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something something will byers WILL shoot a gun in s5, multiple times, and it'll work to keep the monsters at bay for a while, but in the end, when it really matters, the gun won't work as a line of defense against the horrors and will, as his instincts/defense mechanism kicks in, will suddenly unleash his powers in a way to protect himself and fight back. because the gun represents who his father wanted him to be (someone who fits in, someone who's normal, someone who belongs) and the monsters represent the homophobia and general lack of acceptance of outcasts in the world, and will's powers being what he needs to embrace to fight off the horrors will represent will needing to embrace himself. because forcing yourself to be normal is not the answer to fighting the bigotry of the world; accepting yourself for exactly who you are is your strength, and it will help you come out on top in the end.
#will byers#will byers with a gun#will has powers#this really is just a result of me desperately wanting to see will be a badass and fire a gun#but also not wanting to disregard WHY he can shoot a gun in the first place#byler#bc everything i post is about byler#stranger things s5
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Yeah a teaser dropping on ST day would be cool. But can we agree that a DNA board reveal would be infinitely better?
#byler#stranger things#st5 predictions#st5 dna board#yes I know a dna board reveal doesn’t qualify as like major promo since most fans want something visual and real#and so it’s likely we’ll get a teaser regardless#which is great#but I’m just imagining the rest of the day being subpar in terms of stuff for us to actually analyze outside of the teaser#they released the s4 dna board during lockdown and a couple months before they even finished writing it#so s5’s board is definitely finalized by now#and it would cost them nothing…#well i mean technically it could cost them everything 😭#it’s just a matter of how on the nose they were about some of the titles it features#and if they’re willing to risk sharing that at this time when there’s still a year until release#i could see a decent amount of films on it being incriminating on so many different fronts#but I could also see some super random stuff in the mix that would distract people from reading into the incriminating stuff#it’s just something that could actually keep us busy analyzing for a while#a teaser would be everything we need rn#but the dna list is what I actually want 😭#i’ve been working on my own st5 dna board wishlist bc I’m so impatient for this#i’m gonna post it tomorrow#it’s time#and in the case they do reveal the dna board next week I want to have mine ready to see if there are any matches#i’ve also been working on my st5vision playlist for nearly 2 years now (jesus) and it’s time to share that too#soon!!
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idk man but i think theres such a connection between will being possessed in s2 and like 'what happens when my boy is gone' and will giving the painting to mike under el's name. just like... will being replaced and then replacing himself. and like his entire person was being replaced by the mf, but also everything that he said was from el with the painting and speech was intrinsically his and his alone. and how his arc since s1 has been about hiding but also being right there. and how its all tied to his queerness. and how ideally in s5 this should lead to will not hiding/moving on from his identity and his feelings, but instead embracing them.
#like what happens when will has given away/up everything that he is. hes already Come Back Wrong and he just like. keeps removing himself#from things. even after it was done To him by the mf/vecna. and like the only people who can 'bring him back' are jonathan mike and joyce#ship of theseus moment (not really)#but also really. i mean idk about actual philosophy but will is the heart of the show like its literally about how people love him so much#and like. his identity and queerness is to integral to it all. and like okay some of his parts were replaced but the love brought him back#time and time again and it will in s5 too.#or whatever that means idk#which is also why will should kiss mike. not the other way round. and i will die on this hill even after it doesnt happen#and also why will just moving on and 'accepting' his feelings are unrequited would be a dogshit resolution to his arc with mike but wtv...#what im trying to say is in s5 will not hiding and being loved and not replacing himself with anything else and kissing boys is not just#smth that should happen bc he deserves happiness. but smth necessary to complete his arc. okay? okay#will byers#byler#i feel like ive made this post 5 times before but its just smth i feel very strongly about sorry#wheww... category 5 will byers moment.#me vs being coherent and concise#mine
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hate that i have to choose between bylertwt and here if i want to see just a little byler content bc on one hand you got ppl not even believing they’ll be endgame or saying every rainbow in st is a gay byler reference then on the other everyone thinks byler wont be important to the plot at all when mike and will are two very important characters for the next season and are going to team up. i hate it there and here. like there’s no middleground for me anywhere 😭😭 does anyone else feel like this like i guess i have to mute byler on here idk
more in tags goodnight
#believe it or not i STILL can expand on byler theories two years later the more i find out about the show in general#and where they realistically integrate into the s5 plot and i still think them coming together is something vital#im literally just in the middle of the two sides of the byler fandom like i do not belong in either space and im tired of it so#idk i hate a lot of bylers too but like. i can see SO clearly how their relationship will fit into the s5 plot im not saying its everything#but idk why ppl act like its not important#anyways goodnight thats my take bc both sides are annoying#this isnt in ref to a specific post either i’ve been feeling this for a long time lmao#also when i say relationship i mean their entire relationship romance is just a small part of it#ANYWAYS damn#idk i still am very passionate about them BECAUSE of how they fit into the story but it feels like im the last one who thinks that idk 😭😭
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#what if i said mike knew what he was implying when he said 'crazy together' and was just purposefully diluting it#bc when he said 'it's like she's still around but she never is' he meant everything he'd been telling himself he felt with el last year#he suddenly DOES feel but... it's when will's around#and he doesn't quite Get It yet (bc it's... scary to acknowledge) but will's being vulnerable rn saying that#'the others wouldn't understand' and mike has this little moment of bravery where tries to explain how he's been feeling too#bc he thinks maybe will might understand but it's still scary and he doesn't have the words for it yet#bc the words he's thinking about seem too... real. adult. like something you can't come back from#so he pulls out a different word that feels safer... the way he's been feeling around will is... crazy#(.......... u never heard that term? like the phrase)#it's not 'sometimes i still see her....... standing outside my window' it's 'like she's still AROUND but she never is.'#it's WILL that's around now..... and now mike feels like he's going crazy#sry just. the parallels in these two scenes......#mike was absolutely feeling crazy in that s4 scene too#byler#mikesbasementbeets posts
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then sit☺️
#the notes on my fixed poll are my new favorite thing bc it's all “will!” “yay max and robin are options!” or “what about steve🥺”#and to the last one I say: suffer#there's another poll go find that#st*ddie mutual and other st*ddies who follow me don't look at this post sorry#but anyway yeah steve is in everything all of the time I'm sure you'll be fine without him for once#stranger things#byler
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been seeing so much unnecessary bi mike slander on my dash recently. sometimes selfcare is blocking 15 people and going into the bi mike tag for an hour <3
#while we're at it im also sick of those condescending 'bi mike is valid too even if its incorrect <3' posts#istg sometimes people in this fandom forget that literally nothing is confirmed and everything is up to personal interpretation#why do some gay mike truthers get so pressed about the possibility mike could be bi huh#ive never seen the same level of aggression from any bi mike truthers about gay mike hcs . ive only seen it from gay mike truthers#obv a lot of gay mikers are great and chill and know how to be normal but there are some people out there who seem to be basing their#entire byler experience on being as biphobic as possible lmao#in the most smug condescending way!! its so annoying!! ive seen people genuinely claim gay mike is Confirmed Canon#and bi mike is just a silly little incorrect hc for people who arent as invested and arent watching the show correctly#ive NEVER had this much trouble w biphobia in fandom before. in all my 12 years of being in fandom#and sorry but im sick of pretending its not happening. anyone who is rolling their eyes at this or thinks im being melodramatic:#its not even about mikes sexuality its about how the discourse is really revealing some peoples true colours wrt general biphobia#idc if mike is gay but i DO care if you have a problem with other people hcing an unconfirmed chara as bi#anyone who doesnt think theres any biphobia in byler fandom needs to unfollow me actually.#ive seen too many horrendously awful takes and blatant misunderstandings of the concept of bisexuality#for people to say its not happening. bc it is .#anyway didnt mean for this to turn into a vent post but ive been feeling this for a while#might delete this later and write a proper vent post thats more coherent at some point but for now im too tired for that#so have incoherent venting ig#me.txt
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Tell me all the spoilers
nothing can break the bond between a friend who loves spoilers and a friend who just watched an amazing show and needs to tell someone the entire plot from start to finish
#respectfully i think youre a bit crazy if you love spoilers but ill allow it bc it means i get to yell about one of my favorite shows#byler#i did this with st to my friend#it was very fun#1k#10k#post 10k tag: i am shocked theres more people in the tags saying theyre the ones that likes spoilers#im the one who tells someone everything
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this is a post for bylers milevens idk everyone in the fandom before I'll go crazy cuz I'm seriously tired rn
we've got the og party photos guys we won so bad, the last time we actually had them all together was in s2.
i feel like there's a war (no surprise in this fandom i guess) and it looks like bylers hate the core four and milevens the og party and it's literally sick, i get that in the core four there's no byler and in the og party there's no mileven but not everything is about ships omg😭😭
I'm a mileven and i love BOTH core four and og party they're all my children I'm literally jumping every time i see them together. I wanted to enjoy the og party photos but ofc people are going crazy again, everywhere i go i see bylers being like "lmao milevens probably shit themselves we won again" and like no stop😕😕 i get it you have mike and will together it's a huge reason to be happy you guys totally deserve it, i would be screaming if i would got core four photos bc mileven would be there (even if that wouldn't be exactly a mileven content but the core four) but i would never make an anti byler post or whatever to laugh at you guys bc i have a mileven content and you don't have byler like what's the point 😭 I won't lie I'm sad that i haven't got them in one frame but it's not the end of the world bc this is not about the ships, it's about giving us an information how filming s5 is looking right now😭I'm happy that we have og party photos so I'm asking kindly.. can we please just enjoy them together? you can make as many posts about new byler content as u want but please can you stop talking about mileven in a negative way and just enjoy your ship😕 cuz i just want to enjoy the og party, the nancy&mike talk and everything without seeing how people make everything about byler and I'm really sorry if I sounded annoying I'm not trying to say something like "don't enjoy byler content cuz i haven't got mileven👹👹" I'm just asking if you guys can enjoy it without making fun of milevens bc in this day we haven't get anything 😕
#stranger things#mike wheeler#mileven#byler#eleven hopper#st5#will byers#eleven stranger things#mike wheeler defender#stranger things 5#st5 leaks#st5 speculation#st#lucas stranger things#max stranger things#dustin stranger things#will stranger things#<— target audience#< target audience
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gotta say i can't wait to become a filmmaker who is of tumblr fangirl origins. i can and WILL make queer media with characters you can overanalyze and obsess over, and the fans of my media WILL rest assured in the knowledge that every detail is very much just as intentional as they think. if fans are making extremely elaborate deep dive essays about the parallels and coincidences, then i'll know i've done my job right. maybe everything i write won't turn out exactly the way fans hope (you literally can't please everyone), but i'll do everything i can to make the payoff feel worth it.
#my goal is to be the next duffer brothers if the duffer brothers spent years on tumblr being queerbaited by the shows they loved#this came about bc my filmmaking grad orientation was today and i'm gettin pretty excited#byler#bc everything i post is about byler
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Warning! Potential leaks for season five of Stranger Things!
Alex (aka @dyersfilms on twitter, used to be swiftlynatalia) is the person who successfully leaked most of season 4 due to her knowing a source. She did, however, insist Byler was entirely platonic that season and they fought for most of it and only made up at the end in the pizza van, so…
Here’s her saying she won’t post any byler leaks this time around, which she has said previously.
She got a message saying they’re all fake, and she thinks they all are, so keep that in mind.
Here’s a short one: Will distancing himself from the party bc it’s too hard to be closeted and to be around Mike. If real? Endgame fr.
A ‘leak’ from episode one where shit goes down after the opening scene of Will singing SISOSIG, Will falls, and Mike helps him up,
Here’s an extremely detailed one that casually drops Mileven breakup, Robin-Mike bonding over Vickie and Will, Will trying to avoid Mike ‘confronting him about the painting’, Mike and Jonathan fighting over Will’s safety. Nothing here is debunkable but…. Yeah. God, would it be nice, though.
The two most interesting ones. First, an ask that’s almost entirely plausible except for the mileven part - and that part, specifically, I’m calling bullshit on bc it claims that Hopper is still on the Mike Hate Train. It was made abundantly clear, after their talk and their awkwardly long hug at the end of season 4, that that’s in the past. Besides, it just wouldn’t fit tonally. S3 was the heterosexual-cliché, silly filler season. S5? Nah. Can’t 100% say it’s fake, but even Alex agrees this one isn’t real.
Lastly, an interesting one that’s plausible throughout which claims Mike gets seriously injured and spends some time in hospital. Will stays by his bedside after everyone else leaves and kisses Mike on the forehead. Mike wakes up after he leaves - I think the insinuation is that Mike does a Half-Blood Prince and wakes up knowing that someone he felt safe with was there, but he doesn’t know who it was. If that’s legit? As I said, endgame fr.
I do want to note that both the mileven and Byler asks word the ‘main character getting injured part’ as everyone being ‘shaken up’ so there are a few options: it’s the same person with legit leaks, and Byler isn’t endgame. That, I’d be more willing to accept, cautious as I am, were it not for the Hopper part, which sticks out like a sore thumb. Second option: it’s the same person messing around. Third: it’s two people, one building on the other.
Cannot emphasise enough that these are most likely just bored people having fun, but I figured I’d share them all. The last one is getting passed around the tag sans context, and I wanted to clarify everything else Alex has received. Do not get your hopes up about Byler based solely on these.
Letting my imagination run absolutely wild here for just a moment, however: Maya and Vickie are confirmed to be filming at the hospital set, presumably visiting someone. There’s also a pic of someone with bloody shoes. Imagine if Robin visits Mike in the hospital, witnesses some Platinum-Tier Will Byers Pining™️, and ends up talking to Mike after he wakes up - no mention of how long he stays there.
Lastly, it is fun comparing these to the more doom-and-gloom (re: Mike) leaks Sapphicjopper on twitter got. The awesome @solgmorell has a post explaining those in detail.
Oh, and an interview came out today where Shawn Levy said something insane but, you know, water is wet.
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bookinit’s byler fic recs
happy new years! to celebrate, i’m posting a list of some of my favorite fics of this year, sorted by word count. i tried not to include a bunch of super well-known, commonly-recced fics, and of course, there are SO many more that i didn’t include just because there isn’t enough time in the world. but i really wanted to lift up some amazing authors, my friends included, as well as some more underground fics. happy reading!!🥳
my top byler fics of 2022
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- it’s a choice (getting swept away) by @wiseatom. i just skimmed this again to see if i wanted to include it, and even just SKIMMING, i was having goddamn heart palpitations. there is something so special about healthy communication and resolving misunderstandings with emotional intelligence and kindness instead of anger. don’t get me wrong, big dramatic blowups are lots of fun to read, but this one stands out for how quiet it is. how gentle. not only is the willel done FANTASTICALLY, but byler here is so soft and tentative, and i was eating up every minute of it. as always, with thea, a phenomenal read. (categories: post s4, mileven breakup, painting conversation, getting together, willel)
- the body is a blade by inblue. this author is severely underrated—incredible prose, such unique fics, and so much genuine emotion in such a short space. i sincerely recommend all of their works!! phenomenal, and despite their short length, they’ve stuck with me since i read them—this one in particular. (categories: poetic, unique, character study, will byers needs a hug)
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- i’m caught up in you by @wiseatom. the first half of this is genuinely novel-worthy—beautifully written & crafted, to the point where i couldn’t stop writing down sentences as inspiration. the second half kicks you into an apocalyptic adventure, filled with byler banter, miscommunication, wound tending, a Painting Debacle™️, and literally everything you could want out of byler in the upside down. thea’s byler is SO much fun to read—they absolutely are best friends, and they don’t let you forget it! the banter is so realistic and snarky and fun, and i’ve read this a million times over at this point. infinite kudos always💗💗 (categories: byler in the upside down, miscommunication, angst & fluff, tension, wound tending, will has a gun)
- i hate accidents (except when we went from friends to this) by blackdeathmamba. a classic, and for a good reason. great tension & pining, super butterfly-inducing, with a twist at the end that simultaneously had me yelling and giggling into my pillow. ADORABLE. so, so wonderful. (categories: pining, miscommunication, college byler, roommates, fluff)
- running up that road by @smoosnoom. i had a really hard time trying to figure out which of moon’s fics to rec bc i feel like all of them, in general, defined my 2022. and of course, everyone and their mother has recced tearing you asunder! but going back over the fics, i think this one truly had the biggest impact on me. first of all, it was the first fic i ever read while listening to the accompanying playlist, and that experience literally changed my life. it is so hard for me to read without listening to music now😭 but seriously reading this w/ moon’s song choices felt like watching a movie. second of all, i really got inside mike’s head here. his character was great, and the fic displayed some of his more unpleasant qualities that some people might shy away from, like anger or resentment. this was just a very real portrayal of byler, and of mike in general. and a lot of the scenes in here—specifically the beginning and end—have stuck with me since i read them. overall, incredible experience, and i’d read it again in a heartbeat. (categories: post s4, character study, mike centric)
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- the gaps and the silence by delusionaltogether (whyyyyy) aka @parkitaco. i read this last night and cried my heart out—not big dramatic sobs, but more of a silent & continuous cry that would pop back up without warning. this was just so exquisitely written—the best of parker’s work that i’ve seen, which is such an impressive feat because i love absolutely everything they publish. the resolving of miscommunication, the healing of byler’s fractured relationship, the responsibility taken on both sides, and the love that still persists through all of it—this is a masterpiece. it is a triumph of human emotion, and a truly excellent mark of good writing. cannot recommend enough—along with absolutely all of parker’s other works. (categories: angst, miscommunication, reunion, college byler, first dates, mutual pining)
- mike wheeler’s guide to falling in love with a superhero by @smoosnoom. this was my first introduction to spiderwill, and i loved every minute of it. this is fun, fast-paced, a little crazy, and just SUCH an enjoyable read. plus, i get a cameo as bagel girl, which in my opinion, is the best part!! but fr this was honestly so well done and even as i’m writing this, i’m getting the urge to read it again. loved, loved, LOVED. (categories: spiderwill, fluff, light-hearted, energetic)
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- you can hear it in the silence by @astrobei. there is truly not enough praise in the world for suni’s fics, or her writing in general, but this one was really something special. mike in this fic is one of my favorite mikes ever, and i think about his big conversation with robin at least once a day. this is truly just a magical coming of age romance. it is so soft & tender & real, and i genuinely could read it every single day and never get bored. also, as someone who worked in food service, i appreciated the accurate portrayal🫡 but also. never again. customers can suck my dick. getting off track here :) (categories: coming of age, friends to lovers, mutual pining, soft)
- i know, i know, i know by aude_sapere. season 4 rewrite!! the writing of this is incredible, the plot is fantastic, and it was one of my first really notable reads in this fandom. really gives will his main character moment, as he deserves!! (categories, s4 rewrite, main character will, pining, action)
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- i’ve come home, i’m so cold by @astrobei. this one is just. ohhhhh my god where do i even start?? this is my ideal college byler fic. it’s literally so perfect, start to finish. will’s narration is incredible, and additionally the plot is just so, SO interesting?! there’s something about suni’s writing that i just can’t get enough of. she writes exactly the way i think and it results in prose that flows effortlessly and is so much fun to read!! i am just chomping all of her fics up one by one and i am still hungry☹️ i think suni needs to write just for me forever & always actually. (categories: college byler, mystery, pining, best friends to lovers, roommates)
- boys don’t cry series by @padmedala. this series is so special to me, specifically the first installment. it was one of the first works i really read that focused on will’s queerness in other terms than his relationship with mike! there was so much queer joy & healing & growing up in this series, and it was really beautifully explored in a way that left me crying, but still unable to put my phone down. really, really wonderful, and criminally underrated. (categories: coming of age, season 4-5, queer joy, healing, romance, pining)
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- chiron in gemini by babydraygen. this was one of the first season 5 fics that i read, and i still think this is a REALLY interesting take on it. eddie’s alive, mike is kind of a dick, and the apocalypse is in hawkins, but everyone’s pretty chill about it. i think the characters here were so complex and interesting, and i was honestly hooked the whole time. (categories: season 5, coming of age, angst, getting together)
- there is a season by ghostlin. yet another s5 fix-it, mike-centric this time. really well written, great character development, and truly so much fun to read. to quote my original bookmark: this is, without a doubt, one of the best fics i’ve ever read. writing is impeccable, everything (EVERYTHING) is perfect, and i cherished every single word. this is my season 5. if you are reading this right now, stop and read this fic. yes, me too. read it again. (categories: s5, character development, slow burn, apocalypse, drama)
- i’ll find a new place to be from by @andiwriteordie . clearly i have a thing for s5 fics, but this was honestly so amazing!! i think about it a lot, and am definitely pulling inspo for my own eventual s5 fic (hopefully coming next year!) andi has written so many (and i mean SO. MANY) wonderful fics for this fandom, which is a gift in itself. but there’s nothing that i think about more than this one. (categories: s5, drama, will byers has powers, getting together)
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- you are the heart by touchthesky. i spent months reading this one, chapter by chapter, as it uploaded, and i don’t regret it one bit. this was such an interesting, complex, and well-done take on season 5. there were some really shocking plot twists, gripping moments of turmoil, and satisfyingly resolved arcs for every single character. the action sequences are god-tier, the internal dialogue is fascinating, the worldbuilding is INCREDIBLE, and i honestly just cannot say enough good things about this fic. will probably be giving it another read soon! (categories: s5, angst, the full package, slow burn, will pov, intense worldbuilding, main character death)
again, there are SO many more—and yall are always welcome to search my bookmarks on ao3—but those are the ones i was thinking about today. here’s to more great fics in 2023!!🥳🥳
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🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love
i have MANY. oh so many. but let me take a moment to recommend a few that have especially haunted me lately or deserve more love, and i am gonna give a RANGE here because i contain multitudes.
-> my beloved sister @beautyofsorrow / Daxs10thHost is out here writing everything from lisa frankenstein to jennifer's body to star trek aro femslash erotica and absolutely killing it every time. if you like my writing you should go thank her bc you owe everything i've ever written to liv seeing as she's why i started writing in the first place.
-> @blusandbirds / lil3 on ao3 is a longtime beloved friend & fic writer. everything she puts out is so fucking good. will always sing her praises <3
-> self-evident truths by thatsparrow is a really fun national treasure fic which i oh so rarely find. i felt like i won the lottery when i clicked on it.
-> The Glass Jar by mediumorange is a fantastic post-canon fic for brokeback mountain. there are some lines in here that changed me fundamentally.
-> the year of the goat and your kid back by derryfacts2 is in fact THE greatest it fic ever. imo. it's not at all what you expect but i cannot recommend it any higher. trust me on this one.
-> there's daggers in men's smiles by @pinkgrapefloyd will always be a rec. my favorite cobra kai fic ever.
-> chamb3rs and bloodofgods on ao3 have written some of my favorite stranger things genfic (especially platonic madwheeler <3) of ALL time and honestly just my favorite stranger things fic of all time ngl.
-> Flower of Lemon and Feather of Shrike by SummerPhlox is another fav cobra kai fic. it's about yasmine and moon and why the hell yasmine's character is Like That in later seasons of cobra kai. do yourself a favor and read this and become certifiable over background female characters, it's good for the soul.
-> every day i take ten minutes to sit and stare into the middle distance thinking about the way you love me by @strangeswift. you think i'm exaggerating about this but i'm not. i'm really not. THE byler exes fic of all time perhaps.
-> a cruel summer with you by astrobi/wiseatom/andiwriteordie is i imagine a fic many people are familiar with but i cannot stress how obsessed i am and i have only read the first chapter. btw. (i'm self-banned from reading more until i finish mutual distrust but i think about it on a weekly basis.) byler summer camp au....save me byler summer camp au.
-> i have already sung the praises of love me on purpose many, many a time. but i reiterate: this fic haunts me. this fic has made me cry on more than one occasion. this fic gutted me like a fish and put all my internal organs back one millimeter to the left. what the fuck honestly. can anyone hear me???
-> it's brutal out here by @stillokaynextcrisis is a music/rockstar/band au for the star wars OT that i am currently obsessed with.
anyway thanks for coming to my ted talk. i could recommend like a bajillion more but this is getting long so instead i direct you to my bookmarks on ao3. go forth and find works for niche fandoms or pairings and give them love. for me.
truth & dare ask game!
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yeah I'm done with the reddit polls. milevens are harassing the op about everything, in the comments and her dm's, bc of a couple hundred votes from tumblr on a subreddit with over a million subscribers, and we're still the ones that will probably be left out of a mileven consolation vote to make them feel better about losing? that's so silly. and the fact that the op even mentioned being "surprised that byler was still in bc they're soooo hated" in the same comment with the voting link was 🙄
we're not rigging anything. several people share the link, several people advocate to vote for this ship or that ship. a lot of us have similar opinions, in which case we vote similarly, and when we don't, we don't vote the same. i've seen plenty of disagreements in the tags and replies in my posts, so I know that we're absolutely not all voting together.
the redditors are doing the same thing in their comments anyway: they make a quick pitch for why one ship sucks and if it gets a lot of upvotes, that ship is usually voted out, all in the pursuit of keeping their favorites in. it's the same exact thing. that's how it works, that's why it's fun, apparently until the ship they usually report or downvote into oblivion actually has a chance to have their say in the votes.
I got a few nasty messages in my posts last night after I turned my anonymous asks off bc my tumblr was posted in the reddit comments like 5 times. with that and everything else, I'm just not having any fun anymore, this is making me too anxious. go vote if you want, have fun with it, I'm just not posting about it anymore.
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That anon is right you guys literally make everything about byler or mike and will. Other romantic ships? Exist to parallel byler. Other characters? Exist to prop mike and will. I get that you guys want to find something to talk about byler but its literally gotten to the point i cannot read any posts tagged with lumax, max or lucas etc anymore bc they are all about byler. And it wouldnt be such a problem if it was like 2 or 3 times happened but it is so common in the byler fandom
It's not my fault that they do parallel byler it's just REALITY, it's what the writers put intentionally in the show coming up from scratch with new characters but taking the old ones as a base for a parallel and switching things up like Jonathan being a supporting brother against billy being the abusive one or robin and Vickie doing exactly what Mike and Will were doing
THE WRITERS DID THAT.
It's what the freaking writers wrote and put in the show and they implemented the visual and writing parallels again and again.
A character can be important on his own and also parallel another one that is the freaking first one that has a connection to the main villain!
You people that complain without understanding that when we point out parallels it's something that WE byler fandom did not write but we picked up from the WRITERS are annoying as fuck
Make your own post about the other characters, I have made plenty of posts about them singularly without byler being involved or just block byler in the tags and manage your own space on Tumblr because that's how Tumblr works!
ALSO my post was not about byler it was about Will, Max and Vecna and how both Max and Will have suicidal thoughts in the narrative
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Hello!! what do you think about the tag those days? do you have a fav blog? who do you think is saving the tag from dying with posts and theories?
i think the tag is slowly dying tbh and it's sad to see? the reality is that for the past year or so the tag has been kept alive (from what i've seen and my personal experience here) because of art/fic creators and analysis blogs. however, it's been a year since s4 dropped and as i've seen some people around the tag say, everything that could've been analysed or said about byler in the last season or all seasons has already been said. now, i personally LOVE doing analysis even to this day, doesn't matter if i'm probably repeating something someone else spotted and blogged about two months ago. it's fun to make those posts, but we can't ignore that they are becoming repetitive and that side of the tag is burning out. because of that, things like fics/art/headcanons/ficlets/aus are so important now.
we don't have to run out of content to enjoy in our tag, but people should be willing to step outside their comfort zone and accept that canon is limited to what can he done and said about byler. aus however open new doors that this tag hasn't really explored yet, and for some reason there's a bit of resistance? and that leads us to a dead end because then there's no new not repetitive content and the tag starts dying even with its huge following.
another issue is definitely the lack of rb in the tag. i can jump on any post in the byler tag and check the notes and i know the ratio between likes and rbs will be ridiculous. ofc i can't force anyone to rb if they don't want to, but liking a post and not rb kills a post bc it stops reaching new people who will then engage with said post and then it will reach even more blogs. liking does nothing, it's a dummy button.
rb not only allows a post to stay alive, it's also a great opportunity to create conversations in the tags and engage with other people on this side of the internet. and well if you aren't into that or don't like to add tags to every rb, a simple rb still does much more than a like.
i have many fav blogs and i'll probably forget some, but from the top of my head i have @andiwriteordie (writer and au lover) @foodiewithdahoodie (amazing takes and headcanons) @astrobei (writer and artist) @wiseatom (amazing writer) @doriandrifting (analysis and amazing takes) @emblazons (amazing takes and gifs) @mayahawkins (one of the best gif creators in the tag) @perexcri (amazing writer) @likegoldintheair (amazing writer and amazing headcanons/ficlets) @elekinetic (amazing writer and amazing scripts) @kidovna (beautiful art and aus and comics) @noodles-and-tea (art art art i am obsessed) @nnilkyway (again beautiful art) @strangeswift (writer and a fun blog to check out) and many more that i'm probably forgetting right this moment.
if you (anyone who is reading this) have a blog rec pls lmk!!! i'm always looking for new byler content!!
(if you have stonathan blogs recs uh also lmk i need more stonathans on my dashboard thanks)
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