#Watch Heartstopper

[punkartwantstew]

I wonder why people are anxious about cliff hangers and a series taking it's natural time to build character development over multiple story arcs like ye olden days?

I think people have truly lost any ability to be patient with storytelling.

‘I don’t understand this’ They’ll explain it if you wait.

‘I don’t like how this episode left things hanging’ There’s a continuation next week.

‘This character is flat’ Wait for them to be fleshed out.

So many of the complaints I see about shows lately are people being confused by things THAT THE SHOW WANTS YOU TO BE CONFUSED BY THATS THE FUN OF MYSTERY AND FORESHADOWING YOU ABSOLUTE GOBLINS THE MAIN CHARACTER IS ALSO CONFUSED AND THEYRE GONNA DO A BIG REVEAL AND EXPLANATION LATER IF YOU WOULD JUST FUCKING WAIT

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Y'know, there's this gripe I've had for years that really frustrates me, and it has to do with Love, Simon and people joking about it and calling it too-pg and designed-for-straight-people and all the like. (A similar thing has happened to Heartstopper, but that's another conversation.)

I saw Love, Simon in theaters when it came out my senior year in high school. I saw it three times, once with my friends/parents on opening night, once with my brother over spring break, and once with my grandparents.

On opening night, the air in the room was electric. It was palpable. Half the heads in there were dyed various colors. Queer kids were holding hands. We were all crying and laughing and cheering as a group. My friends grabbed my hands at the part where Simon was outed and didn't let go until his parents were saying that they accepted him. My friend came out to me as non-binary. Another person in our group admitted that she had feelings for girls. It was incredible. I left shaking. This was the first mainstream queer romance movie that had ever been produced by one of the main five studios, and I know that sounds like another "first queer character from Disney" bit but you have to understand that even in 2018 this was groundbreaking. Getting to have a sweet queer rom-com where the main character was told that he got "to breathe now" after coming out meant so much to me and my friends.

But also, from a designed-for-straight-people POV (which, to be frank, it was written by a bisexual author and directed by a gay man, this was not designed for straight audiences), why is it a bad thing that it appealed to the widest possible audience? That it could make my parents and grandparents see things in a new light? My stepdad wasn't at all interested in rom-coms but he saw it with me because it was something I cared about and he hugged me when we came out of the theater. My very Catholic grandparents watched it with me and though my grandpa said he still didn't quite understand the whole 'gay thing,' all he wanted was for me to be happy and to have a happy ending like Simon did. My Nana actually cried when Simon came out and squeeze my hand when his mother told him he could breathe.

And when Martin blackmailed Simon, my mom, badass ally that she is, literally hissed "Dropkick him. Dropkick him in the balls" leading to multiple queer kids in the audience to laugh or smile. Having my parents there- the only parents, by the way, out of my group of queer and questioning friends- made multiple people realize that supportive adults were out there. That parents like those in Love, Simon do exist in real life.

When people complain about Heartstopper not being realistic or Love, Simon being too cutesy, I remember seeing Love, Simon on opening night. I remember my friend coming out and my stepdad hugging me and my mom defending us through this character. I remember the cheers that went through the audience when Bram and Simon kissed and the chatter in the foyer after the movie was over and the way that this movie made me understand that happy endings do exist.

Queer kids need happy endings. Straight people need entry points to becoming allies. Both of these things can come together in beautiful ways. They can find out about more queer culture later, but for now, let them have this. Let them all have a glimpse at a better, happier world. Let them have queer joy.

[gracerings]

twitter trying so hard to get the locals to watch iwtv but then we get tweets like ‘team lestat or team armand?’ like this is twilight and people answering ‘team therapy!!!’….like could you be any more boring???? COLORLESS FLAVORLESS DULL DULL SUFFOCATION BY THE BEIGEST PILLOW or whatever it is louis said. go watch heartstopper or something and leave iwtv to the real FREAKS

[rooksilver]

so youre telling me. theres an adaptation of orpheus and eurydice. where eurydice was falling out of love with orpheus before her death but didnt know how to tell him, and when he walks into the underworld to get her back, shes forced to confess that she planned to leave him?? and shes the one to ask him to look back, but he doesn’t want to, because he knows she isn’t coming with him??? youre telling me that when he finally looks back, he does lose her, but only because he’s letting go??? you’re telling me its about grief? about drifting apart?? about moving on??? about love, and how its messy, and how sometimes it just doesn’t work out even if you go to hell and back for it, because we’re human and thats our tragedy????

you’re telling me netflix CANCELLED it?

[mintypsii]

HELP?

[smile-dance-breathe]

Nellie Nelson & Henry Nelson in Heartstopper Season 3

[nick-nellson]

HEARTSTOPPER 2.02 Family

[fairylwt]

so we all agree that this season will destroy us then build us back together as entirely different people?

[heartstopperlarrie]

“One of the most rewatched programmes by members” hell yeah it is

[worrywart-ish]

ngl the bit where coach singh playfully bumps mr ajayi and tells him to invite mr farouk and he eventually does it with a cute little smile and she's grinning sooo self-satisfied is the CUTEST bit of the whole show

because they're middle-aged adults and they're much more mature/put-together than the teen main characters, right? but they still grin bashfully and tease each other and get blushing and loving. just. idk man, to be an adult and still get mushy with feelings

[artsimmys]

Ep. 2 „Family“ - the park scene 🌿🐾🧡

[heartstopperthoughts]

So I’m still processing the latest Heartstopper update, but I just want to say

1. I love that Normal People and Pedro Pascal are now in Heartstopper (I feel like all of my obsessions are coming together!)

2. I love that Charlie has the worst gaydar on the planet 😂

3. I love that the timeline of Heartstopper has officially been thrown in the garbage.

[spring-siblings]

How it started vs. how it's going

[kitconnor]

"I'm bi, actually. And so what?"

KIT CONNOR as NICK NELSON Heartstopper (2022—)

[sapphosclown]

if nick nelson saw charlie in eyeliner he’d pass out. btw.

[nnicknnelsonn]

when life presents you with the image you never knew you always needed

Source: @heartstoppercentral (X)

this wasn’t the only adorable thing that day (X)