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People screaming about 'Byler' are watching a different show. Stranger Things is an 80s homage; the jock/nerd gets the girl. That is the trope. Will's coming out scene to Jonathan was beautiful and realistic for 1987. It wasn't about a romance; it was about self-acceptance in a time when being gay was dangerous. Expecting a full-blown gay romance in small-town Indiana in the 80s was always a fantasy. The writers gave him peace and a future in New York, which is the best ending he could get.

Will Byers was supposed to be the central character. The show started with him, it should have ended with him. Instead, he spent the entire final season being a background extra for Eleven's messianic complex. His connection to Vecna was barely utilized until the final battle, and even then, it felt like a plot device rather than character growth. He didn't get a hero moment; he just got trauma. After ten years of waiting, Will deserved to be the saviour of Hawkins, not just the victim.

I am actually cancelling my Netflix subscription over this. You cannot spend four seasons coding Will and Mike as soulmates, having Will paint that painting, and giving us all those longing looks just to have Mike end up with Eleven in a suburban nightmare. It is textbook queerbaiting. They used the gay audience for engagement and then chickened out at the last second to give the locals a 'safe' ending. Will crying in the van in Season 4 meant nothing. The Duffer Brothers are cowards