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booksandpaperss · 10 months

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okay but Will’s “well we used to be best friends” is actually so exceedingly painful bc it’s him directly acknowledging that he doesn’t feel like they’re best friends anymore, it’s him directly addressing the distance between them. That didn’t even happen in the rain fight, bc then Will was talking about the party as a whole and hiding behind the “we” of it all, but at rinkomania he is outright saying “I feel distant from you, I feel like you’re pulling away from me, like you don’t care about me specifically anymore”

#more drafts >:)#byler #will byers #will byers deserves happiness #byler s4 #elli talks will byers

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nicxxx5 · 2 years

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i guarantee you mike spent his first day of kindergarten crying when he got home because he told his mom he met the prettiest person he had even seen and that he was gonna marry them and when karen asked “what’s her name?” and mike said “his name is will!” mike starting sobbing immediately and did not stop after his mom tried to tell him boys can’t marry other boys

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dwobbitfromtheshire · 1 year

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Will and Gareth? Will and Gareth?! WILL AND GARETH?!! I did NOT know this was a ship I needed until now. No offense to Mike "it's not my fault you don't like girls," Wheeler, but Will deserves better. I have a feeling that Gareth can be a bit of a grumpy bear like Hopper, and Joyce notices when Will brings him around.

"It looks like we have the same taste in men," Joyce joked.

"Mom!"

Though Will was the one who started calling Gareth his grumpy bear, Joyce loved that and started to call Hopper that as well.

"Aw, look at our grumpy bears!"

"Joyce! We can hear you!"

#stranger things #will x gareth #greatwise #will byers #will byers deserves happiness #noah schnapp #joyce byers #jim hopper #winona ryder #david harbor #gareth emerson #gareth the great #gwydion lashlee walton

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bylerjancytruther · 2 years

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if byler ends up not becoming canon, will byers is going to go down in history as one of the most depressing tv characters ever. when he was just a tiny child, his father would torment him and call him slurs simply because he THOUGHT will MIGHT be gay. not only did his father do this but so did all of his peers. the kids he went to school with. his only safe space was the party and his brother.

then when he was just 12 years old, he got taken to an alternate dimension and was forced to fend for himself for a WEEK. when he wakes up in the hospital, one of the first things he does is ask jonathan if he was alright because he saw the bandage on his hand. as if he didn’t just wake up from a coma. and that’s just the beginning… right around the anniversary of his kidnapping, he gets fucking possessed. knowing that it would kill him, he tells his family to close the gate anyway. all because he doesn’t want whatever has him to get them too. this little boy cares more about other people than he ever did about himself. it’s already canon that he feels like a mistake.

on top of it all, he’s struggled with figuring out his identity and that he is gay. coming to terms with the fact that he is in love with his best friend. no, not after he’s suffered from multidimensional beings and his abusive father, DURING everything. now he’s struggling trying to figure out if his friends will still love him just the same knowing the truth about him. if he opens up to mike about his feelings just to be rejected and possibly outed because if mike is straight, let’s face it, we have no idea how he’d react. cue: “it’s not my fault you don’t like girls.” will would be heart broken yet again. he’d feel like he isn’t worthy of love or friends. we know the script is fake but given his monologue in the van, it’s safe to infer that he does in fact hate himself. mikes rejection would just be the icing on the cake.

to be completely honest, i can’t remember a single time in the show that this boy was 100% happy. just because he is gay doesn’t make him any less deserving of love than el, mike, dustin, lucas, or max. will byers deserves his happy ending, with or without mike wheeler, and if he doesn’t get it, that will just confirm what we all feared. that the duffer brothers and media in general don’t give a shit about their queer characters.

#stranger things #mike wheeler #will byers #byler #will byers deserves the world #will byers is the main character #will byers is fruity #will byers deserves happiness

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thesapphicsoldier · 10 months

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Remember that if you dislike Will Byers you’re basically disagreeing with every st character

#/lh #will byers #will byers deserves the world #will byers appreciation #will byers deserves happiness #byler #<<< target audience

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chirpsythismorning · 1 year

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Will Byers Analysis - Between S3 & 4

Something I always think about, is how Will probably didn't even know Mike and El were back together at the end of season 3.

When they had last spoke, part of Will probably thought Mike was talking about something else, which is understandable bc both him and Mike were speaking in code, whether they realized it or not (I didn’t say it/You didn’t have to).

At the very least, Will thought things could go back to how they used to between them; friends (best friends).

When the Byers arrived to Cali, I imagine within the first day, or within the first few days after they settled, it was most likely Jonathan who made the move to phone the Wheelers to talk to Nancy.

Then maybe Will decided he would call Mike once the phone was free or even asked Jonathan to have Nancy just hand the phone to Mike so they could catch up too.

But once Mike got on the phone, something was off. He sounded kind of distant and awkward and it left Will feeling confused.

Maybe Will tried to chock it up as them just needing to get used to living far away from each other, since this distance thing was indeed new for them. They'd been friends for the last decade and hadn't experienced being apart for longer than a week (the week of his disappearance). So, it was bound to be a little weird, for a little while. Right?

But honestly, just thinking about their fight in s3 and the events leading up to it, I wouldn't blame Will for being slightly worried.

Before the rain fight, Will was putting almost all of the time and effort into their relationship. He was fighting for it and Mike was leaving him behind. And that really hurt Will.

And that's what's honestly so incredible about Will's arc in s4, because he's not putting himself through that again.

Yes, he's growing up and he's matured, but he's also come to accept that, based on Mike's actions as of recent (despite what he might have sensed from Mike over the years), those romantic feelings he has for him will NEVER be reciprocated. If he's lucky, Mike will still want to be his friend, and he would be relieved to stay in his life in that way if it's something Mike still wants.

(Which also makes the GA's argument about how they think Will's arc in s5 is going to be about him accepting that Mike will never love him back, fall flat??? Because, Will's already realized that, sis. S4 ending the way it did was in part to make as clear as possible to Will (the unreliable narrator) that Mike cannot love him that way... And so why the hell would s5 confirm that for a second (3) time now? Where is the shock? Where is the value? What is satisfying about that? And why do that, while also holding off on Mike finding out about Will's feelings until the very end? Like... just let that simmer for a second and think about what that actually means in terms of the story going in a satisfying direction that also manages to surprise you... there is literally nothing satisfying about proving Will 'I'm not gonna fall in love' Byers, right...)

So, after about a week since they last spoke on the phone since arriving, a bunch of letters come in the mail: one for Jonathan, four for El, and three for Will (you can probably guess who from the party didn't send a letter to Will...).

And it's as if Will's worst fears are being (re)realized.

In his casual letter exchanges between the party, he talks about DnD and a new art class he's taking with Dustin, joining the basketball team with Lucas and how everything she'd told him about California was right with Max. Super casual catching up with some of his best friends. And yet still, nothing from Mike, arguably his best friend.

And so Will is understandably devastated.

He doesn't understand. Or maybe he does, he just didn't want to believe it.

And so, how Will chose to go about his contact with Mike over the next 'year' makes sense to me (and I support him fully tbh).

I think Will's arc in s4 is beautiful because he has some of the best development of anyone on the entire show. He's not the gay kid being used as a plot device for a heterosexual couple (stay tuned for s5). If anything, we're seeing this character who tried his best to mend his friendship with his best friend (also secret first love) after Mike presumably rejected him (ITS NOT MY FAULT YOU DON'T LIKE GIRLS!), and so, Will is not going to put himself through that again.

He's not going to let himself have hope that there could ever be something more between them, even if he thought so many times before there were moments or signs that Mike could feel the same (BC MIKE DID!!). He has already accepted it's not possible.

He's not going to 'stand in the way' anymore. If Mike wants to be with El, he's going to support them, even if it hurts him and his own feelings.

It's tragic, but it feels so in character for Will and his qualities as a person.

I know a lot of bylers argue that both Mike and Will were in the wrong when it came to them both not staying in touch, and I do agree, completely actually. Especially knowing Mike tried to call Will. HE TRIED. So it's not like he didn't. The miscommunication trope is doing it's magic. We just have to accept that.

And so, fittingly, when confronted, Mike doesn't tell Will he called (a lot). He lets Will think that he barely called and deflects and pushes it back on Will. But then almost instantly, he regrets it. Because it's in this moment he's only now realizing that Will did want to talk and missed him and is quite literally confused why they're not best friends any more. And suddenly it's all clicking. He knows deep down Will has every reason to be insecure, to not reach out to Mike after what happened last summer. It's just that he also thought Will had every right to move on because why wouldn't he, what's so great about Mike? Will could have anyone? Mike was so distracted by his own insecurities that Will had inevitably moved on, while also trying to hide his feelings, that he didn't realize Will actually did miss him. They've both got it all wrong.

As of now, we don’t know for sure if Will called at all, and so me assuming he called first, is just that, an assumption. But I’m giving Will the benefit of the doubt here. (It's also likely the Byers would have called the Wheeler's first because they know their number by heart most likely, while the Wheelers would've had to wait to get their new number).

Based on the story presented though (Will's unreliable narrator POV), he had a lot more reason to doubt Mike wanted anything to do with him. Will literally spent all of s3 fighting for their friendship, even if it meant coming off as slightly clingy and annoying and ‘childish’. And look how that turned out?

What else was Will to do in this situation? Just repeat all of his behavior in s4?

Was he just supposed to call Mike first, write him letters first, even though Mike was showing repeat signs of wanting to distance himself from him again?

And so, Will waits. He waits for Mike to make the next move, just in case his insecurities are right and that Mike doesn't want them to be best friends like they used to be.

One evening, about a month since the move, the phone rings and Will answers it. It's Mike.

Will is obviously surprised and thrilled. They talk for a bit, and yeah it's awkward. But still, it gives Will hope.

Now, it's still not enough to give Will the confidence to reach out first, fearing he'll come off too strong and scare Mike away again, and so he continues to give Mike space. But that doesn't stop this gesture from giving Will the inspiration to try one more thing, one last ditch effort to save their friendship; he's going to make Mike a painting.

So, all while watching El receive a new letter in the mail every few weeks or so, with him and Mike talking once (or if he's lucky maybe twice) a month over the phone, Will spends his time working on the painting, knowing that Mike used to appreciate his drawings when their friendship was at its strongest. And so, maybe this will be the thing that finally fixes things for them once and for all?

All too soon, it's Spring break and they're at the airport waiting for Mike to land.

In the months leading up to their reunion, Will made sure no one saw the painting he was working on, least of all El. Not even because he was scared she might figure out his feelings, but because he wanted it to be a surprise. We also know Will presumably had no problem with the others seeing the painting eventually because he literally brought it to the airport for Mike to open in front of all of them? And so... to him this was clearly an attempt at platonic reconciliation, even despite Will having romantic feelings for Mike. What he wanted was their friendship back.

But suddenly, Mike is standing before him and Will is so excited he can't hold back anymore. I mean, he's been holding back for MONTHS and he just wants to hug his best friend.

But then Mike is being awkward again, almost like he doesn't want to even touch Will at all, contrasting greatly from the last time they hugged during their goodbye only just a year ago (6 months they're so dramatic, i swear).

All this does is prove to Will that, despite them apparently ending on good terms, it seems Mike is just repeating last summer all over again.

Understandably, Will jumps to this conclusion fairly quickly, as his insecurities are being proven right in real time. Mike doesn't want the friendship they used to have. He doesn't want to hug, doesn't want to write to him, barely even called despite writing El a book worth of letters. He wants to talk to and focus on his girlfriend and Will is just an afterthought now.

There's no way he's gonna want this? A painting? Not a chance in hell.

So when Mike points to it and asks him about it nervously, Will panics and brushes it off.

How could he be so naive. Mike is making it SUPER clear he doesn't care about him, not like he used to. And still he's holding onto some misguided hope that maybe there's still a chance for them to be best friends.

How could he be so stupid.

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thingsarenotgoinhwell · 2 years

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you all moved on...

but i stayed here

i will literally never get over this.

#byler #so gentle #will byers deserves happiness #breaks my fucking heart #<333333 #my son <3 #be gay make byler canon

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willslun · 1 year

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coming back from the dead to wish happy birthday to my son and the only boy ever, will byers 🫶🏻 i wish i could tell him how loved he is

#stranger things #will byers #will byers birthday #will byers deserves happiness #will byers deserves the world #happy birthday to my son #stranger things s4 #stranger things s2 #stranger things season 2 #stranger things season 4

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nicxxx5 · 2 years

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are you a “mike clings to will like a leech while sleeping” truther or a “mike constantly slaps will in the face and kicks him in the ribs while sleeping” truther?