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‘i still believe that there’s a place for us’

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Lord Michael Wheeler and the Byers who stole his heart (insp)

Art I made for @loverslakes’ regency era fic for the @bylerbigbang! (+more art for the fic!)

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They do this over and over. They apply tropes to Mike and El that require justification and context without the justification or context, and the audience takes it because they're used to seeing that trope.

Mike denying his feelings for El in season 1. That had no basis.

That trope is traditionally used for friends to lovers and/or queer people. A situation with stakes to admitting your feelings to yourself. "I could lose her friendship", "I don't want to be queer if I like him", whatever it is.

But Mike has no reason to deny his feelings. In fact, a boy surrounded by homophobia who is accounted by his character description to have not liked a girl before? He should be RELIEVED! By Lucas' account, he is way more focused on El than anything else. Consistency with that behavior would be for his feelings to be open and enthusiastic. But they're not.

Even in season 2, Lucas only ever denies being with Max or her reciprocating his feelings, and he only does this because the *stakes* are his and Dustin's friendship/Dustin's feelings. He has *stakes*. But neither, from the moment they meet her, ever deny their feelings for her.

Denying your feelings for someone is a trope used in friends to lovers, something they are repeatedly falsely marketed as, but they're not. Jonathan and Nancy are. Joyce and Hopper are. But Mike and El aren't - and neither are Lucas and Max. Two middle schoolers date after one week of talking is like...super common. The timelines are short making the time we spend with them seem longer, but these were not slow-burns. One of them knew that.

To deny your feelings for someone like he did, there are two options:

He genuinely did not have feelings for her before it was suggested and his confusion expressed was genuine.

What he felt for El being romantic feelings meant something for him otherwise. For example, if he felt the same way with El as Will and didn't want to have feelings for Will, he would also harshly deny his feelings for El out of admitting not that he liked El, but that that's what romantic feelings feel like.

So he's either telling the truth or it's queerness. But in no world is the stake El. It's nerve-wracking, but not terrifying. This is how dating works and he knows it.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. If they wanted all these tropes, they wouldn't have kissed in season 1. If they wanted all these tropes, they might even have ended up together at the love confession in season 4. Then "scared of losing you if I told you the truth" "risk getting hurt by admitting it to myself" all make sense.

But those tropes go hand in hand with other tropes that are. not. present.

So they make no sense and, of course, need....other....justifications.

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finished this 📸

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I raise you to

finn wolfhard 🤝 hailee steinfield 🤝 jenna ortega

finn wolfhard 🤝 hailee steinfield

being physically unable to play a straight character

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🤲🤲✨✨✨

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I prefer short haired mike to long haired mike..

And I’m so happy we’re getting him back in st5 YAY!

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he’s back ☹️

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Theory: Escape From Camazotz (S5 E6) is THE Byler episode

So I was talking with my dad about what Camazotz could be. Camazotz is the name for a DEMON BAT in Mayan mythology! Interesting, right? But the way this episode is phrased seems like a place!

Camazotz is most famously known for being the final place in A Wrinkle In Time that the main characters go to. The main villain, a being called "It", makes people in Camazotz dress the same, act the same and CONFORM to norms. Like all the houses are the same, kids play outside at the same time, bounce balls at the same time, etc.

Camazotz is a place where people are forced to conform to norms.

Mike and Will are escaping from Camazotz aka BEING NORMAL.

This is going to be the episode where they confess their feelings.

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are they in love by any chance

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hey guys i did some miwi for st day which is definitely today and didn’t end an hour ago in my time zone

💛yeah virtual hugs for everyone🫂

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ten st5 inspired byler artworks I’ve done this year in honour of stranger things day

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YAY HAPPY STRANGER THINGS DAY GUYS !!

(also bc I haven't seen it yet but happy one day closer to byler endgame !!)

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be so fucking real this is like the 10th time lyrics have matched up with scenes look me in the eyes and tell me it doesn't mean anything

Screaming crying throwing up 😭

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mike and will because i love them

zoomed in version of both of them <3