things that need explaining if byler isn’t cannon:
- why mike kissed el with his eyes open and hugged his mom so weirdly at the end of season three
- why mike responded so weirdly to the airport hug
- small town boy on the mike playlist
- the one way sign pointing to the closet
- why mike was literally IN WILLS VIDEO TAPE
- deleted mike crying on the bike scene
- the way the two heroes scenes were shot
- here comes the rain again on the wsqk vinyl
- when blue meets yellow in the west
- mike LITERALLY lying in the monologue
- the mike funko with the painting
- the byler won’t write itself sign at the writers strike protest
- the duffers telling finn it will pay off
- mileven interacting all of once this season
- the pipe bursting and the water symbolism
- mike can’t tell el he loves her unless it’s literally life or death
- shared looks and signals
- parallels with rovickie
- the final shot of season four
- eyewitness rain fight parallel
- the look on mikes face when will gets powers
- all the crazy things mike has said to will???
- in the closet (at rink o mania)
- noah and finn carrying “emotional weight” in the last episodes
- finn only remembers the candlestick
- finn calling episode seven “enlightening”
- byler started filming a month early
- will asking robin about the signs
- noah saying he filmed most of his scenes with finn
- the heart eyes during the van scene
- amybeth saying this season is the gayest it’s ever been
- the netflix search bar being coded to bring up stranger things when you put in byler endgame
- shawn levy only reposting the mike and will photos
- the crazy ass shit that goes on on the wsqk station
- finn’s face while reacting to the monologue during that one interview
- shawn levy’s daughter reposting byler edits
- “we’re friends” parallels with jancy and jopper
- the demogorgon breaking mikes closet
- will looming in every season four mileven shot basically
- shawn levy posting blue and yellow hearts on twitter that one time
- noah and finn being the only two of the younger kids to do chemistry reads together while auditioning
- i am not okay with this parallels
- dawsons creek parallels
- “i didn’t say it” “you didn’t have to”
- parts of the monologue were improvised but the van scene took a whole day to shoot
- the couples blocking throughout season three
- the season four posters where mike and will would be together and el would be alone
- el’s rink o mania outfit being called the “will look”
- blue light flashing across wills face right before it cuts to the swing set flashback
- the fact that there IS a swing set flashback
- finn was filming it chapter 2 and the goldfinch at almost the exact same time as season three so his creative choices regarding queerness would have been incredibly intentional
- why was mike there when will got his powers to begin with if it was meant to be about independence and self acceptance?
- mike not really caring when el broke up with him
- ted saying “see what happens?” after will went missing
- karen and the “don’t feel like you have to hide from me” spiel
- mike being the only non family member in the flashback
- argyle calling something mike was wearing at the airport a “shitty knockoff”
- the cleric and the paladin rumors
- matthew modine “sees no future” in mileven