wdym will is gonna give mike a kiss on the forehead while hes in the hospital

someone told me because I ship byler I must hate eleven and i just wanna speak on behalf of all bylers because wdym thats literally my daughter??

this is an eleven appreciation post

The guy in the corner is a byler shipper

Screw them getting murray'd, Jonathan'd or Robin's

They're getting randomblueandyellowguy'd

Trust me bro I'm the 3rd suffer brother

oh my god im gonna tbrow up

happy birthday will byers🫡🎉🎉

noah schnapp is a fucking piece of shit by the way

MY LOVES☹️

OH MY GOD I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

ok byler kiss but mike pulls will in by his belt loops

cute date idea, I'll be running away from enemy Russians and you will save me by throwing a car at them

Little reminder that,

speechless.

I can't take waiting anymore please come home

“mike is so dumbb lol rocks for brains nothing going up there stupid silly gay boy!!!” SHHHUTT UPPP OMG DID WE WATCH THE SAME SHOW… THE WHOLE POINT IS THE WHOLE PARTY IS SMART!!! THEYRE ALL LITTLE SCIENCE NERDS!!!!!! MIKE HAS BEEN SO SMART FROM THE BEGINNING HE WAS FIGURING SHIT OUT!!!!! HE A LIL CONFUSED EMOTIONALLY OK BUT HE IS SO SMART!!!

bring back nerd mike s5

yes i'm rooting for m*leven breakup because byler is neat but mostly? i'm rooting for m*leven breakup for the sake of el and mike.

to me, their romance was always a puppy love born out of a combination of social pressures, naïve curiosity, and a lack of true understanding regarding intimacy and romantic love and what it really is. it was real in that they do truly, deeply care about each other and they are close friends, maybe even shared an attraction, but a maturing romance is so much more than that. they've grown up and out of being boyfriend/girlfriend, and that's okay! i think television/film needs to show more often that most of us don't have definite "soulmates" or first childhood loves that we spend our whole lives with. it doesn't mean these relationships meant nothing and didn't impact us, it just means they've run their course and that something else is in the cards, and this is part of life!

i've always felt el was at her best and most confident self when broken up with mike, discovering who she was and what she liked alongside another girl her age instead of just relying on mike for mentorship on how to live in the real world. she deserves more of an opportunity to find herself, her autonomy, and her independence, and to love who she is, and she's made it clear she's felt insecure in the relationship with mike because she isn't being loved and understood the way she wants, needs, and deserves from someone who is her partner.

also, it's okay if mike doesn't love her in "the way he should". he is not obligated to love her romantically and stay in a relationship with her just because she's a girl, because she "needed someone", or because he cares about her a lot. he shouldn't be pressured into a romance if it's not truly coming from his heart. he deserves freedom to find out and honour who he is, too, instead of just staying in his non-functional first relationship — one he got into as a child, essentially — and defining himself that way because it's what's expected when a boy and a girl are close. he loves her in some way, yes, but it's okay if he doesn't feel comfortable or secure being her boyfriend anymore, for whatever reason that is. he's felt insecure too, and that's valid and it matters.

they are their own people and are steadily growing and changing every day. they need time to figure out who those people are, and it's become clear (at least in my opinion) that those people aren't meant to be a couple at this stage.

they deserve freedom. they deserve to grow up and be authentic to themselves and not feel like they need to lie for the sake of a relationship. they deserve to move on from this version of their relationship that isn't making them happy and rekindle the best part of their bond: their strong, beautiful friendship. they don't have to be a couple if it doesn't make them stronger and better and happier people.

i think it would be healthy and wonderful for a show, especially one consumed frequently by young adults, to show a relationship starting, progressing, and ending on good terms in this way. sometimes things don't work out, and that is okay.

just an abandoned wife (me) waiting for her husband to come back from war (ao3 is down) while taking care of our three kids (a million unfinished drafts in my docs)

WHAT THE FUCK??? he was the best new character and they didn't even phone call him! fuck off.

I’m going insane

I’m slowly rotting. Where. Is. Will.