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18 || lesbian || she/her ⋆. 𐙚 ˚ byler and jancy truther ♡ ────୨ৎ────

[paladinwhatsit]

conformitygate has breached the wwe premises

im laughing so hard

[strawberrybyers]

it’s honestly incredible to me how the GA is paying attention to conformitygate. the thing is is that it’s not even hard to compile evidence for conformitygate if you actually paid attention to the show all these years. bylers have always been given shit for “over analyzing” “making things too deep” “giving meaning to every detail no matter how small” and now that season 5 was so ass, they’re like “WAIT A MINUTE! that didn’t make sense!”. and now they’re rewatching, analyzing, and putting together the pieces. however, one thing they’ll never accept as much as they believe in conformitygate, is that conformitygate exists because the show has always had mike and will’s queerness imbedded into the narrative and mike’s desire to be “normal” is at the center of this theory.

conformitygate isn’t conformitygate if you don’t believe in the fact this is happening due to mike’s queerness. remember: vecna HATES conformity, so why not punish someone with it?

[teahsometimeshasthoughts]

i lowkey hate how the ga only wants another episode because they want more stranger things and not because the finale goes against everything the show stands for and is actually meaningless and contradictory

[miwiheroes]

poor mike having the straightest college roommate alive when mr homo over here has his pink floyd the wall tapestry, a picture of a bisexual writer and his boyfriend's painting

free that man/ let him spend 100% of his time at his boyfriend's dorm instead

[canithankyounow]

he misses his sister so much Duffers pLEASE DO SOMETHING DUFFERS DO SOMETHING

[crikeyoryland]

Mike Wheeler caressing his & Will's D&D binders in his basement 🤝 Richie Tozier carving R+E on the Kissing Bridge

[sweetenerly]

Given the ending, i truly think all these romantic plots in stranger things are completely useless to the main story. ESPECIALLY mileven and will’s love for mike. It complicated so much, led to queerbait, we could’ve been completely fine if the show dropped romance to focus on FRIENDSHIP which has been the core of the show since s1, but i feel like has been forgotten for the sake of love plots and it pains to see.

[willel-domination]

The thing is, I think I genuinely would've been okay with byler not happening if they dropped both byler and mileven entirely and focused solely on willel. Just forget romance completely and let the twins be twins. A found family sibling dynamic will always be more compelling than a romance. Idc I think all of s5 should have been willel-centric, and they should've been paired up all season. They're so underdeveloped, and yet the literal crumbs we have of them are sooo sweet. Their hug when El saves Will in ep6 is one of the top moments of this season for me.

Will would've told her he loved her immediately. Hell, he would've managed to change her mind. He would've wrapped her in a hug and asked her if she thought he deserved this fate too, because he'll always hold a part of Henry in him, just like her. And that would've made her back out without hesitation, because she could never condone Will sacrificing himself, so how can she condone it for herself?

[sweetenerly]

hot take but i truly think death is the better ending for jane than living in solitude forever

[ev-ml]

A CAPTAIN GOES DOWN WITH THEIR SHIP.

[bylerswheel]

I'M TEARING UP BRO WHO MADE THIS

[mikewheelerisaboyliker]

suffer brothers i will NEVER fucking forgive you for turning my highly-relatable comfort character from my decade long hyperfixation comfort show into the very nightmare of forced conformity us outcasts are trying to escape from.

[wiseatom]

this fanfic shit is easyyyy

[miwigate]

doomed yaoi featuring finn wolfhard

[scarareg]

Millie's choice of words seems deliberate. She know that "Mike understands El better that anyone" is bullshit

[shoujowill]

I understand conformitygate in a “this is how I’m applying death of the author and interpreting the ending in a way that feels more compelling and can possibly be used as a jumping-off point for transformative work” way.

I do not understand it in a “there is a secret finale” way. 

[bylerse10]

Door One: Take your own life.

Door Two: Accept your fate.

Door Three: Escape.