#I KNOW A BYLER REFERENCE

[epik-bylerfan]

a byler ref i found in my room last night😭😭🙏

[astrobei]

he’s very tired after his surprise party btw

[lorax-devito]

*will walks into a room with his new haircut and mikes clothes*

mike,to lucas:

[axquiva]

I never post my art on tumblr but I just finished worm on a string byler and it might be my favorite thing I've ever drawn

[fandom-rants-here]

I need Mike to confess first. And I need Will to not believe him.

something something...

"Will, I promise you I am not lying. This isn't- this isn't any prank or trick or mischief or whatever you think is going on here. I am telling you that I am in love with you. I always have been."

There are audible tremors in Mike's voice and he thinks he feels tears falling down his face.

"Whatever I had with El was not love. It was coincidence and my own cowardice that brought and held us together. It was dumb luck I met her. But you know who I was looking for that day? It was you, Will. It's always been you. I chose to walk up to you on that playground 10 years ago. I chose to ask you to be my friend. I chose you. "

Even if Mike had the confidence to look towards Will, his eyes were blurred with tears and he couldn't even see the ground they were falling on.

"I'm sorry for what I said at the pizza shop. It was- I was lying. I was just saying what I thought she needed to hear again and I really don't know why cause it never works and you were right there and it fucking hurt to lie so much and you didn't deserve that, you- Will, my life didn't start the day I met El in the woods, not in the way I implied, at least. You were missing, most thought you were dead or would be soon. We were all so hurt and lost without you. Joyce seemed half hysterical, Jonathan- I'd never seen him so sad, and we, The Party, we didn't know what to do without you. I felt like death, like I'd died without you to keep me alive. But then we found El and she- if she could be lost in the woods and found, so could you. And then- then she recognized your photo and she knew who you were and she flipped the board to show you were in the Upside Down and- and meeting El wasn't my life starting. It was hope restarting it, hope that she could get you back to us."

They stood and he wasn't sure if Will was nearly as frozen as he was, but it took him several moments to regain any thoughts and then continue speaking.

"Will, I've known I was in love with you for years, now. But the love has been there far longer. You- you're amazing, Will. You're so smart, even if you suck at math. You capture beauty in ever drawing and painting you make, creating it from sheer care and adoration alone, when you have to. You consider other's thoughts and feelings before you do or say anything, no matter how angry you are. You're such a quick thinker, it's scary sometimes. Not- not really, but you get the idea. You're the most level headed person inside of a group where everyone else is about 10 seconds away from murdering each other. You're patient, gentle, honest, hilarious, and you're also, like, super handsome. I couldn't live without you, without my cleric. I almost didn't. You've saved me more times than you know. Because, Will, you are so strong and so resilient. You've survived and endured more than anyone ever should be forced to yet you remain kind. You called me the heart, in the van. And don't even try to say that's all El, you and I both know that she doesn't think that and that you're a terrible liar. But, really, Will? Me, the heart? Will, that has always been you. You bring together and unite people. You bring out the best in people, even when they're cruel or being assholes or telling you things that aren't meant for you but for themselves. You have always been the heart of this party. You've always been my heart."

The weight of their matching watches is heavy on Mike's wrist, the syncronized ticks breaking the stark silence every second. And, as he finally lifted his head up, Mike once again saw that Will had already been staring.

For once, Mike doesn't look away. Rather, he takes a few hesitant steps closer.

"I love you, Will Byers. You are my best friend, my first friend, my childhood crush, my gay realization, my tether to reality, my cleric, and you have been the most important person in my life since you entered it. Maybe even before. Maybe I had carved out a space knowing one day you'd fill it."

[sade-alicious]

there was a teaser almost a year before stranger things 3 came out, and there was a teaser two years before stranger things 4 came out. so what im trying to say is that im gonna need an official video of the actual show before i go insane

[chirpsythismorning]

S3 is underrated bc it comes off so meaningless the entire time, when in reality it’s the opposite. The jokes in particular were top notch and it’s because most of them went over everyone’s heads. Like, do people even know that they hinted at Robin being lesbian right at the start of s3???

[skeletal-butterflyy]

Can we get a byler and samfro parallel where we can see hawkins crumbling or they’re fighting vecna and everything is going to shit and it’s going super fast but we get a slower shot of Mike saying to will something similar to Frodo’s “I’m glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”

[smalltownduck]

picture: millow (lesbyler) and el at rink-o-mania in 4x02 but the song that plays from the moment they enter the skating rink and until willow sees el and michelle skate away is I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) instead of Tarzan Boy.

plus the first lines being 'clock strikes upon the hour and the sun (the light, willow) begins to fade' to keep up with the clock motif and even birthdaygate as a treat.

[bloodycreaturee]

part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6

[sugarcubetikki]

the initial press of a season can be very telling and I’m just thinking about how that video featured a lot of scenes of the party.

[astrobei]

take a little moment (find the right words)

“Wow,” Will breathes out, just on this edge of teasing. “You sound very confident about this.” “Well,” Mike shrugs, swallowing hard in a desperate attempt to soothe his very, very dry mouth, “I don’t know why someone wouldn’t be interested in you.” “Oh?” Will says, and it’s definitely teasing now, enough for Mike to feel himself turning warm, all down his neck and to the tips of his own – sadly unpatterned – socks. “Someone?” “Yeah.” Mike nods. Oh, god. This is fine. “In a very arbitrary sense of the word. Just– people. Someone.”

Mike is approximately ninety-eight percent sure that his feelings are requited. That last two percent, however, has really been throwing him for a loop.

for @wiseatom <3

[lorax-devito]

bylers when the s5 trailer drops because we have been corrupted by the football game:

*chest bumps*

[cringengl]

One thing I find funny about this poster in Mike's room is not only does it show a dragon either very unnecessarily over exaggerated muscles, suggesting that Mike likes guys (as posters of attractive people in various character's rooms often show sexuality) but the fact that the monster is conjoured by a wizard- Will.

(Although Will is referred to as a cleric most of the time, especially by Mike, he was originally a wizard I'm pretty sure, plus the Stranger Things fandom wiki also calls his DnD a wizard- Will the Wise is a very wizardy name- so I'm going to use this iffy logic for this post lol)

It's almost as if Will is revealing Mike's sexuality to Mike himself . Furthermore, the appearance of the monster in the poster is very demon like- corrating to the themes of the satanic panic in s4, suggesting that Mike sees his sexuality as sinful and 'freak'-like.

I also love how easy it is to apply the blue/yellow colour theory to this poster- the smoke is blue showing how this monster is coming out of Mike and the background behind the wizard is yellow which reminds the audience of Will, but my favourite part is how the monster is green. If we run with the concept that it represents Mike's sexuality, then you could also say how the green represents Mike and Will together- saying that not only is Mike attracted to men but he also likes Will.

[gayofthefae]

If anyone has trouble conceptualizing why Mike's speech is not credible, imagine Vecna was holding a gun to El's head and said "Mike, I won't kill her if you say you love her" and he hasn't been able to say it to her before but does now. It could be true from the bottom of his heart and maybe he would have said it regardless, but THAT being the stakes of the scene it happens in makes it NOT. CREDIBLE. AT. ALL.

To him, it seemed like it was literally he tells her he loves her or DEATH. As the ONLY TWO OPTIONS. It could have been a very easy decision because he was already gonna tell her, but if that's the case, that's not how you frame that scene.

[crzytgther]

no yall don't understand..

'and they kissed, as though nothing could fall. and the shame, was on the other side.'

THEY KISSED. AS THOUGH NOTHING COULD FALL.

AND THE SHAME. WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THEY. KISSED. AS. THOUGH. NOTHING. COULD. FALL.

AND. THE. SHAME. WAS. ON. THE. OTHER. SIDE.