not to sound all tin foil hat conspiracy theorist but i have a feeling that byler was originally intended to be canon, but the duffers chickened out after the election last year. explains why byler felt SO possible after volume 1 but suddenly lost all its momentum in volume 2. assuming they filmed vol 1 first, that is. if they filmed episodes 5-7 after you-know-who took office, it would kinda make sense.
i think it’d also explain why vol 2 feels so messy overall. removing the byler storyline would have a butterfly effect on the rest of the characters and their plot lines, resulting in all the nothing burger filler scenes we got.
i know this may be a stretch, but it’s all i’ve been able to think about since finishing vol 2. cause come on… even non-bylers can acknowledge that mike & will were intentionally paired up for the majority of s4. and the shot in the field at the end, with the couples standing next to each other? once again, i think even non-bylers can see that we were supposed to notice that. s4 felt like priming the GA for byler in s5.
regardless if this is true or not, the duffers are absolute cowards for chickening out. imagine building up the best slow burn love story of a generation and fumbling because you’re scared of how people will react. insane work.
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