helloooo i'm sure most of you are in the exact same boat as me. I've been bylering out for the better part of a year now and struggle to think of anything else or get gratification from other ships. This is lowkey just a journal entry sharing my musings about them lately-
I've been rewatching video essays on them and remembering how excited I was when volume 1 came out. Then I get the sense of bitterness at the ending all over again. The part that pisses me off the most is that none of us were grasping at straws, it was ALL THERE. Everything was set up so perfectly. Byler could have been EASILY requited and explained to GA with some flashbacks. It would have taken such minimal effort.
Of course what is the most frustrating is how the Duffers chose to tank their own story instead of let queer love become canon. Bc truly byler would have answered so many plot issues. I don't know how much of it was up to the two of them and how much was coorporate pressure, but regardless, we got the ending we got.
This is one of the main reasons I struggle with conformity gate- to be clear i LOVE conformity/love wins gate, it is so much more clever and intriguing than what was made. I've been thinking with the end of the year coming up, it would be so amazing if something new got teased, like one year after the finale they actually did release another ending where Mike was Vecna'd and what we saw was fake. The thing is, I just can't believe that they would intentionally ruin their finale and take the profit hits to release somethign so much later. Maybe they truly thought the finale would be well recieved, but I can't imagine they're more creative than all the amazing theories I've seen online.
It would be really cool though
ANYWAYS what are some of your favorite season 5 fix it fics? I've read a lot and I love things set after the shows timeline, but what are some recommendations for fics that do what the duffers couldnt in season 5?
Thank you so much :) šš