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[zazzazyy]

list of problematic things mike wheeler has done, a thread (?): a byler band smau/socmed au

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The ZOMBIE DICE and Mirkwood are set to go on a six-month tour together, which is super awkward because their frontmen, Mike Wheeler and Will Byers, haven't spoken since high school, since they were 15, not really, and the internet will not let them forget why. Two weeks before the tour, a tweet that Mike posted in 2019 resurfaces and it brings back some old feelings in everyone involved.

intro.

##every band smau i've read has been so incredibly buzzy i lowk j wanted to get in on the fun icl but anywayyy,,,

⊱ ۫ ׅ ✧CAST OF CHARACTERS

> mirkwood (inspired by boa, slowdive, the sundays, the cure) >> Will Byers (vocals/guitar)

>> El Jane Hopper (vocals/piano)

> The ZOMBIE DICE (intersection b/w radiohead, muse, interpol, earlier stuff that comes out in leaks is just generally very indie-alt/y)

>> Mike Wheeler

>> Lucas Sinclair

>> Dustin Henderson

>> Max Mayfield

> WSQKrecords (the Squawk, sometimes. PR for the bands.)

>> Robin Buckley

>> Nancy Wheeler

>> Jonathan Byers

>> Steve Harrington

intro / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / interlude (13.25 / 13.75 ) / 14 / ongoing

[loadingmercurywithapitchfork]

hey girl i mean jude

[starsoupart]

ch 4 of more things in heaven and earth by laferte

dialogue vers below

[miwiheroes]

idc what the cast or the writers or the canon could say, the party go to college together using their government hush hush money

[johns-prince]

“I used to pretend I could speak French, because everyone wanted to be like Sacha Distel, or Juliette Greco was actually who you wanted to be like, even though she was a girl, because she had the feel of it all: that French existential thing, they were all in turtlenecks and black and down the bohemian clubs. It was bohemia!”

“So I used to sit around and murmur. It was my Maurice Chevalier meets Juliette Greco moment: me trying to be enigmatic to make girls think, “Who’s that very interesting French guy over in the corner?” I would literally use it as that, and John knew this was one of my ploys.”

—Paul McCartney, Many Years from Now

“I'd always had a fantasy about a woman who would be a beautiful, intelligent, dark-haired, high-cheek-boned, free-spirited artist (à la Juliette Greco).

My soul mate.”

—John Lennon, Skywriting by Word of Mouth

[oliveespineapples]

do you guys ever just want to cry

[undying-love]

Paul in 1989:

Paul in 2021:

[analynne]

“English only…”

And after that Neil flipped his takeout box open and started eating….

[spacelaura]

You can’t tell me these two didn’t talk about their shared trauma, while living together 🫵

I’m pretty proud of this one 🥳

[zazzazyy]

list of problematic things mike wheeler has done, a thread (?): a byler band smau/socmed au

T-2 days to tour pt.14

phewww it's been a while, sozz guys, but i hope you liek this one, the next one is nearly done too

taglist!!!: @ra3wry , @dany-is-bored, @tumbleintomyheart, @body-from-the-balcony, @theatreader, @mxhemmings-l , @caesuim, @chronicallyovertired, @radiogaga1518, @veeweepeeknee, @pinkypromise27, @thevalleyslily, @bloodanna, @bxtchkrieg, @plunkre, @luminescentlama, @carsonlliano, @bylertruth3r, @sunniesapphic, @stranger-detective, @bubblybyler, @sublimin4lvrses, @reggiesswimteacher, @alexiswrite, @muselolyayxx, @strangerthingshappen, @wrigleyyy, @mercilesslocketuprising, @aimetaem, @buckethatjedi, @a-real-hum4n, @fairyprincessqueen14, @yoursleepdemon, @ghostwisperz, @i-know-what-you-are-michael, @neil-perrys-suicidal-tendencies, @yearncone, [if you want to be added lmk in the comments!! (im really sorry if i missed anyone pls lmk again)]]

13.75/15

[dusk-ro-se]

ouch

[zazzazyy]

oh

[sweetpea1242]

cleradin lesbyler

(by @randiisom on tiktok)

[zazzazyy]

list of problematic things mike wheeler has done, a thread (?): a byler band smau/socmed au

updates (2)

okay guys im back ,,that was a ROUGH month in every meaning of the word. anyway anyway im thinking updates twice or thrice a week (that sentence just took me back to writting fics on wattpad in middle school).

also also if you wanna read some of the other stuff ive written/done: https://archiveofourown.org/users/astrarden/pseuds/astrarden

okay expect the next part sooooon!!!

[carryingthatweight]

"I Hope You Get Home Safe" // Margaux Paul

[st-johns-wood]

Code

We talk in code to each other. We always did when we had strangers around us. John Lennon, 1963 (from the Hunter Davies biography)

Darlin', I know it really wouldn't be a crime If I say I want to love you all the time But with all these people listening in I don't know where I ought to begin Maybe we should have a secret code Before we both get ready to explode When you want me to love you Well just tell me to press Press Paul McCartney ‧ 1986

‘Oklahoma was never like this’. That can mean whatever you want it to mean. To me, when you’re writing songs, you often get a line you assume you’re going to edit later, you’re going to knock it out and put something sensible in. But every time I came to that line, I couldn’t sing anything else – just the scanning, the way it sang. People would have understood it if it was ‘Liverpool was never like this’, but it wouldn’t have sung the same. It’s a symbol for the provinces, the sticks, the out of the way places. The line just wouldn’t change, and when you meet such resistance from the lyrics themselves, you have to give in. Paul McCartney, Sound On Sound, October 1986

So this song, then, I started to play around with this idea of a girl and a boy who actually want to touch each other, but there’s a whole big crowded room full of people. What are they gonna do? So he kind of says to her, ‘Anytime you want me to do that, just kind of say “press” quietly, and I’ll know what you mean.’ So it becomes a little secret message between the two of them. Paul McCartney, 1986 102.5 WBEN-FM

Come on baby now, let me look at you Talking 'bout yourself, try to tell the truth I could stay up half the night, trying to crack your code I could stay up half the night, but I'd rather hit the road Fuh You Paul McCartney ‧ 2018

And like the dominoes who are falling into place Ignoring everything in their way And all the telephones are calling constantly Imploring us to come out and play And soon we'll see That you and me Were really friends We broke the code and walked the road that never ends Dominoes Paul McCartney ‧ 2018

[st-johns-wood]

We met at Forthlin Road And wrote a secret code To never be spoken I stand by what I said The promise that I made Will never be broken Days We Left Behind Paul McCartney ‧ 2026

[toovirgins]

sure. whatever

[jessaerys]

bisexual worsties