just finished season two of heartstopper and you guys have no idea how i felt when i heard the words asexual and aromantic and how i related to everything isaac went through: the confusion, the constant feeling that something is wrong with you because you don't feel the same as people your age, society's obsession with relationships and isaac's burst of anger because he felt like the group only cared about the romantic aspect of his life as if it's the most important one... i'm so so grateful to alice and the show for the aroace representation and i can't wait to see more of isaac's journey in the next seasons because this one made me feel seen and valid and i actually teared up a couple of times especially when he picked up the ace book from the library in the final episode :,) ALSO can we talk about how iconic it was to use "crush culture" by conan gray when that man was explaining the meaning behind his artwork to isaac? i was literally smiling from ear to ear
why is nobody talking about how amazing of a friend tara is for isaac?
it’s the little things. she asks him to dance during the sleepover. she says hello to him and asks what he’s reading during the paris trip meeting. and when the whole paris squad is exploring the hotel she explores it with him.
i’m not saying the other members of the friend group exclude him on purpose but it seems like everybody else has somebody who they’re often paired with and isaac is more of a lone wolf, what with being introverted and not having (and not wanting) a romantic partner.
but tara always makes an extra effort to include him in everything and i just think that’s really sweet.
I want to thank Alice for this, in "sorry" it was the first time I've ever heard someone say the word "aromantic" in tv, it's something really important to me and generally to every heartstopper fan who's also part of the aro/ace community. It makes me so happy for this representation to also be made by my favorite author ever and someone who's also part of the community
The cast of Heartstopper with their copies of Volume 5 gifted by Alice. Not all of the cast members that were gifted a copy were able to be pictured, that being said Alice also mentioned volume 5 will be coming to life in Season 3