#MIKE IS COMING OUT NEXT SEASON

[chirpsythismorning]

OH HEY IM SUPER EXCITED TO SEE MY GIRLFRIEND IN CALIFORNIA 😄

Probably deep down there’s some trauma there, but that doesn’t come out 😳

#stranger things #byler #mike wheeler let me in your brain #Mike when he lands in cali: 😄😄 #Finn: DEEP DOWN he’s miserable #Mike ‘I never really unpacked’ wheeler #he’s gonna be unpacking in s5 #this in combination with gatens: #'this season starts with mike going out to california to visit uh his friend will' #*smirks* #MIKE IS IN LOVE WITH WILL AND HES HIDING IT CONFIRMED #Finn: that doesn't come out-- #OH BUT IT WILL NEXT SEASON #MIKE IS COMING OUT NEXT SEASON

[starbylers]

M*levens will say Will’s love for Mike is ‘just a crush’ or that ‘he can/will get over it’ whereas El’s love for Mike is real and true and deep, too strong for her to possibly move on from…while in the same breath try and claim Will’s words/feelings in the van also belong to El. Make it make sense 🙂 they'll say Will's feelings = El's feelings to explain why the monologue is valid even though Will was the driving force behind it, but then turn around and say Will's feelings ≠ El's feelings which is why he'll move on but El can't, and why El’s love for him is deeper and why she‘s better for him. It's a total paradox.

#byler #anti mileven #to claim El shares Will’s feelings means you're conceding that Will is also too in love with Mike to fall out of it #meaning he wouldn't get his happy ending but we know it's confirmed that he will #so Will's happy ending which is CONFIRMED logically rests on him being able to get over Mike #but if El is truly deeply in love with Mike #that means Will must be too (or M*leven’s logic for the monologue - 'those were also El feelings in the van' - falls apart) #meaning he’s not getting over Mike #or by extension ending up happy #but that’s factually incorrect so if we back it up that must mean El and Will don’t share feelings #because it’s the only scenario that allows for Will to move on and have his CONFIRMED happy ending #but hang on because them not sharing feelings means those words in the van? Those only apply to Will #meaning the monologue - a response to 'El's feelings' - is going to come crumbling down next season #do I sound crazy or do you get what I'm getting at #deductive reasoning says Byler endgame

[fryeswiththat]

Consider the "I'm the only one who cares about him" but in reverse. Will just being adamant about helping or protecting Mike

Or realizing with dawning horror that he's the "only" one that cares about Mike

#byler #st #of course not the only one #but everyone just brushing off mike and then will going “wait wtf” #mmmm mike getting vecna'd #so then we come complete circle with will's possession #will byers #mike wheeler #give me mike whump next season pls and thank you #will has enough trauma he doesn't need more #let's make mike suffer #and have vecna out his gay ass #fyi this is the only instance of outing I accept #I say this as someone who HAS been outed before

[muppetbyers]

“i think it will be easier if we’re a team

friends

best friends”

#mike says this then the cinematography for the rest of the season does the exact same #it makes me lose my mind #pretty queer thing to say to ur little homie while staring lovingly in his eyes #and then to go on a cross country road trip with him #and then to stand next to him as the world ends #its the symbolism of it all… mike reaching out to will and coming into the light… i could write essays on it #anyways. look at the material. byler endgame or whatever #byler #mike wheeler #will byers #mine

[rotisseries]

I am the number one mike gets vecna'd truther. I have damn near 100% confidence that mike gets vecna'd. there is no version of s5 that I can imagine where mike doesn't get vecna'd. he will be shown horrendous visions and he will scream and cry and veccy boy will get his homophobic dog moment and mike is gonna be shaken up and refusing to tell anyone what he saw and it will be the most important, impactful, and jaw dropping vecna scene of the season, and I will be pulling up the cristiano ronaldo gif

#stranger things #byler #mike wheeler #he is just like. the perfect target. how would he NOT get vecna'd? #bc like. I'm a firm believer that more people will get vecna'd next season #like yeah sure he doesn't NEED to torment and kill more people but he'll do it for fun #no way the duffers introduced a villain who can see people's inner fears and guilts and then they use it twice and never again right? #so obvs people will get vecna'd next season. and mike is a PRIME target #a. vecna's main targets are el and will. both of whom love mike and are really close with him #two birds one stone‚ if vecna wants to consider himself a good villain‚ that right there is reason enough to get Mike #b. while again‚ I do think multiple characters will get vecna'd and therefore we'll see a lot of different headspaces #we mostly already know what a lot of the characters fear and feel guilty about. whereas mike is still supposed to be a mystery to us #we're not being shown his pov‚ so when we finally ARE‚ it will have the most impact of any possible vecna vision any of the characters get #''why do you say it'd be most impactful rori?'' #bc listen. they're gonna want another impactful vecna scene. a running up that hill part two. but you can't beat max's scene. it's too good #the impact in max's scene comes from her escape‚ from her choosing to live‚ for her loved ones #which means if you want another emotionally impactful vecna scene‚ it can't be about the escape‚ that can't be where the impact is #or it will just feel like a cheaper rendition of max's scene #so the impact MUST come from finding out what haunts the character #and I FULLY believe there will be nothing quite as jaw dropping as vecna visions revealing mike's sexuality and how he feels about it #the only things that would probably come close would be el or will getting shown more aspects of the supernatural plot #but I'm pretty sure we're at a point in the story where we have most of the information #and we won't be getting anything super insane on that front

[frogwheeler]

I physically can't wait another 2-3 years for season 5

Jo didn't need Laurie in the way Laurie thought he needed her. They were better off as friends which Laurie grew to accept and realized his love for Amy was under his nose all along which was brought with much speculation on Amy's part which is understandable. Laurie didn't need Jo. Jo didn't need Laurie. Jo was better off without laurie. She was/is successful without laurie. She is happy without laurie. The only reason she questioned herself is because she needed someone, someone Laurie couldn't be for her. Not in the way she wanted/understood she needed. She needed a friend much more than a lover. Someone to be there for her in times of aid, a best friend. Which he regrew to be in a much healthier way. Mike is El's laurie. El is Mike's Jo. Amy is to Laurie what Will is to Mike.

#PRAYING SEASON 5 COMES OUT NEXT YEAR #byler #stranger things season 4 #st4 #mike wheeler #will byers #byler season 4 #st4 byler #byler season 5 #st5 byler #st5 predictions #byler st5 #this is one of my favorite byler headcanons/theories/parallels

[palettehao]

Little spoon Mike is actually canon, Max showed me a picture proving it

#either max would find them cuddled together like that and take a picture to then relentlessly tease Mike about it #never letting him have peace especially like the following weeks afterwards #OR #Johnathan would find them on the couch cuddling and take a picture to show them later cause he thinks its cute #and yk Johnathan thinks having physical memories like that is nice and important #so he shows them the picture later only for him to be kinda shocked by how embarrassed they are #Will come to him in the next few days and asks if he could keep the picture #which Johnathan is happy about because he didn't mean to freak them out originally #Mike cant fight off a smile when he sees the picture openly hung up in Will's room and is kinda jealous he doesn't have his own copy #im rambling #the brainrot is strong #byler #byler tumblr #will byers #mike wheeler #byler season 4 #take a prompt

[theninaproject]

anyway thinking abt mike/el’s storylines n the ways they compare n contrast... how El is having memories of how someone tried to take advantage of her loneliness and a shared experience to take advantage of her and control her for their own benefit... and how Mike is feeling something but doesnt know what it is, and Will is feeling the same way but doesn’t think Mike feels the exact same way he does... how they both still click, how they both want to reach out and hold on to one another but are afraid because they both think, as Robin said for us earlier, “I ask out the wrong [girl], and bam, I’m a town pariah.��

it’s frustrating as viewers but also sweet that both Will and Mike refuse to make assumptions about one another cuz they both know what that’s like and how assumptions have been used to bully each of them respectively n just... gahhhh. i want them to really see each other by the end of this season so very badly.. </3

#byler #Mike's got it allllll mixed up #he wants.. to be boyfriends with Will.. but he doesnt KNOW thats even an Option!!!! #and he wants to be best friends with El... #grrrrr #mike needs robin i am begging #(or argyle.. i feel argyle is bi down in my bones) #also i have a hunch the uh 'you tricked me' thing will come up next ep with will/mike #again like one or both of them gets high n will freaks out to jonathan cuz he feels like he took advantage of mike #n jonathan is like '...but i thought you said HE kissed YOU?' wills like 'BUT HE PROBABLY DIDNT MEAN TO! i mean i.. i guess i kinda look #like El so i can see how he'd get confused-' jonathan doesnt say anything for a moment n then 'but like... didnt.. didnt mike know #YOU before he met El?..' n will is just ignoring all logic/sense cuz he just cant fathom mike returns his feelings LMAO #so theyre all quiet n awkward n will assumes mike just forgot n mike assumes will 'doesnt like him like that' #give me the COMEDY give me the ANGST of a mutual misunderstanding of a situation PLEASE! #(i would say that situation feels too Fanfic-y but litrlly all the scenes between mike/will this season have felt like that so im not gonna #assume anything anymore LMAOOO) #silver cat speaks

[isastrxnd]

We won bitches, we fucking won.

#i don't know how i missed this #apparently it was announced yesterday #but still holy shit we won #i can't wait for him to come out next season #will byers #mike weeler #byler #stranger things #stranger things spoilers

[wakeupthemembersofbylernation]

I still can’t believe we all fully expected more people to get Vecna’d this season and that Max/Episode 4 was just the sign of things to come, and then that didn’t happen in the slightest

#byler #max mayfield #stranger things 4 #Vecna better come out swinging next season #we need to see inside mike’s brain desperately

[bylersomniac]

Theory time.. strap in for this one...

So as we know in the van scene Will uses El as a shield for his confession. And we thought Mike didn't notice and thats why he acted the way he did. WRONG. he DID notice. This man was nodding looking at Wills lips and choking back emotion (literally you can physically see him swallowing). the reason Mike didn't outright say anything is because HE wasn't ready. you have to realize, Mike doesn't have the same support system as Will does. Its easier for Will to consider his feelings because his brother fully accepts him for it and (most likely) Joyce would too because cmon, it's Joyce. But for Mike, his family doesn't have the best track record for really being "there" for him. So he hasn't really had anyone have his back. Which leads me to my next point, the "confession scene". Now, is this scene painful because of Wills face? Absolutely. Can I still see thru the bs to know its not genuine? also yes. During this scene Mike is saying alot of things that seem, for the track record, untrue. For example, Mike saying his "life started the day he found her in the woods". Here's what I think is going on in this scene. Mike DOESNT know what to say to El to make it sound genuine. So what is he doing? The EXACT thing Will did in the van (plus adding the superhero thing so it sounded more like her which is just eugh Mike cmon we've been over this). The monolog seeming like a complete lie because of him saying "his life starting the day he found her in the woods" sounds weird because it isn't ABOUT her. The day Mike found El in the woods he wanted to get her to leave as soon as it was morning (he only kept her around because she was able to help look for Will). So that doesn't make any sense, he didn't want her there so that was clearly a lie. But do you know who Mike DID obsesses over like his life DEPENDED on it??? Will. He is using his feelings for Will to El because he doesn't know what else to say to make anything sound genuine. That's why he says he can't say he loves her cus hes too scared that would make the day that "she" leaves hurt more. He's not talking about El. He's talking about Will. He's too scared that if he tells Will how he feels that Will would leave and it would hurt more.

Conclusion: Mike is a moron (affectionate)

#byler #mike wheeler #will byers #eleven hopper #mike please just come out to nancy next season she wont judge you please

[daylighteclipsed]

The stuff with Will could’ve been handled a little better and I really don’t care about the stancy vs jancy nonsense, but aside from that I think vol 2 was good

#i cried like 4 times #season 4 altogether was way better than 3 #Ik ppl are upset about will and robin but nothing about how they were handled felt malicious #we were supposed to feel for them in those sad scenes #and it ended hopeful. i mean robin’s hitting it off with vickie and #well honestly idk about will and mike #but i feel like the fact that will’s the one who painted that painting for mike and sees mike as the heart could come up again #the fact that it’s will who feels that way not eleven #i mean. there’s still a whole other season. it’s not over til it’s over #both will and mike were sidelined this season so hopefully they’ll get some character attention in the next one #but really I’ve never cared for the romance in this show #it’s the friendship and family relationships that get me grinning and sobbing #I’m also so so glad max did not die. was eleven bringing her back somehow a little cheesy? yeah. but if max had died #after this whole season about her healing from her trauma and wanting to live again #i would’ve been crushed. would’ve soured the whole ending for me tbh #but she’s alive and I’m interested to see what they do with her in a coma #since eleven is trying to lead max out of that coma using her powers #ik ppl got real attached to eddie too but i thought his death was good and the private scene between dustin and mr munson was so much more #effective than if everyone had mourned/there’d been a funeral #it was so good i broke down crying #anyway. yeah i had a pretty great time watching this season

[eggasaurus-k]

Y’all know there’s a season 5 right?

If you remember, the next season is going to take right after where we leave off this season. Will can come out, Jonathan and Nancy can break up, etc etc. The whole point of a tv show is to make you feel (both good and uncomfortable), that’s the point of tension and drama. All these things can be resolved, if this weren’t true, they wouldn’t have a next season (which was planned since the show was pitched to Netflix).

TLDR; they want you to tune in for the finale because you want to know how things they pent up through out the show to end.

#stranger things #there's purpose for making you feel baited or upset #and I thought the jonathan and will moment was really touching despite the constraints of pushing will's coming out to the next season #stranger things volume 2 #byler #mike wheeler #will byers #yes i think its wrong for using someone's identity as a plot point but let's be honest #the ensemble for this show is so big #not everyone can get a distnctive to their character plot line like max and lucas this season

[thewrongmoon]

Maybe it’s because I’m a reformed mike hater but I don’t really get surprised when people dislike him. Like, as a casual viewer you see him do confusing things and he’s cast in an unsympathetic light when compared to el and Will (after season 2)

Obviously I think people will do a 180 when his actions are actually explained, but for now I think it’s understandable that most of the GA doesn’t like him. I think some people take it way too far, like the people who go on rants against him and say they dropped the show because of him are completely overreacting and don’t seem to grasp that most of what he does is normal teenage behavior.

Anyway just insert that one image that’s like “your character will be widely regarded when this is over but you’re going to look like an asshole to most for a few years” I feel like that summarizes this perfectly

#to be fair you have to have a very high IQ to understand mike wheeler #and most of the audience turns off their brains while watching and forget 75% of the information until the next season comes out #so don’t get too bent out of shape about it I guess lol

[eugeniedanglars]

oh boy it’s been a hot minute since i've had a breakdown about joyce saying “when you fall in love” instead of something like “when you meet the right girl” to will in season 3. pflag mom of the year award

#narratively i think will probably has to come out to mike next season but good GOD do i want him to tell joyce and have her support him!!!! #but also 1. will is correct it would be objectively gross to realize your sibling was definitely having sex in your house last night #and 2. shoutout to joyce for being so cool about jonathan having sex and smoking weed under her roof #stranger things

[0310cottage]

will’s feelings being used as padding for this boring ass straight relationship really is the cherry on top of this homophobic cake

#when will dies next season i hope it isnt right after he comes out #at least give him a whole season to be gay before burying him #this isnt even about ships im just so mad that they are completely sidelining will’s character and only using it as a way to further #el and mike’s weakass relationship #stranger things #will byers #st s4 spoilers #st spoilers