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byler fans i want you to hear me when i say you are not foolish, do not let anyone tell you that. i value both mileven and byler but i will always want byler more, for the people who deserved byler. in the end, it was written with mileven as endgame (although technically neither were endgame). mileven was the easy, obvious choice. i think it says a lot about the writers that they chose mileven. and you are not wrong for wanting byler. mileven has been canon and existed for four seasons; for them to have byler be canon in season five would not have been a bad decision whatsoever and actually would have made a lot of sense. it is common for there to be a mc’s first love interest and then a slow burn with the endgame couple. that is how the writers set up the show, especially in season four. we start to see will’s attraction for mike to really blossom. this is how a couple often begins in a show because of intentionality. you don’t write a slow burn rejection. but they did. this is queerbaiting. if will was a girl this would not have happened. do not feel foolish, do not feel embarrassed, but do feel wronged, do feel angry. they promised this show was for outcasts, ‘freaks’, for those like will. and had mike been like will, his emotional complexity would be unmatched. instead they took the easy way out and destroyed his character. feel angry about that. #byler #strangerthings #fyp #edit is connected to @nicknelsonss, 4 hashtag signals, and 700.4 impact score.