Heartstopper

Joe and Kit (as shown to Bash)

Bash got a haircut

He ❤️ hot dads

No personal space

Continuing on from the last thread, not super surprised by tobies play. For the DLer whose friend went, how was tobie specifically? The play producer posted on the HS subreddit to advertise it so I presume he was cast in part for clout

Brady headed to Milan, will probably see Kit tomorrow at the JW Show

Also curious about how Tobie did, it’s going to suck if he wasn’t great given that he has a storyline this upcoming season.

I can't look at that new Bash pic without cringing. Please don't repost it again

R9 I’m sure he was a good sport to that fan LOL. He’s looking great even though I miss the scruff.

Kit’s outfit for tomorrow, does he look hot or do they put him in something weird. I feel like we are overdue for a weird outfit

R11 They’ve gotten better with each show, so I’m expecting a good one. I’m sure I’ve just jinxed it, though.

I’d think Bash’s interaction with that fan was pretty awkward but harmless. He looks hot.

I'm hoping for something tight and gay again.

I'm sure bash was nice to the fan and fine overall, but I can't get over it. hopefully nobody tells him Joe loves hot daddies next. Bash is always hot though.

R11 since they’re probably (almost certainly imo) going some sort of brand deal with him I think they’ll give him something good.

Bash and Joe are both hot. They were during the relationship and look great post breakup

I want to suck joes nipples. Nothing new there but he’s really looking better than ever

R15 They have probably role played that once or twice.

I need a twink update on his end. He has to be getting his cock serviced.

I wish Bash would give us a hint but he’s off social media. Billy is a bad influence.

I maintain for the drama that he’s bringing Charlie to his fashion week hotel. For extra drama maybe it’ll be the same hotel Joe is in

R19 He even went to Japan to mediate because of Billy. Maybe tantric sex is the next thing.

I feel like this has to be included in every thread.

R20 Since OF Nick recently followed a budget airline that flies around Europe we can hope they both bring their rebounds to the same hotel

R23 Nick, our enterprising hero, can upgrade his dreams from threesome with kit and Joe to fivesome with them and Bash and his new guy. Joe leaving his rebound enough in his thrall that he’s (maybe) willing to book hellish budget airlines to follow him around europe is actually iconic

Nick might not consider that an upgrade, I've seen no interest in anyone from the cast apart from Joe and Kit.

I like the idea that Nick's also become a friend to Joe after the breakup and that he lent an ear in addition to a dick to Joe in Atlanta.

Who did Bash follow? He’s up one follow.

A curly haired twink. He's hilarious

R26 I don't see anyone new, I'm guessing it was someone reactivating their account.

R26 guessing someone just reactivated their account, he followed everyone else already. Didn’t realise he also recently followed Jeremy O Harris. Probably saw Joe and kit on his IG stories the other day too. He legit cannot escape his ex

R27 And i was talking about the thomas headon follow, which is is recent, but not sure it's a follow from today. haven't checked

R30 it was the same day as the Charlie follow. He can’t help himself with the curly haired twinks

this james guy must have hurt him hard that he’s still searching for copies

I doubt it's about him. They didn't seem to date more than a couple months. He saw Timmy one day and that become his type

I do think it’s interesting in the aftermath of this breakup to reevaluate that guy. I wondered what was wrong with him that Bash unfollowed and cut off him and their whole friendgroup, but now it kind of seems like his MO. Not that that’s inherently wrong or anything

It's just how Bash moves. Get together with a curly haired twink. Break up happens. Move on to the next clone. Nothing wrong with that though.

Bash broke up with Joe, and then in classic ex-boyfriend mode, was pissed off Joe was seemingly over him quickly and “seemed” unbothered. Theres no other explanation for them being broken up for 3 weeks with no unfollows/drama handling it well, then the unfollows happening the week Joes spotted with a rebound. Bash obviously was bothered about it bts and this led to the unfollows. Bash even though he broke it off, was obviously very reactive to Joes moving on! Billy either encouraged the break up or was Bashs wingman leading up to the break up and that’s why Joe unliked the post.

Anyway single Joe looks amazing like seriously hot right now and I actually like OF Nick and hope he’s good for Joe in whatever way Joe “needs” him, travel buddy, fuck buddy. Bash looks good post play in that rather awkward fan pic, I just hope he can move on just like Joe has…considering that’s what he wanted in the first place!

Look at the line for the heartstopper stand/Charlie’s room. Brazil is securing S4!

R37 With the new Patreon updates, I don't care about a season 4. I would rather get Agatha season 2 and a new project from Kit!

If he dumped Joe, it's hilarious that he was fine with it until Joe deigned to moved on with his life and then decided to bitch about it enough that his sister and whoever else unfollowed. Anyway, I'm glad he's had Nick, Kit, whoever else on his side and that he seems happy and healthy.

R38 The Patreon updates she's been writing for the last, like, 2 months will wind up being 3 minutes of screentime. More importantly, those updates make shirtless Joe a possibility.

Will always love that Kit’s first post after Bash’s sister followed him/unfollowed Joe was basically an ode to Joe.

R36 We don't know what 'he wanted' and we don't know who broke up with who. A lot of passive aggressiveness toward Bash in this thread when we don't have any facts to back up half the shit that's being said. I think he looks hot as ever and I hope they both have time to relax and enjoy themselves this summer.

I can't figure out if the sentiments regarding Bash vary by time zones or if the Bash fans aren't handing over their $1.99 to Muriel. Complete 180 from the last thread.

R40 The writing is just awful in general. She removed any likeability from her characters. Nick is so dull and boring. He can't even answer a freaking question without being on the verge of tears. I really don't need to see this reenacted, no matter how much I like Joe and Kit's chemistry.

Cracking up at Walmart Nick and Charlie at Tudum.

I must be the only one that hasn't seen the Joe-Nick OF photo...where can I find this?

i would not watch one minute with them

R46 Join the Tapatalk group from the previous thread.

R43 I’m a fan of all the guys but especially Bash who I’ve met in person. I’ve stopped being active here because these threads are like Groundhog Day.

This starts in about 10 minutes, but who knows how long into the stream the HS stuff happens.

I did, photos deleted.

She’s hyping the hell out of this.

In a few minutes (or hours?) this won't be their last kiss.

Will there be fingering, r53?

R53 I still think they might cut just before the kiss...

I have never heard of whatever movie they’re hyping right now.

You're better off waiting until Netflix tweets, they're way ahead. They tweeted out the S2 Squid Games announcement while the MCs are still introducing the whole Tudum thing.

R51 Here. It's not even a good pic and everyone already knows Joe was there with him. And not like he's humping him in public. And gatekeeping is shitty.

Lol at the purpose of the Tapatalk thread being defeated already

R58 The height difference is so hot.

Wait, there's a season two for Squid Games? In 2024?

Much, much more exciting than another season of HS.

The tapatalk isn't even private yet

R62 Though I deleted it. Gave you 10 minutes to see the hot size difference.

The Tapatalk IS private and has been all day today, as promised.

R64 Although can people that joined before it became private still see and post?

It is not. I can log out and view all the posts or view everything on another browser

Maybe there was some lag between changing the settings because I've had it set to private. Here's what I'm seeing while logged out now:

R61 Everything that has to do with Netflix is very commercial. Haven't realized how much before the Tudum event. It's comparable to the Marvel world. The saturation and unoriginality. I liked Heartstopper when it first came out. It wasn't a huge thing yet and I liked the score and some of the quirky artistic choices they made. But now, I have a feeling it's going to be different in a bad way.

R68 I think everyone should be preparing themselves for a sophomore slump regardless because that's just what happens to tv shows. There's also a real possibility that it will be better than S1 because we know Alice had a script consultant so more commercialism = greater investment in the quality of the show.

Let's hope for the latter but not get too upset if it's the former.

^ The opening scene.

R69 They both look so much taller now. That was basically nothing but they’re very cute. Chemistry still there.

Episode names.

here is the clip

Charlie being all smiley and Nick's little giggle were my favorite parts. Charlie's shirt could have been a little more off in the bedroom scene, but oh well.

God damn they certainly upped the camera work.

Most important shot of the trailer. Bash, my condolences on losing this.

Even in that 5 seconds their chemistry was great.

Joe was really good s1 but I think even in this quick clip you see just how natural he is onscreen now. I think he is going to kill s2 and agatha

They look so hot now. When Nick said 'hi' it wasn't cute it was hot!

R75 I smiled like a moron at his giggle. Glad to know I’m not completely jaded yet.

R78 For real, he seems so much more confident. With this and Agatha he's about to be a star. Also with the confirmation from leakers that a Young Avengers project is coming coming than we all expected. Joe is going to be a busy boy. They better film Season 3 before the writers strike ends because Marvel will kick into high gear to catch up.

R73 guessing based on this that episodes 5 and 6 and maybe 4 or 7 are in Paris.

Alice legitimately wrote a school of the dumbest people of all time if it takes till episode 6 of them to figure out nick and Charlie after not only the rugby stormoff in s1 but them playing cutesy hide and seek and giggling like idiots at one another for 5 episodes in advance. Especially because Charlie doesn’t even play rugby anymore so there’s not even that excuse

Joe is looking so good this season.

They both look good but I hate that Heartstopper is essentially a kids show. I wish it was targeted at a young adult audience instead.

I have to hype up Kit. I know we only saw him for 2 sec but he looked good as fuck! Also, looked like Nick was about to grab Charlie's hand at the end.

Have been staring at these pictures for the past couple of minutes. Joe is insanely good looking.

R85 oh they’re both hot as fuck. Kit isn’t even my type, and I know Joe isn’t some peoples, but if anyone thinks either of them isn’t insanely attractive they’re imo insane. The chemistry and acting this season (fr9m them) will be ridiculously good

R84 Same. Their chemistry is going to waste with the 12A rating.

R84 This is why I want them to work on something else together again, the full potential of their chemistry isn’t going to be realized on this show.

R89 I am more down for hulkling and Wiccan than ever, and I used to really not want it

I'm sorry but the way they look at each other is sooo good. Rwrb wishes they had that type of chemistry!

R90 For real, come on Marvel help us. Not like Marvel will give us anything more then a small kiss, but we could probably get them both shirtless. I still stand by Marvel already got Kit because his trainer said it was all for an upcoming project.

Joe plays the little subtleties so well. Excited but trying to tamp it down a bit. I really think this season is going to be insane for their acting and chemistry and will end up with them in something together again. That level of chemistry and matched talent is rare

The way they pull off those dumbass hi's every time.

This is cute

Thank fucking god for the improved lighting. They did joe so dirty last season

sidebar Kit was spotted in Milan, he looks good

R96 Might be the only one but I liked S1 lighting better. It looked more natural. I hate that heavy orange filter.

R98 It looks like they used the "Hollywood's version of the Middle East" filter on the show.

Can’t get over how much more expensive the quality looks. I agree that the lighting is improved for Joe. The seem to have figured out how to make the scene look warm without it being unflattering to one of them.

They both look so fucking hot.

R97 as always looks hot. Hopefully he gets another good, gay af look tomorrow

The Season one filter was ugly as hell and didn't favor Joe at all. Good thing that they dropped it.

R97 When will Muriel fix the Twitter embed? He looks delicious, not going to lie. I hope it rains in Milan.

R95 Pissed that they changed it to the classroom, that means either they removed the locker slam kiss entirely or it's somewhere else. I have a feeling it's the former.

They’re not wrong, the chemistry is so good. They look like they want to kiss one another here as opposed to just “happy to see one another”, which I’m sure was dumbass Alice’s only direction

R102 yeah, when you see what the leaves did to Joe’s gorgeous face in that example.

R104 Patrick liked tweets about it and Alice has too. I think just moved it. Possible when nick grabs Charlie there it’s to bring him to the hallway and tell him. The episode is called Out so telling Charlie he came out has to happen

R104 watching this clip it doesn’t look like nick is pulling him into the classroom, looks like he’s pulling him out. Guessing for that scene (thus the “joe Locke assaulted me” IG story)

People are so quick with the dramatic edits.

R108 Yeah its gotta be

This is nauseatingly cute. Their nonverbal acting is as ever on point

Yaz posting a selfie on her stories right around the clip coming out is cracking me up. She does not give a fuck about this show

Pop base has made several tweets about it, it’s crazy how viral and popular it is

Joe is fucking gorgeous. Bottom left especially, Jesus Christ his lips.

So will we get to see Charlie kissing that new guy in the episode titled Truth/Dare?

R115 Sadly for Bradley, he doesn't kiss him. But yeah

R115 not unless they change the comics. In it he’s supposed to and him refusing plus questions about Charlie’s hickey prompts nick to come out. Guessing if they develop James, it’ll be him flirting or being into Charlie for a little bit and nick getting gradually more jealous

R115 No kiss, Charlie refuses to, switches to truth, they ask him who gave him the hickey, and Nick comes out and says it was him and that they're dating.

It would’ve been Bradley’s dream and I’m sure he asked Alice to write it in but canonically no

We do need some drama on the show.

I'm pulling for Bradley to get a kiss.

R112 I don't blame her since she's not in the clip, but it was funny as fuck when she didn't share her own still.

R121 Go home, Bradley.

R120 As that tweet suggests, the fandom would cry and call Charlie tainted and probably slutty if he kissed him. I really doubt it.

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I think both Kit and Joe looking slightly older now might make those intimate scenes less uncomfortable to some.

R120 Charlie apologises for ducking everything in the show to the point where nick tells him to stop in s1. Guessing he’s apologising for the sin of passing out or some shit. Or actually think it might be the family dinner episode where Nick snaps, and his dad apologises for not being there for him.

I can’t imagine they’ll actually try to hide their relationship from everyone until ep 6, especially if there’s a prom episode probably at ep 3. My guess is the truth or dare thing will be changed to focus on Toa/Elle or maybe be Isaac’s big aroace moment when he publicly announces that he doesn’t want to kiss anyone.

Kit does have big hands...

Sorry could also be about a couple of different apologies in one episode, like Harry apologizing to Nick and Charlie and Tara or Darcy apologizing for whatever drama they have.

R126 I can't decide what is worse, Asexual moment or everyone not knowing Nick and Charlie are dating. Going with asexual moment.

R129 Asexual for sure, at least the other one is still about Nick and Charlie.

R129 on top of everything else isaac doesn’t seem to gaf about the others besides kind of his friends and even then he ignores them to read. So him feeling the need to dramatically come out as aroace would be dumb as fuck. And not sure tobie has the acting skills for it

R126 I'm thinking it's them coming out and Alice is just a poor writer. Or no one believes nick is dating charlie because nick looks so 'straight'

Connor J.'s in London, time to pick a side! (Kidding, I assume he's in Europe to go to fashion shows or something.)

R133

will probably pop up at Ami too

R133 he will post a pic of bash tonight as if we had any doubt

Connor's for sure taking sides and picked Bash.

Everyone knows that Connor will mostly choose Bash. But whatever. At his grown age if he wants to act petty by taking sides against a teenager, good for him.

Joe should've never taken Connor's hag ass to the Taylor Swift concert.

Let's be real. He was always going to choose Bash. He struck me as someone who wanted to get in Bash's pants and was never truly a friend to Joe.

R139 Can I know where this is all coming from? Did something actually happen? Or you guys are just talking shit?

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with staying closer to one than the other post breakup so long as you try to outwardly be neutral and nice to both. For instance I think Kit and tobie are both closer to joe and will stay that way but are clearly trying to also support and be nice to bash. But I get the sense Connor won’t even try, which would suck

Good thing Miles Heizer cheated on him then if we are to believe the rumors that were doing the rounds when Connor and Miles broke up.

Connor has no use for another bottom.

R138 I don't think Joe had tons of friends in ATL (before meeting his special friend) and nobody else could really join him there. And let's be real, he prob wanted Bash to go but he would rather spend the day in a pub

R140 We are wildly speculating based very little. Same as usual. Though Connor just gives me the feeling he's picking Bash in the divorce.

Maybe Joe asked Connor to the TS concert so he could talk about what’s going on with Bash?

R139 I, for one, am talking shit.

Connor, Billy and Alice. The Tree Horsemen of the Apocalypse and enemies of this thread.

R146 ironically alice, the most annoying of them all, has done the best at staying neutral. Billy intrigues the fuck out of me though, what the hell was his role in all this?

Connor, if he takes sides, is immature for it and should focus his energies on getting a job instead

If these nasties gang up against Joe at their grown age, please don't start out with the lecturing if we want to talk shit about them. And this includes Bash cause he's definitely bitching about Joe behind the scenes for people to turn on Joe so swiftly.

Connor unrelated and on the aroace storyline, I’m thinking the storyline might be James thinking he’s into Charlie because he has tried dating girls and knows he’s not into them, so thinks the only other alternative is being gay. Somehow ends up talking to Isaac about this and Isaac explains what aro ace is. They become platonic pals

So, do we think Bash will like Alice's or even Netflix's posts or not? I think he's done promoting the show. Maybe he'll repost the trailer but he didn't even repost his movie trailer so I have no hopes.

The "Connor wants to fuck Bash" stuff is a hell of a throwback, reminds me of the earliest Bash DL threads. Thankfully most of those people seemed to have fucked off, they were awful about Joe.

I’m very curious to see the dynamics at Ami, because I’m quite certain all three will be there again and unless one asked their agent or PR person to arrange seating last minute, will likely be seated near one another. If Connor doesn’t at least try to be friendly and neutral he’s a weirdo, but maybe we’re being too harsh and he’s Switzerland

Kit reposted the Alice post and chose slide with the screenshot from the trailer, hope Steph enjoys it.

R150 I think he may be on a social media break. he should just give his IG to his agent or Nell or someone and ask them to repost any necessary promo for this, wonderwell, fashion week even without a caption. He’ll need to be back on it for PFW anyway so he needs to get over it quick or have someone else handle.

Not posting this isn’t a huge deal, but for his own sake, he needs to be able to suck it up and post the trailer and seem genuinely excited for season two. I do think people are being a little unfair when they say the only reason he was popular was because he posted Joe and kit, but I do think a big part of Netflix hyping him and fans liking him is that he was a huge fanboy and did a ton of promo for the show. Even if he’s currently pissed with his ex or something, for his own career, he should fake it for a bit longer and pretend to be excited as fuck that the show is coming out.

Hope he enjoys going back to the nosebleed seats.

R148 He can bitch in private, but if I catch Bash doing anything nasty to Joe publicly I'm gonna fly to the UK and show him the pic of OF Nick and Joe and then ask for a pic.

R151 Though interesting they did think Bash would get bored and dump Joe eventually, which some people seem to think here, though they were awful to him.

[quote]I do think people are being a little unfair when they say the only reason he was popular was because he posted Joe and kit

Are they?

R154 Let's be real, he never would have gotten the attention he did if he weren't hanging out with Joe and Kit.

I realize I swing wildly on defending Bash and shitting on him.

R156 poor bash. I don’t think him bitching to his friends is a huge deal, a bit petty but natural. They’re the weirdos for taking sides actively though instead of calling a spade a spade and knowing post breakup venting doesn’t mean much.

R157 I said and mean a little. Most of it is probably being close to the leads and I definitely I think it’s a good part of why he is SO much more popular than the other supporting cast, but I do also think he is super outgoing with fans and promoted the show a lot, and the latter is why Netflix seemed to really like him

The way they’re looking at each other in the first picture especially, oof.

R156 Him not liking anything heartstopper-related will definitely be noticed. I'm sure he's getting tons of dms about season 2 and people being excited so sucks to be him. Also, I will laugh if he doesn't acknowledge Joe if they run into each other at PFW.

R169 the chemistry is insane, that casting team deserves every award. Also joe has a truly gorgeous smile, I sound like a cheesy frau but it truly lights up his whole face

For all that I hate most of Alice’s writing and am still entertained by her thinking a hickey is just caused by kissing hard, I do think this panel feels very natural to teen flirting. Talking a little awkwardly and getting flustered by kissing. I think joe will carry this off very well

Ignore the cheesy labeling but the glow up and height/size difference growth in just one year is amazing

R164 the idea that there is meant to be less than 24 hrs between this scene and Nick’s coming out scene is hilarious

R165 coming out does a body good. It gives you about 25 lbs in muscle and your boyfriend a perfect complexion, longer hair, and both of you sharper features

R165 Even just the beginning with Charlie getting ready feels like the start of a new semester. They don't know how to convey time well it seems.

R166 that’s reflective of my experience coming out too! Relatable

R164 Kit looks so good. I don't know how that boy is not locked up. I would be all up on him. And the fact that he's kind, intelligent, and witty... I don't get it.

R169 if Kit and joe are both single in the fall, it’s because they want to be. If I was as hot, young, busy, rich, and as charming as they both are I wouldn’t want to be either

Alice said truth or dare was her favourite episode which makes me fear that we have a big aroace reveal.I don’t trust her

R170 They can fuck each other for fun, take advantage of each other's glow-ups, and not deal with the drama of dating. Win/win.

R169 be onboard with the Kit slut era. 19 is for fucking around, and I’m sure for all the reason you stated, he’s getting plenty

Someone who allegedly saw a test screening of The Marvels spilled that Ms. Marvel is shown starting the recruitment process for the YA. That explains why the scoopers all started talking about them.

[quote]"at the beginning of the movie Kamala is narrating but you're not sure who to yet. at the end it is revealed she was narrating to Kate Bishop as she is trying to recruit her Nick Fury style and mentions "did you know Ant-man has a daughter?"

R174 oh, nice. That’s a good set up. Can see one of the late 2024/early 2025 movies having a teaser at the end that shows the lineup of the team

Ignore the dumb caption - his bone structure is exceptional

R174 interesting - I guess Agatha could end with Wiccan getting recruited

The smiles matching is cute.

R173 I've dated long enough to know men like him (and Joe) don't come around often. I'm sure Bash will figure that out once he's on the market again. Bless him.

R179 Hot, intelligent, humble, talented, good-hearted...anyone fumbling either of them takes the loss of a century.

Joe's awfully quiet. Wonder what's he up to.

R181 was about to say - joe hasn’t liked any posts about the teaser or reposted anything himself. Wonder if he’s just enjoying time back in IOM or if he’s already on his way to some fashion event

I know the trailer was posted awhile ago but isn’t it like 2am there currently?

R183 it is but they all knew tudum was today. That said Kit is the only main cast member who posted the clip, Yaz, will, and joe didn’t. Bash obviously didn’t though he’s a minor role.

R155 I didn't realize what this pic was from. Then I laughed.

Most of the cast hasn't reposted the trailer yet though liked Alice's post. And yeah, it was released pretty late in the UK

He really is good at pulling off Charlie while being extremely likable. Ditto nick and Kit. And given Alice’s writing that’s saying a lot

When joe dropped a few people he was following around the breakup, I know we wondered who they were. If he was originally following Rhys, he was one of them because he’s following him no longer (went to his IG to see 8f he was still clout chasing from the show)

R174

oh my god, i would be so hype for this. and when they reveal anything regarding ya i am going tl go insane

R187 I checked almost a year ago, when Rhys was all over the vlogs. Joe never followed him, and Rhys never followed Joe’s finsta. But Jen, the other crew member who interacted with them a lot but wasn’t annoying does follow Joe’s finsta.

Speaking of IG, Joe's been gaining more followers and losing less than Kit lately

R190 it’s nice that being really gay is working out for him

R190 Hopefully he notices and continues being active.

R189 oh gotcha, thanks! I still wonder who he unfollowed

Just realized that whatever Kit and Joe did at the Netflix office in NYC is still a mystery since it didn’t end up being for Tudum.

R194 my best guess is that they’ll have them introduce the actual trailer since cori and kizzy did the teaser here.

R193 A mystery. I'd guess nobody important. He didn't even unfollow Tanner. I don't think it was reaction to breakup following but just cleaning up his IG

R196 fair point.he didn’t even bother unfollowing bash, Steph, or billy on his finsta

I thought Patrick had turned over a new leaf with Joe since his likes and comment on twitter are more Charlie focused, but assuming he just self inserts into Charlie.

Speaking of following, it’s always been funny to me that Ncuti follows Yaz (obviously), Joe, and Kit, but not Bash who he actuallly acted alongside. Not that it means anything if Ncuti dislikes him, but wonder if he’s not a fan for some reason

They look like they want to fuck. I don't think their 'I'm not ready to have sex' storyline is going to work.

R200 it’ll be so funny to watch them intensely eyefucking as they both agree they’re not ready to do more than kiss. If the other writer has any sense she’ll explain to Alice that if they want to put off the sex storyline, they should lean into Charlie’s ED and insecurity with his body and not these two horny, chemistry laden fuckers both feeling faint at the idea

R200 I'm pretty sure I've exchanged those exact same looks with guys at bars just before we leave to fuck.

R200 they really do have off the charts chemistry R202 same

R199 I would guess that Ncuti clicked with Yaz the most, then Joe and Kit, and didn't click at all with Bash. It's not like he hasn't seen Bash in years either, they've been to the same events (like GQ MOTY).

R204 he followed joe right around the same time he followed Yaz, I’m guessing either because Yaz is closest to joe or because Joe was an out gay teen leading a show. He followed Kit around the GQ awards I think or a little before. But yeah I know bash storied his Dr. Who casting, then seemed to realise Ncuti didn’t follow him back, unfollowed him, and then followed him again. Random as hell

R205 Following Kit around the GQ event makes sense, that’s probably when they met for the first time.

R199 They were following each other but I think he unfollowed him After Bash did one of his purges, I remember he even unfollowed his dad.

R206 I genuinely do like bash and think he’s likable in interviews. But as others have said Joe and Kit definitely have sharper senses of humour and I think Ncuti might not be a fan of the super friendly enthusiastic thing. Kit and joe being mellower, sweet guys, but wicked senses of humour is probably more up his alley. Especially as Yaz seems to get along well with both, esp joe

R207 bash followed him again. I remember Ncuti never followed him as I didn’t realise they’d done horrible histories together and checked right when Ncuti got announced as Dr Who

R205 Bash was hyping the hell out of Ncuti and he never gave him a follow back or unfollowed him if they met multiple times and were co-stars. Not sure why he refollowed him again though. Very random.

R207 Because of that Mr. Croft is prob team Joe. He did call Bash a little shit so I'll make this wild rumor

Which one of you tweeted this?

R206

thats such a good look for Joe

R211 that’s fucking hilarious, the queer male fanbase is my favourite section of the HS fanbase. Minus the jealous ugly ass twinks who shit on joe 24/7

R211 Hopefully nobody here is in love with Charlie Puth

R212 It's my second favorite Joe look (first is Emmys, third is Attitude).

Now that I'm looking at these again, it's kind of nuts that in the two years that Joe and Bash dated there was never a single picture with this energy at an event.

R211 So many will be disappointed this season (me included)

R216 to be fair they basically were never photographed together. The funniest occasion for me was Ami, when they clearly came in the same car, but randomly went onto the steps and entered at different points. Like… there’s low key and then there’s just weird

R217 I’m still a bit delusional and have hope that the combined gay power of Joe, Kit, and the intimacy coordinator will trump Alice’s asexuality when it comes to the hickey scene.

R216 I'm sure it was on purpose. I mean, we used to laugh at their bro hugs. Though the Getty pic Joe deleted was cute of them. Don't think I've seen Joe grab Kit's waist in a picture.

R218 That was funny since Bash was obviously waiting for Joe. RIP

R220 there’s this though not quite the same

R215 I’d rank them attitude, Emmys, GQ. But I also weirdly think the blue suit with a black tshirt look Joe wore to the s1 premiere fit him great

R221 A side bro hug. They've come a long way

R220 A little higher up than waist, but there's this one from one of the screenings.

Was reading to Froy thread about him and Richard breaking up and now suddenly Froy is gay line dancing and out with an openly gay man and going to gay events. Need to see Joe gay line dance.

R218 It's more surprising to me in terms of the length of time, that they broke up before coming out as a couple and being photographed as a couple.

R224 every day I thank god that joe stopped getting his hair close cropped and Kit abandoned the centre part

R225 had no idea froy and Richard broke up. Given joes interest in hairy daddies maybe he’ll make a play for Richard but I hope to god he pursues not closeted men

R222 yeah, clear very early on that Joe had it in him to be really fashionable, as presumably that’s before he was styled at all. Tbh, I’m pleasantly surprised Kit has gone all in on fashion. Looking at the earliest promo from them you’d think it wasn’t him, which just goes to show you can’t really gauge anything permanent from a young guy just finding his feet. He’s so experimental now. It doesn’t always work for me but it’s great to see

R226 fair point. I think what was so interesting about them to me is not that they were so private or hidden but legit the weird in between. Bash would clearly be Joe’s plus one to an event (Emmys, Brazil, GQ, Dior) and Joe bash’s pre show but they never acknowledged it. I feel like I would’ve understood where they stood more if they simply attended things solo, but who knows

Of all the men joe has thirst followed, who would you all most like to see him with? For a hookup or more. (I know we all want Kit but alas).

R230 Kit unfortunately, but can we get a list so I can pick a second place? I only really remember the farmer and the recent ones.

R231 I’m so lazy but I will make a list in the next few

R230 None of them are too interesting to me. dylan geick was the hottest, but he unfollowed him. Long term I hope he eventually gets with an actor or someone in the business and not a random instaho.

R227 The two things I want most in someone for Joe is for them to be successful in their field and for them to be out. Especially the out part. Joe deserves someone who can match his energy on that.

In reverse order, most recent to older, of the ones he still follows because I can’t be fucked to remember the others:

Nicky kelvin, OF Nick, Richard madden, Derek Chadwick, Alexander Lincoln, Ben Aldridge, that farmer Ben, Jonathan Bailey.

I’m aware some of these are actors he probably knows or admires, but I’ve chosen the ones who seem his type and are queer and thus seem in part a thirst follow

I feel protective of Joe. I'd hate to see him blatantly hook up with sex workers...he has an image to protect, but i do hope he has fun.

R229

[quote] weird in between.

Kinda sums up the whole thing, with Bash included. He's not exactly closeted but not exactly out either. They were obvious in public and we even have a DL poster who saw them making out, went everywhere together but never really stood the final step. Kinda interesting how that DM article Joe's people had no comment but Bash's never responded.

R235 Thanks for the list! My second place would be Bailey.

R236 It'll only be a problem if OF Nick (or whoever else) gets salty, but hopefully he's a good guy and never says anything to anyone.

For another LTR I don't think someone like that would work out, just their income and lifestyle differences would make it unmanageable.

R235 to answer my own question, of the list I find Jonathan Bailey the hottest and would love to see him fuck joe. But Alexander Lincoln (never seen him act) is good looking and only about 9 years older than joe, so not a bad runner up. Hopefully he and Kit can make a FWB situation work instead though

R237 agreed. To be clear, I don’t think they’ll ever try again. Both seem completely done in their own ways. But IF they ever did, I would guess based on joes post breakup comfort in himself that it would have to be something where (at least after a few months) they were fully out, not the half in, secret not secret thing they did before.

Joe should hook up with a model from the fashion shows.

R235

Jonathan Bailey would definitely be my second choice

R242 He should. Need someone tall after seeing the height difference between Joe and OF Nick. It's hot

actually you know what i wouldn’t mind him hooking up with someone like alexandre mattiussi, the cd of ami. he gives me kind of the same vibes as Dua Lipas new french man which i find hot

R245 if he and bash are at Ami and joe fucks the CD of Ami after I will have to laugh

This is fucking hilarious

Gay men reacting to Alice’s saccharine writing is so fucking funny

R248 the text history she writes is so fucking weird. I’ve seen Netflix publish a few - it doesn’t sound like the characters as they are played, at all

R248 The humbling she needs. I love how culturally relevant Heartstopper is. It's like THE gen z show. I can't believe Bash won't tweet anything about it. I guess we'll see.

Ignoring the fact that for some reason he uses the popcorn emoji nonstop love that the eggplant made it to Charlie’s emoji list. Choose to believe that was joes inclusion and he and Kit talked her into adding a handjob at least to s2

R249 I don't know why she doesn't ask for Patrick's old messages to his ex-boyfriend or even help from Connor. The 'kissing me many times per day' text is so bad. No teenage boy would say that.

R252 she could’ve just asked to see some sfw joe and bash texts. They seemed disgustingly wholesome and cutesy for a while

R251 I think that’s the leaves. As someone who uses the eggplant a lot that doesn’t look like the top to me… sadly

254 heartbroken but that makes more sense. Alice would need smelling salts if joe suggested the eggplant or peach.

Bash’s original curly haired twink crush popped up and I’m reflecting again on how miraculous joes body is. To have the ass he does on the frame he has is insane

That's why I'm scared people will hate this season. There's a lot more 'lovey-dovey' dialogue and Alice being aromantic and asexual has no idea what she's talking about. Plus the aspect of them being in a cute teen/gay relationship versus Alice being a millennial woman.

R257 I think people will be able to overlook the dumbass dialogue for joe and kits chemistry. They were eyefucking in the one second they had on screen together today, once more they will carry the entire show on their backs

R255 sorry. Hold on to idea that they’re both under his thumb

R256 honestly, it’s almost weird that it’s so plump and delicious. He’s absolutely genetically blessed - only explanation

R257 I’m mates with some Gen Z guys and honestly, I barely fucking understand what they’re saying in text and I’m not that much older than them. These texts are so unrealistic

R77 confirming I guess that he’s pretty much naturally hairless. I don’t even see much or any of a happy trail even

I will say as I follow Netflix and some other film accounts on twitter, I’ve seen how insane people go about good offscreen chemistry. The Little Mermaid and Queen Charlotte actors have had hugely viral tweets about how sorry people are for their SOs in real life because they’re clearly into one another. Given joe and Kit have way more chemistry than those people imo, I expect the s2 press tour comments to be feral. Can’t wait

R261 No one really cares about the love lives of gay/queer men. That's why everyone assumed Bash was Joe's BFF although they looked very close.

R262 I think they care about costars, tbh. People were insane about timothee and armie despite them both being straight and having limited offscreen chemistry.

R77 I hope the gays running the show insist on staying true to the comic. Nick, Charlie and Tao all appear shirtless in volume 3.

R262 They do care about co-actors that is the ones playing the main love interests on the show. The number of casuals who want to see Joe and Kit date is huge.

R263 Because they were straight. Let's not forget all the hate Joe gets on twitter just for being an out gay man in the industry.

R200 Nick and Charlie are looking at each other like they're about to run off and suck each other dry. Even the 'his' sound sexual.

R267 agree that the childish “hi” have a much more horny edge to them. Which seems ridiculous but I’ll take what I can get.

Interesting to see level of excitement from Bridgerton cast about just their stills compared to HS (again Nicola Coughlan is great - I don’t watch the show). I wonder if the difference is the how they feel about the fans or if Netflix gives them more love (or more money)

R268 Bridgeton is a huge show for Netflix. Heartstopper is honestly doing pretty well for how small the show is (production wise)

R269 oh I get that. I’m wondering more about Nicola’s joy about her show compared to Kit and Joe (Joe in particular). Seems like two main differences, to someone who doesn’t watch the show, is scale of production and fans. Nicola seems to cop very little hate considering she’s not a traditional romantic lead and the show’s production must be massive (maybe more fun?)

Bridgeton fans are completely insane, so no it's not that.

R261 I was keeping an eye out on general reactions and it's already happening from the 2 seconds from today, According to this random, their chemistry transcends the characters and they've never seen anything like that before. I'm not fluent in Portuguese, but I think the first tweet says something like, "When Kit and Joe get each other off and it's not in the script."

After seeing their chemistry just in those few seconds, I’m very ready for a kissing scene now.

Very curious about where joe is. Normally he’d throw it onto his stories, even without a comment, as he did with the stills. Could obviously be socially busy but he hasn’t liked any of the posts about it either

Joe is sometimes fashionably late.

Wondering if maybe he’s in Paris early for last fittings. Very crackpot theory but he obviously wasn’t in London with holly to do them earlier, so might be there for any last minute adjustments

Forgot connors birthday is in a few days. It’s the day after Ami. So I guess whoever posts stories for him and who he’s seen hanging out with that day gives a sense of his feelings on it all. Then again, higher chance joe at least is at another show on the 23 so who knows

I mean anything is possible. like i really just want him to go to events now

Only one of the four leads reposting it is a bit funny. The response in general seems kinda muted from the cast though. Assuming Joe will post it sometimes.

And would suck if Connor was picking side since he's funny.

R279 if Connor doesn’t take sides I’ll go on and on about how nice it is for them both to have a mature gay older friend to help them through a hard breakup. If he does I’ll call him an unemployed loser. Can’t pretend I’m not biased.

I’m guessing Joe might literally still be sleeping. He’s been back for less than a week, that time difference is killer

I’ve always found this stance so endearing

It's what he does. And don't let Alice know someone thinks she stole it from Joe.

R282 he’s so fucking cute. I want to be his service top

R282 he going to bring a new level of cute to Billy/Wiccan with that stance he does.

I'm sure this was already posted so apologies, but I personally hadn't seen this pic. Hope Kit let joe keep the sunglasses. they suit him

R280 Maybe Joe doesn't wanna share the clip because the writing is too cringe. Or he doesn't care and he's enjoying his break.

R286 yeah I was thinking the same re a break. Obviously hitting share is quick but realistically he’s been nonstop working more or less since the play rehearsals started, and will be back to promo in a few short weeks. Wouldn’t blame him for taking this time to relax fully

He was online and liking a post about a heterosexual wedding hours ago. Confirmed to hate Alice.

R288 unless you’re a theatre girlie or a daddy joe has no time for you right now

Like R288 said, he liked this post recently.

Well, to be fair to Joe. She is Elsa

Actually Kit’s share felt a little meh, although still focused on him and Joe.

Maybe all those months at Marvel opened his eyes on what decent writing is.

R292 Kit's share was pretty standard for him, it's usually something like that or 3 hearts or something. It's weirder when he writes more than 4 words about anything.

The fangirls once again fail, and try to stick Joe in the two most covered up looks. Dull!

Posting because while idk if Prada I do hope we see him at a show every day of fashion week and holly sticks him in a hot look for each

R292 Marvel isn't exactly the creme de la creme but at least it's not homophobic and unrealistic. Love that Joe is ignoring Alice even though the clip is 90% him.

He should atleast share it so as to not come across as ungrateful.

R296 half the cast didn’t share it and this is hardly a pattern of behaviour for him. If he ignores the trailer, poster, half asses promo etc I’ll agree with you. But considering how shittily a lot of the fanbase treats him, how little Patrick Alice etc have done to defend him, and the fact that he’s having his first time off for basically a year I think him doing any non contractual promo is a sign of how nice and grateful he is

Maybe he doesn’t want to share a clip that’s 90% just him. It might come across like a “hey look at me” type thing.

Can’t keep up with DL for shit. Can someone give me a 800 post recap? Sorry.

The way some of the people involved mentioned cori and kizzy specifically (I think Patrick, Alice, and Tobie) makes me think they’re using them for more promo this cycle instead of just Joe and kit helming it. Hopefully that just means Joe and Kit are handling bigger outlets and they’re doing a lot more altogether with those two and Yaz and Will doing smaller online things, rather than Kit and Joe just doing less

Who exactly is seated here for Kizzy and Corrina? Netflix needs to step in and let them know that Joe and Kit and their dynamic is what works. Not the others.

R299 Don't know how far back we should go, but in the last couple days. Joe loves hot daddies and is at IOM. Some well meaning fan met Bash and showed him the pics of Kit and Joe at Pride. Joe didn't repost the trailer that was just released. Kit's in Milan. Height /size difference between OF Nick and Joe is hot. Connor is in London and went to a concert and had bad seats. Kit and Joe have chemistry (mentioned 50 times at least). Think that's about it?

I have no evidence of this, but I have a feeling Cori and Kizzy are being set up as the show's press B-team the way it was Yaz and Will before because Yaz isn't going to want to do press that isn't centered around herself. But I think the Patrick, Alice, and Tobie mentions were more about wanting to highlight their involvement in the announcement given that they were completely overshadowed by Joe and Kit in the actual clip.

The only reason I want Joe to post at this point is that the Twitter fraus (like the one that runs the Joe and Bash updates account) are trying to make him not sharing about him being brokenhearted about Bash and shit like that when Joe's always been on and off about sharing HS stuff.

R302 thanks you the best. Clip was great. They look hot as fuck and much older. Loving it.

Poor Bash, but I assume he played it off well? He seems like the type to be able to roll with the punches.

Maybe the way the sneak peek is mostly Charlie and knowing how the Kit-centric fanbase might turn on him again. I’m not surprised he’s hesitant.

Most of the Joe and Bash shippers have started to give it a spin that Joe hasn't reposted it yet cause he's heartbroken over Bash. They are mourning the good old days.

Maybe like R297 said, the reason Joe didn't share it could be as to how the fandom treated him. Still remember how the losers in Heartstopper fandom acted once there was news that Joe could most probably be playing Wiccan in Agatha. They legit went on a witch hunt.

A tip to anyone scanning through the threads after they’ve missed a lot, I usually ctrl + F “ibb.co” to see if I’ve missed any new pictures.

I don't care why he didn't repost it, but it's funny he didn't when the trailer is basically him.

R306 Which shippers are saying that (besides that woman I’m assuming)?

I got the impression that they’ve accepted that they’re over and that they’re both moving on.

R309 I'm not R306 but if you go on any one of the usual Bash fan pages (moomoo, Shay, the two girls that run J&B updates, the Bash and Leo person), they're all crying to each other about how different everything is now and how Bash was the glue and some other garbage.

R308 He’s not like Bash. :hides:

I honest to god think the few weird shippers are more upset than bash and Joe and angrier at Joe than even bash is rn. I thought they were cute but chill out.

R310 I think it’s nice what a hype man bash was and think he gets a lot of unfair shit from the fandom but the way his stans overcorrect is absurd. They credit him for cast hangouts and promo as though no one would be friends nd the show would’ve flipped without his promo

Things are obviously different now. Sure there are a lot of reasons why. Though we don't need a constant summary of what people think on twitter.

And it's interesting how the trailer got good retweets but pretty mediocre views on YouTube.

I only went to YouTube to download the hires, otherwise there’s really no reason to.

[quote]They credit him for cast hangouts and promo as though no one would be friends nd the show would’ve flipped without his promo

That’s too funny. Who tweeted that?

R313 Probably a side effect of a younger-skewing fanbase. They consumed it on Twitter and that was enough.

R315 Here.

R317 Bash fans truly overestimate his worth. Next they are about to say that Heartstopper will flop cause Bash isn't promoting it.

But has anyone said that Bash is the reason they all started hanging out as friends? Looking at Twitter now most of them just seem to miss seeing him online.

R318 Who’s saying season two won’t be successful because of Bash’s lack of hype? That’s actually funny.

R319 See R315:

[quote]hey all spoke abt him in s1 promo as the heart of the grp +social glue that bought them together as friends +in their gc

He was the one to initially organize the hangouts, but to act like they'll all fall apart without him 2 years later, when the friendships have solidified, is ridiculous. And I think the GC thing is BS, pretty sure Kizzy or Rhea or someone said that Bash doesn't contribute.

R320 "Next they are about to say..."

I don’t think anyone has said that R320. The poster believes that’s what they will say (?)

Hilarious that when Alice and Patrick decided to hype Charlie (which, let's be honest, season 2 will be mostly about him) Joe couldn't care less. Watch him post another selfie like Yaz.

Kit's Emmy is still at his parents', so he either left it behind or is still living there.

He’ll always associate that Emmy with adventures in Argentina.

R325 Where did you get that from? Is that his mum? I wouldn't put it past him to leave it at his mum's - he definitely isn't the type to display it on his own mantelpiece or something. We never even got a celebration picture of him with the award.

R327 It's an IG Story from his sister's fitness page.

Asa Butterfield will also be at the JW show. he posted that teapot invitation that ja sent out

The show is in an hour, so we should be getting pictures soon.

R329 ironically Alice’s original choice for Charlie. Thank god we got Joe

Kit was already seen carrying a JWA bag in that last picture we saw.

These made me laugh a lot, ngl.

The S2 scene seemed like it was a real acting challenge for Joe and Kit.

yeah that bumper bag. I dont like the JA bags but i like the Loewe bags. figures

R334 I’m not someone who thinks they’ve longed for one another for years or anything (Joe seemed very all in and genuinely in love with bash) but their chemistry is undeniable. If Kit ends up as Hulkling especially I would literally bet money on them fucking

Random but seeing the top half of his face covered I realize how much I like joes nose. It’s cute and really suits his face. I also like Kit’s a lot but I’ve said that before

[quote]Can someone give me a 800 post recap?

Exactly the same information was revealed as the previous 8,000 posts.

Kits look for the show today,

R339 He looks hot but the filters Brady uses always make him look high out of his mind.

Kind of want that top for the buttons.

Brady’s filters should be fucking illegal. Kit is so hot, why won’t he leave him alone

R341 Bradley should try something else with his hair. His face is so clear, he doesn’t need all that makeup and filters.

Connor used to be hot.

Not the most exciting look I must admit.

R344 mourning connors fading looks and any and all chance at good seats for concerts now that he’s anti joe.

Joking aside, I do find Connor pretty good looking. And not the worst actor, but doubt he’ll have a big career

Kit on the stream.

He arrived with Asa Butterfield, btw.

As always looks way better when Brady isn’t taking the pics. Love how broad he’s gotten. He could carry fuck joe no issue

With Asa.

Last one because I feel bad spamming, with Asa again.

R350 choosing to think he’s eyeing up the curly haired skinny brunette next to him and it’s more proof he’s horny for joe

R352 so hot

Not my favorite look, I wish they’d ease down with the makeup.

Lol I tuned into the livestream a couple of minutes before the show started and it was basically 95% Kit.

Video of him arriving.

R357 He looks slightly annoyed/stressed in that.

R356 The seat debacle was funny, shame he wasn’t able to sit with Asa. And Marcos Fecchino not very subtly hovering next to Kit waiting to hug him.

Kit is 100% a muppet, his face in the first one is killing me.

R358 Might have been stressed because of the crowds.

R360 He looks less stressed in that, haha.

R362 that’s nuts. He and joe are both good at putting on a good face and I think don’t mind meeting fans but seem to still get how insane those big crowds are

Video of him walking by the fans. Asa was kind of ignored by the crowd.

Kit posing for pictures.

R364 I always feel kind of bad for Asa that he was the biggest teen/YA name coming into his show and probably the smallest one leaving it. Emma, Amy, Connor, and especially Ncuti both did so well off of it

R364 Yikes, the desperation of people to get a selfie - fame does weird things to people.

R348 I know people seem to compliment Kit on his muscles a lot but I find him so adorable. He’s so cute! The perfect bottom.

R368 he can bottom for hot Loewe guy at fashion shows and top joe while filming HS. Perfect

R368 The juxtaposition of the soft face with the hard body does it for me.

Kit'll probably pop up in a social media video, you can see one of the JW guys recording him at 1:45.

Accepting a letter from a fan.

there is an afterparty today at 9:30 for Jw. more social media pics should pop up tomorrow

This is a little bit desperate, but I also want Joe and Kit to do it.

Love joe deciding to take a break from HS promo for now. King shit, enjoy your slutty summer

R374 if I don’t see joe fully shirtless within the next 6 months I’ll do desperate unhinged things. I want to see that smooth chest and tiny waist in all its glory. Holly, help us out

Can’t believe Joe didn’t say/post anything about the show. Didn’t even like any posts.

Kit introducing himself to Ghali.

R377 tbh the lack of likes for anything and the only like he has given today that we’ve seen makes me think he legitimately was on IG for all of a minute and just liked the top post. Sad as I’d like to think he’s spiting Alice, but

it looks like Dazed just had kit do the intro for their recap

R380 oh cool. They had bash do the September one in London, right?Kit got a way way way better look.

R317 the delusion. I actually like bash a lot, I’m more a Joe and then Kit fan, but Bash is super likable. But the only thing the cast has ever said is that he texted in the group chat a lot to coordinate hangouts and started the hangouts originally. They give him props for that, as do I, but to go on about him as the heart of the group and social glue when tobie, Kit, and will spent the last 6 months hanging out without him and most of the cast seems closer to joe is a bit demented.

Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but Alice answered a few questions on her tumblr. Her favourite episode of this season is episode 6 (truth or dare) and the episodes will be about the same length as last season (she said half an hour but I swear they were like 22 minutes last season).

This is cute

Random but didn’t realise Charithra and Joe had the same stylist. Holly and joe are perfect partners - I think she’s really good with most female clients but Joe is her standout for the men IMO

R383 That's cute - I reckon Kit's knowledge of music in general is really extensive cos he seemingly listens to it constantly. Also, I couldn't make out a single lyric in whatever song that is - didn't even think it was English at first.

I think it’s Frank Ocean, Chanel?

Short clip of Kit, very predictable answer.

Bash had that song on a Spotify playlist a while back, it’s a good song.

R383 He has excellent, excellent taste in music between his Soul playlist and now Frank Ocean. Channel Orange is still one of my favorite albums ever.

The higher Kits hair is the younger he looks. Need to send a strongly worded DM to Brady to cut this shit out.

claireguillon on IG.

Same IG, laughed at this one.

This is cute

Cuban girl author again ranting about things. Basically she knows nothing. I do think she'd know if it were coming out anytime soon? Though admits she has nothing to do with the movie including casting, content, promo or release dates. Also still says it hasn't been sold.

And funny she thinks anyone is interested in the actual book or her and not just Kit.

R394 Just give the movie to one of the teenagers that makes fancams on TikTok so they can edit Kit looking hot and call it a day. No one wants to sit through a movie that's probably 95% Maia. Anyway, don't think she's even remotely in the loop. We'll probably hear about it a couple of months before it comes out and so will she.

Kit lowkey getting mobbed at the end while Asa is ignored is rough. But Asa might be relieved.

R394 she and Alice can never meet. They’d be impossibly annoying together.

I stand by Netflix having it but not wanting to waste the “nick as the perfect bf” hype right now. They’ll probably wait till he’s done filming s3 and then have him and Maia promote it and it come out in winter or spring when HS is in a lull

R396 why is “good friend Asa butterfield” so funny to me

R396 Why does that title make it sound like Kit and Asa are fucking

And fame is fickle.

Joe was on Instagram again by the way, he liked the James Norton video that Rhea reposted and then followed him.

R399 that’s fucking hilarious, joe is really committing to the older man thing

May Joe find a rich older man.

And I'm so curious why he is ignoring the HS trailer.

I guess Bash doesn’t have to worry about promoting the show cuz Joe isn’t even doing it and he’s the lead. Hilarious. He’s only on IG for the daddies.

R401 imo he clearly doesn’t have a real issue with promoting it. Way earlier in the breakup, he just reposted the stills without a word. Guessing as others have said it feels weird when it’s just his face for 90% of it, or he’s truly taking the fact that he has all of 2 weeks off seriously. Also think it being tudum takes the pressure off a bit. It’s not just one show being hyped (as with the release date announcement, the stills, etc) it’s one of about 30

I'm guessing he also doesn't feel any particular urgency to share it after Kit did. The good thing about Heartstopper being a two-hander is that in the end it's probably okay as long as one of them shared it.

R402 Have to respect him. He's only been on to follow hot guys or post hot guys.

R403 It's still the episode names and the first 'teaser' of the season. Last year, he would have reposted all the posts about it. Clearly, there's something that makes him not want to share it. He's been on ig all day. It doesn't take long to just hit repost. Maybe he doesn't care.

R403 I don't understand the reasoning that he'd feel weird about reposting since he's in the trailer too much. Not sure too much focus in a project is something actors worry about it.

The security guard looking at Kit with a big smile. Same.

R407 When Alice is the writer, I get it. He doesn't want to be associated with the show as much as he needs to.

I wonder if the combination of being very excited about his Marvel work and HS feeling so connected to his relationship with Bash has made him less excited about HS. Throw in the fact that HS fans are super annoying and often extremely rude to him. I can understand him not feeling the need to hype everything HS that comes along. Especially since he’s probably looking at a solid month of hyping HS starting very soon.

While I don’t think either he or bash are 1. So heartbroken they’re weeping daily 2. Unprofessional enough to make promo or s3 an issue, I think it’s fair that seeing and promoting a project that they met on and got together on day 1 probably makes them both a little sad and uneasy. I think Joe will step up and be great in promo, especially since it’ll be a two hander with kit, but I’m not surprised neither of them (Joe and bash) seems over excited to promote this. I do this starting in July with things like the poster and trailer etc he’ll post, however.

R410 I can see that. Kinda like I'll hype up HS when I'm contractually obligated to. I also think he could just be taking a break in general so no work related posts.

R409 As much as we shit on Alice, she's actually pretty universally critically acclaimed for her shitty writing as in the show in general.

R412 you’re not wrong but Alice being critically acclaimed reminds me of films where the wrong actor gets the Oscar nod because they’re more experienced. The way kit and Joe carried her is almost alarming.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the cast doesn’t even realize that her writing is shitty because they’re so close to it. We’re more removed, so we’re naturally more critical of it. Plus the whole hating Alice thing doesn’t make us super charitable about it.

R410 Joe and Bash are in a battle of who cares less about the show.

R415 I feel bad bagging on bash when people are projecting a lot onto their breakup but… unless he has something big or stable lined up we don’t know about it should be Joe who cares less. Bash was in it for under 10 min and it’s still the role he’s IDed with for publications and got him 1.7 million of his followers. Joe has marvel, that’s job stability for a few years. Plus I honestly think he’s the better actor. But I do think they’ll both be able to come back with game faces and hype the show soon so moot point

R415 Connor can care for both of them instead. He can be useful for something. He liked Alice's posts

And I'm not saying they are being weepy and dramatic by any means, but I'm guessing a lot of the shine has worn of HS for a lot reasons. Both professionally and personal, for both of them.

Joe has job stability, but should care more because he's the main character of the show. Bash is not going to be unemployed and he gained about all he's ever going to gain with HS. I also wouldn't doubt he's sick of being shit on constantly for playing Ben. The man can't say anything about the acting process without fans freaking out and crying about it. It's a good time to distance himself from it.

Are we going to get an actual trailer? The first scene was nice but I want more.

R417 Everyone is assuming they'll do season 4 but Joe seems over it and he has another job that seems more fulfilling. Yeah, Alice would like 4 seasons but I think they're both paying their due already with 3 seasons. I guess Kit would be down for another season since his schedule is more open but I still think he can find better.

At the end of the day, an IG Story repost is worthless. I would definitely care if Joe pulled back from doing press or something like that, but given that he was at the Netflix offices all of a week ago I'd rather he continue prioritizing that kind of thing over clicking a couple of buttons.

Yeah, I don’t get the handwringing or jumping to conclusions over this. Well, I get that it’s inevitable on here because we’re DL, but it feels like doing a lot based on a little.

R418 My guess is that the first couple of minutes took the place of the teaser. We'll get the trailer around mid-July.

R417 those fans are exhausting and draining but lbr it’s a tiny minority. I Actually do think bash is a decent actor and extremely charming so looking forward to seeing him in a comedy. But the more Joe and Kit’s stars continue to rise, the more the others gain from being in the show. He got HTDBW off the back of HS1. With HS2 and 3, the latter presumably out after Joe has gained a new audience of marvel fans some of whom will watch HS for him, every supporting actor in the show will only benefit.

R422 I wonder if they’ll stick to their schedule of releasing something every 24th of the month - last month it was stills, the month before it was the release date. So this month we’d get a teaser trailer or something. May be too optimistic though.

R424 that’s a really good spot. Think teaser may be optimistic but a poster is totally possible

R421 I just personally find it interesting he can't be bothered to click a couple buttons, but it's not the end of the world. Things have obviously changed since he's seemed mildly uninterested in the show for a bit.. No doubt he'll promote it a lot though.

Even if Joe doesn’t feel the need to share every HS related thing that comes along on his IG, I do think he still genuinely likes the show. It would actually be hilarious though if Netflix was willing to renew it for a fourth season and Joe turned it down because he’s too busy with Marvel and other projects. Mainly just because all the annoying Kit only fans who used to make those petitions would ironically get their wish. But they aren’t recasting Joe. If Joe walks the show is over.

R428 he’s so hot. I’m praying he and Joe somehow end up at the same fashion show at PFW. They both just do it for me in different ways

R427 I still think they'll both end up doing a 4th season, but the funniest outcome would be if Kit gets Hulkling and they both say no and ditch Alice and co. for Marvel. Unfortunately they're better people than I am, so they'd be nicer about it than I would want them to be.

R420 agree. they know an IG story post disappears fast. It’s not like the public is going to lose interest if Joe Locke didn’t share. The same people also follow Kit who already shared. No one cares about likes except bored people like us. Maybe they know a lot repetitive cutesy promo is coming up. Save the energy for those.

I thought it was possible he might share it when Kit’s story expired but clearly he’s just not that excited. He can do exactly as he likes but it’s a bit telling overall that he can’t be fucked. No shade to him, he clearly still loves the cast (ex notwithstanding), but for whatever reason the shine is off the show. He’ll be great in the obligated promo - he’s adorable and great with Kit

Bash fans looking to piss on him for this are going to piss on him for something else anyways (like calling him an attention seeker for reposting). It’s no win. In this time of course redirection for Joe, I like his not giving a fuck about stupid things attitude.

R433 not sure anyone here is a Bash fan pissing on Joe for it or saying he's too sad to repost an IG story, which is beyond stupid. Just curious about it.

R432 It kind of makes me think about his latest interview where he said he wants to be known as more than just 'sickly sweet'. I'm sure by now he can see that Alice is not great at writing three-dimensional characters. He's probably tired of being associated with that aspect. He shared the DC pics because it was more of his personality with Kit's than the actual representation of the show.

Maybe CAA is telling him he’ll need to tone back the sickly sweet to show a more realistic personality since Agatha won’t be out for some time yet.

I bet Marvel was pleasantly surprised by his range when they got to know him.

R436 That wouldn't be in CAA's purview and it's unlikely to be a directive he'd be getting from anyone at this point (not CAA, not Marvel).

I just noticed that Kit has a cut by his mouth (click for the high def, look on the right side). Joe must've been a little too rough with him, poor thing.

You know what else is a bit interesting- Attitude, Pink News, Gay Times didn’t post anything about it at all. They usually post most HS stuff etc. Didn’t post anything about the boys at DC Pride either and they usually post if Kit sneezes (said with affection, he gets amazing engagement).

R436 Billy and Teddy are also sickly sweet too. Though hopefully Billy has a bit more edge.

Wonder how he feels playing two characters in a row who marry their first loves and last forever. Will look forward to the interviews.

R440 I noticed that. I’m waiting to see if they post about it when the week starts. The trades did cover it though, I saw an article about it on Deadline.

Fans are already crying about it

Gaytimes did an article but not anything on IG. Attitude released an article about the stills but not the trailer. PinkNews did an article about DC Pride, two articles about Joe's EW interview and the stills, and Alice talking about how dark and gritter the show will be.

Probably no real reason. It's not like they've stopped writing about it.

R443 To be fair, Shay and the other fans in that thread are morons.

R444 thanks! Far more all over it than me. Not so interesting after all

R439 always thought Joe would be into rough sex. Biting Joe who wants to be pinned down and thrown around confirmed

The scratches that Bash used to have.

R443 they’re so dumb. Before I get accused of being overprotective of Joe because apparently that’s a real issue some heroes on this thread are worried about, I will say I think breaking up with someone and thinking things aren’t working isn’t a crime and bash shouldn’t be blamed for that

That said the sentiment from that contingent of admittedly weird irrelevant fans is so weird. They are so convinced bash is a golden retriever irl that he’d only be acting this way if he was hurt by Joe and heartbroken and Joe can make it up to him with groveling. The sister unfollow is proof of that to them. Speaking as someone who has done the dumping and still been a little salty and bitchy after it anyway, breakups are weird as fuck. You can end shit and still be offended by a fast rebound. And without wanting to be a dick to the sister who is probably a fine person, I’m not sure how a 30 something year old living off her family money who is an immediate relative of someone in the breakup became the arbiter of the rights and wrongs.

Onto better subjects, I hope they both get slutty ami outfits so we can see them visibly want to hate fuck one another.

R448 we all fumble sometimes, his was just in my opinion worst than most

R447 I’ve been harbouring a theory that Joe has a bruise on his upper arm in this photo because of his preference for rough play. Much like the person that pointed it out it sort of looks like he has a hickey - it’s probably just a shadow as you can’t see it any other pictures

R451 no you’re right it’s a bruise and a hickey from Kit pinning him down and fucking him so hard he could barely walk. It’s why he kind of just stayed in place on the float. I will ignore any and all evidence to the contrary thx all

I hate to say it, but it sucks how uninterested they seem to be. Totally understand and they have valid reasons but it must suck for the new fans who weren't here before to see the actors feeling lukewarm about their favorite show. I always admired actors like Jennifer Lawrence who always has nice things to say about her coming out role in Hunger Games. The fandom was x10 worst than the heartstopper fandom and they would ship her with her costars constantly but she remained unfazed. She's genuinely grateful for the franchise and what it did for her career.

R449 If my long distance ex moved on in a week with some guy who lived in the same town as him I'd be bitchy and salty as fuck even if dumped him. To be fair, none of those people crying have probably been in a relationship before.

Joe and Bash aren't even doing anything. Deleting some pics and staying off line is boring. The only "drama" is related to his sister and his friend, not saying Bash has done anything wrong either but the actual people who were in the relationship aren't doing anything worth talking about.

R453 I get your point but minus to an extent Yaz, none are shitting on the show. Give them two weeks and joe and Kit will be back to calling Alice a genius and hyping the fuck out of the show. Joe is allowed to not post a singular thing without it being a sign that he’s ungrateful and wants to move on, Jesus. He posted the stills within days of a breakup, he is still clearly willing to appreciate the show. Ditto Kit.

I really hope Joe does go to PFW and pops up at multiple shows. Ami on the 22nd, Dior on the 23rd, Loewe on the 24th, ideally.

R453 shipping isn’t joe or kits issue. Sorry, unless Jennifer felt forced out by being called a queerbaiter or literally trended for being called ugly I don’t think she experienced the same shit as a result of the franchise. Of course she got sexist shit throughout her career, not denying that, but I don’t recall anything like the mass scale bullying during hunger games that joe and Kit got.

R456 Loewe seems unlikely since he's never gone to one before. Actually unsure why since he's worn the clothes quite a few times.

R456 I want him in three slutty hot high fashion outfits in the first row, agreed.

What does everyone think the main 4 guys will attend? I’m sure Yaz will also show up for some

R457 She actually got her share of death threats when people were 'tired' of her overexposure because of the Hunger Games films. She was ridiculed and hated for everything she would say in interviews and had to step out of the spotlight for years. But I was mainly talking about Yaz and to some extent Will who never post anything about the show. If Joe doesn't post the trailer or the teaser then I might have some questions.

R460 as I said I’m not denying she got more than her fair share of shit. But I don’t think any of that was a direct result of hunger games. As I recall, it was around the time she made passengers that she got all that. Hunger games was pretty peak popularity for her. I like J Law, I’m not saying she didn’t have her shit. But I think comparing movies that made her massively famous and a household name but didn’t get her much direct backlash to a tv show that forced one lead to come out and gave the other body dysmorphia is a bit unfair. That said I do think our difference of opinion is irrelevant as I think joe and Kit have never had anything but lovely things to say about the show and will be great in promo. Will I think is navigating a tricky space of being grateful for the show but wanting to be firm in interviews that his music is distinct. Yaz I think clearly doesn’t gaf about the show

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Kit: JW today and Loewe 24th Joe: Ami 22nd, Dior 23rd, Loewe 24th Bash: Ami 22nd Kenzo 23rd, Loewe 24th Connor: Ami 22nd Will & Yaz: Could both pop up at anything or nothing.

R462 I mostly agree with this (don't see Bash going to Loewe), but want to add Will at Kenzo on the 23rd and Yaz at Acne on the 21st and Loewe on the 24th.

R461 And I respect your opinion. I also didn't say anything that Joe was doing was wrong. I can understand why he would not be bothered to share everything and anything that has to do with the show. I'm just expressing that it's unfortunate. I appreciate Kit's little !!! and reposts a lot.

Kit - Loewe (tbh could get invited to more, but he might be stuck with them) , Will - Kenzo, Joe - Ami and Dior, Bash - Ami and Dior (maybe), Loewe (maybe, he's gone to JW Anderson before)

Other shit some of them could go to is Acne Studios or Comme des Garcons. Maybe Givenchy

again not seeing a reason Joe would go to Loewe other than wishful thinking Joe and Kit sit together.

R464 really not trying to overdefend joe here, he’s definitely my fav but I like to think I’d feel this way about all of them. And sorry if I sound like a dick. But joe has hyped EVERYTHING show related forever. Even shit unrelated to him like Alice’s BAFTA nom and Kit’s RTS nom and win. He posted the stills within days of a breakup. I just think people, including you tbh, acting like he’s given up on the show for not posting a singular thing is bizarre to me. If we counted up every HS related thing one could promo, I’d bet even over the last few months he and Kit would be at the top.

R465 if bash is at Dior again, it’s in my opinion most likely because they RSVPed pre breakup.in which case he better not be a dick to joe.

R465 My thought process is that Loewe is one of the brands that has invited multiple main cast members (Kit and Yaz at their last show) and Joe seems like he'd be in their wheelhouse generally (Ncuti was at the last show as well).

R466 I get where you're coming from. I would say some of them (Kit's RTS's nomination) are just Joe supporting his friend. Has nothing to do with the show, imo. I also agree that Joe has been the number 1 hype man in the past (with Bash) so it's strange to not see him post the mini teaser, especially when he's having the spotlight for once. A lot of his stans are excited and it would be nice to see him as excited (on socials) but I get it. We'll see them gushh about the show in interviews soon, so I'm probably just overreacting.

R468 Good point about Yaz. He's generally their type of actor to invite of course.

R467 tbh I could see Bash going to nothing. I'm assuming Connor is in town for that reason though.

Im not expecting Joe to show up at anything. He just finished a super long production. I think hes gonna stay home and chill.

R469 sure but I think they’re still him showing excitement and hype for the show. He could text Kit. The fact is joe has lost every big award he’s been up for and while I totally think even being nominated for his first role is huge, he’ll only get better, and Kit was a great winner, I think people downplay what a good sport he is for not only playing nice but seeming genuinely happy for the successes of his costar even when it involves him being beaten out or not even nominated, same with hyping up Alice’s annoying ass, when her writing was carried by his performance. Clearly we aren’t going to agree and you still have some sort of issue with joe not posting this, so we will agree to disagree, I just think this is a weird thing to single him out for.

Joe’s never been to a Loewe show, but he’s worn there close at public events where he’s been professionally styled. I’m sure he got an invitation from Loewe this year. Also, I’d be shocked if Joe skipped PFW, because he just had to return most of their shared wardrobe to Bash. Joe needs more designer clothes of his own.

R472 I didn't single him out. I included Yaz and Will. And I honestly don't think Joe saw that as a loss. I would be elated if I were him. His trajectory is insane - nominated to all those categories and big awards after your first-ever TV role? I'd imagine he was just glad to be considered. He doesn't seem the resentful type (in that way) at all.

Anyway, let's return to our roots.

R456

I really only expect him to show up at Dior and Ami. Loewe would be a nice surprise but it really seems like its Kits thing and JA hasn’t shown any type of interest in Joe ( that i know of). I would love for him to pop up at other brands but if anything i would expect Mcqueen but they are not in the Paris schedule.

Kit i would expect to be present at the Loewe show on saturday. nothing else really since he seems to be working exclusively with JA brands

Yaz maybe Kenzo but honestly this week its the mens shows, i expect her to be at either the women's shows or the HC shows, not this week.

Will probably Kenzo

I'm not usually like the people on Twitter that fixates on Kit fitting into bisexual stereotypes, but there's something so funny about Kit getting caught singing along to Chanel of all songs, I can't get over it:

[quote]My guy pretty like a girl / And he got fight stories to tell / I see both sides like Chanel / See on both sides like Chanel

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😂

R466 I'm sorry but Joe is the main character. He's the protagonist. This season is heavily relying on him. He has to step up. No one is asking him to make a post or write a long-ass comment but the least he could do is repost the first video we have of the new season. I love Joe but this is a bad look.

Predict how they'll stand and look now if the four ever do anything together again

I don't think they'll ever do anything just the 4 of them again so I've replaced Bash with Tobie.

R481 That giant Tobie head superimposed on Bash might be one of the funniest things I’ve seen in these threads. Pure art, no notes.

R481 Okay you won. Not going to get anything better than that.

If they do it’ll probably be a bit awkward but they’ll be professional about it. They’re not the first coworkers to be in a relationship and then break up.

I can’t really imagine a scenario where it would be just the four of them again, Heartstopper is Joe’s thing and I don’t see Bash being a dick and inserting himself into that. They’ll all move on, that’s just life.

R481 This will be Bash and Joe at the premiere when they're asked to take a picture together.

R484 He’s inserted himself inside Joe enough times for a lifetime I’m sure.

Everything surrounding HS is a bit cringeworthy and even Joe seems over it. I’m sure he’ll be able to sell Alice’s script with his acting but I wouldn’t blame any of them for not giving it extra promo.

R485 I love the "held at gunpoint" energy they're both giving off in this picture.

R485 shippers ruined the fanservice they were giving. But Corey is so hot.

Need more space for Joe and Bash

Joe and Bash will be like Kit and Will. They go to the same event but refuse to take a picture together.

Kits after party look, he looks fucking hot

Just out of curiosity, who was the girl in the black, strapy dress with coat that was with Kit's team at the fashion show today?

R490 officially the queerest he’s ever looked. The Chippendale t-shirt was camp, this is 19 year old at a gay dance party. Jesus, so hot!

That’s the Joe effect.

Someone opened up a private gossip subreddit since everyone wants to know things and nobody is allowed to talk about it publicly. Poor person probably just figured out Joe and Bash broke up and wants to tell everyone. bless them.

thats funny, there is a subreddit for the cast already and i thought they talked about gossip there? they are behind on the tea

Joe hearts hot dads. Kit understood the assignment.

R495 You can't talk about their personal life too much, though they were chill about saying Joe and Bash were dating.

Someone had a post with the breaking news that Kit and Maia broke up about two weeks ago. Got deleted though.

R494 I assume this is the straight version of the group someone here started the other day for similar reasons? because we’re self censoring because of Twitter lurkers. That obviously didn’t work as soon as someone posted the pic from there to here…

R497 Kit broke with Maia because Joe broke with Bash. Sounds about right.

more after party looks, he looks hot all sweaty

it came from this poster on ig, there is a video of him and asa too

R490 Kit deciding that the fashion brand he wanted to align himself with was one of the most overtly gay brands continues to bear delicious fruit. Jesus Christ.

R502

Honestly, if JA sticks to these type of looks i am here for it. He looks so good in them

R491 I'm about 75% sure that it's Francesca Root from the Commercials division at ITG. Asa is with the same agency, so it's likely they sent her to escort them both.

R504

At least from her linked in profile it definitely looks like her. Im just curious as to when this potential campaign with loewe/jw will finally release

Cropping out the fan so we can fully appreciate the arm and hairy pit combination.

R502 The back of the vest Kit is wearing is relevant to this comment.

R507 he should model for the back print as well.

Three pictures from the afterparty.

R509

that chest is something else, he looks spectacular

One year to go till we get those season 3 beach scenes.

Weren’t there potentially beach scenes in season 2, but we weren’t sure if they were filmed? Where Charlie wants to tell Nick he loves him and they have some cute water frolicking? Maybe they’ve pushed it back to season 3.

R479 I’ll let it go after this because I think we just disagree and that’s fine. But out of curiosity, since you seem to really think not reposting a promo video is a bad look. Did you have an issue with Kit not going to the Emmys? I actually didn’t really, I thought he’d regret not going in the future for his own memories but not a big deal. But surely if you think not posting the clip is unprofessional skipping the awards ceremony is something you’d have an issue with.

Anyway as others have said, kit looks fuxking hot. Hopefully the next loewe event this week they just send him out shirtless

I’m always very attracted to Kit but fuckkkkk… he looks fucking incredible.

Just saw A Little Life, the play James Norton is in, will be playing another 5 weeks starting in July. Guessing joe might go during promo and take Kit with him. Not that that’s the reason he followed James, naturally.

R511 I don’t know how they’re going to film the beach scenes in October. But Joe’s got Kit to keep him warm in the water.

Guessing Connor is actually with Bash now, because he normally posts where he is in England nonstop unless he’s with either bash or joe. Big plot twist if he and joe are hanging out

Is this new season coming up supposed to be right after the last episode we got, or is there a lapse in time, like after the summer/new school year? (sorry, I don't keep up with the books).

R518 it says their first day as boyfriends, so the day after which is hilarious

My fucking god, is there a single thing alice doesn’t find stressful

R519 Oh wow. LOL! Because from the way they've grown up, to the different hairstyles, and even the warmer lighting, it looks like the following fall (or even more so, the following year). So much for continuity.

Gay Times posted about the show on Instagram, how long until Nick likes it?

R521 The opening sequence was great but unfortunately went on for so long that it felt like a typical beginning of the school year opening movie sequence.

A couple of more pictures of Kit backstage at JW, he's on the left in the last one. From elisapellizzoni on IG.

R522 Soon.

The show is going to get roasted now that it's popular. I do hope Kit and Joe don't get any shit. The retweets about their messages were hilarious. Hopefully Alice saw everyone making fun of her writing.

R520 She posted on Tumblr yesterday about feeling really mentally unwell and desperately needing therapy. Get therapy then? You can most definitely afford private therapy so won’t need to be on any sort of NHS waiting list.

Kit on the cover of Men’s Fitness when?

Pink News getting in on it. Still so fucking funny that they have to play nice and suck up to joe after he blocked them or forced the unfollow, whatever

R526 when he has a role that is about his physique, marvel, Hercules, whatever, he’s a shoe in

[quote] The show is going to get roasted now that it's popular.

R524 Yeah, that's what I'm kind of worried about. Seen this happen with every other youth/teen-oriented show I've watched, esp. the lgbtq+ ones. The love and hype of the 1st season turns into hyper criticism, entitlement and outright insanity once the show grows up, gets more dramatic, the leads aren't always perfect/together anymore, etc.

R528 I get that concern, I will say I think what makes HS a little different is I actually do think it’ll only get better. Often with other shows (using glee as an example) the writers have crafted a perfect first season that’s been edited and talked through a lot pre pitching, it’s a hit, and then they have a few months to replicate the magic. Here, Alice does actually have the full plot worked out, has others coming on to help her, and frankly I think the strength was all the performances rather than the writing anyway, and joe and Kit will only get stronger as actors. Alice also seems really committed to nick and Charlie being an almost unrealistically perfect couple who barely ever fight, let alone do one another wrong which normally I find annoying but will hopefully help limit any backlash.

It probably won’t get a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes again, but I don’t expect the pendulum to swing violently in the other direction entirely.

The fact that the ending is still in flux worries me.

That reddit gossip page actually had some newish tea

[quote] I heard from someone I know online who met Bash at 4000 miles that he was a bit "off" when she talked to him and mentioned that she was glad that Joe has finally finished the Agatha filming and will be back in the UK soon. I thought it was hearsay or too much interpretation, but probably not 🙃

Bash never escaping the Joe comments

R532 the inadvertent cringe, to be fair even had they still been dating I feel like it would be a bit odd for him to get comments more or less saying they knew they were together and he must be excited. But yeah he is never escaping joe. (Mild exaggeration, when he books a role he’s more known for he’ll be fine).

R532

Even at his own play, he can’t escape mentions of his ex

R532 Glad you joined, I skimmed the original sub and the people just seemed so stupid that I couldn't bring myself to join, especially since they're insanely late on tea to begin with. Anyway, it's nuts how they have no boundaries with the cast in person. If they're not open about the relationship, why would you mention their significant other to them? It reminds me of the girl who got Bash those Bash and Joe Pride Lego keychains. Wonder if it was the same girl?

One more Kit picture.

R513 Not sure what the Emmys has to do with what I said but sure Kit missing it was not a great look either. Like I said, I understand Joe doesn't have to repost everything that has to do with the show. But big things like the first minute of season 2 should be on his radar. If he thinks the show is cringe and doesn't care about it anymore, he has all the rights. But until he leaves the show, he's still the main character and should just suck it up and repost Alice's annoying posts.

The eyeshadow was an interesting choice.

R535 Everyone was saying the JoeKit fans were nuts but turns out it's the JoeBash fans with their parasocial connection with Joe and Bash's relationship. They actually think they have a right to go up to them and act like they were a confirmed couple. I wish one of them tried that with Joe. I'm sure he would have put them in their place.

R536 I brought it up because I think nitpicking the actors over missing one thing makes no sense. If this is a pattern of behaviour and joe starts ignoring the show, sure, I’ll get how it’s unprofessional. But tbh it’s a bit mental to me that since 2021 he hasn’t missed a single thing for the show and when he’s having his first time off since, a failed IG repost is being read as a sign he doesn’t care about the show, won’t promote it, and thinks it’s cringe and he’s over it. Literally every single one of them has I’m sure missed something. For joe it’s the Tudum thing, for Kit it’s the Emmy’s, I’m sure kizzy, cori, etc have as well. But overall they are fantastic at doing promo and hyping the show, way more than most actors. I just think you’re being pretty dramatic over this and acting like he posted “fuck the show Agatha is superior” or openly rolled his eyes at Alice, and downplaying all the massive hype he’s done as just supporting his mates or something. It’s just weird to me, but you’re entitled to your opinion. If every actor should leave the show if they miss posting a 2 minute clip I don’t know how any show is expected to keep a cast

R538 as much as we all eye rolled on here at people in denial over the relationship and at the time we’re pretty sure they wanted to be private, not hidden (I know some think otherwise now), they clearly weren’t fully public. And weird comments about them TO them is a bizarre choice, even when they were at their happiest

R535 that joe keychain is being burned in effigy or used as a voodoo doll lbr

R539 I honestly think you're reading too much into my comments. I never called him unprofessional or whatnot. I think it's a missed opportunity for him to not repost the mini teaser, especially when it's centered around him. That's it.

R538 Nobody would ever come up to Joe and mention Bash simply because there's not that many people interested in him.

R543 you’d be surprised. The few he has are diehards who think joes a total evil whore now I think. I would not be shocked if these weirdos went up to him if ever they met him and said some weird shit about how they hope he and bash will find their way back to one another

Kit’s trending as the afterparty pictures spread, I wouldn’t be surprised if they get posted by PopCrave and those other pages eventually.

R544 I doubt it. Though didn't post the comment to shit on Joe and Bash fans or be all dramatic. Don't think it's weird to ask about Joe as long as you aren't crazy about it. Like it wasn't weird those girls at the TS concert asked about Kit and gave him bracelets to give to him. More it's funny that Bash gets Joe updates/reminders even if he doesn't want them. This is the third time it's happened since the breakup.

R546 YMMV on this, but I think it makes much more sense that Joe's asked about Kit than about Bash. Kit's the co-lead on Joe's show, they do all of the press together, they mention each other pretty frequently in interviews. Bash is a guy who had 5 minutes of screen time, didn't do any press with Joe, and so on. You have to basically know about the fact that they were dating for it to occur to you to ask Joe about Bash specifically, and vice versa.

R547 if you were a Joe fan you'd know he was close to Bash even if you didn't assume they were dating. And that's a Bash fan and Bash's IG is covered in Joe, so not sure how they wouldn't know he was close to Joe.

Anyway, stop reminding Bash that he lost Joe's glorious ass.

R509 He looks like he’s wearing the earring the girl behind him has on in this one. This is probably the most Hulkling he’s looked.

Can’t even fault Patrick for this one.

R549 pairing that with the most Wiccan joes ever looked

R550 Almost a little funny that he loves Kit and Charlie so much and is so indifferent to Joe

R552 it’s genuinely funny that he can’t even bring himself to hastily like a tweet or two about how good joe is as Charlie to even TRY to conceal it. At this point I’m more surprised he hasn’t started passive aggressively liking tweets about how amazing bash is post breakup.

Charlie is very blatantly a self insert for him

Kit is so goddamn nice, told the fans he’d be back and then went and took pictures and signed stuff for them.

R554 I would've acted the fuck up if I met him while he was wearing that tank top.

R553 I think he's very attached to Charlie and as a result that will give us more Joe. I'm not mad at it.

R548 No one cared enough to ask Joe about Bash in any of the fan interactions before. And I'm sure they won't in the future as well. And that's the case even if you are a Joe fan.

The reason Joe gets brought up in Bash's interactions with Joe is cause his association with Joe is one of the reasons he's popular within the Heartstopper fandom. Not the other way around.

R557 Yes, that's what I said R543

Kit with a fan, his hair lost the battle here.

All these fashion shows are great but I would trade them all for a new project announcement. Starting to think WME is wasting Kit's talent.

R559 he looks hot disheveled, hopefully he and joe both get sweaty and drunk at the Loewe after party this week and fuck.

Not as bad as some, but the way these fans grip the shit out of celebrities is insane.

R556 oh agreed we’ll get more Charlie, I just think he projects onto Charlie so strongly that he doesn’t feel Joe does a great job at it. But just judging based on how little he likes shit about him, maybe he thinks he’s great

New pic, I wonder if this is him leaving or arriving in Milan, pop didn't post anything

R563 I think those are the jeans he wore to the show. So guessing leaving, either for a stopover to London or straight to Paris. Have joe meet you in Paris for some pre fashion week fun, Kit!

R563 Leaving I think, he doesn't have the black Bumper-15 on him like he did in the first airport picture and the guy's Story places on him an airplane as of 2 hours ago.

R560 Amount of good projects for a 19 year old with a baby face is small. Though assuming he'll announce something soon

Not as though we didn’t already guess but Joe liked this so we’ll see him at Ami. It better be a slutty outfit ,if they put him in something baggy that swamps him… but I trust holly. Bash, with Harry lambert clothing you, best of luck

Joe is going to AMI. Is Bash going? Connor? Oh the drama.

Ami isn't the sluttiest thing in the world. Hope for a slutty Dior outfit.

R568 I can't imagine. I know I will not be making threads this week. I think it'd just be better if one of them skipped (meaning Bash, sorry). Just too much drama and they'd actually have to explain why they don't want to sit with each other.

If Bash did the dumping and he's going around talking shit (hypotheticals, of course), he needs to bow out.

R568 I’m guessing he and Connor will. If Connor actually just flew to London for the HS concert a month after he was there for bash’s play I’ll roll my eyes. I am guessing they all replied to shows pre breakup. Realistically the breakup happened pretty recently (earlyish may?) and none but especially bash and Connor can’t afford to burn the bridge by not going. Realistically it’ll be chilly but fine, connor can sit between them at Ami even if he is picking a side, and if they’re both at Dior they’ll figure it out.

R569 They're grown men. They can handle being in the same room together. There's no way Bash will decline an invitation because of his ex. If they're represented by different people, they won't be seated together. Maybe Bash will be with that Bridgerton girl to promote his new film.

R572 I'm sure they can explain, but they might not want to. And photographers always take pics with costars too.

R573 they avoided any photos when they were actually dating and bash was joes plus one to Dior, so I think they’d be able to avoid them broken up

Bash should decline the shows that he managed to bag only by being linked to Joe. Rest he can do what he wants.

At least Joe’s attendance is confirmed. That’s all I need to know. If Bash goes and sits separately, certain groups will say it’s not a good look.

Connor sitting in between them needs to happen. Gonna be hilariously cringe to witness.

R576 everyone will have an opinion one way or another tbh. Some people on here will be mad bash went even though at least some invites were through joe, some on twitter will be mad Joe isn’t embracing him and begging to reconcile. They’ve both worked hard on their careers, I think they’re too professional to fuck it up because of a fashion show when realistically they’ll need to act opposite one another in the coming months. But yeah even as I say that I will absolutely be tuning into the livestream and keeping an eye out for how fucking awkward it is. My guess is one of them (probably joe) might enter Ami pretty last minute to minimize interaction

Joe knows how to act professional so I'm not all that worried. And he also won't have trouble mingling with others.

Joe really sells the he’ll out of this. His nonverbal acting is on point and this isnt even the place it’ll shine most. He’s improved from s1 even in the short clip we saw

If they all go and hang out after the shows like they did last time, I'm going to guess this is when the allegiances are going to become obvious. I'd expect Bash with Connor and Joe with Kit and Will. Maybe Yaz, though I think she has her own group of fashion friends now that she'd prioritize in Paris.

R580 I feel like Joe and Kit both improved at the door bit especially from one season to the next.

R581 That's what I figure.

Yaz I doubt bothers with any of them.

R581 re Yaz, she’s unpredictable but I do think having not seen joe in over six months and with a recent breakup they could talk shit about (plus him probably willing to stay out partying longer instead of being domestic), she’d see joe. But I agree Kit is going to hang with joe primarily. Connor I think has made his allegiance relatively clear thus far which is extremely surprising to me

R584 Going back to the theory he was always trying to get Bash

R567 I wish Joe kept his hair long. Alas. Excited for new content though.

R585 honestly I’d respect that more than him taking sides in a teenage breakup that’s not his own, literally weeks after being happy to use the other persons fame for good TS tickets. It is especially odd IF he took sides given he had his own unexpected, heartbreak (literally the reason he came to London and met bash and joe) after 2 years and ended up friends with his ex. But best of luck to him getting a perm and losing 40 lbs to be bash’s type

Oh boy. I just fell down one hell of a rabbit hole. Twitter accounts obsessed with the idea that Kit isn't actually bi, and that it was all a way to save face after the queerbaiting accusations. Woah. (Sorry, I'm relatively new to all this stuff, so sorry to bring it up if I shouldn't).

R588 there are some lunatics. There are a few going back and forth who believe that about Kit battling with those who love Kit and think joe is an ugly, transphobic guy fucking a porn star. Best to ignore them and not bring them over though

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its best to just block and ignore those accounts. they were the same ones that were hounding him/netflix to get rid of him after the kit/maia pictures in paris came out

Hilariously I think RWRB had to delay their trailer dropping because of HS. I know we all think it’s going to try to use the HS high for promo which is smart but I’m guessing they realised competing with it for airtime around the trailer was a bad idea

R588 There are a lot of people that clearly tweet that under viral tweets to bait a response (the people from the stan side of Twitter that post inflammatory shit about everyone, usually pop stars), but the ones that are actually insane are the 10 or so dedicated accounts that tweet all day, every day about how Kit is queerbaiting and have been doing it for over a year now.

R591 If they have no chemistry in the trailer it'll sink them, especially off the heels of the HS teaser. The comparisons will be inevitable.

R589 R590 R592 Yeah, sorry, it was just so weird. I sort of just stumbled upon it through the kit connor hashtag. And I doubt coming out as bi would be a useful way out of a 'queerbaiting' accusation because it's already such a risk/liability for any male actor, esp a super popular young one with major superstar potential, to be anything other than straight within the industry.

Kit was headed back to London, the fan from the airport edited his caption and mentioned that they were on the same flight back. As always, the obligatory comment about him being humble and kind is in there.

R593 These low-lives are acting like they're solving the world's biggest crime. All that they're doing is harass a teenager about his sexuality. I don't know what it is about Heartstopper but it brought some of the ugliest fans/people.

R594 I wonder if he meant 'our flight' as in, whoever he's travelling with (and probably took the photo)? Either way, if Kit is heading back to London, hopefully he'll head out to Paris in a day or two.

R593 Him coming out as bi and not actually being bi makes no sense because of everything you mentioned (seriously, who has ever received a career boost for coming out?), but for anyone who was following Kit it'd been obvious that he's queer for a while. He played the pronoun game early on, always talked about how important bisexual male representation was, used we/us language when talking about the community, and (most obviously) was really hurt in some way about the queerbaiting accusations for months and months. Lashed out a couple of times, liked a tweet about fighting the straight allegations and so on until he eventually couldn't take it anymore and came out. Of course, once he came out he's also been progressively presenting as more bisexual with every passing day.

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I really don’t expect him at anything besides the Loewe show and that isn’t until Saturday. I’d be pleasantly surprised if he pops up elsewhere

R597 The problem is that it shouldn't matter if he was bi or not. Great that he is but it really should not matter. He's an actor.

New thread. Will probably regret making it when joe is inevitably spotted looking hot and I can’t thirst on here