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I love how she's reposting byler videos now

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I love that ST wrote Robin as the show's code-breaker.

The Hays Code invented queer-coding...

Her character is a play on breaking out of queer-coded subtext and into the narrative text!

And then to give that queer character code-breaker lines like "blue meets yellow in the west"... It's foreshadowing that they'll be breaking Mike and Will's queer-code in S5 and bringing it into the narrative text.

"The nature of their message is sensitive..." - Robin

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this made me chuckle

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i know we like to make fun of the GA but i kinda feel bad for them. i go on st reddit and tiktok to kinda ragebait myself, and the amount of things i hear and see is diabolical. i refuse to believe that this large amount of people have such a small amount of media literacy.

this is just a few examples of what i saw:

justifying why killing off will is a good writing choice

saying that el is much happier in her relationship than she is when she's independent

romantic stobin 😭

straight-up shit talking bylers

defending billy's actions

these are just things i thought about from the top of my head btw. i want to remind any of the GA that might be seeing this, stranger things is a show about freaks, weirdos, and outcasts, made for freaks, weirdos, and outcasts, made by freaks, weirdos, and outcasts. it isn't riverdale 💀 the writing and intention is much more detailed. with this knowledge, you have to go into the show looking at the fine print and taking the characters and their struggles realistically. let me give you a few examples of some questions you can ask yourself:

is steve just a gigachad, or is he also a metaphor for change and how everyone, even the popular crowd, are more than just their stereotypes?

is nancy just a girlboss, or is she a representation of young women trying to assert themselves in the world and become equal to their male counterparts?

is johnathan just a weirdo with no social skills, or is he a kid that was forced to grow up much too soon and wasn't given the time to make friends because he had to take care of his family?

is dustin just a kid with a medical condition, or is an example of how regardless of the struggles they face, people with medical conditions can be successful in both their personal and professional lives?

is lucas just a black kid, or is he someone that struggles with normalcy in a small, rural town, where he is among the few that are not white?

is max just a skater girl, or is she an allegory for the different characteristics and facets of women and how harmful stereotypes against women are?

is murry just a reporter, or is he what the directors want their audience to be: an analytical and outside-the-box thinker

is robin just a lesbian, or does she showcase the struggles of queer individuals in the U.S. during the 80s, arguably one of the most horrible times to be queer?

is hopper just a cop, or does he give hope to people that feel like they've lost all meaning in life that they can find happiness again and that they can find a family again?

is joyce just a mom, or is she also reckless and makes mistakes and goes through human experiences like all of us but puts her trauma aside to protect her loved ones

is mike just el's boyfriend, or does he struggle with his own trauma and his commitment to friends, and his want to protect his loved ones even though he feels he isn't enough (don't get me started on him being one of the best coming of age and acceptance stories i've ever seen)

is will just a kid that got taken into the upside down, or is he a character that survived everything thrown at him and then some because even though he has gone through so many horrible things and presents himself as shy and polite, he is strong

is el just a girl with powers, or is she a kid that has been locked away for her entire life, that wants to find her own independence and happiness in ways that she was never allowed to or able to do before

these characters are deep. these characters are multifaceted. these characters are not just characters but are metaphors. they are people. they are the people you see at school, in restaurants, strangers you have never even met. they aren't fanservice, they are people.

as the great murray bauman once said:

the GA doesn't look behind the curtain

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El’s perspective of Mike’s monologue is so devastating because Will was able to shake a love confession out of Mike that El never could.

El cried and practically begged Mike to say he loves her, but he called her ridiculous for asking. Will didn’t have to beg or even really ask. He spoke through code and Mike did as told.

And El heard this. She heard how easy it was for Mike to be persuaded as long as she wasn’t the one asking.

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Forever amused by the major side-eye Karen shoots both Ted and Mike in this scene.

Just a crazy series of events. She knows so much.

We talk about Jonathan being the Byler observer, or how Robin might clock them. Heck, some people think they might even get Murray-ed.

But they've already been Karen-ed. She clocked Mike's ass long ago.

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anti bylers: you think we're going to have time for romance in season 5? no, there's too much else going on, the show is focusing on the plot and action

the show in the middle of the plot and action:

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"you're young... attractive.."

"you've got chemistry.."

"history..."

"and the real shit... shared trauma."

"trust issues, am i right? must be something to do with your dad"

"and you, you're harder to read. Probably like everyone, afraid of what would happen if you accepted yourself for who you really are"

"...and retreated back to the safety of.. steve. we like steve, but we dont love steve."

this is exactly why byler wont get murray'd next season, because in a way, he already clocked them.

-clericscauldron

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I do not need 300 slides of analysis or a two hour video by a lawyer to be convinced Byler should and could happen. I do not need subtext, I don't think it would be a plot twist. This is a textual thing that is clear as day. I am not even a byler, and this is pissing me off.

People keep acting like Mike and Will's relationship hasn't always been tonally different, and that the writers haven't been building tension in their relationship at least since season 3. Even as a person who wouldn't deem themself a Byler, I can see that. I am so tired of people being like "show me proof of byler then!", as if Byler doesn't have everything that every straight relationship in this show has had. It is clearly heteronormativity.

You think Stancy might get back together next season, even though Nancy has always been with Johnathan and Steve's feelings are clearly unreciprocated? How is that any different than the setup Byler is getting? You thought that Jancy was going to get together in Seasons 1 and 2 even though Nancy already had a boyfriend, because of the tonal choices the writers made and the way the actors looked at each other? How is that any different than the setup Byler is getting?

I can not see this VERY CLEAR love triangle ending in a way where Mike finds out and literally nothing changes, and then he gets to keep living his happy straight life with Eleven, while Will is alone, gay and tortured. Or dead apparently.

Something has to happen with the painting lie and something has to happen between Will and Mike, and literally what else could happen?

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Fr 👀

No scene (from any show/movie) will ever make me feel just how I feel when watching the fish scene. PURE PERFECTION in every single way!!!

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Omg Edvin 😮 I knew he'd go far, he's an incredible actor

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bong joon ho really said "here's a story about how capitalism is designed to exploit the weak however it can. we must break the machine. those at the top cannot be reasoned with and have to be stopped by force. i know you feel expendable. they don't care about you and will beat you into submission at a moment's notice. you're not expendable. our only way out is through compassion. im killing donald trump with a bomb. im showing you that someone will always love you. oh and here's robert pattinson having sex with himself as a treat."

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when a guy has a best bro and a girlfriend he truly loves at the same time, it looks like this:

IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS!!

thank you goodnight

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Byler ALREADY got Murray'd

"I, uh…I sense tension." *looks at mike and will* 👀

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How it feels looking through byler Tumblr every morining

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me when i remember that two scenes are back to back

oh, and bonus point