#byler implied

[scandinavianbrunette]

byler in their new york apartment sometime in the 90s

[ur1maginaryf13nd]

*Jane and Angela fighting, and I mean hair pulling, scratching, biting, kicking, the WHOLE thing*

Mike: ヽ⁠༼⁠⁰⁠o⁠⁰⁠；⁠༽⁠ノ

Will: Hit her in the eye!

Dustin: Kick her in the balls, babe! Whoo!

[nicointhecloset]

Somebody please give me the strength to finish this painting 😭☠️

It’s been sitting like this for like a month now UGH I hate my stupid hospital job I would love to just sit all day and make art for a living but guess what, capitalism! Fml

[loutwohearts]

happy birthday mike ! lmk if u use !!!

songs: pushing it down and praying by lizzy mcalpine and smalltown boy by bronski beat

art by @halosketches

[notcryingtoday]

Max woke up in a wonderful world. No Upside Down. No Vecna. Everyone was happy. They said she got in a car accident. Her step-brother, Billy, isn't a bad person, just a little rough on the edges. They said her hallucinations are part of the trauma response. Her boyfriend is worried about her, as well as her friends Mike and Dustin. She has forgotten something, she feels, but she doesn't know what. However, she can't forget El, her best friend. In her coma-induced dream, there was this girl who single-handledly saved her life.

But life goes on. She goes to the therapist. She goes to the movies with Lucas, she learns to play DnD. Life goes on, and she still can't forget Jane. She sees her everywhere. Sometimes, she wakes up screaming and she can swear something is deeply wrong with everything around her. But what can she do? Everyone's right! Her stories are crazy! Like, monsters and parallel dimensions who would even believed that! So she tries to move. For an instant, she almost starts to believe. This was the best outcome. Everyone is alright. Nothing ever went wrong.

Until Mike Wheeler goes crazy too, talking about a person named Will Byers who doesn't even exist. The next day, Will Byers appears and has apparently been one of Max's best friends since they're twelve. Memories start to appear, memories Max knew she didn't have before.

With Mike, they piece together a terrifying picture: this reality might not exist. While looking for answers, Max ends up on Terry Ives' doorstep. But it's not Terry who opens the door: it's a girl way too familiar, a girl who had once saved Max's life.

And Max Mayfield meets Jane Ives, an El who has never been taken by the Hawkins lab.

[theicequeen623ggg]

I love emo byers

[morrowsmotto]

BLUE AND GOLD!!!! FRIDAY NIGHT!!!!! TEAM UP WITH CHARLIE!!!!! TAKE THESE KIDS FOR A RIDE!!!!!!

[stormypasta88]

i think mileven's gonna breakup in s5.

not bc of mike's sexuality or el's crave for independence or anything, which are both large potential factors.

but rather, i think that mileven is trauma-bonded and their relationship, romantic or platonic, is built on their shared trauma.

we know for a fact that el isn't interested in anything that mike is interested in (dnd, fantasy, sci-fi, etc etc) and that mike isn't too fond of anything that el is interested in (even tho el is still on a journey of finding out what is our there that she likes)

something they have in common is their trauma regarding to the upside down/alt dimension monsters. even though their trauma isn't on the same level, it is still trauma that they both went to

i think in s5 they'll go through experiences and they'll realize that "huh. maybe the only thing that i know about him/her is what she's/he's gone through and we shouldn't be togehter"

the external factors of mike's sexuality and el's crave for independence could play a part in that too, but all in all it's the realization of their trauma bond.

tldr; mileven is trauma bonded and they only reason they're still together/have been together so long is bc their shared trauma keeps coming back