#byhop siblings

[maybebitterxox]

*El sneaking in through the window at midnight*

Jonathan, spinning around in a swivel chair: Care to explain where you were- why won’t this chair stop spinning. El I know you’re doing this. STOP THIS INSTANT. STOP I’M GETTING SICK. YOU’RE GOING TO THROW ME OFF THE CHAIR STOP

[mikhardwheat]

Byler. Mike's "avoiding" Will at Rink-O-Mania.

First and foremost, as many people (I assume) already have pointed out, Byhop siblings look quite similar in this scene:

But I want to talk about the camera choices right before that.

Opening scene: Mike is out of frame and he's the only one without an employee in front of him (we can see El and Will looking at the guys at the counter). Camera zooms out, Mike's looking directly at Will.

He quickly turns away as they start walking.

We couldn't see him before, but this shot implies he was watching Will the whole time.

Later, he'll give El exactly three short glances while she is looking at him non-stop, safe for the Byhop conversation

[in4ct1ve-m0ved]

drop pop candy - willel edit

[ice-sculptures]

Dropping in to say that even though we’re strangers, I am glad you exist. Every time I see your icon on tumblr, I smile (and not just because you have the best takes on my favorite characters). I saw your tags on that Charlie Spring post about relating to him more lately, and I hope that you have just as much support as he does, too, and if not, that you find your people soon <3 And that this ask brightens your day a little, too. May your dreams tonight be filled with the Hopper-Byers siblings having the happiest time of their lives <3

oh 🥺 this is easily one of the kindest things anyone has ever said to me, and i’m not kidding when i say that i teared up Immediately when i first opened this….i didn’t think anyone would be reading those tags so i can’t tell you how much it means that you noticed and chose to send me this lovely message. so thank you so much, you really did brighten my day ❤️

also part of me wanted to save this in my inbox so that i could look at it forever, but the other part of me that wanted to let you know how much i appreciated this message eventually won out 😅

[http-byler]

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Byler - crazy together

Mike - the heart

Will - the wise

El - the mage

Lucas - the ranger

Max - the zoomer

Dustin - the bard

Nancy - the knight

Jonathan - castle guard

Argyle - noble steed

Jargyle - purple palm tree delight

Joyce - the queen

Hop - black hole

Jopper - enzos @ 7

Robin - the translator

Steve - the babysitter

Eddie - the freak

Willel - psychic siblings

Jonwill - byers brothers

Byhop Family - magic kingdom

Mileven - you never say it

Lumax - that’s presumptuous of you

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[maybebitterxox]

Within a few weeks of El staying with the Byers, she and Will realise something: the both of them individually have the biggest saddest puppy eyes ever and, with both of their cuteness combined together, they can get absolutely anything they want.

If you try and say no to them, you’ll suddenly have two teary-eyed kicked puppy faces staring at you and you’ll be forced to do what they want because you just can’t say no to those faces, it feels evil. So whenever they want something, they simply have to flash their trademarked Byhop twins sad face and it’s only a matter of time before they get what they want. Within a couple of months in Cali, Joyce has bought them a waffle maker and a bunch of new art supplies so that Will can teach El how to paint, Jonathan has agreed to take them out for ice cream at least twice a week, Argyle has bought them a lifetime supply of cookies and all three of the above saved up money together to get them both new bikes.

When they get back to Hawkins, their adorable manipulative tactic continues. Lucas spends all his allowance on snacks for them, Dustin borrows them his cool expensive gadgets and stuff, Max teaches them both to skateboard and gives them a bunch of tapes of her fav songs, Mike forks over about half of his comic collection to them and all four of the aforementioned have to join Will in teaching El how to play DND.

The Byers-Hopper twins are an unstoppable force. They are absolutely fucking adorable and they know it.

[mikhardwheat]

Mike Wheeler Theory. DM to Paladin pipeline.

People here were talking about the reason why Vecna attacked only when Mike left the Hawkins. And how he was straightforwardly called "a heart" by Will later in the season.

He's the one holding the shield here, while everyone else backs him up. And while we have Lucas on the right, who was and is a Knight (warrior) too, Mike chose to be a Paladin (knight of honor).

Which is interesting, because:

He was DM before, right? He practically wrote the whole story while it was happening. (Also, it's worth mentioning that he canonically wants to be a writer).

And what happens after is: Will goes missing and Mike totally loses his mind, trying to find him. And then there's El, and he wants her to bring Will back, but the whole thing just keeps going down. Mike doesn't have control over the situation and it freaks him out

They, obviously, do not play DnD while Will is somewhere missing.

But when they get him back, and by the end of the s1 Mike's is DMing again (he is writing the story).

This got me thinking (I came up with this theory in September, so correct me if I'm wrong):

In s2 he's not constantly freaking out, despite El going missing. He's got his usual life back. Notably, he isn't playing, he DMs.

Now, we know Wheeler siblings are control freaks, right. They like when things go the way they want them to and hate the change, especially if it's an uncomfortable or/and an unexpected one.

Skipping 2nd season, in the 3rd season Mike isn't the one hosting the game, which, considering the two seasons and his personality, is weird.

Will does it instead, and Mike not only doesn't want to play, he makes a show out of how much he isn't interested in participating. 3rd season Mike doesn't have a leading position for the first time in the show, and we're just ignoring it somehow??

Or y'all figured it out and I'm just being slow. In any case...

4rd season Mike is the first one we get as a full-time player, and he choses a "Trusted Leader" (ref. the picture above). Safe option for his pride, if you ask me.

1st season again: Will throws the dice and gets 7 (meaning, Demogorgon takes him), and Lucas offers him to cheat, because Mike didn't see the number, but Will decides he'd tell him the truth.

Lucas said, Will could've lie and Mike wouldn't possibly know he did. This lie would've saved Will's life. And it doesn't have to do anything with Mike, who supposedly is in the lead. Because if Mike doesn't know, it didn't happen. Mike's influence goes as far as his knowledge goes.

Off-top: I also think, the dice scene was foreshadowing Will's fake death, because Mike didn't believe Will is dead even after he saw the body. Mike didn't witness Will die = Will is alive. Simple as that.

Finn said Mike's role was passive in s4 and he is right! Mike wasn't the one to initiate anything since s3 where he lost/abandoned his hosting privilege.

However, as I mentioned before, in s4 Mike is a player (both in ell Fire and in real life). As soon as El gets taken away - she was the reason he stopped playing, keep that in mind - he starts doing conscious decisions again. He plays the game.

El's "From El" letter hit him hard not only because it was his own medicine shoved down his throat. He is forced to "look at the table".

He has been clearly avoiding his responsibilities before, but this makes him realize his mistake. It reminds him of how bad he actually is at losing control and how damaging it appears to be. Not only for him, but for the others too.

Side note, literally nothing happened when Byhop siblings left Hawkins. The only two people in the show who are connected to the Upside Down and were proved to be capable of surviving it. Why Vecna didn't attack as soon as the worthy opponents weren't here anymore?

Instead, he waited for Mike to leave, before he took the first shot. (On the afterthought, Vecna's victims were experiencing the symptoms while he was still in the town).

And now we can go back to the painting, after all of my points were made:

Mike Wheeler is the Shield of Hawkins. He protects the town as well as his companions. The way he holds his sword - upright and forward, causing the beast to stay away, can easily mean that he's one of the few things that keep Upside Down hidden from others.

It's his little world that he was slowly loosing control of ever since s1. And now he's forced to fight to get it back.

This theory has no conclusions, only observations, but I know that there are smart people over here, who can make something out of it.

If you've read it all... Thanks.

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love how my top 5 is literally just the wheeler and byhop siblings