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happy belated birthday to the sweetest girl ever!!!

she deserves the world

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My video "A LAWYER'S EVIDENCE that Mike and Will become a romantic pair in Stranger Things" is out!

Many of you have followed me ( @teambyler ) or read my essays analyzing Byler (I've linked some of the most-shared ones below). I am actually also a LAWYER who has a YouTube channel called RONALD OFF THE RECORD, and I just released my big video on Byler! (I also have another YouTube channel with 45K subscribers that I mention in the video)

I'm prepared to put my professional reputation as a lawyer on the line to comment on a piece of science fiction, because goddammit this is important to me! It is not "delusional" to think Will and Mike will become a couple, and there is nothing wrong with you if want it to happen! This is a video essay I've been planning for at least SIX MONTHS, and I put a lot of work into it. Please share, and please leave comments. Enjoy! =D

0:00 Why this video 1:38 Hate for Byler on the internet 10:16 Case for Mileven 15:21 Case for Byler: Starting premises 17:56 If Will were a girl… 25:30 The evidence! 29:05 EXHIBIT A: The Snow Ball 31:34 B: Mike's reactions to El and Will being upset 34:21 C: Season 3 ending montage 39:16 D: Airport reunion 47:51 E: Rink-O-Mania argument 51:28 F: Heteronormativity, audience expectations 58:25 G: Throwing away the letter 59:55 H: 2nd heart-to-heart scene 1:05:43 I: Mike can't say he loves El 1:13:27 J: Platonic reunion 1:15:12 K: Will's role convincing Mike to say "I love you" 1:20:08 L: Effect of the "love confession" on El 1:39:54 M: The Painting Lie 1:43:22 Honorable mentions 1:45:27 Non-diegetic evidence 2:01:23 Actor statements 2:07:01 Season 5 information 2:10:34 NOT how you write an unrequited love story 2:16:07 Why Byler SHOULD happen (queerbaiting, etc.) 2:28:21 A more powerful story 2:35:45 A personal note

I'm now making this my new pinned post, so I'll list a few of my posts here for people to check out.

ADDITIONS: -28:00 On "We should normalize same-sex friends being affectionate, they don't have to be gay," I should have been clearer. HOMOPHOBIA is the reason for that stigma. Straight friends feeling like they can be affectionate in our society HAS to include normalizing LGBT+ people. -1:16:55 I should've said this more clearly: Will reminded Mike that who HE is, HIS unique qualities, make him worthy of love and make El love him, not dumb luck. And Will of course could convey that because Will loves the actual nerd MIke and everything he is. -1:17:06 Mike making El "not feel like a mistake" doesn't fit El, because she says that Mike looks at her "like I'm a monster, too". Nor did she "push you away because she was afraid of losing you". That's Will, not El. Mike felt love because Will was describing himself. -1:52:36 I forgot to mention that, in the original Nina opera, Nina's lover is ALIVE and DOES return. The Duffers changed the story so that Nina's lover does NOT return, to further suggest Mike won't return! -2:35:22 I'm kicking myself for not being more specific about Mike and Will being heroes in more than one way: I think the theme of bullying from s1 will return, with Will (and also Mike) having to face bullying for being boyfriends in Hawkins.

Some other @teambyler posts:

Mike was saying "I love you" to Will

Questions to ask if ever you have Byler doubt

How the Duffers have set Will up to have a happy ending in Season 5

The most heartbreaking way Byler can culminate (and how I predict it will) (I know this is less likely than an "escape from Camazotz" possession scenario, but I still want this to happen =D )

How the Duffers likely will make the general audience AWARE of Byler and CHEER for Byler

-teambyler

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George, what's your favorite culture clash moment or bit where Edwin doesn't quite grasp something about the modern era?

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boo!!!!

(click for better quality <3)

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Now i might not be the best at analyzing things, but come on. This is the biggest “KISSMEKISSMEKISSME-“ face I’ve EVER seen.

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Charles, talking about Edwin: WHAT THE FUCK I WAS ARGUING WITH HIM AND I SAID “OOH YOU WANNA KISS ME SO BAD” AND GUESS WHAT? HE DID. HE KISSED ME. WHAT THE FUCK WHAT DO I DO.

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why did i forget that they made scorbus even more insane in the revised version of cursed child. what do you MEAN “you do know that scorpius is the most important person in my life, right?” like what. WHAT. WHAT!!!

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Hear me out cake- Scorbius edition

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"The Cursed Child isn't canon cause Harry would never do that to his kid!"

Yeah. You're right. He would never do that to his kids. He didn't do that to James and Lily. He did it to Albus. Albus who was the carbon copy of Harry the same way Harry was the carbon copy of James. Harry who couldn't even look himself in the mirror because he believed it was his fault that Fred and Remus and Sirius and everyone else was dead. Harry who hated himself so much, Harry who couldn't see anyone but himself in Albus. Harry who thought that he was stopping Albus from making the same mistakes Harry did.

Albus severus potter who wasn't just burdened with living up to Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape but also Harry Potter, the saviour of the wiziarding world to everyone else and a failure to his dad.

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James hearing Albus and Scorpius screeching on the train roof after he promised his mum he’d keep an eye on his little brother:

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My favorite ships that have canonically almost destroyed the world

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🥺🫶🥰

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I may not be the biggest fan of Draco in the original Harry Potter series, but I love him SO. MUCH. in cursed child

Like yeah sure he was an asshole when he was younger, because that’s how Narcissa and Lucius raised him, but I truly believe the war changed him because in hpcc he is just such an amazing father to Scorpius

Like he goes OUT OF HIS WAY to talk to HARRY POTTER, just because he thinks it may do something to help out his son with the rumors. He TELLS HARRY TO LET SCORP AND AL BE FRIENDS AGAIN BECAUSE HE KNOWS THATS WHAT HIS SON WANTS.

Even if Draco will always be a bitch he’s a damn good father and I think that really shows how far he’s come

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i lied. put your clothes back on. let’s talk about why cursed child is so overly hated and criticised but is actually one of the most beautiful, raw and complex pieces of work in the harry potter franchise.

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i lied. put your clothes back on. let’s talk about why cursed child is so overly hated and criticised but is actually one of the most beautiful, raw and complex pieces of work in the harry potter franchise.