solana

aka: aslbg Nerd alert

[aslbg]

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[myth0mag1c]

sighs. star wars solangelo au i love you star wars solangelo au.

basically what if you were a field medic for the rebel forces and thought you weren’t providing enough impact so you stole an x-wing only to crash it right in front of the most beautiful emo boy you’ve ever seen so now you have to convert him to the light side of the force

[fleev]

So... i love them very much

[aslbg]

I’ve been off tumblr because of low storage, but during that time I have written 3 byler fics!

The wife of Mr. Wheeler

The students of Lenora Hills High School have a feeling about Mr. Wheeler and his “wife”.

Holly’s Homophobic Havoc of Hawkins High

“I don’t think it’s wrong. My brother’s gay.”

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Holly has started high school, and unlike her siblings, her social skills aren’t abysmal. Too bad her new friends have some interesting perspectives.

This is a really silly story lol

photosynthesis

So when Robin asks if he needs help trying to understand if someone wants so make out with him, he clarifies. He knows what Mike wants. He just wants to know if wanting is enough.

Set between season 4 and 5.

[pancak3sandbac0n]

The bathroom scene is key!

Season 5 spoilers!

The flooded bathroom scene isn’t just comedic relief, it’s the key to curing any Byler doubt that may have come from the field scene and Robin’s speech being used when Will unlocks his powers!

It’s already been pointed out that Mike and Will trying to stop the water coming out of the pipes is symbolism for them trying to contain their feelings for each other (water is a common symbol for emotions in art), but IT ALSO CONNECTS TO OTHER IMPORTANT SCENES IN THIS EPISODE AND IN THE SHOW OVERALL.

Note that Mike is the one who hits the pipe, leaving a dent in it.

Mike is the one who has been putting out signals this whole time (visible signs of his interest, like the visible dent in the pipe). The vast majority of Byler evidence out there relates to Mike’s words and actions. He’s the one who’s possessive and protective of Will since Season 1. He’s the one who goes out of his way to apologize whenever they have a fight in order to maintain their relationship. He’s the one who flirted and obviously check out Will during the “Cool.” “Cool.” scene.

That metaphorical dent in the pipe has been there for a long time, BUT NOW WILL CAN SEE IT, thanks to Robin. When Mike first hit the pipe, the water was still contained. It only started to leak when the boy turned it while coming down the ladder, and the dent became visible to us.

When he turned the pipe, the water started spilling out. I would argue that Robin pointing out signals to Will is what turned the metaphorical pipe and allowed Will to see the signals Mike had been sending this whole time.

Note how they show him swallowing when Robin describes what signals to look for.

And then we seen him looking like he’s thinking back for signals he might have missed. He's also breathing heavier here, like he's realized something important.

Now that Will can see the signals, he decides to try flirting with Mike in the field. Mike responds to the playful shove Will gave him by smiling and looking down bashfully but then getting a slightly uncomfortable look and walking away.

I’ve seen people getting doubt because of this reaction, but it’s totally normal for Mike! He’s used to being the one putting signals out there, and he always gets nervous whenever Will initiates something and he thinks he might get found out. The infamous triple take is the main example of this. He looks over at Will only to find that Will is already looking at him (like that!), gets really flustered, and goes back to digging, ignoring Will.

So, Will finally sees the signals (dent in the pipe), and his flirting is the water coming out of the pipe. He’s finally starting to let some of his feeling (water) show instead of being contained inside himself (the pipe). Note that Mike is the first one to notice that the pipes are leaking when drops of water start falling onto his face.

He sticks his head up into the bathroom and sees that not one, but TWO pipes are leaking!

The first pipe he sees is only leaking a little bit, but the second one he notices is really going. To me, this signals that Will letting a little bit of his feelings show (letting a little water come out of the first pipe, which is the one that hit Mike in the face) is breaking something open in Mike (the second heavily-leaking pipe).

And look how scared Mike is when he sees this! Mike has raging internalized homophobia, and he’s afraid that the leaking water (cough, snowball) is going to turn into a flood (cough, avalanche) that won't be able to be contained and that other people (the guards in the barracks or, metaphorically, the people living in conservative Hawkins) will see, which will cause them to come after him and Will.

Mike and Will try to stop the water coming out together, but they’re getting completely soaked. They can’t stop it from spilling out all over them. It can’t be contained anymore.

Note how Mike asks Will to take off his jacket to patch up the leak.

Mike is also wearing a jacket, so why doesn’t he just use his? I think it’s because Will’s the one who flirted in the field. He really showed his hand for the first time, which is what broke that feeling open in Mike. Now Mike is scared and wants Will to do something to help him put the feelings back inside so that Mike doesn’t have to deal with this sudden flood of emotions he’s experiencing. (See this post for more thoughts on the jackets.)

There are other symbolic things in this scene, like the male orgasm imagery (they’ve got their hands wrapped around a pipe that’s spurting liquid everywhere in a location they refer to as “Dick”…..) and the shot of them trying to keep the guards at bay by blocking the (closet?) door with Derek in between them wearing a rainbowish shirt.

But then the guards get in (which I’m reading as their feelings eventually being discovered by others), and they get hauled out into the main open space in the base. It’s here that the demogorgons start attacking. Venca eventually comes out and taunts Will for being weak, using images of him being distraught because he thinks Mike doesn’t love him back.

But when the Demogorgon is about to attack Mike, Will gets his inner movie of the start of their friendship on the swings, which is THE MEMORY THAT MIKE USED TO REACH WILL WHILE HE WAS POSSESSED IN SEASON 2.  I’ve seen a lot of people getting Byler doubt because of Robin’s speech being used during that sequence, and others have rightfully pointed out that Mike isn’t Will’s Tammy because the love at first sight stuff parallels what he told El in the Season 4 “love confession.” There’s also the parallel of him being Vickie, who was in a straight-appearing relationship before getting with Robin.

But I think the most important thing here is that water represents emotions in art, and WILL IS SOAKED IN THE WATER FROM THE LEAKING BATHROOM PIPES (specifically, the pipe that was really bursting, which I think was Mike's feelings for Will) while he’s having this moment of accepting himself and his love for Mike.

Will wasn’t letting go of Mike here. Will saw the signals. He suspects that Mike likes him back, or he wouldn't have flirted. He remembers how special their relationship is and has always been. It's not a coincidence that the first thing we see in his movie was the scene Mike described in Season 2. It was what gave him the strength to break through the possession then, and it's what helped him discover his power now.

AND MIKE IS ALSO STANDING THERE COVERED IN WATER FROM THE EXACT SAME SOURCE! The water connects them. Nobody else in this scene is wet from the flood. It's just them. They're both becoming aware of each other's feelings now, and I think the look of awe and admiration on Mike’s face when he sees Will save him with his new-found powers indicates that he’s going to start to accept his feelings soon too.

Edit: Moved the Keep Reading down to show the main point now that most people have seen Vol 1 & updated tags

[conflictofthemind]

Thoughts on "Escape from Camazotz"

Oppressive Suburbia, Conformity, and Season 5 Themes

I've long thought that a major focus of Season 5 will be the contrast between the families of The Wheelers and The Byers, and exploring how non-traditional family environments can be freeing vs the oppressive structure of the nuclear family.

In a Wrinkle In Time, Camazotz is a planet controlled by the big bad of the book, the "IT", who forces the citizens into a conformity that resembles American suburbia. All of the houses the same, the citizens the same, doing the same things at the same time without individual identity. Without anything different. Different means a lot of things, but with Stranger Things dropping different in reference to Will's identity and the presumable themes of this season, it will heavily codify as queerness and how it threatens the cisheterosexual family model.

Henry was raised in the 1950s, a decade still revered by conservatives for it's traditional family dynamics that supposedly were the peak of culture and happiness for all. That was all a lie, of course, and Henry knew so as he shows to Nancy and Eleven during his monologue. The second most conservative decade aside from the 1950s in American society is widely considered to be the 1980s.

The Creels will serve in parallel to The Wheelers; the worst example of what they could become and the damage that this type of family could do to a child that is different in any way. Notice how Vecna selectively shows Nancy visions of The Wheelers dying, but not anyone else she may consider family or friends (like Jonathan).

That is; unless they change their ways and come together as a healthy functioning family facing their traumas, The Wheelers will be toast.

Karen has been moved up to a main character role this season. Ted's actor says the father starts to show up more for Holly (hold that) and realizes he wants to act differently. Holly has been recast. Finn has said Mike goes on a much more personal journey this season, and steps up as a leader.

Oh, also: the catalyst for all of this is that Holly goes missing. The contrast will help show how the Byers (including El and Hopper here) were able to pull together and help solve Will's disappearance, versus how the Wheelers as a closed off nuclear family grapple with Holly's vanishing.

Each of the Byers is in some kind of a non-1950s conformist relationship, but particularly Will (not in one now but we all know he will be). I think El might represent, after she breaks up with Mike, the fear of the unmarried woman being satisfied without a husband. The above shot really emphasizes my point.

I predict that Will will end up coming out to his family rather early on, and we will see all of them immediately accept him with little surprise or push-back. Will is a visible gay man who comes from an open minded non traditional family (divorced, non-married, adoptive) that is willing to have honest conversations.

But this theme will place the most focus on the Wheelers. Mike is the main character of said family and this will particularly focus on his arc, and his acceptance of his queerness in the midst of suburban conformity.

He is not visible, he comes from a Reagan-supporting family who don't communicate with each other. He is not particularly close with his family like Will is. He pushes his feelings down and tries his damn hardest to be normal despite it all. His trauma hasn't really been addressed at all. He is falling back into his usual habits - the one thing he dared to do different (grow his hair long) has gone back to how it was.

It's not all doom and gloom though. This season above all will be a redemption arc of the American nuclear family, how they choose to escape their conformity and learn to be there for each other, thus overpowering Vecna. Not that the Wheelers are going to end this personally.

"Great, more hysteria. Just what we need". "It's the news, now indistinguishable from the tabloids".

[camrlart]

whenever i’m alone with you

you make me feel like i am home again

[aslbg]

The concept of Byler having an Everlark ”nobody needs me” “I do, I need you” moment

[aslbg]

Byler brainrot made its way to the sketchbook lets go

[diavalkitty]

[desipotterhead18]

Hello Hinny Shippers

Here are my favorite hinny fic recs

[PART 1]

OOTP :

1)but i’m a fire, and i’ll keep your brittle heart warm by @soceitysgot CanonCompliant, set in and around OotP, Missing Scenes, Harry/Ginny

2)A Desperate Apology by CharmHazel Summary: Having been put in his place by Ginny, Harry feels the need to apologise after forgetting an awful experience.

Pre-HBP / HBP one-shots :

1)Chocolate (in the Common Room) by @startanewdream Summary: "We could start a tradition,” Ginny suggested. “Of sharing chocolate eggs.” His heart skipped a beat. “We will need to find a new spot next year.”

2)Summer rain by @startanewdream Summary: On a rainy day, Harry and Ginny play a test to prove there is no fail-safe secret to fall in love.

3)Wish by @secretkeeper13 Summary: Harry and Ginny share banter, feelings, and a Christmas wish in this missing moment set during HBP.

4)Wannabe by @secretkeeper13 Summary: The Sixth Year Gryffindor boys discover the Spice Girls, but Harry only wants to be Ginny’s lover.

5)Christmas with Cormac by secretkeeper13 Summary: A Half Blood Prince missing moment, as told by the incomparable Cormac McLaggen.

6)Priorities by @starlingflight Summary: Ginny gives Dean his jumper back, and Harry is definitely not relieved to see it.

7)Halloween Monster by floreatcastellum Summary: Just days after seeing Ron's sister and Dean snogging in a corridor, Harry must now endure a Halloween Feast with them.

8)up against the wall with me by @takeariskao3 Summary : Day-dreaming harry

9)Like Her Paper Chain by MerryMagicalMenagerie Summary: It’s Christmastime at the Burrow and Harry can’t sleep as usual. What will he find when he descends the stairs in a side mission for a late night drink?

10)Distraction by @celtics534 Summary: It was the perfect sneak attack, and for once, Harry was okay that trouble had found him.

11)Hanging by a Moment by @celtics534 Summary: You remember some moments forever and Harry was pretty sure that this moment would be one of those. A missing HBP moment.

12)Happily Impervious by @ashotofogdensoldfirewhiskey Canon compliant, HBP, Romilda Vane POV on Harry & Ginny's relationship.

13)Amortentia by StarlingFlight

14)Boyfriend by @sophie-hatter-jenkins Summary: Harry returns to his dormitory after kissing Ginny, to find Ron waiting for him.

15)The Slug Club Dinner by @pottermum Summary: Harry gets a night off his detention with Snape but has to go to the Slug Club dinner. He finds himself attending with Ginny Weasley, his secret crush. Set during HBP, some dialogue taken from book and movie.

16)twist my head and leave me breathless by balmiki Summary: HBP period, Harry pining after Ginny as she continues to be downright adorable.

17)Boyfriend (1219 words) by sophie_hatter_jenkins Summary: Harry returns to his dormitory after kissing Ginny, to find Ron waiting for him.

(ff.net)

1) Breakdowns in Broom Sheds by Laury the Latrator

2)Late or Early Babblings by Daydreaming Lover

3) The Best Date I Never Had by quidditchmum

4)The Astronomy Tower by asiriusfanff

5) State of Grace by thirteencharms

6). Gentle Touch by hpfangal

7) Oi Potter by celtics534

8) Overjoyed by celtics534

9) Until You Can Fly Again by JamieBell

10) Thoughts on a Train by rumpelsnorcack

11)After the Summer's Gone by Scarlett71177

12)Perseids by StartanewDream

HBP multichapter :

1)Realising (2/2) by floreatcastellum Summary: Harry realises he is in love with Ginny.

2)Torch by @gryffindormischief, fightfortherightsofhouseelves Chapters: 12/12 Summary: Over the course of his life, Harry's faced death quite a few times, and none of it has been quite as terrifying as falling for Ginny Weasley.

3)Fallin' All In You by StarlingFlight Chapters: 10/10 Summary: There's a week to go until the Gryffindor Vs. Ravenclaw Quidditch final and tensions are rising and not just between the houses.

4)Everything I Wanted by StarlingFlight Chapters: 14/14 Summary: Harry and Ginny share a very public kiss after the Quidditch final; three weeks later they break up. This is everything in between. I have also written the week leading up to the final (Fallin' All in You). You don't need to read it first but it's there if you want to.

5)every few lifetimes (16875 words) by societysgot Chapters: 1/2 Summary: The thing was, that Ginny Weasley had always been — pretty. This was an undisputed fact, in Harry’s eyes. A known truth. But seeing her like this; ripples of laughter falling from her lips, fair yet sunkissed skin, collecting more freckles by the day, all curves and long legs — was different, was staggering.   (Or, the one where Harry and Ginny become more than friends).   CanonCompliant, Set in and around HBP, Missing Scenes, Harry/Ginny.

DH (one-shots/multi) :

1)Into her sleep by Startanewdream Summary: “…after a while Harry found himself taking it out simply to stare at Ginny's name in the girl's dormitory, wondering whether the intensity with which he gazed at it might break into her sleep, that she would somehow know he was thinking about her, hoping that she was all right.”

2)Close your eyes (that way you can't be tempted) by Startanewdream Summary: Some movie adaptations are better than the original books. Sadly, this is not the case in Harry and Ginny's story. Here is an attempt to fix some movie scenes.

3) Memoirs of a Four-Eyed Wizard  by My Wicked Quill (on ff.net)

[toorumlk]

gryffindor class of ‘98!

[maluceh]

songbird, mockingjay and dove

[fluorescentbalaclava]

Long shots

[decoide]

quick maysilee donner i did today based on her reaping outfit. unsure if i like this hair for her just yet but !!

[aslbg]

*SOTR SPOILERS*

The wail I let out when discovering how mags and wiress became what we know them as in cf. Kms.

[seraisntsmart]

the thing i keep thinking about is how katniss, despite knowing the capitol is evil and despite seeing how they edited her games to tell a story, didn’t question haymitch’s much at all really when watching them. really drilling in the message that no one is immune to propaganda.