#youR HUSBAND IS GAY !!!

[bubblergoespop]

you can’t be homophobic and a redacted audio fan bc sweetheart your husband is gay

[cowboylikeyouu]

dear marvel dudebros,

DENIAL IS A RIVER IN EGYPT,

YOUR HUSBAND (wade wilson) IS GAY

sincerely,

someone with common sense and working eyes in their head

[mousegoesmoo]

Okay I'm sure many of you all have seen this tiktok:

This tiktok has seemingly reached a very broad audience and I'm lowkey beefing with some of the comments. And then comments are stirring some byler doubt in me but I'm just gonna come on here and think through things logically. I'm only going to take into account things that are canon or have been stated by official sources.

Many commenters have stated that Byler will only be one sided, Will in love with Mike. Narratively, this does not make sense. Will's character has been pre-planned to be queer from season 1 episode 1 and in his character description. Additionally, Robin originally was not going to be gay, but that was changed during the filming of Season 3 (Maya Hawke talks about this). So, why would they have the only canonically gay character be used as a plot device to further El and Mikes relationship? It just doesn't make sense for his love to be unrequited. They have stretched out the plot point of Will's sexual orientation and love for Mike for many seasons, it has been slow burned. They could have given Will a sharp rejection in Season 3 during the rain fight, but they didn't. If they did, moving to California would be an opportune time for Will to move on from his love for Mike. But they didn't. Will made an entire painting for Mike and gave him a veiled confession- if it ends in unrequitedness they stretched out this plot line for far to long. It is unnecessary. It would just be unnecessarily devastating for Will to be rejected in the final season. Plus, we have seen it before, entire relationships can form in one season. Mike and El were formed in one season, Nancy and Steve broke up and then Nancy and Jonathan got together, why can't the same happen with Mike and Will?

2. Mike has never been implied or done any actions to suggest he is gay or reciprocates Will's feelings. First of, to quote the byler slides, Mike has more queer coding than Will (slide 7, slides linked). To preface, queer coding is "...when a character’s sexual orientation is implied by significant subtext without being stated outright."(Elizabeth Duarte). So, this doesn't necessarily prove that Mike is in love with Will, but it does imply that he is in the very least bicurious. Personally, I believe that one of the strongest bits of queer coding for Mike is during his initial attraction to Eleven. Eleven was often described to look very similar to Will and boy-ish. A little suspicious if you ask me. To add on to that, the problems in Mike and Eleven's relationship have grown as El has explored her femininity and self. Granted, the problems could have arose due to them both aging, but, it is still another common denominator. But, the byler slides have many instances of queer coding for Mike (some probably better than what I presented), so I would suggest looking into those rather than having me repeat them here. But queer coding implies queerness, therefore, Stranger Things has suggested that Mike is not straight.

2.5 Mike's feelings have never been reciprocated for Will. Now this is a trickier one. We haven't had a scene from Mike's perspective in a while, making it very difficult to have hard evidence that he is into Will as well. However, we can prove that Mike is heavily queer coded (because he is). So, if Mike were gay, who would he direct his affections towards? Lucas, who is trying to rekindle his relationship Max, Dustin, who has had a steady long distance relationship with Suzie, or Will, who has never shown interest in any girls despite having many opportunities (arguably, more opportunities than the other party members)? They would not put Mike into a one sided pining with Lucas or Dustin for the final season, it simply does not make sense. But Will, who has already had a developed crush on Mike for several seasons, the pieces start to click together. Mike liking Will is very dependent on Mike being queer, which we have proven through the fact that he is heavily queer coded. So, the only same sex individual that would make logical sense as his love interest is Will. Also: a huge point about not having a Milkeven endgame is that Eleven was supposed to die and, consequently, so would their relationship.

3. Unlikely for the time, so it will never happen. Girlypops. It is unlikely for someone to be dating someone with superpowers in the 80's. It is unlikely for a parallel dimension to take over and infect this one random town in Indiana in the 80's. ITS FICTION. Additionally, it is know that homophobia exists in the fictional Stranger Things universe (Lonnie, Troy, Robin's extreme hesitance to come out, etc.), ,but on the other hand, the Duffers are actively pursuing a relationship between Robin and Vickie. As of our knowledge right now, Vickie's sole purpose in the show is to be a love interest of Robin's. If they don't end up together it is most likely because Robin either gets a new love interest or one of the two dies in the final season. Ultimately, I do not think that Stranger Thing's taking place in the 80's will have an impact on whether or not byler becomes canon.

So those were the main three points made in the comment section of that tiktok.

I just want to also state that if Byler isn't canon, I would want to consider this to be a case of queerbaiting (but, this still depends on how they wrap up Season 5). Also, I would consider slapping a new love interest for Will to wrap up the season as very sloppy and lazy writing. AND, I think using Will's love for Mike as a stepping stone to progress a heterosexual relationship deeply offensive. If they were going to have Will be rejected, they should have done it way earlier in the series.

Thats all I have to say xx

[ladybug616]

[sasukebabygirl]

bro would rather be ANYWHERE else

[junebugboards]

gay (panic) mb requested by @weewooooweew

i got way too silly w this

REQUESTS ARE OPEN AS OF 11/12/24

[ifr1t]

you ever think about how much fruitier they made Magneto in '97?

why do you need your shoulders out?? so they can be touched? by a MAN???? BY CHARLES XAVIER EVEN???????

[stayfrostyordont]

DENIAL IS A RIVER IN EGYPT‼️‼️

[lysreadsbookssometimes]

*118 between calls*

Eddie, venting: I don't even know what my problem is! I liked Tommy and now I don't? Why? I just got this weird feeling since he started going out with Buck-

Chim: *puts down UNO card* that feeling would be jealousy.

Eddie: But we still hang out. I hang out with both. Its the same amount of time if not more. I checked. It cannot be jealousy.

Hen: *puts down +4* Denial is a river in egypt.

[perfectlysunny02]

my “straight” buddy in the army: “Hey, you ever feel like you like girls because you’re supposed to like girls? Like that’s the norm so you have to follow it?”

me: “…. no.”

[steph-schuyler]

denial is a river in egypt, martha, your husband is gay.

[m1ntymellow]

Gay ships are so good when one of them is just scared af

(Yes this is about Shen quinqiu)

[petiterazu]

Your honor they’re gay-

It’s 4am and I’m ready to GO TO WARRRRR FOR THISSSS

[anadhdperson]

Guess who's THIS Close 👌 to Joining the Mario Fandom Again :D

Anyways Here's Some gay People

[trasho-pando2011]

Is he... you know

[uhhh-ghouls007]

Genuinely asking- is Strange New Worlds just like.. changing the rules about Vulcan affection? Cuz Spock & T’pring are always kissing and fucking and haven’t held hands but have done other Vulcan hand gestures & formalities, and Spock shook Jim’s hand when they first met (slay) so like, how am I supposed to write fanfiction I mean understand the context of the characters?