hi how is everyone today!!!! I’ve come to absolutely wreck it and remind you that this scene exists!!

anyways I wanna revive my general st and byler fix so I’m doing some screencap redraws

☹️ will Byers my beloved I wanna hug you so bad

GOOBER!! ITS THE DUDE!!!

Gaylien Mike style attract me a lot 😋😋

Style By @meowza315

Bright colors…

hi I’m putting the text up here today because this post is bright as balls and I don’t want your eyes to get fried as soon as you enter tumblr or something

but anyways I finally got an idea that’s actually byler and not them as blue aliens from Avatar

it’s angsty though that’s another warning. by bad fellas

I bring some sketches and doodles that I haven’t shown yet cause I’ve done a lot recently if you can’t tell.

some are for practice because of difficulty (and how hard it is to portray) but some are just cause I was bored and wanted to doodle so

glass animals when!!????

here’s dave again hi

where are they going! nobody knows.

maybe Will is showing him somewhere…

posting two days in a row (technically within 24 hours of one another) that’s a first

anyways have some ACTUAL byler where they aren’t 9 foot blue aliens from Avatar

gaylien posting again hi

them. them. ok yeah. idk what to say but have the gayliens again.

closeups below yeahhh

I didn’t post this yesterday I kinda forgot but yk.. it’s ok things happen.

dave 🗣️🗣️ dave bayley um! yeah. glass animals. again. I’m still in the fix after 4 months 😨 usually my band fixes don’t last this long but I am NOT complaining because holy moly their music.

anyways creatures in heaven is such a good song go listen to it !!!

I encourage you to flip your screen to see the side profile :)

OH MY GOD OH!!! MY GOD!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ OH MY GOD SORRY

I’m normal I normal. I’m. LOOK AT THEMMMMM :(((( THEYRE SO SILLY ☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️☹️ also will as a Na’vi from the Metkayina clans that’s so real 🗣️🗣️

sorry I get very happy and excited when people make art of them I apologize ❤️ I love it of you can’t tell

I DREW SOME GAYLIENS

Credit to @meowza315

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I’m currently working on Will’s revamped ref sheet rn for the Avatar AU cause he needs one, especially after I redid Mike’s with so much detail.

His front view is finished being rendered… I went a little wild with details this time

I just know the quality is gonna shit itself so I’ll give some closeups :) you should see a lot of line detailing for texture and scars (as well as the occasional mole)

Still a pretty big wip since I have his back view to do and his stripes and bio spots, but I’m pretty proud of how it’s turning out, especially since you can see visible differences between Will’s physique/anatomy and Mike’s.

extra of his slicked hair and me being 100% normal about how beautiful this guy is

hey guys gaylien shitpost coming through

I wanted to draw silly things and these are what ended up getting created so. yeah. enjoy

I didn’t post this earlier cause I went on a walk but oh well I’m posing it now so

hi. more Will content.

enjoy it or not ummmm idk. yeah

for an insta ask about markings for Mike and Will in the AU!!!

It’s a basic mapping of the hearts I snuck into their designs, just very simplistic cause doing it in detail would kill me lets just say that (I tried it and gave up)

Mike’s called the heart for a reason idk about you guys but he has way too many hearts in his design (im lying there’s never enough)

also why do I always draw them so handsome bro oh my GOD.

hey guys it’s Will Byers look it’s him

it’s the guy

this bts photo is actually gorgeous I love it and LOOK AT WILL!! HES SO GOOD LOOKING BRO the hair…. It’s wavy..

hi I'm anon who loved your au mike! whoopsie my memory must be bad i thought they were like 21 (maybe I mixed it up as 19-21 not 16-19) and because in the movies they're adults going in so i assumed lol! and im 17 anyway so i forgot as anon that could seem weird. byler being attractive or in love physically isn't weird though i think it's healthy to just say it's not what you like, as a teen it's nice to figure out what i like and be comfortable navigating it not grossed out. but not to worry as the artist it's fair not to want that and not what I meant for this au with what I said anyway! he's just a good looking silly guy 😎 like that little doodle of will sizzling on the floor on my last ask shows his love for sure LOL so so cute. their love language being touch is also very sweet and comes across in your art and suits the au, it's a nice thought! thnks for this au!

hello again!!

no worries, things happen 😭 they are in fact 16 when the story starts and by the time it ends three years passed (it’s 2.5 I did the math wrong) due to Mike’s extensive training period and the time between their confession and Mike transferring his consciousness to his avatar permanently. Together it’s 3 years but broken down his training took 18 months, the time from the end of training to tsaheylu was a year, and another month or two between that and the end of the story with a few days or weeks sprinkled in between in certain areas I can’t remember but. yeah 3 years? 2.5? Something like that.

With how they’re aged, they’re both essentially 16 1/2 which is why they’re 19, cause after the year and a half of struggle before their confession they both had turned 18 at that point and then the year after that blah blah blah you get the point. anyways.

I myself am 16 (birthday was a little under a week ago writing this) !!! I don’t think it’s weird that they’re attractive or love each other physically (I’ve said on insta a few times how they’re pretty or handsome etc etc), however it’s still not in the sexual sense. I probably took something and interpreted it wrong or something idk, I’m a very anxious person especially when it comes to the gayliens cause of all the aspects mashed together with how they don’t wear a lot and are 18 by the time they confess to one another. theres a lot of people in the byler fandom that are a bit.. wacky.. I guess I could say. so. yeah ❤️

and yeah as the creator of the AU and more than 75% of the artwork from it (as well as still being a minor) I don’t want anything weird coming from it or any people that are gonna take stuff from it and run, if you get what I mean by that. like not trying to see basic information I’ve come up with because I’ve shoved so much lore and story and detail into it. For the love of god I give their accessories and songcord beads meaning. Literally nobody cares about that but I DO!! I CARE!! I care about the little details!

and back to love language !! them having that love language of touch is going to end up stemming from having at least some attraction to each other physically. its a small detail but anxiety still makes me worry about it sometimes, especially in some parts of the storyline like tsaheylu. But even before then, in their confession, after they tell each other, it’s an intimate moment between them. they kiss, they hold each other close. Mike literally ends up on the ground at one point from pulling Will so close (doodles below). They finally both got what they want, each other. it’s still evident then. but even as the story continues and gets to the point of tsaheylu it’s more noticeable? I guess?

There’s literally a reference to the original scene in Avatar (tree of voices scene w/ Jake and Neytiri) that of course, inspired me to make the AU in the first place. However, they’re only small aspects from the scene that I pulled from it instead of it being exactly the same. we all know what happens there. besides them bonding. cough. yeah no that’s not canon in this AU thank god. but anyways, they bond and sigh contentedly and have this moment together. it’s a new experience and probably weird for both of them because they aren’t bonding with an Ikran or direhorse this time, it’s each other now (also I know my avatar lore and how bonding is technically erotic and done during mating but no. not today). They bond, kiss a few times before Mike picks up Will like Jake does to Neytiri, and after a bit they go to bed. literally nothing else (another unfinished visual below).

they’re silly guys and I’m glad people enjoy the AU as much as I do!! instances like this allow me to infodump about stuff and honestly I’m here for it. I just hope no one comes into my asks and says something really weird. I don’t want those weird ass “spicy bylers” on my page. but other than that i love when people ask stuff about the au, it makes me happy!! :) im welcome to explain more stuff for fun or if you’re interested cause it gives me more opportunities to rant haha

I love your art. A lot. It’s amazing

Can you share some like, backstories for the Byler avatar AU?

bro I never saw this I feel terrible (it’s from January) 😭 and thank you!!

I don’t have much regarding backstories from BEFORE the timeline but I can share what I have!!

- Mike was born on Pandora, year 2138 (still April 7th).

He was around 12 when he originally asked for an Avatar cause he was interested in helping his parents work as well as get around outside instead of being tied to the lab and safely guarded areas around it. He could go into the forest as long as he had someone with him and it wasn’t too far into the forest cause it could be dangerous for him. After getting an Avatar at 16 1/2 though it allowed those rules to be lifted a bit so he could explore further.

Mike enjoyed writing and watching films, doodling every once in a while, and hanging outside when he had the chance.

- Will grew up as a typical Na’vi child in the Omatikaya clan with the exception of being the son of the Olo’eyktan and Tsahìk, essentially both clan leaders if you aren’t familiar with the terms. If he was ever made fun of by anyone he’d get backed by his parents (Joyce and his made up bio father Ewuä as a replacement for Lonnie ❤️)

Will completed his various rites of passage a bit younger than a typical warrior, maybe a year and a half younger max. He was taught by his father of course which led him to be a great hunter and everything woo!!!!

He was about mm 14? maybe? when he completed his dreamhunt so he was a warrior for around two years before he met Mike.

Will grew up with Feyä (arranged mate) and sees her as a sister more than a potential partner. He typically found other male Na’vi attractive but knew he wouldn’t get anywhere with any of them so ended up repressing his feelings to try and forget it. However Mike came along and that changed cause he felt a genuine connection to him in comparison to everyone else.

that’s basically everything I can remember, I may go back and add to this later if I remember any more :)