yes — byler was queerbait.
if you don’t accept it as such, you are either ignorant or completely blind. this was all done on purpose, because coincidences? i don’t believe in coincidences anymore.
the colors blue and yellow? bait.
the painting? bait.
the way too intimate looks and dialogues? bait.
the soundtrack? bait.
the parallels to robin and vickie (not tammy — vickie)? bait.
never denying that byler would become canon? bait.
el and mike having seemingly broken up? bait.
the eye contact during the coming-out-scene? bait.
the conversation at the radio tower? bait.
every other small detail that could have been part of an insane slowburn romance? BAIT!
the duffer brothers succeed in acquiring a queer audience, only to fuck us completely over. not even rovickie was spared, because apparently, we can’t have anything.














