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but he’s the heart????

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Can we revive this dead media form for s5 please

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Will pulling Mike onto his lap during the shootout gets me every time 💀

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he’s shaking his head.

oh my god i’m sick.

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Fave actor -> HATING THAT MF -> wait a second….

Let's Talk About Noah Schnapp

In light of everything that's happened in the last few days—namely Netflix releasing its first teaser for Stranger Things Season 5—many are returning to Stranger Things spaces online here and elsewhere for the first time in months. Maybe years. So, it's time to have this conversation again, because many people weren't here when some of us were having this conversation in the lull between content; and we're due for an update.

Buckle up—this is going to be long. I intend for this to be a mega post on the whole situation in so far as I can cover it, with receipts and screenshots.

The Conversation Around Noah

Put bluntly—the vitriol around Noah Schnapp has become dangerously insane. It's been that way for 2 years, but the renewed spotlight on Stranger Things, especially as Noah is set to take center stage in a Will Byers-centric season, has revived some of the worst elements of the conversation.

"What do you mean?", you may be asking. Well, I think it might just be better to show you:

This is just a sampling. If I showed you every tweet — every post — every video I've seen with this rhetoric, I'd need another medium to do it. A tumblr blog alone couldn't contain it all. But I take it you see my point now.

How Did Things Get This Way?

There are people on this app and on #that app who will say this behavior/treatment is warranted. They'll tell you that Noah is a "genocide supporter." That he "cheered for the deaths of Palestinian babies." That he "celebrated as people were being murdered." But none of this is true.

As a reminder, this was what Noah actually said—his very first comments on the matter—right after the Hamas attack that happened on October 7, 2023:

Important to note:

"...we will hope and pray for safety, justice, liberation, and self determination in Palestine."

and

"...we will say a Jewish prayer for peace for all Israelis and Palestinians."

That is the literal antithesis of support for a genocide or the wholesale slaughter of anyone.

The very next thing to happen was the infamous "sticker video" about which the most lies have been told, so let's debunk them one by one:

He did not make the stickers.

He did not wear the stickers.

He did not hand out the stickers.

He did not hold up the stickers.

He did not even touch the stickers.

He did not post the video on any social anywhere.

I've posted a pair of screenshots here that give you the gist in lieu of the video itself, but you can Google the video and watch the entire thing to see that I'm telling the truth.

What actually happened was that Noah was taken to a restaurant by a pair of influencers who were his guides while on a school-sponsored trip to Israel. Both were significantly older than him, were responsible for the video in question, were the only ones in it (aside from the waitress) to actually touch the stickers in question... and yet? Noah bore the brunt of the hate that ensued. When the backlash came, they abandoned him and left him to the wolves. (And perhaps because of that, he no longer associates with either one of them, nor follows any related social media accounts—all of which he was required to follow in the first place as terms of going on the trip through his school.)

Noah had just come out of the closet earlier that year and was 18 years-old. He would only turn 19 years-old in the ensuing weeks.

He has addressed these events several times. Most famous was the TikTok that he made explaining his actual position (that he doesn't want anyone, Palestinian or Israeli, to die). Less famous were remarks he made to fans on Snapchat:

I'll post his remarks here for those who can't read the text:

Hey guys! I appreciate you reaching out. To give you context, I did not post this language or sticker. I was at breakfast with friends, it happened to be an Israeli cafe, and a girl was handing out stickers. Someone photographed me and posted and tagged me. As you guys know better than most people, social media can be used however people want to use it. I understand the weight of the situation and take it very seriously. I have friends of friends who are currently being held hostage in Gaza right now. My friends kids were killed in the massacre at the Israeli music festival. Standing up against this terrorism is important to me and why I made my statement after the attack. As one of the only few Jewish people with a platform, I absolutely think it's important to share my message about hatred for Jews around the world right now. However, everyone online is obviously twisting everything and saying I support genocide and am Islamophobic which is obviously entirely false and never have I stated either of those things. Seeing what is happening to the innocent people in Palestine pains me so much and I wish it would stop. I fully support everyone in Palestine as I said in my post on Instagram. One of my best friends in college is Palestinian and we talk about this issue allllll the time and agree on most things. I think people on social media are just animalistic right now so it's hard to even chime in because they just rip me apart so now I'm staying out of it.

I'll let that stand on it's own. I think it provides the context behind his remarks, the situation with the video/stickers, and his actual views versus how social media portrays his views. It also explains why he hasn't said anything else in almost 2 years.

The key takeaway: He was speaking out against antisemitism and the attack on Jewish people on October 7 and he supports an end to what is happening in Gaza and fully supports Palestinians. He literally says it.

And this support, by the way, has been corroborated by his own actions and the word of mouth from Palestinian organizations he has contributed to:

What Has Happened Since?

It would be easier to list the things that haven't happened; but I'll try anyways:

Noah has been called antisemitic slurs; gay slurs and targeted with gay stereotypes; been compared to antisemitic caricatures; he's been threatened with death and had posts go viral fantasizing about his brutal murder; his family has been threatened; he's been threatened with rape and sexual abuse; there are massive accounts on Twitter that doxxed his location while he was filming Season 5—particularly targeting him when he was alone; he's been hacked, had personal pictures leaked; he's had lies spread about his treatment of his cast mates (all of whom have spoken out and said that they've loved him at some point since, making these claims unequivocally false.

Here are a few examples:

Again, I can only post a sample. I hope that sample is enough to get the message across.

It's hard to overstate how cataclysmic this has been. Obviously, he's recovered and healed a lot since the initial incident; but the damage done needs to be acknowledged. These attacks drove him into a dark place by his own admission. He talked about needing therapy on his (now deleted) private spam TikTok account. And they are starting up yet again.

And Then There's the Fandom

The Stranger Things fandom in the wake of all this has been an irritating place to be. Not just because of the above behavior but because of the blanket hypocrisy.

The shipping sub-fandoms in particular have been rank with antisemitism and homophobia—even the Byler fandom, which is predominantly queer. People have:

A) Taken pre-Stranger Things photos—like his baby pictures or pictures with his family—to use as part of their content, their profile pictures, their banners, their fan art, their fan edits, etc.—violating his and his family's privacy for "Will" all while calling him "ugly," a "fag," and lobbing the above-listed threats at him. B) Tried to recast him with a fan cast. These fan casts are almost never Jewish actors, you'll notice. In fact, there's someone on this very app that recast Will Byers as himself. This is gross and absurd. Will Byers is intrinsically tied to Noah Schnapp. Tied to his identities as a Jewish person and a gay man. Tied to his experiences being a character he helped bring to life during his formative years. C) Persist in stanning or support his cast mates despite the fact that they continue to associate with him. This, in particular, is gross hypocrisy. If you're going to be mad at Noah Schnapp for being in a restaurant around stickers you object to—guilt by proximity/association, in other words—those SAME standards should apply to his cast mates, who continue to hang out with him outside of work, state that they love him, and post him on their social medias. I have a whole post about that here.

Instead, the cast is continually afforded blanket immunity while he is singularly targeted for continued abuse and harassment.

It should give the fandom some pause that openly pro-Palestine actors like Maya Hawke not only continue to hang out with him; but in her Instagram story, even stated that she misses it (check the link above for a screenshot of said story). She wouldn't do that if she thought he somehow supported mass-murder; and she knows him way better than any one reading this blog. That goes for the rest of them, too.

They know him better than you. They know his moral compass and what he believes. And they haven't abandoned him and obviously aren't going to. So, are you going to stick to your guns and apply your anger evenly; or maybe consider that you don't have the full picture?

So, Why Care?

I get this in my Asks so often. "Why do you care?" "He's a celebrity." "He don't know you." "He's not your pookie."

I know. It's not about that.

Yes, full disclosure, I am obviously a fan of Noah's. Have been since the show started. And no it's not because I'm gay and he's gay or because he plays my favorite character in Stranger Things.

Like many of his fans, I've spent the last decade seeing his lives on Instagram and TikTok, seeing his fan interactions, watching his vlogs and videos, and I've come to respect him as a human being quite apart from Will Byers or his role as an actor. Fundamentally, I really believe he is a kind and caring human being. The word of mouth from everyone who knows or has met him bares this out—and, yes, he's even been kind to me in the few conversations we've had.

This is only one example from Instagram during The First Shadow premiere this year; but I think it encapsulates what I like about Noah most. He's kind. He goes out of his way to be kind. He does things he doesn't have to do, contractually or just in general, for the sake of being kind. He always has been.

He's also stood up for a plethora of causes. Black Lives Matters, trans rights, the rights of women. He's known to be his cast mates' biggest supporter—and they'll tell you as much, too.

But quite apart from my personal feelings about him and more importantly: this is wrong.

Antisemitism is wrong. Homophobia is wrong. Both kill. Still, to this day. As I am sitting in my kitchen writing this, the news just broke that an Indigenous gay man and a celebrity was shot dead in front of his husband—after having his home burned down and dogs burned alive—in the United States. Yesterday, news broke that a gathering of peaceful Jewish protesters (which included children and the elderly) demanding the release of hostages still held by Hamas was firebombed in Colorado. Luckily, they all survived, but six people were injured in that attack.

Violence and bigotry are ascendent everywhere right now. Minority communities are being targeted. Normalizing the behavior I've described and shown above kills marginalized people. Regardless of your feeling about Noah as a person or celebrity, normalizing the violent and bigoted remarks, tweets, and behavior towards him harms Jewish and LGBTQIA+ people—all of us.

And just as an example of that, I give you the treatment Finn Wolfhard is now receiving just for the "crime" of shaving his head and being deemed no longer conventionally attractive by the fandom:

Yes, the general audience found out about Finn's Jewish heritage and now he's a target, too.

And this fandom is at fault for it.

You cannot normalize bigotry towards one person and expect it to stay contained to that one person. It will always harm everyone in that community. Finn Wolfhard—or any other actor/actress—being your favorite is not going to spare him from the consequences of a discourse you started.

ALL antisemitism and ALL homophobia needs to be called out. The people who insist it's okay that they do that for ANY reason—regardless of if they themselves are LGBTQIA+ or not—need to be ejected from the fandom and never let back in.

Noah Schnapp is a human being. He does not deserve this treatment. No one does. No one is saying you have to like him or even care about him. But you SHOULD care that this is how he's being treated and the impact it is having on others. The impact on Jewish people. The impact on queer people. Standing up and saying that does not mean you support genocide or murder or bigotry of any kind. Quite the opposite, in fact.

I am a person with left-leaning values. I'm tired of those values being spat on and dragged through the mud by people who think THIS is activism or is in any way helping a cause. It's not. All it is doing is perpetuating harm on a real person and real communities—queer and Jewish alike. And it needs to stop.

Related Blogs:

I've compiled some related blogs that expand on other elements of the situation that I've mentioned above in greater detail. This post was already long enough. I'll be updating this as more content comes out.

Examples of Noah’s Support for Gaza and Palestine (by @nymphus-fan-account)

The Evolution of a Lie

No, the Stranger Things Cast Does Not Hate Noah Schnapp

Lyric Vault’s Obsession with Noah Schnapp

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Guys imma get real for a second here.

What are we gonna do after season 5???? What is gonna happen after byler becomes canon? We all will probably freak out for a few weeks, then make posts about how perfect this ending was, and I'm sure some of us will still have a hyper fixation on byler, but most of us will probably move on. I really want us all to stay here on byler Tumblr, but I know how unlikely that is, and honestly I don't want to lose you guys... We've all spent months, years, theorizing together, making fanart and fanfics, bonding over these two boys, and to think that it could all come crashing down at the beginning of next year...

And of course there is the possibility that byler could not be canon, which is like a 0.00.09% chance of happening, but in that case, all of our spirits would be crushed, and we'll still probably lose each other 💔

The point is, I'll miss you guys 🥺 and I hope that we'll all still have something to talk about...

Lobe you nerds, let's go crazy together and stay crazy together.

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LMFAOOO

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WELCOME BACK GUYS!!

Today is a VERY SPECIAL DAY! Why? I’ll tell ya ITS BYLER DAY 💛💙 in honor of that IM POSTING I KNOW RIGHT FANTASMIC!!! So strap in there’s a lot :) including 2 FULL ON ARGUMENTS

@daisydunnit IM CRYING WHEN THIS WAS SUBMITTED I LAUGHED FOR A GOOOD 5 min

I love when bylers do little jabs it makes me giggle

FIRST FULL ON CONVERSATION

Can you guess what the response was from this Mileven?

If you said NOTHING YOUR CORRECT!!! Absolutely silenced PERIOD!

Submitted by @milla-jordan (THANK YOU VERY MUCH BTW!!) we love the use of technical words makes Milevens confused….i like that one time I said parallels to a Mileven and they simply said “what…”

WHY ARE MILEVENS TRYING TO STEAL OUR NUMBER😡😡😡 no but like in all seriousness this tho what dose this gotta do with…like…anything???

Hehehe

LAST ARGUMENT TO END OFF THIS POST!!!

LOVE THISSSSSSS I love how most Milevens proof goes against them it’s funny….ANYWAYS!!! If you liked this please FOLLOW BLOG TO MANIFEST BYLER CANNON!! If you have an argument you would like to brag abt PLZZZZ consider following oh and uh….

HAPPY BYLER DAY EVERYONE!

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posting this tiktok i made on here too, cuz my tiktok is kinda dead (this audio sends me to heaven)

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us: will is gay

them: nahh

*will is confirmed as gay*

us: will is in love with mike

them: nahhhh

*will is confirmed to be in love with mike*

us: byler is endgame

them, sweating: nahhhhhhhh

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Please don't skip me, I'm very scared, I don't want to die !!

My LGBTQ+ Brothers and Sisters, Save Me from the Bombing and Violence ,You Are My Only Hope

My name is Nour, I am from northern Gaza.

I once lived a peaceful life, filled with simple dreams, but everything changed on October 7th, 2023, when war destroyed Gaza. I was forced to flee my home, and now I live alone in a tent made of torn fabric in southern Gaza.

The constant bombings are unbearable, but the fear of violence because I am a lesbian in a society that rejects me is even worse. Every day, I live in constant terror of being targeted, judged, and harmed simply for who I am.

Alongside this fear, I’m struggling to survive with extreme shortages of food, water, and basic supplies. Life has become a daily battle just to stay alive.

I urgently need your help. I cannot stay here any longer. Please help me find safety, dignity, and the chance to live freely as myself.

Every donation, no matter how small, brings me hope for a better tomorrow. Your support can change my life.

Please reblog my post and share my plea

Please Take Action Now‼️

GFM Donations Link Here 🍉🇵🇸

https://gofund.me/51b6c33c

‎‏Thank you for your compassion and support during this critical time.

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Hello dear, how are you? I am writing to you with love and hope, and I ask you for a favor, not an order, to help the family of my friend Mahmoud from Gaza. Every share and donation will bring a smile back to the life of Mahmoud's family after the brutal war they lived through and will give them a better life. Once again, we need your support for Mahmoud's family so that we can give them a better life. Gaza needs a lot of time to rebuild Gaza, I hope you will donate to them as a favor, not an order, so that they can rebuild their lives again. There is a lot left to achieve the goal, not a little. We ask Allah to provide them with what we can to help them overcome the harsh living conditions in Gaza

🙏🏽🙇‍♀️❤🇵🇸🍉

Help because I can’t

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List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you!

EEKKKK OKAY

-I love the atmosphere of drawing or painting when it’s raining

-how I get when my fave song is on

-pointe shoes

-my friends

-my family!!!!

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She was in pain because she couldn't breathe but Mike still gave her strenght

Skip to 6:39 seconds :)

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Teambyler: I'm gonna disappear when Season 5 comes out

I will avoid the internet like the plague.

I will stop posting on Tumblr, or anywhere. I won't respond to messages.

People are already talking about how if there's a Byler kiss they'll change their PFPs to show it. I love us Bylers, you're all crazy in a good way, but I can't see any of that shit.

I HATE SPOILERS. Plus, as I promised in my big Byler video, I need to film my GENUINE FIRST reaction to each episode. PLUS, I need to give commentary to each episode and edit those reaction videos for YouTube. I won't be able to quickly do all that.

This is my plan:

Nov. 26: I watch the first episode. Over the next couple days I edit my reaction and post it on my Patreon. They'll be edited... I think a pure unedited reaction from ME will be too boring, as I pause frequently and double-back a lot. My Patreon videos will still have me react to the whole episode though. My public video will be substantially shorter than that. (You can't post a complete reaction on YT.) I'll do these as quickly as possible for each episode.

Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22: VOLUME ONE REACTIONS go up on YouTube.

Dec. 29, Jan. 5, 12: VOLUME TWO REACTIONS go up on YouTube.

Jan. 19: FINALE REACTION goes up on YouTube.

Also, because people will want to know specifically how *I* react to things and what I think about XYZ, I'll withhold from engaging with the fandom between November 26 and when that LAST reaction goes up on January 18. (I MIGHT share my thoughts on things that I already I publicly react to, though.)

So prepare for a "drought" from me!

I REALLY need to cut myself off for this to happen. If for some reason the media wants to talk to "that lawyer who made a Byler video" that in itself tells me too much! So I'll make sure to avoid being reached by them as well.

I can't even look at the dashboard of my own channel for a while. For example, if my Byler video suddenly gets a million views that tells me more than I want to know! =D Actually, I can't see ANY Byler video for a while because if any of them are hugely popular that tells me too much. Aaaaugh!

-teambyler

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Can’t wait for the absolute shitshow that the ST fandom is gonna become in s5! especially if byler is cannon mostly coming from the GA and Mileven fans I can already here “why would they make byler cannon it makes 0 sense and was so rushed” ringing in my ears

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The correlation between a Wrinkle in Time and ST5

I was thinking about this all day and guys I might just be onto something in the Book and movie a wrinkle in time Camezots is a planet or home for a entity known as the IT camezots in short is basically a home for darkness why am I talking about this and what dose this have to with stranger things well around 2023 I can’t find a specific date sometime near august or September because the post has since been deleted the stranger things writers put out this tweet

Okay so now let’s ask ourselves what do we already know about s5!

We have “escape from camezots” and is set to be the 6th episode in s5 this tells us a lot about what could possibly happen camezots is not a monster or upside down creature as stated in possible previous theories it’s a place based on what we know from our previous reference Camezots is a physical world of evil or hosts evil more of

I think that and this is me just theorizing I believe that the characters are going to have to escape from some form of realm one similar to the one the Henry/ 001/ Vecna originally was in because that place is camezots aka the home to the evil aka the mind flayer

How is this different from the upside down:

Well let’s think for a sec as we know the upside down is a realm that is opposite to ours the void being the barrier into that realm thank you Mr. Clark

So how is it different from the rest of the upside-down well let’s take a sec to look at Henry’s decent into the upside down we see him go past this which we can all assume is the upside down

this is where his transition into Vecna begins however that’s not where it ends because we then see him finally land here:

Which is known as Camezots or dimensionx or whatever you want to call it and to help visualize this I’ve put together this sorry I did this in like 5 min give me a break

As you can see from this very obviously amazing drawing Camezots is not just apart of the upside down it’s a completely separate realm one of which that houses The Mindflayer