#st5 spoilers

[will80sbyers]

Okay, here's the video!! You can clearly see they are doing the same movements lol and they stopped the feed for one moment and then picked it up again but they weren't even filming here! You can see Finn turning his head in the zoom!!

I'm glad that bylers are not the only ones with kiss hallucinations 😭

[michaelwheelerdefiodental]

When i'm almost losing all hope and faith on humanity but then i remember Mike and Robin will share scenes together, and probably will be on the same group at the Upside Down.

Image of the groups (thanks again @inconspicuousdreamgirl for sending me this):

And Mike and Robin pic from Shawn Levy post on instagram:

[bylrlve]

Warning! Major Spoilers for Stranger Things Season Five! Exciting news for Bylers!

Two big pieces of news to report, both coming to my attention today:

1.) Jacob Collins, a Republican paparazzi figure who posts set videos on YouTube, posted a video on 29/12 in which he visited the baseball set, and reported that there were rumours going around set of a breakup being filmed there.

He’s RW so extremely unlikely to be at all hip to what bylers are speculating about… and anywY, this was 29/12, and Alex first tweeted that Mike and El were there on 28th. People were mostly confused, and it took a few days before the breakup speculation started… So this rumour most likely did come from set

2.) Ris @byrhop on twt has used AI to lipread the new extended video of the Mike/El rooftop scene. This lipread will shortly be posted, but I’ve been told that the algorithm confirmed he waw saying rhe stuff about waterfalls and villages and how too much has happened to return… but that’s not the crazy part.

The AI algorithm mostly returned gibberish, but did lipread a clear dialogue: I hope so. He’s acting very odd. He’s angry, sad, and frightened. He’s not himself…’ @starbylers is personally making a lipread analysis, and did not see the D&D stuff but I independently read almost exactly the same line: I hope so. He’s been really weird today. Angry, lying, frightened. Not himsekf. The camera loses focus for twenty seconds but it seems like they’re talking about Will in the interim.

Guys.

They’re literally talking about Will Byers in this scene. In fact, the scene itself has a mostly sombre tone, with Mike cracking a small joke at the end to lighten the mood. Mlvns truly thought it would be them planning the next stage in their relationship and yet…

Also, the s2 parallel to ‘he’s quiet today’ and the inverted s4 dynamic of Mike worrying about El to Will….

I’ll post those lipread videos once they’re released!

[ashdrinksdrpepper]

GUYS I NEED OPINIONS ON THIS

Saw this video on tik tok (@milevennumber1 to see the full thing) and it does look like a pretty genuine kiss scene between Mike and El ⬇️

This has shaken my byler bones so if anyone has any rebutts or further theories please do share it would be very much appreciated 🙏

(im v paranoid)

[bylerpining]

microscopes after shouting from the rooftops that the baseball field scene is a proposal and it's literally a breakup instead

[the--last-great-american-dynasty]

it’s really interesting that holly wheeler is being given a bigger part this season because the duffers really did give us hints that this would happen since season 1. throughout all the seasons, she was a minor character who simply noticed just a little too much.

she saw the lights flickering and the demogorgon in season one.

she saw the mind flayer moving through the trees in season three.

she noticed the upside down merging with the real world at the end of season four AND she had the last line of the season.

it’s such small little things but it’s significant enough that it makes you go. huh. why DID they focus on her for so long during that moment in season three? why does she of all people notice what’s going on? what makes her so special?

[jazy3]

Filming for Season 5 of Stranger Things has officially wrapped!!! Filming wrapped the week of December 16th and lucky for us the Broadcast Channel as well as several cast members shared BTS photos to celebrate!

First up, we've got a black and white photo of Finn, Winona, Noah, and Caleb in costume goofing around on a couch at the radio station set. Caleb's holding a sleeping pillow here so someone or multiple someones are definitely sleeping at the radio station this season! Maybe they're keeping watch over something?

We got a colour photo of Charlie, Natalia, and Joe in costume standing in a field next a blue car that’s got a bicycle in the back seat. To me this is one of the more interesting photos! Nancy is wearing her candy striper outfit so she’s presumably come from a shift at the hospital. We haven't seen Jonathan's car in any of the BTS pics so I'm wondering if maybe he got a new one and this blue car could be it?

I really like their outfits here and I'm excited to see what the aesthetic for each character looks like in Season 5 compared to Season 4. I'm curious to know whose bike is in the backseat. We've seen Dustin, Mike, and Lucas biking in the BTS footage so far so it could be one of theirs. I'm also curious as to why they're biking as at least some of the younger teens would be old enough to drive by the fall of 1987 so I'm interested to see what the deal is with that.

Then we've got a colour photo of Gaten in costume wearing another radio station t-shirt and laughing with Shawn Levy. In it Gaten is pointing a flashlight at something and there are vines on the walls behind them. I feel like at this point it's all but confirmed that Dustin is working at the local radio station in Season 5. Apprently he's made that his whole personality because he is repping those t-shirts hard! Or maybe they're just free and super comfy! Who knows?

Clearly our band of heroes will be spending a lot of time in the upside down this season apparently without masks or protective equipment on. I really hope they address that change this season. Cause it was super weird that they referenced how toxic the atmosphere in the upside down is in Season 4 and then went back in there with no masks or PPE. Is it toxic or isn't it?

We got a colour photo of Maya Hawke and Brett Gelman in a red truck driving somewhere. Honestly, I'm excited for this team up! I think this could be really interesting. I feel like the two of them would bond over a love of conspiracy theories and the supernatural. We've also seen BTS photos of Winona and Maya together so Robin's getting some interesting pair ups this season!

We got a black and white photo of Millie in costume and one of the Duffer Brothers in what looks like some sort of storage room or warehouse. We've gotten a few different angles of this scene already so I'm curious to see what the final version looks like.

Then we got a colour photo of Winona Ryder and Cara Buono in costume rehearsing a scene at the Wheeler House kitchen. I think this is one of the most interesting photos in the set. While Joyce looks like herself, Karen eyes look really glazed over and she seems almost doll like in this photo. And there appears to be a flask in the pocket of the apron Cara is wearing so people have speculated that this could be a Vecna vision or some kind of trance.

I'm excited that we're going to get some quality Joyce and Karen scenes this season but the implications of these photos are rather alarming for the Wheeler family. It appears that Holly has most likely been abducted but this point, that Vecna is messing with Karen somehow, and we haven't seen any photos of Ted thus far so I think it's safe to say that something has probably happened to him.

We’ve got a colour photo of David, Winona, and Millie in costume at the junkyard talking to the Duffer Brothers. I'm not crazy about Hopper and El's looks this season based on the BTS footage we've gotten so far, but I'm hoping they look better in the final version than the BTS content suggests. I'm excited to see the Byers-Hopper family in action though! Like a lot of fans I thought we'd get more of that in Season 4 and was super sad that we didn't.

Then we've got a colour photo of Priah Ferguson in some 1950’s-esque clothing sitting at a dinner table examining a piece of pie on a fork with the episode’s director Frank Darabont. My first thought when I saw this photo was that Erica's family was sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner because she's all dressed up. But then a friend pointed out to me that her clothing is more fifties than eighties and that you can see what looks like the sleeve of what Holly was wearing to her left.

The room she's sitting in also looks a lot more formal than what we've seen at the Sinclair's house so far. I've seen people speculate that this could be a Vecna vision or that maybe Holly is abducted at the beginning of the Season and then Erica is abducted later on and that the gang is going to have to get both of them back. Either way I'm very excited to see this scene on screen and to find out what's actually going on here!

[clericsandpaladins]

The milkvans are becoming desperate. Just give it up guys. If you're gonna try and prove your ship is endgame, at least put some thought and effort into convincing us. Whatever the hell this is, it's not convincing, it just seems like you're becoming hysterical and seeing things that aren't really there.

milevens are my unstoppable heroes 😭😭🤞🏼🤞🏼😔😔 the fuck they’re trying to defend their ship

[taeiris]

punished by love

[lesbianrobin]

steve wearing a bisexual shirt and a gay little belt and GUESS jeans and his fuckass ray-bans. driving an '86-'87 chevy silverado. he's GAY and he WRECKED his BMW and he's GAY and he's driving his LITTLE BROTHER in his TRUCK and he's GAY‼️‼️‼️‼️

[will80sbyers]

Do you ever think about how they'll be a team and defeat Vecna together and they told us pretty explicitly even before having the BTS of S5 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[bylerpining]

nothing is confirmed but check out @conflictofthemind 's post!!

I FELL OFF MY CHAIR???? WHAT, i mean them breaking up in a place about forced conformity would be very powerful (this is not confirmed yet so take this as a grain of salt)

[michaelwheelerdefiodental]

Holly having the time of her life living as the protagonist of one of her favorite books:

Meanwhile Mike, Will and the rest of the group plot in the Upside Down trying to rescue her:

[kittykat940]

crying....😭

[sidekickjoey]

The Duffers killed off Eddie Munson because they knew he wouldn't have been able to survive 1990s Steve Harrington, you can't prove me wrong.

[letterstomichelangelo]

GUYS THIS IS NOT A DRILL