I'm not even overactiving when I say heartstopper has changed my life. It came right when I was going through a tough time, especially with getting out of a gay relationship, and it's shown me what healthy love is. Not just romantic relationships like Nick and Charlie. But platonical, parental and even self love and understanding. Watching the show has taught me more about healthy conflict resolutions and taking accountability and having compassion. ..No matter what changes continue in my life, I think heartstopper will always be a turning point. I'm so so thankful and grateful to everyone who made this show happen. 💜
You're not alone, my friend. I'm a 55 year old queer cisman and it's completely changed me, too. It lets me mourn what I never had, but gives me hope for me and also LGBTQ youth...that someday I'll find my Nick or Charlie. ❤️
Watching their videos gives me comfort too I haven't watched the show yet I'm having exams in a few weeks and I'll feel guilty If I do so but I can't really study and I miss my best friend and my sister I really need a hug and it makes me happy to see them happy even if it's just a show I'm not even gay recently I came up with the conclusion that I'm ace I could possibly be pan but idk. Everything about this show is just soo beautiful. For someone who've never been in a relationship before and doesn't want to be, this show makes me want a s/o (I can't believe im saying this) and hug them endlessly idk man I think I've got feelings for my best friend everything's ffed up nowadays
@@Chandra-sv2qe you remind me so much of myself. You definitely aren't alone. Currently I dentify as ace and Queer. It was a long road of self discovery and I'm still learning more everyday. I don't think self discovery ever fully finishes. You've got this, i hope your exams go okay and i hope life in general works out for you. Try new things, see what makes you most comfortable. Don't ever feel like its too late to do something, if I've learnt anything in life it's that it's truly never too late for anyrhing or anyone. Things happen when they're meant to. Try to enjoy the present, it's the only time we're truly here :3
I though I was the only one it’s really made me understand that coming out is not a bad thing to anyone really (I even came out as bi after 9 months of knowing)
Literally how my sister worked it out when we were kids about me. It was around 97 and I kept smiling at the posters of Leonardo DiCaprio on her wall, she clocked on that I was not straight 😆 the power of the sister 💜
i love how imogen looks at charlie and nick when they walk away, and she was so in love with nick yet you could tell she supported 100% god i love imogen she’s so cute and pretty 😭😭
@@midnights349 in the cinema scene, originally he says "Char", but in the Latin America dub he says "chiquito", a super cute way to say "little" to someone you love, and that is everything 🥺🥺
if my own Nick Nelson didn't come to my house while it's storming outside forgetting to bring protection from the rain just to see me, im not gonna accept him
*This is your brain speaking. We're gonna run through this one more time. Nick sees Charlie and quits the game. You won't cry this time. Got it?* Me: OH GOD SWEET MOTHER MARY THIS IS TOO HAPPY 😭
@@MissingPhoenix11 This whole series has been devastating for me (in the best way possible) but I will agree Nick coming out to his mum ranks high on the sob list
At the time I first started watching I was worried about my sexuality and taking loads of quizzes about it. I felt weird especially as I had feelings about my best friend at the time. I started watching and asked her out. We've been dating now for 2 months and I recently told my mum . Heartstopper is a life changer
I've been trying to figure myself out and apparently I'm bi. I have real feelings for my best friend too, do you think I should ask her out? What scares me is that my mom is homophobic.
Heartstopper literally changed my whole life. I realized that I’m bisexual like two months ago and then I just saw this series and something inside me just yelled that I have to watch it. I didn’t read anything about it and I hadn’t seen it anywhere, I just started watching and got stuck. I’ve seen it 3 times now and I could watch it over and over and over again, I will never get tired of it. This is and will probably for always be my favorite series. It’s magic.
i cried watching clips of it and i haven’t even watched heartstopper fully but i’m just going to say: “no one should ‘get used to’ homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, queerphobia, etc. because it’s not okay. no one deserves to be made fun of / be hated on for embracing their true identity.” - me, 2022 *i really had an hour long cry after nick said that cuz holy muffins is that so relatable and powerful- we stan✨
One of the biggest things I'm looking forward to in season 2 is seeing how imogen and isaac evolve since neither of them are in the comic/novel :D Isaac is confirmed ace-aro and s2 is supposedly going to have some focus on that (hell yeah!!) AND I'm excited to see how imogen changes since she has that scene with nick where she relates to feeling disconnected from yourself (I'm hoping she's not just a season 1 character bc I surprisingly really like her 🥰)
@@walter4708 hi i hate being that person but alice has clarified that harry is 100% just a heterosexual, homophobic asshole in the comics. no harry coming to terms with finding his sexuality here
Loving seeing these comments! Totally agree about Harry.. Surely some journey for him.. and Ben?!. They each really love Nick / Charlie somehow surely and can't work out how to be about it.. Imogen is amazing look at the 'I've got you' look she gives Nick when Harry's being an arse after their 'date'. Sorry to say this... She's really an ally! Lol. And why did she have detention? I'm guessing she's ND and has her own story. Alice has said she's excited about her in next season. THANK YOU ALICE!!! This has changed everything!
I think Isaac is going to mostly follow Aled’s story since he seems to the replacement character, and I really hope Imogen gets more of a story and becomes a really good friend of nicks. The look of pure love and joy she gives nick and Charlie when she realizes why nick didn’t like her back is so sweet. She’s a little naive and ignorant but is just so unconditionally supportive of her friends and I really love her as a character.
@@walter4708 I doubt that about the crush. Harry is in volume 3 so probably will be in season 2, but more about him growing up from being the playground bully.
I’m literally out here crying….. y’all this is too cute, the photobooth scene?! Like what… for the love of god stop the cuteness, but then again don’t stop it, cause I love it!!!!!!!! Heartstopper has my heart❤️
I love the fact that I as a gay person am really happy that this show is like a real life of a gay person haha or what our life looks like, a part of our life We all know that being gay is sometimes difficult and watching this show helped me thinking that I am normal, I am just a human and I deserve to be loved this way I truly love this show🥰
Everything that they say is so relatable as a queer teen today "Full on gay crisis" "Gay nerd" "Why are we like this?" Also when beabadoobee's Dance With Me came on, I literally fell off the couch, I was so excited bc it's one of my favorite love songs it was so perfect. It's also everything I want in a relationship why do i have to be a stupid American
I read heartstopper when I was questioning my whole sexuality and and lost a lot of friends bc I talk too much and I share too much... It gave me a sense of relief and happiness!!! It gave me more butterflies than any boy or girl I've ever met!!! I now identify as Nick Nelson!!! It has changed my whole entire life
Omg.. I have watched it seven times individually with a few of my friends and by myself and have read it LOTS of times! I’m obsessed. Ahhh! *tries to breathe normally*👍👍 this/these show/books help my mental health and destroy it at the same time! 🐒💅🏽 I love this vid❤️
I love this so much. I was in a toxic relationship when i started watching it and it helped me realize just how bad the relationship was so im extrodanaraly happy that i started to watch it when i did.
I remember reading the books before it was a big thing and they where good I read them in three hours but then when I heard about the series and the fame it had I felt like it was apart of me you know what i mean? I just love it it makes my heart happy
I don't think I've ever been so madly in love with a show before. I mean, series like Friends and HIMYM are jewels in their own right, but this one has tugged at my heartstrings in a way I can't even begin to explain. I can't pinpoint what exactly it is about the series (or the comic, which I completed in one sitting), but the simplicity, sweetness, poignancy and innocence of it has worked some kind of magic on me. Maybe another factor is that I could relate to all the characters at some level. Like Nick, I have taken those "Am I bisexual" quizzes a number of times. I could identify with his confusion and his feeling of getting overwhelmed and scared. Like Charlie, I know what it feels like to develop feelings for a friend whose sexuality you're not sure of. There were countless small (yet priceless) moments between each of the couples (especially Charlie and Nick, of course) that we witnessed throughout the series. I could see myself in them -- I was reminded of my school years, my first love, and how the most insignificant moments between us are still vividly clear in my memory. Be it Nick's pen explosion, Charlie's bonding with Nellie, Nick's sudden gesture of hugging a "cuddly" Charlie, Nick's hesitation to touch Charlie's hand while he was asleep, Nick gently removing the mud from an injured Charlie's cheek, Nick calling Charlie "Char", Nick shyly entwining his fingers with Charlie's at a horror film, their awkward laughs and "Why are we like this?".. Each moment evoked a sense of nostalgia in me of a world I have left behind forever. A piece of innocence that I'll never own again. I have probably not gotten attached to fictional characters so much since FRIENDS or HIMYM. And I don't know why, but the characters being young and inexperienced compared to the main leads of the other series developed in me an inexplicable feeling of affection owards them. Each character leaves his mark, but the true "Heartstopper" (at least for me) would be Nick. It was so refreshing to see a typical "jock" character whom most other creators wouldn't hesitate to caricaturize not falling prey to any of the familiar tropes. There are moments when I simply wanted to reach through the screen and give him a hug. His honesty, sensitivity, thoughtfulness, self-restraint, childlike innocence and considerate nature bowled me over. Considering both the comic and the production, Nick will go down as one of the most beloved fictional characters I will remember. My heart goes out to Charlie too.. Everything he's been through, how it has seeped into his personality making him self-effacing and excessively apologetic and how he and Nick fight against all of it together ❤️. The very decision of the showmakers not to unnecessarily complicate the series or drag the narrative with redundant subplots has rendered the series almost flawless, so to say. And the LGBTQ+ centricity of the story enriches it even more - with all the hesitation about "coming out", the fear of judgement, the uncertainty of whether feelings are unrequited or mutual. I finished all four volumes and I really hope the series does justice to it in the upcoming seasons too. Series dealing with LGBTQ representation and mental health issues have been made many a time before. But the very fact that we got to look at these issues from the perspective of an inexperienced teenager augments the effectivity of the portrayal in a way I can't explain. Nick's efforts to tell Charlie about his eating disorder, his mom standing solidly by him as he tried as he tried to help Charlie, Charlie's subsequent spiralling and his journey (which is beautifully pointed out to be likely a lifelong one) left an indelible impact on me. And don't get me started on Nick and Charlie😭. I can't get enough of their goofy smiles and shy glances at each other, their passionate hugs, their teasing and their beautiful, beautiful love. Count me among the biggest shippers omfg🤧. And I loved how the comic kinda blended into the series through the cartoon fires and sparks, animated snowfall, the sand and the sea at the beach, and of course the leaves🍃. Not getting over any of it anytime soon. Also the SOUNDTRACK! Probably the best since HIMYM that a soundtrack blended so well with the series and its characters. My favourites are: 1. Don't delete the kisses 2. Sappho 3. Dance with me 4. Why am I like this 5. My own person 6. What's it gonna be 7. I want to be with you 8. Any other way 9. I belong in your arms Listened to each of them multiple times. P.S. Tao, Elle, Isaac, Tara, Darcy - I love y'all too! You all were iconic. Sorry I was busy ranting about just Nick and Char
2:23 ok one thing... nick did have charlie's address they've hung out there a bunch, and I think earlier in that episode they were there, plus charlie later tells his mom that nick just left his jumper there from last week, implying that nick had been there before
I don't normally like shows like Heartstopper but it's one of my favorite shows, and comic, to the point where I try to get my family to watch it with me. Like my mom will complain about me staying in my room all the time and I say "Then would you like to watch Heartstopper together, I will gladly leave my room to do that." She always says no, I know it's not because she's homophobic or anything, she watches Grey's Anatomy and doesn't complain about characters and she doesn't ask just about me getting a boyfriend she'll also say girlfriend or just dating someone in general. It may be because she's still confusing it and Young Royals but I've said it's appropriate and if it weren't I wouldn't suggest it.
I love everything about everything done with this Series. . All the boys, lines, people are soooo cute. Even the bad boys. Love Ben's boot shoes, Got similar pairs dark blue, burgundy, camel and black
I'm not even overactiving when I say heartstopper has changed my life. It came right when I was going through a tough time, especially with getting out of a gay relationship, and it's shown me what healthy love is. Not just romantic relationships like Nick and Charlie. But platonical, parental and even self love and understanding. Watching the show has taught me more about healthy conflict resolutions and taking accountability and having compassion. ..No matter what changes continue in my life, I think heartstopper will always be a turning point. I'm so so thankful and grateful to everyone who made this show happen. 💜
You're not alone, my friend. I'm a 55 year old queer cisman and it's completely changed me, too. It lets me mourn what I never had, but gives me hope for me and also LGBTQ youth...that someday I'll find my Nick or Charlie. ❤️
Watching their videos gives me comfort too I haven't watched the show yet I'm having exams in a few weeks and I'll feel guilty If I do so but I can't really study and I miss my best friend and my sister I really need a hug and it makes me happy to see them happy even if it's just a show I'm not even gay recently I came up with the conclusion that I'm ace I could possibly be pan but idk. Everything about this show is just soo beautiful. For someone who've never been in a relationship before and doesn't want to be, this show makes me want a s/o (I can't believe im saying this) and hug them endlessly idk man I think I've got feelings for my best friend everything's ffed up nowadays
@@Chandra-sv2qe you remind me so much of myself. You definitely aren't alone. Currently I dentify as ace and Queer. It was a long road of self discovery and I'm still learning more everyday. I don't think self discovery ever fully finishes. You've got this, i hope your exams go okay and i hope life in general works out for you. Try new things, see what makes you most comfortable. Don't ever feel like its too late to do something, if I've learnt anything in life it's that it's truly never too late for anyrhing or anyone. Things happen when they're meant to. Try to enjoy the present, it's the only time we're truly here :3
It changed my life too 😄
I though I was the only one it’s really made me understand that coming out is not a bad thing to anyone really (I even came out as bi after 9 months of knowing)
"I dont think he is straight" KILLED ME HAHAHAHAHA
Great Sis and Great Girl 😂😅
Literally how my sister worked it out when we were kids about me. It was around 97 and I kept smiling at the posters of Leonardo DiCaprio on her wall, she clocked on that I was not straight 😆 the power of the sister 💜
Love Tori sm omg.
🥤🥤🥤
LMAO FR I DIED WATCHING THAT SCENE😭😭
I stg watching some of these scenes literally put me through physical pain, but at the same time, when I watch this my cold goes just *poof*
feel this on a personal level
Me but w my allergies
Why HAIIDD
i love how imogen looks at charlie and nick when they walk away, and she was so in love with nick yet you could tell she supported 100%
god i love imogen she’s so cute and pretty 😭😭
me too! i liked her even more becoz she has real feelings for nick, coz she knows that supporting him at all cost is the definition of love 🛐
The “I’m an ally” scene was funny tho 💀💀
@@trip7002 Im not like, homophoebik
Im an allie 💅💅
@@vincentfreddoyle7555 I literally died 💀
THE SPED UP SCENES ARE FUKING FUNNY
FOR REALLLLL😭💀
HAAHAHAHAHAH YESSS😭
In Latin Spanish, instead of "Char", Nick says "chiquito", and it's even cuter 🥺😭❤️
awww thats adorableee 😭😭😭
Wait what when
@@midnights349 in the cinema scene, originally he says "Char", but in the Latin America dub he says "chiquito", a super cute way to say "little" to someone you love, and that is everything
🥺🥺
@@y.2439 OMG that's so cute wtfff
Awww that’s adorable 😭
My standards for a partner is Nick Nelson. If they aren't going to love me like Nick loves Charlie, I don't want it.
if my own Nick Nelson didn't come to my house while it's storming outside forgetting to bring protection from the rain just to see me, im not gonna accept him
@@walter4708 Same lmao
@@keriohl5771 im so gay.
Lol my friend needs a Nick and I'm Nick and need a Charlie 🥲🥲
Found him?
*This is your brain speaking. We're gonna run through this one more time. Nick sees Charlie and quits the game. You won't cry this time. Got it?*
Me: OH GOD SWEET MOTHER MARY THIS IS TOO HAPPY 😭
I KNOW 😭
Now i feel heartless. The _only_ time i cried was when Nick comes out to his mum.
@@MissingPhoenix11 This whole series has been devastating for me (in the best way possible) but I will agree Nick coming out to his mum ranks high on the sob list
I CRIED A LOT AND I FULLY CRIED WHEN NICK COMES OUT TO HIS MOM
@@MissingPhoenix11 i cried then too lol
Imma be honest, throughout the whole show I was having a bi-panic with Nick 💀
NO BECAUSE LITERALLY
i fr went "haha i can relate" when nick pulled up that gay quiz💀💀💀💀
I think we all can relate to that 😂
At the time I first started watching I was worried about my sexuality and taking loads of quizzes about it. I felt weird especially as I had feelings about my best friend at the time. I started watching and asked her out. We've been dating now for 2 months and I recently told my mum .
Heartstopper is a life changer
congrats!
Happy for you!
Awhhh!!
real
I've been trying to figure myself out and apparently I'm bi. I have real feelings for my best friend too, do you think I should ask her out? What scares me is that my mom is homophobic.
Nick knows Charlie’s address because he’s already been in Charlie’s house
stopp ik that now😭
Alice needs to know that my life is way better because I watched and read Heartstopper. 💖
Nick: Naw, I'm definitely straight
Also Nick: proceeds to stare at a picture of him Charlie and Nellie zoomed in on Charlie
Me: Honey please -_-
Tori became my spirit animal. always showing up at the perfect time to say what everyone is t thinkin
The random Charlie edits catch me off guard every time 💀😭
THE FIGHT SCENE SPED UP IS THE FUNNIEST THING EVER
Heartstopper literally changed my whole life. I realized that I’m bisexual like two months ago and then I just saw this series and something inside me just yelled that I have to watch it. I didn’t read anything about it and I hadn’t seen it anywhere, I just started watching and got stuck. I’ve seen it 3 times now and I could watch it over and over and over again, I will never get tired of it. This is and will probably for always be my favorite series. It’s magic.
when he took the gay quiz before wi was like “HES GONNA TAKE THE FAY QUIZ I SWEAR” then he did 💀💀😭😭😭
i cried watching clips of it and i haven’t even watched heartstopper fully but i’m just going to say:
“no one should ‘get used to’ homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, queerphobia, etc. because it’s not okay. no one deserves to be made fun of / be hated on for embracing their true identity.” - me, 2022
*i really had an hour long cry after nick said that cuz holy muffins is that so relatable and powerful- we stan✨
The snow fighting scene is a cinematic masterpiece DON’T @ ME
One of the biggest things I'm looking forward to in season 2 is seeing how imogen and isaac evolve since neither of them are in the comic/novel :D Isaac is confirmed ace-aro and s2 is supposedly going to have some focus on that (hell yeah!!) AND I'm excited to see how imogen changes since she has that scene with nick where she relates to feeling disconnected from yourself (I'm hoping she's not just a season 1 character bc I surprisingly really like her 🥰)
and im hoping to see more about Harry, it gives me vibes that he either has a crush on charlie or Nick but he doesn't know how to handle it
@@walter4708 hi i hate being that person but alice has clarified that harry is 100% just a heterosexual, homophobic asshole in the comics. no harry coming to terms with finding his sexuality here
Loving seeing these comments! Totally agree about Harry.. Surely some journey for him.. and Ben?!. They each really love Nick / Charlie somehow surely and can't work out how to be about it..
Imogen is amazing look at the 'I've got you' look she gives Nick when Harry's being an arse after their 'date'. Sorry to say this... She's really an ally! Lol. And why did she have detention? I'm guessing she's ND and has her own story. Alice has said she's excited about her in next season. THANK YOU ALICE!!! This has changed everything!
I think Isaac is going to mostly follow Aled’s story since he seems to the replacement character, and I really hope Imogen gets more of a story and becomes a really good friend of nicks. The look of pure love and joy she gives nick and Charlie when she realizes why nick didn’t like her back is so sweet. She’s a little naive and ignorant but is just so unconditionally supportive of her friends and I really love her as a character.
@@walter4708 I doubt that about the crush. Harry is in volume 3 so probably will be in season 2, but more about him growing up from being the playground bully.
4:46 HELP WHY IS THIS PART SO FUNNY SPED UP
NICKS AND CHARLIES SPED UP VOICES THO 💀😂 AND THE FIGHTING SCENE BETWEEN NICK AND HARRY I CANT 😭
I SHOULDNT HAVE LAUGHED AT THE GRETA PART 💀
No but the cinema fighting scene sped up was just- 💀
1:35 are we going to talk about how musically accurate that scene is
whats the name of the song?? ive def heard it but i can't remeber what its called
@@creativ-ish you can find some stuff of it when you search "Old enough to understand"
@@creativ-ish Pluto Project
@@creativ-ish Pluto Projector by Rex Orange County
This is definitely ✨fruity✨ 😂
I’m literally out here crying….. y’all this is too cute, the photobooth scene?! Like what… for the love of god stop the cuteness, but then again don’t stop it, cause I love it!!!!!!!! Heartstopper has my heart❤️
We need a season 2
and some folx like the characters in our lives T_T
Duh ✨💀
Yes.. yes… I’m dead inside without it
YES WE DO. But also, I rlly need a Nick Hug…
*book/webtoon spoiler*
yeah but season 2 will be filled with pain:')
1:18
haley: “#boyfriends” “their relationship is so precious”
nick: **literally attacking charlie with snowballs so fast in the blink of an eye**
"Like honestly I'm having a full on gay crisis" same lmao
I cried after watching heartstopper, not just because its adorable but because I know I'll never be happy like Nick and Charlie 😔
I love the fact that I as a gay person am really happy that this show is like a real life of a gay person haha or what our life looks like, a part of our life
We all know that being gay is sometimes difficult and watching this show helped me thinking that I am normal, I am just a human and I deserve to be loved this way
I truly love this show🥰
Friendly reminder that they weren't even dating yet in the snow scene and yet... they're so cute
They are by far one of the cutest couples I've seen. Irl and fictional couples.
okay but like- riptide with the beach scenes are sooo good it fits so well omg
BYE THE SPED UP SCENES I CANT BREATHE. 💀💀
I need a nick Nelson hug right fucking now 😭😭
i cant believe charlie and nick invented love
if we dont get s2 ill be so annoyed bc theres 2 more comic books in this series for netflix to adapt
Not me crying because I want a relationship like this 🥺
The way Nick says "yeah" is like......idk it makes me feel some type of way. I love it
that BYE I STILL LOVE YOU sent me
God, reading the books then watching this show, the show pains so much more than the book because it drags everything out
OMG THE SPED UP PARTS ARE SOFUNNY
6:02
THE SMILE THAT WAS ON MY FACE WHEN I SAW THIS
sobbing
We’re rummaging through the scraps,i need season 2…
Everything that they say is so relatable as a queer teen today
"Full on gay crisis"
"Gay nerd"
"Why are we like this?"
Also when beabadoobee's Dance With Me came on, I literally fell off the couch, I was so excited bc it's one of my favorite love songs it was so perfect.
It's also everything I want in a relationship why do i have to be a stupid American
charlie is such a cutie i love him he is underrated 💖
the way tori just appears out of the darkness tho
BRO THE RUNNING SCENE WAS TOO FUNNY
Welp… gonna rewatch season one for the third time in 3 days 😂❤️
i laughed so loud at the “my golden retriever bf”
What is my golden retriever bf doing? 🤣🤣🤣 I died with that.
5:42 AWWWWWWWWWWW * starts rolling on the floor cause it's so cute
The “yeeeaaah”😏 is so cute ifykyk
I read heartstopper when I was questioning my whole sexuality and and lost a lot of friends bc I talk too much and I share too much... It gave me a sense of relief and happiness!!! It gave me more butterflies than any boy or girl I've ever met!!! I now identify as Nick Nelson!!! It has changed my whole entire life
YES SOMEONE FINALLY ADDED RIPTIDE TO THE BEACH SCENE TYSM
I thought I knew what wholesome meant but now I know I didn’t until I watched this
THE SPED UP SCENE WITH THE FIGHTING KILLS ME 😭😭😭😭😭
charlie and nick in the photobooth actually made my heart flutter 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
3:53 THIS PART MADE ME LAUGH OUT LOUD I CANTTT 💀💀💀
Everything you said is just, so accurate. It’s beautiful really.
heartstopper makes me feel single even though i am. also ur mum🙊
Omg.. I have watched it seven times individually with a few of my friends and by myself and have read it LOTS of times! I’m obsessed. Ahhh! *tries to breathe normally*👍👍 this/these show/books help my mental health and destroy it at the same time! 🐒💅🏽 I love this vid❤️
they’re perfect i love them so much
I am honestly so glad I decided to watch it when I did, it literally is my favorite thing ever now:)
5:26 HELP
I love this so much. I was in a toxic relationship when i started watching it and it helped me realize just how bad the relationship was so im extrodanaraly happy that i started to watch it when i did.
This show has changed lives including mine..literally can't wait for season 2(the last scene of them at the beach is the best 👌)
They're like: "hi" "hi" "hi" "hi" "hi" "hi" EVERY DAMN SECOND 😀😭
I remember reading the books before it was a big thing and they where good I read them in three hours but then when I heard about the series and the fame it had I felt like it was apart of me you know what i mean? I just love it it makes my heart happy
I don't think I've ever been so madly in love with a show before.
I mean, series like Friends and HIMYM are jewels in their own right, but this one has tugged at my heartstrings in a way I can't even begin to explain.
I can't pinpoint what exactly it is about the series (or the comic, which I completed in one sitting), but the simplicity, sweetness, poignancy and innocence of it has worked some kind of magic on me.
Maybe another factor is that I could relate to all the characters at some level.
Like Nick, I have taken those "Am I bisexual" quizzes a number of times.
I could identify with his confusion and his feeling of getting overwhelmed and scared.
Like Charlie, I know what it feels like to develop feelings for a friend whose sexuality you're not sure of.
There were countless small (yet priceless) moments between each of the couples (especially Charlie and Nick, of course) that we witnessed throughout the series.
I could see myself in them -- I was reminded of my school years, my first love, and how the most insignificant moments between us are still vividly clear in my memory.
Be it Nick's pen explosion, Charlie's bonding with Nellie, Nick's sudden gesture of hugging a "cuddly" Charlie, Nick's hesitation to touch Charlie's hand while he was asleep, Nick gently removing the mud from an injured Charlie's cheek, Nick calling Charlie "Char", Nick shyly entwining his fingers with Charlie's at a horror film, their awkward laughs and "Why are we like this?"..
Each moment evoked a sense of nostalgia in me of a world I have left behind forever.
A piece of innocence that I'll never own again.
I have probably not gotten attached to fictional characters so much since FRIENDS or HIMYM.
And I don't know why, but the characters being young and inexperienced compared to the main leads of the other series developed in me an inexplicable feeling of affection owards them.
Each character leaves his mark, but the true "Heartstopper" (at least for me) would be Nick.
It was so refreshing to see a typical "jock" character whom most other creators wouldn't hesitate to caricaturize not falling prey to any of the familiar tropes.
There are moments when I simply wanted to reach through the screen and give him a hug.
His honesty, sensitivity, thoughtfulness, self-restraint, childlike innocence and considerate nature bowled me over.
Considering both the comic and the production, Nick will go down as one of the most beloved fictional characters I will remember.
My heart goes out to Charlie too..
Everything he's been through, how it has seeped into his personality making him self-effacing and excessively apologetic and how he and Nick fight against all of it together ❤️.
The very decision of the showmakers not to unnecessarily complicate the series or drag the narrative with redundant subplots has rendered the series almost flawless, so to say.
And the LGBTQ+ centricity of the story enriches it even more - with all the hesitation about "coming out", the fear of judgement, the uncertainty of whether feelings are unrequited or mutual.
I finished all four volumes and I really hope the series does justice to it in the upcoming seasons too.
Series dealing with LGBTQ representation and mental health issues have been made many a time before. But the very fact that we got to look at these issues from the perspective of an inexperienced teenager augments the effectivity of the portrayal in a way I can't explain.
Nick's efforts to tell Charlie about his eating disorder, his mom standing solidly by him as he tried as he tried to help Charlie, Charlie's subsequent spiralling and his journey (which is beautifully pointed out to be likely a lifelong one) left an indelible impact on me.
And don't get me started on Nick and Charlie😭.
I can't get enough of their goofy smiles and shy glances at each other, their passionate hugs, their teasing and their beautiful, beautiful love.
Count me among the biggest shippers omfg🤧.
And I loved how the comic kinda blended into the series through the cartoon fires and sparks, animated snowfall, the sand and the sea at the beach, and of course the leaves🍃.
Not getting over any of it anytime soon.
Also the SOUNDTRACK!
Probably the best since HIMYM that a soundtrack blended so well with the series and its characters.
My favourites are:
1. Don't delete the kisses
2. Sappho
3. Dance with me
4. Why am I like this
5. My own person
6. What's it gonna be
7. I want to be with you
8. Any other way
9. I belong in your arms
Listened to each of them multiple times.
P.S. Tao, Elle, Isaac, Tara, Darcy - I love y'all too! You all were iconic. Sorry I was busy ranting about just Nick and Char
“he doesn’t exactly fit in wif us does he 🤓”
This is the only series I watch that doesn't put me through a tragic death or something extremely sad AND that has a gay relationship
2:23 ok one thing... nick did have charlie's address they've hung out there a bunch, and I think earlier in that episode they were there, plus charlie later tells his mom that nick just left his jumper there from last week, implying that nick had been there before
i know i know im sorry people calling me out on that 😭
1:18 ✨tada✨
I was litterally crying so hard at some of these scenes fr
THIS THIS THIS IS THE EDIT I WAS WAITING FORRRR
This show made me question my own life BUT IT LEFT ME WITH A PERSON THAT ALSO LOVES ITTTT
haha. I really like this show. It’s super wholesome and the relationships are so healthy. Also, Nick & Charlie are cute asf
I LOVE THIS SHOW MORE THAN ANYTHING ISTG
This show has changed every one I love them❤️❤️
thE SPED UP FIGHT SCENE WHY AM I LAUGHING SO HARD-
I'm so glad I'm not the only person who caught that Nick was crushing on Charlie from the start even if he didn't realize it LOL
The “I’m running I’m running I’m running” in the background GOT ME DEAD💀💀😭
And the sped up parts are literally SO funny😭 THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS
I don't normally like shows like Heartstopper but it's one of my favorite shows, and comic, to the point where I try to get my family to watch it with me. Like my mom will complain about me staying in my room all the time and I say "Then would you like to watch Heartstopper together, I will gladly leave my room to do that." She always says no, I know it's not because she's homophobic or anything, she watches Grey's Anatomy and doesn't complain about characters and she doesn't ask just about me getting a boyfriend she'll also say girlfriend or just dating someone in general. It may be because she's still confusing it and Young Royals but I've said it's appropriate and if it weren't I wouldn't suggest it.
NICKS LIL SIDE SMILE IS SO CUTEE
Oh God, I laughed so hardly when I read about golder retriever 😂😂😂 That was great timing, bravo!
omfg the "im running with the lgbt" audio
THE GLOVES WITH HEADPHONES MADE MY HEART STOP I THOUGHT SOMEONE FOUND MY SWEETS ACROSS MY BEDROOM AHAHHA
Me who loves nick and charlie more than anything in the entire world❤
I love everything about everything done with this Series. . All the boys, lines, people are soooo cute. Even the bad boys. Love Ben's boot shoes, Got similar pairs dark blue, burgundy, camel and black
NICKS SMILE WHEN HE LOOKS AT CHARLIE ITS SO CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Kit's accent..like TAKE ME😩✊
This is just hilarious and true to the story! Simply amazing! Bravo!
1:21 same gurl same it made me cry too i love them so much they are way too cute
3:11
THE WAY NICK SAID YEAH- I- 😭😭
5:07 IM LAUGHING IM SORRY “why are we like this”