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I can't believe I started waiting for ST5 over 2 years ago and now I'm married and pregnant. My baby is probably gonna come out before ST5.

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MIKE WHEELER IN EVERY EPISODE [15/42] 2.07 The Lost Sister

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"The case of Phineas Gage is one of the great medical curiosities of all time. Phineas was a railroad worker in 1848 who had a nightmarish accident. A large iron rod was driven completely through his head. Phineas miraculously survived. He seemed fine. And physically, yes, he was. But his injury resulted in a complete change to his personality. So much so that friends that knew him started referring to him as 'No Longer Gage.'"

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stranger things as textposts pt. 3

HELP ILL NEVER STOP MAKING THEM

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if they didnt want to make byler endgame, there was no reason to confirm will's feelings for mike or "begin" a whole plotline for it on the SECOND TO LAST season. they could've just not made him like mike and not make mike act all weird and it wouldn't like.. change that much?

byler ADDS to the story, a lot - don't get me wrong. but we say that because of s4 byler.. without it, they genuinely could've just went another route and it've been okay.

s4 Is THE byler season. s4 recontextualizes byler in previous seasons, confirming it was romantic - specifically on will's end. it especially gives more context on the s3 fight, since there was a large crowd of people that didn't catch the pretty overt queer tones of "it's not my fault you don't like girls." mike's behavior at the airport and rink-o-mania turns the ending of s3 with mike an even more gay undertone.

could byler pass as close friends if they were like... not gay as shit together in s4? probably, there's a chance. (i still don't think mike and el would've lasted regardless of byler or no byler.)

so the fact will's feelings were chosen to be canon and were a literal plotline in s4, the second to last season, the same season el is feeling unloved by mike, just means it's gonna happen in the next and final season. i fear that's basic storytelling and media literacy

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I saw someone talking about how Mike’s monologue to El gives them the most Byler doubt because it came across as genuine and romantic to the general audience, and I disagree only because of my own personal experience watching the show.

For the first 3 seasons, I was basically a GA viewer…I mean I reblogged some gifs on my old personal blog and made a couple Jancy edits but as far as being really involved in dedicated fan spaces, I absolutely was not. Never read theory posts or discussions, fanfiction or anything. I just watched and loved the show and more or less moved on until the next season.

I didn’t even know Byler was a ship or an option before season 4. Like literally had never heard or thought of it. Going into s4 I fully expected Mileven to be endgame and I was content with that—I wasn’t super into them as a ship either, but I thought they were cute and I was rooting for Mike to get it together and say he loves her after volume 1, feeling like it was the obvious and natural conclusion to that arc. And then volume 2 happened.

When Mike gave his monologue to El, it ended up feeling so wrong and unsatisfying. I was too hurt for Will at that moment to be happy about this Mileven scene, and it left me feeling hollow. I think it was designed to feel that way—yes, even for general audience members, not just people who were already rooting for Byler. Because that was literally my experience watching—it was an emotional let-down after having waited all season for it to happen.

So it really doesn’t give me Byler doubt, it genuinely sparked Mileven doubt in my experience. IMO, they weren’t building Mileven up, they were slowly deconstructing the idea of this couple and making it harder for the audience to root for them.

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NANCY WHEELER in STRANGER THINGS 3.02 | Chapter Two: The Mall Rats

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Endless Gifs of Robin Buckley (18/?) Stranger Things • 4.01 The Hellfire Club

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The siblings 🫴🏻

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"There is nothing more beautiful than someone who goes out of their way to make life beautiful for others." ~Mandy Hale

Little sweet Will Byers giving this girl his tonka truck knowing they can't afford a new one is actually my favourite thing in the world.

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my take on the scott and ramona redraw trend ( im so late )

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bro they sent me pochacco instead of mike 😭 hello!!

i love sanrio, but i only placed the order in the first place for mike (asked my husband if he wanted any so we added the car guy and pokemon, and ofc mine is the only one who didn’t show up 🤡)

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STRANGER THINGS S02E09 — Chapter Nine: The Gate

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#happy boop day to those who celebrate

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NEW YEAR, NEW FONTS DAY 3: PERFECT PAIRS ↳ BYLER + SAY DON'T GO

Fonts: Hey August & Luxerie

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They 🫴🏻

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Lucas / Stranger Things