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Breaking my silence on a difficult topic because I refuse to believe this is actually a difficult topic, so I’m just going to talk about it willy nilly

It’s a shame that we have to work to normalise things that are already normal, but hey, that’s the internet age for ya. So: there will be mention of sexual topics in this post; read on if you are emotionally mature (or if you’re not), if you’re curious, nervous, interested, open-minded or feeling frustrated about the puritanical gatekeeping surrounding the portrayal of Byler’s sexuality in Stranger Things.  

Let’s begin…

…with heroesbyler’s Always Sunny reference, cos its hella hilarious. 

(THE FACT THAT DENNIS DREW OUT EACH LETTER AGAIN ON EVERY PAGE SO HIS ACROSTIC WOULD COME TOGETHER IN A VISUALLY PLEASING WAY. Dennis how long did you spend on this presentation?!)

So I got to thinking about the Sunny episode where the gang goes to therapy (‘The Gang Gets Analysed’). One character, Mac, sees a pen on the coffee table and immediately picks it up, making an abrupt and unprompted phallic association.

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watched the 101 dalmatians for the first time so i drew Them.

Son…

and there is nothing in this world, absolutely nothing, that will ever change that

They both had butterflies in their stomachs in these scenes and I'm sure their little hearts were beating so fast and 🥲

it's all over now, baby blue

I can't remember who made the post (whoever it was, let me know), but I'm thinking about how someone said El and Will both represent the different sides of fight or flight trauma responses. El is fight. Will is flight (or I guess freeze/flight).

El was taught to use violence growing up. Which is why her first instinct when looking danger in the eye or when she's upset about something is to typically get violent. I mean, we saw it when she threw Lucas off of Mike, when she melted those lab people's brains, when she threw those waffles and that book at Hopper and hit him with the couch, when she threw Max off her skateboard, and etc.

These are the two most recent examples.

El represents the "fight" aspect of fight of flight.

Will on the other hand has been shown time and time again to flee or freeze when faced with dangerous or upsetting situations. (And the two times he did stand his ground and "fight", he got kidnapped and possessed...so it makes sense for him to want to not fight anymore and to run). I mean we saw it when he ran away from the "Demogorgon" (before trying to fight and getting caught), he spent all of his time in the Upside Down running and hiding, he ran away from the Mind Flayer MANY times (obviously before following Bob's advice and getting possessed), and etc.

And two of his most recent examples is when El was getting bullied. He completely locked up.

Will represents the "flight/freeze" aspect of fight or flight.

I don't know...I just think it's interesting that Willel are on different sides of the spectrum when it comes to trauma responses and how they deal with dangerous or upsetting situations.

let the light in

actually still thinking of that joyce taught will how to dance for snowball as the following partner post + how nobody in the notes lost their shit yet. miraculous lol