maybe this is mean of me to say but i’m feeling a bit bold rn…. it’s crazy to me how such a large majority of the stranger things online fanbase is so passionate about the romantic relationship between characters who are literally like. 12-14 years old. like fans who are 18+ and are intensely invested in either byler or mileven and use scenes of them in s1 and 2 when they were literally itty bitty babies like …. im not saying it’s Wrong or Bad per se it’s just genuinely surprising to me that adults watching the show can get themselves to feel that passionately about the romantic relationships between two middle schoolers who should quite frankly be doing their pre-algebra homework














