What I find absolutely hilarious is that none of my Byler proof going into the finale was actually disproven, it was just ignored. We weren't "reading into things", they just ignored storytelling rules and tropes and foreshadowing that they had chosen to set up in the first place!
Mike Wheeler has to have had a secret because he had zero character arc or development in season 5 , that secret was likely only Will related as they weren't showing his POV -> uh nope they actually just forgot to develop him as a character
Mike and El can't be still together or can't end up together because they invested zero effort in their relationship, and Mike didn't seem to be worried about her at all -> lol you thought
Will would have a central role as he is the foil to Henry. Henry did not have enough love in his life, but Will does. Mike's love for Will would save the world and bring him to the light. -> imagine actually following through with parallels
The coming out scene was necessary as Will would play a large role in the finale and it had to be public (and involve telling the group about his crush for no reason lol) so Mike could put the pieces together about his feelings and so Will's queerness couldn't be used againstbhim -> nah the coming out scene was just so they could tick a box and say they did it, it had zero impact on the rest of the story. It could have easily been a more intimate scene but they didn't want to.
So much symbolism around Mike being the key, the missing puzzle piece, being the leader, being the "heart", "M marks the spot", and Will being the bridge -> literally means nothing
Mike not wanting to have regrets anymore and nodding when Will says he didn't want to be afraid indicating that there might be something he currently regretted and was afraid of -> uhhhhh I guess he ends up full of regrets and we'll simply never know?
Will mirroring behaviour from his previous possession indicating he will be targeted again -> just for fun apparently
Vecna telling Will he had a use for him -> tentacle man lies
The patterns they had followed for healthy couples followed Mike and Will and unhealthy couples followed Mike and El, so it was logical who would be the final couple -> nah they decided to make a set of rules for a healthy relationship and break every single one for their final
El has never made a decision for herself. She didn't even know what she liked in season 3. It makes sense she would need some independence and to find out what she liked alone first. It would make sense she got to pick her own ending -> nah actually Hopper will tell her all she has to live for is becoming a mum one day, she'll be minimised to just being Mike's love interest despite Mike never actually showing any interest in her, and then she'll blow herself up
The painting is a direct set up for a romantic trope between Mike and Will and is a Chekhov's gun. It makes zero narrative sense to ignore it -> lol
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