best thing I’ve ever done.

The way the Wheeler's basement door got the Truman Show treatment, blue sky, This is it. This is where I woke up. and all, only for it to be the last shot of the show??

the last shared look that mike gives to will is the most romantic look that mike has ever given to him or anyone in the whole show. that includes the van scene, that includes the sorcerer scene.

It’s always gotta be some fuckass painting,

he is so in love with him i need to be locked up

Watching this video and him getting more and more disappointed as the episode goes on is chilling me ngl. This is the version of the script that didn't even have the tower scene in it btw, so this is him as a queer actor realising that they gave his character absolutely no closure and a shitty arc where he "realises" that the love of his life was just a crush to get over in a day without anything from said crush to determine if he's fine with that. He's been the *gay consultant* for the show since the beginning and he was so excited to read the script for episode 4 when he had powers, he probably was excited to see where his characters' powers took the character arc but no, they really just gave him nothing in this episode and the fact he was terrified to go up to the Duffers and ask for a little scene change speaks volumes.

i'm still here in case you were wondering

i think about byler in a way that’s less “shipping discourse” and more the quiet grief of watching a genuinely groundbreaking narrative slip through the cracks. it’s that particular ache you only get when you understand the craft, when you can see the scaffolding, the emotional architecture, the cinematographic cues, all pointing toward a story that was ready to mean something. not just to fans, but to the medium.

The way. That he looks. Like. He’s still in a fucking closet.

Dustin sobbing and begging Steve not to go because he's terrified of losing him too. Being shot would hurt less than this.