I’m just that way.

You know how characters sometimes put words in other character's mouths when actually they're very obviously expressing their own feelings? It happens in real life too. And I honestly can't see the line "What did you think, that we were never gonna get girlfriends, just sit in our basement all day and play games for the rest of our lives?" from the Byler rain fight any other way. This entire thought is coming from Mike. It's sheer projection. Will never said anything implying this is what he was thinking. All he did was rightfully criticize Mike for being an asshole to the people he promised to always stand by and not even caring where Dustin was. Will's point - a good and reasonable one - was that Mike shouldn't let his relationship with El be an excuse for mistreating his friends and devaluing the Party, especially after all they'd been through. It's Mike who conceptualized dating and playing as two entirely incompatible things between which he must choose. It's Mike who declared it impossible to let their special quality time be on the same level as dating women. It's Mike who'd been considering all this, and came to this conclusion. And it hits even harder in light of how D&D symbolizes Mike and Will's overall relationship in the show. Mike felt the social pressure against the expression of his love language. The chance of continuing his and Will's close bond felt forbidden, because they're boys and they're supposed to be with girls now. The whole thing reads so much like that token scene in any romantic drama where outside pressures and expectations drive one of the central lovers to say to the other that they cannot be together and the future they want to share is an impossible dream.

An impossible dream, huh? Well, he was right. Canon Mike doesn’t get the boy, nor does he want him.

pride month is almost over quick someone kiss me before the clock strikes twelve and we all turn straight again

This whole "I believe" thing is so cringe and annoying, I don't understand why they're still trying to promote it, especially considering it's become a meme and almost no one uses it seriously. And I feel the same way about everything the Duffers and the cast have done since the finale. Such childish and unserious behavior, you'd think the show's main audience is children under 12 and they're targeting them specifically in their interviews.

One thing I love about us bylers is in lesbyler everyone collectively agrees that Willow has a massive rack and Michelle is a string bean

btw mike when you wake up next to her in the middle of the night with your head in your hands you’re nothing more than her husband and when you think about will all those years ago you’re standing face to face with “i told you so.”

nothing more painful than a discontinued fic with the perfect plot