YellowOverBlue

Without changing anything in the narrative, that would work really well. Him and Will have a solid friendship but they don’t have a connection or chemistry that is overpowering. Besides, Lucas is a solid boyfriend to Max and no one would doubt their love for each other.

However, they made Will have feelings for Mike Wheeler whilst writing them to have this deep and intimate bond where it’s established they’ve always been a key part in each other’s lives, that they make each other feel understand and seen, empower each other, have complementary interests, have fights that are mutually about them pushing away one and other, etc.

All the whilst Mike’s relationship with El is rocky and they’re shown to have no common interests and no heart-to-hearts, their chemistry going lacklustre by season and their character arcs being completely separate to each other (when combined they don’t complement one and other they regress).

Why did people think Byler would be endgame? It’s exactly because of these narrative decisions. If Mike was a lot like Lucas Sinclair or if Will had a crush on Lucas Sinclair, there would be nothing put into question.

this doesn't even go into the fact that will, a queer character who was sexually assaulted, canonically holds up their relationship i cant even with them

since the creators like to leave so many things in the finale ambiguous then I'm running with it and making my ship canon anyway lmao. they belong to us now!!!

Yes, they meet up accidentally during college, yes, they never stopped thinking about eachother, yes, they're now free to face those feelings!!!

Imagine writing a finale so terrible it got half the fandom theorizing it was fake and there's an actual finale coming our way. Truly bizarre. (Love reading those theories tho, they're so fun).

Anyways, I'm doing my part with a little fix-it fanart :) I tried to make it as big of a tribute for this ship as possible. I've had so much fun these past few weeks interacting with this fandom, I'm truly grateful I've found a little space for myself in here. And I'm glad so many people enjoyed my art and stayed with me for longer, I am so thankful for you all! 💕 Reading your comments, sharing excitement with you and interacting in general has been a highlight of my days! I think it got me through this winter, it was a really nice escape. And an intense one. Whew.

I hope to create more fanart for this series in the future, maybe branch out into other characters as well. I'm still full of ideas! But for now I feel like I need to take a step back and let this hyperfixation fade out a bit. I need to focus on my college assignments for now, maybe I'll even find some time to work on my comic, but in the meantime I'll be posting some art that has been waiting on my drive :) I also still need to process the conclusion to this show, cause geez. Feels kinda terrible. But I'm glad to be a part of this incredibly supportive community. Never stop being so passionate, fun, and creative, y'all are amazing 💕 I've learned so much about storytelling and visual symbolism thanks to all the people's analysis and I can now implement it into my own art! And all of you should too! I can't wait for what the fandom comes up with now!

No name. No address. No matter where he is.

Always of art.

Postcards of paintings from all around the world.

He likes researching them and learning about the artist, what the paintings mean, where the paintings hang now.

He knows she wouldn’t be there if he went, but he still looks into the cities that the galleries are in. Reading about the history and imagining her telling him about it. Imagining her exploring. Learning. Existing freely.

He doesn’t tell anyone because he knows she trusts him not to. Trusts him to not try and find her.

He likes to think she still checks in with him as occasionally the meaning or subject of a painting will hit too close to home with him and whatever the current thing that was bothering him.

He wishes he could write back. Wishes he knew how to check on her as she checks on him.