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demadogs · 11 hours ago

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Why byler? Is my question what is it about them that’s so popular

ooo this is a fun one. im assuming you may be one of my newer followers who didnt follow me when i was in the byler trenches. welcome. let me explain.

i think probably the biggest reason people gravitate towards byler is that its extremely fun for people who love film analysis because most of us genuinely believe it will happen in s5. for me specifically, this is the entire reason im here. i first started liking byler when s2 came out but it was casual. i just thought they'd be cute together. once s3 came out and i saw someone point out that mike was framed perfectly in a closet, that was my turning point. thats when i got insane about them because i actually believed its where they were headed.

its always fun to ship your favorite characters and engage in fanfics and fanart, but when theres a genuine belief that this is the direction the story is actually going in, its just a completely different experience. its a whole other world. its no longer about the characters themselves anymore. its about the cinematography, the props, the color palettes, the music choices, the blocking, the lighting. all of these things and more have provided evidence for why we believe byler will be endgame. its the perfect ship for people who are really passionate about filmmaking as a whole.

many of us, including myself, got our degrees in film or have a background in filmmaking. ive made my own films and i plan to make more. one of them was screened at a festival. ive written academic papers on shows and movies. i've taken college film classes where my professors talked about stranger things. im a professional photographer which coincides a lot with film. i have this blog to talk about my favorite fictional media online. every time i watch something new i read long analyses on the media. if they dont exist, i write them myself and post them here. i love talking about and learning about and watching cinema on a much deeper level than someone who just throws on a show when theyre bored. so watching two complex characters not only have romantic tension in their actions and dialogue alone, but also have enough depth to analyze the practical filmmaking choices that prove they are going to end up together…. well its like fucking cocaine to me.

another reason is that mike wheeler, in my opinion, has the potential to have some of the most well written internalized homophobia ever. and i think he differs greatly from a lot of other characters with internalized homophobia because the writers have had the patience to not fully confirm his sexuality until the final season. many other queer characters who struggle with their sexuality come to terms with it over the course of one season or less. or they write it with dramatic irony so the audience is always well aware they are queer from the getgo, even if the character doesnt know yet. while theres nothing inherently wrong with any of these choices, i think having a more outside perspective on internalized homophobia and having that perspective be told slowly will make for a much more authentic and powerful queer coming of age story. i think all of mikes flaws and animosity towards both will and el will pay off so much once we know what hes been going through. i believe this character actually has the potential to reach people who arent accepting of the queer community right now.

byler also just resonates with the queer community so much. a lot of queer ships, especially mlm ships, are dominated by straight women, sometimes to the point where the ship doesn't even feel like its a part of queer culture anymore. its just nice to have a gay ship that feels like its for gay people. and as much as i love a really well written tragedy, its also nice that we can see a happy ending so clearly.

in short, its just fun. the whole "will they/wont they" element is fun as hell. ive never had that with a ship before. i tend to lean towards slow burns that i know will be canon (snowbaz <3) or tragedies that are so gut wrenching i dont even WISH they got together (jackieshauna <333) byler however just speaks to my film loving soul on such a deep level. its perfect for me. its so fun to analyze and read other people's analyses. i cant wait to see how it unfolds in s5.

#i honestly love getting asks from people who arent byler shippers #like yessss let me enlighten you #sorry this took me four days to answer #i think im gonna go back into byler hibernation now i have to prepare for severance tomorrow lol #byler #eden answers

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belltherad · 6 months ago

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can we really say they game of thrones'd the umbrella academy when it hasn't been good since the first season

#grab your torches and pitchforks idrc #season two was like. fine i guess. but i didnt find myself interested in the show when it stopped #and im just now watching s3 and like.....#you're telling me everything BEFORE s4 is like....quality television #idk maybe im thinking too hard but also i really dont think i am!#the umbrella academy

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autistic-danieljackson · 2 months ago

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The other problem with tv shows now is that they’re either so incredibly dull or they try to cram so much into every season because they they’re so scared of cancellation and there’s no in between

#watching sg1 and sga im realizing how crazy the pacing is for stuff today #like s1 into s2 and s2 into s3 of Atlantis had /3 part episodes!!/#3 episodes devoted to one part of the story #you can’t do that anymore because that’s half your season!!#my attention is normally so bad but I have been absolutely glued to the screen #it’s just honestly such good tv #ugh I’m starting to get nostalgic and reminisce about how things used to be and I feel so old 😂#but yeah anymore tv is so boring or so fast I can’t keep up with who’s who and what’s happening #I love you rings of power but I don’t know elendil’s name until the last ep of s1 #I’m still not entirely sure what exactly happened in s2 #there’s just /so much/ going on #okay I’m done rambling now back to watching Stargate

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thy-lovelylionheart · 4 months ago

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me after watching one (1) single video about Mike Wheeler & internalized homophobia/biphobia: wow okay whoa one second hold on I get it, I get it now, hold on I need a minute wow okay okay no you’re right wait—

#literally singlehandedly convinced me Byler needs to be endgame lol #stranger things #Byler #like I’d never really consumed any analysis for that ship before & a couple years ago if you asked me I’d have probably said that #i’d struggle to see the writers putting Mike with anyone but El #but now after watching this very well-written breakdown of Mike’s character viewed through the lens of internalized biphobia im like #hold…..on wait that explains literally everything about his character in s3 & s4 #and now I have Byler brainrot LOL #for one thing I love Will to pieces and let’s be so fr the MOST satisfying and cathartic conclusion to his character would be him with Mike #like if they just gave him some random love interest it wouldn’t be nearly as satisfying #ESPECIALLY if they do it last minute and the guy isn’t even involved in the upside down stuff #and also THE AIRPORT SCENE MY WORD #I literally hit 30 tags trying to explain why the airport scene makes my brain explode LOL #if you’re curious just watch the video that changed my mind about Mike & Byler:#The Queer Coding and Internalized Homophobia of Mike Wheeler #by ‘loser sits by herself’

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thesevenwondersofawitch · 1 year ago

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I've finally finished s3 of The Witcher, and damn it, I JUST WANTED TISSAIA TO BE HAPPY

SERIOUSLY IT WAS SO FREAKING UNFAIR HOW THEY KILLED HER OFF

#The Seven Wonders Of A Witch watches #the witcher #s3 e8 #tissaia de vries #there was something so upsetting about the way that she died like how she prevented Yen from dying in s1 #yennaia #also feels so rude to us #tissaia x yennefer #shippers to call Yennefer her daughter #like come on man #so anyway im gonna go cry and watch edits now and pretend that Tissaia didn't die😁#also #the way that Francesca calls her baby our child to Fringella just reinforces my shipping of them #and makes it even more painful to watch that scene between them when she looks so betrayed #poor radovid #he just wanted a life with his bard #fringilla x francesca #it's so sweet the scene where Yennefer and her witches are standing at their old desks #radovid x jaskier #jaskier #DARA?!#I forgot about him to be honest #I'm willing to bet it's not really Ciri #I WAS RIGHT!?!#I am so confused #thesevenwondersofawitch #in short #damn

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mariocki · 4 months ago

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New Scotland Yard: My Boy Robby? (2.13, LWT, 1973)

"Why?"

"It's the hearing in the magistrates' court tomorrow. They wanted to frighten you. Show you they were serious."

'But they must have known that I'd phone you?"

"People who live in their sort of world often miscalculate the effects of violence and threats on those who live outside it."

#new scotland yard #my boy robby?#1973 #lwt #classic tv #tony hoare #paul annett #john woodvine #john carlisle #bernard kay #dennis waterman #avril elgar #christine shaw #ken wynne #diane mercer #john savident #dennis blanch #don henderson #derek deadman #john tatham #i forgot to mention in my tags for 2.11 my excitement at seeing Dennis Blanch as a supporting copper; very early in his career with just a #handful of credits to his name‚ but by the end of the decade Blanch would find genre immortality as DC Derek Willis on The XYY Man and then #its follow up Strangers. well be still my beating heart‚ because he's back and he's only brought George Bulman himself‚ Don Henderson along #for the ride! alas they share no scenes: Don's on the other side of the law‚ as a slightly peculiar fixer for a mob type (the ever #wonderful Bernard Kay). the plot is pretty nasty‚ concerning a rape and murder‚ but it also gives us some euphemistically referred to #lesbians (hoorah!) and a poodle killing (booo!). it's all over the place tbh. so s2 bows out‚ and so do i for now; the first ep of s3 isn't #available online as far as i can tell so I'm pausing this show for now until i can figure out how to watch that missing ep #in the meantime im gonna get into the halloween spirit and revisit some classic brit tv spookers.. ye have been warned...#oh and yet another tw for this ep if you needed one: it also features some domestic violence. like i said‚ a nasty plot

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dbphantom · 9 months ago

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maybe i should have gone into practical effects instead of computer science...

#when i was in middle school i used to use red and black pens + spit for blending to make it look like the backs of my hands were torn open #i can't believe it's almost 4am. i just spent 5 hours typing up an essay about MM's erik that i just fuckin privated bc i was embarrassed #AND I STILL NEVER SPELL HIS NAME RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AAAAAAAA #i was right but im going to save all my points for the fanfic im currently planning out and promptly NEVER GOING TO ACTUALLY WRITE #I say shoving my plans for my h2o s3 rewrite off the table #yes i skipped from s2 to s3 i had a BRILLIANT idea [season 3 h2o spoilers ahead be wary my mutuals who are still watching]#okay so you know how lewis goes to the american institute of marine bio in the middle of 3? since this is tied to my s2 rewrite fic i wante #to actually finally reasonably re-introduced dr denman to the story because i never liked that she just fucked off at the end of s1 #despite WITNESSING the moon pool magic. so i made it so she runs into lewis while doing a presentation for the college and they have a chat #(because her JAW paper plays an important part in my s2 rewrite bc i imagine lewis is the kind of guy who SAYS he deleted every copy of #it... but ACTUALLY he secretly printed himself out a copy to study in private to compare to his own notes bc #[lewis voice] come *on* guys just THINK of the progress that he could make with this! [grabby hands in front of chest])#so yeah they have a chat and Linda kind of gives Lewis the opposite dilemma in s3 that Louise gives him in s1 about science and magic #since SHE knows about the moon pool and has been biding her time and she knows Lewis knows and Lewis is like ah... uh oh.#it will eventually tie into the idea it's not about forcing science and magic together or separating them #its abt respectfully and responsibly utilizing both to see their fullest potential. which lewis learned in s2 and Linda has... not.#BUT #later on she gets a call from 1 (one) ryan who is like 'hey so i heard u did environmental studies on mako for dr bennett a couple years ag #and i was wondering if you've seen anything weird there as im currently doing a-' and she's immediately like 'YOU SON OF A BITCH IM IN'#and he's like 'wha-' and she's like 'i have already booked my plane tickets we're going to have a great time we have lots to talk about :)'#and wheeee now they have someone who knows about mermaids on their team and it's the perfect way to bring lewis back to relevancy in s3 :D #it also gives me reason to have two bad bitches (linda and sophie) meet and get to know each other which is not a dynamic ive seen in #any of the H2O fics i've ever read so im very hyped to delve into how they'll play off each other #also charlotte is there so technically three bad bitches (only in my au Charlotte never lost her tail and is part of the gang she just move #because she felt like she needed to leave to really be able to find herself without being in her grandmother's shadow but she comes back bc #well... it's season 3 mako is sounding the fucking emergency alarms everyone is showing up sdkghkfjhg)#im also so so so hyped to show u guys who's coming back in the s2 rewrite because it ISNT denman and i think everyone thinks it will be :3c #(i said she when telling ppl to look forward to a familiar face... but can u blame me for getting hype she's one of my favorite characters!#i love u H2O #cruddy rambles

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kuiinncedes · 9 months ago

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I WILL APPLY FOR A JOB W A COVER LETTER TODAY

#for sure 😀💀#why is writing cover letters so horrendous #why cant i just say pls give me job im interested in what ur doing and kinda qualified pls #me starting/doing applications until i see cover letter and then putting them on my list with 'yes' under cover letter and giving up #i will apply for a job today and write a new better cover letter #ASKDJNFJKAFHDGKDJSHFPQOIEHGSDN manifesting #except not very effectively #i finally started you;ng royaIs s3 today and i shouldn't have lmfao now i just wanna watch it :')#also the way the only reason i finished a cover letter before was bc those apps were actually due that night #if i keep going like that i'm never gonna get shit LMAO #but like i have no motivation until it's actually due LOL #jeanne talks #anyway i found another one i kinda like and can maybe talk abt glowstick club things in the cover letter so . hopefully i can do it lmao

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kitnapz · 1 year ago

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i dont think any other show has had an impact on me as huge as awae. that show consumed my entire life for months and months when i was 15 and nothing has changed its so so dear to me

#ive been rewatching it for the past little bit and omg.#im remembering why i went insane when i heard that the show was canceled for s4. i literally follow amybeth on insta and i see ppl in her #comments begging all the time for season 4 and im not saying thats not annoying and inappropriate but GODDDD. SO TRUE SO TRUEEEEE.#we were ROBBED!!!!!!!#i remember the billboard they put up to try and renew the show and i think it was just an issue with the dude who played gilbert. which in #hindsight yeah that makes sense i remember feeling rly bad for him back in the day #but good lord awae season 4 would have been crazy. obviously i was extremely mentally ill at the time of s3's release so thats why i was so #obsessed HOWEVER watching it now its still deserving of my obsesion. so good #i keep editing these tags but awae was the hugest hyperfixation ive had in all my time of existing. like ive been rly into other sorts of #media ie demon slayer and homestuck but im telling yall for about 10 weeks (awae was releasing one episode per week when they aired s3)#there was not a waking moment where i wasnt thinking about that show. and every sunday i would go into the canadian website using a vpn and #watch that show after i was done with my hw. it was like church for crazy people (me)#ok final edit but i think i filter myself a lot on here in comparison to before cuz i used to overshare wayy too much on tumblr #but this is the realest ive been in a hot minute

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altruistic-meme · 11 months ago

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i want to get started on the Full Hands List but i am waiting on my apartment people for scheduled maintenance and i don't really want to start until they leave but i also have no idea what time they'll make it to my apartment so we're just playing the waiting game now