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good morning byler nation we are one day closer to mike finding out about the painting!!!!!!

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putting him through the horrors again

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i was listening and crying to we might be dead by tomorrow by soko while drawing this, if anyones curious and in the mood for a cry

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early mornings

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Wheeler’s Delayed Choice

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The whole cast now knows Byler is endgame lfg

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that hair looks familiar... WHO is this guy indeed.

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An argument I see against Byler that irks me, specifically about Will’s storyline, is that some people think that Will’s story is about him accepting himself. Acceptation is absolutely not part of his storyline, and here’s why.

Will has been established as a queer character. Quick as it was, Joyce mentioned Lonnie’s remarks about Will in the very first episode of season 1. Will has also been drafted as a kid dealing with his sexuality. Will knows about what people say about him, and he doesn’t seem to outwardly fight it, alongside much other forms of confrontation towards himself.

Will deals more with the struggle of being different, not of misunderstanding, not of doubting, being.

A great contrast in another series that shows a character learning to accept himself is none other than Nick Nelson in Heartstopper (Webtoon or Netflix - but for the sake of finding scene packs more easily, though, I will be quoting from the Netflix adaptation).

Nick outwardly deals with uncertainty regarding his sexuality. He’s covered in doubtful characters’ judgements, clearly a jock of whom are stereotypically straight, and as Elle would say it, he’s “the straightest person I have ever seen.”

He’s not established with a queer lens. In fact, for a very long time, Charlie thinks that he has no chance with Nick because he doesn’t think that Nick could ever like him like that. But then, in comes Nick’s perspective. He realizes that he’s getting really close to Charlie, and his mom tells him that he’s “much more himself” around Charlie. Then, of course, the meme of Nick taking the “am I gay?” quiz and crying over his result. And then in comes the day after his and Charlie’s first kiss when Nick expresses that he’s “so confused,” not that he didn’t like it, it’s just difficult for him when he’s only ever seemed to like girls before.

That is how you explore an arc of discovering one’s sexuality: show confusion from other characters, self-doubt, and how the character feels working through it. Will Byers has received no such treatment.

He’s not confused, self-doubtful, nor shown working through his sexuality. It’s just always been, and the other characters around him reinforce that. The fact that other characters make remarks. The fact that other characters know without Will telling them anything. The fact that Will has never continued returning any affection to a girl who showed interest in him. The fact that Will never gets a girlfriend. The fact that we know that Will was making that painting for Mike alone.

Plus, if being accepted is Will’s whole storyline culmination, where does he go now that Jonathan in season 4 has accepted him and promises to love him no matter what? That’s it? He’s going to have nothing greater happen to him in season 5 and/or they’re going to reinforce a point they already did so sweetly? Yeah. I mean, I’m not a writer, but, yeah. Sure.

Byler is endgame because Will is going to learn that he no longer needs to just accept himself but see himself in who he is.

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Everyone's analyzed the hell out of the songs on Finn's playlist and I love it but I haven't seen anyone talk about potential reasons behind the name being STurn. Why STurn? Capitalizing the ST is definitely a stranger things reference but what about the rest? It's not ST-urn, because urn doesn't make sense both as a single object or trying to find any acronyms, and it's obviously not Stern because he'd have spelt it that way so it's S-Turn. And what is an S-Turn? At it's basic it's going one direction, doing a 180 turn so you're going the opposite direction, and finally doing a 180 again correcting yourself back into the same direction you were going in the first place. AKA, Mike started as in love with Will (or well on his way to being in love), then his internalized homophobia had him over correcting with El, and now in season five he's finally back on track with loving Will. It's always been Will.

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This is not confirmed but Max is potentially filming something in New Mexico, Albuquerque... I also think some of the crew that I follow is there so it's definitely possible they are filming some mindspace desert scenes... Sadie was spotted there

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Mike's hair being fluffed aw

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the way that mike’s monologue is filled with canonically proven lies. the way that they could have introduced a boy for will so long ago but chose not to. the way that they could have written a more genuine love story with outside factors breaking them apart over and over rather than someone in the relationship, because they’ve done it for every other ship. the way that el hasn’t spoken to mike after his supposed “i love you” speech. the way that they’ve been adding will into the milkvan scenes, distracting you from the “tender moments” and making you feel guilty. the way that they easily could have had mike reject will seasons ago, if they were planning to do that. the way that they’ve sidelined will more and more as if they’re planning something big for him next season. the way that they’ve shown mike becoming more and more closed off each season as he and will drift apart. the way that the duffers could have avoided all this but they chose not to.

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ACTUALLY SCREAMING AT MIKES SHIRT LITERALLY BEING THE BI FLAG (A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER)

REDDISH PINK, BLUE, DARK PURPLE , AND YELLOW (WILLS COLOR) ON EITHER SIDE

BISEXUAL MIKE WHEELER YOU ARE SO REAL

WE JUST KEEP WINNING

LIKE IS THAT NOT THE FUCKING BI FLAG

HELLO

edit: btw the costume designer of s4 literally said she added shapes that resembled equality signs in robins shirt as a nod to her sexuality so this is not out of the realm of possibility at all

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Me in every single situation ever

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Oh my god!!

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More props... Kinda the same?

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🔥🔥🔥

Adorable 😭