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hi im myself person

[spongeballs-deactivated20241007]

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[themaxbyers]

the worst thing ever about byler not happening is that this just means will was used to prop up milevens heterosexual relationship and that all this really was was him slowly watching his best friend morph into an asshole who didn’t have time for him anymore when they grew up

[woofwle]

stranger things 5 vol 3 is making me consider writing fanfiction again after i havent in 2 years

[quacula]

[cuethemulti]

001 was right. Every day we wake up, eat, work, get queerbaited, die

[woofwle]

just a reminder

[gaysforbyler]

Call me crazy but Mike and Will are dating in the epilogue. Will is wearing a lock necklace. His “boyfriend” is hypothetical and looks like Mike. I fully believe that they just hadn’t told their friends they were dating and Mike wanted to hint to Will that they’d go out on a date in the future so he made up some dude.

[zacharyblank]

Imagine a finale so bad the main character LITERALLY starts writing a fix-fic IN THE SHOW before it's even over!

Like, DAMN...

[bylerworld]

at least i'll have my favorite doctor girl mel king back in 7 days and she'll help me slowly heal all the emotional trauma stranger things queerbait has given me

[woofwle]

i feel so ridiculously stupid about this, about a stupid tv show hurting me so badly. i am 17 years old and i am queer and i cant help but seeing myself in will byers. them not getting together after a foreshadowing of ten years? this could've been a beautiful story of love, and yet the main character of the show that is ABOUT LOVE doesnt get to be in love just because hes gay. i feel so sick to my stomach and my mom is calling me ridiculous about it but she does not experience this the way i do. she is not different like me. this show was a safe space for me for years because its about weirdos and freaks and loners and i just feel betrayed. why was it so built up just for the most insulting interaction to happen??? no, not friends, best friends???? if someone said that to me i would have to leave the room. this is just one big massive humiliation ritual and im so sorry to myself and every other queer person who is let down, and im sorry to the queer actors on that show for having to be apart of that dumpster fire

i am disgusted

[danseuse-de-ballet]

As a 31-year-old queer woman who has struggled with internalized homophobia, self-hatred, fear of rejection by society, and communication difficulties, I thought I had long outgrown these feelings. But today, I spent the entire day breaking down into uncontrollable sobs. So, I guess the hurt still runs deep.

I want to speak directly to the queer audience here today—especially the young ones.

THIS WAS NOT YOUR FAULT.

You saw it correctly. You read the subtext right. The feelings you had along the way were real and important. What you felt was by design—a calculated narrative strategy to make people like us feel included and seen.

Do not give anyone the power to belittle your experience, to convince you otherwise, to change your mind, or to make you feel wrong. Trust your perception. That ache of recognition was yours, and it was valid.

They borrowed your hope to sell a product. Now, take that hope back. Use it to find stories that deserve you, to create your own, and to connect with a community that sees you without games. Your insight isn't a flaw; it's your strength. Don't let them weaponize it against you.

You were never "delusional." You were targeted. And now, you are free.

[eddichie]

el saying mike always saw and understood her like no the fuck he did not. his entire problem for multiple seasons was that he didnt fucking understand her, and even in the end he didnt fucking understand her. like yes im a byler so i hold bias but god damn they didnt even write mileven well.

[woofwle]

entire relationship built off of lies and they want me to like it? cant even tell her he loves her while she is killing herself WHAT

[theoriginalsapphic]

Thank you Stranger Things for inspiring me to be a writer, because no matter how much I may doubt myself, I would had never come up with a worse ending than what I watched.

[whylee-wheeler]

You heard it here folks! If you're suicidal, just kill yourself! There's no hope for you! You had childhood trauma so you'll never get better or have a normal life!

You heard it here folks! If you're in love with someone who you have a very deep and personal bond with, just get over it! They're straight so they'd never love you anyway!

These messages are brought to you by the wonder twins

[bi-disaster-kit-herondale]

the fact that they could’ve showed future Will in an apartment making art or having a career as an illustrator, and then a guy walks in and leans over his shoulder and they kiss. but no. half-assed ending in a gay bar. and mike was imagining it too, where is my creative out-of-the-box storyteller, MY mike would always picture Will as an artist and see that side of him.

[woofwle]

like mike is so stupid i dont even think he knows what a gay bar is

[sophissophie]

No but seriously was I the only one that noticed the gap in talent in this scene 😭 will looked at el like he was truly devastated and Mike looked constipated…

[subject013]

Epilogue boyfriend isn’t even real.

I keep seeing people bring up how even if it’s insulting and bland and the finale totally erased Vickie’s existence and role in Robin’s life, at least Will gets an epilogue boyfriend.

But he doesn’t.

Just like El maybe being alive, that was all a figment of Mike’s imagination. He gave each one of his friends an optimistic future in his little ending monologue but none of that actually happened yet for any of them. So he told a story about Will moving away, finding a dark, fluffy haired guy at a bar and moving on.

People saying “we didn’t even get to hear his name!” and “they didn’t kiss!” because It’s all in Mike’s head, the man isn’t real! That’s why we get nothing!

Will gets a concept of a plan for a happy ending, and Mike sobs at he stares at their binders on the basement shelves before resolving himself to a life of reliving the trauma he went through and not ever actually moving past it.

Wow, such a good ending.

“What did you think, really? That we were never gonna get (girl)friends? That we were just gonna sit in my basement and play games for the rest of our lives?“

Yeah Mike,

I guess you did.

[miwiheroes]

idc they're DL