CA$H PIGGOTT.

I need to talk about Cash Piggott and how important his character is to the asexual community.

I absolutely adore the fact that Cash calls people out on their acephobia and never, ever apologises for who he is. He doesn't think he's broken.

In season one, we see Darren say "you know what, I think there's something really fucking wrong with you, Cash," and Cash immediately, with no hesitation, screams "well fuck you then".

In season two, we see Dusty say that he's being selfish asking Darren to give up sex and he immediately stands up and says "fuck this" because he knows he doesn't have to listen to people making him feel bad about his sexuality.

And when he's talking to his nan about it, Cash says "it's not fair, I would do anything, why does it have to be the one thing I can't change about myself?"

In every single one of these scenes, we never see Heartbreak High blame Cash for his sexuality. We never see him apologise to anyone for not feeling sexual attraction, and we never see him feel guilty about it, or try to change who he is.

CA$H recognises that his sexuality might be difficult for people to accept and understand, but he never lets other people make him feel like he's broken, or flawed. And that's so powerful to see.

Because asexual people are not broken. And we can't be fixed. And we are not being selfish for putting in boundaries.

I absolutely adore Douglas Piggott. He means the world to me, and this representation is so, so important.

Asexual characters make me so happy, I'm watching season two right now, and I forgot how much I missed Cash

i need to find me a boy like him

If you told me at the beginning of heartbreak high that amongst all the incredible multifaceted characters my favourite would be the fucking eshay?? THE ESHAY??

Canon Aces 206/?: Douglas 'Ca$h' Piggott (Will McDonald) +ace

in Heartbreak High 2x7 The Grapes of Voss (2024)

Today on my dash I have been seeing alot of posts about Spider being demisexual, which yes I agree, but I just saw some comments about a little overlap in storylines between him and Ca$h and OH MY GOD I NEED IT!!

Picture the scene: season 3 Spider on a journey of self improvement and self discovery, offhandedly hears something about the asexuality spectrum and actually takes in that information for the first time and what that might mean for him. All this time he's been feeling "betrayed by [his] dick" (the note he buried in the feelings pit) but now he realises that maybe he just doesn't understand. So he goes to the only acespec person he knows: Ca$h.

Imagine the two of them engaging in this deep, probably quite awkward, conversation about sexual attraction vs romantic attraction, libido/sex drive, the social stigma of being acespec and internalised acephobia. I mean, this could be a mutually beneficial exchange too because Ca$h, despite being accepting of his own sexuality, is going through a really rough time reckoning with what that really means for him in terms of a relationship - specifically with Darren - and he has a lot to unpack and work through there and being able to talk it through with someone could really help. They might even finally say the word asexual.

I just feel like there's so much potential here. I have faith in the HBH writers that the demisexual coding of Spider was intentional (and even if it wasn't at first that they will hopefully seize the opportunity to make it intentional) and I think there are so many cool ways this could go in terms of character development.

diversity win! your drug dealer is an asexual child of an addict and self harmer

Do you not want to have sex with anyone, or just me?  Anyone

Douglas "Cash" Piggott on his "figuring out he's ace" journey

I want us to be friends.

Will McDonald & James Majoos as Cash Piggott & Darren Rivers "The Sheriff" — Heartbreak High (1.07)

"It's not fair. I would do anything. Why does it have to be the one thing I can't change about myself?"

Heartbreak High have done it again. Ca$h Piggott is the most beautiful asexual representation. I have never related to anything more. He is trying so hard, but he's staying true to who he is.

And that is so important to see.

i know we all joke about the best ace rep and our favourite character being an eshay (and tbf im european that word means nothing to me) but imo thats one of my favourite things about his characterisation: the fact that he is not something an allo audience would mecessarily expect or imagine to be ace.

small disclaimer, im happy with any ace rep we get in the first place and if you do like what im about to describe more power to you, this is just my personal opinion.

That being said, i love that cash is kind of an 'unconventional' ace character, for lack of a better word. all too often ace characters fall into one of two stereotypes, either the heartless cold robot that is already kind of weird or other in itself and does not care about your or anyone elses feelings (this also includes nd coded characters), or the innocent sweetheart who is so pure and cute and has (most likely) one singular character trait (somehow almost always books). again, there is nothing inherently wrong with this since these people exist in real life, but they do push yhe aspec community further into the little boxes that allos have already put us in.

Now what i love so much about cash is that he is one of the most clearly genuinely kind people in the show. Despite him being surrounded by bad company, he is constantly shown to be gentle and sweet with his grandma and is obviously uncomfortable with the whole harper situation the entire time (not saying he handled this perfectly but thats not what this post is about). He is shown to clearly care about people deeply and he is not afraid to show this, except for when he is in bad company.

However, him having and showing emotions does not push him into the pure innocent cinnamon roll part either. He goes out to parties, does engage in enough sexual activities to end up the map, openly flirts with darren and is totally rocking his mardi gras outfit (including thong on head) without hesitating once. He is also stereotypically a 'tough guy', which is also not a type of guy too often represented as any sort of queer in popular media afaik. all in all the way cash is portrayed as an eshay to me makes him being aspec so much more valuable to me and while i understand the eshay posts are mostly jokes i did want to talk about it

douglas "ca$h" piggott from hearbreak high is asexual (canon)

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Hearthbreak High

This series means so much to me for so many different reasons, but the biggest is definitely the character of Cash. Never have I seen a main character I could relate to more. He is the first fully fleshed out asexual character in a leading role in a big Netflix show. That is huge.

He is also not aromantic which is usually how asexuals are represented (in the very few instances that we are represented). Aroace characters are important of course but that is not the entirety of the ace spectum.

The complicated feelings of wanting love and wanting to be in a relationship with someone but not wanting to engage in sexual acts is a difficult thing to come to terms with. We have always been conditioned to believe that romantic relationships and sex go hand in hand and that you can't have one without the other. It makes us believe that we'll never find someone who's willing to "settle" for us because they'll have to sacrifice something so fundamental as physical intimacy and sex.

Cash and Darren are therefore a breath of fresh air. While their relationship is complicated, both are determined to make it work - because they love each other. That is what's important to them. Love. While they have very different feelings towards sex and physical intimacy, that ultimately comes second.

Many people believe that an allo-ace relationship is doomed because of the difference in attitude towards sex, but this show wants to challenge that belief. We are not destined to be alone. We can love and we can find people who can love us back.

Anyway, I love Cash so much and I will fight anyone that says anything even remotely bad about him.

douglas piggott gives me hope that i can be loved romantically, and i will be loved romantically

i will not be alone forever

So I have just finished Heartbreak High (for the first time - I’m already on episode 2 for a rewatch). I have lots of big feelings about Ca$h. I’m a newly out asexual person (in my 30s - thanks highly sexualised society for making me think I was just a prude) who is not also aromantic. Ca$h is one of the most relatable characters I have ever seen. Ever. 

A lot of teen and young adult relationships start with lust (or at least are shown to in the media). Watching Ca$h want to be in love with Darren was amazing. It was awkward and messy and Darren got lots of things wrong but it was still so heartwarming. Darren needs to do some learning - fast. But I think they will. And I think the (admittedly awful) things that Darren said are because of the damage that’s been done to them. That’s not to say I think they’re excusable. They’re not, and I’d like to think there’ll be lots of growth and hard work done to repair the damage. But I think Darren said the things they said because they see sex as a measure of how valuable they are. My personal experience is that when asexuality isn't understood well, it’s interpreted as a rejection of your romantic partner. Sex is a really easily interpreted sign of WANTING someone. And in our sexualised society is not easy to see all the other signs of being (or falling) in love.

I loved seeing Ca$h be able to communicate what he needed and wanted (and didn’t want) and Darren hear and understand that (if a little delayed). They made my little asexual heart sing and I will love them forever. 

(Now to try and convince my allosexual partner that they should watch it and not get grumpy about all the teen angst that they definitely think they're too old to have to deal with...)

kinda a perfect date. shit chatting and tattooing.