joyce saying "that THING is NOT my son" in season one while everyone was preparing for the funeral is exactly how i feel talking about the epilogue right now

illustrations from 'days with frog and toad,' arnold lobel, 1979.

how did stranger things 5 manage to give us the most evil version of kill your gays without actually killing anyone off

trying to keep my commentary on the hockey yaoi to a minimum but I am crying laughing at the episode 6 Hollanov relationship status conversation where they establish that they've accidentally become monogamous because they've fallen too intensely in love with each other, and that they want to rearrange their professional lives so they can live closer and have more excuses to see each other, and then perhaps stay together forever and maybe come out publicly after they retire, but NOT, I repeat NOT, that they are boyfriends

you’re so golden

Historians would call them roommates, the Duffers would say it happened off screen

shane's parents taking him to a restaurant that doesn't have ginger ale feels like a hate crime. like they're portrayed as such great parents in most other respects, but that lunch scene just really showcases how they don't really know their son. and having the ginger ale thing coupled with "we don't want you to lie. thats not you" while he's been lying to them about ilya for years really says a lot.

but like its one thing to not realize your son actually does lie about some things, even to you. it feels very different that they wouldn't try to accommodate his ginger ale. its not like he's been keeping that a secret. surely they know he will want a ginger ale, they just apparently don't think that's important enough to ensure that he can have it. it doesn't seem like a big deal to them, even though it might be a big deal to shane. like how could you fail to accommodate your autistic son like this!!

(and yes ofc putting this in contrast to ilya having ginger ale at his house for shane says a lot too but thats not what this is about)

Yuna and David having watched their autistic son be so isolated all of his adult life and never having a happy relationship or close friends who understand his anxiety and then finding out that the man they’ve spent a decade hating on his behalf can casually talk him down from a panic attack in less than a minute

“they should put *popular song* in s2 of heated rivalry!” “they should have *famous actor* in s2 of heated rivalry!”

❌ NO! WRONG! it should continue to have indie music and unknown actors! stop trying to taint a beautiful thing!

he was bracing himself for bad news

the GA talking about conformitygate is funny to me because to them it’s all about “oh the props changed colors” but to us it’s “mike wheeler is a gay man doomed for eternity and this is not a fate he deserves”

saw someone say they think conformity gate was pushed by netflix accounts undercover

FUCK YOU

THAT THEORY WAS BORN FROM GAY NERDS ON TUMBLR

DONT YOU DARE SPIN IT INTO SOME CAPITALIST AGENDA FUCK MY LIFE

Milevens could never

I am sorry, but can you imagine Will fucking vanishing right infront of Mike, and Mike waiting for 18 months, then just making up a story that he survived, and then just...moving on?

Because I can't. He would burn the world to the ground by Christmas of the same year, while looking for Will.

They can erase all they want, but we saw how Mike reacted when Will was "dead", and when El was "dead" before.

Just Mike opening another fucking portal, and resurrecting Vecna, and creating another worm whole just for a tiny chance Will is there somewhere

They said byler part of the fandom is too loud and they had to shut down the noise. To write their story the way it supposed to be.

And now byler theory based on your shitty ending all over the news.

So. How's shutting down the noise going, assholes?

with every day that passes since the finale, byler gets more canon to me omg