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Hello! Welcome to my account 🤍

My names Sam! (Sammy/Samantha)

She / her

Australian

Cisgender , sapphic

Twitter: Bluebrrysam

Currently obsessed over stranger things, so my account will mainly be about that alongside whatever I wanna talk about at the time.

I might do theories/analysis sometimes! I’m not super good at them though they’re more just for fun

Im super indecisive and I may edit my posts a lot. & I might post a bit too much so sorry if it gets annoying. Also my grammar isn’t the best so I apologize if I sound like a toddler

Nothing I say is intended to be harmful, I apolgize in advance if I come across as rude!

I’m also a Byler shipper and I post about it a lot! If you don’t like that ship then my account isn’t for you.

AI, HOMOPHOBIA, MISOGYNY, RACISM, TERFS, ZIONISTS ETC ETC DNI

shit posting account: Brickonthefloor

masterpost of all my Byler theories/analaysis: Here

I’m aware Byler isn’t canon but the ending was ambiguous. Heres my interpretation of the ending if you’re interested!

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#stranger things #Byler nation

lyxchen

Byler kiss that would have saved the world <3

Bonus: Mike without the hat :>

Also I have a bunch of close ups under the cut <33

this-girl-in-the-bubble

When you're watching stranger things, and they start talking about some "upside down" shit when you're literally just here to see Mike burn down a pride parade and go to Home Depot

noyouwerebeautiful

s5 really felt like

volume 1: go white boy go

volume 2: no white boy not like that

volume 3: white boy i've never seen anyone fuck it up like that

missmemorielle

when i saw this shot i also immediately knew i had to draw this scene as well! <3 (it's a big drawing so zoom in for details <: )

foolish-mother-ive-already-falln

STOP SCROLLING!!!

THAT WAS NOT A SCREENSHOT YOU JUST SAW!

THAT WAS A PAINTING!!!

LOOK AGAIN!!!

Since Byler is bones I can say with confidence we were queerbaited. This is in no way our fault. We read the signs, and whether the queer coding of Mike was intentional or not, dragging Will’s crush on for five seasons is bad writing and incredibly disappointing.

Im so sorry to all my fellow Bylers. Stay safe and remember you’re sexuality doesn’t make you any less of a person ❤️

#stranger things #byler #mike wheeler #will byers #stranger things 5 #queerbaiting

mioakem

ok well since everything else seems to be an ambiguous ending imma just make the call and say that byler is endgame wow can’t believe we won

samcats

Yes exactly 🙂‍↕️

mioakem

ok well since everything else seems to be an ambiguous ending imma just make the call and say that byler is endgame wow can’t believe we won

Byler still endgame idgaf ANYWAYS HERES HOW WE CAN STILL WIN WITH AMBIGUOUS BYLER:

“Mike kissed El” BUT:

1. He didn’t say he loved El back

2. That could’ve been a last ditch effort to convince himself that he truly did love El

3. His reaction to her death was both a mix of pain for losing his friend(El) with the realization that he doesn’t have El to hide his true feelings anymore

And the scene with Mike and hopper talking about El after she dies can just be seen as Mike coming to terms with the fact that he lost a friend, it doesn’t have to be something romantic!!

So whats the outcome for Byler?:

The ending scene with Will slowly walking up the stairs and Mike lingering downstairs, staring at the shelf with tears in his eyes, and then becoming just like his dad in the future, with a reminder of Will (the painting) forever hung on his wall. He missed his chance with Will. He missed his chance to be happy with who he truly is, he knows Will has moved on and it’s Mike’s fault. And he can never fix that.

I choose to believe in doomed yaoi I DONT CARE

⚠️ also btw Ik none of this is true or canon. The ending was left ambiguous and this is how i chose to interpret the scenes! All in simple fun

#Mike I’ll never forgive the duffers for what they did to you #stranger things #will byers #byler #mike wheeler #doomed byler #byler nation #stranger things 5

stabbingpplwithaplasticfork

fun fact! You can have queer people in your show and still write homophobic things. The mike and will queerbaiting and the exclusion of Vickie from the epilogue are two excellent examples of this.

chaserofstarsandtheabyss

Spoilers for Stranger Things

As a Mike Wheeler fan I do not think I can recover from this (obviously there’s ao3) but uhhh. Yeah apparently character assassination just occurred.

samcats

Im so bummed they absolutely ruined his character and destroyed all the depth he could’ve had

sabellart

michael you need to lock tf in its all up to you now.

samcats

Even if Byler doesn’t happen, it is and always will be queer baiting and I’m not going to act like it isn’t

This isn’t us being delusional, this is Netflix using a popular gay ship to promote the show.

This is the Duffers purposely pairing up the couples and Byler, suggesting Byler is a couple

Annddd Will having a crush on Mike that opens up the possibility of a queer couple being canon

Making a gay character have his whole plotline revolve around having a crush on a guy just to turn around and say “well actually that guy doesn’t like him back!” And then make the heterosexual couple endgame is extremely scummy.

They did not have to open up the possibility of a queer couple, yet they did. If they end up sticking with milkshake for season 5 instead of Byler after making it SO clear that it could happen, it by definition is queer baiting

samcats

Sooo….

samcats

Something I noticed rewatching this scene:

How Will is always in the light

Im fairly sure this has been pointed out before but im gonna say if again

Firstly, the scene starts with them shown sitting next to eachother. They’re both dark, “in the shadows”

Furthermore, during this first half, before Will shows Mike the painting, Will is framed to be covered in light. The sun is directly behind him, lighting him up. Yet Mike still says in the shadows (sorry for the bad quality , I had to use my tv to take these two photos)

after he shows Mike the painting, Will is still covered in light. The light is right behind him still and it keeps shining down on the camera throughout the whole scene whenever we see Will. At times the light shines right on the camera making the whole screen very bright when Will is talking. (seen above)this happens many times, like the show is trying to make us notice the huge light behind Will

Also a good time to remind you guys that this scene was filmed in a studio with artificial lights, everything with lighting and shadows and backgrounds is intentional.

After Will shows Mike the painting, the rest of the scene is filmed just with them separately. Will, Mike, Will, Mike, Will, etc etc… the only time it shows the two of them in the same frame again is from Jonathan’s point of view.

This scene was intentionally filmed to focus on Mike and Will separately. Will is still showered in light, while Mike stays in the shadows. It’s like the very artificial lighting is trying to telling us that Will is Mikes light, his hope, what brings him comfort when he’s not okay. Why else would Will constantly be shown in the light from mikes pov?