[tender emotional music playing]

completely normal about stranger things

[soliamuerto]

the main sources of trauma for will were being in danger and losing himself.

the main sources of trauma for mike were being in danger and losing the people he loves.

let that sink in....

[soliamuerto]

it's finally here!!

i finished the fic i've talked about and thought about for a month it seems.

it's kind of heartbreaking but i wanted to explore the idea of how will's traumas affected him and his feelings.

so here it is:

if you (n)ever

byler, 5,4k words

unrequited love but not your typical one-sided byler

i know many wouldn't like to read something sad as this but i would really appreciate it if you do! <3

comments and kudos are very welcome too!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[grimeclown]

Kinda fucked up and nasty how vampires drink blood, imo. Like. Pepsi costs a dollar seventy five

[grimeclown]

Hospital

[grimeclown]

Not me I’m paying a dollar seventy five. At the hospital

[grimeclown]

I feel like we’re getting off topic

[bitegore]

So is pepsi if you steal it?

[grimeclown]

Because it’s only a dollar seventy five

[aromancy]

Why in God's name would a vampire drink pepsi

[midvvest-vampire]

Why would anyone drink Pepsi?

[grimeclown]

Huh?

[skywardkonahriks-deactivated202]

That’s why I’m not a fan of the sexy vampire trope.

1. It’s overused and supports the current status quote of typical vampire supremacy:worshiping rich folk.

2. Vampires prey upon humans and therefore symbolize capitalists preying on the working class.

3. Werewolves are much sexier imo.

[grimeclown]

[star-lara]

am I having a stroke????

[fiollaigean]

you might want to go to the hospital then

[sherlockfandomtandem]

I hear the Pepsi is cheaper there

[lumism]

yeah that's EXACTLY how the five of you should be sitting

[puncertainty]

penny drop moment

[juvianism]

will and mike in the “crazy together” context but in an apocalyptic hawkins au.

mike is a protective boyfriend.

[soliamuerto]

have anyone ever thought about au where will and el got their memory erased by government before going to california (joyce and jonathan haven't) just so they can live a normal life but then something happens and everything changes. and they have to relearn all the things they've once known.

idk how this would work for el tho. poor girl lived in a lab half of her life and the other half she was fighting monsters what's she even going to remember 😭

will tho... he's not going to remember disappearing in the upside down (that's a yay). but i would want to see him interact with mike who DOES remember... mike would be overprotective of will and will would blush unknowingly cause his crush on mike is still there... the Possibilities™ of this au....

also the Angst?? will finding out mike jumped off a cliff when he was missing and he didn't even remember being missing... and hopper being "dead"?? nobody tell el that would crush her ...

BUT if they happen to remember all of it by themselves... THAT would be gut-wrenchingly heartbreaking...

and now you'll be thinking about this too so i'm not alone in my misery

you are welcome <3

[strawberrybyers]

love how the tweet is titled “van scene” 😭😭 it’s giving major passive aggressive vibes lmfaooo. they didn’t add anything like “i know you guys have been waiting for this! here it is!” or add any details explaining the script or anything. the tweet is just “van scene” 😭😭😭 why is that so funny to me

[soliamuerto]

GUYS OFFICIAL VAN SCENE

by stranger writers

[beaulesbian]

I took some screenshots of the byler tag follower count since June:

5th of June, 2022, around the time I joined, 9k.

30th of June, just before vol. 2 dropped. 27k.

10th of July, 39k ppl (and these past few days it was growing by 2k a day)

[beaulesbian]

Yesterday 50k, today 52k (and milkvan is still stuck on 9k) 🎉

Literally seeing that each day theres more and more ppl seeing byler as something possible, or even just liking it as a ship, erases any doubt i could get during the day

[beaulesbian]

28th of July. 69k. Nice

[beaulesbian]

Happy 100k byler nation 🥳🥳

(13th of August)

[soliamuerto]

the thing that amazes me the most about it is that after vol.2 i was so disappointed i actually thought that byler is bones and everybody would give up on it but NO byler tag just grew stronger and it's just... wow

we did it guys!!

[honeysunzz]

everyone say when you got to the byler tag in celebration of almost hitting 100k! i got here at 17k :)

[nancyfilm]

pls i can't 😭

[soliamuerto]

and if the official script for van scene is gayer than the fake one 🤭 idk that would be hilarious

[soliamuerto]

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO

[bylerinsanity]

there are no thoughts inside mikes little brain. just an image of will bouncing around like that

[soliamuerto]

gonna prank mike when the script comes out

[soliamuerto]

the fact that this post is still relevant until we get official scripts from stranger writers themselves 😭

[woadisme]