I feel like season 1 analysis is based on background things, like teds comments, or how mike acted towards El in the beginning (seeing as he mostly saw her as a tool 2 find will) there r a lot of rlly good byler s1 analysis that I've rewatched like 2000 times lolz :3
2:04 that one interaction “it was a 7” was enough to get me IN (I already knew about Byler cos I started the show late (sad) but didn’t know if I’d ship it… that ONE interaction I was sold)
i know about sapphic childhood friendships but i think i didn’t realize how similar it can be for boys…coz i understood their friendship but i didn’t get how it was romantic til seeing video essays coz i just watched each season and didn’t think much about it after
When i think of wlw friendship situations i think of like arcane and I am not okay with this, basically very angsty, the main difference is bc i think males friendships are seen are base-level. not very intimate where girl friendships are very intimate. so it's easier to paint a mlm relationship when the guys are always together, not comfortable in the same way around women, and have moments where they can be vulnerable to each other which generally doesn't happen a lot, with women it's easy to open up because as friends we're already open and caring to each other, so when something angsty happens like being jealous or some agreement we know it's because there are deeper feelings, and it's not just a friendship. sorry for the rant, just comparing two very interesting dynamics lol
timestamps bc they don't work in the desc for some reason (ty for watcting) 00:00 - 1:04 Byler cold open 01:05 - 2:48 What is Byler/Season one 02:49 - 6:06 Fandom/Shipping culture of 2018 06:07 - 7:56 Season two!! (and why i love it) 08:01 - 11:58 Dissecting the Crazy Together scene 11:59 - 13:59 Mike and Will's friendship this season 14:00 - 14:53 The most Byler scene of the season (Mike's speech) 14:54 - 18:59 Fandom culture/Ending remarks 17:00 - 18:07 Season three intro 18:08 - 19:10 Edits and Fandom 19:11 - 19:35 Most of the ship names 19:36 - 26:12 Mike's part: The Breakdown 26:13 - 27:57 Will's part: Avoidance And Acceptance 27:58 - 28:16 The end: Will's perspective 28:17 - 29:37 The end: Mike's perspective 29:38 - 31:06 The most Byler scene of the season 31:05 - 32:13 Robin's code 32:14 - 33:09 Fandom culture/Ending notes
I think the reason he wants to play DnD is before he disappears that was his normal routine they were playing games etc, so he’s trying to be normal or as normal as possible with a world that’s rapidly changing
Your comment at 20:00 about him genuinely liking El is a bit funny to me as I see it as he doesn’t know how to mesh those two relationships together, unlike Lucas and Max you see that they are able to hang together with all the friend group where it’s like Mike is putting on a “show” and running off with his gf because he is not sure how to handle both Will and El at the same time. Like when Will points out that Mike is being a bad friend, Mike replies with it’s not my fault you don’t like girls. Like WTF Mike, gay panic there much?
good point, felt it was odd when mike and el separated from the group in S3 first ep but lucas and max always blend in naturally despite being a couple. max also teaches el to live for herself and el genuinely seems happier when she was discovering herself and her likes/dislikes. unless its like internal homophobia on mike's part when he tells will 'its not his fault he doesnt like girls' its just weird for mike to say that idk makes him a huge jerk for no reason (though i do think its def internal homophobia to some extent).
Will is canonically gay! WE ARE WINNING BYLERS! Also I feel like Mike doesn’t likes el tho. I feel like he just wants to seem… normal? The homophobia was also directed at Mike in season 1. Also I agree he seems to have a LOT of internalized homophobia! He is using el as a beard I think. A beard btw s a person to cover up your ✨Queerness ✨ he also immediately corrected how he treated Dustin after he mentioned it. I also agree with the Mike is projecting on Will. He is unintentionally hurting Will by projecting his problems onto Wills ✨Queerness ✨ I will add to this if you would like lol I have so many more cuz I am a bit…. Hiperfixated lol Part 2 yes I'm adding on to it. Another thing is that at the start of season 4, there's a lot of bisexual imagery and queer coding, in the scene where Mike is recruiting people for dungeons and dragons, he goes to a wrestling area which is an interesting choice. This is purposeful. In a I believe '60s documentary about queer coding and queerbating in shows called the cellulite closet, they mention wrestling is commonly used as queer coding for obvious reasons. In the wrink o mania scene there is purple, blue and pink lighting. The bisexual colors and yellow and blue color lighting the byler colors. When they're skating someone skates by with a I love contact sport shirt. Something else is that if you know stuff about camera angles and camera lighting, you'll know about Halo lighting. It's where from the other person's point of view. AKA Mike, you can see the other person casting light AKA will. In the scene where they're talking on the couch which is upside down interesting stylization choice. Probably meaning they're going to kiss in the upside down AKA the we can be Heroes song thingy. The camera goes to Mike's eye level and about where he be looking at will. Will is cast in Halo lighting and you can hear birds singing in the background like a Disney princess movie where the prince is looking at the princess. Furthermore, if this were about a girl and a boy like will was a girl. Everyone would be shipping byler. This is about how the story would go Mike 's. Childhood girl best friend goes missing and he is the only one in their group to seem incapable of thinking about anything else. He knows everything about her. We will get back to that later. He finds a boy in the woods and takes him home to get help for him. He says that the next morning they can send it back to the mental Asylum or wherever he came from. However, they decide to keep him because he has more information on the girl. I'm going to jump to the quarry by the way. He sees the her body being dragged out of water and starts screaming at the boy for lying to him and saying it's really messed up. He's unable to control his emotions and bikes home crying. His mom has to comfort him and then later he goes down to his basement looking at drawings that she made for him. He gets annoyed at the other boy because he keeps messing with the radio. But when he switches the channel, Mike immediately perks up because he hears the sound of the girl's breath. He recognizes her breathing immediately and is instantly convinced it is her. That's not even the full story but you get the point. People just have a heteronormative expectation about everyone and so people usually don't look for gay characters in shows unless they have a reason to.
Part 3. You know how you mentioned the mention that Will was gay? At the table Ted says you see what happens Michael which he responds by saying what happens when what I'm the only one acting normal here. I'm the only one who cares about will. Ted, most likely meant that will got hate crimed. Mike, just didn't understand
I feel EXACTLY the same as you about season 2 god I love it 😭😭😭 I'm sick of people saying it doesn't matter and it's garbage I HATE THEM IT'S THE BEST SEASON
I feel like season 1 analysis is based on background things, like teds comments, or how mike acted towards El in the beginning (seeing as he mostly saw her as a tool 2 find will)
there r a lot of rlly good byler s1 analysis that I've rewatched like 2000 times lolz :3
Yhhh even mee too
NEW BYLER ANALYSIS CHANNEL YAYAYAYAYAY
YAYYYAYAYAYYY
Your so real for that
2:04 that one interaction “it was a 7” was enough to get me IN (I already knew about Byler cos I started the show late (sad) but didn’t know if I’d ship it… that ONE interaction I was sold)
Mike was definitely one of the most committed to finding Will
i know about sapphic childhood friendships but i think i didn’t realize how similar it can be for boys…coz i understood their friendship but i didn’t get how it was romantic til seeing video essays coz i just watched each season and didn’t think much about it after
When i think of wlw friendship situations i think of like arcane and I am not okay with this, basically very angsty, the main difference is bc i think males friendships are seen are base-level. not very intimate where girl friendships are very intimate.
so it's easier to paint a mlm relationship when the guys are always together, not comfortable in the same way around women, and have moments where they can be vulnerable to each other which generally doesn't happen a lot, with women it's easy to open up because as friends we're already open and caring to each other, so when something angsty happens like being jealous or some agreement we know it's because there are deeper feelings, and it's not just a friendship.
sorry for the rant, just comparing two very interesting dynamics lol
I am SO behind them I just want them to be happy 😭
God bless long byler analyses
The fact that you need 2 parts for this just proves that it's gonna be endgame❤❤
timestamps bc they don't work in the desc for some reason (ty for watcting)
00:00 - 1:04 Byler cold open
01:05 - 2:48 What is Byler/Season one
02:49 - 6:06 Fandom/Shipping culture of 2018
06:07 - 7:56 Season two!! (and why i love it)
08:01 - 11:58 Dissecting the Crazy Together scene
11:59 - 13:59 Mike and Will's friendship this season
14:00 - 14:53 The most Byler scene of the season (Mike's speech)
14:54 - 18:59 Fandom culture/Ending remarks
17:00 - 18:07 Season three intro
18:08 - 19:10 Edits and Fandom
19:11 - 19:35 Most of the ship names
19:36 - 26:12 Mike's part: The Breakdown
26:13 - 27:57 Will's part: Avoidance And Acceptance
27:58 - 28:16 The end: Will's perspective
28:17 - 29:37 The end: Mike's perspective
29:38 - 31:06 The most Byler scene of the season
31:05 - 32:13 Robin's code
32:14 - 33:09 Fandom culture/Ending notes
Hi! They work for me btw, if you only include the starting times in the Description
@@RonaldOffTheRecord thanks! i just watched your video, awesome stuff!! i loved it
I think the reason he wants to play DnD is before he disappears that was his normal routine they were playing games etc, so he’s trying to be normal or as normal as possible with a world that’s rapidly changing
14:01 STOPPPPP THIS SCENE GETS ME EVERY TIME 😭
NEW BYLER ANALYSIS THAT ISNT A YEAR OLD YAYYY
Your comment at 20:00 about him genuinely liking El is a bit funny to me as I see it as he doesn’t know how to mesh those two relationships together, unlike Lucas and Max you see that they are able to hang together with all the friend group where it’s like Mike is putting on a “show” and running off with his gf because he is not sure how to handle both Will and El at the same time. Like when Will points out that Mike is being a bad friend, Mike replies with it’s not my fault you don’t like girls. Like WTF Mike, gay panic there much?
good point, felt it was odd when mike and el separated from the group in S3 first ep but lucas and max always blend in naturally despite being a couple. max also teaches el to live for herself and el genuinely seems happier when she was discovering herself and her likes/dislikes.
unless its like internal homophobia on mike's part when he tells will 'its not his fault he doesnt like girls' its just weird for mike to say that idk makes him a huge jerk for no reason (though i do think its def internal homophobia to some extent).
Will is canonically gay! WE ARE WINNING BYLERS! Also I feel like Mike doesn’t likes el tho. I feel like he just wants to seem… normal? The homophobia was also directed at Mike in season 1. Also I agree he seems to have a LOT of internalized homophobia! He is using el as a beard I think. A beard btw s a person to cover up your ✨Queerness ✨ he also immediately corrected how he treated Dustin after he mentioned it. I also agree with the Mike is projecting on Will. He is unintentionally hurting Will by projecting his problems onto Wills ✨Queerness ✨
I will add to this if you would like lol I have so many more cuz I am a bit…. Hiperfixated lol
Part 2 yes I'm adding on to it. Another thing is that at the start of season 4, there's a lot of bisexual imagery and queer coding, in the scene where Mike is recruiting people for dungeons and dragons, he goes to a wrestling area which is an interesting choice. This is purposeful. In a I believe '60s documentary about queer coding and queerbating in shows called the cellulite closet, they mention wrestling is commonly used as queer coding for obvious reasons. In the wrink o mania scene there is purple, blue and pink lighting. The bisexual colors and yellow and blue color lighting the byler colors. When they're skating someone skates by with a I love contact sport shirt. Something else is that if you know stuff about camera angles and camera lighting, you'll know about Halo lighting. It's where from the other person's point of view. AKA Mike, you can see the other person casting light AKA will. In the scene where they're talking on the couch which is upside down interesting stylization choice. Probably meaning they're going to kiss in the upside down AKA the we can be Heroes song thingy. The camera goes to Mike's eye level and about where he be looking at will. Will is cast in Halo lighting and you can hear birds singing in the background like a Disney princess movie where the prince is looking at the princess. Furthermore, if this were about a girl and a boy like will was a girl. Everyone would be shipping byler. This is about how the story would go
Mike 's. Childhood girl best friend goes missing and he is the only one in their group to seem incapable of thinking about anything else. He knows everything about her. We will get back to that later. He finds a boy in the woods and takes him home to get help for him. He says that the next morning they can send it back to the mental Asylum or wherever he came from. However, they decide to keep him because he has more information on the girl. I'm going to jump to the quarry by the way. He sees the her body being dragged out of water and starts screaming at the boy for lying to him and saying it's really messed up. He's unable to control his emotions and bikes home crying. His mom has to comfort him and then later he goes down to his basement looking at drawings that she made for him. He gets annoyed at the other boy because he keeps messing with the radio. But when he switches the channel, Mike immediately perks up because he hears the sound of the girl's breath. He recognizes her breathing immediately and is instantly convinced it is her.
That's not even the full story but you get the point. People just have a heteronormative expectation about everyone and so people usually don't look for gay characters in shows unless they have a reason to.
Part 3. You know how you mentioned the mention that Will was gay? At the table Ted says you see what happens Michael which he responds by saying what happens when what I'm the only one acting normal here. I'm the only one who cares about will. Ted, most likely meant that will got hate crimed. Mike, just didn't understand
I feel EXACTLY the same as you about season 2 god I love it 😭😭😭 I'm sick of people saying it doesn't matter and it's garbage I HATE THEM IT'S THE BEST SEASON
most underrated season fr
"when you think of stranger things season 3, what do you think of?"
"IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU DON'T LIKE GIRLS!"
9:50 Not only did Will open up, so did Mike, symbolizing open body language and connection
multi part byler analysis, im sat
me i'm excited to binge watch stranger things seasons 1 2 3 and 4 and then season 5 i like byler both of them are so good each other
#bylercannon
6:09 what’s that song it’s a banger😞😞
Whip it by Devoe
@@FungalFandoms THANKYOU TANK YOI
Why’d the captions disappear 😭
They didn't save 😭i'll fix it dw
@@FungalFandoms oh noooo 😭
Alg I just changed it to auto-generated and that worked haha
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
5:48 me losing my mind over ships and trying to explain it to normies
Me to my sister:
sigma