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me getting on tumblr to destress only for the first post to pop up on my dash be a recording of screams of terror and “steve you need to run” at the radio station

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will won’t die because 1) i simply don’t want him to and 2) making him the main character for s5 after sidelining his upside down connection and watch the love of his life date his sister for 2 seasons only to immediately kill him is CRAZY lmfao. like i see why people are connecting the dots to will dying in s5, but if there’s one thing i believe is that will byers will definitely suffer, but he will not die.

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What is going on in that radio station set

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At first it was like "hahaha byler season" but bro I don't think it's a joke anymore

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me when mike and his friends including steve jonathan nancy etc gather around to talk about protecting will from vecna and mike screams at someone about will's safety and everyone goes silent

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Am I the only one who thinks that the thematic and narrative climax of s5 (and low key the whole show) will be almost a direct parallel to the "You said yes" scene from s2?? Like same exact narrative and cinematic setup of Will being controlled by Vecna to the point where he's nearly gone or on the brink of death, and Mike being able to bring him back to reality with words of love???

Like I low key feel like that scene in s2 was supposed to serve as a precursor and foreshadowing to the climax of Byler rather than just standing on its own as an isolated event. We always talk on here about how Mike's monologue to El in s4 was supposed to directly contrast that scene and demonstrate how false and unnatural Milkvan's supposed "love" is, but we never really talk about just how awkward of a placement it is for the true and "authentic" love confession (Byler s2) to precede the clunky and false one (Milkvan s4). Like, imo it kind of leaves things on an awkward note and kind of hanging.

The only way it wouldn't be awkward or unfinished is if there ends up being a followup scene/parallel to the "you said yes" scene, and I think this is what's going to happen. I think Mike's monologue to El comes after the more romantic, authentic confession not only because it's supposed to contrast it but because the show is serving us two different "choices," two different options for Mike, two different scenarios. Not just for the sake of his character arc but in a meta sense as well, kind of like asking the audience, "which choice makes the most sense for Mike given the events up until now and the themes of the show? Can he be his most authentic and happiest self with Will or El?" And the natural followup to posing this dichotomy would be to answer this question for us by showing us in no uncertain terms why Will makes more sense for Mike as a long-term love interest.

The other reason why I believe this to be the case is because of the blocking of the s2 scene and the way it's set up: with Will being unable to move, unable to say anything or regain any control, and with Mike opening up and being vulnerable about his true feelings for Will [here comes the most important part lol] IN FRONT OF the other characters like Jonathan and Joyce (I can't remember if it was the entire rest of the cast in this scene or just those two?? I think it might've been everybody bc weren't they trying to get Will to communicate with them using morse code? I don't remember lmao) but anyways, I don't think it was a coincidence that Mike gave his grand "Do you remember the first day that we met?" speech not only to Will himself but in front of the other characters. Remember as well that Mike also confessed his "love" for El in front of an audience, and I don't think that's a coincidence either. I think it's leading to a final confession from Mike that will also take place in front of an audience and will serve as the "choice" that Mike makes between El and Will as well as the "choice" the Duffers present as being the correct narrative and thematic choice for the show. It's important that Mike's initial two confessions took place in front of an audience and also that his final one will, because this will also serve as Mike's "coming out" moment to the rest of the characters and to the audience. I think that Mike is going to have a second speech to Will that isn't just "I love you I love you I love you" over and over again like it was to El. It will be sweet and unique to Will and Byler's relationship except this time it will be explicitly, undeniably romantic so that no one will be able to even think that what he feels for Will is anything short of genuine, passionate, romantic love.

I wouldn't even be surprised if what Mike says closely parallels what he said to El except basically the opposite, alluding to the fact that it wasn't "love at first sight" for him but a slow, gradually building and gradually cultivating love that blossomed over the course of his entire life. Instead of "I knew then and there that I loved you" like he did to El, he could say something like, "I didn't realize it yet when I met you, and I'm not even sure I know when it happened, but I think I've spent my entire life slowly falling in love with you." And he says it with tears in his eyes and in front of all of the rest of the characters, who will also be crying (especially Joyce lol). And of course Will will just be sobbing even through Vecna's control over him, but it will be Mike's love that ultimately frees him from Vecna's hold over him. This would make sense, because unlike El, Will's story has never been about independence and breaking himself free, but about him and Mike breaking themselves free through teamwork a la "I think that we should work together. I think it'll be easier if we're a team."

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the realization that byler will hug eachother regardless of their relationship status next season just kinda hit me and idk why i want to cry

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All of them are different versions of byler of different timelines !!!!!

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do you think at any point during s5 that mike, will, and jonathan will bring up they buried a body?? or that they went to suzie’s house and met her entire family?? or that they witnessed el blow up a helicopter?? because idk i feel like we need a scene where everyone is just like “ok we need to come up with a plan” and mike just goes “oh hey btw we had to bury a body of an agent that knew where el was since dr. brenner kidnapped her again after she got arrested. the agent died because he was shot during a shootout at mrs. byers house. then we had to go to suzie’s to get help to figure out where el was based on a number we found in the agent’s pen. which dustin, she’s great but her family is a little *points to head and twirls finger to sign that they’re crazy/chaotic* anyways, once we found el she was in the middle of blowing up a helicopter. then dr. brenner proceeded to die again. so yeah just thought you guys should know in case that might be of help in any sort of way.”

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No but like El will be happy about Byler. Like actually happy, not just okay with it. It's not just her who doesn't "get" Mike and his nerdiness and need to be the hero, it's also Mike who doesn't understand the depths of El's humanity despite being a "superhero" and all of the trauma she deals with and has yet to work through. Her uniquely feminine experience and all of the challenges and milestones that come alongside maturing as a young woman, which is something that Max understands perfectly well, and this is the reason why El has begun to prioritize her friendship with Max over her relationship with Mike. El knows in her heart that she and Mike are already doomed romantically, I just think she was in denial about it until Mike's monologue. The only fear both El and Mike have now is that the absence of romance from their relationship means there won't be a relationship period i.e. they are destined to lose each other. For El, knowing and understanding that Mike is gay and in love with someone else and literally CAN'T be with her romantically will be the biggest signifier that they were never going to be able to hold onto that romance in the first place. Now they can work on being friends. If anything it's Will who's going to struggle to be with Mike in light of the guilt he will feel from "stealing" Mike from El, and I wouldn't be surprised if El is going to be the one to ultimately push Will towards Mike and encourage the two of them to be together.

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90s Byler and Jancy staying in a cabin together somewhere in the Appalachian mountains during autumn. Jonathan and Nancy kissing softly in a hammock and whispering and laughing to themselves about their brothers, who are fast asleep in the hammock right under them. Jonathan and Mike struggling to get a campfire going outside so that they'll be able to stay warm while they tell ghost stories and urban legends, and they're watching Nancy and Will struggling to make dinner together through the kitchen window and commenting about how cute they are (except Mike thinks it's cringe to hear Jonathan talking about Nancy that way. But Jonathan actually loves hearing Mike talk about Will that way). Them sharing oversized flannels and denim jackets between the four of them and all growing out their hair a bit. Nancy and Will going out into the woods with guns to explore new territory and scare off any dangerous animals or people (and Nancy helping Will work on his aim). Jonathan and Nancy not-so-subtly leaving the cabin and going for a walk so that Mike and Will can spend some alone time together, and vice versa. Jonathan drawing a warm bath for Nancy and getting in with her, and Mike seeing them later that night, both with wet hair, and having a "wait, you can do that with your boyfriend?" moment and looking at Will. Basically them just being happy and in love with their SOs and being a little family unit/working ecosystem and them serving the cuntiest fall vibes and doing survival lite together and giving zero fucks.

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hii y’all this is @ willelworld 😭 lost my old account (long story) please reblog to find my old mutuals!! i miss you guys

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every song is a byler song if you try hard enough

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do u ever think abt how lucas probably followed mike and will up the stairs in s3 but once he heard them fighting he stayed back and just listened …

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“MIKE IS STRAIGHT—“

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the airport scene really is a cinematic masterpiece

we have argyle and jonathan high as hell

willel excited to see their boo

then this doofus shows up only to have his girlfriend immediately be disappointed by “from: mike”, have a totally “heterosexual” interaction with his best friend, then gets clocked by a guy he doesn’t know for wearing a knock-off

i love every moment of it because in just these 2 minutes you find out everything you need to know about the dynamic between mike, el, and will. this is the first half of the catalyst that takes down mikeven, shows mike’s struggle with his sexuality, and the love will has for mike. it’s chef’s kiss fr i couldn’t have asked for a better scene 🤌

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"will's only role in stranger things is to be in love with mike" bitch the whole story literally started with will. like, if will didn't go missing, nothing of what happened in the show would have actually happened. "but it started with el sending henry to wherever she sent him and then he kidnapped will-" still, if it wasn't for will, you wouldn't even know about henry. will is the main character, get over it. and about him being in love with mike, you're right about one thing - it plays a big role. and you'll all see why (long story short - byler endgame).