I’ve Been Keeping Something From U Guys. I Am Actually Matt Duffer. My Brother And I Just Finished

This Will Byers was in love with this Mike Wheeler

i will NEVER get over this 😭😭

He’s so pretty I can’t

anyway, it's gonna be your loss mike wheeler

based on this post by @swift-fated

we finally got supernatural fanart

yk in the begginig of S3 when jancy are getting ready to go to work but nancy has to go out of the byers´s house through jonathan´s window cause she stayed over, and then she meets him outside to drive to work? well give me that exact same scene in S5 but instead nancy climbs out of jonathan´s bedroom (how did the byers got the old house again?dont know dont care) and just as she´s getting out there´s this loud ass noise and it´s just. mike wheeler coming out of will´s window. there´s just silence between the two wheelers for a good second until mike´s like. need a ride? so we get the awkward sibling bonding moment on mike´s bike between them abt hey what were you doing getting out of jon´s window? and the what were YOU doing getting out of will´s? and again. awkward sibling bonding moment silence. mutual acceptance if you will. that would be the ultimate my byler confirmation

the wheelers seeing each other sneak out of the byers’ home:

I need Will to have a gun and for Mike to just have a full blown gay panic in the next season

kind of weird how parts of your soul are left in various locations without any warning… like yes i’m always at the top of that hill, sitting at the bus stop, in the cool light of the Japanese restaurant, standing at the pier etc etc

Okay but honestly the thing I think about the most is how they REALLY didn’t need to make Will in love /w Mike to show the audience that he is gay??? Like i get that in real life it happens a lot, hell I was in love with my straight best friend, but this is a TV show… YOU LITERALLY COULD HAVE JUST BROUGHT IN A LOVE INTEREST FOR HIM JUST LIKE YOU DID ROBIN??

It just doesn’t make sense why you would do that and make Byler not happen 🫣

“queerbaiting” vs “straight-baiting”

with all the recent “controversy” surrounding the whole “mike likes el” thing, i just want to say this so that people don’t get in over themselves. 

as others have said before, doubt is important for both sides to stay engaged. they need us to remain hooked in so we’ll watch s5 and generate revenue and blah blah blah. 

but just remember (looking at u heteros) queerbaiting is a very real thing, and “straight-baiting” does not exist. like at all. 

queerbaiting is a term used to describe our very real exclusion from mainstream media. it’s honestly quite malicious, because showrunners and filmmakers use queer audiences as a pawn. they never intend to represent us, they just want to lure us in so they can maximise their views and profits. 

which just means, yet again, that mainstream media will invariably pander to the GA, which is why “straight-baiting” can’t exist. ur already the majority, everything is already made for u. why would mainstream media need to hook u in, when u already make up a significant portion of their viewership anyway?

like lets not forget that stranger things currently has a 0:4 ratio of leading queer couples and leading het couples. they currently have a 2:12 ratio of explicitly leading queer characters and leading het characters. 

this means that yes, if byler doesn’t happen, it will be queerbaiting. why? queer audiences do not have rich, complex, fully developed relationships in this show otherwise. sure, we have will, who is indubitably a complex and rich character, with seasons-worth of development, but… 1:12? is this really the type of representation that queer audiences deserve? and if byler does happen, that’ll change the ratio to 1:3, which really isn’t that significant because yet again, u are the majority. 

u cannot be baited with rich, complex, fully developed representation pouring out the show for u. u cannot just use a term that is rooted in our historical prohibition from media, just because the ship u want isn’t canon. ur personal disappointment cannot even begin to mirror the collective betrayal and rejection that is felt when queer audiences are intentionally mislead and cast to the side.