thinking abt how byler being endgame was so woven into the supernatural plot that in order to shut it down they had to fuck over the rest of the storyline and ruined the show so basically we won either way
adding the miwi flashbacks in vol 1 honestly made byler not being canon so much more depressing. bc they tried to rewrite in the finale that mikes biggest fear is losing his gf. but the north remembers becoming friends with Will is the best thing he’s ever done, the north remembers him only crying & hugging his mom when losing Will, the north remembers how he yelled at El when he saw Wills body but apparently they were already in love at first sight, the north remembers hawkins not being the same for Mike without WILL not El.
The concept of us being 100% correct about #conformitygate but the stranger things verse never reversing the damage vecna inflicted and so our true paladin never was brave enough to be with our sorcerer ...and he remains our story teller and capsulated in his head forever