i am choosing to believe that Vecna made everyone forget Will's birthday for Plot Reasons (do I know what plot reasons? absolutely not) and that will eventually be resolved, so imagine this is in the aftermath of that 👍
“How’s school going?” Joyce asks.
“Good. It’s…going good,” Mike replies. She nods and sips her hot chocolate.
“Mrs. Byers.” She looks up at him and Mike feels his heart beat faster. “Why did you make three hot chocolates?”
She takes her time to answer. “I don’t know,” she replies after a while. “It felt like the right thing to do today.”
Today. Today’s weird, Mike thinks.
“It’s March 22nd today.”
“I know.”
or
what happens when Birthdaygate and Lettergate meet.
title: with all my heart
word count: 21331
link: with all my heart on ao3
Stranger Things (G, 1/1, 1.2k, birthdaygate/byler)
El had it commissioned for me a couple years ago,” he says boldly. “It’s of the Party, see? The best artist in the world painted this.”
Mike can’t actually remember El telling him who made it, but he knows it’s true all the same. He knows that this painting means a lot to him, and he loves the work of the person who painted it.
“Oh,” says Will, quietly, and like he read Mike’s mind, continues, “Who painted it for you?"
Mike doesn't trust newcomer Will, who supposedly languished in the Upside Down for two-and-a-half years before Nancy rescued him in November 1988. But when it comes to him, something itches at the back of Mike's mind all the same...
happy day 3 of @bylerweek2023!! 🥰 this one was so fun to write.
hi again!! okay so. for day three of @bylerweek2023 i have something a bit different? just… have fun with it lol.
keep in mind: potential warning for derealization. stay safe!
very special day (day 3: birthdaygate/byler gates)
take the clues and work through it! it’s not all that complex (having made the whole thing last night) but it might be the slightest bit confusing so don’t let that deter you :)
repetition, repetition, repetition is key. best of luck!
So ever since I’ve joined Tumblr during the rise of Mikhailgate, I’ve been keeping track of true history of the tumblr tag in my notes. So this is what I’ve got so far:
2022:
8/5: scriptgate
8/26: mikhailgate
8/31: twilightgate
9/2: lucas and max pass notes script lumax/breathgate
No I did not! There were already other fans pointing out birthday mentions in s4 by the time I started making posts about it! I was just joining in on the fun! I’m not sure who called it birthdaygate first though!
The whole concept of turning things into gates came about organically through bylers coming together during/post-s4, and theorizing about various things on the show!
The only thing I’ll take credit for is picking up on evidence Will is twelve in s4! I did coin the name twelvegate, in fact I am the first person to post in that tag! However, the theory that Will is twelve is something that was already a theory a while back. Though there wasn’t much proof back then, there’d been talk Will could be a lab kid going back to s1 even on Reddit and st wiki, and there’d also been speculation on here that he could be 012 specifically going back to s2-3.
Though unfortunately those fans have since become more inactive and have essentially dropped the theory bc s4 didn’t follow through how they expected overall. I honestly don’t think they’ve actually examined the s4 evidence that I or others have stumbled upon since then. Like I said their mostly inactive these days, so I think they just don’t know. I just happened to come across their theories after stumbling across the s4 evidence, which only made me feel even more confident about it! So technically I can’t take credit for discovering it, more so me recovering it and reopening the gate as twelvegate!
I also have to give credit to rainbowshipgate bc I was reading that theory when I decided to go back and rewatch s4 with a lens of ‘could one of these kids be Will?’ And that’s when I discovered a lot of the evidence Will could be twelve dominates s4, and then came across other posts from the past speculating!
I do feel sad that the people who used to believe twelvegate, before it even got that name, don’t even believe it anymore. Bc s4 was what really sealed the deal for me personally!
I could be wrong about it all of course, but if it ends up being true I look forward to reconnecting with those initial theorists about it who gave up pre-s4!! It would be cool!
Byler Week Day 3: Birthdaygate/Byler gates Overview
Hello everyone!!! Tomorrow, March 22th (aka Will's Birthday 🤭👀), is the THIRD DAY of our Byler Week!!!!
And as we said before in our previous posts, we are making playlists for each day of Byler Week and we're posting them here, in this blog, ONE DAY before each day, so everyone can listen to it before and maybe use them as inspiration for your Byler Week plans/posts!!!
Here's our mixtape for
Day 3 - Birthdaygate/Byler gates:
And ALSO, we're hosting Watch Parties each day of Byler Week
Here are the episodes we're going to watch tomorrow:
Season Two Chapter Five: Dig Dug
Season Two Chapter Six: The Spy
Season Two Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer
We hope everyone enjoys the Mixtape and we also hope everyone can join us on the Watch Parties!!!
And please, let us know if you have any questions!!!
to all birthdaygate truthers who make amazing analysis's, all the bylers who write season 5 scripts, all the bylers who make awesome fanfics, all the bylers who make amazing fanart, bylers who start 50 cults and 20 gates a day, and all the bylers who make really long ass posts about lighting and cinematography and all that stuff that i don't read but like and reblog anyway because i know your right. i love you, this is an appreciation post. never change your awesome and we love you. you're the heart of this fandom <3