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Best RPF Ship - Round 6 Match 2

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Finn & Noah are gonna either spoil Byler by not being able to stop laughing and smiling when they talk about literally anything or they are going to denydenydeny as much as they can... It will be an interesting day lol also for the love of god do not ask directly about the ship... ask GENERAL QUESTIONS about their characters, they are going to start yapping about their character arc and give hints without realizing

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Mike "it's so stupid with everything that's going on" Wheeler finding out about the painting and not bringing it up simply because it is just not the fucking time

He's got bigger shit than a lie he told a year and a half ago about feelings he might have gotten over

But then Mike is still just sitting on that. Sitting and wondering. Sitting wondering and watching. And thinking.

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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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he was literally distracted by the boys

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#they’re the same picture STRANGER THINGS (2016- )

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Sir Michael and his Lord William

a byler version of that one post !! tagging @howtobecomeadragon bc I did it (tho i hope u won't die after this <33)

zoom after the cut!

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i was listening and crying to we might be dead by tomorrow by soko while drawing this, if anyones curious and in the mood for a cry

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Mike was filming in the same set, I believe they are all together in a big group

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Mike was filming in the same set, I believe they are all together in a big group

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i’ve been so byler pilled lately i’ve been thinking about them… im thinking about those boys again …..

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when menstruating, do you shower more or less?

i usually shower every day, i shower more on my period

i usually shower every day, i shower the same

i usually shower every day, i shower less

i dont shower every day, i shower daily on my period

i dont shower every day, i shower more but not daily

i dont shower every day, i shower the same

i dont shower every day, i shower less

i dont shower/menstruate

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Mike only fights back against bullies after they hurt someone he loves, but never for himself.

When he was tripped? When he was pressured to jump off a cliff? he just took it and never fought against it later. He never got back at them for it.

Mike's learned to take it, but he's ashamed of it. Watching back the clip where they trip him, you can notice Mike is trying not to cry. You can hear it in his voice with the way it cracks and shakes, and especially with the noise he makes at the end. He hides how they actually make him feel.

He tries to hide the real reason why he had a mark on a chin from el, afraid she'd think of him as a wastoid/loser. He just wanted one person - just one - to not think of him the way he thinks everyone else does - the way he thinks of himself.

He hides the reason for the bruise from the first girl that's ever shown interest in him. He doesn't tell his parents. (there is zero implication his parents are aware of the bullying until finally when his son is wanted by the whole town s4. karen is right there in front of him to see the scab but we never see acknowledgment from her). There's a good chance nobody but Dustin and El know about the whole cliff thing.

We are explicitly told how Will and El feel about the bullying and hate they've faced in their life, but not Mike. They are hiding him cause LOOK AT HOW HES OUT OF FOCUS IN BOTH OF THESE SCENES!! DURING THESE LINES!!!

MIKE UNDERSTANDS THEM. He knows where they're coming from!! why isn't he just saying that? pride. shame. fear. downplaying his emotions because his parents have taught him what he thinks/feels/does does not matter. not that they insult him.. they just ignore him or things that matter to him. that's enough to make a child feel insignificant.

buddy all you did was slightly open up about feeling not needed and insulted yourself in the process...

karen failing to call it by the actual name implies she doesn't remember details about him -- the things that matter to him. his correction implies it's important to him that she refers to it by its actual name, and this is most likely not the first time he corrects her by the way he says it casually.

the fact mike has zero reaction to any of this implies this is a normal thing for him to hear in his house (another instance in which he doesn't defend himself from insults, because he himself believes it)

His parents do not go to him. They do not intervene and rather wait for him to feel better on his own. Mind you this is a 12-14 year old boy. Why on earth is it all on him to manage alone???

"how is this bad?"

this plays exactly after we get a scene of Joyce not confronting Jonathan - her son - crying in his bedroom. Jonathan is parentified. He doesn't receive the same attention he needs as a child the way Will does because he needed to help provide. Although they're entirely different situations from each other (put down the fucking pitchforks), they both include a parent avoiding emotional connection with a child that's dealing with grief to let them take care of it by themselves. this is a clear parallel that's meant to be noticed.

they continue to just wait for mike to fix it all himself.

Mike feels worthless. He feels like a loser. He feels like he doesn't belong the same way El and Will do. He doesn't feel needed. But he's not gonna say it because he's learnt it doesn't matter. We have all the reasons to believe why he would feel that way.

Instead, during scenes where Will and El talk about bullying making them feel worthless, the director and cinematographer will simply just make sure he's in the background and out of focus, much like he his to his parents. Much like he is to the GA. Much like how it feels to suffer from depression.

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New byler art💙💛

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ℜ𝔬𝔟𝔢𝔯𝔱 𝔖𝔪𝔦𝔱𝔥 in bizarre Japanese Manga, 1988

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Will compares El to a character that Mike often plays in the comics.

Mike wants to be a hero and wants to help Will be a hero, but Will already sees him as one in his current role.

Mike also tries to be a new, different hero for El, but she doesn't need him to be one or show her how to be one.

But Will did need Mike. He learned how to be a hero from the best.

Anyway.

This is a hero journey for two.

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@maxmayfielddaily max mayfield appreciation week: day 02 favorite dynamic

yeah, i know. the stalkers.