Bea

Bea | she/he/they | 17 | 🇧🇬🇺🇸 Biggest dentristry nerd in the whole wide world

[chickenalfreado]

𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕! ~ 🦷˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀

⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Bea ⋆ 17 ⋆ he/she/they ⋆ 🇧🇬 ⋆ INFP ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆

I mainly post/repost art and things related to whatever I really like atm! (rn it is stranger things!)

Interests! 🍓ɞ˚‧｡⋆

Stranger Things, BYLER, Little Shop of Horrors, The Pitt, The Magnus Archives, Various Musicals, Reanimator, Starkid, The Walten Files, + Andrew Barth Feldman

Other Places I Post! 🍓ɞ˚‧｡⋆

Instagram Art Fight!

(Please don't hesitate to message me and chat! I would love to talk and be mutuals!!)

[sapphicides]

everybody loves a butch who manhandles their femme, but have we considered femmes who manhandle their butch? femmes who pull their butch in by their belt loops or their carabiners. femmes who grab their butch by the collar of their shirt when they want to steal a kiss. femmes who always have their hands on their butch’s hips or shoulders or biceps, tugging at them every which way. femmes who push their butch up against the wall of their bedroom and give them sloppy kisses on the lips, neck, and anywhere else they please because their butch knows that they can toss around them like a ragdoll if they wanted. femmes who manhandle >>

[catbreon-draws]

I’m p

Yes I’m

Yes hmmms ow

Eh

Tnhk

[catbreon-draws]

Tumblr wouldn’t let me upload the video but I let the mice write a tumblr post for me and this is the result :^)

[ohfuck-abastard-deactivated2023]

i thought that was just. a regular tumblr post and accepted it

[pien-art]

AUDREYYYYYY!!!<33 she's so special she's so darling. Sweetsie!! I love her dearly and so could you 🙂‍↕️🫵 Go watch Little Shop of Horrors

[is-that-sand-in-my-waffles]

was anybody going to tell me that grace's quilt is covered in good luck symbols from around the world as a way to show that the entire world was wishing him luck on the mission

[parabins]

tumblr isn’t considered a social media because everyone on here is just talking to themselves

[parabins]

yeah i agree

[tuna-jsgross]

My canon for the OUTSIDE of Pelican Town. :]]]

Donny grew up in Pine Bluff. His mom left Pelican Town because she hated the farm, but the more he grew the more he found himself there.

He moved to ZZC for a relationship that ended traumatically. He felt stuck there, unsure if he’d find a job outside the city that would pay as well (despite it being barely above average, with awful labor hours).

> Meanwhile,

Harvey was born out of state. Teeny town similar to PT. ZZC Emergency Hospital was the not just the safest, most reliable option for him to transfer to, but it had the best reputation in all surrounding states.

[stiffyck]

i love one (1) science teacher. what is he doing up there.

[pansyfemme]

my brain has subconciously decided that tiktok is “unhealthy” but tumblr is “healthy” which i dont think is entirely true but i kind of like the idea.

[i-like-gay-books]

writing my one-shot (yes, the wondertwins body swap au did win the poll) and i'm starting to see why people say mike's pov is so hard to write. i mean, i still love it more than anything, but being forced to write will's pov instead has me realizing how fun it is. mostly because he's also snarky as hell just like mike, but mostly in his head, whereas mike is snarky as shit outwardly but much more calm and introspective inwardly.

anyway here's a little sneak peek. lol.

i just think i'm funny, ok?

@hmmximcimyx you asked to be tagged, ik this isn't the actual fic yet, but i figured you'd appreciate the update regardless!

[sweet0aria4]

me and who

[trickytrick]

pov you’re a rat

[kewaizii]

Anyone can cook 🧑🏼‍🍳🐀

[upsidedownlurker]

Why MWTFDYDgate = conformitygate

Ever wondered why Will suddenly had hope for a relationship with Mike during Volume 1, then gave up again?

Vecna told their story in reverse.

MIKE'S CAMAZOTZ (and the mandela effect)

Mike is stuck in his own version of Camazotz: the Rightside Up.

In the 8 months after Season 4, the gang prepared for a big battle with Vecna. Mike was taken during that battle, on the anniversary of Will's disappearance: November 6th, 1986.

Every important plot point from Ep 1-8 was an edited version of Mike’s memories from that timeframe. Vecna just changed the order, characters or context to suit his own narrative and keep Mike trapped in the Rightside Up, believing he'd won. Because of this, Mike is kind of experiencing the Mandela Effect – remembering things differently than how they really happened.

My evidence for this theory is here! Part 1 (Reality = reversed), Part 2 (Will/Robin), Part 3 (12 Episodes), Part 4 (MWTFDYD), Part 5 (Rainbows), Part 6 (Mike and Wileven), Part 7 ("Where's Dustin right now?)

We will flash back to what really happened in Episode 9, when Mike realises he's stuck in a fake world. The resulting plot will be a reverse of the current episodes; a reordered, recontextualised version of the same story – where Mike's real memories are crucial to his escape from the Rightside Up.

THE REAL STORY

Vecna told the truth in reverse. Upside-down.

After Season 4, this is what really happened: Will started with no hope -> befriended Robin -> Will came out, repairing his friendship with Mike -> Mike got closer with him -> and they both GAINED hope for a relationship. 

But after that came November 6th, 1986: the battle with "world-altering implications". Vecna trapped Mike in a fake world and altered his memories of what brought him there, turning them into a tragic story of lost hope.

Remember, he doesn't lie. He tells the truth differently. Edits parts out, exaggerates others, and scrambles it to fit his vision.

In Vecna’s retelling, this is what happened: Will started with high hopes -> befriended Robin -> Mike suddenly got less close with him -> Will came out, not changing his friendship with Mike -> and they both LOST hope. 

That's what we saw in Episodes 1-8. Now, I dunno about you, but to me, Mike and Will's story makes a LOT more sense in reverse.

BUT WHY? To remove Mike's hope for escape, of course! :)

Vecna needed Mike to believe that everyone had won, to BELIEVE that he got the happiest ending he could, and most importantly: to believe that ending up with Will would never be an option for him. Mike doesn't know Will loves him. Will wants to be "friends."

Max escaped with help from memories of Lucas and El. Will fought his possession with help from memories of Mike, Joyce and Jon. El saved Max with their shared memories, reversing her death. Love and memories are the key. If Mike was to remember his love for Will, he'd be able to escape – but that would ruin Vecna's plans for a "better world".

...Which is exactly why conformitygate and MWTFDYDgate are intrinsically linked. The only way Mike can escape Vecna's curse is to REMEMBER what really happened in the months before the battle.

So, what did happen?

MWTFDYD: An Overview

Well, we've already seen parts of it, scattered throughout Episodes 1-8. Just with changes to the order, characters or context.

MARCH-MAY

Season 4 ending. March 29th, 1986.

Remember how El wasn’t talking to Mike at all at the end of Season 4? And how for most of Season 5, they weren't together? Mike and El break up. {Vecna later uses this memory to tell the story of Jonathan and Nancy's breakup.}

Eleven: "I hate [Eggos]"; "You are always exactly six minutes late." "You wanted honesty." Friends don't lie.

Mike: "That spring break, when you were in Lenora..." "[physics mention]"; "I just felt like I was doing something wrong. Like I was going against the natural order of things."

Mike: "It made me feel safe, but also... I dunno." Eleven: "It was suffocating." Mike: "Yeah."

Will + Robin start hanging out. {This probably happened the same way – after he saw Rovickie kiss.}

The Byers are staying with the Wheelers. Mike and Will share the basement, which explains why they forgot to set an alarm in The Crawl. Mike is ALWAYS late!!! Every season except 5!!!

Will: "It's always [Mike's] fault!"

JUNE-JULY

Robin and Will have their coming-out talk from Shock Jock! They're quickly becoming friends, supporting each other. They both agree to come out to someone new. Will decides to start small, and Robin wants to go big.

Will: "You wouldn't happen to have any more of that truth serum left, would you?"

Will quietly comes out to Mike, Jon and Joyce – his own choice. This explains why the Duffers said they originally wrote the scene this way, but changed it. Right after Will's coming-out, in a private moment, Mike gives his apology from the tower in The Rightside Up.

Mike: "Hey, um… I’m sorry. I mean, not sorry about what you said. That came out wrong. I mean, not ‘came out’ wrong! Jesus Christ!" LMFAOOOO

Because of that coming-out heart-to-heart, Mike and Will become much closer again.

Robin comes out to everyone, so she can “double her audience”. That's why there was so much rambling in that scene, and why Tammy was mentioned! Robin says she likes girls, talks about her "Tammy", and maybe even mentions finding her "Vickie".

Mike has an epiphany. Perhaps he had his Vickie all along. 

AUGUST-OCTOBER

Will talks to Robin. He asks how she knew that Vickie wanted to date – their talk from the hospital. He immediately starts flashing back to all their little snowballs... "a brush of the knee, a bump of the elbow, a shared look."

Mike talks to Robin. Maya Hawke said her character would "mentor" TWO others this season. What if Mike's the second? He's amazed after her coming-out, and asks her for a bit of advice. Probably also about Vickie, haha.

Mike gets Jonathan's help to make something special: a mixtape for Will. Jonathan makes it, and gives it to Mike. {Later, Vecna uses this memory to create the scene where Murray gives Jonathan the mixtape for Nancy.} Also – Charlie Heaton said Jonathan would help his brother "get something he wants" in Season 5. This concludes Jonathan's arc of noticing what's going on with Will and Mike, but never intervening.

In the Wheelers' basement, Mike gives Will the mixtape. This is the avalanche; the thing that made it obvious.

Mike: "One last confession. A big one." He pulls out the mixtape. "I figure I've screwed up enough with you. It'd be nice to get something right for once in the end. Here." {Later, Vecna uses this scene for Jonathan and Nancy's breakup, where he takes the ring out and throws it away, in a confusing un-proposal}

This could explain the cutgate claims that Mike and Will were apparently supposed to have a basement scene together, and that music was supposed to play a fundamental role in scenes – e.g. "Just Like Heaven" by the Cure.

Possibly birthdaygate too; a late present?

I'm just speculating here, but... I think they'll use this to recontextualise the Purple Rain scene. Purple Rain plays from the mixtape as Will says Eleven's words from Episode 8. Quiet and intimate, not life-or-death.

Will: You understand me better than anyone. You always have. From the day we met, you've seen me. The real me. {Later, Vecna uses these words to evoke Mike's guilt – about Eleven's fake death, and his unreciprocated romantic feelings. This is to keep him trapped in the Rightside Up, AHHHH–}

After this scene, Mike and Will are either together, or plan to be together. This does multiple things narratively. It gives Vecna something he can use to manipulate them, it will also be one of the memories that helps Mike escape the illusion, and if Mike and Will were together throughout Episodes 1-8 but just didn't remember, those episodes are totally recontextualised!!!

ALSO!!!! This explains why the Duffers said that Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind was a big inspiration for Season 5. Two lovers' memories of each other are erased, but they find each other in the end, with the help of a CASSETTE TAPE!!!!!!!!

Apologies for the avalanche of exclamation marks.

NOVEMBER 6TH, 1986

As @mixu suggested, Mike and Will may have planned to go on a date on or after November 6th. This is supported by:

The video clip of Mike saying "You know I had dinner plans, right?" Dustin replying, "With who?" and Mike avoiding the answer. [Unless Mike and El have broken up, it should be obvious who...]

Not just that, but he's being forced to miss his dinner plans so he can rewatch edited clips of the show... i.e. edited clips of his own memories.

Just like Jopper, Lumax and Rovickie's date plans, Byler missed theirs because of Upside Down shit too.

Will attempts to save Mike using his powers during the battle with Vecna. [Possibly different ones than in Sorcerer.] But unlike in Sorcerer, he fails. {Vecna later uses this scene to give Will a winning moment [siphoning his own powers, hmm...], to sell the narrative that they were able to beat him easily later on}

Will: "[Mike]... Vecna, he's got [Mike]... we failed. I failed."

This explains why both Mike and Holly have the same head wound, and why Mike heard the clock chime and had multiple reaction shots to seeing Vecna – but nothing came out of it.

Will has his talk with Joyce from The Bridge. He's feeling so, so hopeless. Not only did Vecna get exactly what he needs to enact his plan, but... things were finally getting better between him and Mike, and now he's gone.

Will: "...Today is the day. The day Vecna's gonna act. I thought I had him, but the truth... the truth is I never stood a chance."

It's not over, though!

After that are Mike's altered memories, everything from Episode 1-8. Season 5 begins.

And after that... the final episodes!

(And hopefully, a somewhat happy ending :D)

Robin: It's a mandala! [...] Is it a mandala? Mandahla? Or a man-dala? Or a mendela? Or...

#lovewinsgate #rightsideupgate

[munchable14]

ladies...ladies....one at a time...

[deyageka]

Mike’s hair gets long enough that Holly starts putting it in a braid. The boys are flabbergasted (minus Will, he’s digging the hairstyle)

[sunchildsatoru]

byler x cleradin where cleric! will is helping will control his powers. “think of a memory, william. the most powerful you have” and will thinks back to the night he unlocked them. the acceptance of a part of himself he always thought as wrong and broken. the day one of his most special bonds was created. the innate instinct to keep mike safe at all costs.

will looks past cleric! will and sees in the distance mike holding paladin! mike’s sword. mike the brave. all along. he looks just like will’s painting.

that same night cleradin doesn’t understand how they aren’t together yet “they’re being ridiculous, dear” “perhaps, but in a very endearing way”