Byler this, byler that. I'm sorry, Will is clearly aroace. The song dnd+asexuality is literally him. Throughout season 3, he couldn't understand why girlfriends were suddenly so important to his friends and why they'd more or less started ignoring their literal childhood friendships in the favour of their newfound romantic relationships. Poor guy just wants his friends back and wants to play dnd with them like the old times because two entire seasons went by with him being actively traumatized while his friends had grown up. Will didn't get that chance.
Imo making a painting for Mike was a last desperate attempt by him to get his childhood bestie back through gift-giving. He doesn't understand why being Mike's girlfriend entitles El to more communication from him, and why his friendship takes a back seat. Will just wants a fucking break and for people to take platonic relationships as seriously as they take romantic ones.
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OKAY so this is the alley rose byler analysis, here you go!
Btw this is purely from will's pov :)
I picked you up from the corner store
Your eyes were red and your lips were torn
So much to say, that's subject sore
So much you'd change since you were born
You wrapped your fingers around my neck
And pulled me into your desperate breath
The way you kissed me hot and fast
I knew it'd be the last
Okay i imagine this to be the post vecna defeat, right after they win. And we get the ✨️post-war suspense kiss✨️ bc just let me, okay?
You told me "I'm just so nervous, dear"
Well, how the hell do you think I feel?
I waited all year at your feet
Like maybe you'd love me
Imagining this to be the season 4 airport scene bc mike was so nervous there, no straight boy is hesitant to hug his best friend of a decade. Also Will pining for Mike for a whole year.
And I don't even care if it makes me sound insane
I ran my fingers through your hair
And I thanked God to touch the flame
'Cause I swore necks were made for bruising
I swore lips were made for lies
And I thought if you'd ever leave me, that I'd be the reason why
Definitely Will being sappy and in love post getting together while also being insecure bc he thinks he can't have good things in his life.
And I don't even care if it's just a summer fling
If it's all experimental and you go back to safer things
But I swore hands were made for fighting
I swore eyes were made to cry
But you're the first person that I've seen who's proven that might be a lie, so
Again, Will being insecure about having things for himself and thinking Mike could still very much go back to 'safer things' *cough cough* heteronormativity *cough cough*
And also, Will being abused by Lonnie mention, but they last three lines? Its definitely a metaphor for his abuse and also all the upside down stuff goung down, while Mike beung the only one who nakes him feel safe and NOT A MISTAKE
Don't leave me hangin' alone again
I thought that i was your only friend
Oh, where'd you go, go?
Alley Rose
Oh, where'd you go, go, go?
This is the chorus which is repeating multiple times so I didn't mention it above. Everywhere i can see it as season 3 and season 4 pining bc Alley Rose (Mike) is gone.
AND THAT'S IT
God i hate them so much (affectionate)
They literally make me so sick
Anyway, conan is a byler and byler is endgame. Amen
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thinking currently of aroace stoncy concepts…..
steve dating around pre s1 which gives him this popular heartthrob player reputation, but no one catches on that he never puts out on his dates bc it never feels right…until he starts dating nancy. when he finally develops feelings for jonathan he’s surprised not because it’s another guy but because it’s another person who isn’t nancy
jonathan realizing he’s uninterested in sex and suggesting he and nancy open their relationship. nancy starts something with steve, and jonathan worries nancy will realize steve alone is enough for her and break things off with jonathan completely. his worries are forgotten when nancy seems happy and when steve seems really cool with the whole thing and starts trying to get to know jonathan and spend time with him even when nancy isn’t around. then steve invites him to a nice place for dinner and Jonathan says yes without thinking and then wakes up in a cold sweat the next morning like “wait. am i also dating steve?”
aromantic nancy who can’t understand why she gets this feeling of dread whenever steve or jonathan tell her how they feel about her and hates the idea of them arguing about her or waiting to see who she chooses. and yet it feels so simple and right when it’s the three of them together —grabbing dinner at the diner or going to the movies or accidentally falling asleep tangled up together on steve’s couch — just three people who went through something together and are important to each other in ways that are hard to define
asexual jonathan who doesn’t experience sexual attraction. nancy and steve are dating and jonathan has feelings for nancy but hasn’t acted on it. it takes him longer to realize he has feelings for steve too and when he does he’s nervous because steve has a reputation and wouldn’t he want to be with someone who can stroke his ego and appreciate his looks or whatever??? but everyone in steve’s life up to a certain point only liked him because he was popular or because he had rich parents or because of his looks and never actually liked him because of him so for steve to realize jonathan likes him solely because of who he is, that he has two partners who appreciate who he is as a person, means a lot to him
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