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Alan Turing helped to win the war against the N*zis in WWII, he was a hero and still he got punished for being a homosexual.

He got chemically castrated, they wanted to punish his identity and desires. He was prevented from experiencing life and love fully.

Will Byers helped to win the war against Vecna/MF (who ironically has been compared to N*zis in the show in S2) he is a hero, he has superpowers and yet the viewers diminish and humiliate him for being gay. The Duffers humiliate the character, almost punishing him for being who he is, prevented him from experiencing romantic love.

He proceeds to interview Chance to see if he is good enough for Will ("Jase, we are literally best frien-" "Shut it, do you do drugs?" "You flipping know I don't!")

Eventually they meet mike and ask him about it and he’s just like “oh he’s always been like that”

Yes! He is a background character since season 4 with jasons group. His full name is Chance Lawson. Before we knew that though, people just made up last names for him. They interact in one scene of season 5 but ships been around since season 4.

Bychance is a great ship tbh. The shippers are generally really chill (even though bylers constantly harass them) and I know everyone's first reaction is "why this bully?" But once you start reading fics, you see that their stories are very well done. The writters are very good at writing up Chance as a good love interest for Will.

Chance in fanfics treats Will very well, exactly what I wanted in the show tbh. He often has religious guilt surrounding his feelings for Will and it's the "redeemed jock" trope kinda. his dynamic with Will is really cute.

If you wanna give it a try, I would recommend anything written by users "racontierrot", "arstoryels" & "twiceasfar" on AO3

His boyfriend picks him with Chinese take out & a kiss, then they sprawl on the house while playing Will's current favourite horror film. Of the happy days when his friends drag him to another queer club for the night. One martini in as he dances to CeCe Peniston's “Finally" with no care in the world because he is so FREE here, surrounded by people that truly understand him. The bad days where he feels his childhood crash back into him and can't help become a sobbing mess his boyfriends comforting arms, a soft voice whispering that he's okay.

It’s weird in the beginning, because for so many years he went against his wants and put a purposeful distance between himself and Mike (most physical contact is initiated by Mike!) and basically got himself used to holding back. And then, suddenly, he doesn’t have to hold back anymore, and it’s so strange and wonderful.