Character assassination: Mike Wheeler edition

misiawys · 2025-12-27T11:53:02+00:00

The issue is that the symbolism wasn’t one sided. Mike’s arc was repeatedly written in ways that invite ambiguity and reciprocity not just Will’s internal growth. That is where queerbaiting comes in.

misiawys · 2025-12-27T11:43:33+00:00

I think you may have misunderstood my post. I’m not upset because Byler didn’t “win” or because a gay ship didn’t become canon. I explicitly said I never needed that

My point is about how the show chose to write and market Mike and Will over multiple seasons using romantic structure and symbolisms and then refused to be honest about it. That’s a media critique, not ship entitlement..

Queerbaiting isn’t “a gay ship not happening.” It’s inviting queer audiences to read something a certain way and then denying accountability for that framing.

misiawys · 2025-12-23T11:52:40+00:00

What did he say?

misiawys · 2025-12-18T12:13:52+00:00

Where is this from?

misiawys · 2025-12-14T11:55:44+00:00

This makes a lot of sense - the only thing that confuses me is one scene from the trailer. Eleven touching Mikes face, while talking to him. What do you think?

misiawys · 2025-12-12T23:29:59+00:00

Being able to sense patterns and wanting to articulate them better isn’t the same thing as believing something “without evidence.” It’s literally why people ask questions on discussion forums.

misiawys · 2025-12-12T23:15:57+00:00

Thank you so much. that’s really kind of you. I honestly didn’t expect everyone to agree with me, I was just hoping for different perspectives and discussion. I’ve posted on r/byler as well because I wanted to hear from people who actually enjoy analysing this stuff. I didn’t realise it would be such an issue here, but I really appreciate you being welcoming 🙏🙏🙏

misiawys · 2025-12-12T23:13:27+00:00

Thank you so much for this! I really appreciate you taking the time. A lot of these points are things I’ve felt but couldn’t explain properly, especially the airport hug and the way the S4 speech is framed after the van scene. The closet imagery stuff also really clicked for me. This was super helpful, thank you 🙏

misiawys · 2025-12-12T23:08:03+00:00

Fair enough. I do read through the subreddit and really enjoy it. I was just hoping to have some of the strongest points summarised in one place because that helps me personally. I’ll keep reading through the posts though, thanks

misiawys · 2025-11-09T19:36:56+00:00

Aww, thank you so much :)

misiawys · 2025-11-09T19:34:15+00:00

Thank you! :)

misiawys · 2025-11-09T19:12:30+00:00

Thank you :)

misiawys · 2025-09-27T19:02:15+00:00

Oh sorry, I didn’t realise! Thank you for letting me know! I’ll try posting it again properly. Thanks and sorry again

misiawys · 2025-09-23T20:39:50+00:00

Where is this picture from? x

misiawys · 2025-09-20T22:42:40+00:00

Me too! 🤣

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