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Some Madwise art!! I love their friendship!

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i wanted an excuse to draw will w/ glasses and dustin w/ a ponytail so have some teeny boppers !

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Noah Schnapp during the Behind The Scenes Set Tour

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FIREBALLLLLLLLL!!!!!

Close up of will face under the cut bc I like how I drew the blood

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Will and Chester (little sketch)

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the wise!

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accolade by edmund leighton but cleradin (ft. princess will)

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thinking about how Will likes to perch

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did you guys know I love lucas

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Drunk doodle and I’m still thinking bout them

Release Me from this prison

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40min sketch

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Making myself draw everyday no matter how short a timeframe

Will for today ✨

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Cooked up some more art of Will Byers… he is so cute I hope he doesn’t explode

Duffers pls give him a moment of peace in s5

If Byler isn’t endgame, I’m going to sell both my kidneys and let the earth consume me 😔✌️

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Vecna's little target :(

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no one has time to play dnd with will the wise :( someone help him!!!!

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The Quiet Bravery of Will Byers: A portrait of selfless love.

One of the most powerful, underappreciated acts of love is found in a simple painting. Will dedicates this deeply personal artwork to Mike, a gesture that speaks volumes about Will's character and the depth of his feelings. Creating such a painting would have taken immense emotional effort, not just artistically, but psychologically. Painting takes an immense amount of patience and dedication, and to dedicate an art to one person, requires unconditional love. He likely spent months on it, not only perfecting each brushstroke but also rehearsing the moment he would finally give it to Mike. That moment, however, does not come easily.

When Mike finally arrives in California, he seems changed, emotionally distant, awkward, almost unrecognizable to Will. Although Mike has his reasons, Will doesn't know about them. The long-awaited reunion is marked not by relief, but by a growing realization: the person Will loves may no longer see him in the same light, or perhaps never did, which definitely isn't true but Will might think it is. Still, Will waits. He doesn’t force the moment. He carries the painting with him, unspoken and hidden, just like his feelings.

When he finally gives Mike the painting, he claims El commissioned it. In that moment, although Will takes the opportunity and speaks about his feelings using El as a metaphor, fact still remains that he sacrificed his own emotional clarity to save El and Mike’s relationship. He lifts Mike up when Mike is doubting himself, not for Will's gain, but for Mike’s and El's. This is not “unrequited” love; it’s love that is patient, selfless, and accepting.

What makes Will’s sacrifice even more profound is that he’s a queer teenager in the 1980s, already carrying the weight of fear, repression, and isolation. To then love someone who, he thinks, may never return that love, and to keep that aside and choose to support them wholeheartedly, requires more strength than one might think. It’s a deeply moving, often overlooked piece of storytelling that deserves more recognition, even from those who may not ship Byler.

Will Byers represents a quiet kind of heroism, one rooted not in superpowers, but in emotional resilience and unconditional love. That painting is more than just a gift; it’s a mirror of his heart, offered to someone who, he thinks, may never fully see it the way he wants it to be seen.

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Will in the shed in s1