[hannahberrie]

color palette meme ▷ @byersscastle​ asked: adrift in dreams + Will Byers 

“Sometimes the bad guys are smart too.” 

[nadjadoll]

stranger things costume appreciation

max mayfield ‘s rainbow outfit in season 3 episode 4 and 5

[neonhelper]

Charlie Heaton as Jonathan Byers in Stranger Things “Chapter Four: The Sauna Test” (3.04)

[elenafisher]

[rvbinbvckley]

she really is the love of my life huh

[finnwolfhards]

#iconic moment

[himbosteve-moved-deactivated202]

mileven’s endgame. like, this isn’t news. everyone making meta on how mike is gay and‘s gonna end up w will by the end are amazing and super talented and i’ll support them because i think the concept is amazing, and i wish their theses were the reality, but the duffers just aren’t that cool. mike and el are the longest running couple, the main promotional asset next to de memes™️, and despite their damaging dynamic they’ve been cinematographically produced to be regarded as a good couple.

though yes, analysts are right to think that the concluding mileven scene implies mike’s feelings have changed, a casual viewer won’t think that!!! the duffers had a perfect foundation to show the audience mike’s lack of romantic attraction to el, but they didn’t, and instead played romantic tracks over their interactions and made mike’s reaction to el kissing him ambiguous enough to be interpreted as simply ‘shocked.’ the largest demographic of stranger things watchers are those that don’t theorize, and look into character’s behavior on a surface level. the duffers would rather validate their conceptions of the character’s psyche than validate an intuitive minorities, because it’s inarguably the easier route. especially when it comes to tackling a gay subplot for a heteronormative market.

byeler being endgame would be met with unheard of backlash and criticism, and the duffers like to play it safe, so they’re going to stay with what keeps their audience complacent. it worked for season 3, and it’s going to work for future seasons.

the most we’re ever gonna get is a one-sided love triangle where will ends up sad and gay and single until a nameless love interest is shoehorned in by the last episode of the series. it’s gonna be stupid and unappealing and unsatisfying but it’s just the way it’s gonna b unfortunately. i’ll theorize and i encourage everyone else to but we shouldn’t put any faith in the cishet writers that’ve never had gay used positively in a character’s dialogue and their one lgbt character being lgbt was the actress’s idea.

just keep your expectations down. stranger thing’s downhill spiral in quality isn’t gonna be halted by multi-faceted, intricate and conceptually practical hypotheses that go against the majorities wishes. the duffers don’t have the guts.

[jonathan-byers-remade]

Being a freak is the best. I’m a freak.

[sidious]

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[daeneryssansa]

Stranger Things 3 - Chapter 8 - The Battle of Starcourt I’ve been stuck in one place, in a cave, you might say. A deep, dark cave. And then, I left some Eggos out in the woods, and you came into my life, and for the first time in a long time, I started to feel things again. I started to feel happy.

[dailystrangerthings]

Finn Wolfhard photographed for Elle Korea 

[mikes-wheelersarchive]

“i felt it before, whenever he was close”

“whenever who was close?”

“the mind flayer.”

[mikejane]

You know, last week… I was shopping for a new top I thought Steve might like. It took me and Barb all weekend. It seemed like life or death, you know? And… and now—You’re shopping for bear traps with Jonathan Byers.

[80speaches]

Mom friend Will Byers sneaking in snacks and drinks into the movie theater in his backpack and handing them to everyone reblog if you agree

[kelkellie]

[unalivejournal]

[clary-jace]

Maya Hawke on playing Robin