i love how much we theorize on byler tumblr, but guys…i don’t think lettergate is just a theory anymore…
i mean. mike canonically called will? and he didn’t know? “joyce has this telemarketer job, mike’s always whining about it” or whatever dustin says. and he couldn’t call el bc of government surveillance, so he wrote her letters. so if he couldn’t call will, why wouldn’t he write will letters?
and of course, [tender, emotional music] is called Letter to Willy. that has to be seen as bigger proof than it is??
and will, the artist, made mike a painting. so why wouldn’t mike, the writer, write something for will?
alternatively to lettergate, what if the letter isn’t actually a letter? what if it’s a present, the same way will painted a dnd campaign…what if mike wrote one? as a gift? that would certainly explain this:
“anyway i think you’ll—sorry i couldn’t get it done—but you mean so—and it’s been—hope this is—last until—love—”
“anyway i think you'll like it. sorry i couldn't get it done before you left. but you mean so much to me and it's been so long since we've all been together. hope this is enough to get you to come back. it'll last until then hopefully, love, mike.”
and this would definitely work with “let’s start a new party. me and you” or whatever they posted? i couldn’t find the screenshot, sorry.
this definitely disproves pocketgate, not that i don’t love pocketgate, but i think the idea of mike writing a campaign parallels will painting one and i think we should explore this concept really badly.
tbh this was supposed to be about lettergate (and pocketgate), and i came up with this idea halfway through, then remembered those stranger writers posts and got really excited…lol
we need a gate name for this one boys
