#byler s4 theory

[chirpsythismorning]

Welcome to a series I'm calling:

Yes, that scene did foreshadow Mike's monologue was disingenuous

Because you'd be surprised how many times the show (even prior to s4) has poked fun at Mike's monologue in the most random ways.

The Bingham's Beautiful Performance

First we have Suzie's sister on the floor, bedazzled and sporting a veil all while her brother is filming. This is basically the kids attempting to present a tale of a romance ending in gruesome tragedy.

Our bride here is El. The edition of the veil could be a nod to the loud majority's series long assumption that Mike and El are going to end the show together, preferably getting married.

Unfortunately, this is the closest thing they'll ever get to it, with the acknowledgement of that possibility in and of itself being mocked.

This next shot makes the likelihood that these scenes are connected pretty much indisputable, that being the edition of the record player behind the bride's head.

The only reason they made a point of having Will push the radio out of El's way, was to subtly connect this moment in Surfer boy to the beautiful performance we saw at the Bingham's only a few episodes prior (scenes that are widely known to be filled with foreshadowing for the season's ending).

A few bylers have already talked about these parallels, so this isn't new knowledge per say. But I do know some have dropped it altogether as possible foreshadowing for whatever reason, while most fans outside of the byler fandom insist it only foreshadowed Eddie's death. However, I think there are too many details that equally, if not more connect it to Mike's monologue than to Eddie's death.

Some fans have also noticed how Will was missing in quite a few shots at the Bingham's, which is interesting, but not all that surprising. Especially in this case...

Will. Will is the director

Director Will: GET THAT RADIO OUT OF MY SHOT!

Will directed the monologue when he used his feelings to inspire Mike, with the reminder of it (literally in the moment) directing Mike to confess to El, just like Suzie's brother directed that beautiful performance. Both performances convincingly left its audience thinking that the performers feelings in that moment were believable and...

genuine...

[paladintoyourcleric]

"But Mileven had been built up for 4 seasons"

What tf do you mean built up, they kissed a week after they met.

[tender-emotional-music]

I think the sooner people learn that we don’t really know how s5 is gonna go down, and that byler can happen in a hundred different ways so it doesn’t really matter if certain theories are debunked the better

[strawberrybyers]

when karen goes missing in s5. when nancy and mike discover they’re related to the creels in the process of trying to find their mom. when el discovers henry is her dad because the lab secretly impregnated terry. therefore all of this putting another nail in mikeven’s coffin 😌

[omartinyosef]

bro was really like

[bugsbenefit]

"i just want byler to happen, Mike's sexuality doesn't need to be defined for that" is all well and good but doesn't acknowledge that it would actively devalue byler

for a ship to be compelling and universally enjoyed (not just by a subset of fans who's been hyperinvolved with the ship for years) it needs to be built up and executed well... which means BOTH characters need to have depth and a coherent character arc in order for people to get why the ship is happening and why they should root for it

if we never even get insight into the most surface level "did he even like El romantically at some point" questions, his character is absolutely fucked forever. goodbye main character Mike, Will might as well date a random new guy then if they were to reduce Mike to an actual prop with nothing worth exploring on screen. Byler would have no hit to it and would be a waste of a childhood friends to lovers and mc/mc romance

just Will having a compelling arc with his sexuality isn't enough to carry the ship if the other party gets brushed off with a "he likes Will back so we don't care about anything else he's got going on". especially when Will thinking Mike was straight so he had no chance with him was a main plot point of the previous seasons. Mike can't just suddenly do a 180 with no further explanation without it being bad writing. that's just the fact of the matter. byler would be rushed and bad writing if it was executed like that, no shipping goggles or love for their characters would change that

if you "just want byler to happen" and want it to be done in a way that doesn't have people hate it you DO actually want Mike's sexuality to be addressed. because one requires the other to happen

[junoisthecoolest]

so bylers canon ig

[risisthis]

Max confirmed in 5x01

Comparing the cast list of 4x07 and 5x01, it’s fair to conclude who the crossed out person is

[cloudycleric]

something about the fact that hawkins is literally turned into a hell hole war zone in s5 awakens something in my soul. like we are actually getting apocolaypse (i cannot spell that word & im too lazy for auto correct rn) byler. like think about it. our boys are gonna get down & dirty. theres gonna be guns. theres gonna be survivalist shit. we are so blessed godbless im gonna cry IM SAOSIIDGJODSJHGL HSTRANGE RHTINGS 5 OAHODGJJ OHH MY GOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDD

[number1bylerstan]

everybody moved on I stayed there

[chirpsythismorning]

We never really left

[paladintoyourcleric]

There is no way Mike believed that painting was commissioned by El.

She literally doesn't know anything about DnD, and the painting was probably based of a prior campaign, that El had no interaction with.

And lastly, why would she commission a painting for her boyfriend without her in it?

[byleranalysis]

NEW STRANGER THINGS S5 LEAKS Y’ALL

AHHHHHH——

[byers7wheeler]

If byler isn’t endgame I’m gonna feel goofy as fuck

[coniangray]

One good thing with strangers things is that if/when byler is endgame or cannon they will DEFINITELY show flashbacks like they always do to remind their audience how it happened it the past and how everything lead to that ending.

[foxlady992]

I've been thinking, and the way I want them to play Byler out{if it happens}. I don't want will to just confess to mike because we basically already got that what I want is for will to parrel mike in s3 when he say's I love her I can't lose her blah blah I don't remember but he would be like talking to robin or Joyce I feel and be like "I love mike and I'm afried that because I do I'm going to lose him" and mike overhears it like El does and he can't get it out of his head the whole time and realizes that he's loved will since kindergarten and will notices that something is up with mike and he can't answer, they somehow get stuck into a situation where it's just them and mike creaks bc duh it's will. also El and mike probably break up in the near beginning when were still in Hawkins also El would be happy for her brother also she wouldn't understand being gay so I think she wouldn't be weird about mike being gay or will. if you disagree lmk!!<3 byee!!