#heartstopper poster

[mossy-chaos]

5 days till pride!

This is on my ceiling now

Also I have a heartstopper poster

[journallee]

my take on the heartstopper season 3 poster💛

[stopper-my-heart]

Heartstopper library posters: Part 1/3

CW: Images and mentions of Ben Hope. No non-consensual physical touch is shown in the images but short descriptions of actions are given as part of describing the library meeting scene between Ben and Charlie in S1E1.

Yes, the library posters in Heartstopper are complicated enough to need multiple posts to attempt to unpack them.

How many layers are intentional? I can't say. All I can say is that the layers haven't stopped making sense yet.

Here in Part 1, we're taking a fairly straightforward approach to the quotations on the posters in S1E1 with a bit of cinematographic interpretation.

Let's get acquainted with the posters (text below, don't strain your eyes) --

We have:

"I am no bird and no net ensnares me" -- from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (photo 1, left, above)

"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance" -- from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde (photo 2, middle, above)

"To thine own self be true" -- from Hamlet by William Shakespeare (photo 3, right, above)

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Here's the context of when we first see these posters, at the very beginning of S1E1:

As Charlie walks into school and enters the library to meet Ben (who doesn't show up that time), he walks in between the first two posters to get to their meeting spot.

The third poster ("To thine own self be true") remains out of focus during this trip to the library. It partially comes into view when Charlie arrives at his and Ben's meeting spot (photo 1, left, below).

After Charlie checks his phone and sees Ben's text ("actually can we meet up at break instead?"), when we then see him start to type his reply, a little bit more of the poster becomes visible (photo 2, middle, below).

The poster's quotation is only fully visible (but still out of focus) once Charlie has sent his text ("okay 😊❤️") (photo 3, right, below). Note that this also corresponds with the start of Headmaster Stephen Fry's announcement reminding students about the new vertical form groups.

It seems like the poster is acknowledging that Charlie's not fully ready to admit to himself the truth of what's happening with Ben or to stand up for himself, but that he's maybe getting closer (or the poster's trying to help, anyway). If nothing else, the poster seems to be gently calling Charlie out, especially with the text he sent. We can see by Charlie's face (photo 3 above) that even he doesn't believe it's "okay 😊❤️".

(Maybe the poster is also indicating hope: hope for the new form group and a certain someone Charlie might meet there, someone who will want Charlie to be true to himself.)

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When Charlie and Ben finally do meet in the library later in S1E1, we again see Charlie walk in between the first two posters. Charlie and the posters begin fuzzy and come into focus together. "I am no bird and no net ensnares me"* is especially prominent.

*Note that the full sentence this quotation comes from is: "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you." More on this in future posts.

This time the third poster ("To thine own self be true") is also in focus, though partially out of frame (photo 1, left, below). Ben's head moves to block some of it and then the camera angle shifts a bit so that the poster is fully obscured behind Charlie while his and Ben's index fingers are interlocked (photo 2, right, below).

After Charlie looks at the smiley face Nick drew on his hand, a little bit of the text of the third poster is again visible in between Charlie and Ben, but it's in the background, out of focus. As Ben kisses Charlie, the words are once again blocked by Ben's head.

Clearly these posters are trying harder and harder to Talk To Charlie -- they want him to love himself, believe he's worth more than how Ben is treating him, be honest with himself and act accordingly, and break free from Ben -- and they finally succeed. Seemingly later on the same day is when Charlie breaks up with Ben.

[ninacarstairss]

EXCUSE ME??? ARE THEY LIKE DOING THIS ON PURPOSE?? RWRB AND HEARTSTOPPER NEWS ARE NOW SYNCHRONISED SO WE CAN ALL DIE A MORE PAINFUL DEATH???

[e-reblogs]

I'm rewatching Heartstopper s1 and I js noticed the "radiohead" music poster in CHARLIE'S ROOM AHHHHHHHS SDHHDBDBDBDBSB-

[maxcuntstappen]

Happy Heartstopper S2 day!

F1 Posters

[fairylwt]

are you kidding me. did they just play 7 by taylor swift after darcy talked about hiding her true self at home. I AM CRYING IN MY BED.

[lonelydancerr]

Hii, so me and my girlfriend made a shop on etsy and are selling stickers and posters currently!! At the moment we don't have very much but we're working on more! The things we have now are; Olivia Rodrigo stickers, a 'comemos uma 🍎' sticker, a 'Can you feel it?' sticker and posters from a few artists + custom posters. There will be pride stickers and Conan Gray stickers in the near future. And normally heartstopper and a lot of others things too! It would be really nice if you check it out :)<3

- Etsy

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[povofjae]

would you lie with me and just forget the world?

[alyddaze]

oh um this is a bit of a weird post, but hi haha :)

i’m currently planning out what my room will look like in a few weeks haha and one of the things i’m having is a galaxy ceiling haha i know it’s weird, but i like the idea haha it’s because when i’m lonely i can look up at my ceiling and remember that scientifically it is quite low that we’re the only advanced life forms in the galaxy hahaha i know it’s quite stupid but i quite like it :)

i’m also planning on getting some fairly lights too haha maybe i could send some pictures of it once it’s done if you guys would like maybe? idk haha sorry if this is really weird and out of the blue

i hope you’re all okay and keeping yourselves safe :))

[ilistentogirlinred]

dude the hardcover editions are so nice. i couldn't find radio silence tho :(

[mbavisgay]

surrounded by autism 🥰

[bunbunbl0gs]

purple hearts

cass and luke

cassie and luke <;33

luke morrow💜

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cassie ☀️💜🎶🎼🌟🖤

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cassie & luke 🎶🌙🖤

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lovers 💜❤️🎶🎼

masterlist

[enigmaticvariation]

The thing about heartstopper is that while nick and charlie are cute every time they are on screen I am like "ok whatever what are my best friends tao and elle doing right now."

[loz-tearsofahomo]

Oh cool heartstopper season 2- IS THAT THE SOVIET UNION???

[cursemewithyourkiss]

Brideshead Revisited poster on Charlie's wall you will always be famous