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@carriganan
An apology wouldn't suffice, I need the duffers to go on a world tour where we get to throw an unlimited amount of tomatoes at them and they can't do anything about it. I would bring one of those baseball pitching machines and load them in like it's a machine gun
You know what I’m glad v2 lowered my expectations at least a little bc if it hadn’t I would’ve killed myself by now
@crowleysshittyglasses mentioned mike looking like ted and... well. We asked them to address the parallels in the show and they decided to address the worst parallel of them all
Mike wheeler, the boy who couldn't break the cycle, fell victim to forced conformity and followed in the footsteps of his mentally checked out dad.
I guess they really meant it with that one way sign to mikes closet
We waited 10 years for El being told to fucking commit suicide and Will slow burn rejection and Mike nothingburger character canon. Oh brother fuck off
i wasn’t manifesting anything, i was literally analysing the cinematography, the blocking, the colour theory, the narrative beats, all the stuff i was trained to look for during my TV degree. the signs were there because the show put them there.
the duffers absolutely queer baited the audience. everything I learned academically about visual storytelling was pointing toward a byler slow burn, and then they completely abandoned their own setup. we didn’t hallucinate subtext; we didn’t “make up” a ship. they built it, then pretended they didn’t, and the result reeks of homophobia.
they didn’t subvert expectations, they ignored their own narrative groundwork. that’s not clever writing, that’s just bad writing. they tore down a storyline they spent years constructing, and now the overall story makes zero sense.
romantic byler aside, what really upsets me is how they managed to fumble platonic byler too. they barely interacted and mike wasn’t even shown to be worried for will. that just contradicts everything we’ve seen of mike’s character and their friendship in the past seasons.
ST S5 ENDING SPOILERS
That was total shit. Not just the fact that we got queerbaited, but the fact that the ending just sucked in general. Literally only Kali died and El's ending is ambiguous—dare I say very underwhelming. "Get your tissues ready!" for what?? I'm bored!! I'm so confused because they were such great writers in seasons 1-4 and it looks like they pulled this season straight out of their ass.
Now moving on to the topic of Byler—wtf. I should've seen it coming but the only reason I gave it hope was because they literally NEVER denied it! Like hmm maybe you should've not written Byler like it was a damn slow burn, making him look at his lips, touching his hand, "You didn't have to", biking to Will's house to apologize after he said "It's not my fault you don't like girls," instead of "crawling back" to his ex, literally not being able to say I love you to his girlfriend, and literally so many more hints. Mike Wheeler could've been such a great representation of internalized homophobia, yet they chose to make both Mike and Eleven miserable and without each other instead.
Will's story was beautiful, and ya'll threw it away with that fuckahh epilogue boyfriend! 😭 I'm happy they gave him SOMETHING but jesus christ, Mike was really his Tammy? You guys suck. Never let straight men write queer experiences ever again WE DIDN'T EVEN GET ROCKIE LIKE ARE YOU KIDDINGGG!!!
I really don't get why they chose to go this route, we would've been fine if you just told us Byler was not going to happen instead of egging on your entire queer audience. They literally said the bylers were the "loudest ones", yall knew this and decided "yeah let's just make this into a love triangle to add some ambiguity into our show." I only started Stranger Things in July, and I cannot imagine how the people who have been waiting for YEARS feel. 😭
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well yes
He's not your Tammy, Will. Mike is the heart ❤️
My own illustration is breaking me down (the metaphor 🥲)
just a list
mike has a one way sign pointing to his closet which was then subsequently destroyed - which could mean nothing
the first song on mike's official playlist was "smalltown boy" by bronski beat - which could mean nothing
the rain fight in s3 parallels the show eyewitness which is about a gay couple - which could mean nothing
the writers favourite ship is korrasami - which could mean nothing
the pipe scene parallels a scene in smallville between 2 characters who like eachother - which could mean nothing
the rink o mania fight parallels troy and gabriella in high school musical 2 - which could mean nothing
"I told you, joyce has this telemarketer job. she's always on the phone, mike won't stop whining about it" - which could mean nothing
mike/will paralleling robin/vickie - which could mean nothing
mike had a triangle on his shirt point to will for majority of s4 - which could mean nothing
blue and yellow - which could mean nothing
mike's speech to el being built off of will's confession - which could mean nothing
mike biking across town to apologise to will but not saying sorry to his girlfriend for lying to her - which could mean nothing
mike not reciprocating the kiss at the end of s3 - which could mean nothing
mike not being able to hug his best friend of literal years after not seeing him for 6 months - which could mean nothing
will haunting the narrative and being in mileven centred scenes - which could mean nothing
mike noticed that will was acting off but not that el was uncomfortable around her so called "friends" in lenora - which could mean nothing
"you never say it/I say it" vs "I didn't say it/you didn't have to" - which could mean nothing
mike throwing out what could have been his last letter from el but keeping a folder of will's drawings plus having them on his walls - which could mean nothing
mike looking at will's lips - which could mean nothing
mike's speech to el in s4 being a nothingburger but his one to will in s2 going into what he actually likes about their relationship - which could mean nothing
mike and will scenes always having interesting lighting/staging vs mike and el who have boring lighting/staging - which could mean nothing
"in the closet (at rink o mania)" playing after mike and will's fight - which could mean nothing
will having to encourage mike to say ily to el - which could mean nothing
"the first I love you" playing only in 2 scenes: when robin comes out to steve and when mike says ily to el - which could mean nothing (could be "the first lie" or "being different", sound similar)
the van scene (3 mins) took hours to film while mike's speech to el only took a few takes + was partially improvised (supposedly) - which could mean nothing
the duos at the end of s4 and el being alone - which could mean nothing
el purposefully being styled to look like will and the byers - which could mean nothing
mike having more one on one scenes that are actually emotional and deep with will rather than his canonical girlfriend - which could mean nothing
"el? no sorry, not interested" - which could mean nothing
the bouquet mike gives el being 70% yellow and 30% purple - which could mean nothing
"we're friends! we're friends." - which could mean nothing
how mike views meeting el "I stumbled on you in the woods...it was simple dumb luck...I'm just some random nerd who got lucky" vs will "I just walked up to you...I asked if you wanted to be my friend and you said yes...it was the best thing I've ever done" - which could mean nothing
mike and el not being on speaking terms after mike's speech and love confession - which could mean nothing
mike's saviour complex and needing to be needed and how will wants to be needed (how he needs mike) - which could mean nothing
"I don't like girls" focuses on mike, "not like you guys" focuses on lucas and dustin - which could mean nothing
"it's hawkins, it's not the same without you" - which could mean nothing
mike always speaking to will in a softer voice - which could mean nothing
the writers saying they don't believe in love at first site but mike loved el since the moment he first saw her - which could mean nothing
"how did you know that vickie wanted to-" "make out?" "-to date" - which could mean nothing
"...you know, there were, like, signals." "signals?" "a brush of the knee, a bump of the elbow, a shared look...like a snowball rolling down a hill...until it was obvious" "how obvious?" "let's say the snowball became an avalanche" - which could mean nothing
mike/will paralleling henry/patty in the first shadow - which could mean nothing
cara buono (karen) tagging noah schnapp on finn in a photo of her, finn, and charlie - which could mean nothing
mike triple taking will in the desert after he's caught staring - which could mean nothing
mike being in will's tape and helping him unlock his powers - which could mean nothing
"do you think that could be real for us/with vecna gone, what's stopping us?" vs "except I'm not vecna/you sorta are" - which could mean nothing
mike yelling "what did you do" at el after she hits angela in the face resembling brenner - which could mean nothing
mike telling will he's like a sorcerer being framed by 2 trees to look like 8mm film - which could mean nothing
mike's a writer and will's an artist - which could mean nothing
shawn levy only reposting mike and will's character posters - which could mean nothing
dick pipe being canon - which could mean nothing
everything on the wsqk radio - which could mean nothing
"I miss clouds I miss you" - which could mean nothing
will is in love with mike - which could mean nothing
"why was his coming out scene like that" and meanwhile the setup for Mike and the revelations via Will clearing up his prior lies with him is so clear I see that shit in 4K
there's still an entire finale there's still an entire finale there's still an entire finale there's still an entire finale there's still an entire finale there's still an entire finale there's still an entire finale
biggest byler proof atp is that we still don't know how mike feels going into the very last episode. in a story where love is the thing that saves the day repeatedly. idk man you can call me delusional but i'm still at the restaurant
my dear son
this scene and speech made me sooo happy so I had to draw it!! Gay solidarity!! took about 6.5 hrs
