Riley’s Drawing Domain

The fact that I’m so scared about this is depressing. It’s a show for the outcasts and if we look at evidence alone, you’d expect it to be canon. But I’ve been queerbaited before so I’m afraid. And I’m afraid cause I’ve had people send me threats over Byler related posts. And people have been told that they don’t belong. To not have it be endgame would go against the whole point of the show considering how a lot of the GA treats us.

Hoping so hard that Byler ends up canon. There have been so many details and things that would make that ending make sense! And it’d be so important to have a HUGE show about uplifting the outcasts, a show that’s in every living room, have that representation in /main characters/. But at the same time, I’ve been through this song and dance. I remember the posts about Snufmin going back and forth and desperately hoping while not wanting to get hopes up to get hurt. Videos compiling all the times the team shipped Snufmin and their podcast where they said they were in love. Only to go back on all of that in the last season. And WWDITS too. After so much building up Nandermo, the Nandermo ending was just a part of a joke about making the audience imagine the ending they wanted. So much if the series built up those two and suggested it was beyond friendship. And I mean, WWDITS has queer characters. We hear about how over hundreds of years of existing, the main cast has had relationships with so many people of all genders. And bi4bi is always valid. Dating someone of the opposite sex doesn’t mean you’re straight suddenly. But in terms of showing on screen gay relationships, we got a one off boyfriend for Guillermo who just left the story after a bit where he started dating himself. And it’s really disappointing to see that after all the Nandermo build up. So I’m hoping Byler is canon. It would do so much for the queer community. Usually queer shows are avoided by people outside the community. There’s an idea that we should exist in a separate space. And that queer rep is pushing an agenda. But we do exist. And we shouldn’t have to be separate. I hope Stranger Things doesn’t let us down. Because the community deserves better that being queerbaited again. And it would once again make it feel as though the themes of outcasts being accepted still draws a line separating queer fans by giving us less. Rovickie is nice. But seeing as it’s something that happened off screen, it doesn’t compare well to couples who get the build up over the season. It’d be a distinctly worse treatment than the straight couples. But Byler would be groundbreaking. So despite all the past treatment of queer fans in other shows, I really hope that Stranger Things doesn’t disappoint in this regard. I hope we come through it happy as we see some of the best queer representation in this final season. I hope they don’t hold back with this. And remember, no matter what the outcome is for this show, you are good and deserve to be accepted. Your identity matters and you deserve love, acceptance, and respect. There’s a whole community for us ‘outcasts’ and we can have each other’s backs. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️♥️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

Wait a minute… Are you telling me there’s no mega flygon..?