At the police station, Jonathan and Will's attempts to bail El out since they were her family proved to be unsuccessful since they weren't El's legal guardians. One year later, in 1984, Jonathan was shown to keep his distance due to Steve and Nancys growing relationship. Even with a job and a girlfriend, Jonathan still should have noticed the kind of agony his brother was. 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. 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". He was an introvert and a loner until he got caught up in the strange things happening in Hawkins. Also, Jonathan is not the social kind and is referred often as a "freak" by the other kids at school. He asked the officers if cuffing El was necessary, and ran back to the house to call Joyce, with no success. Jonathan later assisted the others in ambushing the Mind Flayer with Lucas' fireworks to save El. The disappearance of a young boy sparks a chain of events leading the residents of the small town of Hawkins to uncover a government conspiracy and a supernatural mystery which will not only shatter all semblance of normality, but also threaten their very existence. After reconciling with his mother, Nancy and Jonathan turned the Byers home into a booby trap to lure and kill the monster. Will happily agreed, high-fiving his brother, and Jonathan, impersonating Bob as Dracula, told him that "he hoped it doesn't suck". After it became quiet and the trio found the monster had disappeared, Steve began to panic and ran to call the police, only for Nancy to rip the phone out of the wall and told Steve that he needed to leave since the creature was coming back. Will flatly said he would as he trudged in, and Jonathan was shown to be somewhat concerned. We can only guess at what was said after his father left, but we already know the rumors about his brother and himself. With the help of Jonathan's former bully and Nancy's boyfriend, Steve Harrington, the trio lit the monster on fire until is vanished. 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. When Will reacted to Kenny Rogers in disgust, Jonathan reaffirmed his statement, saying that nobody normal ever accomplished anything meaningful in this world. After the event, Jonathan moved out of Hawkins with his mother and brother. 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. Had he really paid attention, perhaps he could have saved himself from fighting over the issue so hard with his mother. Due to their father's absence, Jonathan became a role model and a substitute father for Will. Sara Sanderson is a writer, author, and teacher who produces content for a variety of publications, both on and offline, beneath various names. Jonathan Byers Though the Byers have been distant for a while, physically holding each other here serves to solidify Jonathan's words to Will. The next morning, Jonathan attempted to coax Will and Mike to go see a showing of Police Academy 3 and not mope around, but Will said it would be better to stay home. Affiliation In the summer of 1985, Jonathan ranted to Nancy about the financial burdens he and his family faced due to Lonnie not being around. After discovering the Mind Flayer's true plan, Jonathan protected Mike and his friends when the Mind Flayer's avatar attacked them. Jonathan is Will's older brother by four years. When soldiers led by Lt. When putting Will under so much heat did not work, Jonathan begged his mother to stop the process and nearly freed Will until Nancy stopped him by showing the Mind Flayer developing black veins on Will's neck. Biographical information This convinced Jonathan to work with Nancy and the kids on stopping the Mind Flayer. Follow. It's just a theory but I can't help but feel that his akwardness is due to the syndrome. That's why it makes no sense that Jonathan, who is supposed to be a sensitive photographer who sees everything, would completely miss Will's possession by the Mindflayer. When Lonnie returned to Hawkins for Will's funeral and tended to a seemingly mentally unwell Joyce, Lonnie sternly told Jonathan to stop encouraging Joyce's claims of a monster taking Will, while also telling him to take down his poster of The Evil Dead. Jonathan has desired to attend New York University (NYU) since he was six years old, though he has dropped this dream by 1986 since he's been accepted into Lenora Hills Community College. Jonathan is smart, introverted, asocial, kind, independent, and brave. Jonathan Mitchell, pictured here walking in his Los Angeles neighborhood, is an autistic man who feels . 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. Jonathan and Steve initially had a strained relationship due to being polar opposites both in terms of popularity and personality. 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. While traveling, Jonathan takes notice of his brother Will struggling emotionally to show his feelings towards Mike. Will asked then why does he always hang out with him, causing Jonathan to say that his brother is his best friend, and he'd rather hang out with "Zombie Boy" than some "boring nobody". . Steve frantically asked what the creature was, both Jonathan and Nancy told him to shut up. Due to Mike being his brother's best friend, Jonathan was well-acquainted with him. So why didn't he even notice that Will wasn't up and getting ready for school? 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 . The day afterward, Jonathan and Joyce looked all through the woods for Will. Jonathan commented how Will doesn't come to him for help as much as he used to, but doesn't blame him for it since he knows how distance he has grown. 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. 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. 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. Two days later, Jonathan and the others returned to Hawkins, with Jonathan embracing Nancy, leaving Steve visibly hurt as Robin comforted him. His smoking of weed stemmed from his strained long-distance relationship with Nancy, as they both originally planned to attend Emerson College in Massachusetts. He even encouraged Will to not let his differences bother him and that it's okay to be different not matter what. That evening, Jonathan brought out photos of Will to make wanted posters. During this, Jonathan profusely apologizes to Nancy, and they reconcile. When they were attacked by a Flayed Tom and Bruce, Jonathan and Nancy did their best to protect each other. And as El fought Vecna, Jonathan and Mike kept watch over her before she was able to defeat him. After Agent Harmon died from his wounds, Jonathan and Mike buried him in a junkyard with Will and Argyle's help. In 1986, Jonathan had grown to be more carefree and relaxed upon meeting his new best friend, Argyle, beginning to smoke weed with him daily and hiding it from his mother by wearing sunglasses. Finally, he takes a lot of care of the few relationships he has (ie his brother and mother) he's really protective of them. However, while traveling to find the Nina Project, Jonathan became frustrated, thinking they were lost, despite Mike's reassurance until Argyle pointed they were in the right direction by finding tire tracks belonging to military vehicles. In the Byers' shed, when interrogating Will, Jonathan attempted to regain his brother's memories by emotionally recollecting the time they built Castle Byers and the first time he showed him The Clash by playing it on his radio. At dinner, El glared at Jonathan when he unintentionally brought up the incident in front of Joyce and Murray. When repairing Hoppers cabin, Jonathan jokingly questioned if Steve wouldve been in charge had Nancy had not been in Hawkins, but was visibly surprised when Nancy admitted that he had matured, leaving Jonathan a tad worried. When El was bitten by the Mind Flayer, leaving her ankle punctured, Jonathan assisted in dressing her wound the best he could. 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. Speaking of Joyce, instead of going straight to his mom after practically calling her crazy once he realized there really was a creature, he simply decided to take it down with Nancy instead, claiming Joyce already had too much on her mind. Jonathan Byers || I'm not like everybody else 153,381 views Aug 9, 2017 8.2K Dislike Share Shainira 36.5K subscribers Listen, don't take it so personally, okay? Jonathan jokingly asked if he was lame, and Will said that he wasn't, but it wasn't like Nancy was watching Mike. For an observant artist who feels like he has to capture the moment, Jonathan sure doesn't notice what he's actually photographing. I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. But for that moment it was like you were alone. favourite thing about them Again I say, uhhh, everything??? Jonathon today - even brighter, even more capable and determined. Two days later, Jonathan and Argyle traveled to Hawkins together and joined the rest of their friends in rebuilding Hopper's cabin. As a result, they were able to rescue Eleven and escape from Colonel Sullivan and his forces in time. However, when informed that the Mind Flayer had returned to Hawkins and that both of their brothers could be danger, Jonathan did not hesitant to work with Nancy to protect their brothers and friends while stopping the Mind Flayer. 5'8" (173 cm) 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) The next morning, Jonathan decided to escape from the agents guarding him, Will, and Mike by hailing a ride from Argyle. In the process, the two slowly begin to embrace their romantic feelings for another. The few social interections that he has before becoming friends with the group are typic of the ones someone with aspergers might have. Sure, he's old enough to get himself to bed, but after not seeing him all evening it would make much more sense just to peek in on the kid. 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. 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. He's very aware of others emotional state and how to offer the appropriate emotional response. But I just really don't get why everyone feels SO compelled to root for him. Jonathan had a complicated and spiteful relationship with his father, Lonnie. In the first season, Jonathan failed to make sure Will came home the night he disappeared because he was working late. Arriving there, he rescued his brother and mother from vicious Demodogs. Later, while going to get Mrs. Driscoll at the Hawkins Memorial Hospital so she can lead them to the Mind Flayer's hideout, Jonathan reconciled with Nancy. ", "Being a freak is the best, alright? He doesn't talk much at all and avoids anything. Did the first season disconnect him so far from his brother that he lost his common sense, too? Jonathan Byers may refer to: Jonathan Byers, musician in Badke Quartet; Jonathan Byers (Stranger Things), fictional character in the TV series Stranger Things; See also. Jonathan is known around Hawkins as an introvert who is maybe a little snobby about his taste in popular culture. While it does make sense that Jonathan feared losing his job, that didn't mean he had to scoff at Nancy's theories. Jonathan Byers Descriptive Personality Statistics Jonathan Byers is a character from Stranger Things. He also didn't notice the kind of trouble that Will had with this friends during the third season. In the spring of 1986, Jonathan and El have begun to address themselves as siblings or stepsiblings to the public, as they struggled to adjust to their new lives in Lenora Hills, California. While eating dinner with his family and Murray, Jonathan who had been smoking weed with Argyle earlier, passed off his high state as being stressed out, but Murray could tell Jonathan had been smoking weed and did not rant him out to his mother. Taking creepy stalker pics while she's making out with the guy she actually likes certainly does not qualify here. 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 helped Nancy in exposing Hawkins Lab to investigator Murray Bauman and the two give into the sexual tension after being pressured by Murray and ultimately kiss (and are hinted at doing more). When meeting up with Mike, the two worked together in building a sensory deprivation tank so Eleven could use her powers to locate Will in the Upside Down. Brown Giving her the spoon to bite down on, Jonathan was honest to El and told her what he was about to do would "hurt like hell", but El allowed him to continue onward with the removal of the infection. Natalia always third wheeling #fyp #foryoupage #strangerthings #strangerthingscast #strangerthings4 #steveharrington #jonathanbyers #nancywheeler #joekeery #charlieheaton #nataliadyer #viral #funny. Stranger Things: 10 Things That Make No Sense About Jonathan, Stranger Things: 10 Characters With The Best Survival Skills, Ranked, Stranger Things Characters Sorted Into Their Hogwarts Houses, Stranger Things: 10 Incredible Fan Art Pictures That Take Us Back To The '80s, 10 Clues You Missed In The Stranger Things Season 3 Trailer, Stranger Things: The 5 Best & 5 Worst Relationships, Where to Watch The Head of Joaquin Murrieta. ( I know this last sentece might sound stupid, but I dont know how to explain it). When Steve assumed Nancy cheated on him after seeing her with Jonathan, Tommy and Carol wasted no time in making abusive graffiti of Jonathan and Nancy. That's why when he totally left Will to fend for himself it was so outrageous. 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. 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. He is also very passionate about his interests and can become fixated on certain topics or objects. Throughout the quartet's days of travel, Jonathan and Will worked together to find El's location. As the search for Eleven progressed, however, Jonathan slowly grew out of his habit, getting easily annoyed by Argyles antics. The couple reunited with their siblings and friends at the Wheeler home. After Jonathan and Steve's fight, resulting in Jonathan's arrest, Tommy and Carol continued to bully and laugh at Jonathan and how angry he was during his fight with Steve and how he's in jail. She also expressed hope that Jonathan could go to Emerson College in Massachusetts with Nancy. Jonathan, nauseated, couldn't stay in the room, and left gagging. 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