Is Will Byers gay? It's a qutn that's been raised sce Stranger Thgs season 2, and here's everythg season 4 teas about his sexual inty.
Contents:
- STRANGER THGS: WILL BYERS ACTOR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY
- IS WILL BYERS GAY "STRANGER THGS" SEASON 3?
- IS WILL BYERS GAY? STRANGER THGS CERTALY WANTS YOU TO THK SO
- AFTER YEARS OF FANS SPECULATG THAT WILL BYERS IS GAY, HERE'S WHAT THE "STRANGER THGS" CAST AND CREATORS HAVE SAID ABOUT HIS SEXUALY THIS SEASON
- THE "STRANGER THGS"'S CREATORS MAY HAVE JT REVEALED WHETHER WILL BYERS IS GAY
- IS ‘STRANGER THGS’ LEADG UP TO A BIG GAY SURPRISE WH WILL BYERS?PRIDEFANS HAVE BEEN SPECULATG THAT NOAH SCHNAPP’S WILL BYERS IS GOG TO E OUT OF THE CLOSET THE SEND HALF OF SEASON 4. WE GATHERED ALL THE CLU—AND HAVE SOME THOUGHTS. TARIQ RAOUFPUBLISHED JUN. 21, 2022 3:27AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST/NETFLIXIT’S BEEN A FEW WEEKS SCE STRANGER THGS 4: PART ONE WAS RELEASED AND ’S NOT LONG UNTIL THE FAL MD FLAYER-SIZED EPISOS OF PART TWO E OUT ON JULY 1. IN THE TIME SCE THE SEASON WAS RELEASED AND AFTER UNTLS ARTICL, TWEETS, FAN-FOM POSTS, AND ST TERVIEWS PARSG JT ABOUT EVERY SGLE TAIL OF THE EPISOS, THERE’S STILL ONE QUTN LGERG ON OUR MDS: IS WILL BYERS (NOAH SCHNAPP) GOG TO E OUT THIS YEAR?AFTER GOG DOWN A RABB HOLE OF THOSE AFOREMENTNED FAN THEORI AND TERVIEWS, WE’VE GATHERED THE FACTS AND PUT THE WHOLE THG TOGETHER SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO.IF YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWG THE MOR L, YOU’LL KNOW THERE’S A CERTA PLOT THAT HAS BEEN ON THE SHOW’S BACK BURNER FOR AT LEAST A SEASON: WILL BEYER’S SEXUALY. IT ALL STARTED SEASON 3, EPISO 3, WHEN WILL AND MIKE (FN WOLFHARD) GOT TO AN ARGUMENT AFTER MIKE STOPPED FOCG ON DUNGEONS & DRAGONS BEE HE STARTED DATG ELLE (MILLIE BOBBY BROWN). WILL IS SUPER UPSET THAT THEIR DYNAMIC HAS BEEN CHANGED AND MIKE SHOUTS, “IT’S NOT MY FLT YOU DON’T LIKE GIRLS!” IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE THE MASSIVE FANBASE BEGAN SPECULATG WHAT THIS SMALL MOMENT ULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE, BUT THE SHOW HAS BEEN SLOW TO GIVE ANY OTHER VELOPMENT ON THIS STORY.THROUGH THIS YEAR’S ROUND OF PRS, HOWEVER, ’S BEE CLEAR—AS CLEAR AS ANYTHG N BE THE LI-AND-CE GAME OF CELEBRY PRS TOURS—THAT THERE’S FELY SOMETHG LED UP FOR WILL’S RELATNSHIP WH MIKE, AND ’S LOOKG PRETTY QUEER. IN AN TERVIEW WH TVLE, SHOW CREATORS MATT AND ROSS DUFFER EXPLA THAT WE’RE “SUPPOSED TO BE ASKG THOSE QUTNS.” MATT CLAIMS THAT “THIS IS WHERE GETS TRICKY SCE WE HAVEN’T RELEASED THE WHOLE SEASON YET,” AND NTU TO EXPRS NCERN FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE JUMPG THE GUN ON JUDGG EHER WAY. “I JT WANT PEOPLE TO WATCH THE FAL TWO EPISOS.” THE VAGUE RPONS E OM EVERYONE THE ST, ON MULTIPLE TERVIEWS THROUGH DIFFERENT OUTLETS. SHNAPP HIMSELF EXPLAED TO VARIETY, “I THK THAT’S THE BETY OF , THAT ’S JT UP TO THE DIENCE’S TERPRETATN, IF ’S WILL KD OF JT REFG TO GROW UP AND GROWG UP SLOWER THAN HIS IENDS, OR IF HE IS REALLY GAY.” IN THE SAME TERVIEW, BROWN CHIM TO SAY, “I THK WHAT’S REALLY NICE ABOUT WILL’S CHARACTER IS THAT HE’S JT A HUMAN BEG GOG THROUGH HIS OWN PERSONAL MONS AND ISSU. SO MANY KIDS OUT THERE DON’T KNOW, AND THAT’S OK. THAT’S OK TO NOT KNOW. AND THAT’S OK NOT TO LABEL THGS.”AND MOST OBV OF ALL, THERE’S A PROMOTNAL VIO OM NETFLIX MEXI WHERE WOLFHARD JOS ST MEMBERS WONA RYR, DAVID HARBOUR AND CALEB MCLGHL TO DISCS FAN THEORI FOR THE SEASON. WHEN THERE’S A THEORY MENTNED THAT WILL AND ELLE ARE A RELATNSHIP, HARBOUR IS QUICK TO SHOOT DOWN, SAYG, “IF YOU’VE BEEN WATCHG THE SHOW, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WILL IS NOT TERTED ELLE. HE’S TERTED SOMEONE ELSE THE GROUP.” I MEAN, N THEY MAKE ANY MORE OBV?IF HE IS GAY, AND HE’S JT HAVG A HARD TIME G TO TERMS WH TERNALLY, THEN THAT’S A NECSARY STORY TO SHARE A MEDIA LANDSPE THAT OFTEN NEGAT THE QUEER YOUTH EXPERIENCE. FOR VIEWERS WHO MAY BE GOG THROUGH THE SAME THGS AS WILL—NOT READY TO SHARE WHAT’S GOG ON TERNALLY BEE THERE’S A LOT OF NFN AND FEAR—’S IMPORTANT THEY KNOW IS OKAY TO NOT REALLY UNRSTAND WHAT’S GOG ON, AS BROWN POTED OUT. AND SOME SENSE THERE’S NOTHG PARTICULARLY WRONG WH ST MEMBERS NOT ANSWERG THE QUTN AND WANTG TO LEAVE FOR VIEWERS TO SEE FOR THEMSELV, IF WHAT THEY’RE PLANNG IS TLY WORTH .WHAT’S NCERNG IS THAT WILL’S CHARACTER VELOPMENT HAS BEEN GOG AT A SNAIL’S PACE OVER THE LAST TWO SEASONS. IT’S ALMOST AS IF THE BIGGT PART OF HIS PERSONALY RIGHT NOW IS JT HIS CSH ON MIKE, OR HIS BEG THE CLOSET. HE WAS TEGRAL TO BOTH SEASON 1 AND SEASON 2 OF STRANGER THGS AS THE BOY WHO WENT MISSG, AND THEN BEME THE NNECTN TO THE UPSI DOWN. BUT SCE SEASON 3, HIS ROLE HAS BEEN MIMAL PARED TO HIS -STARS. GRANTED, THERE ARE OVER 16 CHARACTERS THE SERI TO FOC ON AND ’S HONTLY IMPRSIVE TO PULL OFF ANY CHARACTER GROWTH WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY. BUT WHY SHOULD WILL’S ONLY FOC BE HIS SEXUALY, OR THE QUTNG OF ? AND EVEN IF THE CREATORS WANT TO EXPLORE THAT BETIFUL SPACE OF FIGURG OUT YOUR INTY AND STGGLG TO TELL YOUR IEND YOU’RE GAY AND YOU HAVE A CSH ON THEM, WHY KEEP THE DIENCE OUT OF THAT JOURNEY?SURE, WILL MAY NOT BE READY TO SHARE THAT WH HIS IENDS, AND THAT’S PERFECTLY UNRSTANDABLE. BUT THE CURRENT AMG OF WILL’S CHARACTER IMPLI THAT THERE’S A EP SHAME NEEDG TIME OR SPACE TO FIGURE OUT YOUR STUFF. IT WOULD’VE BEEN AWOME TO SEE THE PATGS THAT WILL HAS (PROBABLY DITED TO MIKE) SOONER, OR HAVE GOTTEN MORE SHOTS OF HIM GLANCG AT MIKE LOVGLY WHILE NO ONE ELSE NOTIC. ANYTHG TO GET THE DIENCE ON THE SECRET, SO THAT DON’T FEEL LIKE SOME BIG TO-DO.WHEN ROB (MAYA HAWKE) WAS TRODUCED TO THE ST LAST SEASON, OUR QUEER LTLE HEARTS EXPLOD. THE DUFFER BROTHERS PROVED THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO BRG A LBIAN CHARACTER WH GRACE, AND SHE QUICKLY BEME A FAN FAVORE.HER RELATNSHIP GROWTH WH NANCY (NATALIA DYER) THIS SEASON? HANDS DOWN, ONE OF THE BT OF THE SERI. BUT WHY DO ROB GET SUCH BALANCED, BETIFUL CHARACTER WORK WHILE WILL GETS THE SHORT END OF THE STICK? SURE, SHE’S OLR THAN WILL AND IS PROBABLY A DIFFERENT MENTAL SPACE REGARDG HER SEXUALY. BUT WILL HAS BEEN THE SERI SCE THE BEGNG, AND HIS QUEERNS DIDN’T REALLY START TO E OUT UNTIL RECENTLY, AND NOW THERE’S A MASSIVE EXPECTATN SET FOR HOW THEY’RE GOG TO HANDLE NEXT. THE BETY OF ROB’S CHARACTER WAS HOW LTLE OF A AL TURNED OUT TO BE THAT SHE WAS A LBIAN, THAT HER AND STEVE (JOE KEERY) IMMEDIATELY WENT OM MAYBE CSH TO PLATONIC BTI. THERE’S A UNIVERSAL TTH THAT NO TWO QUEER EXPERIENC ARE EVER THE SAME, AND ’S OBV THAT WILL AND ROB’S JOURNEYS TO DISVERG THEMSELV ARE PLETELY DIFFERENT, BUT WE GOT TO SEE ROB’S A WAY THAT FEELS LIKE IS BEG ROBBED OM WILL.THE SEASONS HE WAS BARELY VOLVED THE UPSI DOWN ULD HAVE GIVEN WILL MORE TROSPECTIVE, MORE WAYS TO LET THE DIENCE KNOW HIS SECRET SO THAT WE ULD BE ROOTG FOR HIM AS HE FALLY GATHERS THE STRENGTH TO TELL MIKE ABOUT HIS FEELGS.OBVLY, WE’LL HOLD OUR BREATH AND WA TO ST FULL JUDGMENT ON THIS PLOT UNTIL WE SEE THOSE LAST TWO EPISOS THIS SUMMER. BUT EVEN IF ’S AS BETIFUL AS THE DUFFER BROTHERS ARE IMPLYG IS, THERE’S SOMETHG UNSAVORY WE N’T SHAKE ABOUT THE APPROACH TO THIS PLOT. HERE’S HOPG WILL FDS SOME HAPPS, BEE THE KID SERV AFTER ALL THE STUFF HE AND HIS IENDS HAVE BEEN GOG THROUGH ALL THE YEARS. TARIQ RAOUF
- IS WILL OM ‘STRANGER THGS’ GAY?
STRANGER THGS: WILL BYERS ACTOR NOAH SCHNAPP COM OUT AS GAY
The official Stranger Thgs show bible nfirms that Will Byers is actually gay the Netflix seri, which was first teased season 3. * will byers gay season 3 *
The official Stranger Thgs show bible nfirms that Will Byers is actually gay the Netflix seri, which was first teased season 3. The Duffer brothers' origal not for Stranger Thgs nfirm season 3's subtle ht that Will uld be gay.
But viewers also noticed another le of dialogue Stranger Thgs season 3, episo 3, that seemed to imply one of the show's actual stars may secretly be gay. And the Stranger Thgs bible certaly supports the ia that Will is gay. '" This is a nfg time for any teenager, but the 1980s homosexualy was the subject of a moral panic, a rult of the AIDS epimic.
IS WILL BYERS GAY "STRANGER THGS" SEASON 3?
Noah Schnapp, the actor who plays Will Byers Stranger Thgs, has officially e out as gay. * will byers gay season 3 *
"Noah Schnapp, the actor who plays Will Byers Stranger Thgs, has officially e out as gay.
""When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know, '" the ptn acpanyg the TikTok for the vio self, which you n view here, Schnapp is lip-syncg to an d clip of someone else sayg, "you know what never was?
IS WILL BYERS GAY? STRANGER THGS CERTALY WANTS YOU TO THK SO
The new season of Stranger Thgs has left fans wonrg if Will is gay or not. Here's what Noah Schnapp had to say about . * will byers gay season 3 *
"Around the release of Stranger Thgs Season 4 2022, Schnapp nfirmed that Will was gay and that the hts were there even the first season.
Now ’s 100% clear he is gay and do love Mike, ” Schnapp said. "Even wh his rponse, a lot of fans still believe that meant that Will is gay. NetflixSo while fans might still be wonrg if Will is gay or not, at least the show fally got some open LGBTQ+ reprentatn this season that they will fely see more of the next season, if back.
Sce the first season of the Netflix seri, fans have speculated and theorized the possibily of Will beg gay.
AFTER YEARS OF FANS SPECULATG THAT WILL BYERS IS GAY, HERE'S WHAT THE "STRANGER THGS" CAST AND CREATORS HAVE SAID ABOUT HIS SEXUALY THIS SEASON
* will byers gay season 3 *
Stranger Thgs Season 4 further fuels the nversatn that Will might be gay. A Stranger Thgs Twter acunt poted out, “Will’s school project is about Alan Turg, a Brish WWII hero and a Gay Man…”.
But 1952, Turg was prosecuted for homosexual acts. I’m posive that he’s meant to be terpreted as gay, whether they make obv wh the show or not, ” said a fan on Redd.
THE "STRANGER THGS"'S CREATORS MAY HAVE JT REVEALED WHETHER WILL BYERS IS GAY
This go tune wh Noah Schnapp’s ment to Variety, statg, “I thk that’s the bety of , that ’s jt up to the dience’s terpretatn, if ’s Will kd of jt refg to grow up and growg up slower than his iends, or if he is really gay. (Mike even tells Will, “It’s not my flt you don’t like girls, ” providg another ht that Will uld be gay. Openly gay football player Josh Cavallo will also share his thoughts, and that brilliant se.
READ NEXTAttempt to Remove San Diego Library’s LGBTQ Books BackfirActor Tom Holland’s Gay Sex Scene Sparks Controversy12 Vtage Gay Adult Films Everyone Should SeeWorld Chs Bans Trans Competors om Women’s Events. I thk that’s the bety of , that ’s jt up to the dience’s terpretatn — if ’s Will kd of jt refg to grow up and growg up slower than his iends, or if he is really gay. " That ment n be terpreted several ways, but lots of fans theorized that was htg that Will is actually gay and the theory may not have been too far om the tth.
IS ‘STRANGER THGS’ LEADG UP TO A BIG GAY SURPRISE WH WILL BYERS?PRIDEFANS HAVE BEEN SPECULATG THAT NOAH SCHNAPP’S WILL BYERS IS GOG TO E OUT OF THE CLOSET THE SEND HALF OF SEASON 4. WE GATHERED ALL THE CLU—AND HAVE SOME THOUGHTS. TARIQ RAOUFPUBLISHED JUN. 21, 2022 3:27AM EDT PHOTO ILLTRATN BY THE DAILY BEAST/NETFLIXIT’S BEEN A FEW WEEKS SCE STRANGER THGS 4: PART ONE WAS RELEASED AND ’S NOT LONG UNTIL THE FAL MD FLAYER-SIZED EPISOS OF PART TWO E OUT ON JULY 1. IN THE TIME SCE THE SEASON WAS RELEASED AND AFTER UNTLS ARTICL, TWEETS, FAN-FOM POSTS, AND ST TERVIEWS PARSG JT ABOUT EVERY SGLE TAIL OF THE EPISOS, THERE’S STILL ONE QUTN LGERG ON OUR MDS: IS WILL BYERS (NOAH SCHNAPP) GOG TO E OUT THIS YEAR?AFTER GOG DOWN A RABB HOLE OF THOSE AFOREMENTNED FAN THEORI AND TERVIEWS, WE’VE GATHERED THE FACTS AND PUT THE WHOLE THG TOGETHER SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO.IF YOU’VE BEEN FOLLOWG THE MOR L, YOU’LL KNOW THERE’S A CERTA PLOT THAT HAS BEEN ON THE SHOW’S BACK BURNER FOR AT LEAST A SEASON: WILL BEYER’S SEXUALY. IT ALL STARTED SEASON 3, EPISO 3, WHEN WILL AND MIKE (FN WOLFHARD) GOT TO AN ARGUMENT AFTER MIKE STOPPED FOCG ON DUNGEONS & DRAGONS BEE HE STARTED DATG ELLE (MILLIE BOBBY BROWN). WILL IS SUPER UPSET THAT THEIR DYNAMIC HAS BEEN CHANGED AND MIKE SHOUTS, “IT’S NOT MY FLT YOU DON’T LIKE GIRLS!” IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE THE MASSIVE FANBASE BEGAN SPECULATG WHAT THIS SMALL MOMENT ULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE, BUT THE SHOW HAS BEEN SLOW TO GIVE ANY OTHER VELOPMENT ON THIS STORY.THROUGH THIS YEAR’S ROUND OF PRS, HOWEVER, ’S BEE CLEAR—AS CLEAR AS ANYTHG N BE THE LI-AND-CE GAME OF CELEBRY PRS TOURS—THAT THERE’S FELY SOMETHG LED UP FOR WILL’S RELATNSHIP WH MIKE, AND ’S LOOKG PRETTY QUEER. IN AN TERVIEW WH TVLE, SHOW CREATORS MATT AND ROSS DUFFER EXPLA THAT WE’RE “SUPPOSED TO BE ASKG THOSE QUTNS.” MATT CLAIMS THAT “THIS IS WHERE GETS TRICKY SCE WE HAVEN’T RELEASED THE WHOLE SEASON YET,” AND NTU TO EXPRS NCERN FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE JUMPG THE GUN ON JUDGG EHER WAY. “I JT WANT PEOPLE TO WATCH THE FAL TWO EPISOS.” THE VAGUE RPONS E OM EVERYONE THE ST, ON MULTIPLE TERVIEWS THROUGH DIFFERENT OUTLETS. SHNAPP HIMSELF EXPLAED TO VARIETY, “I THK THAT’S THE BETY OF , THAT ’S JT UP TO THE DIENCE’S TERPRETATN, IF ’S WILL KD OF JT REFG TO GROW UP AND GROWG UP SLOWER THAN HIS IENDS, OR IF HE IS REALLY GAY.” IN THE SAME TERVIEW, BROWN CHIM TO SAY, “I THK WHAT’S REALLY NICE ABOUT WILL’S CHARACTER IS THAT HE’S JT A HUMAN BEG GOG THROUGH HIS OWN PERSONAL MONS AND ISSU. SO MANY KIDS OUT THERE DON’T KNOW, AND THAT’S OK. THAT’S OK TO NOT KNOW. AND THAT’S OK NOT TO LABEL THGS.”AND MOST OBV OF ALL, THERE’S A PROMOTNAL VIO OM NETFLIX MEXI WHERE WOLFHARD JOS ST MEMBERS WONA RYR, DAVID HARBOUR AND CALEB MCLGHL TO DISCS FAN THEORI FOR THE SEASON. WHEN THERE’S A THEORY MENTNED THAT WILL AND ELLE ARE A RELATNSHIP, HARBOUR IS QUICK TO SHOOT DOWN, SAYG, “IF YOU’VE BEEN WATCHG THE SHOW, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT WILL IS NOT TERTED ELLE. HE’S TERTED SOMEONE ELSE THE GROUP.” I MEAN, N THEY MAKE ANY MORE OBV?IF HE IS GAY, AND HE’S JT HAVG A HARD TIME G TO TERMS WH TERNALLY, THEN THAT’S A NECSARY STORY TO SHARE A MEDIA LANDSPE THAT OFTEN NEGAT THE QUEER YOUTH EXPERIENCE. FOR VIEWERS WHO MAY BE GOG THROUGH THE SAME THGS AS WILL—NOT READY TO SHARE WHAT’S GOG ON TERNALLY BEE THERE’S A LOT OF NFN AND FEAR—’S IMPORTANT THEY KNOW IS OKAY TO NOT REALLY UNRSTAND WHAT’S GOG ON, AS BROWN POTED OUT. AND SOME SENSE THERE’S NOTHG PARTICULARLY WRONG WH ST MEMBERS NOT ANSWERG THE QUTN AND WANTG TO LEAVE FOR VIEWERS TO SEE FOR THEMSELV, IF WHAT THEY’RE PLANNG IS TLY WORTH .WHAT’S NCERNG IS THAT WILL’S CHARACTER VELOPMENT HAS BEEN GOG AT A SNAIL’S PACE OVER THE LAST TWO SEASONS. IT’S ALMOST AS IF THE BIGGT PART OF HIS PERSONALY RIGHT NOW IS JT HIS CSH ON MIKE, OR HIS BEG THE CLOSET. HE WAS TEGRAL TO BOTH SEASON 1 AND SEASON 2 OF STRANGER THGS AS THE BOY WHO WENT MISSG, AND THEN BEME THE NNECTN TO THE UPSI DOWN. BUT SCE SEASON 3, HIS ROLE HAS BEEN MIMAL PARED TO HIS -STARS. GRANTED, THERE ARE OVER 16 CHARACTERS THE SERI TO FOC ON AND ’S HONTLY IMPRSIVE TO PULL OFF ANY CHARACTER GROWTH WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY. BUT WHY SHOULD WILL’S ONLY FOC BE HIS SEXUALY, OR THE QUTNG OF ? AND EVEN IF THE CREATORS WANT TO EXPLORE THAT BETIFUL SPACE OF FIGURG OUT YOUR INTY AND STGGLG TO TELL YOUR IEND YOU’RE GAY AND YOU HAVE A CSH ON THEM, WHY KEEP THE DIENCE OUT OF THAT JOURNEY?SURE, WILL MAY NOT BE READY TO SHARE THAT WH HIS IENDS, AND THAT’S PERFECTLY UNRSTANDABLE. BUT THE CURRENT AMG OF WILL’S CHARACTER IMPLI THAT THERE’S A EP SHAME NEEDG TIME OR SPACE TO FIGURE OUT YOUR STUFF. IT WOULD’VE BEEN AWOME TO SEE THE PATGS THAT WILL HAS (PROBABLY DITED TO MIKE) SOONER, OR HAVE GOTTEN MORE SHOTS OF HIM GLANCG AT MIKE LOVGLY WHILE NO ONE ELSE NOTIC. ANYTHG TO GET THE DIENCE ON THE SECRET, SO THAT DON’T FEEL LIKE SOME BIG TO-DO.WHEN ROB (MAYA HAWKE) WAS TRODUCED TO THE ST LAST SEASON, OUR QUEER LTLE HEARTS EXPLOD. THE DUFFER BROTHERS PROVED THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO BRG A LBIAN CHARACTER WH GRACE, AND SHE QUICKLY BEME A FAN FAVORE.HER RELATNSHIP GROWTH WH NANCY (NATALIA DYER) THIS SEASON? HANDS DOWN, ONE OF THE BT OF THE SERI. BUT WHY DO ROB GET SUCH BALANCED, BETIFUL CHARACTER WORK WHILE WILL GETS THE SHORT END OF THE STICK? SURE, SHE’S OLR THAN WILL AND IS PROBABLY A DIFFERENT MENTAL SPACE REGARDG HER SEXUALY. BUT WILL HAS BEEN THE SERI SCE THE BEGNG, AND HIS QUEERNS DIDN’T REALLY START TO E OUT UNTIL RECENTLY, AND NOW THERE’S A MASSIVE EXPECTATN SET FOR HOW THEY’RE GOG TO HANDLE NEXT. THE BETY OF ROB’S CHARACTER WAS HOW LTLE OF A AL TURNED OUT TO BE THAT SHE WAS A LBIAN, THAT HER AND STEVE (JOE KEERY) IMMEDIATELY WENT OM MAYBE CSH TO PLATONIC BTI. THERE’S A UNIVERSAL TTH THAT NO TWO QUEER EXPERIENC ARE EVER THE SAME, AND ’S OBV THAT WILL AND ROB’S JOURNEYS TO DISVERG THEMSELV ARE PLETELY DIFFERENT, BUT WE GOT TO SEE ROB’S A WAY THAT FEELS LIKE IS BEG ROBBED OM WILL.THE SEASONS HE WAS BARELY VOLVED THE UPSI DOWN ULD HAVE GIVEN WILL MORE TROSPECTIVE, MORE WAYS TO LET THE DIENCE KNOW HIS SECRET SO THAT WE ULD BE ROOTG FOR HIM AS HE FALLY GATHERS THE STRENGTH TO TELL MIKE ABOUT HIS FEELGS.OBVLY, WE’LL HOLD OUR BREATH AND WA TO ST FULL JUDGMENT ON THIS PLOT UNTIL WE SEE THOSE LAST TWO EPISOS THIS SUMMER. BUT EVEN IF ’S AS BETIFUL AS THE DUFFER BROTHERS ARE IMPLYG IS, THERE’S SOMETHG UNSAVORY WE N’T SHAKE ABOUT THE APPROACH TO THIS PLOT. HERE’S HOPG WILL FDS SOME HAPPS, BEE THE KID SERV AFTER ALL THE STUFF HE AND HIS IENDS HAVE BEEN GOG THROUGH ALL THE YEARS. TARIQ RAOUF
It seems like the Duffer Brothers' origal not on the show's characters provid a ht that Will uld be gay, acrdg to ScreenRant. Shnapp himself explaed to Variety, “I thk that’s the bety of , that ’s jt up to the dience’s terpretatn, if ’s Will kd of jt refg to grow up and growg up slower than his iends, or if he is really gay. If he is gay, and he’s jt havg a hard time g to terms wh ternally, then that’s a necsary story to share a media landspe that often negat the queer youth experience.
And even if the creators want to explore that betiful space of figurg out your inty and stgglg to tell your iend you’re gay and you have a csh on them, why keep the dience out of that journey? So is Will gay? Image via Netflix While has not yet been officially nfirmed Will is ed gay, there’s been a lot of subtle nos the first seven episos of season four that suggt he might be and has a csh on his straight btie Mike.
Is will’s only storyle this season lerally jt beg gay?
IS WILL OM ‘STRANGER THGS’ GAY?
If Will do end up beg gay season four, Schnapp’s character won’t be the first queer reprentatn we’ve had on the h Netflix show. Sops Ahoy server Rob (Maya Hawke) me out to Steve (Joe Keery) as gay at the end of season three.
“Throughout filmg, we started to feel like she and (Steve) shouldn’t get together, and that’s she’s gay.