will-byers-defender

just a will byers stan since day 1

[linloveswill]

I just want to make an appreciation post for Rockin' Robin.

As someone who grew up with a lot of older cousins whom I considered sisters, I can say how nice it is to have relatives love you unconditionally, just like how Jonathan is with Will. But me and my cousins are very different people, and they constructed an image of me that I don't neccessarily fully identify with. That's why I spent years in the closet. I never had anyone actually see me for who I am. No one around me knows this integral part of me. I feel so alone most of the time. I grew up thinking no one will actually understand me.

Then in 2016, I watched Stranger Things and found Will Byers. (Since this post is for Robin, I will skip this part). Skip to 2025 and there I was watching Will be seen by this girl who is funny, smart, brave, quirky. She was different and unapologetic about it. She was amazing. It was a surreal experience.

Robin was like the person I've been waiting for when I was a teenager absolutely terrified because she wanted to kiss a girl. Robin was the person I needed when my own mother was crying because she was suspicious of my orientation and I had to lie through my teeth, hands shaking and heart in pieces.

Robin was the person I needed when I hated who I am, isolated myself from everyone, lost all interests in the things that used to make me happy.

Robin reminded me that the little girl I used to be, she was still here, she is still me. And if she deserves love, I do too.

And lastly, Robin is the person I want to be for the people who are like me and Will.

"And it was just from this silly movie that I made in fourth grade, but I got it up on the projector, and all of a sudden, I was looking at this little version of myself. And that little me, I could hardly recognize her. You know, she was so carefree and, like, fearless. She just loved every part of herself."

[linloveswill]

Having one lovely, kind and dedicated reader who leaves engaging comments is more than enough to boost morale and continue writing even though the fic doesn't get much traction.

Suziee, wherever you are, just know you are singlehandedly pushing me to write my zombie fic lol

[linloveswill]

Tumblr was done for me for like a week I'm scared, I'm shaking. How many new byler variants did I miss?

[actuallyathena05]

milevens genuinely scare the shit out of me

[linloveswill]

Eleven is literally a number, given to her as identification by Brenner, whom abducted her from her mother. That's not a name. Jane is the name her mother gave to her. Jane Hopper is her identity.

[wandringaesthetic]

You should only write in present tense with extreme caution.

not because it's bad or anything but because if you do it even once you're going to be editing the bits where you shifted tenses out of your writing for the rest of your life

[corvuscorona]

if u write in present tense enough times in a row, you can switch this problem around & get confused when your present-tense narrator is talking abt something that happened in Their past. I recommend this bc it keeps u on ur toes

[ach-sss-no]

guys i made my first blackout poetry

[heywriters]

^^^

[smalltown--byler]

everyday i am grateful that will byers is free from stranger things and is now being held by the ao3 writers. we will treat you right.

[linloveswill]

You can definitely tell when a writer loves their protagonist because they will use every drop of their talent in writing their story. That's why ao3 writers are better than the duffers.

[domi--mi]

the weekly tavern argument (powerscaling Will and El)

[linloveswill]

Ao3 authors are the best because I am getting better advice here than in that subreddit for writers. People there can be so mean while here, ao3 writers are just kind and fun. I love our country

[aloyxwrites]

i think sam (mike) and frodo (will) should have kissed. first of all, how do you know they didn't? it's a long trek to mordor (upside down)

[cheritree7]

reblog if you give zero fucks about tales from 85

[linloveswill]

To people trying to scam me in my DMs please stop. I'm broke and feed a bunch of cats. You're most likely richer than me.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

“this person texts like chatgpt, they must’ve used it”, “that author writes like chatgpt, they must’ve asked chatgpt to write for them”. that could still be because chatgpt was trained on how humans talked, wrote and created. it’s trained to mimic real human. and whether or not you like it, it’s getting better.

if you suspect a work was written by ai and if that makes you uncomfortable, you can always stop consuming said work. but—I am saying this with genuine respect—public speculation, where you make a public post to accuse someone, and witch hunt harm real people whose art and creations are entirely human-made.

also worth mentioning that people who are on the spectrum and people who aren’t writing in their native languages are often wrongly accused of using gen ai

[lovelyfinn-deactivated20260423]

[linloveswill]

Byler, Wangxian, Satosugu, Jayvik. What else?

[linloveswill]

Being in a codependent relationship/situationship with another woman is the worst thing I've done. How can a heartbreak be this painful?? Just kill me holy shit

[idontlikedicktionaries]

REBLOG IF ITS OKAY TO TALK TO YOU.

Please.

[flickergatedaughter]

everyday i think about mike and will almost dying in the room at hawkins lab instead of jonathan and nancy

"i hate the clash"

"what?"

"i hate. the clash."

still being the line to break the silence, but from mike instead of nancy. but mike telling will once he started liking should i stay or should i go and started subconsciously singing it around mike it became one of his favourite songs. and when he heard will singing it over the walkie after thinking he was dead, that it was the best thing he's ever heard.

will biting back like jonathan with the pink sweater but about mike's shitty knockoff outfit in california, because he felt like he was trying to be a different person; jane's boyfriend, not will's best friend. and him telling mike how much it hurt when he rejected his hug, blamed him unfairly at the rink and not paying attention to how jane was feeling. but always circling back and telling him how much he still appreciated mike wanting to be best friends and a team again.

they'd keep going and going like jancy but messier bc they're cripplinganxiety4crippinganxiety yapper4yapper but instead of things they dislike about eachother, it's secrets that they had kept in fear of hurting the other. about eachother's dad. names called that hit too close to home. letters never sent. the quarry.

and once they realise they only have a few minutes left to live, will asks mike to tell him just one last thing. because will's life started with hearing mike wheeler's voice, and he wants it to end the same way.

so mike tells will him and el broke up.

and will doesn't know what to say, or pretend to say, seeing as relief is redundant given the situation, and any hope of consoling his sister was gone. he just quietly mourns how when it came to love, they were both doomed from the start. and we would've ended will byer's last line to mike wheeler the same way it started: telling mike the truth.

"i made the painting"

"i know. that's why i broke up with her."

"but i never said it."

"you never had to."

[mikewheelerisaqueerler]

HELLCALI BUT IT WORKS FUCKING TWICE

[linloveswill]

We had straight and gay byler. It's time for straight and gay hellcali