#jonathan KNOWS

[gayofthefae]

Still thinking about how Jonathan looks in the rearview mirror when Mike is looking at Will as Will isn't looking.

Still thinking about how we needed to cut to an objective perspective to see that because Will didn't.

Still thinking about how that's what Jonathan saw when he looked.

Edit:

The only times it cuts to the rearview mirror are when Will is looking away from Mike but Mike is looking at him. This happens twice. They could have shown Jonathan was witnessing plenty of lines for us to know he got it.

And yet....

On two separate occasions it cuts to them. And this is what's happening both. times.

The first even cuts away when Mike looks away.

I cannot emphasize enough that these shots are of two separate instances, 29 seconds apart.

[you-were-alone-too]

the only way that flashbacks have been utilized in the show is when a character is processing their trauma/grief, and the flashbacks are used to give us more context into a character and their relationships (like in season 1 with hopper and sarah, in season 3 with joyce and bob, in season 4 with el and the hawkins lab massacre, and most of the vecna visions)

also, according to the casting call, mike is the only character with scripted lines, meaning we're most likely getting insight into mike's internal thoughts/feelings OR vecna is using the memory to taunt mike

[bethishigh]

dum little sketch

[patchworkbearss]

Thinking about how Jon said he was a deeply annoying child and then listed textbook symptoms of autism

[gayofthefae]

I LOVE Jonathan being the universal Byler witness because he sees objective truth.

Don't forget that the person who said “You capture the right moment, it says more” made this photo:

And this one:

And, of course, he captured all these moments:

the D&D campaign;

the shed scene;

saying goodbyes;

the airport scene;

a heart-to-heart in his room;

at the desert;

the van scene;

the monologue;

+ a bonus

Jonathan Byers knows who Michael Wheeler is.

[almondcroissantsandink]

going absolutely insane because this is one of my favorite quotes from the book

[acoustic-eel]

would you still love me if i was rendered in increasingly abstract ways to imply my progressing sense of disconnection from humanity

[fffrost]

I miss s1 Jon's sass dearly I cannot lie...

details here because i actually like this

...and the ref!

[itsjustbyler]

May I add the fact that he was there while this happened too:

jonathan sees all

[the-zenith-calls]

sorry about your boyfriend. yeah he’s trapped in windows 95. you are also trapped in windows 95

[gayofthefae]

Throwing something out there. I don't think Jonathan ever knew about Will without knowing about Mike too.

[doesephs]

jonathan sims discovering he is a freak bedtime sketch

[itsdefinitely]

he thought they were sharing things about themselves

[saragrosie]

Sketching while streaming s5...

Jonathan Sims I will learn to draw you (this is my doing. I could draw him however I want and I choose to stick with an image of him in my brain that is difficult for me to draw. Masochism.)

Not s5 Mahtins below I enjoyed drawing cuz hes neat:

(Edit: I yassified Martin in the do not separate cuz I wanted his hair fluffier)

[abellarts]

[ID in alt]

jon should have been able to sock him at least once before s5

[magpiedraws]

Jon he's really trying here cut him a break

(tumblr crunched the resolution of this comic a lot rip)