#st5 dreams

[byler-alarmist]

Idk why, but I have this S5 headcanon of Byler having some emotional climax, maybe in the UD, and then waking up in this lush and verdant paradise.

Like a version of the UD that's green with gold light streaming in from above the trees, where all the demo-creatures are just big flowers and the bats are like, butterflies or something. Instead of a nuclear winter- blue wasteland with mutated creatures, it's a peaceful place full of non-irradiated vegetation.

(yes, this is partially because of Byler blue + yellow and together they are the key, but also I just think it'd be so nice to see them off in their own little world for a minute where everything is safe and beautiful)

[itswhatyougive]

Jonathan said in his yearbook profile that he wanted to be a rock photographer. I'M JUST SAYING I want a shot of him taking pics when Eddie is back and the gang is at a Corroded Coffin show in the happy ending montage. Hey, he's got to get his start somewhere!

[starry-eyed-steve]

It seems like they are going to explore Hopper's ptsd after escaping Russia, which is great. I love that for him. However, I can't say I'm not bitter that they tortured 18 year old Steve and 17 year old Robin in s3 and never mentioned it again. I see who the favorites are.

[taeiris]

and the connection worsens

Flash warning!!!

still and closeups:

i tried making it a gif but it absolutely DESTROYED the quality so thats sad

[hopsbyers]

it's a lumax thing

[byler-alarmist]

I can't stop thinking about this!!!! And the end scene with Jack and Sally kissing agsgdjwhajsgajag nobody talk to me

Mike jack skellington will sally. End transmission

[thefirstlioveyou]

wait

i wonder if s5 is still gonna continue the pattern of mike being late to something in the beginning.

the first scene is will in the ud, which follows the pattern of the first scene of every season being related to the ud/lab.

but it's confirmed the next scene (which is always mike being late to something or his time being up) is apparently gonna be where s4 left off on the hill.

maybe. maybe theyre gonna give him his 'late' scene after the time skip

or maybe.

maybe something happens on that hill.

[queen-of-hawkins-why-ler]

Byler is endgame bc it's so obvious that there is no path Mike would rather take in life---nothing that could give him half as much purpose and fulfillment---as protecting Will, keeping him safe, and reminding him everyday that he's not a mistake. Mike wants to feel loved, he wants to feel needed, and it's so obvious that Will is his most important person and the person closest to him, who he wants beside him at all times. And some people really think that Michael "I think it'll be easier as a team" Wheeler would say "No thanks I'll pass" to WILL BYERS loving and needing him and wanting to spend the rest of his life with him??? Be so fr that's literally his God-given purpose for being on this earth lmao.

[sinclairstarz]

ST5 ENDING (REAL!! SPOILER WARNING!!!!!!)

will: youre never going to win, vecna!! I will defeat you, once and for all…

vecna: HA HA HA! You and what army..? 😈

*distant yelling getting louder, the ground shaking a little*

will:.. this army.

*the rest of the gang rides in on demodogs, which dustin has befriended and trained, in slomo. while theyre doing the cool slomo walk towards the camera, robin trips on a vine*

robin: sorry!!

vecna: o_o

*the party stands strong by will’s side*

lucas *cracking his knuckles*: okay, vecna… we can do this the easy way… or the hard way.

*the demodogs growl angrily*

vecna: heheh… nice… puppy….

*big final battle scene*

vecna, defeated: but.. but you’re just a group of kids..

mike: that may be, but we’re stronger, because we have something you’ll never have.. the power of true friendship.

*they all exchange happy smiles*

robin, tearing up! aw i love you guys.. so much!! *blows her nose in steve’s shirt*

nancy: maybe… the real light was the friends we’ve made along the way.

el: that’s right. were a team.. a party.

steve: UMMMM did I hear PARTY?

robin: i think i feel a song coming on… hit it, dustin!!

*cuts to a big party in the woods, with everyone dancing. Party Rock Anthem starts playing over the scene. murray is dancing with karen and there are demo-creatures all dancing with the party.*

will: omg!! this is my jam!! PARTY ROCKERS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT

mike: its actually party rock IS…

will:…

*tender emotional music playing*

*ted approaches dustin, who stops dancing.*

dustin: ted.

ted: dustin.. i’d like to apologize. can you ever forgive me?

dustin, smiling:.. i already have, man. now lets party!

*vecna is sitting in a chair in the corner with his arms crossed, scowling.*

will: aw, get in here!

vecna: absolutely not.

will: … then why is your foot tapping to the rhythm?

vecna: it isn’t.

will: friends dont lie!

vecna: …drats.

*will pulls vecna’s arm and vecna starts dancing with them. steve watched then turns to look at the camera.*

stve, shrugging with a smile: well. we’ve all seen stranger things.

*fade to black*

[byler-alarmist]

I put my vote at the bottom of this post 😙 but like very specifically that version of the song with the two male vocalists and I need them to show the ST title card right when the buzzy synth hits. It would keep the 80's theme of the show (the Bowie version of "Heroes" is technically 70's), plus it underlines the Byler relationship which is the core of the show.

It would be nice if they used the happier version of "Heroes" and I could see that too, but since the show is such a huge love poem to 80's nostalgia, my guess is they will keep it 80's (but maybe like I was suggesting, s different version of a well-known track). Just my thoughts!

so we're all in agreement that the original Bowie version of Heroes is the final credits song for the s5 finale right

[byler-alarmist]

I feel strongly that a reworked version of this song could be the trailer for S5 tge way Separate Ways (Wirlds Apart) was. PLEASE LISTEN

It's perfect for the finality of the last season, the uncovered tragedies, the high stakes of it all and the seeming futility, but also loving each other in spite of the terrible odds.

It's very much "we're out of time, this imay be all we get. So let's make it count."

I can even see them using some shots of Mike running after someone screaming/crying or something, people will assume it's El since they don't show it but it's actually a Byler moment.

I can imagine it in my head already....

[thewillbyersbowlcut]

some people don’t understand how weird it is to see byler not only known as a mainstream ship, but posted about by netflix accounts. back in 2016/2017 we were working with CRUMBS and i feared it’d always be that way.

[hoteadepresso]

y’all i had a wild dream

not sure if I should put an actual tw for this, but if you’re iffy about like, different realities, shifting consciousness, out of body experiences and things of this nature, you might want to skip this <33

so

it was like, st5 was already out, and I was watching, and Byler was Bylering, and at one point the pov shifted

and I was Mike

and I don’t mean the kind of dream where you are you but just seeing things through another character’s perspective, I mean actually having consciousness of the character, no trace of me being me

and it was so vivid

I have had dreams like that in the past, where I was someone else, but this one takes the cake

and the pov was shifting back and forth, but every time it did i had no recollection of the other pov???? if that makes sense??? (idk man dreams are weird)

And in the dream I felt SO intensely, the love, the yearning, everything

and sensory wise it was also wild to me because at one point I (as Mike) took Will’s face in my hands, and I can still, despite the whole day passing, *feel* it on my hands

i remember exactly how his skin felt, the temperature, texture of dried blood (bc of course it couldn’t be a happy dream — he was just injured, not dying, but ya know), and like, the feeling I have is not like you can feel something if you imagine it hard enough, it feels like memory of the touch

and I was holding him, and I woke up, and when I tell you I felt PHYSICALLY ILL from being torn away from that

it was the most intense feeling as a dream aftermath I’ve ever experienced

I could still feel the touch on my hands, and I think my brain hasn’t fully woken up yet

and Rona pointed out that essentially i was channeling Mike being shifted to a world where Will Byers doesn’t exist, hence the pain when i told them about the dream and that makes sense

but man, it was both cool and scary

proof number 1838383 that Mike and I are actually the same person i guess lmao

[stranger-theory]

this is my award to Mike Wheeler. thank you for listening.

[th1smf]

OH MY FUCKING GOD ITS JUST HIT ME.

WE ARE GETTING SEASON FIVE BYLER OH MY GOD WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING MIKE AND WILL IN CHARACTER IM FUCKING FREAKING THE FUCK OUT ITS JUST HIT ME HOLY FUCK

[onlyhereforbylerlol]

I want to have a byler dream so baddd 😩 (I've already had like two but I want MOREEEEE)