Milkvan fans on youtube and face book. “ I m a Will fan , but , I hope he sacrifices himself in season 5 to save El so she can be a normal girl and have a happy ending with mike. It would be so poetic and romantic. “
I have a better idea, why don’t we stop killing gay characters to further ‘straight’ characters plot lines.
How about we have repressed Mike wheeler break up with El after Will is put in danger and he realizes he is in love with his best friend. Why don’t we have El realize she needs friends and family bonds more then forced romantic ones.
How about we don’t want to kill our so called favourite character just cause he’s gay.
This isn’t just about Byler or Mileven anymore for me. This is about the disgusting homophobic idea that its ‘romantic’ for a gay character to sacrifice himself so the ‘straight’ boring forced straight couple can ride off into the sunset like some kind of damn Disney fairy tale.
This is why the bury your gays trope is so dangerous. It not a only tells queer people that we aren’t worth love or happiness, but it also tells the straight audience that we aren’t either.
Enough is enough.
Sorry for the rant im just so disgusted a so called Will fan thinks it would be neat to sacrifice him for El’s happiness.