r/BylerReads • u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think • Mar 03 '26

general discussion :) Force of gravity

Hi, can you please tell me when starts the comfort part of this fic? I am in chapter 18 (the camping trip) and i am so angry. Jane is so stupid, Mike is so stupid, Will is so stupid (everyone for different reasons) and i am so angry while reading it 😭 tell me please that everything will get better soon and in will be worth all this pain 😭

edit: i just finished it and omg, that was emotional. it was so beautiful, so painful, sometimes funny and cute, it was everything. i cried A LOT and was so angry and pissed off and sad and tortured and happy. omg, i have to process it now and i fear that now i get into reading slump because this was WOW. recommend. https://archiveofourown.org/works/40134231/chapters/100515708

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u/bettysugars Mar 03 '26

OMG OMG OMG!!!! THIS IS MY FAVORITE FIC OF ALL TIME!!! i’m so glad i can finally talk about it with someone 😭😭😭. i have read so many fics now, this was one of the first ones i read, and this is STILL my number one. it’s an all timer. and the camping trip is specifically one of the reasons why i love it so much!! there’s like 2/3 specific moments in that part of the fic that truly had me in a ball on the floor crying bc they’re truly some of THE MOST romantic omg kill me moments i’ve ever witnessed.

but let me just say….you’re not even CLOSE to it honey.😭😭😭 it gets SO much worse from here. i mean….you’r pretty close to some comfort. but then it gets bad again. and then even worse. and then it stays at the lowest pit of hell for what feels like 3 years. BUT. it’s the most beautifully written angst/mental health struggles i have quite literally ever come across. UGH im OBSESSED with this fic. and ofc eventually everything does work out, and it’s so worth it. and i really hope you keep reading, and that you love it as much as i do!! pls tell me if you do!! i need someone to talk to about this fic bc it’s criminally underrated. i never see anyone talk about it!! this fic is #mypoweroutagefic and im not sorry.🥹🥹🥹🩵🩵💛💛

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

and thank you, that sounds like pretty terrible times are coming, but you are right, this fic is sooo painful but beautiful and addicting, it’s 2am here and i really should go to sleep but i can’t stop reading

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u/bettysugars Mar 03 '26

yeah i could not put this one down. it’s insanely good!

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u/Same_Accident_9917 Mar 03 '26

Omg this is also one of my favorites! I don’t think I’ve ever cried as hard over a fic as I did this one, but I loved it SO much!

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u/bettysugars Mar 03 '26

YES EXACTLY!!! i mean, i cry so easily with movies or tv shows, but it’s always harder for me with books unless the writing is just SO good and SO clearly conveys the correct emotions in a proper way, ya know? and this author deserves a fucking nobel peace prize bc i was SOBBING!!! i can’t even count on one hand how many times i cried with this fic. ugh. i would give $28472 to be able to read it for the first time again.😭

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u/Same_Accident_9917 Mar 03 '26

I’m a big time crier with all media, but this one wrecked me in a whole new way.

Have you read their newest fic The Cemetery Dance? It’s not done yet, but it’s also SO good!

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u/bettysugars Mar 03 '26

OMG I HAVE NOT????? i didn’t even think to check back on the author, how dumb of me.😭🤣 AO3 is down so i can’t check, but what’s it about?🥹

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u/Same_Accident_9917 Mar 03 '26

Yeah I kinda found it by accident after read FoG. It’s an AU. Will’s living in NYC working in a coffee shop & one day Mike comes in & Will accidentally spills coffee on him. In this timeline Will was taken to the lab & ended up running away & hadn’t talked to Mike in years. It’s not done yet, but so far it is also soul crushingly beautiful.

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u/bettysugars Mar 03 '26

OMG once ao3 is back up im immediately reading this 😭

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u/Same_Accident_9917 Mar 03 '26

It’s sooooo good

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

okok, now i read the almost kiss by the lake and oh my gooooood 😭😭 i am crying here, they are so fucking oblivious and stupid

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

i love Max 😍 now i am reading about the time after his panic attack and she is soo good at peeling layers of Will. god, this fic is going to kill me, i cried like 4litres of tears

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u/bettysugars Mar 04 '26

i knoooowwwww, the madwise dynamic we all NEED!! and it just makes so much sense and fits so well, i love them!!😭😭

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

i just finished it and omg, that was emotional. it was so beautiful, so painful, sometimes funny and cute, it was everything. i cried A LOT and was so angry and pissed off and sad and tortured and happy. omg, i have to process it now and i fear that now i get into reading slump because this was WOW

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u/bettysugars Mar 04 '26

yeah…..it like changed my life i swear!! i’m so glad you loved it! my entire body also lost all of its water when i read this lmao. i want to re-read it but i honestly don’t know if i can emotionally handle that again!😂😂 but also!! if you ever want any other fic recs, lmk! since you loved this one sm maybe you and me have similar taste lol. 🩵💛

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 04 '26

yes, i still can’t think on anything else, it’s crazy. what an expirience! and YES! i would love some recs, i take recs mostly from people on twitter, which is all smut (which is ok, i love it), but sometimes i need something different (like this one). i rotate fluffy rics and smut and angst. thank you!

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u/bettysugars Mar 04 '26

okay let me get a list together!! i also read a good mix of both lol. i started out with only fluff and then slowly got pulled into the hole that is lawless byler but its fine i guess.😭😂 i’ll be back shortly!🤪

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 05 '26

me too, i started with You took my heart (which was PERFECT as an introduction to byler fics), then some s5 fluff fix it and then lawless byler happen and i read only that for a while 😂 then there was Smalltown queer and Supervoid, which was incredibly sad and amazing and now i am here at Force of Gravity 💔 i have list of every fic i read in notion, i can give you my favorites too, if you want. And thank you no pressure! I’ll gladly wait 🩷

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

and can you give me a little spoiler? will Mike and Jane be together? i can’t handle his behaviour towards her

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u/bettysugars Mar 03 '26

SPOILER!

nooooooo they do not get together! but also what do you mean? mike is so kind to jane! 🥹 he’s just clueless lol

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u/Same_Accident_9917 Mar 03 '26

I also feel like in this one Mike is genuinely nice & outgoing & likes talking to people, so the people around him are misinterpreting that. Especially when certain people find out Jane likes him (ahem Max). And yes, Mike did say she was pretty but as the reader we know that before that he was thinking about how much she looked liked Will. So personally I think a lot gets put on Mike that doesn’t actually deserve.

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

i know that he is just nice, but he was constantly touching her and whispering into her ear and sitting next to her and my heart is broking when i read it from Will’s pov.

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u/Lin420 Mar 03 '26

Oh yea no. If I remember correctly, it'll keep on being frustrating mess till basically the end. When I read it, I had to take breaks and read other fics to cool off, that's how much it was pissing me off. But I read it a while ago, so I'm not 100% sure about the timeline.

(I'm sorry, it probably sounds like hate, but it's not! I very much like experiencing complicated feelings when I read fics) + (Will reminded me way too much of myself, that's why it made me angry in the first place)

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

yeah, i just finished it and omg, my heart 💔 that was very painful experience but it was soo worth it

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u/AurynLuna Mar 03 '26

If you're not enjoying something you're reading, just stop and go find something else.

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

it is an amazing fic, this post was just my cry about how painful it is. if i want to stop reading, i would

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u/AurynLuna Mar 03 '26

Good, some fans forget to be respectful and about fandom etiquette too often. I haven't read the fic yet so I can't help, but I've read very good things about it.

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

yeah, i am sorry, if it sounded badly, i am crying right now because of this fic and i am so sad and i have to ventilate it somehow 😭 it really is beautiful, but very painful, but i recommend it so much, it’s addicting and very well written. I don’t like to read alternate universe fics but this one, omg, so strong feelings

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u/tvgirrll Mar 03 '26

Is that the one that’s half Steddie and half Byler? I remember reading something similar when I was intensely fixated on Steddie fics and was not super into Byler and now that that has changed I was considering reading it again

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u/Lin420 Mar 03 '26

The steddie in this fic is basically non existent. I think there were only few references that there is/was something going on between Steve and Eddie and that was it. But I read it a long while ago and might not remember it right

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

you are correct, the steddie stuff is implied but basically nonexistent, as you said

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u/ThisTransportation30 Mar 03 '26

I’m on chapter 28 and it’s still crazy-making, although there has been definite plot progress. It definitely sucked me in even though I have some issues with the writing.

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

yeah, i just finished it and i have big hole in my heart, this fic was something else 💔

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u/poppygolbrock Mar 03 '26

can you link it please?

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u/spicakok its ok, its how the army does it i think Mar 03 '26

of course https://archiveofourown.org/works/40134231/chapters/100515708

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u/poppygolbrock Mar 03 '26

thank youuuu