#hearstopper vibes

[jjoneechan]

EVERYONE REJOICE THE KARLNAP COMIC IS HERE!!!

#artists on tumblr #do not repost/steal #fanart #no ai/ no nft #procreate #sapnap #sapnapfanart #karl jacobs #karlnap #mini comic #hearstopper vibes #IM REALLY PROUD OF IT #I HOPE YOU LIKE IT #george is a menace #lineart is so good i cri #the PANELS HHNNGHH #sapnap is a rizz mastaaahhh #comic

[butter-is-a-milkshake]

RWRB movie is my entire personality for time being

#red white and royal blue #rwrb movie #rwrb #red white and royal blue movie #alex claremont diaz #prince henry rwrb #lgbtqia #I'm having my pride month renaissance #I'm chasing similar vibe #have been since hearstopper s2 #and now ive started young royals #your honor i love them #when me

[eternallovers65]

Kit Connor are you free on friday because I'm free on friday and I would like to hang out with you on friday when I'm free so please let me know of you are free on friday because i would like to hang out friday when I'm free

#this man guys #you dont understand #please whats up with me and guys that exclude major golden retriever vibes #kit connor #hearstopper

[andrwgarfields]

the only trio that matters

#joe locke #yasmin finney #im assuming thats leila???!!! #SAHAAAAR #i was already guessing that leila and joe are gonna be besties #they give off similar vibes #leila khan #hearstopper

[abrieenthusiast]

okay watched the hearstopper season 2 teaser for the millionth time and there are two things i cant stop noticing:

the very clear higher quality of literally everything and i mean EVERYTHING. the lighting is phenomenal, the camera work has improved probably because of a bigger budget, and i didnt think it could get better because i thought they were literally incredible in the first season, but the acting feels different but in the best way possible, like it has been enough time from season one that the actors are more comfortable in their roles now so it looks so much more natural than it already was its INCREDIBLE

ive noticed a pattern of the lighting designers seeing random locations like a hallway and adding some color into it for the vibe and feeling of the scene, even if it wouldnt realistically look like that, and its turned into almost a signature of the show which i LOVE SO MUCH

anyways season 2 is gonna be incredible i cant wait

#heartstopper #heartstopper tv #charlie spring #nick nelson #darcy olsson #tara jones #issac henderson #tao xu #elle argent #kit connor #joe locke #alice oseman

[cultofsappho]

I have never watched any of plagiarism man's videos, but a few days before everything came out YouTube recommended his rwrb video to me (probably bc I've watched every video on rwrb I possibly can). I got the vibe from the title that I would not enjoy his takes. I'm really happy that I didn't give him an extra view. He seems like the worst for multiple reasons.

omg yeah, his rwrb takes were very lukewarm compared to his other ones. he's done way worse things to other communities and creators, clearly!

I'd seen maybe 5 or 6 of his videos? give or take? he was the kind of youtuber i'd put on in the bg while i cooked or got ready in the morning.

the rwrb video was his most recent, and while watching it, i steadily lost faith. I didn't have reason to quetion him much before, bc i didn't know the material as well as rwrb. but, fuck, i know the rwrb community. very well.

He just very obviously knew nothing about rwrb, in the slightest. to me, it was clear he hadn't even paid much attention to the movie. It was like he had the movie on in the background while he did something else, and then made an "analysis" on it's impact on the queer community as a whole. It was bad. he knew nothing about the book. he called zahra alex's sister. He claimed something like 95% of the fans were straight women who jumped from hearstopper to rwrb. and more gibberish like that.

it was a bananas video to watch as a rwrb fan. he couldn't even recap the movie correctly.

At the time that i watched his og video, i wish i had thought deeper about it. bc I was basiclaly like "well, he didn't do his research on rwrb. kind of a let down. :(" but i didn't consider what that meant about all his other videos before that one.

#rwrb #red white and royal blue #hbomberguy #james somerton #ask

[chemtrail-notes]

I’m not sorry, where was the “big asexual news” that was promised? Because I didn’t see it at all. Yea this is about Heartstopper s2. *Originally posted 08/05/23*

This rant and or essay or essay rant will be through the lens of an asexual, aka my asexual lens. If you are asexual and you disagree with me, valid. Regardless I got things to say. And it is a rant so don't be surprised when I get blunt and sharp and harsh with what's down below.

First, what I liked about the show in short, good. It gave exactly what I expected it to give especially going off the vibes of s1. A whole lot of kissing vs actually talking to show their intimacy but hey, thats that.

Again first, what I liked about the asexuality aspect in the show.

1. There's an asexual/aromantic character.

2. Shout out to 'Summer Bird Blue' (aroace main character) and 'Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex' as I have read them both and love them. (Wouldn't recommend 'Ace' to someone who is just realizing they are asexual without reading a less theorized/asexuality book prior to but it was wonderful to see it.)

That's it.

Like if you have never seen asexual rep in any form of media until now, I'm glad you got to see it here but when I hear "BIG ASEXUAL NEWS" I expect it to be big. This wasn't big. It was small, medium at best and I wasn't satisfied.

My first impression of Heartstopper was just basic curiosity back in 2022. I only heard of the name from seeing the graphic novel in my library years prior. And when the trailer came out, I had already read 'Loveless' by Alice Oseman (I was reading any book with ace characters and waited patiently to finally get my hands on this book that was wonderful for me) so I recognized the name. And watched it. I had no expectations then. The expectations came when I discovered after watching s1 that Oseman tweeted this:

That is when I had expectations for s2 and held her to that. And I had full faith. Oseman is literally aroace! Oseman has said openly that having aro/ace characters in their stories is extremely important to them! Oseman is basically an aroace activist and their name is one of the known names in the community! So of course, I was happy to not only watch s2 of Heartstopper but also support her as she is a voice I believe that can more people recognize asexuality. And I still do believe that; this rant isn't about her personhood, ethics or vibe. We have seen how many famous people show us that we do not know them at all so I'm not making any statements about who they are as an individual - nah I'm over doing that. I'm criticizing them as an AroAce author/activist plus Executive Producer of Hearstopper that has openly stated they want to show more ace and aro rep in media. My question is, the minute you saw your rise in fame and rise in popularity of Heartstopper the tv show why didn't you run to add that purple, black, gray, and white in the show? Because of all the shows to showcase asexuality on a main stage, Heartstopper can and dammit should be that.

Hi to the non-asexuals reading this -

homoromantic (gay/lesbian) asexuals exist - biromantic asexuals exist - panromantic asexuals exist - trans asexuals exist - heteromantic asexuals exist - nonbinary asexuals exist - it's just little to no sex involved

the same goes for aromantics just in reverse - aromantic bisexuals and so on

I don't want to hear anything about taking away from the other queer identities present in the show. I'm aware of how little gay or bi or trans or otherwise queer character shows the community gets. But do you want to know how many asexual characters shows the community has? Dare I add "main asexual characters that are explicitly mentioned by name or by how they are in relation to society"? ............. Exactly. Not many. Because from 2010 till now there has been a nice chunk now and growing gay, bi, or even trans mainstream media or characters in said media (even when they are cancelled, they still existed and do exist). Having the main characters of Heartstopper have some asexuals in the show wouldn't take away anything. And it should have happened. No, no, no, no not minor characters. Main. Cast. Asexuality is insanely diverse and has so much intersectionality within it, it CAN work! Would it change the canon from the graphic novel? Yeah, but who cares, the canon was already changed!

As I was watching s2 and realize that this big asexual news was making an insanely late debut, I was already ready to write this post. By episode 6 we had gotten a little attention to asexuality being mentioned with Issac getting more screen time (oh my gosh he actually gets more time on screen and lines??! Because he was literally a background character despite being in the main friend group) and that was it. But I was like "let me not run my mouth, maybe in the graphic novel Issac had way more time to shine and then it led into him being asexual seamlessly." So I go to the wiki and learn all about the Osemanverse - all Oseman's books are in the same universe - and all the characters of Heartstopper and to my surprise Issac didn't even exist in the novel! Lol! So now knowing that, I know all about Issac and can now run my mouth.

Issac was created for the show most likely to replace a character named Aled who was gay demisexual and also the main character for 'Radio Silence' another book of Oseman's but was part of the friend group in Heartstopper graphic novel. I find it really weird that the ace character got cut because it "wouldn't fit with the timeline" as he was a main character in another story but whatever (Oseman on tumblr says here). They bring us Issac. And in s1 he is the quiet one (literally he barely has lines) who holds a book all the time listening to his besties romance antics and sometimes being a voice of reason (within a minute to 3 minutes cause thats all he gets). And in s2 he is STILL the quiet one who has little screen time but a little bit more lines holding a book all the time listening to his besties romance antics BUT NOW has an intro to a guy who he likes but is questioning how far that "like" extends to then realizing the term aromantic asexual resonates with him....in the quickest, exposition-based way I have seem.

'Heartstopper' Season 2 Will Explore Isaac's Asexuality, Says Alice Oseman (collider.com)

WHEN?! Because it seems like any time to Issac was rushed. Am I supposed to appreciate the literal 1-to-2-minute discussion with the AroAce artist while we barely saw the actual art piece and then the exposition-like description of living in a world heavily toward romance or sex? Were the little purple graphics supposed to make my heart leap? Nope that is reserved for another character of a different show (more on that later). It wasn't explored - not like the relationship between Tara and Darcy or the connection between Elle and Tao, who are also not the main-main characters! Secondary characters if you will. I didn't add Charlie and Nick because of course most screen time would be dedicated to them, they are the primary characters. But shit! Even the two gay teachers had a more intimate and kind handling of their gay experiences and then falling for each other! And they are tertiary characters we just met! I---. I can't get it. Why didn't Issac get the same level of focus in this show? Explored? It was barely shown sans Issac telling James he didn't feel what he thinks is romance toward him. And then at the end where Issac grabs the 'Ace' book. I mean okay then...

Now for Oseman. Listen, I do not know her entire ace life story. However, I did read interviews about them and their quest for asexual representation and also aromantic representation. In a Guardian interview states - "'The world is obsessed with sex and romance. And if you don’t have that, you feel like you haven’t achieved something that’s really important,' she says. Oseman tries to highlight the importance of platonic relationships in her own work – even in Heartstopper, an out-and-out love story, friendship is hugely important – and to include asexual representation in her books."

I will say, friendships are shown to be highly important in the show so I have no qualms with that. I do have qualms with what she states next: "As much as Oseman and others like her are trying to start conversations about asexuality, she doesn’t think it’s going to be a widely talked about subject any time soon. 'We’re never really going to see much cultural change in terms of awareness until a big celebrity comes out as being asexual,' she says. 'And there’s nothing I can do about that.'"

You as an individual human on this Earth can't change that yes but lets stop pretending you don't have strong influence now, from your Webtoon days and now to Heartstopper TV days. Oseman even recognizes the attention and new fame that has come to them since the show premiered and became so popular that even Netflix (Mr. Let me cancel a show that people actually liked) renewed it for s2 and s3 practically a month after its premiere. So, I don't get it? Why not add in more asexual rep in the show? Why not run to do so especially because you didn't back when you first starting your author journey? Again, I've read up on them; I know Oseman may have discovered the term asexual at 18 but didn't claim it then and had many years of questioning themselves (not looking into asexuality, believing they may be demisexual, trying to like boys etc) until 2020 when they came out publicly when 'Loveless' debuted. So their old stories wouldn't have asexuality in them. Heartstopper may have been wrapped for s1 production by that point, but Heartstopper said officially on Sept 22, 2022 that production had started. Which really means from the end of spring into the summer s2 had started being produced and written. AGAIN, as the executive producer seeing the massive popularity for this teen show, why didn't you say "hey this is different from the graphic novels but thats okay because we can have two different forms of canon in these two different forms of media (novel, tv) - but lets make a main character(s) be on the ace/aro spectrum! The audience will be open to it!" And who would I make asexual as a main character? Easy peasy - Nick.

I refer you to the italicized words above with all the labels I listed. Anyway. The bisexual to asexual pipeline is real and many aces say that before figuring out they were ace they assumed they were bi because they didn't have a preference toward a gender and assumed either was good. I literally thought it for a long time myself. And it can work perfectly because Nick in s1 and s2 was thinking about his sexuality. The scene in episode 6 where things get intimate, and Nick stops Charlie as he isn't ready to do anything more than kissing though he says he wants to just not at that moment. Charlie literally states, "And I'd only wanna do it if you did, and...if you didn't ever want to do it, then I wouldn't either." THE STAGE IS SET. And what could have happened next is Nick goes on his phone (they on them phones all the time anyway) to look up why he's nervous about having sex despite liking his boyfriend, scrolls down page after page, sees posts about the pressure to have sex, in the article it mentions asexual people. Boom! Seed is planted. Obligatory: Aces can have sex as asexuals can fall under sex-favorable, sex indifferent (the two that would or could engage in sexual activity), sex-averse, and sex-replused. Then we would have Issac and Nick, both aces showing the beautiful spectrum that is asexuality and a dab into aromanticism. And yeah, I read that Tori will be officially stated as asexual and aromantic in Volume 5 of the graphic novel but as of now thats only for the graphic novels.

I don't write fanfic nor will I so no I won't just make up a fannon to satisfy me but when I hear Big Asexual News I expect it to be big. Because while Issac's realization of asexuality may have been nice I've seen better. Remember that character I mentioned before? Yea well its no surprise, its Todd Chavez from BoJack Horseman and not only was it actually built up longer with more focus on Todd, it was also the main queer sexuality in the show. Besides the former producer man who was gay (and Bojack ruined his tv career), then got cancer and died - Todd's asexuality was the main focus - main character - for diversity and I loved every second of it. You saw him not only realize something was amiss with him, go to an ace meeting and see differences in the ace spectrum, get a gf, realize the gf and him didn't have to date just bc they were ace, not back down when others would question if he could have romance, and eventually find a nice girl and move in together. Not to mention how the show pokes fun at allosexuality in a satire way. And you would think a show like Heartstopper with the influence of a literal AroAce person could match this or surpass this for the 13 to 17 teen audience (BoJack is good but heavy so kids shouldn't just watch it lightly) but it just fell flat.

I really feel like asexuality and aromanticism was pushed to the side by allosexuality and alloromanticism yet again, but it irritates me this time because it didn't have to be. And if Oseman didn't say anything, didn't hype the asexuals desperate to see more asexuality on screen in mainstream pop culture, then this post would have never existed. Yea the other producers and writers and blah blah blah may have stopped them, I can see how one executive producer doesn't have all the power but damn that tweet had me convinced that they had a significant amount of influence. And yes again, can 1 person change everything? NO. Oseman cannot be the only AroAce person to change the tides, we need more activists and people demanding to see more ace or aro rep. Yasmin Benoit is a great one who is getting more and more known by the day, more asexual books are being bought and in libraries, asexuality has more of an understanding than it did years ago (still a long way now). But in terms of asexuality in media.....not just the dumb stereotype of a robotic person or the "well you arent conventionally attractive or charismatic so it fits that u are aro or ace or aroace" or soley based on they had a trauma (bc that isnt a prerequisite for asexuality)....there's not many.

I don't care about spoilers for s3 so, in the future, before I decide to watch or not, I am seeing if more aroace identity is directly present before I decide to support the show in streams. Which won't matter in the long run because 1 person not watching won't hurt its popularity and I don't want it to. I don't want to hurt the show or dismiss how it is a showcase of lgbtqia in a happy, comforting, fantastic binge worthy show. I just want more for asexuality in media and this show could have launched it far if they actually made it big.

#heartstopper #issac heartstopper #Issac heartstopper aroace #issac heartstopper asexual #asexual #asexual rant #honestly I could tag the one the only themselves but I've chosen not to #but I am still going to talk #I said what I said #heartstopper netflix #netflix #kit conner #heartstopper alice oseman #heartstopper tv #heartstopper s2

[the---hermit]

Heartstopper vol.3 by Alice Oseman

I read the third book in this amazing graphic novel series for the studyblr w/knives pride reading challenge, for the prompt everyone is queer and nothing hurts.

I really liked this next chapter of the book, it deals with a lot. I like how it introduces the subject of mental health in such a way that it is not demeaned, but the general vibe of the series stays the same. We finally get to know a bit more the other characters surrounding Nick and Charlie, which was really fun, and I loved the idea of seeing them all on a trip in Paris. There's not much else to say, I feel like this series is really worth it, and I will very soon read the fouth volume.

Here's the reviews of the other two volumes: Hearstopper vol.1, Hearstopper vol.2

I will soon post a new update on the pride reading challenge.

#bookblr #book #booklr #books #2022 book #graphic novel #heartstopper volume 3 #studyblr w/knives reading challenge #pride reading challenge #queer books #studyblr #book recommendation #book rec #book review #book cover #reading #mine #the---hermit

[injsiafg]

does anybody know why there are suddenly a bunch of photoes of the hearstopper cast hanging out with the shadow and bone cast??? because these shows have COMPLETLEY different vibes and it's really throwing me off

#heartstopper #heartstopper series #shadow and bone #sixofcrows #grishaverse #leigh bardugo #alice oseman #soc #sab #nick and charlie #heartstopper cast #shadow and bone netflix

[muffinsandpages]

Shelf updated with April books

Oh, I am so happy about April's reads, I wish I could go back to the beginning of the month to experience these books for the first time!

Here's what I read: - Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty for my thesis - Alexander McQueen: Working Process, again for the thesis - Dubliners by James Joyce - How to Stop Time by Matt Haigh - Radio Silence by Alice Oseman - I was Born for This by Alice Oseman

Also, I'm very sad because I have now read all of Oseman Books (minus the novellas), plus just this morning I have finished the Hearstopper tv series. So if you know about books with similar vibes please send me suggestions because I really need them!!

#bookblr #book #reading #april reads #reading wrap up #april wrap up #shelf #doodle #drawing #alexander mcqueen #dubliners #james joyce #matt haigh #radio silence #i was born for this #alice oseman #osemanverse #aled last #frances janvier #reading aesthetic #book blog #i am reading #book aesthetic #this is a whole wall of tags so bye :)

[darealsaltysam]

i really like ms marvel so far its got such a good vibe to it. the little animations are giving hearstopper 

#ms marvel #marvel #mcu

[necromanticfemme]

idk what this even means really but i was just looking at stuff abt first kill on twitter and i saw people beefing about people referring to the show as sapphic versus lesbian and like. idk got me thinking some thoughts.

all the lesbian isn't a dirty word arguments are understandable like yes people are weird about the word lesbian sometimes and it's annoying but also i genuinely don't think it's at all malicious to call first kill a sapphic show rather than a lesbian show.

the fact remains that lesbian isn't used as an umbrella term (and lots of people are very loudly against it being used as such, which i do get the point of) and so hence wlw or sapphic is used instead to be inclusive when talking about the wider lack of sapphic media. the central couple in first kill is a lesbian couple, but it's more generally a sapphic show and it makes sense to call it that when thinking about the general landscape of wlw media.

thinking about like first kill compared with hearstopper, it's kind of like opposite vibes since cal and juliette are both lesbians but iirc nick in heartstopper is bi, yet heartstopper doesn't get called an mlm show in the same way as first kill is called a sapphic show. i think this is honestly simply because lesbian has a more exclusive use than the word gay, which because of its use as an umbrella term for the community as a whole necessitates its broadness in this case? like it's much more acceptable to refer to bi people as gay than to refer to a bi woman as a lesbian bc the former is an umbrella term while the latter isn't?

and like this isn't me trying to start discourse this is literally just random thoughts bc i find it interesting the way we navigate all this. much to think about. humans are so silly with our little ideas about language and our little disagreements.

#rambles #sorry lmao i just had thoughts i had to write out #if ur have thoughts on this im interested to hear! esp fellow lesbians #i try so hard to not think about language discourse but then i cant stop myself bc it's INTERESTING #like it makes me want to slam my head into a wall sometimes but i find it fascinating

[nofandom-nosoul]

Hearstopper has such a Life is Strange vibes and nobody can convince me otherwise. Both soundtracks are bomb AF and left me crying and thinking about it nonstop.

#heartstopper #life is strange #nick and charlie #nick nelson #charlie spring #chloe price #max caulfield #lgbtq

[musingsofmyown]

me right now

moooooooooood, honest frickin moooood

I'm assuming this is from hearstopper (I havent watched yet-)

This charcater/person is a dang vibe and I appreciate it

#aspen answers asks #thesunandherflannelcurtains

[jiatiful]

has anyone already make a mahae au in the hearstopper universe where haechan is charlie and mark is nick? i need it rn !!!!!! the vibes????? it's them

#my favorite boys fr #nct #mahae #markhyuck #heartstopper

[asyouleft]

For the ask game!

1 (especially which MCU/Spidey one!), 11, 13, 24!

Hi <33

favorite fic you wrote this year

Hm, for Spidey/MCU I think it has to be Uneven Odds which wasn't even a popular one! I just had this idea of what would happen if Tony was Snapped and came back to a world that was just fine without him - especially Peter, Pepper & his family. Like, how would he fit in? We have so many (great ones too) of Peter trying to adjust after he comes back, I wanted to explore the Tony side of things. I think it came out pretty well!

As for HS, I'd go with And You Know For Me It's Always You mostly because it started as a small plot bunny and as of right now, it sits at 166k words (pre editing each chapter too!). It's the longest thing I've ever written and I really like how it's moving and how I manged to cram in more plot than I thought I could (even in my more plotty stuff!)

11. fandom you enjoyed writing for the most this year

It's a cop out but both Spidey/MCU and Hearstopper mostly because they are two very different fandoms and writing style! It'd been a hot minute since I delved into proper slash fics (especially smut) but the second I started it was so nice to know I could still get around to it.

But I still do love writing Peter & Tony stuff, I think I got a bit burnt out on it after finishing so many fics this year and doing so many random tropes. I also had some negative feedback on a few of them and it made me nervous to post more stuff! But have no fear, I have two almost finished ones and a handful of WIPs that I've made progress on for this year new! I'll be back on my bullshit soon enough.

13. favorite writing song/artist/album of this year

My fic naming scheme would probably suggest Taylor Swift, lol but I think I had on Superache by Conan Gray so much this year. I vibe with that one a lot when writing (even if I'm not writing something related to one of the songs) but I also spent a lot of time with Sleeping At Last (per usual) especially when doing MCU stuff, I usually have on a playlist of all the Atlas songs, tbh on shuffle because the whole thing is a masterpiece.

24. favorite fic you read this year

That is so hard, ugh, I read so, so, so, so many. And I know so many of the authors and I would feel so bad singling anyone out!! My Switzerland answer is just look at my Bookmarks, lol. I tend to forget to Bookmark things but then remember suddenly and go back to older stuff all the time, but it's a good read on the things I enjoyed.

Questions from the Fanfic End of The Year Ask!

#ask #fanfic #i type/talk way too much #sorry lmao