Unbetitelt

[ohfallingdisco]

sweet boy he knew you by the pattern of your breath at 12. when your abuser found you at 13 he dropped everything to reassure you and slept on your floor. making you cry at 14 was more serious for him than his girlfriend calling it off. he was so upset at 15 that you weren’t happy that it ruined his whole day. when you gave him your gift, it was the happiest he had looked in months. memories of your relationship gave you the strength to save his life. you were five years old when he fixed himself to your side. his boundaries with you are different, his voice so much softer, the tether you feel with him runs both ways.

you were never reading too closely between the lines. the mike you know is more than a crush. the mike you love would want to be.

[narrativelogicofbyler]

i wasn’t manifesting anything, i was literally analysing the cinematography, the blocking, the colour theory, the narrative beats, all the stuff i was trained to look for during my TV degree. the signs were there because the show put them there.

the duffers absolutely queer baited the audience. everything I learned academically about visual storytelling was pointing toward a byler slow burn, and then they completely abandoned their own setup. we didn’t hallucinate subtext; we didn’t “make up” a ship. they built it, then pretended they didn’t, and the result reeks of homophobia.

they didn’t subvert expectations, they ignored their own narrative groundwork. that’s not clever writing, that’s just bad writing. they tore down a storyline they spent years constructing, and now the overall story makes zero sense.

[betterforlovingyou]

It’s frustrating to see people/the writers/etc. act like the disappointment with Byler is a shipping thing. This isn’t about just wanting two boys to kiss. This is about Mike Wheeler, who has been sidelined all of season 5, lacking a real arc and meaningful personal journey. This is about his poor treatment of his friends in seasons 3 and 4 never being adequately explained or resolved. This is about his personal struggles remaining ambiguous and denying him the opportunity to process his feelings in the story in a meaningful way. This is about Will Byers, a character who never thought he would fall in love, learning that if he does, he’ll get over it. This is about a character who has spent the whole show having what he wants taken from him, willingly giving up the thing he wants most. This is about a character who was shown to fall in love slowly over the course of 4 years with his best friend, the person he is closest to and most similar to, only to decide it was just a crush.

This is not about wanting two boys to kiss. This is about writing two characters who care about each other more than anyone else, who feel most comfortable and themselves with each other, having it develop into something romantic, only for it to amount to self-acceptance on one side, and a relationship built on “love at first sight” and a lie on the other.

So stop saying it’s about shipping when it’s about the impact that this writing has on Mike’s character, Will’s character, and the story that was written. There is more to Mike and Will than Byler. But Byler heavily affects their characterization and arcs whether you like it or not.

[crown-prince-zuko]

Lessons learned from the finale from the show "for outcasts" - Do not expect your love as a queer person to be reciprocated. - The cycle of abuse ends only at your death. - You are doomed to follow in your parents' footsteps.

[theskyissosad]

The fact that after the coming out scene everyone got up to hug Will and touch him was so important. I know a lot of people found the "and me" parts corny. But let's not forget that during the AIDS crisis in the 80s people were scared to even be standing near queer people.

And Jonathan even kissed Will's cheek with tears on it.

We shouldn't overlook how important and healing the touch part of that scene was.

[crown-prince-zuko]

You're telling me that Mike "The Heart" Wheeler would sit there completely unmoving as his best friend sobs in front of him and makes direct reference to a fight they had when they were 13 in which Mike's words deeply hurt him? That's what you want me to believe? Is it crack? Is that what you smoke?

[maymadx]

he recognized the sound of your breathing through a WALKIE TALKIE. sweetheart that's not your tammy, that's the love of your life.

[annes-andromeda]

I already reblogged a post on my main blog saying this, but I need to share this cause it makes way too much sense.

The fact that Shawn Levy is allegedly directing episode 7 of season 5. The fact that Levy said that Finn and Noah’s best performances are in volume 2. Finn says that Season 5 is Mike’s most traumatic season and that he had to carry a lot of emotional weight.

In season 4, Will primarily wore the color yellow throughout the entire season. Coincidentally, in the same season, we see Dimension X for the first time, which is yellow. Will not remembering most of his time in the Upside Down, possibly because he was actually in Dimension X. Henry Creel visited Dimension X as a child and lost his memory of the experience, btw.

Unless the Duffers were lying in their interview about volume 1 where they said that Will only has powers because of his connection to the hive mind, then the theory about Will creating the Upside Down is out the window. So who does that leave?

Mike.

Something something the multiple theories about Mike creating the Upside Down, having time powers, and the Upside Down being a manifestation of his repressed emotions and whatnot. The fact that with every passing season, the Upside Down gets bluer and bluer, and is stuck on the day Will went missing. Since the very first season of the show, Mike has not only been consistently associated with the color blue, but also with time. Specifically, being late and wanting more time.

In season 1, he ran the campaign late. In season 2, he was late for the arcade. In season 3, he was late for the movies. In season 4, he was late for school. And while in the beginning of season 5, we see the other characters run late and go out the door, we do not see Mike walk out of his own house. Literally, Mike is wearing a sweater with the Demogorgon’s face in season 5.

The fact that episode 7 is called “The Bridge”, and is directed (co-directed?) by Shawn Levy. Something something Byler possibly being the bridge between worlds

Mike=Blue=The Upside Down

Will=Yellow=Dimension X

When blue meets yellow in the west

[nemoutisbyler]

I'll revisit at least part of this becomes true

[hearteyes-wheeler]

This is THE coming out scene to me. This is what its supposed to feel like. Intimate, personal emotional and jusssst this side of painful. The good kinda painful where it tugs at your heart strings and makes you ache for this poor boy and relate to his struggles. Makes you wish kind, perceptive people like Jonathan existed in your life. Not whatever... The vol2 coming out scene was.

[dnlrrr]

A golden ticket for every member of my fav community

[kiwi-colaa]

how did mike fumble both of them so bad in like 20 seconds

[wavingreid]

spencer reid i understand you, this is also how people react whenever i info-dump

[jemilying]

emily having jj’s last name when they get married because she’s never had the name of someone who’s truly loved her (even her own), and to finally have the name of someone who loves her unconditionally would mean accepting that she is deserving of all the love that jj would give to her

[insaneaboutweewoo]

I'm sorry but. Can we talk about:

"My attourney said you could refuse..."

"...but you know I wouldn't."

Like. First of all. The choice to make Buck finish the sentence? Eddie read his mind and then Buck read Eddie's mind reading Buck's mind. Choices were made.

Second of all. That's an insane thing to know about your best friend who has only known your nine year old child for what? A year? A year and a half? And Eddie is so sure too! Like, it would have been so easy to just ask Buck, if he knew Buck wouldn't refuse?? Like, surely it would have been better for Eddie to die with the knowledge that Buck already agreed to take care of his son instead of being sure that he wouldn't refuse? Like?!?! What kind of thought process??? Boyyyyy

[gaydadeddie]

the craziest thing about this episode is. buck desperately searching for the missing ingredient in snickerdoodles, and as almost everyone who has baked snickerdoodles before has posted, cream of tartar is a MUST ADD ingredient to the recipe. and so it's like, this ingredient should be right in front of your eyes. but! buck didn't default to google or something, he wanted to search through the spice cabinet and work it out himself, he wanted to figure it out, of course, but he wanted to use his time baking as a time to stay connected to bobby. mind you, he is also speaking about searching for this missing ingredient (WHICH EVERYONE KNOWS IS USUALLY 'LOVE' WHEN ATTEMPTING FAMILY RECIPES) while wearing a sweatshirt with a little heart on his chest. and then. cue eddie's storyline. he is seeking something missing from his life. he is trying to find it in religion, in something that bobby connected to and he can't really understand why. he feels it, this missing piece of himself, and abuela finally tells him, god is Love. and why does he have to find that Love in mass? Perhaps it's right in front of him. Maybe it's the obvious choice. And then. She presses her hand to his chest, right above his heart. Oh boy. Ohhhhhh god. You guys

[melindagordonismymother]

rewatching S3 and... 309 was gay but 305? the grocery scene "you know how much Chris misses you" "how could you" "and i can't even talk to you"

Buck being the one at the rage room to ask where Eddie is

Oh and LENA I need her to be in more fics she's clocked Eddie's gay ass in seconds and how crazy buddie are about each other at least after that grocery shopping scene everyone else was like Eddie chill out and Lena looked at them like ooooo the gays are fighting i need my popcorn

The way she smirked at Buck when she gave him the bat or hammer idk what it was in that last scene

[ajsbau]