FunkyFreshFish

[anything-everything-allatonce]

Really feel like gangle should have been able to confront jax on how their bullying and abuse affected gangle, even if it was just her talking to jax after they had abstracted

[anything-everything-allatonce]

So everyone is just going to continue to ignore the irony of a black man's song being used for a character with a va who had a controversy over micking a slur used against black people...right

[anything-everything-allatonce]

Now that tadc finale has been released on YouTube I hope there will be a larger variety of opinions on the finale because I'm kinda sick of people acting as if the finale was perfect

[anything-everything-allatonce]

At this point if you don't think byler was real or each plausible then YOUR the delusional one !!

[rayyay05]

the GA talking about conformitygate is funny to me because to them it’s all about “oh the props changed colors” but to us it’s “mike wheeler is a gay man doomed for eternity and this is not a fate he deserves”

[narrativelogicofbyler]

as someone with an actual degree in film and television, someone who has spent years studying how images communicate desire, conflict, longing, and emotional truth, i will stand by this forever: the cinematography was pointing toward byler with the subtlety of a neon sign having a full body meltdown.

the visual language wasn’t hinting. it wasn’t nudging. it wasn’t “open to interpretation.” it was deliberate. the framing, the blocking, the colour palettes, the eyelines, the negative space, the way the camera kept gravitating toward them, that is not coincidence. that is not fan projection. that is the story speaking in the language of cinema, even when the dialogue refused to.

and here’s the part that keeps me up at night: it could have been one of the most beautiful queer stories ever put to screen. the emotional architecture was there. the groundwork was there. the cinematography was practically begging the narrative to follow through. it could have been tender, devastating, transformative, a queer coming of age arc told with visual precision and genuine heart. and instead, it was let down. not by the craft, but by the refusal to honour what the craft was clearly building.

and let me be extremely clear: if there is no extra content, if this is genuinely all we get, i will be forever furious that byler was handled the way it was. because once you’ve been trained to read images the way you are trained to read them, you can’t unsee it. you can’t pretend the camera didn’t tell the truth. you can’t pretend the emotional centre wasn’t right there, glowing.

so no, I will not be shutting up about it. not when the cinematography screamed louder than the script. not when the potential for a groundbreaking queer narrative was right there, framed beautifully, lit intentionally, and then left to rot in subtext. if the visuals are going to declare byler with that much conviction, the least I can do is answer back.

[virgolleum]

btw lucas being the first out of the party to say will won't lose him and his face didn't change at all when will said he doesn't like girls. still s tier friend no notes lucas sinclair you will always be famous.

[anything-everything-allatonce]

I need this to be the timeline where the duffer are actually meta geniuses and not dumb fucks who made a depressing ass nonsensical ending to a well loved show

I'm giving them til the end of January to release the REAL ending, I just can't fathom such a shitty ending

Also how the hell did every other ship BESIDES byler, we didn't even get PLATONIC BYLER!!!!!!!!

[mioakem]

oh and don’t forget what the highest rated episode of the whole season was

[teambyler]

Yes!

It was the gay empowerment/abused boy overpowers his abuser episode, and people loved it.

Meanwhile the Duffers' idea of "gay representation" was a liberal guy's watered-down idea of what an appropriate "coming out" portrayal should be, trying to kowtow to the conservative crowd... and people on both sides hated it.

This is the folly of sanding off the rough edges and sanitizing our experience and not showing who the real, courageous we are.

People don't end up "accepting" queer people because we plead that we're "just like them"; it's when we FIGHT and others recognize the struggles in their own lives and are inspired by us. That's why Sorcerer was so inspiring to people: it linked to Will's coming out to finding POWER.

As far as I'm concerned, Will's coming-out arc ended in Episode 4. THAT was a far better conclusion than what we got.

-teambyler

[squiddysides]

[leonkennedysprostate]

for those wanting to help venezuelans affected by the bombings through donations, these are currently the best ways to go. will add more links as more is set up

cruz roja (red cross)

doctors without borders

[leonkennedysprostate]

AFSC has launched a call to action! Stop illegal attacks to prevent another endless war

also adding Save The Children. whilst they haven't specifically put out a donation page, they do have a donation page for Venezuela in general!

world central kitchen

[mikewheelerscupofcoffee]

Mike canonically suggested for them to share a room but their moms said no.

Mike canonically suggested for them to share a room but their moms said no.

Mike canonically suggested for them to share a room but their moms said no.

Mike canonically suggested for them to share a room but their moms said no.

Mike canonically suggested for them to share a room but their moms said no.

Mike canonically suggested for them to share a room but their moms said no.

Mike canonically suggested for them to share a room but their moms said no.

Mike canonically suggested for them to share a room but their moms said no.

[miwiheroes]

mike wheeler at least u survived to watch i saw the tv glow in the movie theatre and stay in the theatre for an hour afterwards with this look on your face:

[anything-everything-allatonce]

Finale got me so fucked that I've literally been dreaming of byler😭

[buckleybeat]

Claim your “Wonder Twins Deserved Better” ticket here!

[lillieslies]

rip byler lawyer

rip byler lawyer, you were our guardian and light in the dark😔😔

the duffers didn’t deserve how much thought and compassion you (and all the other amazing analysts and creators) put into the show and this fandom, and I’m so so SO glad your extensive work will be a permanent record of the existence of the byler fandom and the fucking heinous, and frankly mean, queerbaiting we went through.

now that it’s been confirmed that ‘byler’s really were just delusional losers all along’ (😭🙄) it’s so valuable and important to have all of the time before it captured. The fandom is GOING to change drastically now. This is the before/after moment, and it’s so valuable to have this wonderful, hopeful, analytical and contextualising series of videos from an Actual Lawyer for others to look back on and say ‘oh you guys really weren’t crazy’.

so to Ronald off the record, I want to say that I appreciate you and your videos, and they meant a lot to me and so many other queer young people. I will continue to follow and love your content, and I’m sorry that you put so much more thought and love into this show and these characters than the d*ffers ever did.

[anything-everything-allatonce]

The concept of creating an ending so disappointing that a community comes together and decides to collectively engage in a shared delusion of a secret "real" ending is baffling

A saw a post that allegedly said that the real ending would drop on 1/11/25 and while I want this and the whole idea of conformity gate to be I sadly don't think it will be

And it's so upsetting because the evidence for conformity gate is so good but it's an unintentional by product of a bad ending