Uhhhhhh

I put the fun in dysfunctional

[bylrlvr]

i’ve played these games before

[anya-chalotra]

#they're just like us fr

[crown-prince-zuko]

It was his birthday they erased the gay boy from his birthday which he spent alone, with no one remembering, third wheeling with his sister and the boy he's been in love with since kindergarten An artist struck out from his own canvas.

[buckleybeat]

Claim your “Wonder Twins Deserved Better” ticket here!

[mikeslawyer]

the ending literally being will moving away for college & mike looking at will’s D&D book and sobbing, oh, my love. he has so many regrets.

[catinnoodlez]

mike didn’t say i love you back to el in that final scene cause will wasn’t there to rub his back and tell him what to do

[hawkinsschoolcounselor]

Gay representation in this show:

A gay kid who spends the entire run of the show struggling with his gay identity and loving his best friend until the penultimate episode where he gets over it after being tortured psychologically. There's a hint he will eventually find happiness far from Hawkins, but even that is just a story his best friend is telling, so even that is up in the air.

A lesbian who has a hallway crush on someone she doesn't know, pines for a girl she thinks she can't have, gets together with her off screen, has one kissing scene with her, has a massive fight where she's accused of doing drugs before a literal monster attack proves her right, then they're never shown together again after a testy walkie talkie conversation, and she makes plans to move to Philadelphia with her three friends.

Dynamite job, Duffers.

[svmeldyb]

Uhhh twitter is mad not saying their wrong but I loveeee reading these BECAUSE WHAT THEY MADE A HOMOPHOBIC BOY BESTFRIENDS WITH A GAY BOY.. like.. WOW.. he suffered so much in s4 even GIVEN THIS DUDE COURAGE TO SAY I LOVE U TO HIS OWN GF LIKE WHY WOULD U NEED ALL THAT TO BE SAID BY THE PERSON WHO IS INLOVE WITH YOU

THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO MAKE A GOOD QUEER CHARACTER TO HAVE A BETTER STORY.. I’m sorrry LIKE THE CRYING ???.. EVEN DUSTIN DIDNT CRY FOR MAX.. wtf

[bylerse10]

exactly how i feel right now! love you max! thank you!

[ibrakeforrainbows]

they could’ve denied that byler was happening YEARS ago btw but they decided to string us along for profit

[thewisewill80sbyers]

The way Vickie just disappeared

[ibrakeforrainbows]

they could’ve denied that byler was happening YEARS ago btw but they decided to string us along for profit

[byerswheeler]

will byers there are no words to express how proud of you i am

[rowan-the-sorcerer]

regardless of what happens tonight, will byers you WILL be going down in history as one of the best queer characters and strongest, bravest people of all time. you will always be loved by thousands of queer people who have felt empowered by you, regardless of who loves you in the finale and regardless of who dares to be homophobic in real life.

[bylerworld]

we should all kill ourselves

they were so tiny oh my god im gonna die

[loserdrag0n]

Mike wheeler always at the crime scene

the hug after the coming out scene shows who Will ACTUALLY wanted there 😭

[mikeslawyer]

I can’t believe I haven’t made a post about it yet, so let’s talk mike’s reaction to will’s coming out.

so, first of all, let’s remember that he didn’t know. sure, he might’ve suspected or heard about something but as far as he was concerned those were rumours. let’s remember that he actively fought people who called will queer, defending him. lets remember that he is the one who said “it’s not my fault you don’t like girls” to will and then proceeded to look the most guilty we’ve ever seen him, realising the way it came out. here, will is telling him a completely brand new information and mike is mulling all their interactions over in his head, realising why will reacted a certain way at certain times.

look at him, he’s thinking, you can almost see the little wheels turning in his head. hes piecing the puzzles together, which brings me to my second point.

he’s recognising the words will is using. this entire speech is full of parallels to their scenes together in previous seasons. moreover, when you add the painting, mike now knows there is no possible other painting that could’ve been for a girl as el told him in a letter. that his painting is the painting, that will was crying in the van because of it. look at him:

the scrunched eyebrows, the look in his eyes, this is recognition. will is looking him right in the eye, crying and saying he’s gay. will is crying because of mike, the one thing that’s made mike bike across the city to apologise before. mike is many, many things but he isn’t stupid. he doesn’t handle will being upset well, never has and now will is talking through his tears, looking right at him. mike knows. he’s just processing.

he has just realised he is the one will is talking about. will likes boys and mike has just realised he actually has a chance, but also maybe not, because will says had. not has, had. what if that was mike’s window and he has missed it completely now?

on top of it all, hes recognising the language will is using, those are the words hes thought and said before. he was the one pushing people away, the one hiding, literally wearing fucking camo in the scene. he’s finding himself in will’s speech. yeah, will feels like that but so does mike.

that’s why he is the last one of the core three to speak up, hes thinking. he isn’t an asshole, don’t mischaracterise him. plus the worst possible thing to do would be to confront will now, in front of all these people. will has has enough things taken from him and deserves to have this conversation in private and mike knows that. I’m not sure why some of you seem to think he should’ve stood up and straight up kissed him right there but that’s just not who mike is and has never been. he’ll talk to will as soon as he figures out the best way to do so.