will—

And THAT is why it would be an act of unambiguous true love

GUYS WAIT I JUST HAD THE BIGGEST BYLER BRAIN MOMENT. BEAR WITH ME.

So the scene where Eddie says Nancy jumping into Lovers Lake after Steve is an unambiguous sign of true love. LOVERS LAKE GATE???? MIKE JUMPING IN TO SAVE WILL WOULD BE AN UNAMBIGUOUS SIGN OF TRUE LOVE???????

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This be suuujjch good foreshadowing esp bcs what eddie said difnt actislly apply to nancy abd steve bcs robin was also there sbd did the same hifhlighting how it was platonic

I think what efdie said was roght just not in that particular circumstance bcs w robin and mancu following steve it was more a reflectoon on their characters and less to do wjfh their relationship to steve

But gor mike to follow will into the water it would not only be a teflection of his chatacyer but moreso a fierce reflectoon of his relationship to will

I think if it was a dofferent character he would still absolutely follow them which is a reflection of his character but with will being in trouble, there would be sbdolutely delay in his reaction sbd id attribute THAY to his relatiknship sith him

And it also corcles back to mike jimping into the wuarry for will and the whole “if your friend jumped off a cliff would you too mike?”

Mu tjoughts arent working i ate taco bell and it isnt sotting right im duing but theres domeyjing here in this clever post and we are all passengers to ots prophetic vision

GUYS WAIT I JUST HAD THE BIGGEST BYLER BRAIN MOMENT. BEAR WITH ME.

So the scene where Eddie says Nancy jumping into Lovers Lake after Steve is an unambiguous sign of true love. LOVERS LAKE GATE???? MIKE JUMPING IN TO SAVE WILL WOULD BE AN UNAMBIGUOUS SIGN OF TRUE LOVE???????

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can the general audience PLEASE go away

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insane how the writers & the duffers have written will in a way that would draw the most sympathy or empathy from the audience, and 80% of the GA still hates him. will byers cant have shit in detroit