soft byler moments part 4 !! this time it's a modern au + i tried 2 format it like theyre snapchat stories in a groupchat but i've never actually been in a sc groupchat so i had 2 guess lol
also im So sorry for how long this took 2 get done, i literally started this august 13th. the tracked time is over 32hrs. ive semi-lost my mind bcuz of this.
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u know the gist , close-ups w clean versions and backstories/thoughts behind them under the cut >
little preface:
- these will probably be very short so im gonna do two at once
- theyre aged up a lil (15/16) and its set in 2022
- the groupchat is called 'byler hate club <3' and i think that the two of them get added periodically and either get kicked or leave themselves
- their snap names are 'dustin B)' , 'lucas' , 'madmax' , and 'elšø' (and mike and will's would probably also just b their names like lucas?) but if u wanna go a little further, i think their users would b things like ādustinanddragonsā or ādungeonsanddustinā, ābboylucasā or smth, either just āmadmaxā or āsk8rgirlā, elās would probably just b her name like āelhopā or ājanehopā, and of course mikeās and willās would be āpaladinmikeā and āwillthewiseā bcuz duh.
- they have a seperate groupchat called āthe partyā that does have all of them , this ones just 4 shits and giggles
- i made mikes hair curlier bcuz i wanted 2 and its 2 late 2 stop me so
- if u see anything that looks wrong or weird just ignore it i cannot b bothered 2 work on this anymore lmao
all refs i used can be found here (as well as spoilers for future stuff :O)
these two are a prime example of them just being in their own little bubble and completely forgetting that other people are even around. i wanted to give mike a more .. alternative? style. something similar to mine, and i usually dress in all black with bits of red, so for mike i did mostly black with bits of blue :) (also peep the pins on his backpack and the patches on the shirt and whatnot). once again i have will wearing different colour nail polish in all of them, but mikes is still only black . (first ones set in the wheeler basement , second one in the school)
this first one is kind of unintentionally sad? i didnāt realize how upset he seemed until after i finished it. actually these two could work as the second one being the day after the first. oH also in the first one i gave mike a belt that i actually own and its literally so cool its my favourite belt ever. (first one set on the hill where cerebro would b if this was still set in the 80s , second one in mikes room)
fun fact one of the reasons this took so fucking long is bcuz i was procrastinating doing the backgrounds for these two and the next one. u can probably guess why. anyways i really like how these turned out, they might be my favourite tbh. i dont really know what 2 say abt these .. i think they r pretty self explanatory. OH ACTUALLY i gave mike a black iphone w a clear case that has blue stars on it (which u can see in the second and seventh one) and will a white iphone with a .. idk what u call that pattern but its the phone in the first one. (first one is max, el + will waiting in mikeās front yard 4 him 2 get home from.. somewhere? maybe a weekend trip 2 visit relatives w his family or smth. second one is dustin, lucas, will + mike impulse-baking cookies at some ungodly hour at night during a party sleepover at mikes)
i really hate how mikes hair turned out in the first one but i spent so long on it and redid it So many times that i simply cannot b bothered 2 try and do it again. also pls notice how both of them r wearing ponytail holders in all of these (except this last one i lowkey forgot but we can pretend they r just on the other arms) tbh i dont really know if i think mike would listen 2 the nbhd or not but its what was on the shirt in the ref and i didnāt want 2 have it just b a plain black shirt so i kept it. (first one is a hangout session w the party.. i dont really have a specific idea as 2 where, so that can b up to u. second one is .. honestly im not entirely sure i just thought the ref was cute so i used it lol)
once again sorry about this taking a literal month, but my life kinda got a little fucking crazy in august so i didnāt have much time or energy to work on this. i have no idea as 2 when the next one of these will b coming, but i have a few ideas for it already. i think thats all? ill probably have some more byler art coming soon thats not gonna be like this, but no promises lol
Iām making a YouTube playlist full of Byler proof videos, if you are interested in looking at it here is the link!
Do u supporrt noah scnapp
I support not harassing people when they haven't done anything extreme or are very young and ignorant but still have good intentions behind it, I'm not a fan of any celebrity and I think some of the things he said were problematic and needed to be corrected because they were based on prejudice but I also have been told the whole story behind what people are spreading online and I don't believe he is a "genocidal maniac" like people say, I don't think he wants any children or people to die at all.
He also was subjected to propaganda since birth basically and that's a tough thing to deconstruct, especially when you have around you "friends" that are actual convinced and obtuse Zionists and they tell you that the only meaning of Zionism is "for Jewish people to have a safe place" - obviously ignoring everything that the state and citizens of that place have done to the Palestinians
for now I believe he was sincere when he apologized and said that he was having conversations about it with Palestinian friends he has and learning from it, I also know people that have spoken to him directly and talk to him and know that he has donated money to help Gazans and is not currently supporting the state of Israel, this is private information because he doesn't plan on speaking on the subject again since people have hated on him so much that he had to start therapy for that and other reasons that are also private
I've also been told that he as a celebrity had a contract after he went to visit Israel where he apparently couldn't unfollow the account on ig before a certain amount of time had passed and it's something they do for publicity, this is a diffused thing that they did and it's why he had to wait before unfollowing even if he changed his mind about it a lot of time before he was able to do it
Taking all of this into consideration, plus his age because when he spoke up he was 19 which to me is equal to a child like it or not, in general I don't like the amount of harassment and homophobic hate he has been receiving with people wishing him rape and death continuously when there's people that have said and done wayyyy worse than he ever did and they didn't receive half of the hate he has.
I don't think it's helping any Palestinian person to do that and the amount of time spent on hating celebrities could be used differently... also because it's hypocrisy and virtual signaling mostly, people attack some celebrities while supporting others that have said ZERO words about the whole thing, not even shared a donation link once!
plus if you really want a celebrity to fail you have to ignore them completely, not talk shit about them... so it's even just dumb in general, some celebrities stay in the job market just because of controversy, if you don't like Noah you should just block and ignore him
The van scene is by no means my favorite Byler scene because it hurts. A lot. But at the same time, the power that it holds cannot match anything else between Mike and Will for me.
Weāve seen years of Mike worrying about Will from the very first āthatās weird. I donāt see him.ā To the āit was the best thing Iāve ever done.ā From āitās not my faultā to āIām sorryā to āmaybe you should have reached out moreā to āfriends. Best friends,ā Mike is sincere. Over. And over. And over again. He loves out in the open for all to see, yes, even in his mistakes, but thatās what makes him human. Thatās what makes him who he is. Heās sarcastic and quick and irritable, but oh, when heās leading, inspiring, and guiding?
Will plays an important role in Stranger Things wherein we rarely get to see his heart. But no, of course we do. Heās the one everyone fought for since season 1, so of course heās known to us. But thatās just it, everyone else fights for him. They say that proof of good character is if other people recognize it in you, and Will has been the center of that treatment from the very start. Sure, heās also seen in very negative lights, being made fun of even when heās assumed dead, but I donāt care about the people who donāt know him. I care about the people who do. And those who do search for him until heās found. Never give up even when it seems theoretically impossible. Protect him, family and friends alike.
And those things may just be givens in most loving relationships, so letās take it a step further. What do people say about him? In season 1, Mike asserts that Will risked his characterās life for The Party - an imaginary compromise - and Lucas immediately understands the signal to go out and save him, taking even a fictitious virtue and ascribing it so meaningfully to Will that itās worth fighting for him in real danger. Then in season 2, Joyce recounts about Will giving a little girl his own toy truck simply because she was sad. In season 3, when Will is explaining what he thinks happened to the Mind Flayer and why it inexplicably seemed to return, Mike is at his defense, saying heās right without a doubt. Will is trustworthy, and the rest follow. Then in season 4 in arguably one of the sweetest scenes in the whole show, Will and Jonathan are on the verge of tears, and when Will says that heāll always be there for Jonathan, Jonathan says that he knows he will be. Will is selfless, venerable, caring and wise in a sweet mixture, and when he loves, people know it.
For everything. Everything except his love for Mike. His love for Mike is something that cannot be easily digested or explained. Looking back at that Will and Jonathan scene by the tub before the mind fight, this is something that takes a step into the part of his heart that no one readily sees or pays attention to. If it is, again, itās pushed in ridicule, covered in insensitive names, not celebrated. Itās something that makes him cry, something that he canāt even say out loud. Jonathan was the one to recognize that things were complicated for his brother and he reached out, knowing that it was hurting Will.
But despite the pain. Despite all of the shame that comes with being who he is, he lets his love out in a big reveal, the most anticipated hint all season long in season 4. And who does he reveal his heart to? Mike. He both risks it all in front of the very person of his affection and gives everything up for him, including his own love.
I know that this scene hurts on so many levels, especially because of what Will says about himself, but look at how Mike sees Will. I donāt think that I even need to put evidence here, but itās just so tender and important to realize that this is not a hopeless scene.
This is the one whoās on the other end of Willās message. This kind of attention is not going to become, āoh, hey, Will, Iām sorry, but I canāt accept what you said because you lied to me about who itās from.ā If Mike does say this, heās a liar. Look at him. Heās seeing Will plenty without a guise on his end. This is Mike falling in love with what Will is offering him.
And given everything that we know about Mike who stops at nothing to protect the ones he loves and Will who would give himself up for the ones he loves, both loving to the point of sacrifice, hand in hand, how can you come away from this scene saying that Mike would easily reject Will? That Mike wonāt listen to Will and consider both of their own affections? That they wonāt find an understanding? That forgiveness is foreign to them?
Will has given Mike the power to decide to buy the lie or realize it. And in a show that revolves around āfriends donāt lieā and uncovering hidden truths, I doubt that Mike is going to simply buy it.
And from there, how beautiful would it be for Mike to openly accept him? To give the boy who thought he lost it all the chance to be loved in a way that makes him feel not different in a world that hates him? And how much more sweet would it be for Will to forever make Mike feel special, unceasingly, without the need to lie? To let him know how adored he is and how he doesnāt have to fight his heart anymore over a romance of obligation rather than bliss?
Byler is endgame. Weāre almost there. It just makes sense.
Happy Byler Day. šš
It is absolutely 'Turning Out' by AJR. It's just so perfect for everything for them I'm telling you it's so them !!!!
I beg you all to listen to it because it is veryveryvery Mike Wheeler coded
YESSS MARCH 22ND GATE ISTG
hoping for the teaser on wills birthday !!
WHY ARE THEY FOLLOWING ME EVERYWHERE
(byler in the church??)
If Byler doesn't become canon I will delete my tumblr
Not bc I ship it, but because the site will become unusable
the stonathan fandom is dying. reblog if youāre a real stoner
"The freedom to swing your arm ends where my face begins." I mean I wasn't expecting this take but it's very true
this is what keeps the doubt at bay
Byler quote of the day:
Will: If you keep staring at that, it's not going to change. You know?
Mike: Yeah. Yeah, you're right. *Crumples paper*
(I repeat, *crumples paper*. He could have put the note in his bag, or on the desk, or literally anywhere. He chose to crumple the paper, and throw it in the trash can, with a finality to it. That might have been the last thing he ever got from El, and he threw it away. Hmmmm... maybe it's symbolizing how "in the dumps" their relationship is, and how Mike is literally discarding El... Hmmmm.)
Em, 18, stranger things, fanfiction, and stranger things fanfiction ā ā ā random out of pocket thoughts (90% byler ofc)
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