In 1985, Murray still was on good terms with Jonathan as he gave him and Nancy the keys to his house so they and the kids can be safe from the Mind Flayer. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. he's generally pretty quiet but can and will talk for england once he's comfortable with you if you'd let him usually about music or photography and it's so endearing he apologises after rambling but you love it and would happily listen for hours of course he's constantly taking photos of you he has a few of his favourites on his wall In 1986, though Jonathan continued to have a good relationship with his mother, he began to smoke weed to deal with his stress over college and his relationship with Nancy. While his job is never stated in the series, the, Jonathan is a fan of Thumper from Disney's. This makes zero sense. It soon became too late as the lights began to flicker and a monster ripped its way through the wall, causing the trio to run to Wills bedroom. In the Surfer Boy Pizza van, El said that they needed to get to Hawkins as soon as possible since their friends were in danger, but Jonathan informed her that it was impossible since the drive would be over 2,000 miles. After the government arrived to raid the Russian base, Steve was shown checking in on Nancy and Jonathan as they sat in an ambulance. William "Will" Byers, portrayed by Noah Schnapp, is a main character in Stranger Things, having a recurring but pivotal role in the first season, before being promoted to the main cast from the second season onward. Relationship status By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Both Jonathan and Hopper made big mistakes by discounting what Nancy and Joyce had to tell them, and it really makes not sense for them to just shrug off their love interests' concerns after the events of the previous two seasons. ", "Being a freak is the best, alright? As a reporter, he'll have to take pics of people on their worst days, so maintaining boundaries and striking a respectful balance will be crucial in his life. ", "Do you remember the time you told me you had a LEGO stuck up your nose? When El fainted from exhaustion and began screaming in pain at the Starcourt Mall, Jonathan ran towards a Chinese restaurant and grabbed plastic wrap, a wooden spoon, and a knife heated by a stove. Later, Jonathan got an idea to ask Argyle for his help in taking him, Mike, and Will across the country back to Indiana to find Eleven and save their friends in Hawkins. Allowing Will out of her sight was incredibly hard on Joyce Byers after the events of the first season, so it's no wonder she sent Jonathan with him to trick-or-treat during season two's Halloween night. The next morning, Jonathan decided to escape from the agents guarding him, Will, and Mike by hailing a ride from Argyle. Not only does he repeatedly not believe his mother and Nancy, but he is completely obtuse as to why Nancy's job is harder for her than it is for him. Jonathan than asked if Lonnie did what Will wanted to do, such as the arcade. We're never given a good explanation, though, which leaves the most obvious explanation: the Jonathan was being a creepo and should feel quite ashamed of intruding on a private party, even if it did lead to a clue. In addition, Jonathan began to smoke weed as a way to cope with his stress over his relationship with Nancy and his plans for his his future. Jonathan's closeness to his brother, Will, is a key point of the show. He is the oldest son of Joyce Byers, the older brother of Will Byers, the eventual boyfriend of Nancy Wheeler, and the best friend of Argyle. Jonathan disapproved of how his co-workers treated Nancy and always comforted after she was insulted while trying to stay loyal to his job. Jonathan found Will struggling to hammer funny, and the two continued to built the fort even after it began raining and got sick afterwards. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. By 1986, however, the car had broken down. When dropping off the kids at the Rink-O-Mania, Jonathan called out to Will, smiling as he told him to have fun. When Joyce and Hopper finally rescued Will from the Upside Down, Jonathan reunited with his brother at the hospital. The few social interections that he has before becoming friends with the group are typic of the ones someone with aspergers might have. That night, Jonathan stumbled across Steves party at his house after investigating the woods, and began to take pictures of him, Nancy, Tommy, and Carol swimming in the pool, possibly insinuating that Jonathan longed to have the life Steve had. After discovering Will's possession of the Mind Flayer, Jonathan worked with his mother to free Will from the Mind Flayer by burning it out of him. When they were attacked by a Flayed Tom and Bruce, Jonathan and Nancy did their best to protect each other. We are privy to several moments they share together, indicating their brotherly bond. Jonathan is passioned with photography and his camera kind of symbolizes him. This set Jonathan to snap and violently beat Steve to the ground, bruising his face significantly, but he was stopped when the police arrived and arrested Jonathan while Steve and his friends ran away. In the fall of 1983, Jonathan's younger brother, Will, vanished without a trace due to Jonathan working late. That night, as the brothers prepared the sensory deprivation tank inside the Surfer Boy Pizza freezer, Will was saddened when observing Mike, El, and Argyle having fun together, Jonathan, noticing, distracted Will by telling him the story of how when they were little, Will had a LEGO figurine named Larry stuck in his nose and Jonathan had to get tweezers to pull him out, causing Will to laugh. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns. Though Joyce deeply cared for her eldest son just as she did for Will, she felt guilty that she had been unable to support him more, due to her time-consuming job. When Nancy arrived and was shown the lewd picture, Steve rolled up a photo and tapped Jonathan on the head, saying that his creepiness was hardwired into him, and they needed to get rid of his toy, his camera. In the first season, Jonathan failed to make sure Will came home the night he disappeared because he was working late. The brothers are very close, and you would think that they would have some sort of routine in the morning. Despite this, he reluctantly joined his girlfriend in investigating Mrs. Dricoll's claims that sick rats are eating fertilizer, only to get fired by their boss, Tom Holloway. He was later allowed to return to the US to shoot the Stranger Things 3. Too much on her mind to hear some validation for what she'd experienced? This left Jonathan upset on losing his job and his means to support his family, nearly damaging his relationship with Nancy. Will asked if their father wasn't coming, and Jonathan asked if Will even liked baseball. Steve ran out and prepared to escape, but saw the lights of the house once again beginning to flicker and decided he needed to help his friends. RELATED: 10 Clues You Missed In The Stranger Things Season 3 Trailer. He also didn't notice the kind of trouble that Will had with this friends during the third season. OP, please make sure there are no spoilers in the title of your post. Jonathan Byers, Will's sensitive and troubled older brother in the Netflix hit Stranger Things, has definitely been forced to grow up too quickly, both from his lower-middle class upbringing and broken home to the terrible events that ultimately forced his family to move away from Hawkins in the third season of the show. When they found the number Harmon gave them that would help find El's location, Jonathan, Mike, and Will went to call the number, only to realize they were calling a computer. In turn, he became more goofy and unaware of his surroundings, much to his siblings frustration. The two also work together at the Hawkins Post. When Jonathan answered the door, two police officers had arrived to arrest El for attacking Angela. 1985 Will's disappearance made Jonathan guilt-ridden for not being there and would soon take a toll on his relationship with his mother, who insisted Will was trapped in the walls and taken by a monster with no face. In the fall of 1983, Jonathan took it upon himself to investigate Lonnie's home in Indianapolis, frustrated over his father's lack of urgency that Will was missing and coldly gave him a missing flyer poster. However, he realizes his mother was telling the truth after his classmate, Nancy Wheeler, began claiming her best friend was also taken by said monster. Upon arriving at Suzie's house, they asked for her help and were successful in finding the location of the Nina Project facility where El was. 109 Fans. WORST: Irresponsible Jonathan may be selfless, but he certainly isn't responsible. Two days later, Jonathan and Mike returned to Hawkins together where they reunited with their friends and loved ones before working together to rebuild Hopper's cabin. Later, El got arrested for assaulting Angela, Jonathan and Mike tried to get El out of prison before Agent Ellen Stinson informed them that she had been rescued from police custody and left with Dr. Sam Owens to regain her powers so she can help fight a new evil threatening Hawkins. When a body resembling Will is recovered at the quarry, Jonathan is devastated, locking himself in his room and tearfully listened to music. He was involved in efforts to rid Hawkins Indiana of threats from the Upside Down and to expose the Hawkins National Laboratory for its crimes alongside Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington. When Argyle has a panic attack in the desert after burying the agent, Jonathan shook his reluctant friends and told him to calm down, reminding him of Purple Palm Tree Delight. When you capture the right moment, it says more. Argyle introduced Jonathan to weed as a way to release stress from college and his relationship with Nancy. That's why when he totally left Will to fend for himself it was so outrageous. Autistic Stranger Things iconsplease reblog if you save! ", "You're going to Alaska? 5'8" (173 cm) Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don't wanna. Nancy Wheeler (girlfriend)Argyle (best friend)Steve Harrington (former enemy, friend)Mike Wheeler (friend)Lucas Sinclair (friend)Dustin Henderson (friend)Max Mayfield (friend)Robin Buckley (friend)Jim Hopper (friend)Bob Newby (friend)Murray Bauman (friend)Tommy Hagan (enemy)Carol Perkins (enemy)Tom Holloway (former boss, enemy)Bruce Lowe (former co-worker, enemy)Agent Harmon (protector)Agent Wallace (protector) note: family trees are only visible on desktop. RELATED: Stranger Things: 10 Incredible Fan Art Pictures That Take Us Back To The '80s. For an observant artist who feels like he has to capture the moment, Jonathan sure doesn't notice what he's actually photographing. When talking to Will in his bedroom, he noticed Will drawing himself as "Zombie Boy". Jonathan Mitchell, pictured here walking in his Los Angeles neighborhood, is an autistic man who feels . During this, Jonathan profusely apologizes to Nancy, and they reconcile. Two days later, after temporarily defeating Vecna, Jonathan and Will returned to Hawkins where they reunited with their friends and worked to rebuild Hopper's cabin before they happily reunited with their mother. When Argyle observed Nancy isn't coming to Lenora Hills for spring break alongside her brother, Jonathan denied Nancy was ditching him and poking holes at his flawed plan to go to Emerson College alongside her. When adding images, please make sure that they: are of decent size and quality, are placed in the correct section and order, and come from official sources. Not only is Jonathan a loner, but he's used to people making comments about his family. whaddup i'm jonathan and i love stranger things nd bein gay!!!! Jonathan's not particularly social but not because he doesn't understand others. She wiped the lipstick of his cheek and doesnt seem to mind that Nancy spent the night with him. The next day, when Nancy went to confront Steve, he coldly said he figured that her new boyfriend would take her home, realizing where Nancys feelings truly lied. When learning of a new evil threatening Hawkins from Agents Ellen Stinson, Wallace, and Harmon, Jonathan grew concerned for Nancy's safety and decided to escape from the agents and return to Hawkins to save her. ", "I saw this girl, you know, trying to be someone else. Jonathan, nauseated, couldn't stay in the room, and left gagging. In 1984, Jonathan's personality managed to change a little bit. Jonathon today - even brighter, even more capable and determined. Commenters, please use spoiler code if you are discussing anything super spoilery unless the title specifically says the episode being discussed. ", "Right. He became protective of Will, but not as much as his mother. Jonathan dismissed Joyce's claims as a sign of a mental breakdown and took it upon himself to take care of the funeral arrangements upon Will's "body" being recovered from the town quarry. That evening, Jonathan brought out photos of Will to make wanted posters. Jonathan Byers When Mike and Max argued about Eleven's well-being and independence, Jonathan did not jump into the argument and in the end, he looked shocked when Mike blurted out his love for El. When Jonathan got a call from Nancy early the next day, he did not want to speak to Nancy at first, but Nancy informed him of the Mind Flayer's return due to Mrs. Driscoll being possessed and that Will could be in danger. Hawkins, Indiana (1967 - 1985):Byers House (1967 - October 1985)Lenora Hills, California (1985 - present):Byers House ", "Nobody normal ever accomplished anything meaningful in this world. Charlie Heaton. Back at their home, Jonathan tearfully rubbed his unconscious brother's hair, apologizing for not being there for him. Whether Charlie Heaton is dreamy or not, his character doesn't really deserve the kind of love fans throw at him, and it doesn't make sense to make him and Nancy #relationshipgoals at all. While it does make sense that Jonathan feared losing his job, that didn't mean he had to scoff at Nancy's theories. What's going on in Alaska? And as El fought Vecna, Jonathan and Mike kept watch over her before she was able to defeat him. By 1986, Will was starting to be inadvertently ignored by Jonathan due to him stressing about college and his relationship with Nancy, coping by smoking weed with Argyle. People on the spectrum struggle with empathy--not because they don't care about others--but simply because it's hard for them to read people. In the summer of 1985, Jonathan and Eleven worked together alongside Mike, Lucas, Will, Max, and Nancy in taking down the Mind Flayer and Billy. Natalia always third wheeling #fyp #foryoupage #strangerthings #strangerthingscast #strangerthings4 #steveharrington #jonathanbyers #nancywheeler #joekeery #charlieheaton #nataliadyer #viral #funny. When Argyle wanted to make a headstone for the deceased Agent Harmon, Jonathan, despite understanding his motive, did not think it would be a good idea as it would give away their names. When a high Jonathan and Argyle pick up El, Mike, and Will from the Rink-O-Mania after El assaulted Angela, Jonathan attempted to comfort a guilt-ridden El, but made things worse when he and Argyle turned it into a joke. A year later, Tommy and Carol don't interact with Jonathan, but Tommy still makes fun of Jonathan as he taunted Steve on how Jonathan and Nancy have been skipping class together lately. Jonathan attempted to pull Nancy away as she confronted Steve, but Steve began to egg him on by calling him a queer, a screw-up like his parents, and told him he wasnt surprised that his brother disappeared. Steve initially called him depressing, but smacked Tommy on the chest and told him to shut up after he insinuated that Jonathan had killed Will. I think Jonathan is just anxious/has anxiety (Joyce is outright said to have anxiety and Jonathan is said to take after his mother). Soon after, Will was rescued from the dimension and was reunited with his brother and mother. RELATED: Stranger Things: 10 Characters With The Best Survival Skills, Ranked. Born Another way to refer to it as that Jonathan had to become an adult to soon/missed out on a real childhood. Murray also questioned if Jonathan's hesitance to admit his feelings for Nancy stemmed from his trust issues of his father, showing that Jonathan feared becoming like Lonnie. In the process, the two slowly begin to embrace their romantic feelings for another. However, Jonathan trusted Argyle enough to actually reveal he got an acceptance letter for Lenora Hills Community College, where Argyle was going, and that he had no intentions of leaving Lenora. Will defended Bob, saying that he didn't treat him different than everyone else, noting how lame it was he couldn't go trick-or-treating alone. In the spring of 1986, as Jonathan dealt with the stress of college and continuing his long-distance relationship with Nancy, he revealed that breaking up with Nancy would be the best option since if things kept going further, he and Nancy would end up like Joyce and Lonnie, showing that he continued to fear becoming like his father. Autistic Jonathan Byers because I say so Jonathan Byers Loves Argyle Anxiety Disorder Depression Could Be Canon To a point Drug Abuse Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms Stalking a lil bit Jonathan's a lil creep I love him Argyle might just be the best drug dealer Lenora Hills has ever seen. But Jonathan said that he shouldn't be like everyone else and being a freak is a best since Jonathan himself is a freak. Using a bat with nails hammered into it, Steve assisted in getting the creature inside a bear trap and letting Jonathan set the creature on fire. Though Jonathan was high when Joyce told him this, he accepted this responsibility and managed to hide his high state as feeling tired. I'm a freak. Having a special interest that you hyper focus on and become sort of obsessed with can be a characteristic of ASD. Jonathan is the older brother of Will, who went missing in season 1, and the son of Joyce Byers. Jonathan is smart, introverted, asocial, kind, independent, and brave. Charlie Heaton After Steve realized the consequences of his actions, he drove to the Byers home. After being picked up by Jonathan and Argyle, Will was annoyed as Jonathan and Argyle joked about the roller-skating incident as they had been smoking weed. As a result, they were able to rescue Eleven and escape from Colonel Sullivan and his forces in time. Jonathan is Will's older brother by four years. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. The next day, Jonathan answered the door to find two police officers looking for El. In 1984, Jonathan continues to have a bond with Nancy as she invited him to Tina's Halloween Party. When they discovered Mrs. Driscoll consuming fertilizer, this lead to them getting fired from the Post and straining their relationship, with Jonathan angry over losing his means to support his family and blaming Nancy for it, causing Nancy to accuse him of being like her tormentors. And by a month later, Jonathan was happy to start a relationship with Nancy. When Mike suggested they request Suzie Bingham's help in using the number to hack into the government system, Jonathan disagreed as he had listened to Suzie's duet with Dustin Henderson when fighting the Mind Flayer last year, but eventually relented. Tommy and Carol were bullies of Jonathan. They later work together in burning the Mind Flayer out of Will. He doesn't talk much at all and avoids anything. After Will was freed from the Mind Flayer, Jonathan embraced both his mother and brother. Of course, Jonathan didn't know this. When Eleven is taken to get her powers back to fight a new threat that's killing people in Hawkins, Jonathan hails a ride from Argyle and escapes a military raid of his home alongside Mike and Will. At dinner, El glared at Jonathan when he unintentionally brought up the incident in front of Joyce and Murray. In 1983, Jonathan had picked up an extra shift and failed to make sure Will got home safe, causing Will to be abducted by the Demogorgon. He even encouraged Will to not let his differences bother him and that it's okay to be different not matter what. In 1985, Jonathan and Nancy are shown to have become an official couple, sleeping together at Jonathan's house one day. carrionkid. Argyle told him he shouldn't have lied to her, and soon caused the both of them to become overwhelmed and smoke "Purple Palm Tree Delight". After El's arrest, the brothers attempted to contact their mother, who had flown to Alaska, but they were interrupted by Owen's agents who explained that they rescued El and took her away to help her regain her powers and defeat a new evil in Hawkins. Yeah agreed. Jonathan hated the way Tom and his co-workers were treating his girlfriend, but he didn't do anything about it as he feared it get him fired as Jonathan wanted to help support his family. He and Nancy agreed to both attend Emerson College in Massachusetts despite his acceptance putting him in financial debt. This convinced Jonathan to work with Nancy and the kids on stopping the Mind Flayer. However, when Tom found out that Jonathan helped Nancy look for proof for Mrs. Driscoll's rat story, he fired Jonathan as a result. 1986 After finding El in Nevada, Jonathan reunited with his foster sister and told her that they needed to get her out of Nevada before the government found her. When Jonathan arrived at a Halloween party, he observed a hurt Steve leaving a drunken Nancy behind after she revealed that he didnt love him. In the fall of 1984, Jonathan struggled to both see the appeal in his mother's boyfriend, Bob Newby, and comfort his traumatized brother. Steve/Nancy/El/Lucas Relator Disabled + autistic Jargyle + Lumax >>> After reuniting with his mother and Hopper, he witnesses along with his family the beginning of the Upside Down invading Hawkins. Follow. When discovering that Vecna was only one kill away to invading Hawkins, Steve had Max attempt to make contact with Jonathan and the others in Lenora Hills via phone, only with no results. The main problem with him is kinda the neglect of his dad, thats why he is kinda shy, because he didnt had a normal dad figure in front of him. Sub for the Netflix Original series: Stranger Things. The Debate Over an Autism Cure Turns Hostile. autistic jonathan and will byers masterpost: both jonathan and will are always referred to as being "strange" and "sensitive" and are seen to be shy, except for when will is around his friends; RELATED: 10 Stranger Things Memes That Perfectly Sum Up Jonathan As A Character On Halloween, when driving Will to the Wheelers, Jonathan complained to Will that he didn't get what their mother saw in Bob. Jonathan also developed feelings for Nancy Wheeler who shared his trauma, but struggled to accept them until he was encouraged by Murray Bauman. Tom fought Jonathan and nearly killed him with scissors until he felt Bruce's pain of getting hit by a fire hydrant by Nancy. When investigating the Creel house, Steve mentioned to Nancy that they, Robin, and Jonathan should go out together once he returned to Hawkins. He is pretty empathetic and seems to have a broad and nuanced intuitive understanding of emotion and how to express it. See All Photos Edit Profile Category: edit Fictional Character Hair Color: edit Brown Hair Length: edit Short Eye Color: edit Brown Height: edit 5' 8" Ethnicity: edit The two of them are now thousands of miles apart and Nancy would not be visiting the Byers' residence for Spring Break alongside Mike, which only causes further tension. Beginning his career as a musician, Heaton appeared on British television before starring in Stranger Things and feature films like the 2016 indie thriller Shut In; he has since starred in . See, that's what the app is perfect for. Finding nothing, Jonathan defended his brother when Lonnie said Will could never take care of himself, and gave him a missing poster. Will flatly said he would as he trudged in, and Jonathan was shown to be somewhat concerned. Later on, when the army invaded the Byers home, Jonathan protected his brother and Mike by shielding them from the gunfire. He is also very passionate about his interests and can become fixated on certain topics or objects. In the summer of 1985, Jonathan ranted to Nancy about the financial burdens he and his family faced due to Lonnie not being around. Their writing has been featured in numerous magazines, literary journals, digital projects, educational media, websites, nonprofit materials and marketing campaigns. Three months later, Jonathan was assisted by Mike in packing up his house and said goodbye before moving out of Hawkins with his family. Initially dismissing his mother's claims of something supernatural having claimed Will, Jonathan then realizes that she may not be delusional after all when Nancy Wheeler claims that her best friend Barbara Holland disappeared too; and saw man with no face at the site of her disappearance. Jonathan was put in charge by his mother to take care of Will. So I just finished watching stranger things and I'm kind of new to this subreddit so excuse me if this has already been discussed. Having a special interest isn't a characteristic of autism. Jonathan Byers, portrayed by Charlie Heaton, is a main character in Stranger Things. During lunch, when Nancy asked Jonathan what had happened, he covered by Steve by saying that he asked Jonathan to take her home, showing he respected Steve. Jonathan Byers, Will's sensitive and troubled older brother in the Netflix hit Stranger Things, has definitely been forced to grow up too quickly, both from his lower-middle class upbringing and broken home to the terrible events that ultimately forced his family to move away from Hawkins in the third season of the show. I have aspergers syndrome (a form of high functioning autism) and I can't help but feel that Jonathan acts and thinks the way someone with aspergers would. Jonathan is frazzled and emotional when Joyce believed she heard Will on the end of the phone, only for the phone to shock Joyce and become charred. A year later, in 1984, Jonathan has become protective of Will, but not nearly as much as his mother. In the fall of 1983, Jonathan first met Eleven when she helped assist his family locate Will in the Upside Down using her telekinetic abilities. Six months later, in 1985, Jonathan and Steve reunited when El saved Steve, Dustin, Robin, and Erica from guards at the Starcourt Mall. El mentioned to Mike in her letter how she discovered Jonathan and his new best friend Argyle smoking "smelly plants" together, and Jonathan told her that they were safe since they came from the earth, but made her promise not to tell Joyce. Jonathan tried his best to comfort Nancy, who was subjugated to sexism by their co-workers, but believed that pursuing a story about "diseased rats" wouldn't prove anything and would only get them in trouble. Some have argued that Jonathan took the photos out of either envy of the normal night the teens were having when his own was a nightmare, or that taking the photos themselves helped to ease some of the photographer's stress. Other relations He was an introvert and a loner until he got caught up in the strange things happening in Hawkins. Three months later, before moving out of Hawkins, Jonathan consoled a saddened Nancy and said good-bye to her before sharing a hug and a kiss with her. Thank you. This allowed Jonathan makes amends with Nancy for not fully supporting her and for Nancy to apologize for criticizing him, as the two rekindled their relationship. When they heard Joyce arguing on the phone with Lonnie, Jonathan shut his bedroom door. However, after finding the number to locate the Nina Project, Jonathan and Argyle, along with Mike and Will, traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah to seek Suzie Bingham's help in locating the facility, with Jonathan telling Argyle to be on his best behavior as Suzie's family were Mormons. He's very emotionally conscience. 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