#LETTERGATE

[stranger-theory]

"what if Mike has a bunch of letters to Will in his closet he never sent BUT BUT BUT they're signed "love, Mike"🫢"

"mom, thats lettergate"

"THATS A THING⁉️😨"

i love my mom this is so funny and i WILL be reporting her theories on here if i can get some long ones that i remember

[lucystark12]

do we like the new t shirt i got??

[greenfiend]

What Letter to Willy tells us…

Two scenes. One song. How both scenes tell us a lot in hidden details…

Letter to Willy… interesting title, no? Not “letter to Billy”, no, the “W” needed to be added to clue us in on how this is about Will.

Not just about Will, but about November 6, 1983.

To begin, let’s talk about both of these scenes. The first one is of Max in the episode Dear Billy. She’s seen at his grave reading her letter to a deceased William. She reads out her feelings and regrets.

The second scene is in the next episode The Nina Project. The song begins playing when Mike and Will catch each others’ eyes while digging and have a heart to heart on top of a car. During the heart to heart, Mike expresses frustration and regret.

Both scenes feature someone who has passed away and their headstone.

Both scenes feature characters dwell on the “what if”s.

Here’s where things get interesting…

Mike referencing someone giving a number… notice how both scenes here involve a car? In fact, it’s almost like we’re viewing the scene on the left from a different perspective (through the car) on the scene on the left. Don’t believe the callback here? Well…

Look at what Mike is holding. 7up. Yup. This is absolutely intentional.

It seems like to me that they’re showing us Mike’s guilt over what happened to Will that night. He has regrets. Possibly because Will actually did die. At least in some timeline.

A little hint to that here too. Associating the “last day of life” with “Mike Wheeler’s basement”…. Can’t really get more on the nose than that. Mike Wheeler’s basement… aka the last place Will was before he “vanished”?

As a writer, he likely wished he could explain himself through writing… in a letter… to Will. Perhaps hoping that an explanation could somehow prevent a tragedy from occurring?

This line makes me suspicious that there’s some sort of time loop 🔁 on the day of Will’s disappearance.

And of course… this all leads back to…

And of course, another possible Back to the Future reference.

For those unaware, Marty saves Doc’s life by writing him a letter and giving it to him in 1955… preventing his death in 1985

What I’m getting at is this: this letter is more significant than you might think. Yes, it is a love letter, but it also is what likely ends up saving Will’s life.

[elyasdoodles]

📝 🖼️

[bylertruth3r]

this is sooo Mike's unsent love letter to Will

Will said that Mike only called him a couple of times but it turns out that Mike tried to call him a lot but the line was busy and he also mentioned letters so what if Mike did write Will letters and signed them "love, Mike" and just never sent them?

It could be this because Mike said to Will "this past year has been weird"

it's not new for him to write to Will

[thefirstlioveyou]

still thinking about what's in his pocket. if not lettergate then why lettergate-shaped

[thesapphicsoldier]

[henry-fox-biggest-stan]

We do NOT talk about this nearly enough

[abirdonathrone]

"it's hawkins, it's not the same without you"

this is my stranger things day special drawing, its supposed to be mike during the time when will was in california and he's just not happy lol :,)

i couldn't add as many lil easter eggs and references as i like to do because i was using his exact room that's shown in s4 as a reference but that room had enough easter eggs in itself 😭😭 ofc there's the one way sign pointing to the closet like can it get more obvious, there's the two posters of buff men compared to when we see the rooms of steve or lucas we see women on the walls because we know they like women, there's the yellow towel?? i think its a towel and the blue tie hanging on the wardrobe, and i added the blue backpack in the corner with the yellow letter like pocket just because i absolutely adore the -love, mike letter theory :))

and this ones a bit more vague and doesn't really mean much but i added the blue shirt half covering the light in the background, kinda to show mike trying to hide his true self and not letting his real feelings shine, but the light is slowly being unveiled

[chirpsythismorning]

INTERESTING a storyline that ppl say would be impossible for Mike bc of x y z and yet here is Jack Mcphee in Dawson's Creek living his forced conforming lifestyle, dating a girl and denying his sexuality, having a mental breakdown in his nuclear family front hallway and everything...

[honeybunnygummy]

I have no doubt in lettergate because NO WAY mike barely wrote anything to his literal bestfriend of 10 years ??

[hnbka]

me when s5 byler starts pulling some "cool" "cool" shit again and i see something in mike's pocket:

[bibylers]

Let’s think about one of the most famous byler theories.

💙 LETTERGATE 💛

Which is also is connected to…..

💙 POCKETGATE 💛

Now, just to clarify, I don’t know EVERY SINGLE detail to these theories, but I’d still like to go through it.

If I miss something please feel free to comment about it! :)

Now let’s start with Pocketgate.

Pocketgate is a theory based on THIS:

Now, how can a POCKET create a full theory?

Let’s take a look at the pocket shall we?

Does it maybe remind you of something?

Hmmm….

Yeah… I definitely don’t think that’s a coincidence.

ALSO..

Okay so triangle imagery on Robin’s jacket = lgbtq+ easter egg…

HMMMMMM….

Not suspicious AT ALL………

Now back to the fact that the pocket looks EXACTLY like an envelope.

That could be some great foreshadowing to season 5.

Maybe Mike DID write to Will..? 🤨🤨🤨

And THAT makes the theory go from POCKETGATE to LETTERGATE.

LETTERGATE = Mike did write to Will but couldn’t send the letters.

“Why??” you may ask…

TADAAAA ✨✨✨✨✨✨

Something almost everyone a part of the lgbtq community has suffered from.

ESPECIALLY in the 80s.

So, are there any other signs or proof of Lettergate being possible?

YES.

OKAY so obviously it’s A LETTER since it ends with

“Love, ____”

Let me try to make my own version of it.

Anyway I think you’ll like it. Sorry I couldn’t get it done for your birthday but you mean so much to me and it’s been so different without you in Hawkins. Hope this is gonna last until I get to California. Love, Mike.

OH

MY

GOD

So if the letter was from Mike and connected to Will’s birthday, then it’s not just connected to Pocketgate and Lettergate but ALSO

💙 BIRTHDAYGATE 💛

Brithdaygate = The duffers didn’t actually forget about Will’s birthday and Mike didn’t either

Also, Milkvans are obviously hoping for it to be about Mike and El, BUT IT CANT SINCE..

UMMM…

BYLER FREAKING ENDGAME YALL!!!!???

[greenfiend]

Dear Willy…

[gay-episode]

Save me lettergate.. Save me.. Lettergate save me..

[bylertruth3r]

Mike signed his letters to El "From, Mike", Mike signed his letters to Will "love, Mike" but never sent them because he was scared of how Will woul've reacted cuz he thinks Will is straight (Finn confirmed Mike doesn't know Will is gay)

maybe Will will find the letters in a box while he's staying at Mike's? and maybe Mike wrote his letters with the type writer in his room, maybe that's what's in Mike's pocket?