jonathan definitely looked at these two and got major deja vu bc wtf😭😭

THE SAME BYERS/WHEELER PLACEMENT AND EVERYTHING??

i want a frantic byler kiss i want jancy and jopper parallels i want them about to separate as the world is ending i want mike to pull will into a quick kiss and when he pulls back they both look shocked i want him to start saying “i’m sor—” but before he can will is kissing him again i want them to clutch each other like nothing else matters i want them to pull away completely breathless i want mike to whisper “please dont make me have another funeral” i want will to kiss him gently one more time “for luck” i want them to fight henry with a new intensity because they have something important to fight for i want them to reunite and just hold each other sobbing and shaking in the aftermath but alive alive alive i want them to hold hands and drink in each others faces bc they’ve never been allowed to look this deeply before i want i want i want

“i’m gonna get you home, okay?”

*gets her home*

Thinking about how in every canon ship thus far, lumax, jancy, jopper, all have time apart, where they aren't in relationships, but have some kind of miscommunication or barrier that prevents them from being with one another, and yet once they're reunited they can't help but fall into their dynamic seamlessly. Max withdraws from Lucas after Billy's death, and Lucas doesn't reach out enough as he feels he should, resulting in the breakup, but as soon as they're together again, in the same place, they need to spend that time together, as much time as they can. Jancy, and how Steve and Nancy were together in between and during season 2, so Jonathan backed off, Nancy stated she waited for him, and Jonathan said she barely gave him enough time at all. Still the minute they were alone they were drawn to one another again. Hopper was thought to be dead, unable to contact Joyce until months, yet it was the first thing he did. How for so long Joyce thought she lost another person so dear to her, but the minute they were reunited and spent time together, it was like before they were separated, but better in a sense, for all of them, because they grew as people, even in these confounding circumstances, they still found themselves safe in the presence of one another, because they were on the same wavelength when it came to growth. Now thinking about Byler, and how they were separated by distance & Mike being with El, how they immediately had stilted conversations and arguments, because both believed the other didn't want to hear from the other person. But the minute they're alone together, able to admit their wrongs, they're close, and sharing inside jokes and glances, like they hadn't spent any time apart. Mike is openly admitting that Hawkins wasn't Hawkins without Will in it. That the only place he's ever called home, is no longer home because Will is not there. Thinking about how the duffer brothers make clear in all the canon ships that quality time is an important factor within the romances they write, and how there not only needs to be a level of communication when they aren't in a romantic relationship, but there is a complete enjoyment in one another's presence, not because they are romantically together, but because of who they are as people.

byers lips looking hella tasty rn

Cameras and Castles

I love the idea of Mike rebuilding Castle Byers while Will was away in California. It would be a perfect parallel to Nancy gifting Jonathan the camera at the end of season 1. Nancy says that it’s not really a present because it’s actually a replacement for something that she felt partially responsible for breaking (obviously not her fault but she was with the group that did it). Similarly, I think it’ll be revealed that Mike rebuilt Castle Byers because he felt partially responsible for Will destroying it. Mike (re)building Will a castle also goes really well with the theme of “Heroes.”

It would also be doubly adorable if they parallel what happened after Nancy gave Jonathan the camera 🙃

P.S. Sorry if this has already been pointed out before 😅

Jonathan saying to Nancy in s1 that he saw her as someone that was "trying to be someone else" when she was with Steve....

Mike trying to be someone else when he is with El.....

I need a scene of Mike (Nancy) hugging Will (Jonathan) like this:

Thinking in 2x05

Nancy:"What happened to us?"

Jonathan:"Will needed me and Steve"

Nancy:"I waited"

Jonathan:"Yeah for only a month"

It give me same vibe of 4x02:

Will:"What about us? You mad i haven't talk to you, because you make super clear that you weren't interesting in everything i need to say"

Mike:"That's not true!"

Will:"You called a couple times. It's been a year Mike"

Jonathan and Argyle in the front seat: Sleep deprived, stoned, have been driving for hours looking for El

Mike and Will in the back seat: 500k words, childhood friends to lovers, slowburn, minor angst, hurt/comfort.

remember when nancy couldn't say "i love you" to steve so she sat on the car with jonathan to have a heart-to-heart conversation.

and remember when mike couldn't say "i love you" to el so he sat on the car with will to have a heart-to-heart conversation.

and the fact that wheelers are on the left and byers on the right and there are soda cans in both scenes. wheelers are opening up about their feeling while byers are hearing and comforting them... come on! that has to mean something!

I think I’ve seen this before

And I liked the ending

byler + jancy parallels

EEEEEEKKKKKK!!!

"We're just friends" *looks at your lips longingly*

someone pointed this parallel out on twitter and now i'm going to think about it forever.