#mr ayaji

[alilsakurablossom]

im just going to leave this here.

#THEY MENTIONED LES MIS IN HEARTSTOPPER EP 4 WAS MADE FOR ME ACTUALLY!!!! #enjoltaire #enjolras #grantaire #i love the heartstopper teachers more than anything actually #do those sillies have a ship name apart from the heartstopper teachers?! #mr farouk #mr ayaji #mr youssef farouk #mr nathan ajayi #heartstopper #heartstopper teachers #heartstopper webcomic #les mis #les miserables

[nonsense000]

Season 2 is so cute. I appreciate the teachers in the story so we elder gays don't feel so silly watching teenagers be happy and wish we had that

#heartstoppwr teachers #heartstopper #mr farouk #mr ayaji

[jesuuusstuff]

sometimes the loneliness was just as bad

#heartstopper #charlie spring #mr ayaji

[starryfangirling]

Ohhhhh my goooodddd the teachersssss😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

#starrytalking #those are happy tears btw #don’t worry! #heartstopper season two #heartstopper season two spoilers #spoiler #the teachers #mr ayaji and mr farouk I love them #osemanverse

[oatflatwhite]

very brief heartstopper s2 takeaways bc i watched it in one sitting and now it is my bedtime:

ACE by angela chen. I screamed when i first saw it in the shot of isaac and james putting together the display table and then when isaac picked it up finally my heart SOARED. I just read this book and wrote a whole ass essay about being aroace using it, so to see it there on my tv... just made me so beyond happy. And to just HEAR the words aromantic asexual spoken on mainstream tv... yeah 💜🤍🖤💚

On a lighter note, nick's "mon amour" took me OUT

EVERYTHING about mr ayaji and mr farouk was absolutely SPLENDID

I loved imogen's reaction to nick's coming out. It was so far from perfect but it was so real. I loved how she was included in their group as the show went on and i love! The idea of her and sahar! Hello!!!

The tori v. david smackdown on the staircase. Glorious no notes

THE SEVEN NEEDLEDROP. MY FAVOURITE TS TRACK OF ALL TIME. YES OK. OK OK OK. AND I'VE BEEN MEANING TO TELL YOU I THINK YOUR HOUSE IS HAUNTED YOUR DAD IS ALWAYS MAD AND THAT MUST BE WHY I THINK YOU SHOULD COME LIVE WITH ME AND WE CAN BE PIRATES AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO HIDE.

Also circling back to isaac, him reading summer bird blue after the art exhibition!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And him in shakespeare and co took me out i love that boy sm

just, like, things that jumped out to me RIGHT AWAY after that first watch. I did love the whole season so so so SO much. but had to note these first thoughts down!!!!!

#liz.txt #heartstopper #heartstopper spoilers #ace tag

[sillylovesongsk]

Has anyone ever thought that the reason why we love Heartstopper so much is because it’s so refreshing to see healthy, pure and affirming queer relationships?

This is what I longed for growing up as part of the LGBTQ+ community. I longed to see healthy relationships on TV because all I wanted was a healthy and accepting environment in my life (since books and media were my constant escape and refuge). Growing up with Queer As Folk, The L World, ATWT (Luke/Noah), Hollyoaks, Skins and even Glee made me think that this was what I was bound for in my teenage/adult life… full of toxic relationships and unsafe environments.

It’s so nice to see that this is what the next generation is getting, that they’re getting to see acceptance and patience at its fullest. Even if the heteronormative society we lived in deprived many of us from having this kind of beautiful young queer intimacy and experience (yeah ik, we have nostalgia and we’re mourning), we should still acknowledge the fact that things are getting better for future generations. I’m just so happy for all the queer young people that get to have this positive experience, and how this positive LGBTQ+ representation that’s happening, will change so many lives.

I cry tears of joy because we get to see more of that patient and accepting mentality from Charlie (when it comes to coming out) and none of that “if you love me, you will not hide me” mentality that was so frequently seen in media and so present in many queer relationships.

Also, it’s comforting that Nick really cares about Charlie and wants to protect him, not by being Charlie’s superhero or savior with a fixing mission, but just by being patient and allowing Charlie to open up to him… giving him space to fully let him in on his own time. Not by telling him “you need to stop doing this, you need to stop hurting yourself”, but telling him “can you promise to tell me if it ever gets that bad again?”. Which makes me think he knows that he won’t be able to fully stop it (because that’s how it is with people that have disorders and depression, it doesn’t help for people to force us to just “get better and not hurt ourselves”), but he knows he can be there for him to make the path to recovery or stability easier.

Seeing the slow and patient way in which Tara and Darcy allowed each other to open up, and not leave at the first sign of “trouble” but tackled it through open communication makes me happy.

The way they handled the relationship between Mr. Farouk and Mr. Ayaji was on point, exemplifying perfectly how you can still have nice first-time experiences at any point in your life, regardless of you realizing that you were queer later in life.

It makes me cry (sometimes happy tears and sometimes sad tears) when I see most of the parents being a safe place for their children and allowing them to trust in them because of that safe environment they’ve created.

While writing this I realized that the reason why I’ve read so much fanfiction since I was very young (8 yo, that’s nearly 20 years now) is because we got to create and read these stories where we imagined safe and healthy relationships that we didn’t get to live and see in real life or media most of the time. I think the reason I love Heartstopper so much is because of how similar it is to any of those wholesome fanfics that I took refuge in back when I was younger and living in the closet.

It has everything I wished to have back then and everything I wish to have at one point in life:

Family fully accepting you

Healthy and safe family (non-chosen and chosen family)

Partner being patient and supportive

Protecting those you love

Open communication that I’ve always craved for in all relationships in my life (romantic and platonic)

Giving light and acknowledgment to the struggles each character lives but not making it their whole personality (because we’re more than those struggles… something I’ve come to learn after so many years in therapy. I’ve suffered domestic abuse, bullying, depression, anxiety, EDs, among so many other things my whole life and I’m more than all of that and it isn’t my whole personality).

I just think that these are some of the reasons why we love Heartstopper as much as we do. What do you all think?

#heartstopper #heartstopper rant #lgbtq #lgbtq+ #pansexual #nick nelson #charlie spring #healthy relationships #lgbtq+ positivity #healthy lgbtq representation #healthy lgbtq+ #fanfiction #fandom life #tara jones #darcy olsson #youssef farouk #nathan ajayi #tw #tw ed #tw depression #depression #trigger warning #tw abuse #tw toxic family #trigger warnings #nostalgia #mini rant

[emetophobiahelp]

HEARTSTOPPER SEASON 2

heartstopper season 2 episode 6 (truth/dare) is NOT SAFE!!

at around 22:45, darcy says that she’s S, then runs through a hallway with her hand over her mouth.

at around 22:55, mr ayaji says he’ll get her a S bag and darcy R and V on the bed. it’s very graphic and has both audio and visual. skip to around 23:12 to avoid it :) eps 1-5 are safe 

#submission #this is disappointing ugh thank you #heartstopper

[whitestopper]

Why don't the girls have an adult who supports them when they struggle? Charlie has Mr Ayaji and his dad (and his mum, who's flawed but she is trying at least), Nick and Tao have their mums. But Elle's parents never really support her when she's at rock bottom and the teacher never really does anything, and Tara and Darcy rely on each other or their friends (which makes sense for Darcy with her mum, but Tara and her mum should be able to talk), so what's that about? They're only one year older than Charlie and Tao, and the same age as Nick, so it's not like they have a significantly larger amount of life experience. I wonder if there's a reason why the girls are seen as not needing adults to support them... idk, something to do with girls and perceived maturity, maybe...

#it mine #heartstopper #tara jones #elle argent #darcy olsson #and yes this is worse for the black girls tara and elle who are put in the role of the mature one #while darcy is allowed to be “chaotic” (read: immature) and adored as an icon #heartstopper critical #heartstopper criticism

[degreeofdisorder]

heartstopper s2e6 live episode reaction

okay

would you feel better if I waited here? - no please come with me

oh I'm going thru it

AAAAAAAAAA the cringe it is UNBEARABLE

children of not-super-estranged-but-still-not-close dads all over the world are going AA

"ah I miss that boy" THAT IS YOUR SON OH MY GOD

oh my fucking godddddddddd

sarah is the only functional parent in this series sweet baby jesus

"he just doesn't know me" oh my god

oh my god I shouldn't have watched this at work LMAO

haha oh my fucking god

OH MY GOSHSKFJDKRJDKGJFKRJDLRK

THOSE BOYS ARE SO HAPPY

SAHAR'S "BUT IT WASN'T A MISTAKE!!!"

THREE TIMES?????

oh my god I want a group of friends lol

omg tao went WHAT ARE WE on elle skdlfjslgkdlfk

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GIVING ME ANOTHER HICKEY SJFKDJFKDJFKFJG

NOOOOIKDJFKDJ

I GET STRESSED ABOUT EVEYRYTHING YOU'RE NOT SPECIAL

nick how are you this perfect

oh my GOD MR AJAYI AND MR FAROUK AAAAAAAAAA

oh man I know "I don't think there's an age limit on those tbh" is gonna hit all of us dumb adults watching this show jdkfjdktjdktjd

YOU FLIRTING WITH ME? - MAYBE JAKFJDKFJFLDJFLFUFODIDPSO

DARCY'S PRESENT FOR TARA IM IN TEARSJDKFJSKFJDL

the lil moment with nick and charlie seeing other queer people I am going to rip all of my appendages

charlie spring: hoodie thief

NOT THE RECHARGING BITNIM LOSING MY MIND

they're SO SOFT IM DYING

I hate you - no! you like me! - I really don't HSKFJSKFJDKFJ KILL ME

EVERYTHING HAS TO BE PERFECT FOR TARA SHE'S A PRINCESS OH I'M DUINGJFKFJDKJF

I want to grab tara and hold her and never let her go my baby girl

NOT TAO AND ELLEJSKFKSLFKSLFISLFI

LMFJSLFJSLFK charlie's got fuckin game oh my god this loser ass bitch has THREE people crushing on him (though like I don't think you can call nick's feelings a crush when he's his future husband AND ben is a psychopath)

I have been relating probably a little TOO MUCH to isaac this season ngl

"we keep escaping parties to hang out with each other" "are we gonna do it every time?" "I hope so" oh okay yeah that just sent me into a spiral

I want your midnights but I'll be cleaning up bottles with you on new years day ass behavior my lord

soulmatism idc

"not running away this time though" "please don't" jesus fucking CHRIST

did y'all know I love darcy cause I love darcy

charlie's "no" and then closing the door on harry HSKFJSKFJDKFJ ICON BEHAVIOR

now I need someone to shove ben down that balcony

imogen and sahar? oh that was scorned lover type of behavior I'm seeing the vision

CHARLIE COME ON I KNOW YOU'VE LOVED ME FOR YEARS

OH MY GODKDLSKDLSKDLSKSLD

I don't understand why they keep inviting ben to these things. that man is like literally a fun murderer. he's an asshole in many ways but also like fucking gross idc

OH LGO

OH SHIT NICK

OH NICK

OH BABY

OH THAT WAS SO BRAVE

me, who has read those books like a hundred times: OH NO WHAT COULD HE POSSIBLY BE SAYING

james is so fuckin sweet "do you wants us to keep it a secret" oh baby

AAAAAAAAAAA

oh my fucking GOD darcy jesus

not even a discretion shot? fuck that was ajdksjfldnno

"why did I get into teaching" same

the piggyback I'll fucking DIE

those hugs look so comfy jesus christ

they're literally the most precious baby boys I'm going to fucking die

my GOD that's whore behavior right there

oh my god that's so fucking cute

the muffled WHY ARE WE LIKE THIS I'm

IMOGEN IS CUDDLED UP WITH SAHAR OG MY HOD

"I have to be perfect for you" DARCY BABY NOOOOOOOOOOO

oh baby darcy

OOOOOH MY GOD YOUSSEF

OOOOHHHHHHH

me, knowing everything that happens w mr farouk and mr ayaji: AAAAA WHATS GONNA HAPPEN

I'm actually so obsessed with nick constantly using charlie as a pillow lmao

THE MR FAROUK PHOTOODOFIODFIOSDILDGJDKKFK

oh man that episode was so fucking sweet even though it made me cry lmao

#hs livenats #heartstopper spoilers #heartstopper s2 spoilers

[withnothingtosayy]

undeniably the best character of the show - high school would have been so much more bearable had I had a teacher like him

#heartstopper #nick nelson #lgbtq #Charlie spring #Mr ayaji

[zachandalextime]

Review: Heartstopper S1 (and some thoughts)

You might be tempted to just scroll past Heartstopper, Netflix’s adaptation of Alice Oseman’s book of the same name, assuming it’s just another bland recycling of the “gay tale as old as gay time” simplified for a LGBTQ+ YA audience.

Indeed, the series does fall back on well-worn tropes (spoilers?): “knight in shining armor fends off the homophobic bully”, “the misunderstanding at the party”, “I can’t fall in love with my new straight best friend”, and “in-and-out of the closet mismatch”, most of which I’ve written about myself, at times. 

But if you did, you would miss out on a gem that showcases stories and characters that span the LGBTQ+ experience; you would miss a delectable soundtrack that nails the mood of each scene, infused with a British pop/house vibe emblematic of the UK setting. And you would miss out on truly some of the strongest acting ever brought to the queer screen. 

The performances by the leads are nuanced and heartfelt, propelling a predictable plot forward by making the stakes of a high school romance and all of its struggles feel inexplicably... monumental. Which is exactly how it should feel, to a teenager.

Joe Locke plays Charlie Spring, our earnest and self-doubting protagonist. As the only out gay teen at his school, Charlie blazed a singular trail... into bullying and harassment so visibly severe, that other closeted and questioning classmates dared not follow, leaving him often hiding on the floor of the art room and being heaped with advice of questionable helpfulness by ally Mr. Ayaji (Fisayo Akinade). 

Joe inhabits his character masterfully, walking a thin line of the normally understated and quiet kid whose feelings for his classmate over time inspire a new boldness, and become nearly unbridled. The way he looks at his crush -- and only his crush, mind you, not the jerk he’s hooking up with at the start of the series -- is a genuine mixture of inimitable happiness, ingrained shyness, deep attraction, and measured hope. It’s the distilled essence of first love in a glance. 

The popular red-headed Nick (Kit Connor), meanwhile, gives a compelling performance as a confused rugby jock who is struggling to understand what he’s feeling (bi visibility!). Through Kit’s genuine portrayal, we deeply feel the weight of the forces and choices that pull at Nick; yet he makes it clear that the greatest force is love, and he is always able to do the right thing, and protect Charlie. Normally I would insert a PSA here that goes 

“don’t actually fall in love with your straight best friend IRL, folks...” 

But I’m now compelled to add: 

“... unless he’s acting the way Nick acts toward Charlie.”

He can be forgiven for his confusion; Nick’s journey of self-awareness is propelled at breakneck speed in today’s internet Information Age, for better or for worse.

The acting chemistry behind Charlie and Nick is so powerful that the little lovey-dovey cartoon animations that pop up during scenes of intense connection / infatuation feel like they were summoned into being by the force of will of the characters, not that they were added in post-production as VFX embellishments.

And so what if the plot is formulaic? At the same time, it somehow achieves a sort of timeless quality: this series is set in today’s generation of kids, but the same struggles and confusion and hope and love faced kids growing up in the 2000′s ... or even the 90′s (except for the reliance on smartphone drama, of course). 

Heartstopper is a good reminder that even in today’s age of greater LGBT acceptance, coming out (to one’s self, and publicly) is still incredibly difficult journey. As the pendulum of society and culture swings, acceptance of LGBTQ+ waxes and wanes. Same-sex marriage laws in the U.S. and the U.K. seemed like the final frontier, finally accomplished. Entire LGBT rights organizations closed their doors for good after that victory. Yet with the shift of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the next generation of Republicans jockeying to be the most extreme presidential candidates of 2024, odious attacks like the Don’t Say Gay bill and the banning of books in Florida and other states shows that the fight for acceptance, happiness, and love isn’t over.

I sure hope Netflix optioned all of Alice’s books and plan to renew. The world and the community need it now more than ever.

#heartstopper #Joe locke #Netflix #Alice Oseman #Kit Connor #Charlie Spring #Nick Nelson

[sonofthegold]

AHHHHH

E sobre o trailer de heartstopper??

O q vc achou? Eu fiquei tão animada!!!!

Mas eu não gostei do cabelo do Tao...

Lindo, fofo, muito bom.

Posso dizer uma coisa meio impopular? O casting é lindo, mas acho que a atuação no teaser escorregou um pouquinho. Especialmente a parte do Tao (não gostei do ritmo da fala) e do encontro do Nick e do Charlie na chuva (obviamente a respiração tá ensaiada, ninguém fica ofegante daquele jeito).

Pode ser só exagero meu também. Não sou nenhum super conhecedor. Vou até rever o trailer depois de te responder.

Mas, sim, estou muito animado. Fiquei feliz que vai ter até depois da festa do Harry, pelo menos. Acabar com o Charlie chorando na festa ia ser horrível. Data de estreia também, incrível. O início com o Mr. Ayaji e a parte do “hi” na porta da sala são os meus cortes preferidos.

Também estou tendo que fazer a nota mental de não chamar de “Kit e Joe”, mas de “Nick e Charlie”, pq no início eu só acompanhava o Instagram dos artistas, agora eu tô tendo que separar o ator do personagem. Achei que não precisaria, só que daqui a pouco eu estaria dizendo que “o Joe e o Kit ficam lindos juntos”

Falando nisso…o que você acha das fotos do Joe e do Bash no Instagram? Desculpa perguntar, mas as fotos dos dois juntos são muito fofas (independente da relação deles). Talvez até sugestionar isso seja tóxico (por favor me diga se eu estiver sendo tóxico)

Beijos :3

[starryfangirling]

AHHHHHHH NOT THE RAINBOW PIN ON MR AYAJIS SHIRT!!!!! AKFHKSJSKAKSL

#starrytalking #details like this make me so happy!!🥹🥹 #THE TEACHERS ARE COMING CLOSER I CAN FEEL IT #s2e4 #heartstopper season two #heartstopper season two spoilers