#swingset trope parallels

[bananasbyler]

The swingset friends to lovers is a common trope!! It has shown up in many VERY famous romantic media!!

Compiled for the bylers (I’ll add on if I find more)

1.) Dawson’s Creek. A huge inspiration from the Duffer brothers because it’s one of their favorite shows.

Canon. They kiss in this scene.

2.) The Fault in our Stars. Tragic love story.

Canon. They flirt on the swingset.

3.) 10 Things I Hate About You. Shakespearean modern love story about two people who “hate”each other. Enemies to lovers.

Canon. They have their first moment together in this scene.

4.) Scott Pilgrim VS. The World. Guy falls in love with a mysterious woman and defeats her 7 exes.

Canon. The “I’m in lesbians (love) with you” confession. Canon scene in the comic too. SEVENNNN exes, hmmmm?!?!

5.) The Goldfinch. Underlying theme of a love story between two boys.

Canon…? It’s complicated, but technically yes. GAY kiss.

6.) Andi Mack. Enemies to friends to lovers.

Canon. The show ended with them being an official GAY couple and holding hands.

Again, I will add more if people can find more swingset couples scenes.

[demonprincesuteishi]

Stacey and Hatano parallels

I started seeing parallels between shots of Sekoguchi Ryo in Zenkaiger and Zettai BL 3 (mostly because I have rewatched Zenkaiger way too many times) and, well, here are a few of them.

Does this mean that Zettai BL 3 made references to Zenkaiger? I doubt it. It's mostly just that Stacey and Hatano are played by the same actor and there are only so many ways to shoot two (or more) people having a lot of angst about each other. And Japanese media loves tropes, like adults and/or adolescents having deep emotional conversations while sitting on swingsets. Anyway, these show the differences between the two series at least as much as their similarities. I mean, basically what I discovered here is the shocking fact that a human being resembles himself.

But anyway, I enjoyed finding these pairs, so I thought other people might enjoy checking them out.

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[apatheticlexicographer]

what eras of byler were u here for

pre-v1 (wild west era lmao)

byler advent calendar

swingset painting

tender emotional music

static kiss

“mike and will steal weed and get high and stargaze on the roof of the van and share shitty motel beds” trope

“will’s sexuality is up to interpretation” (noah worstie era)

will gets vecnaed vs mike gets vecnaed (the photo of noah in the harness 😭😭)

should i stay or should i go vs boys don’t cry

mike’s mixtape + unsent letters

"without heart" leaked on the calendar

vibrantwaters

will=20

michael wheeler i know what you are (pre-v2)

michael wheeler i don’t know what you are DDD: (post-v2)

mike wheeler hate club

doja cat drama

“will is gay and in love with mike” (noah bestie era)

dry as a california summer

you’re the heart x being different

will confirmed as s5 focus

mike has depression

HSM2 parallel

microbes, michaelangelo, mr men, monster munch, mommy milkers 

brett gelman ships byler

matthew modine pfps

SCR*PTGATE before shit went down

sock anon wedding

SCR*PTGATE after shit went down

slim jims twitter ships byler???

twiter byler exodus + 100k

the mike & will RP accounts get together

mike wheeler cults (bald, stephanie, frog, etc)

locked in the basement by matt duffer

destiel takeover