#byler better be canon

[coventhewise]

canon (+ almost canon) couples and light glowing between them

—jancy

—lumax

—jopper

—rovickie

—byler

[delokami]

‘me and michael…it’s not a question now’

this is how s5 will start fr.. promise 🌝

[byler-invested]

Why Will x Chance (bychance) REALLY IS going to happen… 😳

(…temporarily let’s hope…)

Let’s first pay attention to this scene and ask ourselves why it was included at all…

“I see he’s taken a step down from Max…”

Haha such a funny line, get it? Because Erica’s insulting Jason by implying that not only is he gay for Lucas, but also a mediocre option… right? Right???

Except… lines in Stranger Things NEVER mean only one thing.

The actual double meaning/ foreshadowing:

“I see he’s taken a step down from Mike…” 😬

— us Bylers in 2025

But Erica doesn’t stop here. She goes:

“Chances are, he’s with your cheater boyfriend”.

That’s right! In this very same conversation, they included the words “Chance”, “cheater” and “boyfriend” in the same sentence. Very curious.

Now let’s take a closer look at the D&D miniature that Erica is painting in the beginning of the video.

A young male warrior painted in orange?

This surely isn’t an analogy for a young male jock in an orange Tiger mascot uniform, amirite? 🐅

Holy shit, these should be enough clues, right?

Oh, no. No, no… There’s more. 😭

The locker room posted by the Duffers, belonging to “Jock #2”. We’re looking at a basket ball, a physical science book, and…

…a car sketch. Which is “only” the symbol widely used by Netflix to symbolize bisexual men. Cue Steve Harrington’s bedroom, the movie Red, White & Royal Blue, and the show Heartstopper.

(There is an actual post here on Tumblr which details everything about this ^).

Oh, what’s that in Will’s bedroom?

A Tiger wearing a sombrero…

Is it possible Will has a thing for Latinos? 🤭

Not Chance being the mexican jock foil version of Mike…….

Oh Duffers you are SO unserious…….

Funnily enough, there is even one more clue, which I’m however not yet sure of (I have to rewatch the show).

Chance’s real first name seems to be Jedediah (yes, ridiculous). Jason supposedly addresses him by “Jed” in the show (I have to confirm this).

“Beloved of God”.

…Who in the show is God/Jesus coded…?

That’s right… Will. 🧙‍♂️

*the (Byler) plot thickens*

and btw if you wanna read more ⬇️

masterpost:

part 1:

part 3:

[lol101elated]

BYLER KISS!!💋🏳️‍🌈

[kylepot]

“there’s no possible way Mike is queer! he’s in a relationship with el! so he can’t be queer!”

you won’t believe me when I say this, queer guys… can still date girls???? and it was the 80s??

that’s crazy!!! crazy together

[byleriscanon713by]

Me: I am a god and byler is canon i can predict everything and I know exactly how it’s gonna happen in season 5

Also me: B-but I’d the .5% chance occurs and byler isn’t Canon im going to have to apologize to all my friends and family for the hours I’ve ranted to them about all the proof it’s canon

[byler-is-endgame7]

yall there’s more OPEN YELLOW CURTAINS in MIKES ROOM and the light is SHINING ON HIM

[haruvenart]

I was listening to Finn's playlist and I came across this song and OMG it's coded Byler

[number1bylerstan]

everybody moved on I stayed there

[frogwheeler]

hmmm I wonder what this could mean? thoughts? 🤔

[aurorabyler]

HDOKEJRJEJEJHDVFJRWJEJRBEHRMRNNMSJESJWHTIEJGNNENENEHFJEHVJJDHRHEHWHTJDJcvvvHzj

[coventhewise]

mike’s arc and his “regression”

since s3 a good portion of the audience has complained about mike’s character. as mike’s arc was tied with mlvn during the last two seasons, the dislike towards his character AND the ship has been increasing. these 3 are the most common reasons to why mike has been started to be disliked:

being reduced to “el’s boyfriend”

stepping back from being the leader

his treatment towards will

if you think about it, they would be right if we don’t take byler into consideration. the general audience knows that will is in love with mike, but they don’t actually think that byler could be requited. mostly because most of them believed mike’s infamous “love” confession. despite this, the general audience found this confession corny, rushed, out of place, cliché and unnecessary. the ga is TIRED of mlvn’s storyline, showing much more support to other pairings like lumax or jopper (or even to the jancy/stancy dilemma).

i can’t blame them. if you don’t like mlvn it’s almost impossible for you to not dislike mike since he’s been incredibly tied to his relationship for two seasons.

when you’re aware of what’s going on with byler, you realise the reasons behind mike’s behaviour, hence, you start liking him again. (i know there are exceptions of course, but when we are talking about the general audience they don’t generally have mike as a favourite character, and those who had him as a favourite think he fell off).

now, i’m going to talk about every reason i listed:

—being reduced to “el’s boyfriend”

mike’s focus since season 3 has been el and only her. from the general audience perspective you don’t see nothing more behind his behaviour, just an awful use of his character and bad writing. an extension of el. because that is what it would be.

mike’s plot in s3: struggling with his relationship.

mike’s plot in s4: struggling with his relationship.

it’s tiresome, it’s repetitive.

— stepping back from being the leader

in season 1 and season 2, mike was a crucial character for the plot. he was the leader of the party, he guided and encouraged them. mike was shown as a selfless and caring kid, so it was just natural that people would react negatively to his behaviour in the later seasons. (and it’s totally intentional).

— his treatment towards will

the show wants you to root for will, even if you don’t want to, it inevitably makes you feel bad for him. the audience notices that since mike and el started dating, mike has been treating will bad.

a solution to these 3 reasons:

the only redemption for mike is for mlvn to break up, it’s that simple. every reason for mike’s behaviour roots in his relationship with el. it’s holding back his character and the writers know it.

el, even with mlvn, is liked because she is a character outside her relationship, we have explored a good part of her past and trauma. we have watched her grow in every season, forming her personality, discovering her interests and bonding with other characters.

the ga doesn’t know much about mike outside of mlvn, since it has been his only plot line.

he is reduced to a love interest despite him being a main character. and that is a problem.

to conclude:

if mlvn is endgame (even if they fix these problems) mike’s earlier behaviour will never have an explanation.

you could say that mike gave a reason in his monologue, but as i point out here, it’s safe to assume that monologue was not entirely true.

byler is the only thing that makes sense for his character, it’s the only thing that could excuse his behaviour, it would make him a complex character instead of a “smug son of a bitch” (as hopper said).

[anthrophile1-blog]

So a few weeks ago my family gathered for thanksgiving. My two little cousins are both big Stranger Things fans. The older of the two is in college and the younger in elementary school. So naturally I had to discuss the show with them - theories, favorite characters, etc. And of course… Byler!

So I asked the older girl “so… Mike and Eleven, or Mike and Will?” Without hesitation she said “oh, Mike and Will. Definitely.”

I just thought that was neat 🙂

[byleristheheart]

idk how we ever doubted byler… its such a classic trope. i was rewatching atypical and yes she loves her bf but ofc she was gonna end up w izzie! and tlou dina had a bf but ended up w ellie etc like theres so many examples its not an uncommon trope for gays to have a s/o before they realize who they truly love. and its probably going to happen this time too

[lol101elated]

➡

[kylepot]

it took me so long to find will being happy in s4