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OMG? Castle Byers is literally right next to Loverslake. I’ve been wondering what Mike and Will were doing to end up in loverslake and now I am CONVINCED that they were at castle Byers especially from those BTS photos we got last year

They definitely visited Castle Byers talked about whatever happened in season 3 and the painting and fixed castle Byers and walked around then went to loverslake and…

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R/strangerthings scares me

oh my sweet summer child

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Awww this would actually be so cute. Now Im manifesting Mike saying this in s5

"Stop being so stoic, Mike. Go on, shout, scream, say something!"

"You're as beautiful as the day i lost you."

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mike trying not to smile after he says "guess it's gonna be up to us again" because he's really excited at the fact that him and will are going to be able to work TOGETHER is my favourite thing today

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Mileven fans proving once again that they’ve never watched the show😭

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY SENDING ME

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bylers are so starved we're gonna be reacting like "oh my god theyre speaking to each other" when mike and will are on screen as if they arent best friends of 8 years

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Everytime I don't think my hair looks good i remember how Finn wolfhard rocked the mid length mullet and side bang for a good year and a half im good

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i’ve seen someone say this before, but i fully believe that nancy and steve’s sex scene being interspersed with barb being brutally murdered showed that it was not meant to be a romantic and heartfelt scene, just like how mike’s “i love you” monologue being cut up by el being strangled and max being murdered in vecna’s mind world was meant to make it uncomfortable and stressful. if the writers wanted you to enjoy those scenes, they obviously wouldn’t have made them happen at such terrible and inconvenient times

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i'll be honest ive consumed so much byler theories n stuff that i keep forgetting mike and el are still canonically in a relationship

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mike trying not to smile after he says "guess it's gonna be up to us again" because he's really excited at the fact that him and will are going to be able to work TOGETHER is my favourite thing today

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what if i jumped

what if i fucking jumped

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I still believe in flickergate✊

I need them to explain some things from S1 in S5

In S4 we learn how the lights work between the two dimensions, which explains how Will contacted Joyce in S1.

But how did he make the two phone calls she received that burnt up her phone??!???! Was it Will? Was it something/someone else?

Also explain him being able to turn on his stereo?

And was this scene of Holly in Will’s room with the lights going crazy? Did Will do this? If so, how? Did the demogorgan cause it? Does will have powers/abilities or do we just not know enough about the logistics between the dimensions?

Also would love to see them show more of Will’s disappearance

Like what happens after this shot?

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Okay, I don't actually know if anyone has pointed this out before, but it intrigued me and who knows, maybe it makes sense..

I was just rewatching those scenes where the students refuse to play D&D with Mike, and like a lot of people have pointed out – there’s a ton of queer coding here (guys in contact sports, the chemistry class kid referencing 60 Minutes, plus that really interesting moment with the girl in art class).

But for some reason, I haven’t seen anyone mention this 1sec shot of the girl in drama class:

I got curious about the T-shirt she was wearing, and it turns out it’s a vintage tee with the logo of the 1975 musical "A Chorus Line"

(not exactly the same shirt, but very similar, I just couldn't find the exact photo)

I wondered if that meant something, so I even watched the entire musical (which is on YouTube in terrible quality) and the 1985 film adaptation.

Basically, the whole point of the musical and movie is that a bunch of people audition for a Broadway show, and we follow their personal stories as they go through the selection process. There’s also this weirdly woven-in subplot about the main choreographer reconnecting with his ex-girlfriend, who’s also trying to land a role.

Honestly, I'm not sure if this reference carries deep significance or changes much, but the thing is – this musical was one of the first Broadway shows to represent the LGBT community. One of the main characters, Paul, comes out as gay and delivers this long, emotional monologue about his life – how he realized he was gay, how his parents reacted, and why he dropped out of Catholic school because of it.

This musical was clearly a big deal for the LGBT community at the time (though for some reason, the film adaptation cut down Paul's monologue and screen time a bit).

(part of his monologue)

A few other things that caught my eye in this shot:

The multi-colored lights above (yellow, blue, green, and red – this color combo shows up a lot in ST. Could they represent the Will-El-Mike love triangle? Yellow = Will, blue = Mike, green = their shared color, and red sometimes ties to El?)

The background pairs: most people are coupled up (two are even sword fighting – a paladin reference or foreshadowing?), but there’s one lone figure –the art kid (Will???) (and what he paints is very reminiscent of the Kremlin – most likely a foreshadowing of the storyline in Russia)

I randomly got curious about this today, so I figured I'd share this info – maybe someone will find it useful.

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Now that i look at it again… they’re literally wearing the same outfit

this is insane

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Finn Wolfhard: Season 5 is "isolated"...

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Finn Wolfhard talked about how each season has been bigger than the previous one.

I'm assuming he's talking about the action and spectacle of each season. Season 5 will probably have action scenes that surpass what we've already had. (Mike is protecting Will, Joyce, and the kids from something!)

But Finn also makes the interesting comment that Season 5 is "isolated as well":

What else could this mean besides a stand-in for "intimate"? He must somehow be contrasting s5 to the most recent seasons. He refers here to "getting back into a lot of the dynamics of season one." Season 1 had the core characters, and everyone was in Hawkins. Season 4 dispersed our characters to several locations. Doesn't "isolated" mean that s5 will have more focus on the dynamics between the original core group of characters? And also that the bonds between those characters become stronger than ever?

Finn talked about getting to have scenes with "The Core Four."

But also he didn't use the word "intimate" here; he used the word "ISOLATED." An interesting word!

Isolated, as in being alone together?

Two people working as a team?

Doesn't he have to be talking about being "isolated" with one other person?

What better candidate for Mike to be "isolated" with, than the person he promised he'd fight evil with, as "best friends"? His best friend since kindergarten who's canonically in love with him and sacrificed his own feelings for MIke? The person who Mike, in Season 1, wanted to rescue and protect? Who, if we're returning to Season 1 dynamics, will again be Mike's focus?

Finn's characterization of Season 5 mirrors what show co-creator Shawn Levy says about the last season: "People talk about mythology and The Upside Down, and all that is huge, but the magic of S5 are the characters who find sense of belonging with [each] other and through that connection, become heroes."

The HEART of Season 5 will be its relationships, which has to include one of the most profound and loving relationships on the show.

-teambyler

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I feel like I've cracked a code.

The reason Mike's fighting with everyone in Season 3 is simple - he's fighting with himself.

We see him frustrated with pretty much everyone. Max, Lucas, Hopper, El, Will. He pulls faces, he feels entitled, he doesn't want to admit he's wrong with the El situation, he lies and picks fights, and this is where pretty much everyone in the ga agrees the Duffers 'ruined' his protective character. To me, as someone who studies psychology at a degree level, this is pretty clearly displacement of anger and anger as a defence mechanism.

We see it as a defence mechanism during the garage fight when Will confronts him and questions the integrity of his and El's relationship ruining the party. It could be said that Mike's angry at Will for doing this, but to me, he feels threatened. Externalised anger can come out as a response to feeling threatened, in this case displacing some of Mike's anger at himself onto Will. In the first part of the season, before the garage fight, we see a build-up of this displacement - mostly focused on Hopper who also makes Mike feel threatened, because he's questioning his relationship with El. Mike knows it's wrong, he knows he's pretending a little bit. So when he's questioned by Will, who is the subject of his shame and pain, his anger comes out at full force, truly showing exactly WHAT he is mad about. At himself.

Being queer <3

Examples of displacement I usually use to describe it are: Someone might lash out at a coworker after a stressful day because they are actually angry at themselves for not managing their time or workload effectively. A rich mean girl targets and bullies those at school who have it worse than her, because she has a bad home life, which she feels shame about.

Mike is using displacement to direct anger at people who make him have to confront how he feels about himself, since he's not ready to focus his anger or mind onto the real target, which is too shameful and painful to think about for him. That real target is not liking girls.

So when Will exhibits what he views as the same behaviour he wants to show, then he displaces the anger at himself onto Will.

If he's not allowed to feel good about not liking girls, then nobody is.

He does it again:

If Mike feels like someone else is ruining the integrity of his relationship with El (Will), then he wants El to know that she shouldn't be letting anyone ruin them.

He does it in season 2:

If Mike blames himself for El's disappearance, and feels like he's been lying, then he wants Hopper to feel like he hasn't protected El, like he's a liar. (He's literally crying because he's guilt-ridden you fools).

If he doesn't feel content, then nobody should be.