honestly i think it’s so gross how many adults i have seen on this app upset that heartstopper is a show rather mild in its sexual content. it’s a show that’s target audience is young queer people….about young queer people……played by young queer people. the show is not “anti-sex” at all, if you actually watched the show charlie and nick discuss that they WANT to do more, that they want to “go further” some day. charlie has a boat load of trauma (including trauma about having his physical boundaries ignored) however and nick is still processing his sexuality, so why are you pushing for them to be intimate?? i’ve known people who have dated for years and didn’t actually have sex until they were adults and mature enough to do so.
viewing this show as a adult woman i find it honestly disturbing that there is this fixation on the necessity of sexual content including children. because that is who these characters are. children.
the show does not bash sex (uhh the teachers very clearly banged??), it merely advises against forcing yourself to be sexual before you are ready. the queer community has always been demonized as a “hypersexual” group of people, but that is merely a label forced upon us. heartstopper is the one of the only queer pieces of media that defies this expectation, and tells queer kids everywhere that it’s ok to take your time, and that sex is not the end all be all.
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“Fell first, fell harder” this, and “one partner would do anything for the other” that. What I really love is when both people are equally head over heels for each other.
When they both think each other are the coolest people they’ve ever met (bonus points if neither of them are very cool). When they both freak out after they get together and have a hard time believing it’s real. When they both get a little bit jealous when someone flirts with the other. When they both love showing each other off because they’re so proud that they get to be with a person like them. When they’d both go insane if someone dared to touch a hair on the other’s head. When one of them says that the other deserves better and they’re really confused because “wdym?? You’re the one that deserves better!”
I don’t get the craze of making one partner hopelessly in love when they could both be hopelessly in love, and that’s so much more beautiful and endearing to me.
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little things in Heartstopper that I think about a lot (part one):
Mr. Ajayi noticing Charlie’s hesitation when talking about Ben, so he puts his pen down and stops what he’s doing to let Charlie know he has his full attention
Charlie’s little giggle after Nick showed him how to play rugby
the little smile on Nicks face after seeing “x” at the end of Charlie’s thank you text to him
“You look… it looks great!”
Nick not being able to look at Charlie after he hugged him for the first time so he just turned around, said “see ya Monday,” and left
Nick’s singular tear when seeing his “62% Homosexual” quiz result
Isaac just not replying to the group chat and continuing to read his book, unbothered
Nick ready to absolutely lose his shit when Charlie said he ran into Ben at the party and then immediately going to the opposite end of the spectrum when Charlie said he defended himself
the smile on Charlie’s face after he pulls away from Nick before hugging him again when they’re sitting on his bed the morning after the party
everyone’s reactions when the St. John’s rugby team comes out on the field
Nick being breathless and Charlie’s little double blink after the kiss at the arcade
the stars reflecting on Elle’s glasses when she realizes she likes Tao
when Nick goes, “Oi!” after Charlie said, “I thought I was the one who said sorry too much.”
Tara’s knowing looks at Nick before he tells her he and Charlie are going out
the way Darcy looks at Tara when she’s talking to Nick about how being out is hard
“What?… we’re not… he’s not… shut up!”
the little jumps and Charlie’s smile after Nick left after asking him on a date
the smile on Nick’s face after reading the message where Darcy called them “meddling gays”
the way Tao and Elle greet each other at the milkshake cafe
the smiles from Nick and Charlie at the end of episode six
the hug outside the cinema
the hug Tori gives Charlie in the beginning of episode eight
Darcy’s face after Tara kisses her at Sports Day
the smiles on Nick and Charlie’s faces outside the train station
Nicks mom apologizing to him without knowing if she actually did or didn’t make him feel like he couldn’t tell her he’s bisexual
how the lighting in the room or background often matches the flag colors for the character on screen
(part two)
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