DARREN RIVERS and CA$H PIGGOT Heartbreak High: S2E2 SLTs vs. CUMLORDS

Heartbreak high’s been renewed for another season!!

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me for the past year or so

i’ve seen a bunch of people talking how ignorant/bad darren’s reaction to cash refusing to have sex and later on informing them about his asexuality was, and i agree, it was a shitty response. however it needs to be adressed that darren’s view on sexuality and moreover sex in general stems directly from what they say later in the show - “i think i’m a hard person to love”.

from the first episode we see darren seems to have been slightly neglected by their parents - they lack understanding, diminish the problems and have failed in showing proper love or dedication for their child. darren gets shuffled around between their mom’s house to dad’s like they have to be hidden from their stepdad’s friends when they come over. that conclusively cements the feeling of not being wanted, even by their family.

darren seems to be filling that void with the thing they learned is the easiest way to make them feel wanted, which is sex. it isn’t outright addressed by the show but i don’t believe they have ever had a longterm romantic relation with someone. from what we see darren divides their relationships strictly into platonic (ex. amerie, quinni, for whom they open up more about their feelings) and sexual. at the map their name is amongst the ones that have the most arrows attached, they straightforwardly state that the longest they went without having sex is 2 months. darren had a lot sexual partners and they seem to change them quickly (examples being: their one time with ant, fling with the boy from the private school, hook-up with the guy at amerie’s party), not leaving much room for developing any emotions apart from desire. so when darren tries to seek out more from one of their partners - coming to his dorm, asking for shelter and getting turned down - in their head that’s proof that there is nothing else for them than being desired sexually.

that is why when cash starts showing interest in them they think he only wants to fuck them and when he says he doesn’t want that they think he doesn’t desire them, that he was joking/trying something out at their expense. they feel angry, betrayed that their usual sexual m.o. doesn’t apply here. because darren can’t fathom that they could be truly loved by somebody, wanted without being used to satisfy someone’s libido. and while they certainly really enjoy sex that’s also all that they’ve been reduced to by previous partners.

darren has definitely shown ignorance in regard of asexuality yet the underlying problem is not that they couldn’t have a relationship with cash without sex but that they can’t imagine themself without sex.

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

submitted by @bitchlessbychoice

Been rewatching Heartbreak High to prepare for season 2 and, while I love the show as a whole, I have to say the Ca$h/Darren storyline might just be one of my favorite queer stories ever. I'm so excited to see what they do with these characters next.

so how are we all feeling about being obsessed with the fucking ESHAY

Can’t get over the fact that the whole time Darren and Ca$h are having their soaring-music-fireworks-going-pew-pew First Kiss, Darren is holding a

✨ massive sequinned cock ✨

with string lights and silver ribbons for jizz. This fucking show.

DARREN RIVERS and CA$H PIGGOT Heartbreak High: S2E2 SLTs vs. CUMLORDS

Douglas "ca$h" Piggot I cannot explain the amount of love u have for you

oh shit he’s ace

NO DARREN THE FUCK DUDE CMON-

happy asexual week to georgia warr, darcy olsson, kj brandman, erin tieng, thalia grace, reyna ramirez arellano, sam fraser, josh johnson, stiles stilinski, annabeth chase, nico di angelo, maddox, ricky bowen, max mayfield, nancy wheeler, will byers, dustin henderson, ziggy berman, tori spring, marcy wu, amity blight, and ca$h piggot!

3 canon, 1 heavily implied, 18 headcanon