summer strawberry

This 👏

still crazy to me that mike didn’t close the door to el’s bedroom when he went to talk to her but closed the door very obviously when he went to talk to will in his room

this says so much about the hugely differing dynamics of byler and mileven. when you leave the door open, it suggests that you're going to be leaving the room soon, that you're not going to be sitting down and fully focusing on the conversation but rather planning for it to be something quick. it also symbolically suggests a lack of intimacy - you aren't making an effort to ensure that it's just the two of you in the room; it's not close and safeguarded and held tightly by you, but rather visible and open.

"making up for all the things i missed on stranger things, maybe some romance. i feel like i was robbed of a good romance in stranger things". speak on it, noah!!! will byers being the only main character of the show not to receive a reciprocated romance arc despite being characterised as a hopeless romantic is not ok - it's 2026 and queer people deserve to see more than merely self-acceptance!