always on my own

she/her • 20 • sapphic creator of the will byers lover boy and monstrous coming of age agendas

[buckleybeat]

Hi! I’m Ari. Welcome to my dingus life!!

this blog is my serial box for trash tv shows and absurdly good movies.

i yap in the tags - read them!

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Analysis Menu

Stranger Things

⭐️ Internal Conflict and Will, Mike, Jane/El 🩸 Twilight & The MikeWillEl Love Triangle 🕰️ Laufey's A Matter Of Time / Stranger Things Tether 🥀 That Season 4 Final Shot ↩️ Trope subversion... for most characters

Byler

❤️ Will Byers & The Lover Archetype 💙 Mike Wheeler's Happy Ending Is Byler 👾 Mike Wheeler's Fear of Change 🥪 Byler and Rovickie 🌱 Byler and Monster (2023): Growing Up Queer Two Ways 🌊 Byler and Percy/Nico are (still) not the same 🛼 "We're friends": the Byler proof that stays standing 💐 The Jack McPheeification of Mike Wheeler ☎️ Jack McPhee Part 2

Stranger Things Fandom Meta-analysis

💻 Media Literacy & the ST Fandom 🚲 The ST fandom and Will Byers

Stranger Things Parallels

Jancy/Mileven Breakup Mike, Hop, and Uptown Girls Mileven & Born Sexy Yesterday Mileven/Dustin and Eddie Mike's Looks x Canon Love Interests Mileven x Bellyjere Andi Mack

[thebestofmyrmidons]

another anti-AI duffer interview just landed

and somehow flew under the radar? link here

But we're also encouraged by what audiences are responding to right now across TV and film he can't mean conformitygate...can he? probably the biggest audience whiplash since...ever...

as you can tell, i am back in my investigative journalist™️ era (or i might be a bit bored)

[buckleybeat]

^^ this kills any speculation that ai was used to write stranger things season 5.

the duffer brothers are advocating for more original stories. it’s more likely that the problem with s5 was nobody really cared as much about the show anymore and it just ran its course.

[willbyersabyss]

having big boobs is a curse when you wish to be perceived as more androgynous

[djarins-cyare]

Username Song Title Game

Choose a song title for each letter of your username and tag the same number of people

Thank you for tagging me @desert-fern! 💖

Fair warning: half of my picks are from the 90s because that was my formative era. I like stuff I can sing to or play the guitar to, so there’s a lot of rock and pop…

Drop Dead Gorgeous [1997] – Republica Just a Girl [1995] – No Doubt A Thousand Years [2011] – Christina Perri Ready Now [2019] – Dodie Iris [1998] – Goo Goo Dolls November Rain [1992] – Guns N’ Roses Speechless [2009] – Lady Gaga - Creep [1992] – Radiohead You Could Make a Killing [1995] – Aimee Mann All Along the Watchtower [1968] – Jimi Hendrix Rumour Has It [2011] – Adele Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down [2010] – Alicia Keys

Now for the usual totally unnecessary commentary on my choices:

We’ve got four British artists on there (well, I did grow up here), but it’s mostly stuff from across the pond. That said, ‘Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down’ was never released in the US, but it was over here, and it was huge (hence it’s on my Spotify master playlist!).

There are songs from four soundtracks (Scream, Twilight, City of Angels and Cruel Intentions), proving that movies make my brain remember songs better.

Also, I’m currently rewatching Battlestar Galactica, so I had to include Hendrix 😎.

Hmm, who to tag... okay, 12 of my loveliest moots coming up:

@ak-vintage @bitchwitch1981 @burntheedges @cas-readsandwrites @fromthedeskoftheraven

@ishabull @joelalorian @magpiepills @mermaidgirl30 @saradika

@secretelephanttattoo @sixhours

TAG! Okay, it’s your turn 💖

[smalltown--byler]

thanks for the tag @pendragonstarz !

Swamp Song - Blur

Morning Elvis - Florence + The Machine

Anything - Adrianne Lenker

Last Words of a Shooting Star - Mitski

Lover, You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley

To The Moon & Back - Savage Garden

Our Lady of Sorrows - My Chemical Romance

Waco, Texas - Ethel Cain

Never Love An Anchor - The Crane Wives

Bug - Fontaines D.C.

You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac

Lover, Be Brave - Azure Ryder

Eyes Ahead - DICE

Robbers - The 1975

14 tags: @bopbyers @buckleybeat @claudiacreature @red-imeanblue @georgeodowd @90shorrorpaperback @imissclouds--imissyou @j-emini @ziggyzoomer @maxmayfieldswalkman @your-ivy-grows13 @roryrocksbyler @finnaticccc @halflitpages

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This one looks so fun!!

Boyfriend - COIN

Under Cover Of Darkness - The Strokes

Crush - Ethel Cain

Knocking on Heaven’s Door - Bob Dylan

Luna - The Smashing Pumpkins

Everything’s Just Wonderful - Lily Allen

You’re So Vain - Carly Simon

Big Girls Don’t Cry (Personal) - Fergie

Everlong - Foo Fighters

Army Dreamers - Kate Bush

Traitor - Olivia Rodrigo

tagging: @0ceansoftime @miwiheroes @halflitpages @pendragonstarz @crunchie-morris @skinned-knees @fuschiaflexxxxx @willbyersabyss @jediwill + anyone else who wants to join!!

[sharkwithpaws]

me and all the moots will have the most whimsical summer possible

[noihavenosanitythanksforasking]

will byers says trans rights

[pinkeoni]

I would rather be best friends with Zombie Boy than a boring nobody.

[smalltown--byler]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. i wouldn't change being a lesbian for anything - no matter all the pain, doubt, and barriers that being queer has put in my life, i am so deeply proud of who i am and the beautiful community i am a part of. i'd infinitely rather be gay and best friends with fellow queer and GNC people than live a boring, oppressive lie. thank you will byers for living your authentic truth, and thanks jon byers for the reminder to let your freak flag fly 🏳️‍🌈

[buckleybeat]

Byler headcanon: Will has to take ceramics class for his art major in college. He makes a lot of different things but he doesn't think he's very good. The handmade coffee mugs piling up in his apartment aren't good enough for himself, or his boyfriends, or his mom or Jonathan or his friends. The only person who might be worthy of Will's awful pottery is his asshole best friend who likes caffeine as much as Will does.

Of course this backfires on Will "you only get my bad art, Wheeler" Byers because Mike worships those coffee mugs Will made.

[buckleybeat]

hi!!! what’s your favorite conan song??

romeo!! thanks for asking :)

top 5 also include: checkmate, moths, memories, lonely dancers

[buckleybeat]

HAPPY PRIDE TO THESE CUTIES!! 🌈💓

and also to whoever sees this post, remember that you have all the answers :)

[starmanbyler]

potatoes literally exist

[buckleybeat]

irish people have been saying this for two centuries

[womanguy]

you should get a second evening for reading fan fiction. And you should get an extra day in the week to do arts and crafts.

[buckleybeat]

the way they’re always twins 😭😭🐝

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

reblog if you’re queer or a vampire. no one will ever know which one

[dailymclaughlins-blog]

lucas and will hug almost every time they see each other and if that isn’t the cutest thing about those two then either i don’t know what cuteness is or you’re wrong.

[sentientsnakeskin]

Tai and Van acting all closeted in the woods for like a portion of season 1 was genuinely the funniest thing ever like everyone is either gay or already knew girl. Ben saw yall making out nat has the sharpest gaydar in the world jackie and shauna are in a situationship and don’t think you’re slick gayissa turner we all saw you slap lottie’s ass in the pilot. The only one who didn’t know is mari and she’s so dumb she fell in the same pit twice yall were NOT subtle

[claws-in-my-back]

so who’s ready for loser queer summer