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He estado pensando, y tengo un detalle que nadie se había fijado por lo que he visto que refuerza la teoría del Flickergate.

El codigo ruso.

El puto código ruso.

He aquí mi interpretación:

"La semana es larga, el gato plateado come cuando el azul se encuentra con el amarillo en el oeste, un viaje a China suena bien, si pisas ligeramente."

Iré por partes

"La semana es larga": Al principio de S4 escuchamos a Once escribir una carta a Mike, diciendo que Joyce dice que el tiempo parece más corto o más largo dependiendo de nuestras emociones, esto porque ella dice que esas semanas se le han pasado volando.

Los Byers y Once llevaban 6 meses en California, pero cuando Mike y Will hablan del tiempo que llevan separados dicen que ha pasado un año.

—"Ha pasado un año, Mike."

—"Llevabas un año sabiéndolo y no me dijiste nada!"

Sin embargo, siguen siendo solo 6 meses.

Esto podría ser por lo que dijo Joyce, al estar Will y Mike separados, sintieron que paso mucho más tiempo, por eso lo de "la semana es larga" porque las semanas siempre duran lo mismo, por las emociones se puede sentir más larga, en este caso, por su separación, ambos sienten que ha sido largo.

"El gato plateado come cuando el azul se encuentra con el amarillo en el Oeste"

El gato plateado es Vecna, que mata a Chrissy.

Se "alimenta" de su vida, sus recuerdos y en si, Chrissy misma.

¿Y cuando pasa esto?

Cuando Will se encuentra con Mike en California.

Will llevaba ropa azul y Mike ropa amarilla

Que casualidad, no?

"Un viaje a China suena bien, si pisas ligeramente"

China es un lugar muy lejano a Estados Unidos, así que podemos interpretarlo como un sitio que está lejos, como el Upside Down.

Pisar ligeramente es pisar sin hacer ruido, con sigilo, es decir, andar con cuidado.

Por lo que:

"El tiempo separados es largo, Vecna mata a Chrissy cuando Will se encuentra con Mike en California, un viaje al Upside Down suena bien, si caminas con cuidado"

Quizá esto no signifique nada y solo este sobrepensando, pero podría significar algo, y en ese caso, darnos una pista de que Mike y Will estarán en el Upside Down, haciendo posible la teoría Flickergate :D

Will Byers wouldn't be a swiftie, but do you know who would???

MIKE QUEERLER.

I KNOW, ITS SOUNDS PRETTY WEIRD, MAYBE?? BUT IT FITS.

Nancy would listen to Taylor Swift and that's a fact. She would love reputation and lover, and probably midnights too.

Mike's playlist on Spotify (at least when I saw it), has a lot of pop music. Maybe not in a Madonna style, but yk what I mean. He wouldn't be a 1989 stan, but I bet that it would be a lot of songs that he loves (in secret).

(Probably from ttpd???)

Idk, just my stupid opinion in hours when I want to sleep. Thoughts??

POSSIBLE SUITABLES FOR MIKE WHEELER

(By Mike Wheeler)

•Will Byers

-Unconditional love

-Same or similar tastes

-Mutual understanding

-Almost absolute understanding of my feelings

-Total knowledge of our entire history

-Unique ability to lift my spirits and support me

-Best childhood friend

-It makes me bring out the best part of me

-Sweet, kind, selfless, shy, careful, attentive

-Perfect to help me understand and explore my identity

-We literally know each other like the back of our hands

-Love languages: physical contact, words, gifts, acts of service, mutual protection, among many others

-Patient with me

•Eleven Hopper

-Has cool superpowers 🤓☝️

Mike: Why aren't you payinksjdkg attention to me?!!?!?1!!?

Will: Your girlfriend is being publicly humiliated...

BABY BYLER IN DnD COSTUMES 🗣️‼️🔥

Idk, it's my first try at digital art, and I think it's okay.

I wanted to contribute at byler week but, surprise!! I forgot it. Anyways, I hope you like this :)

Ok so you know how S3/4 is like the worst? So I have some stuff that might make him seem less like the worst. Most of this is from someone who does byler analyses (causeineedu on tiktok) but I’ve interpreted a bit of it myself.

So basically instead of bi Mike, it’s gay Mike with so much internalized homophobia and comphet.

He loves El, but platonically. And what everyone (including himself for a while) thought was romantic attraction, was actually idolization. Mike constantly referred to El as a “superhero” in s4. Most of the time referring to her powers. He’s just a nerd who thinks El is a real life Superman. Obviously he still sees her as a person, but he doesn’t love her. He uses her to convince himself and others that he’s straight.

Obviously it’s not cool to ignore your friends and only focus on your girlfriend, but he was probably only doing it because it’s his first relationship and he’s like “this is how relationships work right?” He also wants to seem as straight as possible because during s3&4 Mike knows he isn’t straight. He hates it, and he’s trying to stop it, but he knows it.

Another thing people hate about season 4 Mike Wheeler is the painting scene in the van. Mostly the fact that he seemed oblivious to Will crying. But I don’t think he was. Mike read El’s letter in the beginning of the season. El didn’t know what Will was painting, so how could she have commissioned it? Mike knew Will was using El’s name as a mask. He knew Will had feelings he couldn’t share at that moment. Mike knew Will wasn’t ready and respected that. (Also they were in the car with two other people so it wasn’t exactly the place for a full on heart to heart.) And when Will started crying, Mike knew he was crying. He also knew Will was trying to hide the fact that he was crying and probably just wanted to be left alone. Mike probably still doesn’t completely realize Will is in love him but he’s getting there.

Also not to mention Will basically peer pressured him in to telling El he loved her. (They peer pressure each other into being straight it’s so funny.) Mikes entire monologue was just a mix of Will’s words and contradicting what he said earlier in the van. Will basically prompted him to say his love monologue. Mike also mostly did it to trying and save El. It didn’t help. The vines got tighter. The only thing that helped her was her memories with Max. Max is her best friend and was the one who helped her realize her life does revolve around Mike and she is her own person. (Her feelings about Max being romantic could be possible but that’s a talk for another day.) Mike’s monologue didn’t help El except for maybe made her realize that Mike was lying through his teeth to save her and doesn’t actually love her romantically.

I’m conclusion: Mike Wheeler is not an asshole, he just has a lot of internalized homophobia and makes some really stupid decisions because of it.

Thank you for coming to my Gay Ted Talk

reasons vol. 2 makes me really believe the duffers are just bad at writing characters

mike wheeler. now they have mike be super caring about will in s1 & s2 only in s3 to have be suddenly be kind of a dick. this would have made a lot of sense if mike was meant to be written as queer. but obviously he wasn’t. he was just a dick for zero reason at all. also fuck them for making mike say that he doesn’t think his life really started till he meet el. that’s so fucking stupid.

will byers- here’s the thing with will, they seem to not know what to do with him if he’s not being affected by the upside down. they just seem to make him sad but he loves his friends so he’s gonna support them! they don’t know wtf he would be like if he’s not sad and suffering so they just make him sad and suffer.

eddie munson- eddie was great character this season. like he fit right into the groups dynamic and him steve robin and nancy were a super fun group. but the duffers refuse to touch the main cast even if it would make sense for those characters to die. how did him dying help? how was that in anyway a good way to end his story? what they killed hik just because they couldn’t think of a way to clear his name? honestly wouldn’t be surprised!

steve harrington- they jsut don’t know wtf to do with steve if he doesn’t have a love interest. i thought part of steve’s develop would be realizing that he don’t need romantic love in his life all the time. that he can still be loved by his friends but no. once again the you need a love interest to be happy trope!

them making lucas, the one black person in the party, join basketball even if he’s showed zero interest in it before

them having robin’s, the one explicitly queer character, love interest be a side character that we get to know basically nothing about

nancy staring at steve and having multiple scenes where it looks like they might kiss and have her cheat on jonathan even though s3 made it seem like nancy and steve didn’t have feelings for each other anymore

I can’t say enough good things about this story. Absolutely incredible. If you love somebody like Will Byers, please read this Fic. NO ONE deserves to suffer for helping someone they love. This one hit extremely close to home. ❤️‍🩹

It represents the cycle of abuse in which these characters are trapped. They all want to control Eleven (for better or worse) and feel the only way to keep her safe is to keep her reliant on them. Mike is obviously not doing this knowingly, but he’s seen El’s powers in action, as has Dr. Brenner, and they fear the repercussions of allowing Eleven to control them herself. Mike rescuced her from the woods, so he feels responsible for her life. He worries that, without him, she or someone else (or many someone elses) will be hurt or killed. Max points this out during their Season 3 argument when she asks Nancy and Jonathon who should be allowed to control Eleven’s powers, Eleven or Mike.

While Dr. Brenner’s actions stem from a place of control and malice, wanting to harvest Eleven’s powers for his own benefit and gain, Mike’s actions stem from something more lethal—guilt and grief. He knows Eleven is intelligent and aware of her powers but if something happened to her, Mike knows he would blame himself. He brought Eleven into their world, just like Dr. Brenner brought Eleven into the physical world (according to the flashbacks, but that’s another story). Just like a parental figure (Dr. Brenner) has to let their child grow up and leave the nest, so does Mike. Is he a parental figure to Eleven? No, but he has taught her how to be human—how to function and survive in the world as a regular kid. Now it’s time for Eleven to spread her wings and venture out on her own, free from Mike’s protection.

Does Mike “controlling Eleven” and his parallels to Dr. Brenner make him evil? NO!!! It illustrates his arc. Mike desperately needs to feel needed. He needs to have someone to love and protect in order to feel worthy. It’s how he shows his love. Unfortunately, instead of loving Eleven, he’s smothering her and stifling her from discovering her true identity. Thankfully, there’s someone else who could benefit from Mike’s protection and care, someone who will always need him. Mike’s arc is about letting Eleven go—understanding he’s done everything he can for her and that she is more than capable of protecting herself—wrestling with his survivor’s guilt and grief, and discovering what it means to be a real leader and protector.

Anyway, Byler Endgame. 💙💛💚

Every(?) Fucking Time Mike is paralleled to people and things that make you go hmm whatthefuck Part 1 : The Brenner special

So. Not to be a crazy person and everything but what started as a small realisation that one Mike's line was identical to one of Flayed Billy's , I told myself 'Hey wouldn't it be kind of fun if i saw how many times that happens?'. More than 300 screenshots after, Mike's identical lines or extremely overt parallels with characters like Brenner, Henry/Edward/Vecna/One and even the parallels between him and the democreatures are something no one can ever deny. How is Mike's relevancy to the plot even an issue when they give him this? But I'm getting ahead of myself. These were SO MANY , that I decided to cut it to 2 posts. So today, we're getting (mostly) the Brenner Special, and the rest will come in Vol 2. I obviously didn't separate it perfectly, but these are mostly Brenner. If this feels like I'm putting you through rewatching all of his scenes....I kind of am, lol. I put some rainbow stickers every time a new parallel starts to make it easier, and as always left to right for the pics...Further commentary at the end<3

First round:

Take some rest traveler. Ok. Time for round 2:

Time for round 3 now you got this. You can do it.

Oh wow. I know. How can there be more. But there are. There are more. Give it up for.....ROUND 4!

Just hold on a little longer.....And....5!!! (One of my faves like can you believe this shit my liege lol)

Ok. Last one. Let's go! Let's fucking go!!! Only a tiny bit more and then it's done!!!!!! After the 6th round, both me and you are dead.

Wow if you reached the end here you are one dedicated little guy. Good for us bro. Never ask me what this means or I will burst into tears, and maybe start screaming and never stop. See you at the next post. Lol

Mike [closet panic] vs. Mike [gay panic]

Mike when El kisses him and tells him she loves him:

VS. Mike, when Will makes him a painting and says "look, that's you":

*ahem* girl that is not very heterosexual of you--

--here's another evidenc your honor

saying that mike wheeler is gay feels like being an astronomer in 1615 trying to desperately prove that the earth is circling around the sun but everyone is taking you for a delusional freak and the church wants you dead

Ngl I'm legit gonna throw a party to my friends when Byler becomes endgame !!!!!

💛💙

Also, Season 2 Byler>>>>>

(2nd and 3rd images are not mine)

Real. After season 4, do people really think m*leven is the endgame? Like please, their relationship is so toxic. The general audience doesn't even know that byler exist , so it being endgame would be more of a fanservice than byler.

If the duffers give into fanservice and make byler endgame then they’d be the worse clowns of all time and they’d have a nation after them sloppy seconds byler is the worse thing of all time like ever Mike isn’t gay as hell that’s just silly little girls wanting some weird x rated action period

After spending four seasons making it clear that Mike and El do not work together romantically and only hurt each other and those around them when dating, the only "fanservice" the Duffers could include in the final season would be to keep Mike and El together. Correct me if I'm wrong, anon, but I believe fanservice is a term used to describe lazy and nonsensical writing choices that betray the themes of the story and are only intended to please fans or the larger audience in a cheap and demeaning way. I'm pretty sure M*leven fits the bill for fanservice much better than Byler does, especially considering the fact that Byler shippers only made up a tiny fraction of the audience pre-season 4. All things considered, it is a risky move to break up the main heterosexual couple to put the main boy in a relationship with the other main boy. It's a decision that won't go over well with everyone in Stranger Things's far-reaching audience, but it is a decision that makes perfect narrative and thematic sense given how both Will and Mike's arcs have been set up. Will is the only confirmed gay character in the party who believes that he is a mistake and won't ever get to experience love after a childhood filled with trauma, homophobia, and isolation. And Mike feels as though he can't properly love or be there for the most important people in his life, specifically El and Will, because of some flaw within himself when in reality he only hurts his loved ones when he's trying to force himself into the heteronormative box that society demands he fit into. Where we are in the story currently, El is realizing that she doesn't need Mike and can stand on her own, and Mike is realizing that El doesn't need him. So what do you think will happen next season once Mike realizes that Will does need him and loves him exactly the way he wants to be loved, in a way that makes him feel like an equal instead of someone who is inferior? I can't be sure but I think it may involve Mike and Will sloppily making out in the Upside Down. Just a thought. M*leven endgame, on the other hand, would 1. Be the safe and expected writing choice (lazy), 2. betray the themes of the story and character arcs by failing to allow El to grow on her own, Mike to stay true to himself, or Will to be proven wrong about never getting to experience love, and 3. please a large portion of the general audience as well as diehard fans on reddit who see El as a superhero girlboss and Mike as her head-over-heels nerdy golden retriever boyfriend. Sounds like fucking fanservice to me, idk. Not to mention that Byler has been so intricately woven into the storyline and marketed so heavily to the point at which even most M*leven shippers are preparing to call the Duffers out on their queerbaiting bullshit if Byler isn't endgame. You say that the Duffers would be clowns if Byler is endgame? How about if, at the end of the show, they were forced to admit that their writing choices and characterization were so bad that a solid half of people watching at home were so unconvinced that Mike was actually in love with his girlfriend that they thought he was gay and in love with his guy best friend? Only to follow that up by having to admit that, yes, they were queerbaiting this whole time and failed to give the only gay kid in the party the only thing he's ever really asked for and the only thing he feels like he can't have, which is Mike. In other words, possibly the worst, most homophobic storyline that has ever been written for a gay character ever. In probably the year 2026. Can you even imagine? That would be clown behavior if I've ever seen it, and they'd never live that down as writers or creators. Take off your heteronormative glasses, anon. M*leven is fanservice. And Byler is endgame.

My Byler doubts just ended by seeing this !!!!

@mikesbasementbeets pointed out that this leak shared by @willelworld showing a date of saturday, nov 21 would be in 1987.

do you guys wanna know what i just found that happened on nov 21, 1987?

oh and here's a matchbook they made for it btw. look familiar?

it gets better tho. THE OWNER'S NAME IS LITERALLY MIKE.

so the date on this board is conveniently the same day a gay bar was closed down that uses the same exact imagery as what's in mike's room and is run by a guy named mike?? 👀

sources: 1, 2

Idkkkkk what to say but a win is a win 😬

(Dw guys I'm gonna pirate the show and u should aswell if you are not ready to leave it just like me 🥲)

HELLO???

DTIYS by @imactuallyreallycool

Finally got some actual time to draw haha. I'm still trying to find an art style, so I know mines looks crappy (no need to tell me that 😔)

I really hate colouring >:(

Will : wow this fishes looks so cool, did you see that one Mike!! Soo beautiful 😍

Mike (focused on Will) : Ya. Soo beautiful ❤️

Damn why can't toxic shippers like this chill out. Like bro relax no one is forcing you to ship Byler 😔🖐️

Anyways,

There won’t be a byler kiss yall are on drugs

Hello anon! If you can’t say what you want to say with the little “send anonymously” button being pushed than you know maybe you should say it… just a thought…

Anyways this post was made for the Bylers and if you’re not one of them nobody is forcing you to interact with our content or even be in our hashtag.

I am not on drugs but clearly you are on a few: heteronormativity, lack of awareness to queer coding, poor prediction skills, and lack of balls to send this un- anonymously.

Thank you and have a great day!!! <3

Lmao real XD

There won’t be a byler kiss yall are on drugs

Hello anon! If you can’t say what you want to say with the little “send anonymously” button being pushed than you know maybe you should say it… just a thought…

Anyways this post was made for the Bylers and if you’re not one of them nobody is forcing you to interact with our content or even be in our hashtag.

I am not on drugs but clearly you are on a few: heteronormativity, lack of awareness to queer coding, poor prediction skills, and lack of balls to send this un- anonymously.

Thank you and have a great day!!! <3

Hear me out… Byler heart to heart & first kiss scene in the church?!!! Representing how Mike is overcoming guilt through the church symbolism?!!?? AHHHHH I CANT WAIT

I’m up