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mybreakdowns · 1 month

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mike wheeler nobody gets you like i do pookie

#mike wheeler #pookie #mike wheeler apologist #mike wheeler appreciation #he's my pookie #idc #mike wheeler defender #mike wheeler best character no cap #finn wolfhard #also pookie #stranger things #byler #stranger things season 5 #stranger things season 4 #stranger things season 3 #stranger things season 2 #stranger things season 1

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in light of new will byers content let's all remember to separate characters from actors, and when people are talking about will unless explicitly mentioned they are NOT talking about noah 🤗

#happy birthday will byers #stranger things #will byers #noah schnapp #stranger things s5 #stranger things season 5

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mybreakdowns · 1 month

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PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE

shut up what if the first scene in s5 is a flashback to this scene but Will’s pov??

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The crazy thing about byler is that I have NO CLUE what will end up happening. Like I will be shocked if it's not canon but I will also be shocked if it is

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I wanna see some real angst in season 5.

I want to see Lucas have a real breakdown over Max being in a coma.

I want to see Dustin snap and yell at Steve maybe for saying/doing something.

I want to see El angry and confused but in a more deathly silent way, I want to see her experience more complex emotions and have to work through them.

I want to see Will snap and put someone in their place (Mike? potentially a homophobic bully?)

I want to see Mike finally breakdown and Crack under the pressure and see him cracking until it's all too late and it's all spilling out.

I want to see Max trying to come to terms with her possible new normal when she wakes up from the coma, I don't want to see her immediately be okay.

I want to see every character fighting internal battles just as much as external, they have been through so much and I want to see just how much that is effecting them, and I also want to see them happy and free, BUT PLEASE ANGST 🙏

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mybreakdowns · 2 months

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DISCUSSION ABOUT EL’S POTENTIAL ENDING

So Millie has been giving a lot of interviews lately promoting her latest film Damsel, and ofc interviewers have been trying to get some ST5 info out of her. (We all saw that clip where Mlvn got mentioned to her and the face she made lol)

Well there are two new interviews in which Millie talks about El and they are making me kind of nervous…for lack of a better word.

The first is this one…

She was asked what song helps her cry, and she said “when it’s cold I’d like to die” Now that song famously plays every time a character dies on ST, so it wouldn’t be weird for an actor in the show to associate it with sentimental emotions. However, what concerns me a bit is that she mentions that this is “El’s theme” uh??? Since when girl??

The other interview I’ve already seen it floating around so I won’t add a clip, but she was basically asked about whether she knows how it ends for her character. She goes on to say that she asked for a meeting with the Duffers and she saw a board with her character’s fate and went “ohhhh” and slowly walked out.

I’m not gonna lie that answer is not inspiring happiness in me.

I don’t think the Duffers will “traditionally” kill El. In the sense that I don’t think they would fully kill her off (that would be too fucked up). I do wonder if her character will be around after Vecna has lost and the supernatural has gone away, though. Will she somehow disappear after the conflict is gone? Was she part of a bigger allegory or metaphor related to the supernatural plot of the show?

In the original pitch, the Duffers described El and Mike’s relationship as an Elliot and ET bond. ET is an alien, therefore at the end of the movie he has to leave Earth. He can’t stay there with the other characters. Are we gonna see something similar regarding El? She won’t die but maybe she has to go/be somewhere else?

I don’t want to alarm anyone it’s just that I feel like I’m putting some pieces together here lol…

The Duffers also admitted after S2 came out that El was originally written to “die”, as in she was gonna disappear when she took out the demogorgon. However, they changed their minds when the show got renewed for more seasons. Nonetheless, the Duffers have said that their ending for S5 draws inspiration from the ending of S1.

What the hell are they referring to with this???

I’m also aware that Millie is an actress and she’s drumming up suspense for the show. I know she has admitted to lying in interviews just for fun too. Can’t really trust an actor ever, but I do wonder if we’re seeing some truth from her here.

What do you guys think? Any theories?

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mybreakdowns · 2 months

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the significance of mileven simply not understanding each other:

(others have brought this up before but I think it’s a bit overlooked imo)

There are numerous times throughout Stranger Things where Mileven is shown to not be on the same wavelength, and the Duffers like to make it quite apparent to the general audience.

Starting with the obvious scenes:

“BLANK makes you crazy”

El is literally staring at Mike like she has NO idea what he’s trying to say.

Shes STILL confused even after he tells her it’s something old people tell each other:

Like girl…. i KNOW you were watching them soap operas and old timey romances during that year in Hopper’s cabin. You really expect us to believe you have no clue what he’s trying to say?

This scene was written like this on purpose for two reasons: comedic effect and diving deeper into mileven.

Back to not ever being on the same wavelength:

I talked in this post here about Mike being okay with El standing up to bullies in the past when it came to Mike or Will, but Mike suddenly not understanding when it comes down to El defending herself against Angela, showcasing the idea that they are definitely not in agreeance over what happened at Rink-O-Mania.

The Duffers like to purposefully write Mileven out of step with one another.

It seems as though every season has something negative in store for the couple, and not in a fun, slow-burn agonizing romance type of way, but in the frustrating “why can’t they just work it out” kind of way.

Season 1 obviously has El “dying” and leaving Mike for a year, but on a smaller note also has Mike trying to explain to her that if she moved into his house, Nancy would be like her sister, but he would not be like her brother. She does not understand this, and has her classic confused face on.

Season 2 has her being gone and coming back to see Mike with Max, and even though nothing happened between the two of them, El was still cold to Max when they first met, showing even if El is incapable of knowing what the word “love” is, she still somehow knows what jealousy is.

Season 2 also brings us an interesting scene with Erica and Lucas, where the dialogue just seems….really off and random.

Lucas catches Erica playing with his He-Man action figure and gets mad, taking it from her. To which she says, “Hey! They’re in love!”

Lucas responds with:

The scene is extremely random and the dialogue is just weird to me, the only explanation it being a metaphor for something in the show, and the only viable explanation is Mileven.

Season 3 has the entire “boyfriends lie” side plot, resulting in El dumping Mike for lying to him about his grandmother after Hopper’s talk with him. Their relationship the entirety of season 3 is the epitome of immature pettiness caused by jealous and hormonal teenagers who don’t understand what being in a real relationship entails--

We get El and Max spying on the boys:

Eleven is a mystery to Mike, he pretty much says it himself.

Their whole relationship is based on immaturity, and the audience knows that. The audience can see that the two of are clearly immature and don’t have what it takes to be in a real, committed relationship. That’s the point. Their relationship in season three is almost entirely to move the plot around in whatever way the Duffer’s want, and to showcase the idea that their relationship in screen is nearly always shown in either a comedic, pre-teen immature light, or a jealous, misunderstood, and petty light. There is almost no stable relationship between the two of them in season 3. It’s either too clingy or too toxic or full of lies or immature, blah blah blah. The only scenes of them either not making out or fighting is the last scene of them together right before the Byers move, and that’s a whole scene in itself to unpack!

Season 4 is where things get a little chaotic, as if things weren’t chaotic enough.

There are so many miscommunications and misunderstandings with Mileven this season, but the big ones include:

El feeling like Mike thinks of her as a monster-

and Mike looking at her like she just spoke badly about his favorite Star Wars movie-

Directly after that we have Mike saying El is being "ridiculous" because she's upset that he won't tell her he loves her, and him calling her a superhero, the complete opposite of what she wants to hear in that moment, but Mike doesn't understand that, because who wouldn't want to be called a superhero? (his way of thinking)

Later on we get Mike recounting this to Will, saying, "and if I would have said that thing..." etc.

Mike can't even say that he loves El to other people, and we're expected to believe it's still true?

We also get this:

another misunderstanding on Mileven's part. El thinks Mike doesn't love her (at this point, does he?) so she finishes her letter the same way he has: From, El.

Next we have Will and Mike's conversation on top of the car:

"I think it's just scary to open up like that, to say how you really feel, especially to people you care about the most, because...what if they don't like the truth?"

I've said it before and I'll say it again,

why would El NOT like the truth if the truth is that Mike loves her?

Mike nods at Will's words and looks away, seemingly lost in thought. Why would he agree with Will---that it's hard for him to open up to El because she might not like the truth---if the truth is exactly what she wants to hear?

It literally makes no sense.

We also get the Byler van scene, where Mike compares her to a superhero yet again, something she clearly does not like (I don't have a vid but here's the official script, where he says the same thing):

Also El being Superman and him being Lois Lane in the analogy....okay.

Next we have him calling her a superhero YET AGAIN ! during his monologue:

Like girl if I was El I would just give up at this point. This is the last thing she wants to hear. She doesn't want to be a superhero all the time, she just wants to be a person ! a girlfriend ! a friend ! a daughter ! yet Mike is making it seem like the main reason he loves her is because she's a superhero, which she hates.

And lastly we have:

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

"Not much, I mean...a little bit."

Let me get this straight......you finally confess your love to your longtime girlfriend in the midst of her fighting a literal monster & monster from her past while she is being strangled and held captive all while she's also trying to save her friend from death, and she doesn't say anything to you for TWO days after?

Ladies...the Mileven break up is writing itself, really.

And that is a thread on how the Duffers intentionally write Mileven to be on different wavelengths with each other every single season without fail to showcase how incompatible they really are.

They are setting this relationship up to where you want more for both parties; El deserves to be loved the way she wants to be loved, and Mike deserves to be loved the way he needs to be loved (if u know what i mean)

In part 2 I will discuss the importance of byler understanding each other, juxtaposed to mileven hehe bye !

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mybreakdowns · 2 months

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season 2 is by far my most rewatched st season, and even after season 3 and 4 came out it stayed number 1 for me i mean the vibes are literally immaculate

it's so eery and fun and the byler dynamic was executed unbelievably well

i mean the crazy together scene?????? nothing can top that

as girl who absolutely lives and breathes stranger things season 2, i cannot put into words how insanely excited i am for season 5

#byler rant #byler #stranger things #stranger things s2 #stranger things s5 #stranger things season 2 #stranger things season 5 #byler is endgame #byler is canon #byler tumblr #byler nation #byler is real #mike wheeler #will byers #byler endgame #byler is requited #season 2 was perfect #AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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mybreakdowns · 2 months

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as girl who absolutely lives and breathes stranger things season 2, i cannot put into words how insanely excited i am for season 5

#season 2 was perfect #literally peak #stranger things #stranger things season 5 #stranger things season 2 #byler #hawkins #mike wheeler #will byers #lucas sinclair #dustin henderson #max mayfield #el hopper

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This is one of my favorite parallels in the show because omg?? MIKE PARALLELING VICKY?? WILL PARALLELING ROBIN??? The Duffers were fucking wild for this

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mybreakdowns · 2 months

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I can’t get over the fact that the painting doesn’t even have El IN IT

“Yeah El commissioned me to paint this scene of our dnd party even tho she doesn’t even care about dnd and she’s not even in the scene to show how much she loves you” LMAOO

USE YOUR BRAIN

THAT THING IN YOUR HEAD

USE IT MICHEAL

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mybreakdowns · 2 months

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