we’re gonna be ok btw
it’s ok if you’re scared. or tired. or unsure. or one million billion other complicated emotions at once. but i’ve decided things are going to be ok anyway. and i will hold that belief close to my heart no matter how scared or tired or lonely or depressed or one million billion other things i am. i will hold onto that. and if you’re scared, you can hold onto me. we can carry each other through
when hozier said “the likes of a darkness so deep that god at the start couldn’t bear” and when hozier said “i’d still know you not being shown you i only need the working of my hands” and when hozier said “some part of me must have died the first time that you called me baby” and when hozier said “i would still be surprised i could find you darling in any life” and when hozier said “heaven is not fit to house a love like you and i” and when hozier said “but if we fall i only pray don’t fall away from me” and when hozier said “you were steering my heart like a wheel in your hands and darling i haven’t felt it since then” and when hozier said “if there was anyone to ever get through this life with their heart still intact they didn’t do it right” and when hozier said “if i was a riptide i wouldn’t take you out” and when hozier said “darling there’s a part of me i’m afraid will always be trapped within an abstract from a moment of my life” and when hozier said “do you know i could break beneath the weight of the goodness love i still carry for you” and when hozier said “darkness always finds you either way it creeps into the corners as the moment fades” and when
stop asking me “wyd” i am literally at home losing my mind
update: this now has parts 2, 3, 4 (and maybe another soon)
lacrosse stick in alex's room!
Georgetown University Debate - debate club pres alex
glad they kept HRH Prince Dickhead 💩
alex and nora watching 'some like it hot,' a film matthew lópez adapted into a musical
jaffa cakes!
henry drinking a martini like the james bond offspring he is
guitar in alex's room - in the book his dad plays the guitar
the records on alex's wall (which casey has said they picked out) and the record player in his room. one of them is hall & oates' 'bigger than both of us' (the record alex plays in the book to listen to 'rich girl')
henry wearing alex's cap!
the portrait of jane austen in henry's room (+ david and matthew lópez's dog's portraits)
henry reading howard's end, the book that inspired matthew lópez's play 'the inheritance'
this was impossible to take a screenshot of, but a quick glance at henry wearing alex's necklace
the newspaper headlines about the email leak
actual certificates with zahra bankston's name on it (go props dept)
casey cameo!
Phenomenon I feel happens a lot
the problem with autism is sometimes you want to do something (brave) but you need someone to gently walk you through each step so you know what will happen. and people don’t like doing that
learning that self deprecation isnt cool and just makes the people around you uncomfortable unironically improved my mental health a lot. like if you just stop saying negative shit about yourself you will genuinely like yourself more and other people wont be repulsed by your attitude and you will have more friends. it's true.
people are like "no one wants to work anymore" when every job application is like upload your resume and cover letter. okay now manually type out your resume and cover letter in our text boxes. okay now answer these 10 riddles. okay now take a rorschach test. okay now upload a photo of your childhood bedroom and explain the relationship between its layout and the adult you are today. okay now show us your youtube watch history. okay now define the color "red." okay now walk into a patch of poison ivy and take a selfie of you holding up a paper saying "i <3 ivy." okay now wave your hands in the air if you just don't care. that one was a trick to cull the applicants who don't care. okay now choose a loved one to sacrifice. great! thank you for submitting your application we will not be calling you
i hope shein gets shut down i hope ai projects get shut down i hope billionaires go bankrupt i hope public transportation expands fast i am so tired of the world's bs
can i just say.. god i’m so fucking glad kit stayed for heartstopper season two. he would’ve had every fucking right to leave after everything that happened, i honestly would have cheered him on, but watching season 2 and the main message it carries and knowing what he has gone through in real life? jesus christ. it made everything hurt even more. kit was a fucking star this season and i’m so fucking glad he is our nick nelson. we truly don’t deserve him
He finds a small folded square of paper. It’s stationery from their hotel that night, the night everything inside Alex rearranged. Henry’s cursive… He fumbles his phone out so fast he almost drops it on the floor and smashes it. The search tells him Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers in a Greek myth, children of rival families, forbidden to be together. Their only way to speak to each other was through a thin crack in the wall built between them. And that is, officially, too fucking much. [insp.]
RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023) — dir. Matthew Lopez
the american midwest. people wake up in their ikea beds and immediately slam into their ford trucks and drive 2 hours through featureless cornfields to pretend-work in an office for a company that functionally does nothing. they dissociate until it's time to get back home and listen to classic rock or top 40 pop for an hour to wind down. dinner is unseasoned roast chicken and weak cold beer made mostly of rice. then they have missionary for 3 minutes with their hetero spouse and reminisce briefly about high school and pass out. anything that forces a deviation from this life-plan is a federal fucking offense and, in the minds of people who have fully surrendered spiritually to the midwestern mindset, heralds instant violent death. they say bulls are baited into a rage by the color red; if you show a midwesterner any color bright enough, they'll reach for a gun
One of my favourite aspects in the season 2 of Heartstopper is how unapologetically intolerant everyone is towards homophobia. Like.
Harry showing up at Tara's birthday party and Charlie shutting the door in his face despite that apology.
Nick freely calling out his brother's biphobic behavior. Tori literally sinking her nails in David's arm when he was mocking Charlie and Nick and planning to out them.
It's so refreshing. There's no moment where someone asks Charlie or Nick to be the "bigger people" and forgive anyone who undermined, mocked, dismissed, and harassed them for their identity.
Because that shit shouldn't be tolerated ever and it's not acceptable. Queer people aren't here to be your redemption arc.
QUEER PEOPLE ARENT HERE TO BE YOUR REDEMPTION ARC
SAY IT LOUDER
okay besties everyone put in their tags what theyre majoring or what they majored in im so curious
shout out to Heartstopper for not allowing Nick's sexuality get steamrolled in the name of avoiding awkwardness or some other crappy excuse. Thank you for allowing him to correct people because respect for his identity matters more than avoiding whatever awkwardness may follow the correction. I have seen too many occasions where bisexual people will just accept people calling them gay or straight out of the desire to not cause tension.
I don't give a shit if you thought it was repetitive or cringe or whatever the fuck when Nick would say "I'm bi, actually." As someone who has been out as bisexual for a good number of years, shit like that means the absolute fucking world to me.
Thank you, Heartstopper for showing us that. Thank you, Kit for playing that role as well you have.
And to everyone else, have a great day and don't be a biphobic asshole.
Parents love to act like any trip to a slightly more populated area is the same as entering an active war zone.
so we’re all familiar with the little animations that happen during important romantic scenes
but let’s talk about Issac. Issac spends most of the season confused about his sexuality and feeling that something is wrong with him.
When he discovers asexuality at the art school, he gets the leaf animation we’re used to seeing for the couples. When the art about crush culture is being explained to him, Issac can see that the artist is proud of being asexual; eager to explain his identity to a stranger viewing his piece. He is overwhelmed with the fact that he not only isn’t broken, but that his sexuality is something someone could be so proud of having.
The leaves still represent love, but instead of romantic love, it’s self love.
(Apparently) unpopular opinion: heartstopper is not cringe 💁🏼♂️ it’s just not.
Like can queer people just be happy and in love without everyone calling it cringe? God. Just sit down and let us have this.
not only did she
but she also
2. she didn’t tease Tao for having a crush. This is the main thing I want to talk about. Since fourth grade I haven’t told my parents about a single crush I’ve ever had, because when I do, I just get teased. It made me so happy for Tao when she just went ‘yep, go get her’ and didn’t make fun of him in any way.
also bonus points respect to her for thriving as a single mum.
there really isn’t enough recognition for Tao’s mum
