the amount of homophobia rn is exactly the reason why byler should’ve been endgame. either way there would be an onslaught of homophobia but them not being endgame has given homophobes more of a platform for their bigotry because they feel like they’ve won
I feel like so many people don’t understand why byler is queerbait. It’s not queerbait because we’re delusional or angry it didn’t happen. It’s queerbait because they never explicitly shut it down, allowed marketing to promote the pairing, and added legitimate queer subtext