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this picture is literally insane now like all of this equaled to nothing i know the set designers were mad as hell
Conformitygate was a fun idea but I stand on the fact that the real reason all the costuming, set design, lighting and everything still reflects Byler is actually because Stranger Things is full of passionate artists and nerds who, in being that.....do not agree with how The Duffers ended the show.
And said "fuck this, dress him like his dad if you wanna give him that ending" "he hangs Will's painting over his bed actually fuck you, and it's right below his one way sign for an extra fuck you".
It wasn't the Duffers commenting on this. It was every passionate artist who loved this story so much and actually understood the characters, doing everything in their power to send the message through the screen everything from "this is ending is a dystopia" to "Byler are still endgame" or whatever each thing hints at. It's not theory or hint. It's spite.
Everything in their power to either imply the right ending is still out there for them in the future, or acknowledge that this is not it. Make that shit blue and yellow. Hang that painting above his bed. And if you're gonna write him into a conformist hellscape, I'm gonna dress him the way I did every time he was miserable and identical to the character who represents misery in conformity.
It wasn't a promise of a better ending. It was a fuck you to this one.
Dude I’m crying my mom js said “Mike said I love you… off screen I guess” GET OUTTT💀😭
Sigh I feel like we've been really unfair to the Duffers
Like yeah guys Ross got a divorce and he's kinda gay ngl...
But like Matt is there too
Why not drag him through the mud as well 🥺
Not seeing enough Matt Duffer slander out here
They deserve to be slandered equally
They're twins
Twins share
Matt's gonna start getting jealous of all the attention Ross' divorce is getting
since the creators like to leave so many things in the finale ambiguous then I'm running with it and making my ship canon anyway lmao. they belong to us now!!!
Yes, they meet up accidentally during college, yes, they never stopped thinking about eachother, yes, they're now free to face those feelings!!!
Imagine writing a finale so terrible it got half the fandom theorizing it was fake and there's an actual finale coming our way. Truly bizarre. (Love reading those theories tho, they're so fun).
Anyways, I'm doing my part with a little fix-it fanart :) I tried to make it as big of a tribute for this ship as possible. I've had so much fun these past few weeks interacting with this fandom, I'm truly grateful I've found a little space for myself in here. And I'm glad so many people enjoyed my art and stayed with me for longer, I am so thankful for you all! 💕 Reading your comments, sharing excitement with you and interacting in general has been a highlight of my days! I think it got me through this winter, it was a really nice escape. And an intense one. Whew.
I hope to create more fanart for this series in the future, maybe branch out into other characters as well. I'm still full of ideas! But for now I feel like I need to take a step back and let this hyperfixation fade out a bit. I need to focus on my college assignments for now, maybe I'll even find some time to work on my comic, but in the meantime I'll be posting some art that has been waiting on my drive :) I also still need to process the conclusion to this show, cause geez. Feels kinda terrible. But I'm glad to be a part of this incredibly supportive community. Never stop being so passionate, fun, and creative, y'all are amazing 💕 I've learned so much about storytelling and visual symbolism thanks to all the people's analysis and I can now implement it into my own art! And all of you should too! I can't wait for what the fandom comes up with now!
Lots of love 💙💛
You will never, ever convince me that the painting wasn't introduced solely for requited byler or giving Mike a proper arc—which is why they had to ignore it. I cannot be the only one who remembers all the interviews where they said it would be addressed, that they put a TON of time into creating it, and that they wrote 4/5 simultaneously—and up until Sorcerer, that line of thinking FULLY holds.
But then...we lose it somewhere. Even if we hold on a platonic byler, "Will self-actualization is our goal" interpretation, we would have the painting, which we are told is important, having some other meaning—but that never materializes. The mindflayer kaiju doesn't look like the painting monster; it has one "head" and spider legs, in a mirror of its more classic shadow form. MF/Henry/Will is never fully explored (evil will theory) and Henry/El/Kali is never utilized that way either. Its not Mike leading the OG party, either—Mike damn near does the least in the end with his flare gun. So, none of its visual explanation makes sense, based on what Will painted and what he said to Mike about it.
So then, by course of elimination, the painting was meant to be a fully relational plot device. Only...the fact that Will's painting (and just Will) was needed for Mike to tell El he loved her S4 was never addressed, even though some of its residue lives in how he didn't say ILY when she died? Will is somehow ready to be FULLY honest so Vecna can't use things against him...but is still technically lying about who the painting is for, which would induce MORE fear about being left because now he's alone in knowing he's lied to both Mike AND Eleven.
Only...then we never use Vecna's powers on Will OR Mike. They are both left without any acknowledgement of the need for Will's support of Mike/El's relationship, the painting, or even romantic/emotional fears via Venca. The original plan was ALSO apparently to never touch the notion of byler again until Noah asked for "closure," and then Eleven dies—or "can't contact" them ever again, even though that premise hasn't held for four full seasons before this barring her not being alive.
We just...skip it. Will is now out and gay, and we never talked about his romantic feelings outside of self-acceptance. Mike still ends up in the basement "without girlfriends, playing dnd for the rest of his life" with Will and the party, exactly like Will mentioned in the van scene that included the painting. El is still no longer with Mike—without him saying I love you—and likely dead, even though there was no reason to kill her REALLY. We have just destroyed Will's hope, Mike's redemption as the "heart" of the party, and even a proper romantic romeo and juliet mileven ending...all because we didn't address a painting, and complete the cyrano trope.
....and I'm supposed to just "believe" it was noise to them. Right.
Can’t stop thinking about this 🥹
I'M TEARING UP BRO WHO MADE THIS
every universe except this one, i guess.
The concept of this actually being plausible and the duffers seeing everyone hating on v2 & v3 😭😭
LEIGH TANIAK WE LOVE YOU
Mike removed El's Mind Flayer scar in the epilogue.
you can say this is sweet because he not only wishes her future happiness but also wishes nothing bad had ever happened to her along the way. we don't see her wrist, but I betcha she wouldn't have the tattoo here either.
but really, all this does is cement the fact that this doesn't represent a possible reality for El. in any future she could conceivably get to experience if she is alive, she would still have that scar. she would have that literal scar and she would have all the emotional scars.
Mike also dressed El in an outfit reminiscent of her Cousin Eleanor Performing Femininity costume and socks that look a lot like the shirt she was wearing when he was forced to say he loved her.
Chapters: ½ Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler, Will Byers & Mike Wheeler Characters: Will Byers, Mike Wheeler, background Nancy Wheeler - Character Additional Tags: Post Season 5, Pre-Epilogue, Post-Canon, Fix-It, Hurt/Comfort, Mike Wheeler is Not Will Byers’s Tammy Thompson, Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings, Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers, Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler, Pre-Relationship, Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug, maybe he’ll get one, Gay Mike Wheeler, idc you can pry the headcanon from my cold dead hands, it is canon to me., Will Byers is a Sweetheart, Will Byers Deserves Happiness, POV Will Byers Summary:
Several days after defeating Vecna and somehow getting the military to let them go, Will Byers visits the Wheeler Household.
Him and Mike get to talking about El. But then Mike doesn’t want to talk about El anymore. He has questions for Will about Will being gay.
And they talk about one painting in particular and apparently Mike Wheeler is not as oblivious as Will thought he was.
18 months later they’ll talk again.
OH MY GOD YESSSSSS INJECT THIS IN MY VEINS
Chapters: ½ Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler, Will Byers & Mike Wheeler Characters: Will Byers, Mike Wheeler, background Nancy Wheeler - Character Additional Tags: Post Season 5, Pre-Epilogue, Post-Canon, Fix-It, Hurt/Comfort, Mike Wheeler is Not Will Byers’s Tammy Thompson, Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings, Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers, Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler, Pre-Relationship, Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug, maybe he’ll get one, Gay Mike Wheeler, idc you can pry the headcanon from my cold dead hands, it is canon to me., Will Byers is a Sweetheart, Will Byers Deserves Happiness, POV Will Byers Summary:
Several days after defeating Vecna and somehow getting the military to let them go, Will Byers visits the Wheeler Household.
Him and Mike get to talking about El. But then Mike doesn’t want to talk about El anymore. He has questions for Will about Will being gay.
And they talk about one painting in particular and apparently Mike Wheeler is not as oblivious as Will thought he was.
18 months later they’ll talk again.
Chapters: ½ Fandom: Stranger Things (TV 2016) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Will Byers/Mike Wheeler, Will Byers & Mike Wheeler Characters: Will Byers, Mike Wheeler, background Nancy Wheeler - Character Additional Tags: Post Season 5, Pre-Epilogue, Post-Canon, Fix-It, Hurt/Comfort, Mike Wheeler is Not Will Byers’s Tammy Thompson, Mike Wheeler is Bad at Feelings, Mike Wheeler Loves Will Byers, Will Byers Loves Mike Wheeler, Pre-Relationship, Mike Wheeler Needs a Hug, maybe he’ll get one, Gay Mike Wheeler, idc you can pry the headcanon from my cold dead hands, it is canon to me., Will Byers is a Sweetheart, Will Byers Deserves Happiness, POV Will Byers Summary:
Several days after defeating Vecna and somehow getting the military to let them go, Will Byers visits the Wheeler Household.
Him and Mike get to talking about El. But then Mike doesn’t want to talk about El anymore. He has questions for Will about Will being gay.
And they talk about one painting in particular and apparently Mike Wheeler is not as oblivious as Will thought he was.
18 months later they’ll talk again.
i dissociated from the epilogue at some point and now people are saying karen called joyce to ask if mike was with will when he was missing before graduation? omg. epilogue byler is so endgame. this is karen's first thought? that he's with will? and joyce said she hadn't seen him since last night? ...he was there last night?
why are we depressed and in mass psychosis, again?
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