Ok, I really hope you answer this one. So there is this video on YouTube by Alina Jade called 'the downfall of stranger things' in which she said byler is not going to be canon because of some law in China (basically attacked bylers and said we're racists sexualizing white teenagers). What do you think about this? You can see her post on her Instagram (@/edward.spaghedward) she posted on maybe 5th July. I know you only do theories on the writing part but I wanted to see your take on this.
Itâs stupid , honestly. Mileven is white and people ship that and arenât constantly accused of sexualizing teens and being racist. Even though plenty of them grossly obsess over their kissing scenes- cause unlike Byler (they donât actually have a deep emotional connection- all they have is gross make outs).
Only when itâs gay and white do âstraight fake-wokeâ people claim that itâs racist- itâs just rooted in homophobia. Yeah, queer rep needs more poc characters , but shipping a queer white pairing isnât inherently racist. You never see people claiming others are racist when people ship a straight white paring (in ANY show- let alone ST with say mileven, jancy, or jopper). And you donât see us saying theyâre âracistâ or âs**ualizing white teensâ for shipping mileven (a white teen pairing) . Itâs hypocrisy at itâs finest. And when they ship mileven, lumax, or , dustin/suzie but suddenly object to byler by saying the âtheyâre kids, stop sexualizing themâ - theyâre showing theyâre homophobic .(And view queer romance as dirty and more adult/s*xual than het romance). Straight kid-romance is cute to them, but gay kid romance to them is unacceptable - and only straight kids can have an innocent romance in their eyes (heck some donât even believe queer kids exist, which is bs) .Whether you realize it or not, these perceptions are bigoted! Some people just hate byler and queer rep so much they (donât care about the double standard and) throw these lines around hoping it sticks- but it just exposes them as a bigot. Whether, or not, theyâre too dim to realize that fact or not.
Plus, Lucas is straight - and hasnât had a whole season dedicated to his friendship with Will- unlike Mike/ Will. He also doesnât have queer coding like Mike . Thatâs why we donât ship Lucas/Will. Itâs that simple. âWhy donât they ship Lucas with El - huh? Lucasâ firework plan saved El along with him using the axe - He saved her 2x and they had a hate to love relationship. Why donât yaâll milevens ship it- maybe youâre a racist?!â Itâs so dumb, but we donât pull that disingenuous crap. Not to mention , these people all forget, right after s1 - mileven shippers unfairly hated Lucas (to a ridiculous extent and with a burning passion ). And all because he got in the way of their precious het white ship, and rightfully called out his white friends for their bs . They hated him even after he apologized to El. ( There was a racist component to that hate. Doubt heâd have gotten so much hate if he was white. Thatâs just a fact ). đAnd compared to mileven shippers, a lot more byler shippers shipped (or ship) lumax - but I digress.
Also , lmao, the china argument only works with films. CHINA DOESNâT EVEN HAVE NETFLIX . They didnât bother doing an ounce of research-
Not to mention (regardless of that) all the queer original netflix shows they have on their platform. Some Netflix originals that are queer and not censored!!! : Grace & Frankie, orange is the new black, the OA, queer eye, glow, unbreakable kimmy Schmidt,the politician, one day at a time, sense8, chilling adventures of Sabrina, bo jack horseman, sex education, dear white people, Iâm not okay with this, and elite. Just to name some of their most popular (original) shows. They donât give a sh*t about the homophobic countries when it comes to queer rep (as long as itâs popular)- orange is the new black lasted for like 8 seasons and it wasnât subtle with its queer rep.
*Not even wasting my time watching their vid- theyâre just a byler hater saying in their youtube comments they want to do a vid about why they hate byler and they said in the comments âI will deadass never watch the show again if they somehow manage to force byler on us lmaoâ
Homophobes are naturally dumb as f***- you think after they insulted Troy ( the homophobe) by calling him a âmouth breatherâ, having Mike push him, El breaking his arm, having him piss himself (and having him become a laughing stock)-theyâd realize the Duffers donât like them and donât want them in the fandom.
They said they hated yaâll since s1?! So please get out (if you were planning to leave just because of byler) -you were never welcome by the creators in the first place. XD
*If you disagree with them, donât bully them and send too much hate to them directly. Thereâs a way to go about it if you do. like thumbs down the vid, or make a civil comment. Personally,Iâd ignore her.
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