#byler reddit

[lordystrange]

Loving the reddit these days

[bhilasar]

Maybe Reddit isn't that bad after all.

Some of them can see the potential, even if it's for chaotic purposes lmao

[bylersbear01]

[aidyaiden]

my brother saying that reddit is the safest social media, with absolutely no hate, etc. 😌☝️

me, a byler on the stranger things reddit 🤡

[lunarqueen]

Against my better judgement I was going through some Reddit threads from the last few months and I saw one of the most ardent Byler bashers say something that would explain why so many of these hardcore Milkvan Redditors are aggressive to Bylers and non-Bylers-but-Milkvan-breakup-truthers. It was something along the lines "I am watching the show for Mike and Milkvan and all the people who say they should break-up make me a bit scared I was wrong about Mike's character and that I wasted my time on this show".

And I think this shows that these hardcore shippers mainly watch the show for Milkvan above all else. And it makes sense why: In Season 1 the Milkvan relationship was one of the biggest parts of the show. Many people, including Bylers, found them really cute and shipped them in Season 1 and Season 2. But the relationship never got more compelling as the show went on. And Season 3 even made most people lose interest in the relationship. Season 4 did nothing to recapture this interest and eventually the only people who really saw the monologue as a "win" were the people who were still passionate about the relationship. I have barely seen anybody say "Oh I lost interest in Milkvan but after that monologue I am a full-on shipper again"

And then we have Byler as a contrast: In Season 2 we truly learn how close they are. Now Season 3 is rather occupied with the "destruction" of Milkvan rather than actual Byler build-up. Then in Season 4 it finally becomes obvious to everyone Will is in love with Mike and it is quite sad and we sympathise with him. And then upon closer observation we notice Mike may very well be in love with Will as well since so many things point towards that.

And that is the difference between Byler shippers and those Milkvan shippers who do not shy away from insulting those who are not equally as passionate about their ship. For Bylers, Byler is one of the many beautiful things about the show. If Byler were somehow not to happen it would of course be very disappointing but it would not ruin the entire show (unless they are really pulling questionable choice after choice in Season 5).

On the other hand, for those kinds of Milkvan shippers the entire show has always been about Milkvan first and everything else second. If the show then suddenly does not end with a Milkvan romance their entire purpose of watching the show is shattered and the entire show is ruined for them, as this Redditor has implied. And they are afraid of that - and right now they try so hard to push this fear away and insult every person who reminds them their fear could become reality.

[starmanbyler]

i’m getting downvotes on that one reddit post i feel like a true byler warrior 🫶🥺

[luckybyler]

THERE'S A BYLER SUBREDDIT AND I DIDN'T KNOW?????

[fairyrona]

gonna piss myself bc i commented on a post on reddit, made an argumented post, which was deleted, and also my account was suspended 🤡🤡🤡🤡

[lordystrange]

Oh so you DO see the pattern?

[bhilasar]

Redditors really can't believe someone would notice the possibility/potential of Byler without interacting with the fandom or reading analysis. It's so weird lmao

I joined the fandom because I noticed something was up with Byler after volume 1, and was excited to talk to someone about it. Actually, the idea of Byler popped up in my head for the first time in S2, but I only started believing it could be a thing for real and shipping it after volume 1. The talks and analysis only made me sure I wasn't seeing things. The show alone made me suspicious of the ship when I was still a casual viewer with absolute no contact with the fandom.

[stranger-theory]

i genuinely don't know. there was a lot of cool bylers on tiktok but all the comments are milevens calling us delulu. i think milevens on tiktok have a lot of potential for good debates, but they just like to spend their time replying with "no" to byler comments.

after i started getting tired of it i got reddit to see how it was there. and PLEASE trust me, do NOT go on r/strangerthings if you're a fan of byler. it is so incredibly toxic on there. if you say ANYTHING byler related, either your comment gets downvoted to oblivion, or it just straight up gets deleted. if anything you should go on r/byler. its a very small community with maybe ten people who regularly post there, but they have a lot of good discussions that i think are worth checking out.

after both of those attempts at seeing which is more byler friendly, i decided to try tumblr. so far tumblr is the most byler friendly place ive been on. i have not seen any aggressive antibyler posts/comments here YET, so i'd say that's pretty good. at most i saw maybe two comments. AND WHILE CHECKING OUT A MILEVEN BLOG THEY WERE JUST MAKING CUTE FANART. I WAS SO SURPRISED TO SEE THAT INSTEAD OF POSTS SAYING WE WERE DELUSIONAL. i don't know if that was pure luck, but it just goes to show that people here are more accepting.

and lastly i'm going to BRIEFLY mention twitter. i have not gone on twitter to see what it is like, but from the several people warning me NOT to go on it, i'm going to say, Don't. i've seen screenshots here and there about the mikevens there and omg they do NOT care in the slightest about the hurtful and homophobic words they are typing😭

that moves me to my final point, the difference.

tiktok had people who were 100% aware that will was gay, they just couldn't see how mike could be queer. they spend their time denying byler even being a possibility rather than explaining their own perspective.

reddit had people who admitted they only watched stranger things like once and didn't really care for it. they also for some reason don't want to accept that will is gay?? idk what that's about.

(but please do check out r/byler<3)

twitter is so incredibly homophobic it's actually concerning. am i surprised? not really, no. the slurs they use as if they speak them on a regular basis sure is something💀

and lastly, MY POOKIE TUMBLR🫶 she slays. y'all are so nice here. i think out of all of these, tumblr is the most welcoming, smart, and generally willing to hear anyone out.

i enjoyed this ramble quite a bit. i'm so glad i got tumblr, and would definitely recommend getting it. have a good morning, evening, or night, people.

ya'll what is up with m!levens being so mean on tiktok? Like i'm a multishipper (even tho i very much prefer byler) so maybe i just dont get it? But i don't understand not at least respecting opinions???

idk i only made this post cuz i was going through byler tts and all of the sudden hate ones were popping up every few and i was caught off-guard

[wakeupthemembersofbylernation]

I’m pretty sure Redditors are still using Internet Explorer. I can’t wait till all the “discoveries” they make about Mike clues post Season 5

[ghostmyuu]

Just a reminder that when s3 came out, most of Reddit was completely denying any possibility of Will being gay.

Then in s4 when Will’s sexuality couldn’t be denied anymore (though some of them STILL thought he was straight) they argued he wasn’t in love with Mike before vol 2 released.

Now that they’ve been proven wrong (twice), they’re insisting that there’s absolutely no way in hell that Mike could ever be gay/bi and actually love Will back. 🤡

[lunarqueen]

Captured this comment just at the right time

[jazz-penguin]

@roseradio 👏🏻 don't hide it in the tags -

... and your kid is like "Dad, are they gay? Wow you watch an LGBT show? so cool of you!"

Naaah 😭😭🪦💀

[spookystarfishzombie]