[Byler meta / ST theories & meta] posts
Posting this to save people time looking through my posts. Other (specifically short) character metas are at the very bottom of this post -past the byler links.last updated 9/30/2022
psych posts
- vecna, El, kali (mental health) allegory
- vecna’s curse/“running up that hill” mental health allegory
The kids/teens are repeating their parent’s problematic teachings/mistakes
The parentification of Jonathan byers
jonathan Byers is repeating the same romantic mistakes as his mom
Tra*ma responses of Will & jonathan
analyzing the ab*se subtext between Lonnie & jonathan
- hargrove/mayfield and Byers family parallels
El & Post-institutional syndrome
El wanting to be “pretty” has nothing to do with crushes
The narrative meaning behind the song ‘should i stay or should i go’
The fathers of ST (narrative analysis)
Why Mike resented Max
analyzing the phrase ‘only love makes you that crazy and that damn stupid.” (in relation to steve, joyce, El, hopper, Will,mike, etc) + another ref I forgot to mention related to the 1st post-here
Other theory/ meta /analyses posts
- Will & henry parallels
-crashcourse of evidence that Will created the upsidedown/mf
- All the psychic boys with bowl cuts : that the duffers reference in the show (cough it’s a lot)
- Analyzing all the door symbolism in st
-analyzing all the rainbows in st
-analyzing the food in st
-Analyzing the religious symbolism in ST
-analyzing the clothes in stranger things (s1-3) + analyzing the clothes in the 004 trailer
-analyzing the flower symbolism in st
-All the references to fire (s1-3)
- The spying/st#lking elements in ST + phone parallels .
-S3 ST ship disses
- narrative analysis “things” in stranger things
-analyzing every name in stranger things (comics, books,and religious symbolism/refs)
-analyzing Will’s b day
-Why Will is called a “cleric” & “wizard theory/analysis
-’catcher in the rye’ ref in ST
-clown symbolism (short post).
- ‘never ending story’ ref meaning/ new coke ref
-analyzing karen’s books
-Nancy /nevermore ref other nancy easteregg here
-just a cute parallel between Joyce & El other
-jonathan & mike parallel here
Gif sets (with parallels)
here, here,here,here, here, here, and here
Byler meta/theories
-m*leven paralleled to family members (s4)
-byler being paralleled to Robin/vickie (s4)
-m*leven vs byler parallels:Caring, letters, truth and superheroes:s4
- mike & El hiding their feelings at the airport (s4)
-presents/byler v m*even analysis (s4)
- byler hints in part 1 & 2
- Mike’s s4 clothing =conforming to his parents’ loveless dynamic
-m*leven & ted/karen s4 parallel
- byler painting vs m*leven letter (visual parallel) (s4)
-byler/m*leven hill parallel (s4)
-Mike’s plagarized confession (s4)
-Mike’s confession : conformity k*lling kids (s4) /similar post here
- Byler lying about being “just” friends (s4)
-byler being paralleled to otherships in s4 -here, here, here, here, here
-superman/byler analysis (s4)
-byler s4 movie/show refs + here + here
pre s4...
Why Mike resented Max
byler s4 theory/ s4 film analyses
- reasons to ship byler (vid) if you’re a byler shipper you should watch - you’ll love it :D. My other byler vids are on here too , on my youtube channel.
*summation -explaining all the points for why mileven isn’t endgame
*byler vs mileven parallels
funny m*leven & stancy parallel
funny m*leven & l*max parallel
* Kali, El, and Mike parallels (it’s sibling love, not romantic with m*leven)
- Byler is the main pairing of st ( all ship parallels and contrasts to one another). Aka which pairings aren’t endgame (jancy, jopper, Mileven and lumax) - and why.
* Mileven being referred to “romeo and juliet’ isn’t romantic- it’s another diss at their reationship
* Mike and projecting his romantic feelings for Will on to El
-Stobin vs Mileven (parallels/contrasts)
Post s3 spotify songs hint at byler being endgame. - The duffers choices in music prove byler is endgame (*short part 2 / and part 3 of this). part 4. And 004 song choices of byler-part 5 . part 6 mf and el hint
*script releases of s3 verifying my past anti-mileven interpretations of scenes.
Mileven isn’t “built up”(positively) like people claim
-El is NOT in love with mike analysis
-Why I no longer think Mike is bi, but gay (deep-dive analysis)
Mike & El didn’t get back together at the end of s3 / pt 2 /pt 3
- The duffers choices in music prove byler is endgame (*short part 2 / and part 3 of this).
-What Mike meant by “Not my fault you don’t like girls”
-Mike will ‘come out’ to his mother (prediction/theory)
- d&d symbolism tells us Mike and Will love each other
-Dart & Dustin vs mileven parallels
- 80s movies referenced in the show, hint that Mike is gay
byler break up vs mileven fight
-Dustin knows what’s up…
- Lingerie-store vs sauna ( internalized homophobia analysis)
- the mileven kisses were supposed to make you uncomfortable (physical intimacy vs being in love- show analysis)
- Byler hints in the background of s1-3
-BYLER MASTERPOST - ( mileven vs Byler parallels, why mileven isn’t endgame, Mike’s queer coding, will and El comparisons, the byler-centric ending interpretation, book/comic ref , extra stuff . Old post).
other Byler meta/ theories (down below)
Byler in d&d comics
MAGNUM/anti mileven ref
-mileven being paralleled to Hopper/El (aka not romantic)
- mileven paralleled to Jopper and Karen/Billy
-dawson’s creek easter eggs in st- byler evidence (x) (x)
-IT easterggs -byler evidence
- Will/El comparisons relating to Mike
-Mike doesn’t smile in photos, unless he’s looking at Will
-Mike interprets ‘growing up’ with liking girls (internalized homophobia)
- why mike is a paladin & Will is a cleric
- it’s cannon that Mike/Will go on movie double-dates all the time
- mileven vs byler breakup parallels/castle-byers being destroyed interpretation
- ‘welcome to my world’ byler easteregg
- Why people deny Will is gay/queer
- s3 ending interpretation + addition here
- in the comic- Will’s last thought before his ‘death’ was Mike (reblog)
- Will byers being jealous
-Mike complaining on the couch (after the mileven breakup) vs Mike apologizing to Will?
- Stranger things twitter hinting at byler (X) (X)
- blank makes you crazy vs crazy together
- Mike’s ‘love confession’ was a lie
- Mike is the ‘pinning one’- he’s whipped (pre s3 post)
- Will and Mike act differently in public than they do alone (reblog)
- The song “the first lie” and “the first I love you” -prove mileven aren’t in love
- BYLER and the 7 easter egg
*-Mike and rainbows
- All of Mike’s queer coding (pre s3)
-Defending Mike
Short byler posts
-Mike’s past jealousy
-skam/st crossover /gay easteregg
st spotify playlist
- Will has a stuffed frog to remind him of his ‘frog-face’
- Stancy parallels mileven , while lumax and jancy parallel byler (X) (X) (X)
- ‘we can be heroes’ Easter egg/interpretation
- shortest byler posts or byler reblogs I commented on *(x) *(x) *(x) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) (X)
s4 movie byler posts
here, here, here, here, here, here, here , here, here, and here
st character meta
Jonathan meta- here, here, here, here, here,
Max & Billy meta-here & here
Mr Clarke meta- here
Kali meta- here
Nancy meta- here ,here,
steve didn’t crush on robin- here
S4 analysis (part 1 )
vecna (mental health) allegory + Brenner and psych ab*se themes (El, Henry, and Kali)
governmental experimental ab*se themes
who will vecna target next theory- here and here
Byler analysis of part 1- here, here, here,here,here, here
jonathan analysis (s4 part 1)
Will, El, Mike bullying parallels
El wants familial love from Mike not romantic (parallels of Mike to lab fam and other family members)
Will & El both being the “cure” to vecna (theory)?
jason is a good villain
- robin & nancy: ruth easteregg
S4 theories/trailer analyses (before season 4 airing)
s4 list /summation of theories (posted right before part 1-some did end up being right/close. we’ll see if anymore are right in part 2)
- mike’s monologue theory (posted after part 1)
-Vecna theory (before part 1- in relation to henry, was right about vecna trageting tra*ma, wonder if the connection to Will/timeparadox part of theory is still possible given the ud being stuck on the day he went missing)
- Will byers’ (byler) painting theory (before part 1-tbd)
-At the end of part 2 Will joyce be stuck in Russia??
analyzing the recent Creel teaser-here, here, here , here, here, here,here, here, here I’d read these creel posts in order.
-powers are dangerous to their users.
- is eddie going to d*e?
-angela/ chrissy theory (correct theory)
-will the byers dinner awkward (correct/ pretty correct theory)
- the kermit the frog refs : here + here
-subversion of the 004 teaser
- El going into Will’s memories theory
- Jonathan’s abandonment issues in s4-theory
- romeo &juliet s4 ref: aka m*leven diss /pro byler ref
-military in hawkins theory/paranoia and witch hunts in Hawkins
‘rolling a 11 in s4- is ominous/satanic panic of hellfire’ theory (proven mostly correct-waiting for part 2 for full verification)
Will b day/Lonnie visiting theory + creel parallel .
How easter/Will’s b-day may affect Jonathan
will they reference Will’s b day (all the references to Will’s bday/bdays in general )
byler s4 theory/ s4 film analyses
mirkwood theory
Will El & Will become numbers together?
kali returns theory
s3 meta: about lack of communication, the critique of commercialism, and the misinterpretation of s3′s plot/characters appearing ‘shallow’
here, here, here, here
Rebel robin (book/podcast posts)
here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here
St theory: Dissociative Identity disorder theory
*don’t really believe the did theory anymore- but I still believe Will may have created certain d&d creatures with his imagination (because of tra*ma).
Will created the mf & the upsidedown (DID psych/narrative analysis part 1) + Will’s alters/split personalities ( DID analysis Part 2). (tw:csa). extra supplemental evidence for part 2 : here, here, here, here here, here , here here, here, here, *here ,*here, *here, here, here, here, here, here,here, *here, *here, here , here part 3 (just possible proof of the DID theory from outside canon sources : st comics, novels, spotify playlists).supplemental video post for DID posts : video evidence for mf/upsideown theory
-crashcourse of evidence that Will created the upsidedown/mf
Lonnie sold m*th theory ( it relates to did theory/s3 stolen fertilizer and the flayed eating chemicals,etc. )
I still missed a few, but this is most of them. This took forever, so you’re welcome XD
















