Noah spent the most time with Finn, or shot the most SCENES with Finn?
There are Tiktok edits of Finn and Noah being close on set with clips from the new "Making Of" Stranger Things 5 documentary...
... and I saw comments like this get a TON of hearts:
... and I still don't buy it. :)
If you rewatch the full clip where Noah said he spent more time on set with Finn than anyone else:
- he's asked what his favorite moments "on set" were... the ordinary meaning of this is his favorite scene
- Noah treats it like a spoiler! (Or in this case, because shooting had wrapped and he knew Byler wasn't to be, that it would raise false expectations) He says he can't share his favorite moment because it's from Season 5 "so I can't tell you." So it probably is a scene and not some mere on-set shenanigans
- "I spent the most time with Finn throughout the course of [Season 5]"... "I must make sure not to say anything for Season 5"... very specific wording! Again, he treated it like it would've suggested Byler! Why?
- Also, given the grueling shooting schedule, if you're spending most of your time with another actor it's 90% certain it's because you're working together and not just hanging out for each other's scenes!
Also, all the BTS clips I'm seeing are from scenes where Mike and Will were in the same scene.
(Note that my belief in BylerGate -- that the Duffer Brothers intended Byler to happen but at some point, for unverified reasons, they backed out -- doesn't require Finn and Noah to actually have shot scenes together. But if there are cut scenes it does make it almost certainly true!)
Just wanted to address this! I think folks are still understandably looking for any queer joy after what happened with Byler. (Also if you ask for my amateur opinion, based on the limited info we have they seem very sweetly platonic. And especially after Season 4 shooting it shouldn't be surprising that the actors grew close and would emotionally react together to the show ending.)
Anyway, carry on! =D
-teambyler
Watching this video and him getting more and more disappointed as the episode goes on is chilling me ngl. This is the version of the script that didn't even have the tower scene in it btw, so this is him as a queer actor realising that they gave his character absolutely no closure and a shitty arc where he "realises" that the love of his life was just a crush to get over in a day without anything from said crush to determine if he's fine with that. He's been the *gay consultant* for the show since the beginning and he was so excited to read the script for episode 4 when he had powers, he probably was excited to see where his characters' powers took the character arc but no, they really just gave him nothing in this episode and the fact he was terrified to go up to the Duffers and ask for a little scene change speaks volumes.
netflix is funny for releasing that stranger things documentary because the whole thing is just cast and crew members looking beyond disappointed by that terrible script for the finale 😭 like why would you include THESE in the documentary that was supposed to paint your show in a positive light?
now we can say that we were, in fact, right
Oh my heart 🥺
