reed

ur mom #wlw chronic reblogger

[mikeandwillsweddingofficiant]

if mike wheeler knew how much we all loved him and how much we were like him he’d start sobbing

[stardust-daydreamss]

i like you *doubles your hellcali*

hellcali squared!!

[karust]

Get your dog, William 😭

[hausofnalea]

don’t mind me rn, just basking in glory…

[nuffit]

Does Mike know that he’s real

[noitsnotacookiee]

some bravebyers, wisewheeler and cleradin for the soul 💖✨

[mikewheelerisaqueerler]

david bowie when he realised the song he wrote about being queer was just used to queerbait millions of queer people

[trailersaftermidnight]

Hot take (that shouldn’t be a hot take at all):

Mike Wheeler isn’t oblivious, clueless or dumb. His character has not been lobotomized.

He’s traumatized. Deeply and irreversibly traumatized.

He is a living breathing case study in “forced conformity is what is killing the kids”.

Both by the repeated traumatic events we are witness to through the series, but also the very real pressure of forced heteronormativity and toxic masculinity.

You cannot analyze his actions through 2026’s lens (where I argue these oppressive social structures are still omnipresent).

There is a real and ever present danger for LGBTQIA folx, especially in the context of Indiana in the 80’s (I will not entertain any arguments that Mike Wheeler is not at minimum questioning his sexuality. Queer media literacy 101 establishes that).

Additionally, the changes in his behaviour, including demonstrating affection to Will, can be ascribed to the overwhelming pressure to adhere to gender roles and stereotypes. The social construct he lives within tells him that the interactions that were natural and joyful are abnormal and wrong.

Finn Wolfhard is an incredible actor. You can see the internal anguish in the “quiet Mike” moments in Season 5.

Mike Wheeler is in agony. But he feels like he doesn’t have any other choice.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[ventusvia]

the byler tag is red for valentines and now every byler post I like turns into a heart with arrow lol

mind you milkvan and stancy are still grey

[ninononono]

Bonus to my previous post. I put them on wheels at Rink-O-Mania instead of skates on ice. Because I can, and because they cut Will out of the picture for the credits.

[noihavenosanitythanksforasking]

paladin!mike: we must go to William where is your horse

mike: what no we cant

paladin!mike: cant?? i know not of cant. why pray tell can we not?

mike: hes in california..?

paladin!mike: what the everloving fuck is a california? is it some type of baneful magic spell?

mike: no...its just a place very far away.

paladin!mike: ...

paladin!mik: then we must go to this california immediately. where, i ask again, is your steed???

mike: i dont have a fucking horse and we cant go to california its like 7 million miles

paladin!mike: then we must hail a carriage of some sort

mike: hello?? we cannot go to california??? its like really fucking far

paladin!mike: This means nothing to me. do you mean to say you would not travel the great expanse to see your beloved?

mike: uhhhh i mean he probably doesnt want to see me like itd be weird

paladin!mike: then fall to your knees and beg for his mercy? you are a bit slow arent you,,

[huailin]

possessed will byers.. possessed will byers.. possessed will…..

[pawnyouoff]

byler brainrot

[seeyouincastlebyers]

jonathan: *gives multiple coded speeches about how it's ok will's different and he should accept and love himself anyway starting in SEASON ONE*

the duffers: this is new, this is brand new, this is something will simply could not have possibly heard before, nobody could have ever given him this advice, let's get the lesbian to tell him it's okay nobody loves him because. film reel. this is genius. we are so smart!

who the absolute fuck is jankathank blyers and why does everyone keep talking about him?? thats not one of our guys right? i know all our characters by HEART. there's steve harrington, holly wheeler, steve's best friend dustyboy, childhood whimsy but sexualized, ramblin ma'am the lesbian, eddie munson RIP, nancy with a gun, loobus sinkhair(???) and his sexy redhead girlfriend, and i think he also has either an imaginary friend or a cousin or something? idk lol no one cares about her anyway. and you can't forget about angry cop guy, mr. one liner, steve harrington, crazy mom, alcohol woman, ted wheeler, schnookums, steve harrington, deer-eyed torture baby, lobotomy, will's imaginary boyfriend, henry creel (hat version), varkna, and of course steve harrington.

[lingi-15]

[ninononono]

They could have at least done it like MAPPA did in 2016...

┐(￣ヘ￣)┌

[shardlily]

So that’s why Will corrected Robin with „to date“ because the „make out“ was already ticked off 👀