#the duffer brothers

[master-of-hellfire]

POV: Scrolling through Steve Harrington’s camera roll

[bebx]

2 legendary characters portrayed by 2 legendary actors, Johnny and Jamie !!

@twihs-blog

[nayalovesbyler2]

this crossed a very important line.

it isn’t about the ships at this point, it’s about queer characters’ feelings being used to ‘uplift’ the straight couple’s relationship.

as a queer person myself, will’s car scene has me sobbing all day. all day. and i know it’s “just a tv show” but honestly? it makes you believe that this is the most you’ll get. treating a queer character as a plot device and having them suffer, be ignored and left out is actually heartbreaking. we all know they can do better than this

god, he literally called himself a mistake.

[gayofthefae]

Season 4 wasn't about Mike being with El. It was about Mike not being with Will. That's how you shoot a pining love story, not an established endgame ship.

"They just want us to know that Will is sad his love is unrequited!" And why would they ever choose to distract you like that? You can only focus on one thing: Milkvan or Will. They picked Will. Every time.

Actually, scratch that. There weren't two options. They could have made it even. They could have given them some happy scenes outside of Will. But they didn't want you to root for them even for a second. And if you did, if you thought you were safe, they wanted you to feel guilty when they pulled back and you saw Will's face. This season was them saying "You're rooting for them? How could you. Look at what you're doing to him."

They associated Milkvan with viewer guilt.

[love-too-believe]

Everytime I'm reminded that Billy really could have had the most raw complex interesting gay storyline in the history of media, but the Duffers are shit writers...

Like could you imagine how great this would have been. A gay character that's allowed to be problematic. Complex. Rageful. His story isn't fluffy. It isn't cute.

It's unapologetically a raw story of a gay teen in the 80s with rage issues, an abusive father, an absent mother and no support system.

[michaelinprogress]

Ok listen I certainly don’t HATE the short look on Mike. I think it’ll look nice on him, show his age more. But gosh I wish they let him grow out his hair like this for s5.

Thinking about him exploring the upside down with a bandana over his nose and mouth and a ponytail holding his long hair up is so good

[rebelcthulhu]

hey duff bros come here I just wanna talk!

[gayrapproves]

yes, I pray to the duffer brothers to make byler canon every night before I go to bed.

no, I'm not religious at all in any way shape or form.

no, I'm not going to tell ANYONE except for the byler community on tumblr

[ryan-waddell11]

god, I miss him so much. please come back :((

[bebx]

how I imagine a confrontation between Vecna and Michael Wheeler would go

plot twist: they share a brain cell

[spacebolt]

I need something to obsess over for the rest of the week 😠

[nayalovesbyler2]

time to face it yall

the duffers would make the actors retake a scene a MILLION times if the outcome is not what they wanted. like im tired of ppl calling finn a bad actor

you see mike being cold around el? that’s what they want us to see.

you see mike looking at will’s lips? that’s what they want us to see.

you see will feeling hopeful and happy while grabbing the painting? THATS WHAT THEY-

[gayofthefae]

Setting up that Mike can break Will out of trances more successfully and consistently than anything was a genius way to intertwine a love story with lore for real like props. That's how you build to a climax.

[chaoticharrington]

[bylerchoseme]

Here is the Millie interview in relation to M*leven and interesting she doesn’t say Mike and Eleven are her favorite pop culture couple.

[pizzaqueen]

Never seen this before!

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