#tori spring x michael holden

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

1x7 | 3x6

[bairdthereader]

Oh, this season is going to be a maelstrom.

[jediwizard]

HAPPY PRIDE YA'LL

[imogenheaneys]

TORI SPRING & MICHEAL HOLDEN — 3.06 | "Body"

[yeet-the-nugget]

Can we please talk about how overtly autistic Michael is in the new season of heartstopper. And it’s shown as a positive thing and not made fun of at all. It made me so happy and I loved how he was just shown as a character who is there for Tori and not some weird guy no one likes. It meant a lot to me and made me happy stim every time he was on screen.

[sflow-er]

What Alice Oseman has said about the Ferris wheel scene

Cut for Heartstopper season 3 spoilers!

Apparently, Alice Oseman (@chronicintrovert) already said in May that the dialogue between Tori and Charlie would be different in the show and Tori's asexuality would only be explored in S4 (which has not been confirmed yet):

Not only that, Alice also referenced Tori's aceness in this Netflix Tudum article from a couple of days ago:

Although many Heartstopper couples are leaning into their relationships, one pair is in a bit of a gray area: Charlie’s sister, Tori (Jenny Walser), and her friend Michael (Darragh Hand). In the finale, we learn Michael is ready to call Tori his girlfriend, and Tori isn’t so sure. Even Charlie is confused about why Tori won’t say yes.  Oseman says that the answer to Charlie’s question lies in her fifth Heartstopper novel, which the show hasn’t caught up to. In Volume 5, Tori tells Charlie that she believes she’s asexual. “This is why she has been quite confused by her relationship with Michael,” Oseman explains. “She clearly cares about and loves Michael a lot. But she doesn’t really know whether it counts as a relationship or not.” 

So I hope that reassures those who are understandably worried that her aceness might have been erased from the show!

Personally, I think this is the better choice from both a storytelling and a representation perspective. Having her come out to Charlie on the Ferris wheel would have delighted those of us who already had more context for her character and relationship with Michael, but for the show-only fans, it would have come completely out of the blue. It would have felt more like lip service/ticking a box than actually portraying a new queer identity, because we saw very little of her and Michael's relationship and none of her feelings on it yet.

Also, the events of Solitaire don't seem to be canon in the show (as their first meeting was changed and they are clearly still going to Higgs), so the context we do have may not be fully applicable anyway. I for one am excited to see a new version of Tori and Sprolden unfold on my screen when S4 rolls around!

Perhaps we might even get to see the two ace stories converge, as the camerawork in the finale certainly seemed to hint at that.

[h3artstopp3robs3ss3d]

[nicknelsonmyson]

[sagee0416]

“tori spring i have been looking for you forever” PUT ME DOWN.

[samwitcch]

black cats and their emotional support golden retrievers

[nathaniels-diary]

My roman empire is tori and michael kissing on the roof of their burning school minutes after tori wanted to jump off it

[butter-is-bored]

Solitaire<3

[xheartstopperxx]

SEASON THREE CLIPS(these are NOT leaks heartstopper sources posted them on instagram!!!)

[sinqueen4180]

"If soulmates where 2 people, who are they?"

Me:

Who would you choose?

[eyo-its-li]

i love making memes but ik im going to cry when it happens

[marylenjackson]

Happy Halloween 🎃

Wish all you joy, happiness and find person who kove your costume on this scary happy holiday 👻