#Willloveinterestgate

[mikewheeler-anon]

Sometimes Mike has Micheál Whelan impersonating him for a few hours every summer he comes to Hawkins.

Mike has also never told anyone about the existence of Micheál and Micheál finds the idea of it really funny.

Micheál has a horrifically accurate gaydar from growing up in an all boys catholic school and immediately sensed something between Mike and Will. Mike became aware of this gaydar and definitely didn’t cry over Micheál diagnosing him with homosexuality after he asked Micheál if he was gay

Micheál hates wearing his school uniform (trousers,white shirt,tie,knitted sweater vest and blazer) and constantly tells Mike how he lucky is that he can wear his own clothes to school.

Micheál doesn’t know how to interact with the opposite gender.

According to Micheál himself he once caught a real leprechaun in a trap he set up three years ago.

Micheál enjoys creating traps to catch people.

Convinced he can see ghosts.

A bit of Mike’s odd behaviour in season 3 came from Micheál impersonating him when Mike didn’t feel like acting straight and Micheál “who’s never interacted with a girl his age since preschool” Whelan managed to fuck things up such as getting El to break up with him. his only knowledge on straight relationships was from Mike and shitty romance novels do the only thing he knew what to do was kiss El. From impersonating Mike he picked up on how ignored Will felt and Mikes odd behaviour around him. After the “it’s not my fault you don’t like girls”thing happened Micheál was honestly dumbfounded and was unable to speak for a whole three weeks where Mike had to resume acting straight for the whole summer days now while Micheál processed how much of an idiot his cousin can be.(Micheál is sorry for the Milkvan thing that happened in season 3)

[pholiabanna]

@bi-arospec-mike-wheeler when Mike and Zelda first met they had a guitar battle but Zelda could actually play so Mike ridiculized himself and now Will is more interested in Zelda. Sucks for Mike.

[trans-gay-arospec-mike-wheeler]

wtfff why did I just see Zelda beating Mike up

Kids will be kids ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Zelda’s just making sure Mike doesn’t date Will because they have a crush on Will.

[thatonesongyouretryingtoremember]

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[justmy-account]

List of byler-gates

I’m just bored, but read it anyways, it’s fun

there sooo many of them, and i’m still pretty lazy so this isn’t perfect, but just let’s start

Mikhailgate

This is practically anti byler theory, but nvm

So, Dimitri has a son named Mikhail, which is russian version of name Michael, Mike

So, people were just saying that instead of Mike, Will will end up with Mikhail(who’s technically Mike bc of the name, yk)

I think everyone was just joking, oh, good ol’ times

and willloveinterestgate is the same

Lettergate/Pocketgate

These theories aren’t the same one, but it’s basically the same concept, ig

The basic thing is, that Mike wrote a letter to Will(singed Love, Mike)

In pocketgate, Mike has the letter saved in his triangle pocket, bc in st, characters many times has letters, that were important to them, in their left pocket(above the heart), for example Hopper and El(Hopper’s heart-to-heart), Jonathan(acceptance letter to college) etc.

And he would just take it out in the middle of confession or sth

+the triangle always points to Will like an arrow

Lettergate is just basically the same, ok, idk how to describe it differently 

Twelvegate

Not exactly a byler, but theory, that Will was number twelve in HNL, and that he’s El’s actual twin

And from that, there’s theory that Will has powers, but wasn’t n. 012

Okay, back to byler

This is same as rainbowgate i think

Flickergate

This theory is very lovely! after Will tells Mike that rolled seven in s1, the light behind them flickers

and since ud is frozen on nov6 83, when you signal sth from ud, it should appear at nov6 83-s1

this connects to electricgate(i dunno if sth like this exist, but just keep reading), the electricity~are friends electric~will possibly having electric powers

so mike and will could go together in s5 to ud on a mission or sth, and kiss in wheelers garage, and that would make the light flicker(i’m so good at explaining things, right😐)

will and mike going to ud together is predicted by mike and will sitting on upside down couch in last ep. of s4

Birthdaygate/Memorygate

Soo, remember how they forgot Will’s birthday? what if all wills memories, that people reminded him of in the shed are gone? his birthday, building castle byers, meeting mike… and that’s why mike says that his life started the day he found her, bc he doesn’t remember meeting Will

for me, it’s really weird, they couldn’t just forget Will’s birthday, no, this ain’t it

Kiss at lovers lake

I’m not sure if this has a different name, but it’s that their first kiss will be near lovers lake

evidence: patrick(the kid who died at lovers lake), had a nickname “berlin wall” or sth(we saw this in the school newspaper), and it was devided to four, same as hawkins

and song heroes is abt couple who lived at different sides of berlin wall, and idk, it just connects, okay?

when will painted the map of hawkins while he was possessed, mike was holding blue and yellow meter

Eightfifteengate

Context: will left the wheelers at 8:15 in s1

in s1e1, time mark 8:15 is literally the shot where will disappears in the shead

i think there’s a season 2 soundtrack called eight fifteen

tw: time fuckery: while will was recording on halloween night, the time says 8:04 while he’s recording mike saying “did you agreed with this?”, but when joyce rewatches it, it show 8:15(byler)

“ it’s 8:15, you’re late”

btw, clocks and watches from hiroshima are stuck at 8:15

aaanywaaay, there’s just too much 8:15 things, aaah(this is just a few)

what it has to do with byler?

well, 15-8=….(wait for it)….seven. a byler number. it was a seven!

also, “the first lie”, when murray says this to jancy, the time mark is… guess what, 8:15

there’s this theory with the songs “the first lie” and “the first i love you”, and it just connects 

Motelgate

theory, that after mike’s “love” confession to el, they went to a motel for sleep, and mike and will had to share a bed, and we could possibly see flashbacks of it in s5, and it would kinda explain the two day skip

Colorgate

blue and yellow meet in the west, i’m sure you know this one, and there’s sooo many evidence in this

mattduffersbasementgate

It’s too late for this to be true, but the duffers are(/were) holding every cast member that ships byler in their basement, lol

bloopergate

Bloopers from byler scenes, basically, for example “not when i was the spy, oh fuck”, basically Finn and Noah being all giggly, i guess

bloopergate implies to every blooper, but why not to mention it

curtaingate

Sth like, that when there’s some fight happening between characters, if curtains are open, it means they’re open with their feeling and opposite 

Example: milkvan make out scene-closed, but you don’t love me fight-opened

Bonus: „ but they like the curtain. people like us are just trying to look behind the curtain”(my very bad quotation of murray, yk what i mean)

Also, Suzie had blue and yellow curtains, and they were opened

And, “and i love her and i can’t lose her again”? Also curtains closed, like wtf, this fandom is crazy

piggybackgate

El knows abt Mike and Will. she saw how they act around each other, she’ve heard will saying “you’re the heart” to mike, saw that mike has Will’s painting now

New Coke Theory

basically, old coca colla is mileven, new coke is byler. it contains some of the old ingredients(mike), and new ones too(will). not everyone likes(bc its gay ship). and when you look at scenes with can of new coke, it’s many times symbolizing byler vs. milkvan

one of my favorite new coke theory examples is this: in s3, after el gets attacked by the flesh monster, she tries to crash a can(but she doesn’t have her powers, so she can’t). this is a can of new coke(byler) and she can’t crush that/destroy it. and in this scene, we get a flashback to the lab, where she crushes aka destroys regular coke(mileven)

phonegate

mike and will not calling each other, bc of joyce’s telemarketer job(he won’t stop whining abt it)

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i miss all these little silly theories abt literally everything

i hope the byler tag will be like this once again

maybe we could start naming our new theories “gate”s again

for example: heartfeltgat, strangerwritersgate, snowkissgate or sth

anyway, byee

[henry-fox-biggest-stan]

@queenofthearchipelago asked for a summarised version, so here it is

Jonathonggate: people editing Jonathan’s face into thongs

Orangejuicegate / chocolatemilkgate / milkgate: honestly it was such a chaos I don’t know. Something surrounding orange juice vs milk and somehow it being about byler?? Idk

Flickergate: one of my favourites (I’m a firmly believer of this theory). Surrounding all the light flickers (like the way the light on Mike’s garage flickered just after Will went home on his own in ep 1 season 1). I think it also includes Will having powers related to energy or time (something something byler kiss something something going back in time while in the upside down something something Mike’s garage flickers as they kiss something something and shame was in the other side)

Backgroundguygate: Exactly what the name is. A guy from the background and lots of people have been shipping him with Will. His name is Barret. Or as some people call him, Hell Guy.

(Thats him with his best friend Claire who’s definitely a lesbian and into El).

Babygirlgate: Mike Wheeler is a babygirl

Eightfifteengate: Another actual theory. 815 is a recurring theme on the show.

Mikhailgate: What if Dmitri had a russian son who looked just like Mike (because the images we use of him are Finn on The Goldfinch) and Will ended up with him instead than with Mike?

Pocketgate / Lettergate: Mike has a pocket on his shirt than looks like a letter. This one:

And people have been theorising than he has an actual letter (directed to Will) on his pocket. (Specially a letter for Will than ends with “love, Mike”). We look delusional but given than lies is a recurring theme in season 4, and that pocket looks exactly like a letter envelope, and they pay attention to the clothes (like when they admitted to putting gay symbols in Robin’s clothing. Btw, triangles are algo gay symbols), it kinda makes sense.

Birthdaygate: Will’s birthday fell on the first episode. Like, they mentioned his birthday date on season 2, and turns out the day it was in the show during the first chapter was Will’s birthday. We don’t know if it was intended or a mistake tho, even though than something like that doesn’t seem like a mistake.

Willloveinterestgate: Basically like backgroundguygate, mikhailgate, etc etc. Random guys from the background as Will’s love interest.

Scriptgate: 2 situations. First when the 8flix shared scripts than ended up being false. Then when the duffers shared the actual scripts.

Whiterabbitgate: Alice in Wonderland parallels. Not only to byler, but to the whole show.

Gridgate / pixelgate / whiteboardgate / penholdergate: When the duffers shared the pixelated board with everything they are planning for each chapter in season 5 and everyone was freaking out. Also there was a dark spot and everyone thought they hid it specially because it was something super important but the duffer’s revealed it was just a pixelated pen holder (i believe there was something else written here and they erased it)

Memorygate: Probably the most interesting one to me. Will losing his memory. Not in season 5, but he already lost his memory. He lost it during the mindflayer. And not only him, but everyone else too. Also interlaced with birthdaygate. They lost specific memories, thats why they didn’t remember Will’s birthday, and Will didn’t remember it either, because it was a lost memory. Remember in season 2, when they were trying to make Will remember? Joyce mentioning his birthday, Mike and the swings story “it was the best thing i ever done”, Joyce recalling the rainbow ship drawing, etc. The mindflayer / Vecna took those memories. Not only does Will not remember them, but no one else does. Vecna do has a thing with memories, and as we see during the Running Up That Hill scene, good memories (and music) helped Max to scape. If Max didn’t have those memories, if they were taken from her, if she didn’t remember, she would be an easy victim. Like Will could be in season 5.

Mattduffersbasementgate: Mike is locked on Matt Duffer’s basement (why Matt specifically, i don’t know)

Piggybackgate: This one is the most sane one tbh. Mike’s monologue parallels “El’s” feelings. El’s feelings being Will’s confession on the van. So those aren’t El’s feelings, but Will’s. So Mike’s monologue parallels Will’s feelings. Mike doesn’t really have a monologue of his own, he’s just piggybacking on Will’s confession. While Will hid his confession as El’s feelings.

Breathgate: “his breath catches”

Descendantsgate: Descendants parallels

Mjgate: …

Ikeagate: I honestly have no idea

Twilightgate: Byler and twilight

Soundtrackgate: This is the gate for those who are smart. Exactly what the name says, the soundtrack (instrumental), and theories regarding it. How some songs sound similar to others and why it might be, how some songs are used several times on scenes than look alike, so we might be able to guess when they will be used next, etc

Rainbowshipgate: Will has powers. Will was related to the lab somehow (maybe went there as a kid? Idk i never fully got this theory) and has had powers all along (some say light related powers. Others say time related powers).

Gertiegate / Gloriegate: Gfs

Spirkgate: Byler parallels Spirk from Star Trek

Saltlampgate: Mike licks salt lamps

Brbgate: breaking bad parallels

Backgroundgate: i loved this one. Finding random background characters and giving them names, sexualities, etc.

Heartgate: There’s the theory than the duffers edited hearts into Finn and Noah’s eyes (i can only find good pics of Finn’s). And also, than they put hearts around them

Midnightsgate: Midnights by Taylor Swift and byler

Bylerburnbookgate: Some drama regarding some byler acc idk

Flashbackgate: There will be flashbacks on season 5 (preferably on Mike’s pov) showing how it was planned since the start and how Mike has been queer since the start.

Petergate: really confusing. There’s several peters mentioned in the show, and they’re all connected to Vecna somehow? And something something Saint Peter and Mike parallels??

Curtaingate: “People don't spend their lives trying to get a look at what's behind the curtain. They like the curtain. It provides them stability, comfort, definition.” - Murray: season 2, episode 5

There’s lots of scenes with mike and curtains. For example in season 3, when kissing El, the curtains are shut. They don’t look behind the curtain. It provides comfort, definition. In season 4, when Mike and El were fighting (the “you can’t even write it” scene), the curtains are open. We’re seeing the truth, not what Mike wants to be the truth, what brings him (or brings them. El included) comfort.

Radiationgate: Hawkins becomes Chernobyl after the gates opened.

Stargate: I honestly don’t know

Bloopergate: Season 4 bloopers were released. That’s it.

Compilation of all the gates:

Jonathonggate

Oranjejuicegate

Chocolatemilkgate

Milkgate

Flickergate

Backgroundguygate

Babygirlgate (the best one)

Eightfifteengate

Mikhailgate

Pocketgate / Lettergate

Birthdaygate

Willloveinterestgate

Scriptgate

Whiterabbitgate

Gridgate / pixelgate / whiteboardgate / penholdergate

Memorygate

Mattduffersbasementgate

Piggybackgate

Breathgate

Descendantsgate

Mjgate

Ikeagate?

Twilightgate

Soundtrackgate

Rainbowshipgate

Gertiegate??? / Gloriegate???

Spirkgate

Saltlampgate?

Brbgate

Backgroundgate (I actually loved this one)

Heartgate (this one is really small tho)

Midnightsgate (also really small)

I’m waiting for a sevengate tbh

In the replies:

Bylerburnbookgate?

Flashbackgate

Petergate?

Curtaingate

Radiationgate

Stargate

Bloopergate

[merthurbringsmelife]

Gates in Byler Tumblr (these are the ones I know about, if there are any others then comment and I shall add them in)

Scriptgate (the byler script mayhem that all blew up on 10th Aug)

Mikhailgate (i love you mikhail. went crazy on 27th Aug those were good times)

Mjgate (17 September something horrifying happened and we do not speak of it)

Backgroundguygate (began on 7th September making background characters famous)

Googlemapsgate (google maps supporting byler)

Wormgate (2 September was worms on a string, what more?)

Birthdaygate (6 September Byler tumblr got pissed that everyone forgot Wills birthday)

White rabbit gate (began 3 September I’m not even sure what this one meAns but someone mentioned it)

Descendants gate (11 September was ST as descendants)

Pocketgate (around 29 Aug Mike’s pocket became the topic of analysis)

Twilightgate (UmMmm its Byler but Twilight, began 27th Aug)

Ikeagate (2nd September was something about Mike taking Will to Ikea on a date?)

Brbgate (1st September was Breaking Bad…that bald guy. It was weird)

Flickergate (I named that one!! When Byler kiss in upside down its what caused the lights to flicker in season 1, plus “it was a 7” and other theories around the light flicker. Began 12 Sep)

Piggybackgate: (the gay af piggyback theories about how Will and Mike were standing in front of Eleven’s piggyback drawing, and scenarios of what might happen in season 5.)

Breathgate: (3rd September mikes breath catches)

Gridgate (when ST writers released pixelised plot of season 5)

Memorygate (6th September, the theory/discussion that people have been losing their memories like Will’s birthday and that time has been changed)

Will loveinterest gate (27 August, when everyone was confused and so we had multiple different people who could be potential boyfriends for Will, many of them were played by Finn Wolfhard)

Mattduffersbasement gate (something to do with being locked in Matts basement, it was a very specific joke)

Spirkgate (Spirk from Star Trek became some type of meme)

[actuallywillbyers]

every time i open this app there's another guy who looks like my boyfriend but with a different ethnicity

[bylrlvr]

byler tumblr's (insert something literally insane)gate eras. you will always be famous

[byler-is-endgame7]

[themikewheeler]

Am I that gay that every version of myself are gay

[lesbianfanfictionenthusiast]

my entire dashboard rn

[pholiabanna]

They’re writing love letters to Will while he’s in California

Mike when he sees that AT LEAST SOMEONE has the balls to send them:

[reddthekingg]

aight willhails I need ideas

what (of byler/willhail) should I draw next? as in what situation should I draw them in

ideas I need ideas

[thatonesongyouretryingtoremember]

[ID: I've only had arlo for a day and a half meme format edited to say "I've only had Willhail/Willsha for a day and a half but if anything happened to him(it) I would kill everyone in this room and then myself" with a picture of @officialrobinbuckley 's art of Wil l and Mikhail. : end ID]

[s1gmagirl]

@themikewheeler WHY ARE THEY 50 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF YOU WTF IS HAPPENING