#but its a byler scene

[ghostlycleric]

im sorry this gif alone is all the byler proof i need

#byler #byler endgame #anti mileven #look at him #just look at him #look me in my eyes and tell me thats not the flirtiest gesture mike wheeler has ever made #his eyebrow??? #his smile??? #his EYES??? #affectionately repeating will too? #come on. #i cant believe this is a canon scene #if this was a milkvan scene id accept that we lost and it was over #but its a byler scene #the chemistry is off the charts

[hothammies]

"a fact so true, so loud, that he can’t believe he’d been able to hear anything else before now."  (fic by @campbyler)

#i love them so much my god i literally yelled at the sketchbook scene #if you haven't read acswy yet please do! its so well done and incredible and jawdropping go read it! #also thea wiseatom and suni astrobi maybe i am trying to kill you guys just a little bit with my LOVE!! <3 <3 #mike wheeler #will byers #byler fanart #byler #acswy #sammi's art

[livsmessydoodles]

just for fun heres a little comic of a scene from @andiwriteordie 's fic i'll find a new place to be from!! it just felt SO in character i had to draw it out😭😭😭

anyway GO CHECK OUT ANDIS FIC its such an interesting take on how s5 could go, its incredibly hooking besides being insanely in character and very very funny GO READ IT NOW‼️‼️‼️

#byler #HEHEHEHHEHEH HOPE U LIKE THE SURPRISE ANDI #this is my favorite scene ever its so fucking funny i laugh out loud everytime i read it #i hope i did it justice <3 #anyway EVERYONE GO READ ANDIS FIC ITS SO GOOD #shes such an amazing writer and deserves all the recognition #its me hi andiwriteordie superfan #no but seriously like i could see this scene play out in ST like genuinely BHJFDHBFVGK #stranger things #stranger things 4 #stranger things 5 #st4 #st5 #will byers #mike wheeler #dustin henderson #will byers x mike wheeler #mike x will #will x mike #mike wheeler x will byers #livsmessydoodlez #livsmessydoodles

[whynotimtired]

There's something in Finn wolfhard being a breakout star in s1 and humongous names like Steven Spielberg saying that the kids changed the limitations of child acting bc they're so good. And then suddenly Finn wolfhard after S4 being known generally as the worst one, as the guy who can't act, just "not as good" as everyone else. Because of the monologue. The monologue the writers praised and hyped up as his best work, as something they didn't know if he could do bc he hadn't ever done it before, generally something they were really proud of.

So, if his supposed "best work" is something that people come away from feeling like it's his worst? That means there's a disconnect in the way the writers are looking at the scene vs the way the general audience sees it, which is funny bc if we look at that scene at face value, he's confessing his love. So if theres something deeper about the scene that changes the meaning, that changes that scene from bad acting to great acting, from a love confession to...

#byler #especially bc his s2 shed scene monologue is basically the exact same concept if you look at them at face value. #he HAS done an emotional speech before. why would they be unsure if he could do it again? #this has been in my drafts 4fuckingever so im letting it breach containment omg everyone look out its an old take !!! #stranger things #mike wheeler #finn wolfhard

[iamtheoneandonlyever]

I FINALLY COMPLETED IT YAYYYY

Close ups:

#art #my art #fanart #byler #mike wheeler #will byers #the van scene #its one of my favs #<3 #also the lyrics are from a conan gray song so yea #the song is 'yours'

[muppetbyers]

this shot. this shot right here encapsulates their s4 dynamic perfectly

#big fucking metal line separating them. mike on the phone. will leaning half out of the box. #if u get it u get it #like no one talks about this one and i will never understand why its SO GOOD #ALSO this vs the cabin scene… enough said #like yeah. byler endgame actually #byler #i said to myself i would stop thinking about their cinematography today but i lied #and its just a gorgeous shot too like the colours and everything its just so pretty #mine

[mikesbasementbeets]

#if u think hosegate is bad don't look at the third image. im serious avert your eyes. #(or open your mind... backpack in the back of the van...) #i brushed over this so quickly in my long analysis but it needs its own post... that s1 scene is coming back in a big way in s5 #mistaken identity trope btwn will and el gets me every time #byler #mikesbasementbeets posts

[fairyrona]

tw// st5 spoilers and leaks

what if they're transmitting somebody's song because thats the only way of getting to that person

#or something #either that or its some anti-zombie frequency transmission #zombie as in you all know what i mean #st5 spoilers #stranger things #byler #not byler but what if it IS byler #but also maybe jonathan and steve red button scene is from there #st5 leaks #st5 production #st5 speculation

[demadogs]

the mlvn breakup has the potential to be one of the best scenes in the entire show if it coincides with mikes first time coming out to someone and im SICK of people wanting a meaningless breakup in episode one just so you can skip to byler. does heartwarming platonic love and comfort MEAN NOTHING TO YOU?????!!!!

#i HATE WHEN PEOPLE ACT LIKE THEY DONT CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AT ALL #THEY DO THEY LOVE EACH OTHER JUST NOT LIKE THAT #THEY LOVE EACH OTHER LIKE STEVE AND ROBIN OR DUSTIN AND EDDIE BUT THEY BOTH FEEL PRESSURED TO ACT LIKE ITS MORE THAN THAT #MLVN DOES SERVE A PURPOSE GUYS NOTHING IN FILM IS EVER UTTERLY MEANINGLESS ESPECIALLY RELATIONSHIPS THAT LAST ALMOST THE ENTIRE SERIES #and it WILL be a heartwarming emotional scene no fucking way theyre just gonna casually break up as if it was some two week fling #i am an elmike stan i think they will be so amazing as friends and i want their break up to be BEAUTIFUL #also again i do not at all think that leaked scene is their breakup #byler #elmike #byler predictions

[chirpsythismorning]

“Mike said his life started the day he found El in the woods, which was technically the following night. What he said had nothing to do with offending Will because he went missing the day before.”

#byler #ignore the logistics of it #mike’s brain thinks of Nov 6th as the day Will went missing aka the day his life stopped #he met El after a whole day of worrying about will #its the day they had to see etched on will’s tombstone #Nov 7th is just an extension of him finding out and doing everything to get him back #nov 7th evening is a whole 24 hrs later #so yes not the same day #but it doesn’t make it any less incriminating #it’s not that Mike didn’t exist until he found el #it’s that it stopped that day #and then started again when he got hope will was alive #so many lines in mike’s monologue felt like lies mixed with a dose of truth #friends don’t lie co-founder and his loopholes 🙄 #I think it’s interesting also that we never really get Mike and Will talking about his time in the UD #the one time they do it’s brief and mostly about uncovering what’s happening to Will in that moment in s2 #but like we never see them talk outright about what happened or how the party all coped #so the prospects of him finding out how Mike truly felt back then… #in a scene where mike explains the ‘i feel like my life started-‘ line to Will #(and even more importantly the audience who has to buy into this) #that could be quite something…

[emblazons]

"Did she...talk to you at all?"

Mike Wheeler & Will Byers in S04E09 - The Piggyback

#byler #mike wheeler #will byers #this scene can't be more than 15 seconds long and yet its one of my favorites solely because its actually so soft like #okay first off: the personal space is just NONEXISTENT which kills me when I watch all their scenes (even their fights LMFAO) #but also the way will nudges mike for his attention—and mike nudges will to follow him at the very end #will trying to be so gentle after what happened in the sbp #and Mike just. barely skirting the issue with El only to make it about Will again lmao they're TOO MUCH #also...that third gif is a more loaded look than mlvn this entire season and they're not even TRYING? they're really just...like that. damn #stranger things #byleredit #bylerdaily #dailystrangerthings #strangerthingsedit #strangersource #tvstrangerthings #strangerthingscentral #tuserrae #userelz #my gifs #the me tag

[dinitride-art]

Has someone clipped Mike’s initial reactions to seeing Will and El? Because I swear when he sees Will and says, “oh!” his voice raises like three octaves. 

#byler #st season 4 #rewatching some scenes through the lens of mike knowing hes in love with will #and its very fun #its alot funnier when mike just looks like hes flailing around the whole time

[livsmessydoodles]

thinking about this scene today

this scene alone convinces me that byler is endgame bc you cannot make will actively say that hes not gonna fall in love and then write a whole plotline abt him being in love with mike.... just for it to not be reciprocated???

will is the only party member who's completely unexperienced with romantic relationships, which of course has to do with the fact that he's gay in the 80's, but this is a TV show. all of this is fictional so they can take whatever route they want with these characters, and making will continue to stay alone and suffer through unrequited love would be awful storytelling, especially when people claim that will moving on from his feelings would bring character development and growth.

wills feelings for mike arent there just to "show his growth". weve seen this kid go through hell and back yet even with everything kicking him down he stays strong and kind. hes the most selfless character in the show and always puts others needs before his own. in s4, they put a lot of emphasis in these character traits of his, and they're always picturing his love for mike as something selfless and pure.

now if his feelings are not reciprocated, how does this teach will a lesson that leads to character growth?? he already doesn't expect anything. life has shown him time and time again that he always gets the short end of the stick, why would he think this is any different?? making him have feelings for his best friend just to get rejected would just be a nail in the coffin, reaffirming to him that no matter what hes not worthy of ever getting what he wishes. this isnt character growth at all.

but if his feelings ARE requited, that gives us a twist to the story we havent seen. we would get to see actual growth for will, him learning to give himself value and realize that he DOES deserve happiness!! instead of leading into the expected spiral of bad things keeping up the consistency with everything else that has happened to will so far, finally giving him one good thing leads to us seeing a shift in his whole nature, and wed see him dealing with things he hasnt dealt with before!!! GROWTH!!!

besides why would they make such an intricate complicated storyline.... just to lead to a rejection we all saw coming? the GA expects him to get rejected. his feelings not being reciprocated would not be any surprise. but twisting those expectations in a way to shock the GA AND give wills character the happiness he so deserves after being through so much..... now THAT would be world shattering and a satisfying ending to both the viewers and will himself!!

this scene establishes a clear subversion trope, making us aware of how will believes he's never finding love, just for the show to later on subvert expectations and reward will with the love he deserves and never thought hed get🫶

#long post wow sorry #i was just thinking about this scene and then remembered a thread id made on twt a couple months ago and. basically redacted it #i just think this is so important and its solid evidence that we often look past #the duffers have been setting this storyline for a while. the buildup is all there #i doubt theyd just push all of that aside to stay with the same ol boring het couple who honestly even the GA is tired kf #😭😭😭😭 #ANYWAY #i like doing think pieces i might do more eventually #byler #stranger things #will byers #mike wheeler #byler analysis #st4 #stranger things 5 #mike wheeler x will byers #will byers x mike wheeler #will and mike get on the petri dish #liv rambles

[taeiris]

wait why is drunk byler a possibility for canon i’m lost

the cast has been filming at this house this past week, ppl speculating theyre filming a party of some sort… we might be wrong tho lol cause we only rlly have pics of the house exterior

#dont shoot the messenger #i hope its a party scene #perfect set up for angst #stranger things #byler

[fruitbythefoot7]

will loves mike the way mike wants to be loved 

#and this is why #in my humble opinion #the van scene is a heartbreakingly beautiful scene #bc in that moment mike thinks he’s nothing while will thinks he’s everything #bc mike struggles w feeling inferior and useless #especially bc he doesn’t have any cool powers or special abilities and he didn’t ACTUALLY go through anything particularly traumatizing #(which is false) #and then wills like hey wait a minute #i love you exactly as you are but i can’t tell you that because i know that you don’t feel the same #so if el loves you then she must feel like i do #bc how could who not with you as her bf? #so he tells mike what he feels #how he loves him #and it’s what mike wants to hear #BECAUSE WILL LOVES HIM. #WILLIAM BYERS LOVES MICHAEL WHEELER #I AM SO SO SICK #ITS CANON THAT HE LOVES HIM #AND MIKE MAKES WILL FEEL LIKE MAYBE ITS OK THAT HE LIKES BOYS #BECAUSE HE LIKES MIKE. #DO YOU UNDERSTAND #AHGHDJSNWKSNSJSJSBWNNSNS #byler #will byers #mike wheeler #stranger things #lia talks

[pinkeoni]

Was it a “retcon” or did they just reveal previously unknown information that messed with your false perception of the canon

#‘they retconned the mindflayer from an ancient eldritch being to it being vecna the whole time’ no they didnt dummy!! #there was nothing to say that the mindflayer actually was an ancient eldritch monster ppl just assumed that because #the design was lovecraftian #it /could/ have been an ancient monster of its own free will but that was never established #so it being vecna behind the scenes isnt a ‘retcon’ #idk man ive seen other takes that things are retcons when its not #stranger things #byler #<- target audience