the fact that there are nearly 400 slides of proof for Byler, thousands upon thousands of posts about parallels and analyses and theories and just goddamn hope and love for what could’ve been a beautifully written relationship, a phenomenally well down representation of queer love—all of that down the fucking drain
why? cause they were scared of losing profit? losing viewers? then fuck everything they stand for. that show is about losers and outcasts and if they care more about the fucking homophobic GA than they care about the losers and freaks that have put so much time and love into praising their show, analyzing it, spending day in and day out making posts about it, then fuck them.
self acceptance? really? i’m sorry if that’s the finality of will’s arc then it fucking sucks. yes i’m happy and proud that he’s accepted himself but that means he’s just destined to be alone?
and you suddenly wanna erase the whole signals and avalanche talk? i’d understand moving past it if you didn’t have mike EXACTLY replicating those signals. “shared looks” “bump of the elbow”. you can’t have that conversation, have mike FOLLOW those actions, word for word, in the very next episode, and then declare it’s unrequited.
you can’t make mike invested and supportive and protective in volume one to make him as emotional and entertaining as wet paint in volume 2 &3. but they know they had to bc if mike showed emotion and was present, byler would have to be canon