Eleleth

he him 20. I am crazy but I am free. ape scientist and audhd warrior.

[zakusbakus]

It Meant Everything

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inspired by this post

[lilyimsoafraid]

ok I'm back semester just started and I got angry everytime I thought of byler so I logged out for a bit. what did I miss these past 2 weeks. someone update me.

[dismoondart]

College byler

[sugarcubetikki]

I actually like that Mike said “You did it! You really did it!” to Will after his sorcerer moment instead of “You saved me! You saved me!” and it’s not just because of the Mlvn/platonic/familial parallels. (hey but I also like that they got their own unique thing instead of the “you saved me!”).

Will is a character who’s had his autonomy violated/childhood stolen by Vecna/the MF throughout the show. His internalised feelings of helplessness and brokenness because of it. We see him express frustration when others treat him like glass because in his own words “it makes him feel like more of a freak”.

(All of these feelings are also linked to his queerness too obviously and they tried to make his coming out scene the final step in him reclaiming his autonomy from Vecna but we all know how terrible that was executed considering it had little payoff in the finale and how they tried to write Byler out of the narrative).

Mike is someone who made Will feel empowered when he was feeling weak. We’ve seen this in S2 and we see it in ST5 Vol 1. The pattern of Will confiding in Mike about feeling stuck, broken and helpless and Mike encouraging/empowering him through his words (crazy together, you’re like a superspy, you’re a sorcerer).

Previously, Will succumbed to possession and we had the people he loved needing to save him. This time, it was Will himself who by the help of Robin was able to accept, embrace himself and tap into his powers to save the ones he loves.

It’s the transformation from him internalising feelings of brokenness and helplessness to instead tapping into his inner strength and choosing to believe in himself.

From Mike’s perspective, the “you did it! you really did it!” can be read as this euphoric sense of pride because he’s witnessing that transformation. Seeing someone you love finally accept themselves after they’ve doubted themselves for so long is beautiful. And Mike isn’t quiet about it considering how he keeps going on about Will being a sorcerer.

[sewaryka]

i caved in i drew them..

[bylerworld]

i'm still here in case you were wondering

an eyebrow scrunch.....a lip stare.......a smile.........he is sooooo crazy

[bylerlve]

@buck-yyyy MY FRIEND ON TIKTOK JUST SENT THIS TO ME

[miwiheroes]

"he's just my tammy" but its the most honest, gentle, purest depiction of love that you've ever seen.

[new-ronantics]

i’m cryinf

[lilyimsoafraid]

booked an hrt consult for wednesday. u will not catch me being repressed epilogue mike wheeler anymore. thank you ratt and moss for writing an ending so tragic that it made me get my shit together.

[i-see-miwi]

I refuse to believe Michael wheeler was Accidently queer coded through songs, dialogues, expressions, props and colours for 4.5 seasons he was meant to be gay istg bylers set up was NAWT an accident

[d4jamso]

I coloured this panel from my comic bc i liked it

[narrativelogicofbyler]

as someone who literally studied this stuff, i’m sorry but why on earth would the duffers put mike and will’s first meeting on will’s memory tape if it wasn’t meant to mean something. that’s not a random choice. that’s not a cute callback. that’s the kind of moment you highlight when you’re saying “this relationship is the root system.”

and then making mike the first emotional touchstone on the tape? come on. that’s storytelling 101. you don’t give that kind of narrative priority to a relationship you plan to sideline later. you don’t build an entire visual motif around will’s interiority and then centre mike in it just for fun.

so why would they do all of that, the memory tape, the first meeting, the emotional framing, only to turn around in volume 2 and the finale and act like will and mike’s relationship suddenly doesn’t matter. it makes no damn sense. it’s not even about shipping at that point, it’s about basic narrative coherence. you don’t plant a flag that big and then pretend you didn’t.

[f1nnyf1sh]

"Blocking out the byler noise" buddy YOU made Will in love with Mike, the fuck did you think was gonna happen???

[lilyimsoafraid]

back in my dorm. going to romanticize this semester by pretending I'm college byler.

[basilosu]

college byler

[lilyimsoafraid]

remember when the byler fandom was so small that nobody could decide if it was byler or byeler 💔 now we have legit millions of people. millions of people went crazy together and that is beautiful to me.