Heartstopper

Bash unarchived

And

since he is unarchiving some old posts, he should really give us more Joe content

R3 if he’s down this bad after just 2? 3? Weeks apart, he’ll be posting straight to cam crying videos or Joe nudes by end of May. Preferably the latter

It's honestly more notable that he's archived almost all of the posts he's been styled for, as someone pointed out in the last thread? Is he finally free from Harry Lambert?

Harry's a big name, though I hate that he styled Bash. He did seem to enjoy whatever their collaboration was.

His insta looks like a Joe fanpage, with a few selfies thrown in

It looks a lot more casual, which is fun. I absolutely adore Joe but his Instagram is editorial and fucking boring

I love this pic that Bash unarchived.

I like his big hands.

R9 Someone post the screenshot of Joe's IG before

I don't like that Bash deleted his L'Officiel Italia cover, that was a great photo shoot.

R1 Jesus, those lips. No wonder Bash’s smile is so big in that photo. Lucky man (they both are)

R8 He archived his photoshoots but kept Kit's Emmy win. Bash is so funny.

Honestly cannot wait for joe to change his Instagram pfp and add more pictures!!!! Also, how weird is Tanner Buchannen, still got bash up on his profile!

R15 His feed is basically a Heartstopper fan feed. A lot of Kit, Will, and obviously Joe.

So what do you think the chances are of us getting some news this Saturday? They seemed to be teasing HS stuff a bunch the last couple weeks but nothing in the last couple day.

R18 I would say chances are pretty high. The Netflix account has stayed posting about them pretty consistently, the official HS IG posts every few days after being very intermittent for months. I’m still betting on/hoping for a May release date and some stills this Sat but at worst hope they’ll say what month it’s coming

Random thought re Bash, probably not right - maybe he has some type of fashion partnership or deal coming up? He left up the one GQ post Which he wore Ernest Baler for. Again though, pure speculation, probably just him being a weirdo

R18 If nothing happens (and I have a feeling it will be the case) I wouldn't be surprised. I think they're not done editing season 2.

The DOP made it sound like she’d be done editing this week. I think a teaser is plausible, especially since (IIRC) they only used scenes from the first half of the season for the first season’s teaser, and the first half of season 2 is likely in the can by now. Safe bet would be release date and/or stills, though.

By the way, per Production Weekly (an industry bulletin) season 3 is in pre-production already, but I don’t have access to the specific dates of production in the listing and I don’t want to pay for it. I would guess they’ll pop up somewhere in the next couple of days.

R23 I know preproduction means a lot of different things but surely most set up is far far off. Alice hasn’t bitched about writing the scripts much at all

To be fair, it's based on the comics. Alice could change some things in the scripts but surely they have the bones of what they will need?

Exactly haven't seen Alice crying and throwing up yet while writing the s3 script.

She was crying about her workload again at the end of last month, so Netflix might have asked her for a broad outline to lock down locations and shit.

She said before she had to finish book 5 before she wrote the scripts (or at least implied it) and I don't think that's finished yet based on her patreon. They'll probably shoot roughly the same time as last year

Actually just saw that she left a comment on her Patreon saying that she had “another long day in London,” wouldn’t be surprised if she’s down there for show stuff (as well as the Craft BAFTAs on Sunday).

Yeah, there’s no way she’s started writing the scripts yet because my god would she be talking about it.

Re this Saturday, I think we must be getting something - the main hints for me were the tweets from the Netflix Brazil account. That was a clear implication that something is coming soon. I’d love a teaser on Saturday but not holding out hope - it may just be a date announcement. They could always do us a solid and release the deleted wrestling scene from season 1 at the same time.

I predict a few stills, Will and Yaz, a group shot (no Ben or Imogen), a few singles of Kit, one or two of Kit and Joe, and (long shot) one of Jenny and Joe.

Does anyone know why twitter is talking about petitions about joe ?

A troll started petitions to get Joe fired from the show a couple of weeks ago, they’re not worth looking for or giving hits to.

The person making them was (surprise surprise) a homophobic fangirl who started calling Bash a fag and would get really aggro about Joe randomly, saying no one wanted him in Marvel and they wanted Kit. Freak of nature, worth ignoring

I just saw those comments and could immediately tell it was a whole group of obsessed Kit fans,who clearly are homophobic and probably see kit still as straight cause otherwise the homophobic part makes no sense

Sam Joly posted a cute video for the one year anniversary of cast and crew screening on Instagram and Alice acknowledged it as well. It’s going to be dumb if nothing happens on the 22nd.

R35 I think it’s a weird cognitive dissonance - like they “believe” kit is bi and thus they aren’t homophobic because they stan him, and being queer makes him more sensitive! But the second he actively flirted with or was dating a man I have a sense they would lose it. They can’t handle that bi doesn’t mean “sensitive romantic who treats his woman like gold” and does in fact mean bi

R36 the video is cute, I like seeing Joe and Kit have their “holy shit” moment together

I sometimes wonder what is it about Kit and Joe that invite such unhinged “fans”. I wonder if those insane fans would calm down if they were actually dating like their characters.

I'm not saying it's the whole fandom but a part (not the straight fans) who are queer themselves try to prove with every kit pic/vid that comes out his"queerness", either it's a tote bag or cheering for his trainer what "proves" his bisexuality makes me think deep down they still have doubts and aren’t ready for the real part of bisexuality .

My guess is no and that they’d just be unhinged in a different way.

I had no idea being bisexual involved tote bags.

R40 Yeah, notice how awfully quiet they were about him and Will hitting the gay clubs. They were still calling him cute cinnamon roll or whatever the fuck.

I just remembered the day when the picture came out and all the straight girls lost it with the huge dick behind him and were talking about how uncomfortable it must be for the poor guy

R40 yeah it’s funny because I think especially now, a lot of guys are way more comfortable with doing less than super manly things whether they’re straight or not. What makes Kit bi isn’t his tote bags or his jokey flirting in friends’ comments, it’s that he wants to fuck men, which is the part of it they refuse to talk about. He needs to be less selfish, much like Joe and bash, and start sharing pics of him having sloppy makeouts at least

R38 Love that, really sweet to see their reactions to it. Especially Kit and Joe, like you say, having their joint wtf moment.

Lol at Yaz talking about the falafel she had there.

Finally some 4000 Miles photos

Far too much heterosexuality in the play but Bash looks hot

I really like the scruff on him.

I am loving the slightly longer hair and stubble on him, he is always hot but my god

Bash looks really really good. Every day it gets more and more unfair that he and Joe won’t just release a sex tape

It looks like Joe has moved on to leaving thirsty comments on his Agatha costars

Joe is so odd/funny (but I guess he and Aubrey finally met)

Kit’s popping up at a Tag Heuer event tonight, apparently.

R55 that’s a pretty all star event, good for him. He went to their event a few months back too I think

R56

Yeah i think he did. Although for that one i don’t think anyone noticed until days later

Getty started posting, he looks good

Love when he shows a bit of chest/clavicle.

Oh, he’s baked. Good for him. Happy 420 everyone!

Kit with a fan earlier today, from geo.boheme on IG.

Haha another fan caught him in london. guessing he was heading to get ready

Im surprised, Brady did a combo photo instead of a single one for Kit. they both look hot

He’s a great watch model - he almost always wears one and has it showing (habitually pushes up his sleeves). Watches are a great way to make cash. He’s got a smart team, he’s got a good chance of ending up pretty wealthy

R64 maybe they're fucking (idk who the other guy is but I endorse it, he's hot)

R64 thank god Kit’s new shorter hair didn’t throw Brady off his game

Kit’s generally fine as long as he doesn’t take too much off the top, which I’m hoping Brady’s advised Kit about.

Rosie’s with him.

He looks really hot.

I know those ugly ass nails make them look longer but still comparing his overall hand size when next to Rosie is quite disappointing

Rosie has a great job. R71 yeah, if you’re a hand guy Kit’s not really for you. There was a fair bit of trickery to make his hands look bigger than Joe’s, who has really long hands (rather than big)

His hands are fine when they’re not partially covered.

R72 I only noticed how long joe's hands are when I saw them near Bash's and they weren't completely dwarfed. Like dick size, Bash has massive hands. Kit's look pretty normal to me though

R73 Still kinda sad that we never properly saw that hug. I want to know why they hugged and who grabbed who etc.

My time-out is finally over, God. Of course Kit does something as soon as I make a thread. He looks hot, as has been mentioned. A lot of late thoughts here, sorry.

Scripts aren't a prerequisite to entering pre-production or anything, it doesn't matter if she's started them or not. The whining and London activity would lead me to believe they're breaking the story and locking down dates. Alice mentioned that she had the story outlined until the end, so that part is doable at this stage.

Has Holly randomly posted about Joe before? I noticed that she posted an old shoot to her Stories and am wondering if that's a sign of her gearing up to work with him again soon.

I was name searching Kit and came across this tweet, so if anyone wants to attempt to hook up with him, Brick Lane might be a good bet.

Keeping the Heartstopper/British GQ relationship going.

R76 was gonna say that guy was delusional but he's not bad looking.

R78 piecing together Kit’s type interaction at a time. Definitely a cute guy

R76

That guy is cute. Missed opportunity

He looks different. Is it just me? His face looks different. I don’t know how to explain it. And yeah the fan who saw him is cute so I’m here for it.

R81 interesting he looks pretty much the same as always to me! Just noticed his trousers have some sort of patterned cutout

His hair looks pretty dark but it often does at events. Brady isn’t shy with product

Well well well…

R84 finally the +1 moment

Wow Will looks great. It really is an insanely good looking male main cast. Tbf a lot of the girls are also good looking but I’m gay so that’s irrelevant

R84 Just let them hit the gay bars after so we get more trashed and hopefully sleazy photos

R86

i am gay af but Milly Alcock & Madelyn Cline are hot

If there are photos of the them together with room for Jesus between them (am I using that right, that one DLer?), we can assume it’s really on. At least that’s the HS couple standard currently

R88 I meant the HS cast but yeah they’re both attractive.

Who I really want to see is Kit’s hot loewe guy. Manifesting that at the afterparty.

R89 yes the standard is having your IG be a shrine to your SO but then bro hugging in public. Gonna need bash and joe to be horny in public soon.

So if Bash and Joe share clothes, and Will and Kit do too… The evidence is piling up!

(ok so they may not be the exact same pair but in the absence of hot Loewe guy I’ve decided I want to be a Kit/Will truther)

R76 OP how long did Muriel put you on the naughty stool for?

R91 I am a hot loewe guy truther. I also want us all to be on the lookout for a hot guy for Will.

R92 Not OP, but I made last thread and it was like 12 hours. Other person before said they were in time out for 8 hours. It's not automatic. It's a time out from whenever Muriel notices the thread. I guess if something is on the TV it could be hours after you make the thread you finally start your punishment. If you enjoy being teased then make a thread.

R92 24 hours.

Where's the picture with Will, Kit?

Brady posted a video of Kit in motion.

R96 I was gonna say it's rough taking pictures with a teenager like Kit, but Louis Partridge is younger than Kit. Sorry dude.

R98 He's WHAT? I assumed he was like, 25??

R100 I was wrong, he's a bit older but he's 19

No Louis is a year older than Kit, he’ll turn 20 this year.

I don’t think Louis looks a lot older. He could pass for mid twenties but I’m not shocked he’s 19. He just has more defined bone structure and stronger features than Kit. I think he looks better in the Brady pic and in motion than in the above pic with Kit

R96 Will is lurking if you look on the right, behind Louis.

No loving Kit’s look today. He’s had a lesbian vibe the last couple events. Not really into it and this is coming from someone who finds Kit the hottest of the bunch.

His new stylist isn't doing much for me either, though it's not a Harry Lambert level disaster.

I think while I get genderbending fashion or doing masculine classics with a feminine twist, they’re just not the best looks for Kit. I don’t think he ever really looks bad aside from the first absurd drains look, but I think stylists just need to embrace that traditional classics suit him best and he pulls them off very well. He’s the least my type of the four but I think he’s obviously attractive and looked fantastic at GQ for instance

I really like it and it reminds me of his two other looks that have been my favorite (Prada at GQ MOTY and Moschino at the Attitude Awards). A good silhouette for him, the pop of chest, the bit of detailing with the cutout pattern of the trousers. It also looks very him.

R108 yeah I liked those looks too. I love some cleavage on him and like him in a wide leg trouser. Just something about this isn’t doing it for me. Something about the shoulders maybe. The ratio of collar to shoulders seems off and it makes him look smaller than he is. Which is what is giving me the lesbian vibes.

R105 The lesbian thing is unfortunate and since I first saw it mentioned I had a eureka moment that has left me sadly unable to enjoy Kit as I once did. I always struggled to articulate why I found him strangely feminine and that is exactly it he not only looks like a lesbian he looks like a couple of lesbians I have known and loved personally. I have never viewed them or indeed any other woman sexually and now I can’t get past it with Kit and some of these looks including todays are so dyke chic they just amplify it

Please someone put him back in a classic fucking suit or some gym skimpies. Truthfully my preference has always been for Joe, Bash and Will to a lesser degree but right now I am hesitantly saying I would rather fuck Brad. As long as he doesn’t break into song or start pirouetting

I am still very fond of Kit and wish him nothing but good but I think any attraction is over for me

What lesbians are you people meeting? If lesbians actually looked like Kit I would consider fucking women.

Bradley? Oh, you bitches have lost it. More for me, though, so carry on.

I like Will’s purse.

R111 What lesbians are you meeting? They come in the full myriad of human variety of course but if you have never met a lesbian who looks exactly like that photo we have clearly moved in very different circles and you need to get out more

I must also add I do not find even the butchest lesbian remotely attractive because they are women completely and fundamentally in the same way the prettiest twink is 100% a man. And I just love men

R114 Not you getting into your feelings about my joke reply, never mind.

R115 I don’t even know what that means but if it’s any consolation I felt nothing deeper than mild astonishment

R112

what was the image, link not working

R115 I thought it was funny, but I was also a bit perplexed by both the OP and their reply to you so I don't know.

Tobie rubbed off on Kit, the trousers are Feng Chen Wang.

R117 It's a gif from Kit's workout video. Is imgbb being wonky? I just uploaded a page, hope it works.

the little bit of chest hair peeking through is always a plus

R119 Something about the new watermark, it still being posted and Charlie and friends talking like they are 12 years old is cracking me up. Thanks once again.

The other ImgBB links from the last thread got deleted, including the album called aliceisaloser. I'm assuming fans had to report that to her.

R121 Oh, I hope she tries to track me down. I'm getting them secondhand (because there's no way I'd pay for them) so it's not a leak she's going to be able to plug.

I’m genuinely surprised she admitted what they did but I’m sorry, a year of lead up for handjobs is insanity. At least have them give each other head for Christ’s sake.

Kind of hilarious that she’s doing a countdown to them presumably fully fucking.

R121 The whole thing is is so fucking funny she really is a petty little bitch

So to clarify all the build up and trauma it caused our little asexual over writing Nick and Charlie’s Big First Time and after eighteen months of being inseparable and in love our horny and now fully legal teens have basically just touched each other’s dicks?

It is so inaccurate it is venturing into negative representation creating way too much drama and angst around sex adding to the shame many lgbt+ youngsters feel anyway and any gay teen who isn’t sex repulsed would be completely unable to relate to it. And they are indeed talking like twelve year olds

R110 I don't understand the grand declaration about how you are suddenly unattracted to Kit. I mean, if a simple outfit can change that, okay. Truthfully, I don't see the point. For example, earlier when the new pictures of Bash dropped and people were calling him hot, I didn't comment because he's not my type and those pictures just didn't do anything for me. I just let you guys rave about his look and enjoyed the horniness.

R126 agree. Equitable horniness for all DLers. The cast provides something for everyone

Bash pics were hot but the overt hetero relationship(s) being portrayed made me not like the IG post, since are telling everyone out deepest feelings tonight.

And I miss Joe being dressed up going somewhere.

R128

I need him to show up somewhere and for Holly to have him show more skin

Honestly any content at all where Joe isn’t wearing Bash’s pants and a Charlie Spring cosplay sweater would be a win. He really goes out of his way to hide the hot irl (though it’s impossible)

R126 Are you for real? This is a gossip board where I am chatting whatever shit that comes into my head. The Kit looks like a lesbian revelation hit me a while back it’s the first time I saw it on here and I responded

Say what you like about whoever as long as you are not being nasty or a fucking homophobe I promise I do not even care in passing what you think about a photo of Bash so stop policing what I say. And you don’t need to worry about Kit’s feelings I am absolutely fucking certain he does not give the tiniest shit one old queen doesn’t want to jump into bed with him. You could take some lessons on how to avoid getting offended over nothing this isn’t twitter

And I am not sure how to respond to the statement you “let” people on here rave about Bash. It’s not your fucking call sweetheart

R127 And? Since when does the cast providing something for everyone mean I can’t observed Kit’s being styled as a lesbian and I find it off putting? Almost as off putting as the endless reposting of the same gym footage which I have been too much of a gentleman to pass comment on

R130 I confess to finding the baggy looks cute if frustrating, the “boyfriend’s clothes” thing is so cliche is circles back around to being extremely endearing. But I do love his tighter jeans and those khakis he used to wear (RIP) for a good shot at his glorious little ass

R128 Bash playing straight in 4000 Miles, and seemingly in How To Date Billy Walsh upsets me.

R131 The gym gifs have been posted once or twice in each thread of 600 comments. Are you always this overdramatic about every single thought you have?

I want to say that an upside of whenever Bash and Joe break up will be that Joe will have to buy clothes, but he might just double down on the baggy clothes. Can’t wait until he starts up doing Heartstopper press again and Holly tightens his clothes up.

R135 damn the “whenever”, which one of them do you not like?

His Brazil outfits didn’t thrill me. Very loose. Also the jeans he wore with the swan shirt were a crime

R135 It’s really an age thing for me.

Both Kit and Will have done grid posts for the event yesterday - just a couple of standard photos each that I think we’ve already seen.

I wonder how much they each got paid? And it's old news, but the engagement Kit gets is always wild to me. 100k likes in 20 minutes.

Hot Loewe Guy liked Kit’s post pretty quickly.

R141 I’m going to say that’s because he was in bed with him when he posted it. Will not hear any counter points

R140 actually not sure if they got paid - they could just be accidentally messing up the ad standards in the UK, but you’re supposed to flag it’s a paid partnership or an ad. Ex: Amita Suman, an actress, was also there last night and she has both the ad hashtag and paid partnership in the image header

R143 Hopefully, I'd love to believe that maybe Kit is learning to post his appearances and not necessarily that he's contractually obligated to.

Netflix posted this TikTok about an hour ago. Last search shown on screen is "when is Heartstopper S2 out?"

R144 oh I definitely think they’re announcing the date tomorrow then. Good catch. Joe was so cute and likable as Charlie (and hotter/cuter in real life)

Another rehearsal photo of Bash. He really looks so good

The inevitable GQ piece has dropped.

R147 I think Kit looked good and this isn’t specific to him, it’s all of GQ, but it’s so funny how they make every look every male celebrity has ever worn sound like it is the most amazing, cutting edge thing ever. I liked this look / lot more than most people in the thread I think but “a big fit” is a stretch

That said I like that Kit wears a lot of brown, I actually think it really suits him

R146 I love Bash’s hair, he looks so hot there.

^ Tweet is about Kit.

R148 Browns and greens are what best suit him.

R148 Yeah, they are over the top. No offense to Kit since he looked good, but some of these GQ pieces are starting to feel like paid promotion for the event/stylist. And Kit reposted it too.

Hell of a week for Kit in terms of fashion coverage. American Vogue, British Vogue, and British GQ mentions.

R143 correct me if I’m wrong but I thought the UK was really strict on the sponcon and ads? Seems like if it was in any way paid his people would have made sure it was correctly tagged. Maybe he got a nice watch for his trouble

It’s a shame that he’ll repost very non-personal things to his stories, but completely ignore the BAFTA nom. Not a criticism to Kit as such, I just absolutely know which share I’d be more interested in seeing as a follower of his page.

It looks like the netflix brasil account released a still of Nick & Ben. Kit looks good

I know there is a sort of agreement that we don’t post the Kit thirsty fake lesbian’s tweets but this is so fucking funny because it’s her

Seething Ben, my favorite kind of of Ben

You know Netflix would love to play up a love triangle between Nick, Charlie and Ben. Alas, Alice has no flair for drama.

Kit looks jacked, definitely grew into the shirts

Ooh that’s exciting - weird/funny how they just slipped the very first still of season 2 into a multi post with other shows though.

His tits are insane. R160 Netflix Brazil are unhinged

R157 We can only hope it’s boiling fake lesbian’s piss wherever she is

I feel like the first still including Bash is a great power move they have probably been waiting in complete desperation for this moment and are now choking

None of the comments mention Bash being there because they are too blinded by Kit's body. Give them a minute to get offended about it.

I'd guess announcement soon for release at the very last minute in May

R162 Lol yeah, that is quite satisfying… they want to pretend Bash doesn’t exist but there’s no way they’ll not share and shriek about the first season 2 still.

Bash and Kit both look hot

Bash’s bone structure is glorious. And perfect for sulking/seething

I think the post in the Netflix Brazil account has been deleted lol. I think they were supposed to use the still soon but not yet

At least we'll know if any photos or videos are S1 or S2 by the size of Kits muscles

Yeah, they deleted it. I'm assuming the actual real first picture is going to be Nick and Charlie and the one accidently released would be used like it was, for just a fun post. I don't know how many times Netflix can do the "actually they all get along!!" pictures or post random Joe, Kit and Bash before they get sick of it though, I guess never.

Maybe that's Netflix's way of supporting Bash showing he's nothing like his character and try to lessen the shit he gets. Or maybe that's just wishful thinking on my behalf that someone actually does give a shit about them.

Thank God the lesbian posted it because I missed it entirely. Kit’s arms in the uniform make it more unrealistic that Nick and Charlie aren’t banging immediately.

I have what might be a DL exclusive (?), assuming it wasn’t posted by anyone else by now, but shooting for S3 is (as of now) scheduled for October 2023.

Here's Will's OTT GQ article

R171

wow really, was that posted anywhere

R173 Not sure, I’m getting it directly from a friend that uses Production Weekly for work, she sent me the Heartstopper listing. Funny random aside, but if you follow Marvel stuff, all of the names in contention for F4 are from that bulletin, so if you’re wondering why all of the leakers started agreeing on those names, that’s why.

R171 that would possibly explain where that program got October from (can't remember the name)

Production Weekly does have something in HS S3 on their page. It's too expensive to look though. Someone will post about it when they notice. Someone did mention it a couple days ago, just not the date.

This website is usually one of the first to actually post things from them

R176 It was also me that posted about it initially, I’m pretty sure. I remembered this morning about my friend having access and asked her about HS and a couple of other projects I was curious about.

This comparison…Charlie really got in as an early investor.

Nick basically the Buff bunny meme at this point. I don't want a S4, but would like to see his S4 body. Soon the shirt will not be able to contain anything.

R177 Nick too. Joe was cute as hell S1 but has to be one of the hottest twinks around now. His ass in those shorts in the paris scenes… congrats Nick. Sorry it’ll take you both another year and a bit to exchange handjobs.

R179 It’s going to be wild when we get the first Charlie still, both of their faces have sharpened so much.

Seeing the suggestion that Nick and Ben are in detention from the sign in the background. Kinda does seem like it says quiet.

[quote] a year and a half for a handjob

R179 Poor guys. Flat out bullying.

I assumed they were taking mock or real GCSEs, but detention would be fun.

R181 If it does say 'quiet', it's probably more likely an exam?

R181 it’s haunting. I’m sorry, there’s no way two teenage boys with sex drives and lips like Kit and Joe’s (especially Joe’s, jesus) aren’t at least sucking dick in that time

Could be either. Though not sure why'd they sit so close while doing GCSEs. I guess could just be for the drama.

Lol come on everyone, we've driven the 'it's unrealistic that they aren't constantly shagging' discussion into the ground at this point. Like I've said before, it's basically gay Disney - wholesome, suitable for all the family, features teenagers and adults but no one's sleeping with anyone. Go and watch It's A Sin if you want realistic and repeated sex - we need innocent queer shows like Heartstopper so that young people feel seen, and also so parents will actually let their kids watch it.

R186 it’s literally jokey banter. No one is threatening to boycott the show or something because they’re not fucking, just saying Alice drawing out the storyline for months for it to be hand stuff is comical. no need to take everything so seriously.

R187 There have been many frustrated/angry comments in these threads for months about the unrealisticness, just going round and round - I'm sure some people just see it as a joke but some people are clearly, and repeatedly, pissed off every time a new comic page is released and butt!sex isn't happening.

Also, my comment itself was fairly lighthearted, I'm hardly seething. The repetitiveness is just vaguely irritating at this point.

Yes, nobody is that serious. I was gonna roast Alice regardless of what she had them do. If they went form zero to sixy in one afternoon or if they waited a year to touch each other's dicks. I'm on the side that she never should have mentioned sex to begin with and just implied they eventually did the deed.

It's just banter about how hot Kit and Joe are.

R188 fair enough, but mine was clearly a joke and a thirst comment for Joe and Kit. I honestly think aside from hot and heavy makeouts and fade to black on anything more in S3 they should omit most of the sex storylines because it would be hot but I dread to see how Alice would write that for the screen. I can get how actual bitching is annoying but disagree that jokes are. It’s DL, the same 3 thirst images or gifs of Joe bash and kit are reused, the jokes will be too

R188 I brought it up initially and I’m usually one of the ones not fussed about the timeline in the comics (I think people forget how long Charlie was gone for in-patient therapy), but yeah, meant it as banter about how hot Kit and Joe are like r189 said.

'Nobody is that serious' - unless you've checked with everyone individually, I'm gonna have to disagree with that. There were even some comments saying that the innocent/slow moving intimacy is going to increase homophobia and shame around gay sex.

Netflix should bite the bullet and release that still on their official channels early, I've seen multiple Twitter account with 10k+ likes on it already.

Yeah its kind of already out there, they should just go ahead and release it

I think they’re still aiming to have tomorrow be the official announcement and lead with a picture of Nick and Charlie

In their position I would absolutely gaslight everyone into thinking it’s meant to be out there and tweet it with the caption “Tomorrow…🍂” or whatever.

R192 Yeah, these threads are too far gone to realise how obsessed they are. DL likes to think they’re “above it all” but they’re 100% in with the crazy

R186 hey lady, you have literally admitted to being Frau - i fucking bothered to scroll through your shit PG postings after your sanctimonious post - fuck off. If we want to joke about it being unrealistic for two boys not to be fucking based on the fact that Kit is popping out of his shirt we fucking will. Run back to Twitter with all the girls

R198 Lol, I've 'admitted' to being a woman (the shame!) so if that automatically makes me a frau, then, cool. I hope you enjoyed your random deep dive of my posts.

R197 and you’re a fucking idiot pretending to be a regular contributor instead of that woman who pops up to tell off, like some frigid schoolmarm, at a bunch of gay men having a little fun chatting shit about a gay show.

That’s my policing of the fraulein done for the day. DL is of course not a private members club but it’s also actually for gay men so fuck back off to the whole rest of the internet

The way R197 is so easily recognizable because they pop up in every thread saying the same shit every time.

I fucking hate being that bitter queen checking posts because god knows I’ve said some stupid shit that is forever but my expectation is I’m interacting with other men and when someone police’s the conversation away from sex I want to know if it’s a woman. It usually is

R202 You are truly talking nonsense - I watch with amusement and have zero issue with the constant drooling over the cast in these threads (I don't generally join in because I'm almost exclusively attracted to women), and never once have I tried to 'police the conversation away from sex' in this situations. My only minor annoyance was, as stated, the repetitive frustration with a very family-friendly TV show not having two teenage boys humping every other minute. It's been a circular conversation for months and months. The fact that the topic is sex is irrelevant - it's the repetitiveness and the inability of some to grasp that this show will always be very very innocent. No one even smokes, drinks or swears, for god sake.

Just so I know, in your mind is the world split into two groups? The elite - gay men, and the scum - women, who are all sexless carbon copies of Alice? That way of thinking is about as nuanced as the people over on Twitter so maybe I'm not the one in the wrong place.

The conversations are all repetitive.

Just ignore it if you don't like it. I don't like some of the crap you guys constantly repost about and I just wait for the conversation to be to over.

R203, this is a forum for gay men, not just to discuss gay men. Obviously, nobody's checking IDs at the door but if you, a woman, are on the side of censoring gay sex while posting on a gay men's forum, are you surprised that gay men are going to have something to say? Yes, it's a children's show so they're extremely limited in what they can depict. Realistically, there will be no sex depicted. But if we as gay men say an aspect of the show doesn't match our own lived experience, that deserves to be respected. Especially here in a gay space, we should be able to talk shit about sex.

It's fucking weird that people are trying to divorce sex from discussions of sexuality. After all, the only thing all gay/bi men have in common is that we desire other men SEXUALLY.

I just come here to laugh at the crazy. I’m staying

I’m actually on the side of the angels these days, Alice would have been better to never mention sex at all like a Nickelodeon show. But I will make stale jokes about wanting Kit and Joe to give simulated handjobs because that’s what I was doing at that age and I’m a gay man on a gay gossip site talking shit. If you’re a woman bored by this on a gay forum clear your fucking browser and find something else to do

[quote] it's the repetitiveness and the inability of some to grasp

The self-own is strong in this one.

Look I don’t actually care if women, especially queer women, are on the site so long as they’re not scolding gay men for finding the cast hot like the Twitter brigade or talking over gay guys. It’s an open website, even if it’s intended for queer men. But in the same way I’m sure you have seen men very inaccurately portray lesbian relationships and side eyed it and discussed it, gay men are allowed to side eye a woman who insists that no one who isn’t asexual can write asexuality but that she herself can write queer male sexuality. Sorry if you find that repetitive but don’t appreciate you pushing back on the broad discussion. I don’t agree generally with the idea that the comic has to show fucking graphically on screen or that they need to suck one another off within the first month of dating but the fact is the discussion of how “pure” the show is is sort of silly.

If Alice is going to discuss sexuality at all, even a queer male couple giving handjobs 18 months in, some prudish parents will already disagree with it and refuse to let their kids watch it, so it isn’t a completely sexless show or comic. If she’s going to do a sort of “fade to black”, then she should just do that. If she wanted to omit their sex life at all, I would’ve been fine with that. Hell, if she wanted to explicitly talk about how Charlie’s anorexia made him not comfortable hooking up even though he wanted to, I would’ve actually thought that was an interesting plot point. But this weird in between of “I will make it special and romantic by not showing anything but also explicitly saying what they did the next day” is very open to critique. Especially given Alice generally sucks.

Yes, yes r209. Fine words. And a lot of them.

I appreciate Bradley trying to step up as a cast thirst commenter on Kit’s post (“Ur kinda sexy… 👀”), but he lacks creativity.

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E for effort but Bradley that position has already been filled, even if they are mia at the moment

R211 disappointed in lack of cast thirst on that post. Maybe they didn’t like the pants either

And Kit didn't even like Will's post so if we're going have to settle for Bradley's thirst and that's it, I'm throwing in the towel. I'm sure he's a lovely boy but I cannot even bring myself to hit the follow button.

The response from the cast on Will's post was more muted than usual as well, makes me think they might have needed to keep it a little more serious for TAG Heuer.

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Im guessing the Arnaults dont play

Bradley tried, but didn't really read the room. Good effort though.

And I hope if they release something tomorrow they don't do it while it's the middle of the night in the US so Joe can actually participate

It feels like gay men are the only minority group that is expected to accept outsiders coming in to tell us to tone it down. I'm a black gay man. If a white writer worked on a show made for a black audience and decided it wasn't actually family-friendly because it was too forward about its blackness, they would catch Hell. Gay men are expected to just take it as if there isn't any middle ground between Sesame Street and Sean Cody.

Looks like most Heartstopper stuff drops between 8:30 AM and 12 PM EST, most commonly between 9 and 11.

R216 Bradley clearly not close enough to receive that “pls don’t post a thirsty comment or we don’t get to keep the watch” group message (or maybe they just sent that specifically to Joe)

Queen Charlotte had their premiere today in London, approx 2 weeks before it's released on Netflix, hopefully they'll do a similar premiere for HS, although we just have to hope they'll wait for Joe before doing a premiere

😂

I wonder how much filming Joe actually has to go. Even as a main character it’s Agatha’s show. He may not be needed up to the finish in May (which is basically next week anyway). Surely it would be pretty weird to have a premier without Joe

R222 bless that brave little horny soldier

I know this was talked about awhile ago before the long conversation about frau took over. But Kit’s tits are fucking spectacular in that still from season 2.

R223 Depends on if you believe Grace that it's actually his show

R225 I am insanely jealous of his body. I hope he’s putting it to good slutty use

Kit looks amazing, not denying that - but as a bone structure guy that is a fucking amazing angle for bash. Even if most of his work this season is him brooding over Nick and Charlie from the shadows at least he’ll look hot doing it

Another HS post from the Netflix queer account. Something, ideally a may release date, is coming tomorrow

R225 Kit's a work of art in that still. His chest, his arms, that jawline.

He was cute as fuck S1 and made Charlie really endearing but I’m excited to see Joe in S2

This reply to that Popbase tweet at R222 has to be my favorite. OUT OF POCKET and I'm here for it.

They're both stunning. I don't care if Alice has written a heap of flaming dog shit for S2, I'll watch it with the sound off.

R232 the ‘have some decorum’ is fucking hilarious. The Kit click bait always brings out the thirstiest whores who have nothing to do with hstwt. It’s great

It's impossible to expect decorum from bottoms. Hstwt should just chill out and accept Kit's fate since thirsty whores are never leaving him alone.

I just wish Joe got more similar thirst on Twitter. We all need to have less decorum and start tweeting about how we want to go face first and then balls deep into that perfect ass

I keep seeing comments about how Charile should be the one to punch Ben or have dramatic scenes with him etc and I hope not since I feel Joe and Bash didn't particularly act very well together in heavy scenes. And I say this as someone who likes them most out of the cast.

And random, but I don't follow anyone from hs on twitter at all since I don't enjoy pain, but I also keep seeing comments on my timeline about how jacked Kit is from very casual fans of the show. A bit funny. They wonder how he'll look in the new seasons.

R236 I want to tweet @ Bash about Joe's lips/mouth and how I also think of them often, but thought that was over the line and behaved myself for once

R237 I think their first episode scenes were relatively weak (still not even close to the weakest scenes of the show as Joe is easily one of the two best young actors), but I chalk that up partly to newly dating and partly to them filming those extremely early. The movie scene, which I think was filmed later in the season, I thought was well done. Im hopeful if they have a scene together this season it’ll be good

R237 For the sake of the Joe Emmy dream I need Ben's stuff to mostly, and I say mostly because I know he'll inevitably have some exchanges with Nick and Charlie, be angsting in the background and with people like Imogen (I guess?). Similarly, I hope the Charlie/Harry confrontation is kept like it is in the comic, where Charlie basically monologues so that Cormac doesn't fuck up the scene with his acting. Joe should have good stuff with Nick/Tori/Sarah/Jane/Julo/Stephane. And I'm hoping Nick's brother's actor is good as well.

R237 as the comic picks up the day after Nick’s coming out and Kit and Joe basically said the show does too, there will be a lil bit of a continuity issue. But he still looks very young when he’s in costume as Nick (excepting tits)

R238 let it fly, don’t behave. Maybe you will encourage other thirsty tops to voice how horned up they are for Joe. Maybe I should reactivate my account specifically

R242 maybe Bash would get jealous and post Joe more, we can dream, he doesn't seem a particularly jealous person sadly

R243 no need to be jealous when you’ve got a phone full of Joe’s nudes

From Patrick’s Instagram.

Weird photo to choose but Kit looks cute (Joe looks like an extra)

Doing Joe dirty there again, poor guy

Bash posted to his story but just an old pic from set.

Kit finally hit 4.9 million followers on Instagram. Got an almost 10k boost between the still and his post yesterday. I would normally say he’ll drop back to 4.8 in a couple of days, but I have no clue what is getting released today and how much and how long of a boost that’ll give.

R249 Joe got a boost too, +1,590. I'm assuming Bash did as well since he was also in the still, but his page hasn't updated yet.

Netflix have posted that something is coming this week, surprised they didn't reveal the release date or photos today, although I guess there's still time

Announcement later this week.

Why the hell is the thumbnail Kit and Bash and not Kit and Joe? FFS.

Joe looks cute in the Patrick still imo

They're playing with fire, the second photo is again Kit and Bash, that's gonna piss a lot of people off

I’m not at pissed off territory yet but I’m definitely annoyed. First time made sense in context of the Netflix Brasil post, this time makes absolutely 0 sense.

Anddddd they changed it.

For anyone that missed it, this was the original thumbnail.

Those pouches make me think we're getting a BTS video from the same day the still from yesterday was taken, GSCE testing?

Bash looking princely r258. I hope they change up Nick’s hairstyle in season 3.

I'm still a bit sceptical end of May is an option, seems to be very late announcement if it is

R259 if bash has any BTS video that doesn’t involve Joe climbing him like a tree or jumping in his lap a la the vlogs, what a waste for us all

R262 No shade but right now I care more about Joe being in the video at all, his character is in the year below them and I'm going to be pissed if he's not in it.

Will everyone get a fucking grip with the ‘Where’s Charlie?’ hysteria he’s in the fucking birthday clip and the promo bit as ever is Joe, Kit, Will and Yaz I expect it on twitter but can you at least try to rise above the overwrought while you are here

R263 I get that because I want to see him but I say as a massive Joe stan, we all need to chill a bit. He’s the show lead (with Kit but I would say it’s ever so marginally the Charlie show); if S2 itself or the majority of the promo cuts him or minimizes him I’ll be extremely pissed but a one off behind the scenes video is fine.

Pretty sure Joe was on set that day anyway, from the tweet here

R265 They also use that gym area as a base camp when they’re filming at the school, so it may not have been the same day.

The fact he's wearing Nick's trainers makes me think he's in costume there with the grey tracksuit bottoms (as opposed to just wearing them to keep warm) so doubt it was the same day

Interesting that Netflix doubling down on Bash. Further proving that HS Twitter is in fact just 20 crazy teens making a lot of noise and having no real world influence at all. I’m sure Joe will be in a fuck tonne of the prerecorded promo. I got all in my feels about Joe not being as included in promo a few weeks ago but many less dramatic DLs pointed out that was pretty stupid. The gals love seeing Charlie and Nick together

What are the odds that the Heartstopper announcement is at the end of the week in order to force everyone to sit through the rest of their slate?

I thought for once maybe the stans would be happy about the anniversary but the dramatics on Twitter about Ben being in two stills (both of which I’m pretty sure were accidentally released) are ongoing. Pretty transparent that for most it’s not really building up Joe/Charlie, it’s just hating Bash. If it was a Nick and Tao set of stills I’m positive everyone aside from the few Joe stans would be eating it up. Really no one can ever just be content and calm

R269 bash just posted that to his stories with the side eye emoji so nailed it

Netflix Brazil (those crazy guys) tweeted that ‘Heartstopper celebration week is only just beginning’… to me that hints at multiple things? I hope we get at least something today. The stills are obviously ready to go.

Bash and a hairdresser followed each other so he’s up to something today.

Perhaps a perm?

Judging by his longer hair in those stills, probably a haircut

From Alice’s Instagram.

Also from Alice.

R276 Joe was cute there and acted the hell out of that scene. I think that and the arcade scene had the mutual best lighting for him and Kit

I wish they would have kept this or released it, the fuck?

R279 It would have been nice to keep in if only to add to the build-up of Charlie attempting to break up with Nick for his own good.

R279 extremely annoying to cut what could’ve been a really good heavy scene for Joe. Kit was excellent S1 and deserved the attention he got but his storyline was also way better developed than Charlie’s, and cutting stuff like this not only weakened Charlie’s storyline (and thus the attention Joe got) but will make the “btw I have anorexia and self harm” in S2 more sudden than it would’ve been with hints like this included

I still really hope they release the Nick and Charlie wrestling scene from season 1. Patrick liked a tweet about Netflix releasing it so it isn't totally off the table.

I’m excited to see multiple men horny for Charlie (James) and Nick seeing it. Art imitating life as I’m sure that’s the daily Joe and bash experience on both sides

R270 Please if Kit was in exactly zero new stills I don't think the fandom would be that calm. Joe fans have a bit of a reason to be a bit pissy about it

R284 One was accidentally released though and was almost certainly part of a bulk yet to be released, so really it's just been one photo of Kit and Bash (not even Nick and Ben) released. Plenty of Joe to come!

I'm sure and I want no part of any Bash hate, but will continue to side eye them until they release some Joe and remember he's the MC again

R284 I am a massive Joe stan who thinks he’s overlooked a lot but I legit think these were both accidentally released and it’s pure coincidence these are both Kit and Bash. Let’s also be real - most of the people complaining fucking loathe bash, they’re not just huge Joe fans. Some are for sure but for the most part, If it was Kit and Will they wouldn’t be screeching that Joe deserves to be included

Seems like a couple of unfortunate Netflix fuck ups that Bash is unfairly coping heat for. There is a very small possibility Charlie won’t get the spotlight I’d love for Joe, as a big fan. But in this case it seems more like some sloppy sm management. Hope there is some cute stills of Joe and Kit together (with complimentary lighting!)

I will say also, I saw a tweet on this which of course I now cannot find, but agree with. I actually do think the concerns that Joe will get overshadowed again because they’ll give Kit some good scenes with Olivia are understandable but I do think Alice would fight hard and be very insistent on the ED and mental health plotline staying primary - not because she’s so loyal to Joe or Charlie but because she has a very high opinion of herself and I think she’s extremely proud of that plotline and writing. So I’m optimistic re Joe/Charlie this season

Last complaint, but also please Netflix UK don't announce everything at 5am Eastern time all week

R289 Tbh I'm slightly worried about S2 being less to about Charlie dealing with an ED, but how Nick deals with Charlie's ED but I guess we'll see. The ED storyline will still be there, but not sure the focus of it.

R290 I get your point and that’s fair but again think Alice is very proud of her work on how Charlie feels and reacts. I agree they’re going to build out the “Nick reacts” angst which is… an interesting choice, but I do think she would feel strongly about and pull for a Charlie centered plot there and I’m sure kit and Joe both acted the hell out of it again

April 27 is Charlie’s birthday so maybe dropping thn? Today would make more sense but..

However much they give Joe and even if he is given a backseat to Kit, he will be fantastic. He held his own in scenes with Kit and is really gifted non-verbal actor, all with only an amateur background. Joe is my favourite cast member (tbh mainly because he’s hot and cheeky af) so I’d be really disappointed, but he’s got the chops to make whatever he gets matter. I’m looking forward to watching him now he’s more self assured and experienced

Little update from Alice on Patreon:

It's been a very intense week! I've been really busy with work on post-production of season 2, and starting the planning and writing process for season 3 (😱). But hopefully things should be a bit more back to normal on the Patreon now!

Post from Orla Gartland (‘Why Am I Like This?’ composer/singer from season 1) - she specifically shouts out Joe so it sounds like he recommended her for the soundtrack. Also, she seems to hint that she’s in season 2 with the side eye emoji.

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Thats sweet actually, if he mentioned her and helped get the song on the track

Nothing from Kit and Joe which is not necessarily that unusual considering they didn't post about the BAFTA nom, but, part of me is hoping it's because they're doing some promo interviews somewhere

R297 I'll be quite disappointed if we don't get anything from them on the anniversary - lots of the rest of the cast/crew have posted loads today.

Not sure how they'd be doing promotion work considering they aren't even in the same part of the world. Kit was in London yesterday and Joe's working. Though Joe might have today off, he seems to be pretty busy lately.

I’m pretty sure that the Joe shout-out on Orla’s post isn’t because he recommended her music for the show, but because he did the little Spotify video for her last year.

R300 Oh yeah, potentially - although he did say in an interview that his favourite music growing up was indie stuff like dodie and Orla Gartland. So he may well have also recommended her. I was also a fan of Orla before she was in Heartstopper so it was a pleasant surprise when her song popped up!

R301 I know Kizzy recommended one of the other songs in the soundtrack (Sappho), Patrick recommended Baby Queen, and Joe loved Orla and Maisie Peters (which is cute considering bash is now good mates with her), so him recommending her is very possible

R291 Building out Nick's reaction angst would make sense to me because he's been the one to catch on before anyone else from the onset and I wouldn't be surprised if he's the POV character while Charlie's in hospital like in the comics, but I think what is actually going to get built up on Nick's side is going to be his family stuff, not that Charlie's stuff is suddenly going to completely center around Nick narratively.

R303 I mean more “Nick emoting in his own room” being built out further, because I think there’s already a fair bit of it in the comics which I agree is fair to include. To be honest I just think that last season they didn’t give Charlie a lot of material about how shitty it can feel to be in a closeted relationship and with someone who treats you great one on one but won’t admit you’re together. I actually agree with that overall; it’s a show aimed at teenagers who may be struggling with their sexuality and heaping on guilt about that won’t help. I just hope they employ a similar approach here, where yes the “love can’t cure mental illness” and some of Nick not knowing what to do is included but they don’t make it a double hander of the stress Charlie’s illnesses inflict on Nick - again, in large part because idk if that’s good for a teenage audience that may relate.

Kit has liked the Netflix UK post but not shared it, let's hope he's going to share some BTS photos or something instead

Netflix UK posts so much HS stuff it's hard to keep up. Kit liked one of the posts but not the other, though hardly any of the cast liked any of them.

I'd guess the like is his anniversary duty, but maybe he'll surprise us.

If they know they’re all going to have to go into promoting it next week they might just not bother today.

Wonder if Joe is working today, I know it’s a Saturday but haven’t seen him liking anything

Joe and Kit will have to do so much, I wouldn't bother too much with posting things every day either. But Joe seems like he's been really busy this week. You can kinda tell if he has off time by how much he posts comments or likes on social media (which is very little to begin with, but still). They are kind of reaching the end of filming so it might be crunch time to get everything done on time.

I'm assuming Lucy and his mom went home last week.

I'm not reading anything into it, but it's pretty funny that basically everyone that's posted so far plays a minor supporting character. Nothing from Joe, Kit, Will, Yaz, Cori, or Kizzy.

R309 bash posting was the least surprising thing ever, despite how dickish the fanbase can be to him he legit loves the show and always hypes it. But it is funny the 6 mains said nothing

In the spirit of this thread, I’ll start the first outlandish rumor with no evidence. They’re banding together to get pay raises for the third season a la Friends and won’t post until they get them.

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I mean considering how well it did im guessing pay raises wouldn’t be put of the question. my money is on the breakout star Bradley making the most

Contract negations must have gone well since Joe posted

I'm just hoping that they know they have a lot of promo stuff coming in the next week, so they're saving themselves for the actual releases of content.

I'm assuming Joe was filming and Kit's just allergic to posting anything. And yeah, they'll be overloaded with promotion so no need to repost every little thing about the show.

Jesus I hope after he goes straight from agatha to HS promo he can take a month off or something. Great work ethic

If they stick with October for HS filming beginning, he should hopefully at least get a couple of months off

I’m curious if Joe will enjoy four months off (with only promotion work). Or if he’ll do another project between Agatha and HS S3. He could do another short run play, or film an indie movie. Joe definitely deserves a break, but given how fast his star is rising I wouldn’t be surprised if he jumped straight into something else.

R318 he seemed to genuinely enjoy the play but wouldn’t fault him at all for wanting a few months off especially after being long distance from his bf and mates for months. If he does anything I’d guess a very short film shoot or short play, agreed

It will probably also depend on what Marvel have in store for him, if he going to go from filming HS S3 to promo for Agatha, and potentially other Marvel projects that include Wiccan he might want this summer off.

R312 I'd love to be a fly on the wall for that. My guess is that Kit started off with the highest salary in the group because of his experience and team, but his team's also likely negotiated a heck of an increase for this season (the Emmy and RTS wins both happened after he would have locked in his S2 wage). Really, the whole group of Kit/Joe/Will/Yaz would have negotiated with the Emmy nominations under their belt this time around. Joe booked Marvel, and Yaz has an increased brand value now with her sponsorship deals. Cori and Kizzy probably got standard bumps, but bumps nonetheless.

And Bradley obviously has them all beat.

R321 I would guess all of the main cast (minus maybe Cormac?) had a fair reason to request a bump. I suspect though might be wrong that joe and kit will be paid the same for next season if they’re not already; Will and Yaz getting raises for th reasons you said, and cori and kizzy getting some bump. Even on the smaller side, Rhea has also built out her resume a bit since HS and Tobie is clearly in with Netflix between the vlogs and being included in promo, and Bash is doing well enough for himself that I don’t doubt he got a bump too

At least Kit and joe have to make about the same amount. The selling point of the show is the two of them together. Yaz and Will probably make less than they do, but are still important. They should all be getting raises anyway.

If they do a S4 Joe and Kit should really make Netflix play for it since they can't do the show without them.

And not that Joe's life revolves around Bash's career by any means, but if Bash is also working on other projects this summer, which he sort of implied more things are coming, and there is no time for a sexy extended beach vacay then I could see him just continuing to work on something short like a play. I don't know when VisionQuest is supposed to start filming, though if Joe is in that it'll probably be a small cameo.

Would guess salary order is Kit > Joe > Yaz > Will > Cori > Kizzy based on a combination of factors.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Joe takes some time off to spend on the IOM with his mom while she’s off in the summer.

Dual Protagonists probably make the same amount with Will and Yaz making not much less. Nobody wants bitterness in the show between the actors due to their pay when the show relies on all of them. They should def pull a Friends and ask for raises together though.

Pay parity between dual protagonists is actually pretty rare. This is a more extreme example, but Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey make considerably different salaries because of experience. Kit and Joe would have started off with different salaries because Kit's been working for 10 years versus Heartstopper being Joe's first job.

Continuing the gay follows, Joe followed Dolly Parton. Choosing to believe he’s going to dollywood before he goes home

R326 I’m honestly not sure - Pedro Pascals resume versus Kit’s is a very big difference. I can see them making slightly different amounts S1 but honestly think S2 they were likely the same

R327

I want a joe at Dollywood picture now

R328 Not to get too much into the nitty gritty because it gets technical and honestly really boring, but the comparison for starting salaries that would apply here is Kit versus Joe's resume, specifically number of completed credits. Pretty much like any other job. Not sure they would have reached pay parity after the first season unless they banded together to negotiate. And for S3 the Emmy win would give Kit a slightly higher bump over the nomination bumps the other 3 received.

The person who got the most batshit bump would be Alice.

Who negotiates salaries for them? Joe’s agents seem like they’re a much smaller group than Kit’s so I’m not sure if that would influence anything. Does anyone know how Joe ended up with them when a lot of cast are with the same as Kit. I think a DLer mentioned See Saw helped set them up with their agents because they were mainly unrepresented

R331 From what I remember reading, Daniel Edwards said that he set them up with agents so that they all had people looking over their initial Netflix contracts with them.

Here's today's page.

Wait, wrong page.

I’m obviously not against Kit personally or anything, he’s hardly the one in the room haggling and the above is informative, but I do honestly think it would be quite shitty if he made more than Joe off the show. I get the longer career thing and believe you that it’s true but holding it against someone for not being a child actor is a weird call, and while the Emmy and RTS are great Joe has gotten virtually identical noms.

Again not doubting that Kit makes more or thinking it’s his “fault” but a bit shit that he would make more than the nominal lead

Not bringing anything specific over here but it’s incredibly disappointing how easily anti Joe tweets rack up hundreds or thousands of likes - most recently, from morons who says he is taking away Latino rep by playing Charlie. He really gets it from all sides, both inside and outside the fandom

R334 No shade against Kit, but people exaggerate his resume. Nobody cares he was a child actor with a few lines in some projects. Comparing him to Pedro to Joe's Bella is a silly comparison.

R335 Charlie is white

R336 agreed Charlie is white, he’s written as slightly more tan than Nick with dark hair and blue eyes. Literally joe to a t. People just really like to shit on him for no reason

R335 interesting that popped up again. Early on before it got really insane on Twitter a couple of people pulled that and were pretty quickly shut down when it was pointed out Spanish (Charlie’s family background) is not Latinx and making the equivalency is really racist

R334, That's just not how it works. Kit has been working as a professional for about a decade, completed projects are what matter. A good agent will get you a lot more but of the two of them, that would benefit Kit, too. We're talking about a combination of UK Equity scale (their union) and whatever his agent could do for him. For example, Robert Downey Jr. made more money than any of the Avengers cast. Compare him to Chris Evans, who is also a lead, has the SAME AGENT, and is more popular. RDJ still made tens of millions more money on the backend percentage because he's the more senior actor and could negotiate as such. What industry would people expect two people doing the same job/same title to make the same amount if one has been there for ten more years?

Pay equity for lead actors is rare. That usually only happens when there are allegations of sexism or it can happen when the cast of a tv show decides to leverage their show's popularity to negotiate large sums as an ensemble.

R336, It doesn't matter if it's only a few lines, those are still credits according to the industry. Donald Trump collects a minimum $100,000/year pension from SAG because of one line in Home Alone 2. That doesn't include his AFTRA pension from The Apprentice.

R336 You're not reading any of the comments correctly. No one is exaggerating his credits. Kit has more credits to Joe's 0, which means he started off with a higher salary. That's how it works in the industry.

Obviously Charlie’s always been Spaniard (read: white), but Alice drawing Charlie really, really tan initially and then making him lighter and lighter as the years went by is still so weird of her. Part of me is convinced that her wanting to hide that is the real reason she goes around whining about people reposting her old art.

R339 yeah I said twice explicitly that I understand and don’t blame Kit, unclear how many more disclaimers I can give. I think a system that rewards child actors for “more experience” gives perverse incentives to shitty stage parents generally (thankfully doesn’t seem to be the case at all for Kit’s parents). Comparing it to other jobs doesn’t really work because child labour is illegal in other professions. I’m not a bleeding heart for every pair of costars making different salaries, just think this specific situation is unfortunate. I think Joe brought a lot to Charlie and don’t love that he gets paid less. Something can be shitty without it being Kit’s Fault or without it being unusual.

And if we wanna go there, it would be really cool if kit to try to ensure Joe makes just as much as him in the future since you preovide that as a rare example of pay equity.

R335 I just came across the tweet that started this off and the person is a moron and getting dogpilled by people outside of the fandom, thankfully. They followed up with a tweet saying that Nick was also miscast because he was plus-size in the comics (?).

Good because there is enough encouraged homophobia in the fandom without racism being reinforced. Imagine saying a white European is a POC. Jesus Christ

R344 Nick is also not plus sized in the slightest, he's not even chubby. Alice draws a chubby character like a chubby character. Nick is not supposed to be overweight. He's an athlete that isn't totally shredded that's it.

I see people calling Nick chubby acting like they are being body positive and if you think otherwise you are fat phobic, but it's the opposite to call a completely normal athletic body chubby. Fans are weird.

R344 the Nick is chubby always makes me laugh… Nick is poorly drawn. I don’t think Alice intended him to be soft I just think it takes a lot more finesse than she has to draw a big guy with well built body. Slim like Charlie is easy to draw

R335

Im honestly pleasantly surprised that the op is getting dog piled ok the quotes.

R342, If child labor is your issue, why don't you have a problem with this show itself employing children rather than young adults like other teen shows? And it's not as if Joe hasn't been working, too, in children's theater. Unfortunately for him, it just doesn't qualify as the type of work that will help you earn more as a professional.

I just don't get how it could be seen as unfair or a fault at all. He put in the work so he deserves pay commiserate with his experience. If Joe had been working more, I'd say the same about him. They've mentioned that Kit kind of led the cast because he was the most experienced (barring Bash), does that extra responsibility not deserve compensation? In reality, we don't even know what their compensation looks like but if Kit is currently making more, that's the system working justly.

R349 agree to disagree, I think it’s unfair and outlined why but you’re free to think Kit deserves to earn more than him. Seems highly unjust to me but Kit Stans can have their own opinion

R349 also how many times do I have to say kit has no fault in this? It’s been three thus far.

Okay, so experience counts for nothing and I'm just a "Kit stan" so it doesn't matter what I say. Got it.

I love how people are arguing about things that might not even be true (myself included). Classic DLHS!

R352 I said agree to disagree. Can I genuinely not voice “not blaming Kit, I understand why, sucks for Joe” without you needing to justify it? Serious question. What is the issue with what I said

The issue is that it's not rooted in anything but fangirling for Joe.

We don't even know how much they make. Why bitch about how unfair it is that Joe is "maybe, possibly making less but we'll never know." I don't get the hurt feelings about hypothetical scenarios.

The only people really making bank on HS is Alice and the production company. Kit and Joe are probably underpaid for what they bring. As in they should get all the money for making her writing watchable.

The season 1 call sheet listed Kit 1, Joe 2, Olivia 3. So I’m assuming Olivia made more money than everyone cast member except Kit and Joe despite only being on set for two days. Because star power matters and Olivia is a star. The interesting thing is that Bash was character 11. Tobie was 8. Does that mean Tobie was paid more than Bash despite Tobie having far fewer lines and Bash being the most experienced actor in the show other than Olivia.

None of us actually know how much they’re all making for this show. Hopefully a decent amount at least for the later seasons.

R355 can say the same for you and Kit, I highly doubt he brought a lot more than Joe did to set. But again, let’s agree to disagree and drop it.

When did that Joe’s protector bitch find her way here? Cause damn, Brenda, you’re doing too much.

God forbid I like Joe, apologies for liking both leads and wanting them treated the same. Mea culpa

Joe is either in NY or posting a latergram, presumably the former. Wonder who with? Has the painted nails for Billy too

Glad Joe had time to catch a show while in Atlanta. Also posted about HS again.

He's in Atlanta not NY. Show is on tour

R364 oh that makes sense, I was surprised he’d be able to swing a weekend away so close to the end of filming

Can the twitter girls on this thread please chill the fuck out it is getting tiresome

R361 You can fuck right off your grasp and use of language and instant WWs gives away exactly what you are. One day one of you homophobic little bitches might have the spine to say to me or any other gay man in person what you squeal from behind the anonymity of a screen but I doubt it

R366 I’m genuinely confused how me saying I like Joe and want him and kit earning the same salaries “gives away” what I am, or what I’m meant to be or how I’m homophobic for that especially as a gay guy. But I do feel bad for dragging it out too long for no reason, clearly people are entitled to think differently

R367 Sorry wrong R that was meant for R360

Damn girl, why are you still trying fight? This thread isn’t about you. People are allowed to disagree with you.

I feel like wires got crossed in this conversation about 30 comments ago and people are having two different arguments at this point.

R369 It sure as hell isn’t for or about a homophobic bitch like you and if that was aimed at me which is admittedly pretty hard to tell as you have just registered and don’t seem to know how to use the board that is the first time I have posted all day this is not my conversation. The other long time twitter girls can hang around as long as they stay chill and don’t bring the drama they are part of the furniture by now

And try calling me a girl to my 6 foot 2 hairy face and I will show you how a gay guy deals with homophobes I have had a lot of experience and could teach you something about what a real fight is

Public service announcement R360 / 369 is a new registered homophobic straight girl troll who needs to be put on ignore

R371 Can you stop making this thread about you, Brenda? Sounds like you’re projecting you frau cunt.

And R371: R360 and R369 weren’t even about you, you messy bottom bitch. Unless you’re really a twitter frau…

Well, that was a pleasant conversation to wake up to. Thank god there’s some Heartstopper content coming this week as a distraction.

Seems on brand to occasionally have a very classic DL blow up on this thread (admittedly not so fun for the guys caught up in it). But the HS content this week should make everyone happy and those who spotted the troll should hopefully have hit ignore.

Good news everyone, apparently once the floodgates opened Charlie and Nick didn't stop.

Well, that is very true to my experience as a gay teen. Who knew Alice had it in them

So horny, horny horny horny.

I was disappointed in the lack of content yesterday. It seems like all we got was a photo of Kit and Bash (which is adorable) and an announcement saying they have an announcement. And then a bunch of post with recycled photos.

R379 I don't pay much attention to how Netflix rolls out things, but seems a bit unusual to constantly tease announcements of announcements. I guess they want engagement, which they got. I'm not sure all week we are just getting HS information though since UK Netflix tweeted there will be news on other Netflix titles.

Though one thing hasn't changed, US Netflix still barely cares about the show while UK Netflix won't stop posting about it daily.

The current theory which is tenuous but would be cool is they’re announcing on April 27 (Charlie’s birthday) a May 27 (Saturday) release date, exactly a month apart. I still think releasing info yesterday would’ve made more sense but whatever

R379 Yeah, I was pretty disappointed too - but at least we know something is coming this week. They know just how desperate the Heartstopper fans are for new content, so they're dramatically drawing it out for maximum engagement.

R375 I have she is screaming into the void

R379 The Bash and Kit photos everyone on twitter seems to be getting their knickers twisted over were both errors as far as I can tell and quickly removed. The only official content seemed to be that short video announcing an impending announcement. Suggests the timetable doesn’t exactly align to the birthday or just wasn’t ready to roll out yet so they threw scraps for engagement and to keep goodwill

I still hope the Bash photos were a deliberate error by someone at Netflix to fuck off the fangirls

As funny as fuck you to the fangirls would be, I doubt most people know about the 20 moron on twitter who hate Bash. Gives them way too much importance. Netflix just likes him and likes promoting Joe/Bash/Kit.

Though I'm still not over people worshipping Alice but also absolving her of any responsibility for writing more Ben. As if he just magically appears without her permission and she can do nothing to stop him.

Tomorrow! I imagine we'll get a date... who knows what else. I still think it might be spread across the week, based on the 'week of Heartstopper celebration is only just beginning' tweet from Netflix Brazil.

R384 He is literally a figment of her imagination whose words and actions were written and directed by Alice and Euros. It makes sense if you can’t cope with a darker character in a production to blame the person who created him not the actor hired to play him but since when does sense and those nut jobs co exist

Netflix just announced the announcement is tomorrow to add to yesterday’s announcement of an impending announcement. They have got this engagement thing down to a tee they are whipping them into a frenzy

Let the actual announcement be accompanied by a big old photo of Bash looking hot as fuck and watch them combust in the flames of their own outrage

Watch tomorrow just be an announcement (with a new pic) of the announcement for later in the week.

This is so stupid - Charlie’s birthday would at least make some sense; why wait till 2 days after the anniversary to announce

I'm assuming the actual date is at the end of the week and not tomorrow and they stretch it for the week of HS. They could release a new pic every day for four days until Thursday and release a Nick and Charlie pic on the last day and announce the date.

Well, that's what they should do. If they don't do something special with it they should have just done it on the anniversary.

It seems that post-production has literally just finished, so it might be that they just hadn't quite finalised a teaser trailer that they're potentially going to release this week.

They don't really need the trailer this week. They can release it next week. Usually they do a release date, then the trailer after.

What are people's predictions for a date now? Still sticking with end of May?

R392 Late May or June for me, at the latest.

If they don't release it before May 31st I don't know what the fuck they are thinking at this point. I don't see a world where they'd miss the Emmy deadline just to release it a week later. Makes no sense.

There must be Netflix Insta followers who are over it. You’d think not all of their 2M followers are HS fans and even casual fans must be perplexed as to why they are getting content that does nothing but tell them they should get ready to get content. They’re taking the piss tbh

Bradley and his bf’s attempts to usurp joe and bash continue, now onto the hand drawn heart and buzz lightyear. Get a restraining order you two

R396 Okay that's a bit weird

Bradley cease and desist

R396 That has genuinely crossed a line the Buzz-Woody cuteness is something private Joe and Bash did from the start. The Joe looks, the heart, he needs to stop. Cori or Tobie anyone from his friend group needs to sit him down and have a conversation because if he is doing this much cluelessly in public he must be ass clenchingly desperate and awkward to be around

R388 My guess is they didn't want to let the anniversary go by completely unacknowledged, but didn't want to drop major news on a weekend.

I don't know how Netflix works but it might be something like most staff work Mon-Fri, so they can't release something big like that on a weekend as they don't have the staff about to monitor socials etc

R396

Oh thats weird/cringe

Bash's friend Billy posted some photos with his girlfriend for their anniversary and Bash commented, take his lead, Sebastian!

Bash is so sweet r402

Alice apparently didn't win her BAFTA - kind of what we expected, really.

Did she even go?

R405

she did

She did, yeah - posted a few pics on her Instagram stories of her in a suit. Patrick went too.

This is going to hurt has had a pretty clean sweep in their categories so not a massive surprise

Nothing but love to Kit and Bash, their castings were the best HS related news of 2023 to me, but Alice losing has replaced that

R402 Random, but Billy is still in Japan as of last week according to tagged pics. Wonder if he moved there.

And didn't figure Alice wouldn't win when the show got no other nominations.

R405

R404 Good she would have been insufferable her ego needs some kind of control and a writing BAFTA for a script that only survived because of the performance of it’s leads would have been a travesty. I noticed she has started whining about the exhausting process of writing for series three already and she has only just started I fear it is going to be a long six months. I need to start working on my bitch muscles because she winds me up like no one else

R411 Dear god my fucking eyes

Patrick's hot even if I hate him

R413 agreed, it's very conflicting feelings seeing a photo of him

R413 I agree he is hot and my main point of interest in Heartstopper was originally him unfortunately his conduct towards the cast has switched things up to the point seeing his face makes me nearly as pissed as seeing hers. I expected better of him in looking out for the young gay men who were effectively in his care at the start and he failed due to a combination of letting whatever his personal feelings are get involved and his blinkered devotion to this self obsessed thin skinned brat

I don’t always follow all the drama. Why is it we hate Patrick?

I personally don't hate him, I find him more palatable than Alice, but I'll always side-eye him for being one of the higher-ups that was touting the accuracy in casting in terms of sexuality before Kit was ready to come out.

R416 Hate would be a strong word but basically his failure to step in and challenge the rabid homophobia among the online fans. For a gay man to stand by and ignore homophobia being targeted at the gay teen cast members he was effectively in a position of care over just sticks in my craw and shows his basic values in a poor light

He also shows blatant favouritism in his social media activity which is unprofessional and helps fuel the attacks on cast members by a mob who will grasp at anything to support their hate

But as much as anything for me is his embarrassing fanboying and slavish devotion to The Cult of Alice. I don’t think any of it is really intentional or that he is a terrible person but I just had higher expectations of him as a human being. I now just find him irritating and disappointing

Honestly the biggest thing with both Patrick and Alice is that they proudly tout being “so protective” of the cast and feeling parental towards them and then doing fuck all to support them. Neither has ever said a word supporting Joe or bash, the “accurate casting” point above, etc. if they just seemed to have a kind but purely professional connection with the cast I’d be more indifferent but if you’re going to try to get credit from the fanbase of being such amazing guides and people, actuslly stick up for the cast.

Plus he so clearly prefers kit to Joe it’s almost a bit awkward

R408 And it's deserved, but it's still stupid that Ambika Mob wasn't nominated. At least she won the RTS Award, I guess.

Looking at Instagram numbers now that Heartstopper activity is picking up again, and Kit and Joe are both gaining again. Kit gained +9,589 on Saturday, +8,014 on Sunday. Joe gained +1,590 on Saturday, +1,512 on Sunday.

Some of the rest of the cast: Will gained +1,020 on Saturday, +581 on Sunday. Yaz lost -620 on Saturday, -310 on Sunday. Cori lost -54 on Saturday, gained +211 on Sunday. Kizzy lost -71 on Saturday, gained +161 on Sunday. Bash gained +445 on Saturday, +675 on Sunday. Tobie gained +118 on Saturday, +738 on Sunday. Rhea lost -16 on Saturday, gained +341 on Sunday.

Makes sense. Not that he in anyway did it on purpose because I don’t think he’s that sm strategic but the combo of the Tag post plus the Nick Nelson busting out of his shirt clearly good for Kit’s numbers. Funny he got almost as much of a bump from that as being fully tits out in all his glory a few weeks ago. Nick Nelson effect I guess. Nick saying something sweet in a trailer will probably be huge for him

Not to sound like a dick, because I know he’s friends with Alice too, but it blows my mind that Connor hypes her so much more than Joe or bash. Didn’t post the WOS thing for Joe or bash’s casting but reposts Alice’s annoying ass at the BAFTAs as well as her nom? Genuinely what hold does that annoying woman have on the gay men in her life

Maybe he thinks Alice can help him with his writing career

R423 I prefer to believe it is a purely transactional relationship on Connor’s part rather than personal devotion so I can continue to think well if him. It is also possible that she is such a passive aggressive nightmare if you upset her fragile ego by not cheering her on every time she moves it is the least aggravating option to just post support to keep her sweet. Kind of like humouring a spoilt child

Continuing the teasers

And in the end it will just be a still of Kit and the dog…

R426 I would honest to god respect the trolling of it was a third bash and kit pic

There’s no way we’re not getting a Nick and Charlie in Paris still.

R426 Damn, what the hell did Bash do to you?

R429 lol - the only reason I would harbour any ill will to Bash is because he gets to rail Joe R427 or they just “officially” release the still of Kit and Bash in detention/exam that’s already been seen, and call it a day until tomorrow. Chaos

There's new Heartstopper merch, but I'm confused by whatever the hell Netflix is doing with these decisions. I can't imagine a Lacoste polo is at a feasible price point for the majority teenage fanbase.

I'm surprised there's not more merch tbh, probably because they didn't realise how successful it would be, fully expect more to come out with S2

Don't quote me on this, but I think a teaser video may be coming because the show's page on the app went from looking like the page of a show with a sole season to having a "Season 1" tab on the right hand side.

Boo, I don’t have that. That said I’m in Aust, which, as you can imagine, is often behind

Could they get on with the announcement now? If it ends up being 8pm UK time it’s gonna be irritating - fans have been losing their minds since 6am.

For what it’s worth, S1 teaser was released at 8:30 AM EST and the trailer at 9:05 AM EST. S2 Production video was at 10 AM EST. It shouldn’t end up being 8 PM UK time.

They'll want to post it at a time when they're going to get the most reaction to it, so a time when America/ South America is also online, especially as I think they're going to be pushing it in the US a lot more this time. Probably around 2pm UK time

Netflix UK are teasingly replying to Heartstopper fans on Twitter, and liked a tweet asking when season 2 is coming out… just hurry up, though.

It's 5am in the US on the west coast. Chill out.

Lol they even tweeted the Kit obsessed lesbian.

It is febrile madness on the twitter searches right now the combination of suppressed hysteria, hormones and anxiety disorders is suffocating

I would say my usual I hope they drop a still and run but I actually fear for some of them forget 5am in LA there are US based fans who apparently haven’t been to bed at all and are probably hallucinating at this point

There has to be a healthier way to live your life

Do those kids not have school? They're all going to be dead on their feet.

I'm at a "bitch eating crackers" level of hatred towards Alice, so this tweet annoyed the fuck out of me.

I'm sick of the leaves

With all this annoying dragged out hype they better release a trailer too, but somehow I think it'll be one still and another week or so of teasing a trailer

That pic of Joe is S2. He looks much older than any of the old Charlie stills. Snuck in with all the other older pics

R444 It’s a screenshot from the first season, here’s a gif of it.

New Bash looking hot

R445 I was so off base! I really thought he looked older

So either in a minute or in half an hour.

R446 he has almost unrealistically nice hair

Netflix UK is saying Reveal tomorrow.....

R446 He looks great. I'm assuming it's today?

Netflix proper getting on it.

R450 They said that yesterday.

R450 they said that on instagram 23hrs ago, so it should be today (unless they’ve posted on Twitter that I haven’t seen)

R451 Yeah, updated on chichesterft's ig stories. Did not mean tot be annoying and not give the source.

August 3, lmao.

Wow. That's so much longer than even I expected. And I was sure it wouldn't be released in May given how full the month is. Why the hell are they announcing it so early?? Fans are going to go insane.

RIP Emmy's. At least Joe gets a break.

Trying to ignore the fact that it’s missing the deadline. Let me focus on the positive. That Nick and Charlie running hug looks really cute.

Seems unlikely they'd start filming against in October now though?

That’s stupid. Well, Joe has a long career to win an Emmy and hopefully they schedule S3 better

Joe looks incredible in that video, Charlie definitely had a glow up

Well, after that ridiculously drawn out build up, I was sure we were gonna get something good but that's disappointing. A release date nearly four months in advance, no trailer and no stills? They should've just announced it in June.

The entire male cast is so hot (yes the girls too, just not into them). Joe is stunning and the glow up for all of them since S1 is wild

Prom’s a new storyline, right?

On the plus side at least Joe will be free to do lots of promotion. And he does look hot in the trailer.

R462 Seems like they wanted to do something for the anniversary. I don't recall Netflix ever announcing things so early?

R464 I think so, though I barely skimmed though the comic.

I enjoyed the amount of Bash in that teaser.

R466 loved the amount of bash and laughed at the total absence of Brad.

Joe looks amazing but he’s the only one who hasn’t grown. Shots of him next to kit and Bash really show it

R466 Yes, same.

I'd take more show only Nick/Charlie and Ben over most of the rest of the storylines that don't interest me in the slightest.

They started promoting Wednesday ridiculously early. And Stranger Things gets lots of “it’s coming back” hype months in advance. The build up to this stupid little video was definitely because of the one year anniversary. But it also shows that Netflix is planning to put some actual money into promoting s2.

Kit remembered he's in the show and reposted something

Literally only give a shit about these two, sorry Netflix.

Why you saying sorry Netflix when they only really care about those two really as well. Should say sorry Alice who wants everyone to like all her other bullshit

It's honestly pretty bleak that they end up having to tweet Bash because both of the leads were run off Twitter.

R472 Hopefully, but I'm unsure why they thought one of the things that needed to be showcased in that video was whatever storyline Imogen has.

Netflix has always liked some Bash

They’ve both glowed up like crazy. Joes features are so so attractive, kit looks like a full man and not a teenager

Twitter is a bleak place in general. No Joe and Kit and Yaz has twitter but barely uses it and Will doesn't have twitter either.

Bash will have to hold down the fort on twitter, but Netflix in general likes him

Thank you netflix brasil for knowing what people care about (kit and Joe)

I’ll make do with the short clip of this, but I really wish we would have gotten stills at least.

R479 that’s s cute hug and great view of Kit’s ass. For purely noble reasons unrelated to thirst I wanna see an angle where Joe’s ass is on display

I’ll stop thirsting after this but he is so fucking hot

R474 Better than Bradley I guess.

Again, not sure why people are acting like 99% of the promotion is not always about Kit and Joe and Netflix doesn't know what people want.

Oh thank fucking god, someone helped Alice write this season. I checked her Twitter and she seems legit

Alice couldn’t bring on a gay male as a story consultant?

R484 Yes, what HS needs is the POV of another woman

R483 General distrust of Alice?

The height difference is going to be hot as hell this season.

Kind of sounds like she wrote the show only plot lines.

Makes Alice crying about how hard she worked even funnier since basically all she did was adapt what she already wrote. Didn't even edit anything. I guess she can blame Lauren if things don't go well with certain storylines.

R487 Oh I totally get that, but I think Netflix would stop her nonsense. I hope at least.

Bright side, she highlighted Kit and Joe in her Instagram post:

[quote]Alice, Patrick, Joe, Kit and the whole team have knocked it out of the park. 🥰

R473 I am returning to my theory Netflix the social media team is saying a massive fuck you to the twitter nut jobs and I approve

There was a lot of Bash on that clip I didn’t see Tobie, Brad or Will unless it was a blink and you miss it. I imagine they’ll be spouting off about asexual and poc erasure in favour of Bash

R483 Because the twitter girls will be over here in numbers triggered by Bash’s gorgeous face and they are not very bright. Promotion will be mostly Joe and Kit like before with Will, Yaz, Cori and Kizzy thrown in for interviews

R485 At least she’s got someone who hopefully isn’t asexual too but a gay man would be too much to hope for too much like admitting she is out of her depth

R486 I would’ve preferred a queer guy I agree but I genuinely think they could bring a monkey on as a consultant and I’d be thanking god at this point

R491 they’re already sobbing crying over it. Too bad

If Netflix was highlighting people in response to Twitter backlash and bullying, surely there would have been more of Joe in that video? He's the one that gets it the worst. I really don't think Netflix gives a fuck about any of them in that way.

It is funny it’s the one day bash is coincidentally promoting his play so he won’t be online to promo this till later

“Season 2 is based on Volume 3,” Oseman told Tudum on the set of Heartstopper. “So we had a good foundation. But there’s not enough in the book to take a whole season of TV, so there had to be a lot of creation of new stuff.”

So it’s safe to say that the summer of 2022 “was a very intense summer of writing and getting the show together.”

Connor adds in the video that fans can rest assured that “Alice has got some amazing scripts for us,” and it “feels cool and fresh.” Overall, it’s “just a different vibe to Season 1.”

Reflecting on the cast dynamic, executive producer Patrick Walters told Tudum on set that “it’s really gorgeous because they’re such a bonded gang in the comic and in the scripts that [Alice] wrote. And then you have these actors who are also equally bonded and love each other so much. It’s an energy of friendship on set, whenever the actors are there and a whole big gang. It’s really nice.”

R496 two great jawlines and sets of lips

R497 And if they turned just a bit, asses.

R494 It is literally their job to monitor what happens on social media they will be very aware. They won’t give a fuck in any real sense about the ravings of a small gang of bullies but at this point I think they are making a point on a personal level in a way no casual observer would pick up. The gang have actually convinced themselves they have ended his career and his brand is toxic which Netflix is helping to point out is delusional bullshit

That Lauren woman is Alice's best friend, let's hope they're close enough she can tell Alice when something sucks

R500 oh no, if she encourages the buildout of a dramatic episode long arc on Isaac James and Imogen I will have to mute my TV

R500 Dear god please no please someone tell me she is not asexual too

R500 Watch it work out the opposite way, a positive feedback loop of the parts we don’t care about. What are the credentials on this woman, has she done consulting on any other shows or did Alice bring on her BFF so that she could steamroll her?

Kizzy trolling the lesbians.

R502 It doesn't seem like she is. I think she's a lesbian. She wrote a whole article about how YA books need more LGBT sex scenes and not just fade to black where's it's not said what they did.

A bit funny, she's not a big fan of coming out stories.

More bash. The content overflows today

Eileen Atkins’s face in the second picture is killing me.

Patti LuPone continues not to give a shit and spilled some more information. Apparently she has to sing backup(!!!) and the witches sing a few song written by the people who wrote Agatha All Along. Wonder if Joe will sing too.

The homophobia of the HS fandom truly never ceases to blow my mind. Bottom as an insult, how very 2008

R508 Quick, someone check to see if any vocal coaches in Atlanta have followed Joe.

I love how every other version of this tweet has people commenting about how cute Nick and Charlie are and the comments under the Brasilian fansite are all about Kit's ass.

Disappointed in the August release but hopefully we get lots of press before that to keep us busy. Also they both look super hot in the video.

I understand why most teenage shows use adults for consistency between season. They definitely changed. They don’t look like teens anymore but two really hot men.

R510 Kit’s ass is incredible.

We better have multiple walking shots of kit in those trousers and Joe in the paris shorts. Need to see those perfect asses up close

R508 Imagine thinking Bash is a bottom though

That person is just a flat out troll

R511 I can’t tell if they’re throwing in a time jump or if we’re to believe that a bunch of them changed in appearance in the span of a week. Beyond the unavoidable maturing of Kit and Joe, Tao and Imogen are going to have different hairstyles.

R509 I remember that one from before the most in your face abusive homophobe who uses slurs as often as breathing if I remember rightly he’s a trans guy with a pathological hatred of gay men Bash in particular. I am not sure an out and out troll in the classic sense but definitely a very sick individual

I had to laugh at Bash being called a bottom please get real

Very rude to Joe who has indicated he is a bottom and who has a perfect ass for it. Plus ignoring that bash is absolutely packing

R516 I think that's someone else, a trans guy who thinks he can say fag because the gays were mean to him. That person is a weird Bash hater.

Not surprised even the push back comments don't get the homophobia of using bottom as an insult but instead talk about body shaming. This fandom should really burn in a fire.

Sebastian seems like a genuinely good guy, and he's hot on top of it.

I'm glad he doesn't seem to give a shit, it makes me like him more.

R519 bash hops on Twitter occasionally, posts about his projects or Joe, likes comments saying they miss him or love Joe because he’s a Simp, and then gets offline. Unbothered behaviour is hot

R518 To be honest they all blur into one after a while

I knew today would turn into a garbage fire all those pent up emotions and the Bash and Kit stills stoking the flames. Unless they released the full trailer and an early date they were always going to turn on themselves as they are wholly incapable of emotional self regulation

I wonder if Bash not posting on twitter yet is him avoiding the shitshow for a day or two

R521 I think he’s legit in the midst of promoting his play. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him on twt this evening

He's on IG and posted like 4 stories already about HS. Probably log into later to twitter to bother them.

Do you think we will get Kit’s movie with Maia before August? Since it was filmed before.

R524 Maybe in the summer?

R524 Possibly but there still seems a lot of confusion over whether there is even a distributor yet but that may just be down to the idiotic author

It seems more likely we will get HTDBW first Bash said it would be soon and it seems ready to go so I am expecting that this summer for sure

R526 poor kit just has a knack for picking projects with awe inspiringly dumb authors I think

Is it worth me continuing to post these? I basically only do it to fuck Alice over but if no one cares I can stop.

R528 I don’t really look at them to be fair but I fully support anything that fucks Alice over so please carry on

R528 Continue.

Also kind of enjoying how horny Nick and Charlie are. I'm a bit surprised.

R528 please continue! If nothing else always good to see how much Joe looks like Charlie and how much hotter Kit is than the ugly ass Nick drawing thank god

R524

Who knows at this point tbh. for such a low stales rom com they sure are taking their time.

The song choice in Will’s story for season 2 is, curious.

R533 he’s a tyler the creator stan which he has not yet been cancelled for but I presume is coming given the shit Joe and bash are called out for. He posts his music s lot

August?!!

Well alright then.

R515 I can't remember how I know this (if I'm not just talking rubbish), but I'm pretty sure Tao's hair change happens part way through the season. I'm sure some pictures emerged or something from season 2 where he had the terrible hair flicks, but then in Paris he was seen with the new hairstyle.

I actually like Bash's "Ben" hair in those clips, it suits him to have it pushed back.

If S2 is really just volume 3, that's not really getting into much of the storyline. Basically would end up with suggestion that Charlie has an ED and Charlie wanting to tell Nick he loves him, and of course them saying they aren't ready for anything more than kissing

R537 Sebastian might have the best head of hair I've ever seen on a man.

If she carries on with one volume a season, she's going to need 5 seasons to wrap it up, that seems a long time for that cast to be lumbered with the insane fandom that HS brings

I doubt they care about the fandom, besides, Joe will have that and then some with MCU

I doubt they care about the fandom, though not sure how long a group of 20 somethings who want adult roles will want to be stuck doing a children's show. I guess a long time if they get paid well enough.

R538 it makes no sense to me either series one covered six months and already hinted at Charlie’s mental health and eating disorder if this really is only going to cover two months and still only hinting at Charlie’s issues that is going to be painfully flimsy and leave a ridiculous amount to cover in series three. There really is no guarantee there will be a fourth series and equally no guarantee all the cast will want or be able to come back for it if there is

R540 The fact that volume 5 and 6 were originally going to be one volume makes me think that they could quite easily combine the two of them into a season 4. The fact that season 2 is apparently only volume 3 does make a season 4 seem a lot more likely.

R539 when he and Joe have good hair days at the same time it’s glorious

The hug does look very cute - they practically mould into one another here. There’s even a fair bit of hip bumping going on. Excited for their one-on-one intimate moments - you just know the chemistry is gonna be off the scale.

R534 Aren’t most of the worst parts of the Twitter fandom populated by white Gen Zers? Do they even know who Tyler the Creator is?

R547 here’s hoping, I want them to leave will and the rest of the cast alone

I'm really surprised they have started filming interviews with the cast 3 months in advance, maybe its a scheduling thing

R549 it makes me wonder about Kit again I mean as far as we know he is still hanging around Brick Lane and the London gyms and apart from the Cuban girls film, the indie horror and I think some voice work he doesn’t seem to have worked since Heartstopper. Everyone seems convinced he has some major blockbuster lined up and he might well but the longer it goes on without hearing anything time starts to run short for anything too big before he needs to be filming Heartstopper again and that will take them through to the end of the year. I guess they must both have August free at least for promo work as well which leaves three months and there have been no serious rumours that I am aware of beyond the distant Hulkling fan casting

I would be very surprised myself if he doesn’t have a big project in the pipeline somewhere but are we entering the territory of thinking he might not

Genuine train of thought here so can we avoid the hair trigger Kit fangirl hysterics and just have a normal conversation

R550 he still has a few months if it’s a film rather than a show; if he started in the next few weeks could easily be done by early July. No clue though

Yaz still not posting for the show is so funny to me

R550 When you're a series regular, one project in between a show's hiatus is the norm with actors. And there have never been rumors before any of Kit's last projects, so that's not indicative of anything. We end up deducing that he's working when he's already on a set.

R550 Kit is young and people probably need to get it out of their head that he's going to lead the next Hollywood blockbuster. Joe just got lucky with the perfect part and even that is something that will take years to pan out. Steady work is fine and in a few years he can go for more adult roles. He's got two movies and a HS S2 and S3 to come out yet. We'll probably know if he gets cast in something else when he's already working on it.

R552 Will a grammatically incorrect tweet do?

R555 What's with the HS cast and not knowing the difference between you're and your

I’ve just watched it - Kit saying that the scripts are Cool and Fresh is hilarious- he really is far more like a middle aged guy. Although, the ‘very different vibe’ to last season doesn’t fill me with much confidence. The last season was adored and the one on one scenes were the highlight. Joe’s not in it a great deal, arguably Bash is more. I don’t think it’s because Joe is being left out from promotion or anything, just wonder what they were filming that day because it looks like Kit was able to hang out with everyone more. Rhea seems like a nice woman but why is she featured? Imogen is basically the only straight character in the show - that’s a weird thing to focus on

R546 The increased intimacy of the hug is especially noticeable when you see it right after the one from last season.

A realise it’s just the result of momentum because Joe’s running but Kit gives a pretty distinctive hip thrust into Joe (which might stay with me for awhile). I really want to see Kit throw Joe around a bit, so I can imagine myself doing the same. Joe looks fucking hot and the length of Charlie’s school blazer camouflaging his perfect arse is an outrage

R554 I agree that the expectations on Kit by his more partial fans are unrealistic and skewed by Joe’s Marvel break which was incredible serendipity and not likely to be replicated at this stage by any of the others. He is doing great and still a very young actor few land major roles before their mid twenties

R557 I really think they just spoke with who was there and happy to talk. Who was filming on that day or the length of time they get in that video tells us Jack shit about how series two will pan out

R558 The intimacy was always going to be better and more natural for this series Joe and Kit are clearly know each other better and are much more comfortable with each other and I think Kit now being out and free from having any of that playing on his mind probably helps too

R557 It’s going to be really terrible optics if the show pushes a Nick and Imogen friendship when the Nick and Tara friendship is right there in the comics. And optics aside, I personally like Tara better than Imogen and find Imogen wholly unnecessary as a character. In terms of Kit’s “different vibe” comment, I think it was inevitable with the ramping up of the more dramatic stuff for both Nick and Charlie (Nick’s family drama, Charlie’s mental health struggles).

I don't really understand the point of Imogen, though I guess if they have her get with Ben then the friendship angle makes sense. Even if Ben dates Tori's friend in the horrible book Alice wrote, not Nick's.

My guess is they’ll push Nick and Imogen a bit since it seems like an Imogen and Ben storyline is coming at some point, and they’ll make something dramatic about Nick wanting her to not date him and also trying not to out him. It’ll be dumb as the solution would literally be “I can’t say who but a friend dated him and he was awful, would advise against it” but alas

R563 I do wonder if the flawless Nick will get some shit for not saying anything, if that go that route. I read some comments that in this case Ben deserves to be outed since he should be jail for SA. Not that I believe that, but like you said, he doesn't have to say who Ben dated. Just that he's a POS person is good enough.

R559 Haha I noticed the hip thrust too - it’s definitely far beyond a polite hug. I wonder if Kit is about to semi pick Joe up in the hug and that’s why he thrusts?

I think Joe slamming into him probably slightly overbalances him. Even though Joe weighs all of 20 lbs it’s still some amount of force

Definitely a thrust there well spotted. I approve I also think it is clinically impossible for any man who is not 100% straight to get that close to Joe without involuntary movement of some kind he is a walking cock magnet

Will say after seeing this, while I was already into Joe, I think a lot of the people pissed about the Wiccan casting because they think he’s ugly based off unfortunate photos will be very surprised by how fucking gorgeous he is in motion

Rumor mongering from absolutely nothing time, but Bash liked Taylor's Swift post where she talked about performing in Atlanta this weekend. He doesn't ever really like her posts. Let's ignore that Joe doesn't follow Taylor at all.

R569 will fully agree based on just that that they’ll be there, ignoring bash legit has a play starting very soon and as you say Joe doesn’t follow her

Ok so maybe joe has a feature or something coming up, he just followed Willa Bennett who is the editor n cheif of Highsnobity and she followed him back

R568 he’s the absolute perfect twink combo of sex and cuteness which makes him so fuckable. He’s also beautiful in a way hetero women might start to understand as he gets older. Not that they’ll ever want to fuck him but they might appreciate his big doe eyes and perfect bone structure

As extremely vague as this is, “later this year” implies not the next month or two

R565 There's a joke about Kit and a semi to be made here.

R549 If it was just Kizzy and Cori maybe they filmed something for Lesbian Visibility Week this week?

R573 I was hoping we’d get HTDBW this summer…

HTDBW having Bash break the fourth wall made me unexpectedly excited for it, I think it could be really fun.

R571 that would be extremely fucking cool for him. however if he’s not in tight tiny shorts and a transparent crop top posing lent over a lounge (Pedro Pascal’s Esquire shoot style) then there’s not point. Nipples, arse, stomach showing or it’s homophobic

They're cute, but for their sake I hope the prom dancing on the show is limited to slow dancing.

Kit’s ass is legendary and I need a slow motion video of that hug for science.

R580 I need a 360 view slow zooming in on 2 glorious asses. Kit is a real show of what the gym can do for you. Joe’s is a reminder that miracles of nature exist. I want both

R582 Nice. I love how the slow mo really captures the obvious hip thrust, haha.

Brady posted a couple of pictures from before the TAG Heuer event.

Brady needs to turn his light down a couple of notches, everyone he photographs always looks over exposed

R585 I hope someone is kissing that man because those lips are to die for.

It's always fun to remember that God has favourites. Kit and Joe, with their respective hot lips/asses/jaws/etcetera get awards and paid to make out with each other.

R588 agreed plus their SOs have also been really hot. Not into women but Sof and maia are good looking and obviously Kit’s one true love Loewe guy is hot. Bash is also hot as fuck. Good for all of them

Welp, seems like this thread is winding up at a time that suits me for a timeout… my gift to you all

God speed R590, we'll see you on the other side

R590 Appreciate your sacrifice.