his breathe catches

✨♑ she/they, queer, minor!! I scriptgate and july 1st survivor I not quite sure how i became a byler blog but here we are

[sage-greenery]

rewatching stranger things season one genuinely sick to my stomach. what happened.

[vault-of-amber]

oh god i hate the coming out scene more with every second. i hate that he came out to his mom at the same time as his science teacher i hate that joyce didnt show any surprise or emotion during her son's full on fucking panic attack i hate that murray was there i hate that none of his friends reacted i hate hes my tammy three episodes after it was established hes been in love with mike since kindergarten i hate that that line outs robin to a bunch of adults she doesnt know right after she said she wanted to come out on her own terms i hate that nobody comments on it or has anything to say i hate that theyre all accepting and theres no complex emotions at all despite it being the 80s i hate the fuckass me toos and that mike is like fifth to go i hate how nothing of substance gets said by anyone other than the kid pouring his heart out to like twenty people i hate that everyone claps at the end and they all move on i hate mike wheeler's complete blank slate of an expression and el's complete lack of emotion for her BROTHER that she remembers sticking by her side in cali when everyone thought SHE was the weird freak i hate 'everyone should know this too' i hate that it was done out of fear and to get it out of the way instead of as any actual emotional resolution to the character arcs theyve been building up for years i hate that everyone sat there in silence and watched this kid almost throw up with tears as he talked i hate that he says 'i dont like girls' instead of 'i like boys' and how it focuses on the negative and something he lacks instead of a source of joy in his life i hate that that line calls back to his and mike's argument in season 3 but in a way that makes it seem like mike was in the right i hate that nobody had anything to say i hate that hopper was there as though he wasnt asking joyce whether her son was a fag in season one i hate the utter lack of complexity or emotions or character i hate it being framed as a confession of secrets that he was going to have to get out the way sooner or later i hate the message it sends to younger viewers about bending over backwards to get accepted for your queerness. about getting over decade old 'crushes' because you dont want to make it weird and telling every single person in your life at once because you 'owe it to them' even though you have no reason to trust half the people in the room with your bleeding heart and about making a point beforehand to remind them that youre exactly the same as they are so youre not a freak and they should really just forget about it as soon as possible because itll be easier to accept if youre just like them even though youre not, youre not the same, it's not just i like girls vs boys, it's the way your entire childhood has been shaped by fear and bullying and being ostracized for things you couldnt control and the constant terror of growing apart from your only friends who you feel safe around and watching everyone around you get girlfriends while you sit at home waiting for them to call but dont worry about that im just like you im not a freak im not a faggot im just like you. will byers take my hand ill lead you out of this stupid fucking show

[blankdotcom]

bro got no bitches and made it everyone’s problem

[justlikeheavenbyers]

A real Byler never speaks ill of my baby

[moonfruito]

duffer brothers release the deleted scene of robin and will's debrief about mike . i want the extended cut

[olsonshroom]

Will Byers I never once doubted you. What a beautifully written character you are.❤️‍🩹

I can't stop thinking about stranger things, this show is INCREDIBLE!!!! I can't even organize my thoughts in a coherent way. I love reading all your takes on here tho<3

This song fits them so well!!!! 😩 ofc whenever I get obsessed with a series I can't just draw a single fanart. No. No no no. I have to make an entire comic about it.

byler endgame, amen 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[green-in-the-midwest]

Why did Murray and Mr. Clarke have more chemistry than Mike and Will in Volume 2 and why is it Trump's fault

[miwiromantics]

The only thing I’m mourning rn

[bulionzkury]

tammy thompson doesnt know about the irreversible damage she did to hawkins queer community

[miwiromantics]

I’m sorry but the comments are taking me tf out I can’t-

[daniartonline]

The Party ⚔️✨

[neverbelongedtoangels]

[superbylerfanfanfan]

oh willel i'm so sorry that your writers had you make these choices out of fear. you both deserved so much more.

[bylerhardlyknowher]

the concept of everyone and their mother thinking the finale was so bad that it must be fake is fucking frying me

[thewisewill80sbyers]

These are the options:

They completely lost their minds and had some kind of mental breakdown that resulted in this shitshow

They are evil homophobes that did intentional queerbait and also stole the previous scripts from other people and are secretly awful writers when they're on their own

They were censored by Netflix and can't tell because they signed a contract where they can't talk shit about Netflix legally

Conformitygate is real

[lavendersea3]

Shit ass writing indeed way to many plot holes

Still holding onto #conformitygate its the only theory that can fix everything

[olsonshroom]

since the creators like to leave so many things in the finale ambiguous then I'm running with it and making my ship canon anyway lmao. they belong to us now!!!

Yes, they meet up accidentally during college, yes, they never stopped thinking about eachother, yes, they're now free to face those feelings!!!

Imagine writing a finale so terrible it got half the fandom theorizing it was fake and there's an actual finale coming our way. Truly bizarre. (Love reading those theories tho, they're so fun).

Anyways, I'm doing my part with a little fix-it fanart :) I tried to make it as big of a tribute for this ship as possible. I've had so much fun these past few weeks interacting with this fandom, I'm truly grateful I've found a little space for myself in here. And I'm glad so many people enjoyed my art and stayed with me for longer, I am so thankful for you all! 💕 Reading your comments, sharing excitement with you and interacting in general has been a highlight of my days! I think it got me through this winter, it was a really nice escape. And an intense one. Whew.

I hope to create more fanart for this series in the future, maybe branch out into other characters as well. I'm still full of ideas! But for now I feel like I need to take a step back and let this hyperfixation fade out a bit. I need to focus on my college assignments for now, maybe I'll even find some time to work on my comic, but in the meantime I'll be posting some art that has been waiting on my drive :) I also still need to process the conclusion to this show, cause geez. Feels kinda terrible. But I'm glad to be a part of this incredibly supportive community. Never stop being so passionate, fun, and creative, y'all are amazing 💕 I've learned so much about storytelling and visual symbolism thanks to all the people's analysis and I can now implement it into my own art! And all of you should too! I can't wait for what the fandom comes up with now!

Lots of love 💙💛