just canât stop thinking about how volume 2 went down.
Iâm honestly losing all hope for byler especially with the recent interviews with the Duffers talking about how having your crush not like you back is important to understand.
But I am just so frustrated with how it all went down. Why spend so much time setting up intimate moments between the two and building up Willâs love for Mike? Why open season 5 with Will being hopeful and giddy just for him to turn around and ârealizeâ that Mike is his Tammy?
I have seen non-bylers already trashing on bylers because it was âobviousâ Mike didnât like Will back, but you canât deny the fact Will and Mike have been continuously given so much more attention and detail than every other platonic duo.
Why have them argue last season about the fact that Mike isnât reaching out to Will as much and that Mike is being a jerk?
Why have Mike be the one to continuously be linked with Will?
Why build up Willâs love for Mike for YEARS just for him to quickly give up after finally having hope?
Why not allow Will to move on during the 18 months after he already had to use his feelings to uplift Mikeâs relationship?
It just doesnât make sense to me. If they were really meant to be nothing from the start, they could have easily replaced Byler moments with any of their other friends so that it was clear everyone was pretty special.
It feels cruel to have set up all of this, even without looking at fansâ theories and analysis, just to have Willâs story end in self-acceptance and rejection. If it wasnât meant to be, that shouldâve been clearly stated or addressed LONG TIME AGO instead of dragging it out until the final episodes.
It just feels like everything was done to tease their queer fanbase and when they realized it was becoming a huge thing, they decided to go âhere, damn.â
I just donât see how byler could come back from this honestly. Theyâve spent no time trying to develop their relationship this season and they have barely even interacted. Not even in a âplatonicâ way. I donât see any hope for the finale, and even if they did do some last minute twist, I will never be happy with how they played out.
All the couples except for lumax, rovickie, and jopper seem to be bones this season. And itâs just ridiculous that theyâve waited until now to start shutting and tearing all these couples down.