byler truther

"our show is so confusing" noah you weren't lying damn

romantic byler aside, what really upsets me is how they managed to fumble platonic byler too. they barely interacted and mike wasn’t even shown to be worried for will. that just contradicts everything we’ve seen of mike’s character and their friendship in the past seasons.

we got “mike pov” and the pov was him imagining a boyfriend for will who looks like him 😭

i’m so sorry will byers. i’m so sorry you were tortured since you were 12. i’m so sorry you were assaulted then written to sympathize with your rapist. i’m so sorry your feelings were used to fix a straight relationship, time after time. i’m so sorry they only used you in vol3 to comfort Mike. i’m so sorry you were forced to come out by your rapist to people you didn’t even know. i’m so sorry for how much pain you’ve been through. i’m so sorry they robbed of you of your happy ending to satisfy homophobic audiences. i’m so sorry they gave you a line-less boyfriend in the epilogue when you deserved Mike. i’m so sorry you had your childhood ripped out from under you. i’m so sorry you grew up with an abusive father which is barely addressed. i’m so sorry your pain was just used to further the narrative through every season. i’m so sorry you were written by straight men. i’m so sorry they don’t care about you. i’m so sorry they handled your beautiful character with such dismissive carelessness. i’m so sorry.

Yeah the shame is on the other side because the duffers should be ashamed of not only queerbaiting their audience but off screen taking Vickie away so there's not a single queer endgame at all.

“its not just about the lack of byler” ok but its fine if it is. its fine if thats the core reason the show is ruined for you. watching incredible queer potential be ripped away from you is a big deal. dont let people try to convince you it isnt.

he recognized the sound of your breathing through a WALKIE TALKIE. sweetheart that's not your tammy, that's the love of your life.

the worst thing ever about byler not happening is that this just means will was used to prop up milevens heterosexual relationship and that all this really was was him slowly watching his best friend morph into an asshole who didn’t have time for him anymore when they grew up

I'M LISTENING

will saying “I don’t like girls” and then the scene cutting to show mike gulping is diabolical btw. I just know this boy had the rain fight flashing before his eyes.