byler #01 defender

19 he/him autistic and annoying mike wheeler apologist

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The Pitt is baby's first fandom for so many people. Wdym I should hate Langdon, because he was stealing pills and treating patients high? I was 9 years old watching Dr House pop 3 stolen Vicodin with a half bottle of Whiskey and then treating the Black Plague. Who am I to judge?

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How it feels to genuinely enjoy the Pitt and not get caught up on every little bad thing a character has done because they’re all complex human beings and none of them are truly evil like everyone in this fandom seems to think

[chamsburger]

coming back to byler from 2022 and i still can’t stop thinking about this post

[grahamsblood]

the fact that will is starting to even consider that mike might like him back tells me everything i need to know

[ab0g1arka]

alright everybody pack it up, pack it in, pack your Byler doubt into a tiny Ziploc bag and THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW.

we need to have a conversation.

ROBIN. IS. NOT. A. RELIABLE. BYLER. SOURCE.

I love her. I would die for her. She is my favorite lesbian barometer.

But she is NOT the gay oracle of truth when it comes to Mike Wheeler.

yes yes yes the Tammy Thompson conversation was about sexuality not about “Mike = Tammy Thompson.”

I’m aware. I have two brain cells.

BUT EVEN IF it was supposed to imply that… babes… ROBIN DOES NOT KNOW MIKE.

like she has known Will for 0.7 seconds and is only NOW beginning to understand him as a person.

and Mike?? mike wheeler?? she knows NOTHING about the history. NOTHING about the friendship. NOTHING about the pining and yearning and eyeballing and emotional spiraling. NOTHING about Mike’s entire “I’m totally straight except for one (1) specific boy” era.

and honestly the funniest part of that whole scene is that Will was the one initiating EVERYTHING.

which is adorable. and also brand-new.

like Byler has NEVER had that dynamic before.

Byler is historically:

Mike reaches out → Will cries about it → the audience dies → the cycle repeats.

but in THAT moment??

Will is being bold™. Will is being confident™. Will is being “I watched Robin pine after Vicky and now I’m feeling brave” coded.

and Mike is just standing there like a confused golden retriever who suddenly realized he has feelings again.

so when Robin clocks the moment and goes “oh, this is giving Tammy Thompson energy,” she’s not WRONG…

but she’s only seeing half the picture.

the actual Byler evidence — the REAL good stuff — is all Mike-coded:

the soft looks, the lingering touches, the “You are a real life Sorcerer” line delivery, the emotional monologue in his eyes every time Will breathes too close to him.

Robin didn’t see ANY of that.

what she saw was Will doing a little gay reach-out and Mike doing NOTHING because Mike was too busy dissociating into gay panic.

so yeah, OF COURSE she misinterpreted it.

she doesn’t know Mike’s side yet.

she hasn’t seen the “Mike stares at Will like he’s the last slice of cake” stuff.

she hasn’t met the version of Mike who basically said “I am obsessed with you” with his eyeballs for four seasons straight.

BUT SHE WILL.

and here’s the kicker:

now that Robin knows Will likes Mike?

she’s gonna be WATCHING.

like binoculars. like National Geographic. like Planet Earth: Gay Edition.

so the MINUTE Mike starts doing the romantic stuff he ALWAYS does — the stuff the audience has been screaming about for seven years — Robin is gonna be like,

“oh… oh no… this boy isn’t Tammy Thompson. THIS BOY IS VICKY.”

and that parallel??

that Vicky–Mike parallel??

they’ve been hiding Vicky AND hiding Mike’s feelings ON PURPOSE.

gatekeeping the lesbians. gatekeeping the gays.

Netflix said “no crumbs for you until the finale.”

and isn’t it weird — WEIRD — that Vicky hasn’t been involved in the supernatural plot AT ALL?

like girl hasn’t even sniffed a Demogorgon.

that’s DELIBERATE.

mark my words: something with Mike + Vicky will happen (NOT romantically chill) that makes Robin go

“oh HOLY SHIT these two match.”

and THEN she’s gonna retroactively realize she was wrong about Mike → aka Mike is Will-coded, not Tammy-coded.

call me crazy. call me delusional. call me Vecna’s favorite vessel.

but SOMETHING is cooking and it isn’t Eggos.

Mike = Vicky.

Will = Robin.

Byler = Endgame.

the math is mathing. the parallels are paralleling. the gay is gaying.

I rest my case.

[grahamsblood]

“we need more complex characters”

you guys couldn’t even handle him

[grahamsblood]

the fact that i’ve seen a bunch of mileven shippers turn into byler shippers but not a single byler shipper turn into a mileven shipper tells me everything i need to know

[grahamsblood]

mike wheeler and shauna shipman

aka my favorite angsty, complex and misunderstood teenagers

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the way they’re ALWAYS right next to each other…

[grahamsblood]

did someone say love triangle tease???

[grahamsblood]

the contrast is killing me

[grahamsblood]

they know what they’re doing.

[grahamsblood]

the stranger things 2026 annual calling el mike’s friend

i’m picking up what you’re putting down…

[grahamsblood]

“eleven, mike, will and the rest” willelmike main trio i know that’s right

[grahamsblood]

i’m so excited for when byler becomes canon and all of the GA and the antis have to watch those two boys kissing on their screen

they might say it was fanservice or start hating on the show, but it doesn’t matter. they can’t change the story. the sad gay kid gets the boy. and homophobes will be forced to spend christmas or new years eve watching the gay boy get his happy ending full HD on their screen.

[grahamsblood]

idk about all of you, but this scene actually feels more like a platonic heart to heart to me than some sort of romantic interaction.

they aren’t kissing or even that physically close, yet it’s clear there is some kind of affection. however this affection doesn’t really look like it used to in romantic scenes between them. it feels more real, less forced. more like a strong friendship.

it feels like something has changed. like a weight is finally off their shoulders. maybe, just maybe, mike finally started being completely honest to her and to himself, and now their relationship can evolve from a product of miserable forced conformity to a sincere bond, that doesn’t need to be romantic.

this particular expression we see on el’s face doesn’t really scream happiness or love, but it doesn’t really seem like she’s mad at him or something. it just seems bittersweet. like something important for them is coming to an end, but it’s for the best. she does not look angry or in love, just emotional.

it looks like they finally stopped forcing themselves to be what’s expected of them, (maybe a romantic couple?), and they can finally experience their relationship in a more pure, genuine and healthy way.

i’m not sure if i think this specific scene is a breakup scene, but it could very well be. after all, a mileven breakup wouldn’t be angsty or full of unresolved feelings. it would be a bittersweet realization that not being together is what’s best for both of them and for their relationship. they would continue to love and care for each other, although in a different way, and i believe that could be what they are realizing in this scene.