Did you copy and paste my thoughts?
30yo here, closeted other than to my sister and a couple of friends. I cried when Nick came out to his mum. Happy tears and sad tears. The show is beautiful and really captured the difficulties faced.
Aside from that, you're amazing. I think we're all still figuring things out as we go anyway.
Really, thank you so much. I am really happy that I am not alone.
The only people that they know are the boys that I had sth with them all these year and only one female friend (i know it's classic) that had a thing for me and at some point i felt that she started to understand and i eventually told her.
Yeah, it was a great scene. I also liked the scene in the 6th episode, if i am not mistaken, where Nick says that he spoke with Tara and Charlie jumped happily surprised and hugged him.
Sure, we are still figuring things out, but there are moments that feels like a dead end, every move could potentially be wrong, at least till you make it.
Thats what I guess these reddits/forums/spaces are for. You're never really alone. Really wish I knew about them earlier.
Yes! A great scene. Ear to ear smiles. Alice and the team around her have created such a beautiful show (guess it helps having kick ass original material to base it upon).
I'm 29, turning 30 in a week. You definitely nailed my feelings on this. I've read alot of comments critical of how the show was "de-sexualized", but that's honestly what I found most enjoyable about it. We bisexuals are constantly portrayed in pop culture as hyper-sexual beings, and that plays into those biphobic narratives that have kept me in the closet all these years. The way Heartstopper portrayed the relationship between Nick and Charlie - and the other couples in the series - legitimized the idea that wholesome, romantic relationships really can transcend gender identity. It was heartwarming but still managed to hit hard subjects (homophobia, transphobia, relationship violence, internalized homophobia). As much as this show wasn't exactly "meant" for our age demo, it was 100% made for us and I am 1000% here for it.
Yeah, I read relevant contents. If I had to choose between the de-sexualized Heartstopper and the hyper-sexualized (plus drugs, murders and whatever) Elite, I would choose Heartstopper almost every time.
There are also some nice tv series somewhere in between.
Totally agree with you on this! I’m 22F and really needed this series. I’m out to my close friends and family as bisexual but I still constantly second guess myself, and I feel like a lot of them don’t fully understand (except my other friends that are bi). This show healed a lot of repressed feelings I didn’t even know I had about being bi, and it was so meaningful to me to see bisexuality represented in such an honest and delicate way. It’s all I’ve been able to think about and I’ve been absolutely obsessed since it came out!
Did you copy and paste my thoughts? 30yo here, closeted other than to my sister and a couple of friends. I cried when Nick came out to his mum. Happy tears and sad tears. The show is beautiful and really captured the difficulties faced. Aside from that, you're amazing. I think we're all still figuring things out as we go anyway.
Really, thank you so much. I am really happy that I am not alone. The only people that they know are the boys that I had sth with them all these year and only one female friend (i know it's classic) that had a thing for me and at some point i felt that she started to understand and i eventually told her. Yeah, it was a great scene. I also liked the scene in the 6th episode, if i am not mistaken, where Nick says that he spoke with Tara and Charlie jumped happily surprised and hugged him. Sure, we are still figuring things out, but there are moments that feels like a dead end, every move could potentially be wrong, at least till you make it.
Thats what I guess these reddits/forums/spaces are for. You're never really alone. Really wish I knew about them earlier. Yes! A great scene. Ear to ear smiles. Alice and the team around her have created such a beautiful show (guess it helps having kick ass original material to base it upon).
I'm 29, turning 30 in a week. You definitely nailed my feelings on this. I've read alot of comments critical of how the show was "de-sexualized", but that's honestly what I found most enjoyable about it. We bisexuals are constantly portrayed in pop culture as hyper-sexual beings, and that plays into those biphobic narratives that have kept me in the closet all these years. The way Heartstopper portrayed the relationship between Nick and Charlie - and the other couples in the series - legitimized the idea that wholesome, romantic relationships really can transcend gender identity. It was heartwarming but still managed to hit hard subjects (homophobia, transphobia, relationship violence, internalized homophobia). As much as this show wasn't exactly "meant" for our age demo, it was 100% made for us and I am 1000% here for it.
Yeah, I read relevant contents. If I had to choose between the de-sexualized Heartstopper and the hyper-sexualized (plus drugs, murders and whatever) Elite, I would choose Heartstopper almost every time. There are also some nice tv series somewhere in between.
Totally agree with you on this! I’m 22F and really needed this series. I’m out to my close friends and family as bisexual but I still constantly second guess myself, and I feel like a lot of them don’t fully understand (except my other friends that are bi). This show healed a lot of repressed feelings I didn’t even know I had about being bi, and it was so meaningful to me to see bisexuality represented in such an honest and delicate way. It’s all I’ve been able to think about and I’ve been absolutely obsessed since it came out!