#chance stranger things

[ancatalyst]

Mike in the middle of the night at the window of Will's new "Love interest"

[will80sbyers]

New/old Chance sightings lmfaooo

they are definitely bullying the Party in the first episode

[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 ⬇️

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[willbyersoffical]

Whichever one of you dressed up as Chance in Roblox and tried to take Will from me, count your days

[retrokittytakeover]

Chance x will is another version of will x Gareth

LET HIM KISS MIKE WHEELER

[idkevenknowwhattoput]

Omg I just found who chance is in stranger things you can NOT tell me this would be Billy’s and Steve’s kid

Looks like both of them combined or something

[smalltownrobin]

I've been having a think. it would have been so obvious and so easy to actually involve Vickie in the s4 plot if her boyfriend was one of the basketball team than some random college dude.

I think it would work best if she was with either Andy or Chance (I'd say Chance just cos he was a little more likeable and my girl should have some taste), so right from the start of the season she's already involved with way more characters. She could have been dating Chance, friends with Chrissy (or at least friendly, not like they're besties or anything), and not liked Jason knowing his behaviour and tendencies. If she was at the party after the game, she could have been looking out for Lucas (cos she totally would) making sure he was okay, possibly even forming at least some decent acquaintance with him.

I also have a hc that Vickie is Dustin's neighbour (it worked for an AU and now I just kinda like the idea), so she could know that Lucas was friends with Dustin and therefore Eddie, almost definitely not believing that Eddie could have been the one to kill Chrissy. Chrissy could have previously confided in her about struggling and considering taking drugs to cope, so Jason's insistence Chrissy wouldn't take drugs would also contribute to that.

If this were the case, it could probably work one of two ways. One being that she stays with Chance throughout most of the season (since he doesn't really join the manhunt until Chrissy's funeral), and kinda stays a side character until vol 2. She could bump into Robin a couple of times (at the library or a shop maybe?), and kinda clock that something bigger is going on, maybe even using it as reason to try and keep the jocks off Eddie's tail (of course also having a massive bi crisis). She could end up going to warzone with Chance and breaking up with him there for the measures he and Jason and that are taking (ofc again running into Robin and having the "oh shit she has a bf" moment). I'm not quite sure what she'd do after that, probably just go home and mull over her bi panic over Robin Buckley idk.

Other way to go would be that she fully helps Lucas break away from the jock group and takes him to the school where she finds out Robin is involved, and kinda ends up just joining the group. That way she'd kind of just be a tagalong for most of it, but there'd be PLENTY of room for rovickie development, including Vickie learning more about Robin's experience with the upside down and realising her feelings by spending more time with her and connecting with her (if Robin gets trapped in the upside down while Vickie stays with the kids she could be panicking about her safety in the cute romantic kinda way AAH), maybe even having some moments with Steve and becoming friends with him.

That was just a thought I had, it pisses me off to no end that it's 100% the writers fault for Vickie being unpopular, I love her I get her it's so hard to get others to see the vision cos I know exactly why 😭

[clericxhood777]

Bychance/Willance aesthetic because this ship deserves more hyp tbh (dw I'm still a Byler by heart)

[thatgirlwithasquid]

Stranger Things M/M Pairings AO3 Ranking

I decided to look at the numbers for pairings in other categories as well this time, compared to last year where I only did F/F pairings. These rankings include only teen characters, cause those are the ships I'm more interested in personally.

These numbers are as of 5th March 2024

1. Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson with 26,285 works 

2. Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington with 11,144 works

3. Jonathan Byers/Steve Harrington with 1,297 works

4. Billy Hargrove/Eddie Munson with 876 works

5. Argyle/Jonathan Byers with 628 works

6. Tommy Hagan/Steve Harrington with 261 works

7. Jason Carver/Eddie Munson with 156 works

8. Jonathan Byers/Billy Hargrove with 109 works

9. Jonathan Byers/Eddie Munson with 83 works

10. Tommy Hagan/Billy Hargrove with 77 works

11. Argyle/Steve Harrington with 56 works || Andy/Gareth* with 56 works

13. Gareth/Eddie Munson with 44 works

14. Gareth/Steve Harrington with 31 works

15. Tommy Hagan/Eddie Munson with 29 works

16. Argyle/Billy Hargrove with 26 works

17. Argyle/Eddie Munson with 24 works

18. Jason Carver/Billy Hargrove with 17 works

19. Gareth/Jeff with 16 works

20. Andy/Jason Carver with 15 works || Argyle/Gareth with 15 works

22. Jason Carver/Steve Harrington with 14 works

23. Andy/Chance with 11 works || Jason Carver/Chance with 11 works

25. Gareth/Tommy Hagan with 9 works

26. Jonathan Byers/Tommy Hagan with 8 works

27. Steve Harrington/Jeff with 6 works || Billy Hargrove/Patrick McKinney with 6 works || Jason Carver/Gareth with 6 works || Chance/Patrick McKinney with 6 works

31. Andy/Eddie Munson with 5 works || Gareth/Billy Hargrove with 5 works || Jason Carver/Patrick McKinney with 5 works || Steve Harrington/Kilt Guy** with 5 works

35. Jeff/Eddie Munson with 2 works || Andy/Steve Harrington with 2 works || Patrick McKinney/Eddie Munson with 2 works || Steve Harrington/Patrick McKinney with 2 works || Tommy Hagan/Patrick McKinney with 2 works || Tommy Hagan/Jeff with 2 works || Jonathan Byers/Gareth with 2 works || Chance/Eddie Munson with 2 works

43. Fred Benson/Billy Hargrove with 1 work || Fred Benson/Jonathan Byers with 1 work || Fred Benson/Patrick McKinney with 1 work || Argyle/Fred Benson with 1 work || Jeff/Patrick McKinney with 1 work || Jason Carver/Tommy Hagan with 1 work || Jonathan Byers/Jason Carver with 1 work || Chance/Gareth with 1 work || Chance/Tommy Hagan with 1 work

52. Gareth/Patrick McKinney with 0 works

*as far as I can remember, Gareth’s age is ambiguous but he can be considered as the teens’ age. Feel free to correct me if I’m mistaken, but that’s why I��ve included him here.

**kilt guy, for those who are unaware, is a background character visible in the scene at Tina’s halloween party—as you might assume, he wears a kilt.

Pairings with no ao3 tag:

Eddie Munson/Kilt Guy, Tommy Hagan/Kilt Guy, Tommy Hagan/Argyle, Tommy Hagan/Fred Benson, Tommy Hagan/Andy, Billy Hargrove/Kilt Guy, Billy Hargrove/Jeff, Billy Hargrove/Andy, Jonathan Byers/Patrick McKinney, Jonathan Byers/Kilt Guy, Jonathan Byers/Jeff, Jonathan Byers/Andy, Patrick McKinney/Kilt Guy, Patrick McKinney/Argyle, Patrick McKinney/Andy, Jason Carver/Kilt Guy, Jason Carver/Argyle, Jason Carver/Jeff, Jason Carver/Fred Benson, Gareth/Kilt Guy, Gareth/Fred Benson, Kilt Guy/Argyle, Kilt Guy/Jeff, Kilt Guy/Fred Benson, Kilt Guy/Andy, Argyle/Jeff, Argyle/Andy, Jeff/Fred Benson, Jeff/Andy, Fred Benson/Andy

Interested in other categories?

M/M pairings for the stranger things have a total of 41,361 fics. This is 29,857 more than F/M pairings and 30,423 more than F/F pairings.

[strnger1985]

my gay senses were tingling everytime this fruit loop came on my screen

[darkimpala1897]

Who was gonna fucking tell me that Chance's name isn't actually Chance, it's fucking Jedidiah my poor boy. It's a miracle Jason and Andy don't pick on him.

How I found this out was because of the closed captions on Netflix.

Jason literally calls him Jed and Chance responds like I'm sitting here completely bamboozled.

Is Chance a middle name or his last name?

Or is it a nickname?

Does he hate his name so much that he goes by Chance?

Is Andy's full name even Andrew or is it something fucking ridiculous?

@zephrr what do you think on this, any thoughts or headcanons would love to hear your opinion on the matter?

@munvermaniac Jason tells Eddie this on accident when he's freaking out about something or other like he found out about the upside down or something I don't know. It doesn't matter but it makes Eddie laugh for a straight hour.

[cherryxlavender]

Wait...their ship name would literally be FreakChance...like the expression... 😳

"A 'freak chance' of [blank] happening", meaning it's rare/unexpected, but not impossible...like them as a couple... 👀🥲

[will80sbyers]

Also these are officially the new actors!!

And I think both Mr. Clarke and Chance have scenes in S5 because they reposted

[byler-invested]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Stranger Things official comic

Be prepared, because… there’s…..….

A LOT.

> “11 o’clock” in focus for no reason (Eleven symbolizes Will’s closet, internalised homophobia, innocence, virginity).

> open yellow curtain (probably signifies Will coming out in s5).

> “theme for the day” (meaning this sequence is thematic of something: Will’s trauma and coming of age).

> “Do whatever you want. Go see Mike and the boys… it’s up to you” (this refers to the perceived freedom of Will coming out or starting his sexual life).

> “not a trick?” (It is a trick unfortunately…)

> “Nope. I’ll even be your chauffeur if you need me. That means I’ll drive.” (gay top subtext)

> “For once, freedom is on the other side of that door. And it’s all yours.” (!!! — someone coercing Will into the gay sexual lifestyle before he’s ready or in an unsafe manner).

> Eggos and maple syrup are Mike coded. But orange juice is NOT! Mike would drink and is associated to white milk. This is a subtle hint that something’s WRONG.

“Technical” meaning in s5 they will start to delve into the mythology of the series.

But also… sexual subtext.

> “Time to get a move on, kid. Go before I realize this is a huge mistake” (something or someone coercing Will into letting go of heteronormativity and virginity).

> “It won’t… open”, “Just give it a push. You get everything you’ve ever wanted and you’re going to let a door stop you? There you go. Put some muscle into it.” (clearly subtext about coming out and first sexual experience from a bottom’s perspective).

Dustin is Jonathan in s5 when he realizes Will is being manipulated/ coerced by some guy.

The alarmed/ surprised turtle on the right is Lucas.

Raph (on the left) is Mike— he’s PISSED. Jealous Mike absolutely CONFIRMED.

> “Most importantly… why does Stockman want to open a gate, and why do they need him hooked up to that machine, too?” Lucas is absolutely shocked that the top (it’s his former basketball teammate Chance) is into guys and that Will, of all people, would be into Chance.

> “There are no good reasons to open a gate. They’re always bad.” Jonathan is protective of his little brother to whom he also represents a father figure. To him, it can never be good that Will’s having a sexual experience.

> “Maybe that machine is using her powers against her?” Meaning Chance is a dark mirror/ foil of Mike and one of the made-up characters we’ve been talking about.

> “Where are you going, Raph?” Lucas is surprised that Mike is so pissed and already springing into action (he won’t have come out at this point).

> “I’m gonna do the rescuing!” White Knight paladin Mike moment.

> “You can’t pull Eleven out. The mind is fragile.” (Will is in a vulnerable situation).

> “Donny, relax. I wasn’t talking about rescuing the girl”. This is the writers telling us this is all a metaphor and they’re not talking about Eleven, but Byler. They even make a point of showing us a bunch of Byler and Mike-coded stuff in the next image: two crossed swords, a walkie-talkie, Mike’s backpack and a huge phallic object…

> Mike makes use of his coding/ programming skills (Alan Turing reference).

> “Well, the two of them are definitely linked”. Mike and Chance are linked in some way.

> “Wait, so this whole thing is designed to create a big illusion? To feed Eleven a lie?” The writers referring to their gigantic five season long straightbait but also, manifestation theory IKTR.

> “Only those inside can shut down the projection”. Like I suspected, the scientists fucked up and Brenner as the lab leader was probably the one who made this decision of ‘trapping’ everyone in the simulation. Also subtext for “only those in Will’s trust and heart can shut down his illusion” aka Mike.

> Nice reference to The Cabin in the Woods movie there in the first pic (heavily recommend).

> Mike doesn’t even ask anyone and just brutally storms in to interrupt whatever Will and Chance are doing.

> We could even infer that his extreme jealousy straight up brutally OUTS Mike, not only to the audience, but maybe also to other characters. He unintentionally crashes down his own closet…

> “That’s not your friend.” Mike telling Will this about Chance.

> The background changes to orange as the villain (Chance) loses his disguise/ farce.

> “Fine, I’ll gladly stop pretending to be this buffoon.” Chance stops pretending to be nice and/or is revealed to be a Vecna/ Mindflayer trap.

> “Like it or not… this place is mine”. Mike and Chance will fight and compete for Will.

Note: Chance is heavily associated with orange even in the show, because of being a Tiger in the basketball team.

TAKEAWAY:

Unfortunately, I think at some point in s5— besides the supernatural plotline— we are about to witness Will delve into real unhealthy coping mechanisms (prematurity, hypersexuality, low self-worth and/or drugs) and reliving the trauma with his father (attraction to unhealthy people, as Chance will remind Will of a mix of both Mike and Lonnie).

These are extremely common results of CSA in many people.

Jonathan, Lucas and especially Mike will save him.

There’s a lot more. I just picked some of the most incriminating pages lmfao. And I’ll leave you with this Paladin Mike bonus:

If you wanna read more ⬇️

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[zephrr]

Uhh Jason and The Idiot Trio head cannons.

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° They met back in middle school. Jason and Patrick met first in 6th grade. They, later that year, met Chance and didn't meet Andy til 8th grade.

° They were joking when they said they would play basketball at first. They all tried out as a joke but all got in. They were very shocked.

° They used to be unpopular.

° Only got popular due to joining basketball.

° Secretly nerds on the inside. Jason loves Marine Life, Chance is a sucker for anything Math related, Andy loves Hitory, and Patrick loves English and Language Arts.

° They all have straight A's or B's. Always aim for perfection. Especially Jason.

° Once, Jason got a 73 on a test and he ran to Chance crying to the point they ditched school.

° Speaking of that, they ditch school if one of them is hurting mentally. They don't notify anyone, either. They just...leave.

° Get into dumb arguments all the time that end up in laughter and pillows being thrown.

° Jason's idol is literally Steve. Not kidding. The Idiot Trio lowkey (highkey) is jealous of him.

° They find ways to sneak Jason and Chance out of state since they aren't 18 yet.

° Jason is younger than Chance by 18 hours. He hates it. Not even a full day.

° Their Birthdays: Jason Carver: April 17th. Chance Alcaraz: April 16th. Andy Campbell: September 21st. Patrick McKinney: December 27th.

° They don't actually hate Eddie or his crew. Just find it funny to tease them.

° One thing about them? They going to be there for each other. They like this 🤞🏼.

° They have silly little sleepovers at Jason's silly little guest house in the silly little woods away from their silly little town.

° Honestly just best friends forever. Love them.