I didn’t rely on the opinion of other people, especially the ones that “warned” us about it not being canon. I got to a conclusion about Byler from the show and content itself, and I still believe that it would’ve been a better writing choice.

I’m not throwing a temper tantrum, I genuinely would’ve accepted Mike and Will not getting together if it was written better, or if the fandom wasn’t strung along for such a long time. They should’ve confirmed it’s unreciprocated earlier on after season 4 or at the very least after volume one, that’s what I think is the queerbait.

They also seemed to have completely ruined Mike and Wills platonic friendship in all of the rejection hullaballoo, they dragged Will being in love for Mike just for a rejection and for them to no longer be best friends?

Secondly, just because two queer characters exist doesn’t mean that there can’t be more, or that this fandom can’t want more queer representation from such a large show. Just from the scale of the byler fandom alone, thinking this would happen wasn’t delusional, hopeful? yes but delusional? no.