#I am for byler because BYLER is for byler

[spookystarfishzombie]

[lxdryn]

I feel like I'm going crazy when it comes to byler because i am SO sure of it and it feels so obvious to me but i swear I've watched so many reactions and EVERYTIME the people don't pick up on it and they're just like oh yeah poor will struggling with his sexuality and oh mike who can't say i love you to el because his parents and he's afraid of losing her and I'm like NOOO i swear most of the general audience think this and it makes me think like guys...are we actually insane...why does nobody seem to see it when its right there!!!!

help me im losing my mind

[doyoulikedem]

gm byler nation!

just dropping in with a reminder for if you're ever having byler doubt!

just think about this for a second:

the duffer brothers would have had no reason to acknowledge/confirm or even establish will's love for mike (and therefore byler, by extension) if not to have a confession/confrontation included in the next season of the show.

if they had pretended the romantic tension between mike and will hadn't existed in the first place then yes, it would be queerbating, but they might have been able to slip away with it (legally, maybe not emotionally) whilst still maintaining a shred of plausible deniability.

but now seeing as they have acknowledged will's sexuality and the object of his affections (😏) and managed to boost byler to be equally, if not more popular than the "true" canon ship, they now are obligated to acknowledge it in the show, especially as they talk about season 5 focusing on will coming into himself more.

now if we put two and two together, we will remember milkvan's . umm. ?issues, and the amount of season 5 bts we've got of each pair respectively up to this point, with mike and will seeming to almost always be together, as well as their promises of being a "team" this season, and realise that if a confrontation has/is going to happen, wouldn't the bts we're getting look a little bit. idk. different??

i, for one, highly doubt that the duffer brothers would have will confess and then be turned down by mike (because come on.

a) what type of representation is that even &

b) why would they even include that? it would just be useless and take away from the mainplot of the story &

c) not acknowledging byler at this point would be blatant queer-bating. as was touched on before.

d) mike is also in love with will, they just can't come out and say it as not to spoil the ?surprise? and spark any controversy before the release of the new season.)

and seriously.

the history that would be made with such an iconic romantic subplot?? hello??????. they can't let all of their plotting and parallels and hints and hard work go to waste. they wouldnt.

therefore, the confrontation must have gone.. *shocked, stunned gasping* .. well???? for byler????

i am SHOCKED.

anyways.

byler doubt? don't know her 💗🌈

byler endgame!!

[obsessionatthemoment]

I just had a realization that arguing with Milevens is not going to change the fate of the show. Whatever happens happens, and I feel like I am being just as toxic as them. I believe Byler is endgame, and they think Mileven is endgame, and that’s that. This doesn’t mean I’m not going to post about why I don’t think Mileven is endgame, but when someone disagrees with me I’m going to let them do their thing because getting in arguments with people is just making me feel gross (and I have definitely been in the wrong a few times).

[emblazons]

me when people think I’m arguing / betting on for the end of Mike & El because I’m a byler…and not because I am media literate + can follow narrative cues & subtext:

[byerseason]

some ranting

people do not realize how important the representations are and it’s really pissing me off so much. they act like byler wouldn’t be a representation just because they don’t like the ship.

talking about my own family, they’ve always been homophobic due to religious reasons. i had a friend who was lesbian, and when my mom accidentally heard about that, she forced me to cut ties with her. that was how she was in the past.

we watched st with her multiple times. and whether you accept it or not, the queer characters do make a difference. my mom started to feel empathy towards will. he was always her favorite since s1 but in s4 she wasn’t disgusted by his sexuality or anything. she was in fact feeling sad for him.

these characters give the audience the chance to see what these people go through. to see the harshness of their lives and how they can’t even accept and love themselves, and for what? for the most basic human feeling ever, love.

i was talking about will and how he changed her with my mom and she told me if i ever experience some kind of things or anything i can always talk to her. that wasn’t something my mom from 3 years ago would do.

and now if byler happens, she will see how pure the love can be even if it’s between the same gender. how hard their lives can be. just because you don’t like the ship itself it doesn’t mean it’s not making a difference for good. and we need these representations in mainstream media like stranger things. you know my mom would not sit down and watch heartstopper or any other queer-based show. it’s important to shove it to their faces. and for byler, mike’s point of view is gonna be a perfect representation of internalized homophobia since we don’t have many shows that have that. it’ll perfectly show what people thought was love all along was STILL love but a queer one, which will prove them it’s not any different.

[upsidedog]

i was gonna do this meme with the original format then a much better came to mind

[greenfiend]

You have to stop the world…

Just to stop the feeling…

[bylrndgm]

MIKE WHEELER IN EVERY EPISODE [5/42] 1.05 The Flea and The Acrobat

[booksandpaperss]

a Mike who is in love with Will and follows Will into the upside down NOT because he is in love with him, but because that’s his best friend

[thranduel]

how was this monologue real

[blue-byers]

this song has been playing in my head non-stop with mike wheeler running around it

song: has anybody seen my will to live by The Tin Knees

[kiirotoao]

Byler and it’s Mike biking over to see Will in the freezing winter weather and when Will sees him his eyes go wide and he wraps Mike in a big hug asking why did you do that? Oh my god you’re so cold get in here, your cheeks are red, are you okay? Don’t ever do that again but all Mike cares about is finally being in his arms

(Or vice versa 🤭)

[superstarcadet]

"The flames persist and so do I." I SOMEHOW FINISHED DAY THREE OF @byler-week BEFORE THE DAY ENDED FOR ME?? Idk how but I did! A couple of my favorite panels of the week are in this set, so I hope you all enjoy it <3 Today's Prompts were: Defeated, Berry, Picking, Purple/Black color scheme Part One || Part Two

[paladinsbrainrot]

just realized that we’re going to see byler at 8 and 18 in the same season This Is Fine I Am Not Freaking Out

[dysfunctionalupsidedown]

Hold up.