I Just Read A Post The Other Day And It Was A Writer (I Love Them) Saying Mike’s Speech Was Good NOT

bitches be like "will byers is my comfort character" and then this is will byers.

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Normal Sherlock and Watson

Medical Sherlock and Watson

Horror Sherlock and Watson

Supernatural Sherlock and Watson

And last but not least, lo and behold

Biblical Sherlock and Watson

(Honorably mention to merlin and King Arthur, the medieval Sherlock and watson)

yknow i would’ve called it a coincidence if it just happened once

but when it becomes a continuous pattern it gets kind of sus....

if 2024 comes and ya’ll have gaslit me into believing the monologue was a work of art and excellent storytelling only for it to turn out to be all for nothing i’m gonna be so mad

“queerbaiting” vs “straight-baiting”

with all the recent “controversy” surrounding the whole “mike likes el” thing, i just want to say this so that people don’t get in over themselves. 

as others have said before, doubt is important for both sides to stay engaged. they need us to remain hooked in so we’ll watch s5 and generate revenue and blah blah blah. 

but just remember (looking at u heteros) queerbaiting is a very real thing, and “straight-baiting” does not exist. like at all. 

queerbaiting is a term used to describe our very real exclusion from mainstream media. it’s honestly quite malicious, because showrunners and filmmakers use queer audiences as a pawn. they never intend to represent us, they just want to lure us in so they can maximise their views and profits. 

which just means, yet again, that mainstream media will invariably pander to the GA, which is why “straight-baiting” can’t exist. ur already the majority, everything is already made for u. why would mainstream media need to hook u in, when u already make up a significant portion of their viewership anyway?

like lets not forget that stranger things currently has a 0:4 ratio of leading queer couples and leading het couples. they currently have a 2:12 ratio of explicitly leading queer characters and leading het characters. 

this means that yes, if byler doesn’t happen, it will be queerbaiting. why? queer audiences do not have rich, complex, fully developed relationships in this show otherwise. sure, we have will, who is indubitably a complex and rich character, with seasons-worth of development, but… 1:12? is this really the type of representation that queer audiences deserve? and if byler does happen, that’ll change the ratio to 1:3, which really isn’t that significant because yet again, u are the majority. 

u cannot be baited with rich, complex, fully developed representation pouring out the show for u. u cannot just use a term that is rooted in our historical prohibition from media, just because the ship u want isn’t canon. ur personal disappointment cannot even begin to mirror the collective betrayal and rejection that is felt when queer audiences are intentionally mislead and cast to the side. 

yk in the begginig of S3 when jancy are getting ready to go to work but nancy has to go out of the byers´s house through jonathan´s window cause she stayed over, and then she meets him outside to drive to work? well give me that exact same scene in S5 but instead nancy climbs out of jonathan´s bedroom (how did the byers got the old house again?dont know dont care) and just as she´s getting out there´s this loud ass noise and it´s just. mike wheeler coming out of will´s window. there´s just silence between the two wheelers for a good second until mike´s like. need a ride? so we get the awkward sibling bonding moment on mike´s bike between them abt hey what were you doing getting out of jon´s window? and the what were YOU doing getting out of will´s? and again. awkward sibling bonding moment silence. mutual acceptance if you will. that would be the ultimate my byler confirmation

the wheelers seeing each other sneak out of the byers’ home:

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if mike wheeler is straight then why is he played by finn wolfhard?

it would’ve been so so easy for them to still make Will gay without making him have a crush on Mike. so easy.

but why would it specifically be Mike if it were going to be one sided? to make him one of the most miserable characters?

also it would be such shitty writing if they went with him confessing to Mike, Mike rejecting him but accepting him, Will understanding and then they go completely back to normal and give Will a random boyfriend in the last season