Noah Schnapp Confirms His 'Stranger Thgs' Character Will Byers Is Gay | GQ

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• 'STRANGER THGS' SEASON 4 MAK A BIG MISTAKE WH WILL'S GAY STORYLE
• HOW STRANGER THGS MISHANDL WILL'S GAY STORYLE SEASON 4
• IS WILL BYERS GAY? STRANGER THGS CERTALY WANTS YOU TO THK SO
• 'STRANGER THGS' SEASON 4 EPISO 8: DID WILL ADM HE'S GAY?
• NOAH SCHNAPP CONFIRMS HIS STRANGER THGS CHARACTER WILL BYERS IS GAY
• IS WILL BYERS GAY, BI, OR STRAIGHT? HIS SEXUALY EXPLAED

'STRANGER THGS' SEASON 4 MAK A BIG MISTAKE WH WILL'S GAY STORYLE

While we don't have fe answers for any of the qutns jt yet—We're thkg Steve, Fenty, and narcissism, that precise orr—the Duffer brothers did promise that the biggt qutn of all would fally be addrsed properly volume two (via Variety), is Will Byers a fledglg gay the makg? After many, many hours and many more endgs, we fally have an answer: Will is kd of fely gay, kd cred: NetflixSo there you have . But 's the bt we've got right first "Will is kd of fely gay, kd of" moment arriv episo eight when Will fally reveals what's his secret patg.

Defely not, fe, 's very obv to everyone watchg, cludg Will's own brother, Jonathan, that Will probably fely maybe thks all the thgs as well and that he too is love wh 's a tale as old as time: gay boy falls love wh straight bt iend, straight bt iend falls love wh Eggo-lovg psychic, so gay boy pats a dragon picture to exprs his feelgs for straight bt iend, but that giv straight bt iend the urage to tell Eggo-lovg psychic that he lov her, leavg gay boy behd to look out the r wdow and cry while pretendg he's an MTV mic 've all been that's why the le, "When you're different sometim, you feel like a mistake, " probably h home for a lot of queer people watchg particular.

It certaly stuck wh Jonathan, who later took Will asi volume two's send "Will is kd of fely gay, kd of" moment. Will's moment wh Jonathan only mak sense if Will is gay, so there's more gog on than jt mere implitn. Yet Will's nermost secrets are only acknowledged briefly a very roundabout what's worse is that the "kd of fely gay, kd of" moments aren't really service of Will's story at that emotnal nversatn wh Mike, Will is clearly g out if you read between the l.

HOW STRANGER THGS MISHANDL WILL'S GAY STORYLE SEASON 4

While we don't have fe answers for any of the qutns jt yet — We're thkg Steve, Fenty, and narcissism, that precise orr — the Duffer brothers did promise that the biggt qutn of all would fally be addrsed properly volume two (via Variety), is Will Byers a fledglg gay the makg?

IS WILL BYERS GAY? STRANGER THGS CERTALY WANTS YOU TO THK SO

After many, many hours and many more endgs, we fally have an answer: Will is kd of fely gay, kd of.

It's a tale as old as time: gay boy falls love wh straight bt iend, straight bt iend falls love wh Eggo-lovg psychic, so gay boy pats a dragon picture to exprs his feelgs for straight bt iend, but that giv straight bt iend the urage to tell Eggo-lovg psychic that he lov her, leavg gay boy behd to look out the r wdow and cry while pretendg he's an MTV mic 've all been there. Yet Will's nermost secrets are only acknowledged briefly a very roundabout what's worse is that the "kd of fely gay, kd of" moments aren't really service of Will's story at all.

It did seem like Rob would chat her up, pecially after Steve and Rob harped on Vickie possibly beg gay.

'STRANGER THGS' SEASON 4 EPISO 8: DID WILL ADM HE'S GAY?

Ultimately, beg shy wh Rob and secretive wh Will don't give the imprsn a gay arc will be treated wh promence, spe all the groundwork already set up. He saw himself Will as a (then closeted) gay geek.

NOAH SCHNAPP CONFIRMS HIS STRANGER THGS CHARACTER WILL BYERS IS GAY

“Okay okay okay–the show don’t e out and explicly addrs , and the scene I’m talkg about may have left some viewers scratchg their heads, but to a gay like me, a gay who was 100% Will Byers when he was 14, I’ve picked up on all of the signs. They’re billboards, ” Brett wrote before expertly pickg apart each and every thread that Stranger Thgs had woven to the taptry of Will’s potentially gay inty.

As happens, Stranger Thgs Season 4 seems to not only nfirm that Will is gay, but that he also has a very real csh on his long-time bt iend Mike Wheeler (Fn Wolfhard). The msagg is so loud even I, a straight woman, n now pick up on them, sayg to myself, “Oh, that poor ltle gay boy has a csh on his very straight bt iend! Will is gay and love wh Mike, who is straight and love wh El.

IS WILL BYERS GAY, BI, OR STRAIGHT? HIS SEXUALY EXPLAED

Season 4, however, is remdg that the ’80s were a homophobic time. That release never me, but there were a few more teas that strongly suggted he's gay.