Heartstopper is so sweet, wholesome, handled with such care and you can tell that this project was made with nothing but the most loving and thoughtful intentions. I'm not used to queer media being like this, frankly most media for teens/involving teens is always so sexualized, spreads misinformation, and ages teens to behave and look like adults. Teen media creates unrealistic and damaging expectations for what a teen's life looks like.
Heartstopper is the exact opposite of this
Yes I'm sure there are other great TV shows, movies, etc, that are positive for teens, but Heartstopper reminded me of what it's like to not be bombarded by Hollywood's glamorized image of these formative years. The only word that keeps coming to mind is "care". People cared about this show. People cared about the source material. People cared about the process of making the show. People cared about who their target audience is. People cared about the topics they were handling. People cared about having message and how to pass it on to their audience. People cared about every tiny detail and it shows.
This should be the standard. There are so many ways to give proper representation, have something to say with what you create, display artistic choices and creativity, and just make something that can connect with others. I don't care if it sounds like I'm biased or putting the show on a pedestal, I am shocked at how shocked I was to watch a positive example of queer youth that felt so honest, warm, and relatable even to those that are outside the intended demographic.
I hope I don't forget how it felt to watch this for the first time. If this is the impact that it had on me, I can only imagine what it must feel like to be a queer 15 year old seeing themselves on screen through these characters. No malice or underlying intentions, just reassurance that you're seen, your story matters, and there's a place for you here regardless of how dark things may seem.
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Chapter 3 illusion of Love
Constance,Good Morning My Love.Thinking About Us ,How Is Everything The Jet Baby,Hope Some Good News.
Charles, Everything Is Going Smoothly.Honey Just Be Careful, I'm Glad You Deleted, Because That's Not Me ,At All,Hey Beautiful I Guess , You're Still Resting ,Right Now, Please Rest Honey .I Think Your Body Need it .
Constance,Are You Sure No One know About Me,It's Our Chat in Very Private.
July 2023
Constance, I'm Up Cause I'm Going To Court,To Take A shower 🚿,I Need To Go Court At 8:00 am .
Charles,I Saw The Court paper,So Tell What Do You Have In Mind ,To Say At The Court .
Constance,Oh Baby , I Wish You were Here To Support.
Charles,I Want To Truly Support You From The Bottom of My Heart,My Plans is To Support.
Constance,How The Plans For You Coming Here ,Honey How Long is Going To Be For You To Come.
Charles,They Said They Gonna Get Back To Me .
Constance,Which I Know You Will,My Heart Does Not Lie .
Charles,I Have Message Them. Already , I'm Just Waiting Expecting Theirs Texts
Constance,I Have Done So Much For Cause ,I Love With All My Heart ❤️.
Charles,I Know You Truly Love Me Okay .
Constance,Now I'm The One Who Needs Support.
Charles,But You Still Have To Listen To Me From Your Heart.
Constance, I 'am All I Want Us Is To Be Together,That All ,Baby .
Charles,(You I'm The One Who Needs Support.) I Don't Have Nothing Me Right Now, Because I Have Able To Come Up With $500 Hundred dollars and I Have Sent It To The Agent,Now I'am Still Looking For Support,About $2000 Nobody Yet.
Constance,Ok,Honey Think About Our Love and Our Future.You Done So Many Deeds Helpling Others , I'm Praying About It , Someone would Help ,Be Back I'm Going To Take A Shower ,Ask And You Shall Received,How About Your Good Friend Alex .
Charles,They All Said I Ask Late,That They Have Already Make Use Of Their , I'm Sorry I Don't Have Money Right Now.
Constance,Oh ,How Come The Agent Handles Your Money .
Charles,Soon I Will Have Access To My Money .
Constance,How Do You Live .
Charles, I'm Still Working On It ,But I Want To Try Come To You.That's Is What In My Mind Now .
Constance,I Don't Want No Other Man In My,I want Only You,We Belong Together,Like You Said ,Your The Only One That Touch My Heart and Soul.
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probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.
we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."
at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.
the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.
the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.
what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.
here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.
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