#at home kits

[splinterclan]

Moon 17: So yeah! This happened!

(Sidenote for Cedar's kits, they're meant to be 4-5 weeks/1 moon old already - so they're weaned from needing milk)

Also, also baby refs:

[mmmairon]

All patched up

[spielzeugkaiser]

Jaskier tracing Geralts scars as he cares for / lays with him?

I went with the core idea of tracing scars! I'm coming back to this once I have more time and bigger paper :)

[admireforever]

Nick & Charlie

[potato-jem]

i am already obsessed with them

[witchrealms]

(x)

[helenofblackthorns]

it haunts me so much that while everyone knew Livvy wanted to be Parabatai with Ty, nobody but Kit is aware that Ty said yes

[jjclaymore]

ILY JADE😭😭😭

[warriorsproject]

[sysig]

For Requestober, Req.1

Scri dressed as an angel, Edgar dressed as a demon. It would be fun to see the roles swaped regarding costumes!

Day 3 - Angel and Devil('s Advocate)

[spacehero-23]

my first kitty fanart ever!!!

yes, i'm obsessed with them again. yes, it's because of cassie's post

yes i started lord of shadows again, yes i have exams coming...shh

[sososcareds]

whatre they talkin about....

[queerhoodies]

nick nelson my beloved 🫶

[dreadeves]

rosemary & jack/johnny are a comedy actually. rosemary is all ‘i want kit to grow up happy and safe and trusting and without the responsibility and knowledge i grew up with’ and kit’s all like ‘my father destroyed my ability to believe people are willing to give something for nothing & i cannot believe people actually like me unless im useful to them in some way’. like. i’m so sorry girlie. you picked the wrong man

[wikitpowers]

today i am wearing my kit cosplay (i’m literally just wearing the same basic ass jacket he has) 😌

[bairdthereader]

Heartstopper Elders: Mr. Farouk

Youssef Farouk is so much more than the stereotypical grouchy teacher. Alice says herself in the HS Yearbook that he doesn't like kids very much and probably never should have become a teacher, but underneath the tough exterior, Mr. Farouk is really quite good at it in some ways. He isn't deeply involved in any of the kids' lives yet, but he's poised to become a stalwart supporter in the next season if Alice chose to write him that way.

We first meet Mr. Farouk in Nick's GCSE revision sessions, and he's immediately set up as a stern, brusque, no-nonsense teacher--look at that threatening ruler!--but there are hints of humor there, too. ("No annoying questions.") And, as we'll find, Youssef is deeply intuitive about and observant of his students.

We have to wonder if he noticed the antagonism between Nick and Ben from the get-go, since he would have seen their standoff by their assigned seats, not to mention the intense body language they both had going on once they sat down. It's clear Mr. Farouk already knows Nick from another class, since he can call him out by name and report on his academics during the parent meeting, so he would know that Nick's response to Ben's nearness is uncharacteristically negative for Nick. Youssef is intuitive enough to recognize that the antagonist in this relationship is Ben (though of course not why, yet). When he slams the ruler down between them, most of his ire is rightly aimed at Ben, since Ben started the conversation and is clearly pursuing it despite Nick's reluctance, turning toward Nick and leaning deeply into his space. Not to mention the fact that Ben has just said "you should probably stop acting so gay for him," which would, I think we can assume based on Mr. Farouk's own identity journey, anger him quite a bit.

Now, nothing about the Mr. Farouk we know to this point would indicate that he'd accept Charlie's flimsy I-need-to-give-Nick-his-pen-back story. He would either tell Charlie to give Nick the pen later, or he'd take the pen to Nick himself. And yet, here he is giving Nick a tiny moment with Charlie and away from Ben. It's brief, but it's something. He's clearly keeping a close eye on the situation, and is still hovering near Nick and Ben's desks after Nick returns to his seat.

Does he hear the conversation where Nick so clearly accuses Ben of assault? We can't say for sure, but we do know that immediately after Nick says this, Mr. Farouk moves their quarrel into a private space. He could have just separated them--they've broken his rules several times, and it's clear their argument is nowhere near a resolution--but instead he puts them in isolation . . . together. He knows that whatever is going on between them isn't going to be solved with just distance. And when he says "fix up man," his eyes are clearly on Nick. It comes out sounding a bit blamey, but I think Mr. Farouk is acknowledging that, of the two, Nick is the more likely one to fix the problem.

There is of course the fantastic moment where Mr. Farouk puts Ben in his place, publicly and unequivocally. It's an interesting exchange, because it's very clear at this point that Youssef knows exactly what kind of person he's dealing with in Ben. Between witnessing the confrontations with Nick in study hall and Imogen's breakup speech at dinner the night before, not to mention his own personal observations, Mr. Farouk has a fuller picture of Ben's capacity for nastiness than most people (other than Nick and Charlie). Ben's request not to be paired with Nick is annoying, but a pretty standard complaint for a student who has to work with a peer. Mr. Farouk could have just said, simply, "no." Youssef's more extreme response indicates that he's done affording Ben the respect that Ben doesn't give anyone else, and he wants Ben to know it.

One very telling moment with Mr. Farouk is at the beginning of the Paris trip meeting, when Mr. Ajayi's first words to him are "Youssef, on time as always." It's a small comment, but it's clear that Mr. Farouk, despite his sarcasm and gruffness, is reliable, consistent, and committed, all qualities that his students need to see and experience. It's not explicitly shown on screen, but the students have clearly recognized these things about Mr. Farouk and come to depend on him. When Charlie faints, Nick tells their friends to get Mr. Farouk. When Darcy is sick, Tara runs down the hallway with her, yelling for Mr. Farouk. They know who to call in times of stress, who will always be there (even if he acts like he doesn't want to be).

Speaking of Charlie passing out, I think we can all agree that Mr. Farouk's fist bump is easily one of the most adorable things to happen in the entire show. But what I find really interesting is the way he cuts his gaze briefly over to Nick afterward. He's communicating a lot with that look. Not only is he leaving responsibility for Charlie to Nick, which shows a fairly high level of trust, but he's quietly acknowledging the depth of Nick and Charlie's relationship and the fact that they might have some things they need to discuss as a couple. In the comics Mr. Farouk is portrayed as being oblivious to Nick and Charlie's romance, but it seems, to me at least, that he's pretty aware of it in the show. In addition to this moment, there's what I'll call "the pen incident" in study hall, the veiled implication during the conference with Sarah that Nick might be more distractable at the moment, and the fact that he shows no surprise in the hotel hallway when Mr. Ajayi heavily implies that Nick and Charlie are more than friends.

I hope we get a lot more of Youssef in season 3. He is no stranger to identity struggles, as he's clearly been through a lot of his own. This makes him particularly attuned to those struggles in his students, and he'll have a good understanding of what Nick especially is going through. There's already a kind of unspoken respect between the two of them, so it would be interesting to see that evolve. And I have to mention Darcy, because I think even though they don't interact in any substantial way on screen and they just met for the first time on the Paris trip, Mr. Farouk also seems to have a kind of understanding of (and maybe even grudging sympathy for) her unique brand of chaos and its causes.

Mr. Farouk clearly protects the students he believes need it, and he sees that need more clearly than most. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Mr. Farouk, you absolute cinnamon roll. We love you.

Honorable mention goes to some of the best lines in the entire season, because he is still actually a grump:

Bonus: The best thing ever posted on Insta