#gaybirdgate

[greenfiend]

Tribute to Byler symbolism/theories.

Please remind me of stuff I forgot and I’ll update it!

[runninguplenorahills]

Guys, I found Nana lmaoo hahaha

Oh! And also Cardinals in Nancy’s room in s1 👀 @lesbianmindflayer

male and female this time. All those cardinals are very weird though! Gaybirdgate is honestly one of the best gates 😭😭

[stranger-chichka]

Mike is a character who we associate with the blue color the most, right? Also, blue is kinda associated with the Upside Down and Vecna because of that blue light we see there.

Blue is the basic color of mlm pride flag. It was created in 2019. And you know what? In russian slang голубой (which is translated as “blue”) means “gay" and it originates from the '60s.

Almost every outfit Mike wears in s4 is blue.

credits to @lesbianmindflayer from your fellow subscriber who try not to miss any video analysis! <3 Also, I feel you'll be quite excited about the following thing, which is the origin and usage of that slang in relation to the gaybirdgate too.

The phrase "fly, doves, fly" comes from a song in the 1951 film "We are for peace,” where the first lines became a coded warning signal used by gay men in Moscow's Sverdlov Square to alert one another of impending KGB or police raids.

The phrase immediately reminded me of the moment when Dustin navigates Murray in s3. “Fly right, Bald Eagle. Fly right.”

Mike is also associated with an eagle because of the poster he had in his basement and later gave to El.

Eagle is a symbol of America. America -> Mike. I don't want to go in-depth here, because that's the whole other thing, but I'm adding the links on Nintendo and Americantendo theory, which I wrote based on @nadia-zahra 's observations and my posts about Erica ("you can't spell America without Erica") for those who're interested what is the connection. BUT the gaybirdgate is not closed yet.

Nintendo theory;

Nintendo 2.0 (Americantendo);

@doriandrifting 's post, connected to that theory.

Erica will take Murray's place in s5;

Erica is level 14 in D&D;

Erica & the spaceship;

Erica & "I Want To Break Free" easter egg;

Erica & opening the door;

Erica & Tina's Apple Jack's party (+Murray's The Bald Eagle poster analysis);

The phrase голубая мечта (translated as "blue dream") caught my attention. The expression appeared under the influence of the famous play (with a very fairy-tale-like setting -> "It looks like a fairytale") "The Blue Bird" written by Maurice Maeterlinck in 1908. The blue bird is a symbol of happiness that has been in the home all along; the children simply have not recognized and valued it.

As we already know, dreams are one of the key themes and focus in ST, especially in season 4 with “Dream a Little Dream of Me”, but let’s not forget about “Never Ending Story.”

Not only has it a line "fly a fantasy," but "dream a dream, and what you see will be." What is Mike’s blue dream? Of what is he dreaming secretly? Or better say, of who? It’s a rhetorical question for bylers. But the GA will find out too, with the help of Vecna and his mirror (aka the visions he shows to his victims of who they really are). The answer is upon a rainbow. Literally.

In the picture of Mike's room I pinned above, you can also notice a heart with a heart, cloud, rainbow and something written on it.

"Rhymes that keep our secrets will unfold behind the clouds, and there upon a rainbow is the answer to a neverending story." "Without heart, we'd all fall apart." Will's words rhyme and Mike is Will's heart.

@angelwithnightmares 's guess is it may say If you can dream it, you can do it" (Walt Disney's quote) and doesn't it connect the dots? Taking into account @madwheelerz manifestation theory and how Mike (the writer and the DM) & Will (the artist) -- the duo with huge imagination manifested the events in ST because of their dreams nightmares feels very real to me.

PLUS, I'm tagging @there-was-a-hole-here-itsgonenow and adding links to her Disney’s Figment the dragon posts here and here, because HE IS IMAGINATION. We can spot him in the Bingham house below Suzie’s window. When we hear the birds are singing outside. Behind the yellow & blue curtain.

What made me do this post may you ask? Listening to Mike's playlist. There are two songs with the word “blue.”

#12: “Can’t Shake That Feeling” by Grum

#33: “Blue Monday” by New Order

And plenty of songs about the dreams too. I counted seven of them.

#7:

#13:

#15:

#17:

#25:

#27:

#47:

[maxmayfieldxx]

guys could someone explain #gaybirdgate to me i’m a little bit behind

[runninguplenorahills]

Holy shit I found the poster on the internet @lesbianmindflayer

[runninguplenorahills]

Another addition to gaybirdgate @lesbianmindflayer

The artist behind the “the desert” poster in Suzie’s room is named Charley Harper, and I’m not sure if it’s his most famous piece but whenever I look him up on the internet this work shows up:

A male cardinal…..

[runninguplenorahills]

@lesbianmindflayer you’ve definitely seen this cardinal already, right? Well, I guess I’m tagging you anyway :)

It’s the scene in which Erica paints her little dnd figurines, this right here looking a lot like a certain Mike Wheeler in Will’s painting! I mean…. There’s paint everywhere here too and a dragon-like figurine on the table so this definitely foreshadowed the painting reveal! It’s all in all also very colorful! Because of the paint of course but apart from that we also have the rainbow sand in the jar. There’s also a very visible purple D20 on the table which I’m pretty sure says “11” and another number which could be “7” but I’m not so certain about that. I have a D20 at home but the numbers are definitely not in the same spots. Oh and we cannot forget the super gay cardinal hahaha.

And guys! There’s a heart here too!

So definitely foreshadowing!!! We also have the rainbow themed my little pony poster above her bed (Erica is queer and y’all can’t change my mind!) and another poster but idk what movie that is. Another detail I’ve only just noticed too is that Erica’s paint water cup is from Scoops Ahoy!! I think that’s super cute hahaha

[runninguplenorahills]

I’m kinda stuck here. Maybe you’ll find more @lesbianmindflayer