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OH MY GOD!! This is hilarious, I'm going to be giggling about this all day 🤣

I'm sick today and this really cheered me up, thank you ���

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SENDING ME

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I can't stop laughing 🤣

i want what milkvans are on

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I really want this to happen.

im desperately gonna need them to interact this season 🙏 also joyce trusted mike enough to take care of will, she knows how much mike means to her son <3 i feel like a heart to heart scene with joyce and mike would be PERFECT aswell

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This got me giggling. Jonathan stop stirring the pot, he's confused enough as it is without you making him jealous on top of it.

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I keep hearing people say they think "Will is going to die", or that, "Will's going to have a villain arc", and I'm just not buying it.

You want to know why I'm not buying it? Having Will die or become a villain, or both, would be playing into two of the most harmful and homophobic tropes in media. "The bury your gays" trope and "the gay villain" trope, and I can't see the Duffer brothers using either of them, other then maybe to subvert them.

So yeah I don't see that happening. Not to mention Will dying would make season 1 and 2 feel pointless, and I don't think they'd want that.

Homophobic biases are dangerous, I swear that's the main reason people think this is what Will's arc is going to be. They've seen those tropes too many times in media, and now think that's just how it is. Even if it's subconscious.

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MIKE WITH A SWORD!! 🗡

I NEED Mike to have a sword in season 5. Let him be a real life paladin, PLEASE!!

I think I may have gone slightly overboard with the background. I wasn't actually planning on even doing a background, but here we are.

Drawing idea 1, from the poll I did is done. Next up, the party as hobbits 😁

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Mike, sweetie, please come out of the closet. They didn't mean it! You are a perfectly straight person. There's nothing gay about staring at your male best friend... Wait!?? Why are you hiding even more?? Mike come on, stop hiding from your problems! No Will didn't hear me!! Oh my god!

listen, i love the mike jokes just as much as the next Byler, but if mike found out we call him variations of “Homotron 7000” it would set him back a full decade. he’d be back in that closet faster than you can say “mike wheeler i know what you are”

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"You look at the options for gender and gender presentation and decide to go back to bed".

I think you just explained my thoughts on gender. Which is impressive cause I've been struggling with it for at least 5 years now. I mean, I know I'm not cis, but it's so hard to pin point what I am, and it would be such a pain to do anything about it, that I just, don't. I'm just gonna sit here, in my androgynous clothes, with my androgynous hair cut and let you decide what I am.

Cause I. Can't. Be. Bothered!

Maybe I'll decide some day. But not today!

I wonder how many gay people are actually transgender & dont know it because people thing being transgender is transitioning when it’s literally just not being cis.

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I'm probably going to end up doing all of them, I just can't decide which one to do right now. And I'd also like to see what you guys would be interested in.

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I need to talk about this!! I've been trying to figure out the best way to put my thoughts into words, cause I have a theory connected to this, cause come on!! Will and Mike are Frodo and Sam!!

I will be writing a long theory post soon. I just need to find as many parallels between Stranger Things and The Lord of The Rings as I can!!

Stranger Things 5 will have a "Lord of the Rings" ending

Finn Wolfhard has read every script of Stranger Things season 5 except the last. When asked in a recent interview what he hoped for in the last episode, he said a "Lord of the Rings happy ending." So s5 will be epic like LOTR, but HOW?

#1 - What the General Audience thinks:

#2 - What Milevens think:

#3 - What Bylers think:

I'm for a mix of #1 and #3 myself =D

Some Milevens online said the LOTR reference somehow supports a Mileven endgame. I'm like DUDE Lord of the Rings is literally a Byler fanfic about two boys who love each other going into the Upside Down lol

-teambyler

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I noticed this on my last rewatch of season 2 recently. It's so sweet. I love Mike, he's such a good character ❤️

that one scene in s2 when Mike tackles Joyce in a hug and pulls her to safety when she’s in distress right after Bob dies never NEVER fails to make me cry

people who hate Mike Wheeler you’re just wrong

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This is adorable ❤️

SHUT UP THIS IS SO SWEET :( he didn't want his boyfriend to feel left out

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I love this, so, so much. This made me a bit teary eyed. Joyce loves him so much. I need a fanfic of this.

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As a big fan of Mike Wheeler, I believe in him so much. Please Duffers let him have a redemption arc. He deserves it.

CLAIM IT BEFORE GA TAKES IT FROM YOU

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Will's monologue & how Mike and Will fit each other's emotional needs

One thing I love so much about Mike and Will's relationship is the way they complement each other so well. They fit each other so well, they just work. Without having to talk much or alter themselves at all. And one big aspect I see is this:

Mike is a leader, his love language is protection, he wants his loved ones to need him and look to him for help.

Will continuously meets all of these things.

All of those aspects of Mike that he has shown to want and need in a relationship. Example: (about El) "she doesn't need me anymore" (distressed).

Mike and Eleven through the seasons

Initially, El did meet these criteria. She did want to be in a space where Mike led her (and whoever else), she did want Mike to protect her, she did need him - except, not in a good way. El's identity is very fragile and she's incredibly anxious when we first meet her in season 1. When she finds that Mike treats her well, and she's safe with him, she latches onto him. She never wants to let him go. She attaches anxiously to him, relying on him for her sense of self, safety and worth.

So initially, she did fit Mike's emotional wants as a partner (though not coming from a healthy base). In season 4, we see her grow out of this. She discovers and understands that she doesn't need Mike, she is not a monster and she's strong regardless of Mike.

She's now leaning towards being independent, both in her sense of self and in her actions and words.

Mike doesn't match this. There's nothing wrong with them not fitting each other in terms of emotional needs/wants and love languages. But they simply do not fit.

Will's monologue to Mike about El him (we know he was actually about himself) needing Mike, on the other hand, was exactly what Mike would've wanted from El. It reassured him. Will simply spoke about his own feelings towards Mike, and they fit Mike's emotional wants and needs from a romantic partner like a glove.

1. "She doesn't need me anymore"

"But... what if... after all this... she doesn't need me anymore"

"She's already beginning to understand she doesn't need me, I saw it -- I saw it in her eyes"

"Of course she'll I'll still need you, Mike. She'll I'll always need you."

"So yeah -- El needs I need you Mike. And she I always will."

2. Leadership and protection

"The point is -- see how you're leading here? You're guiding the party. Inspiring us. That's -- that's what you do. And your coat of arms here -- it's a heart. I know it's sort of on the nose but -- that's what holds the whole party together. Heart. Because see, without heart, we'd all fall apart. Even El me. Especially El me.

These past months, she's I've been... lost without you. She's I'm so different from other people and... it's really scary to be different.

When you're different... sometimes you feel like... a mistake.

But... you make her me feel like.. she's I'm not a mistake at all -- like she's I'm better for being different. And that gives her me the courage to fight on."

He's saying, "you lead me, you inspire me. This is what you do. This is who you are and I love it, I want you this way."

"I'm lost without you, you make me feel better for being different, you give me courage" - this is all a way Mike protects Will.

Plus, of course, Mike literally visually being at the front of the group in the painting - the image in Will's head is of Mike protecting him, quite literally. And he's fighting beside him, because Mike gives him the courage to do so.

Of course, it goes without saying how Mike meets Will's needs perfectly, too. It's the same thing, but reversed.

Will wants to be protected, he wants someone to lead beside him and to give him courage, he needs his partner.

Of course, none of this is an unhealthy kind of needing or wanting to be needed. It's not about emotional dependency. This is just a show of their love languages, both on the giving and receiving end. Mike has a certain love language he wants to convey to his romantic partner, and Will has a certain love language he wants his romantic partner to convey to him. And the two align perfectly, they are the same love language.

Whew. That was long. I just love the way their personalities fit each other like puzzle pieces, it already seems and looks so comfortable, so cozy, and we haven't even gotten to see it yet. "It" being Mike and Will in a romantic relationship. Not that they didn't have this dynamic before as well, but this will be a romantic relationship.

I also have more thoughts about this but they're more fanfic-y, spicy thoughts, even, lol. So I'll end it here and you can find those on my blog (hopefully).

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A Mike/Joyce interaction (after byler becomes canon but Mike and Will haven’t really told anyone) where Mike calls her Mrs. Byers and she says “oh you don’t need to call me that, you’re basically my son in law” and Mike says “oh haha but me and El broke up” and Joyce says “I wasn’t talking about El” and leaves him to wonder how tf she knows he loves her son

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Since y'all are enjoying the "trans men/mascs never contributed anything to the community" trend a bit too much, here's some resources for you to actually research upon whenever you're done contributing to transmasc erasure in 2025 and making an absolute fool of yourself. This is by no means complete, so feel free to add whatever you feel is fit.

For the record: trans men and transmascs contribute to the community by just being alive. They don't have to prove their worth in order to receive the same level of support and visibility as other trans people. That said, here is a list of transmascs/trans men that actively contributed and still do contribute to trans history, queer history and human history.

1. Lou Sullivan (1951-1991)

American author and activist. He was the first transgender man to publicly identify as gay, and is largely responsible for the modern understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity as distinct, unrelated concepts. He founded FTM International, the oldest organization for trans men in the U.S. Here you can download his book "We Both Laughed In Pleasure", a collection of his diaries that discusses his childhood, transition, his push for heterosexuality to be removed from the medical transition criteria and his final days living with HIV.

2. Reed Erickson (1917-1992)

Founder of the Erickson Educational Foundation (EEF), a nonprofit organization funded and controlled entirely by him, which had the goal to "provide assistance and support in areas where human potential was limited by adverse physical, mental or social conditions, or where the scope of research was too new, controversial or imaginative to receive traditionally oriented support". He contributed millions of dollars to LGBTQ+ movements, and the EEF also worked as an information/counseling resource for transgender people.

3. James Barry (1795-1865)

Irish military surgeon, he performed the first recorded caesarean section by an European in which both the mother and child survived the surgery (previously only performed when the mother was already dead or considered beyond help). His body was desecrated and he was outed post-mortem, ignoring his death wish to not be inspected ("in the event of his death, strict precautions should be adopted to prevent any examination of his person - and the body should be buried in the bed sheets without further inspection").

4. Jamison Green (1948-)

American transgender rights activist, educator and author. He began openly living as a trans man in the late 1980s and is considered one of the few openly transgender men of that time, and took over writing in the FTM Newsletter after Lou Sullivan's death. Here you can find his autobiographical book "Becoming A Visible Man", described as the first great memoir by a trans man by the NYT. In 2009, he was the first transgender person to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists.

5. Chase Strangio (1982-)

American lawyer and transgender rights activist. He's the deputy director for transgender justice, and staff attorney wirh the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). He is the first known transgender person to make oral arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States.

6. Chris Mosier (1980-):

American advocate for transgender rights and competitive triathlete. He is the founder of transathlete.com , a resource for students, athletes, coaches and administrators to find information about trans inclusion in athletics. He is the first known out trans athlete to join a U.S. national team different from his sex at birth.

7. Kylar Broadus (1963-)

American attorney, entrepreneur and trans rights activist. He founded the Trans People of Color Coalition, and became the first trans person to testify in front of the U.S. Senate when he spoke in support of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. He was a professor of business law and workplace discrimination at Lincoln University, a historically black college. In 2019 he received the Trailblazer Award from the LGBT Bar Association of L.A.

Honorary transgender activist that heavily contributed to both the transmasc and the transgender community in general:

Leslie Feinberg(1949-2014)

American activist and author who identified as an anti-racist white, working-class, secular Jewish, transgender, lesbian, female, revolutionary communist. Zie used zie/hir and she/her pronouns. Zie wrote the novel Stone Butch Blues (zie posted it for free on hir own website, and you can and should read it), which won the Stonewall Book Award. This book is frequently taught at colleges and universities and is widely considered a groundbreaking work about gender. Zie actively worked to promote the shift the language from “transsexual” and “transvestite” to the contemporary term “transgender.” "There are other words used to express the wide range of "gender outlaws": transvestites, stone butches, androgynes, diesel dykes or berdache - a European colonialist term. We didn't choose these words. They don't fit us. It's hard to fight an oppression without a name connoting pride, a language that honors us...Transgendered people are demanding the right to choose our own self-definitions. The language used in this pamphlet may quickly become outdated as the gender community coalesces and organizes - a wonderful problem."

Hir last words were: “Remember me as a revolutionary communist."

Other transmascs/trans men who contributed to human history without directly contributing to queer issues (but nevertheless very relevant to queer history):

Alan L. Hart (1890-1962) : American physician, radiologist, tuberculosis researcher, writer and novelist. He pioneered the use of X-Ray photography in TB detection. Circa 1917 he became one of the first trans men in the U.S. to undergo a hysterectomy.

Michael Dillon (1915-1962): British doctor, author, and Buddhist monk. First known transgender man to undergo a phallophlasty between 1945-1949.

Billy Tipton (1914-1989): American jazz musician, bandleader and talent broker. His life inspired the 1998 novel "Trumpet" and a 2020 documentary film, "No Ordinary Man". He was only outed post-mortem.

Albert Cashier (1843-1915): Irish-born American soldier who served the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Harry Allen(1882-1922): American trans man who got arrested a shitload of times and beat cops up. Four of the women he dated committed suicide after finding out he was trans. He was jailed for two months as the press released at least 5 articles investigating whether he'd wear feminine undergarments- which he did not, even at the threat of solitary confinement.

Transmasc/trans men who are active musicians:

Mal Blum (1988): American indie rock/americana singer/songwriter.

Searows (2000): American indie folk/bedroom pop singer/songwriter.

Ice Seguerra(1983): Filipino pop singer/songwriter.

ElyOtto(2004): Canadian hyperpop and pop musician.

Sam Bettens(1972): Belgian country/rock/pop singer/songwriter, founder of the band K's Choice.

Lucas Silveira(1973): Canadian folk/rock vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. Formed the band The Cliks. Silveira is credited as the first openly transgender man to have signed with a major record label.

Quantum Tangle: Canadian inuit throat singing/blues/folk rock musical group.

Cavetown(1998): British indie rock/pop singer/songwriter.

Laith Ashley(1989): Pop singer-songwriter, activist and entertainer of Dominican descent.