Hayes

I'm not kidding. We all remember Mike jumping down that cliff at the quarry in S1, but at the beginning of S5 we saw Will literally doing the same thing. Climbing that tree to escape the Demo and then jumping off as he's been followed. The dates are confirmed in the show, very obviously. Can't believe we've been sleeping on that.

If you play it side by side they do everything in sync. The jump, suddenly stopping mid fall, moving again... only that Will actually fell and Mike started defying gravity.

We know Will actually died that day (yeah he came back to life ofc), but what about Mike? Max taught us you have to follow your memories back to your death to escape the maze of memories. Something that worked for Will already, since S5 started with his death... Mhh.

I fear there's no proving Byler without investigating Mike's 'death' first. And everything leads me back to this day.

But hey, just watch it yourself:

Don't ask what wrong with Troy's voice, it abstracted every single try saving the file.

If you only wanna watch the actual sequence jump to ~ 01:30, but then you'll miss Mike and Troy answering to Will's singing and El paralleling Vecna :3 Oh and El heard a ticking noise.

Mirrors part 2/?

PART 1

Messy sketch of Grace w/skirt before bed.

MY REVERSE BLOODYMARY AU, TAKE IT GO GO GO!!! I really want to lean into Ryland Grace mad scientist for this thank you very much.

RYLAND GRACE GETS HIS GLASSES REVERSE AU COMIC 👀

In this AU Simon and Adrian get stuck in their progress as neither of them have the expert6 that Grace and Rocky have. When Grace gets there he's able to start piecing together the notes left by strats team and then there's another blip- LOOOL ROCKY IS HERE!!! Adrian and their crew is taking too long so hes on a rescue mission. Then it's GRACE AND ROCKY SAVE STARSSSS and a one way trip to Erid 😮‍💨♥️

(the it's all good man at the end is supposed to be Simon RIP)

Ryland Grace gets his glasses 🫪

i feel like there’s a reason they kept making mike point it out

from the netflix shop:

from the s5 soundtrack:

he’s a wizard but he’s LIKE a sorcerer

and then talking about vecna in s4:

I don't know if we'll get new content on the 15th. I honestly don't know if they'll announce anything this week.

What I do know is that the clues we've found are real. Whether it takes another week or another few months, I believe we'll get new content before the end of the year. Because of that, specific dates don't make me anxious anymore. Still, I hope this waiting ends soon. I think a part of me has been living in this anticipation for so long that when it's finally over, I'll be able to breathe again.

The biggest reason I believe in CG has always been the same.

I believe in Byler.

Maybe I'll take a little break from posting for a while, but I'll still be here, watching, reading, and waiting until CG happens. Because, to me, Mike and Will were written to find their way back to each other.

What makes their story so beautiful is It's everything that exists underneath the surface. It's the years of history. The understanding. The comfort. The instinct to protect one another. The way they keep choosing each other, even when life pulls them apart. Of course they meant to be crazy together as they promised.💛

People can disagree about whether their relationship is romantic, and that's okay. But I don't think anyone can deny how deeply they love each other. That love is written into the story itself. Whether someone calls it friendship or romantic, it's impossible to miss how much they mean to one another.

Maybe that's why their relationship resonates with me so much. I don't really understand love that comes with a rulebook. The kind that says, You have to act this way, or You have to fit certain expectations for your feelings to be real.

To me, love is much simpler, and much deeper than that. It's being genuinely excited just to see that person, more than caring about gifts. Sometimes love is nothing more than wanting a comforting hug from that special person. Sometimes it's putting your whole heart into making or finding something meaningful.

And sometimes, it's impossible to explain. You look at your person, and something inside you changes. They feel different from everyone else. Their happiness matters to you. Their pain hurts you. Their presence makes the world feel a little lighter. That's what love is to me.

Sometimes it's two people carrying so much pain that they don't even recognize what they're feeling. Two childhood friends growing up side by side, surviving monsters both real and invisible. They became each other's safest place long before they had the words to understand why.

They were a team. Best friends. And I believe the strongest love often begins there. The best partners are the ones who are friends first, because love built on trust, comfort, and simply being yourself is the kind that feels like home.

Mike and Will have never been perfect. They're awkward. They misunderstand each other. They make mistakes. They've both carried fear, loneliness, guilt, and trauma. But somehow, beneath all of that, they've never stopped caring. That's my kind of love.

Maybe that's why I've held onto this story for so long. Because if two people who have been through so much can still find each other, still choose each other, then there's something hopeful about that. Something worth waiting for.

Note: Sorry for adding an AI photo of Mike at the end, but I couldn't let that random collage boy stay in my post.

So whether the 15th brings news or silence, I'll keep believing. I believe stories matter. I believe good writing matters. And I believe Mike and Will deserve the ending their story has been quietly building toward since the very beginning.💛🩵

Happy Stranger Things Anniversary, everyone 🥂

I'll admit, I'm a little sad that we couldn't celebrate a victory together today. But please, never let that make you think you were crazy or delusional. The things we uncovered were real, and they were incredible.💯

We watched old movies, dug through history, explored conspiracies, connected stories, analyzed interviews, posters, random advertisements, and countless little details that most people would have scrolled past. Whether every theory turns out to be right or not, none of that effort was wasted. We learned so much, challenged each other's ideas, and looked at storytelling from angles I never would have imagined.🦉

More than anything, I'm grateful for this community. Thank you for listening to one another, respecting different opinions, raising concerns without tearing people down, and making this such a thoughtful and welcoming space. No matter what happens next, this journey has been unforgettable.