#byler interview

Like, he is purposely putting them in the same category as a literal romance. You don't make that parallel for "bros." He is equating the validity of their feelings. Byler mutual love is practically canon at this point.

Also, very interesting to me that this was one of the interviews that could not be released until after volume 1 and it was no spoilers besides that...It was just a silly fun quiz like all the others with Caleb screaming "BYLER". No elaboration on it, just the ship name.

Amybeth Mcnulty (Vickie) when asked "how gay" season 5 is 1-10, said

"I love the gays! I'm on a tv show- yes, of course"

On a tv show that what?

Because people don't just say "of course I love gays I'm on a TV show." That doesn't make any sense.

But they do say "of course I love gays, I'm on a tv show with multiple gay couples" and things of the like.

On that note.

I think Finn really thought people would see Byler as soon as season 4 released and not be shipping Milkvan anymore.

Here he is being openly excited about Will having feelings for Mike in an interview ahead of season 4, not attempting any ambiguity

Here he is openly cringing at the ily monologue, with no regard to ambiguity or neutral opinion that you would have if you thought of it as not at all revealed.

Here he is surprised when people cheer for Mlvn

He didn't start hiding his opinion until later, he did not in initial promotion of season 4.

And all his reactions to Milkvan are like with the assumption that other people do not like them romantically. Consciously making a "yikes" face after the monologue and surprised when people cheer for Milkvan.

That one's really funny because he's saying "Mike and El's romance is cute bc season 1 was cute". He might be trying to be ambiguous, but he could also really think that about season 1. But he acts like he expected them to take something very different from that.

He just consistently in these interviews seems to act like the reaction he's anticipating from everyone around him to be Byler.

Because, like I said, we do have a tendency to mix up what we know to be true of the characters with what the audience knows.

He just filmed season 4. He was used to knowing so he forgot you didn't.

His earlier promo interviews for season 4 had an overall energy of "I don't have a preference ;D ;D *cough*byler*cough*"

Season 5 ones and conventions since are what have become more "I don't have a preference😐".

Maybe he noticed the reactions that he wasn't expecting, maybe PR talked to him, who knows.

But as an actor who, like others, surely remembers more of his character's inner world than the final product he's barely seen.....He acted as if everyone saw what he knew of Mike's experience that season.

Leaning forward, engaged, fine

It's only when Mike gets closer to the actual "I love you" that he not only cringes but leans away in his chair, even his resting face looking more uncomfortable

The first one being him saying "He didn't mean i-"[cut]"for it to come out like that"

And now we have

"It was like a very you know emotional scene for-"[cut]"-oah"

And I'm just saying, much in the vein of when Noah was asked how their "friendship develops" and just almost spoke then cut him off claiming "spoilers" like 4 times in a row, with Mike...

why is Finn, as the actor who knows the character best and the whole script and ending, why are his most-credible-of-anyone thoughts on Mike and Will scenes...spoilers, in need of cutting?

And the only two examples of this so far seem to imply that what was cut was some description about how Mike felt in the scene. In the first one, he probably elaborated on Mike's feelings even just vaguely and it was cut. In the second, he probably commented on the experience for both him and Noah.

I considered that it was cut down for time but their frickin short. I mean this is literally a "Short". And we haven't been seeing this type of mid-sentence cut in the others' like this.

But no. Based on what seems to have been cut here, we can confirm that we are currently unaware of how Mike has felt in scenes with Will. Could be paraphrased to we (GA) are currently wrong about how Mike has felt in scenes with Will. Because to admit how he felt would be a sensitive spoiler, worth cutting even vague references to it - because I'm sure Finn made no outright spoilers.

I can imagine the things cut were things like "he didn't mean it, he was just going through a lot" or "he was just struggling with himself". And "that was a very emotional scene for both of us, but moreso Noah" or something along those lines.

Very subtle at most, I'm sure. Like I said, he's done live interviews for years so I doubt he'd every spoil anything. But that just goes to show how under wraps this is too.

Two cases now of Finn having commentary on Mike limited or cut completely.

"Well, you know...we'll see what the writers do."