New Twink on the Rise in Hollywood Part Nine

Fuck off and die.

Link to part 8.

Last post on Part 8:

Kit is hot (not saying hotter because that implies that the gargoyle is hot at all), is the better actor, is more critically acclaimed, has the better projects, has more awards, is able to sell out a 20-week run on Broadway, doesn't need ticket prices dropped to £5 to try and fill a theatre for 9 weeks, is more mature, has more friends, has more money, owns property, etc.

safe space for Joe fans

Not the gargoyle photo!

R3 This proves that the Kit stans are the ones creating these threads. Like R1 said, fuck off and die!

Seek help OP

This is getting pathetic. Is OP one of Joe’s ex?

Miss Locke's eyebrows are way too thick and close together!!

Please separate them a lot!!

Having recently seeing an interview with both of them, I have to admit that Kit looks like he could explode into chubby at any moment.

So glad not to see that troll photo this time around.

Why doesn't dumbass Joe get his eyebrows sorted? It would take about twenty minutes in a good salon.

[QUOTE] Is OP one of Joe’s ex?

Fuck off, illiterate frau. Come back when you've learnt the difference between singular and plural nouns.

Joe Locke stans are DUMB.

He's begging people to buy tickets on a daily basis.

R13 This person is one of Kit’s fans, retard. This isn’t grammar school, moron. No one cares about being graded by the retards on this page. You’re literally so obsessed with Joe that you created another thread to talk shit about him. You’re his biggest fan, congrats!

R10 He has that lard ass gene. He’s gonna be obese by the time he hits his mid 20s.

Clarkston reviews from general audiences:

[quote]The cast try, but they just don’t have the acting depth to raise the material.

[quote]Mollica slightly more nuanced

[quote]Just left the second preview. Absolute garbage. One of the worst things I’ve ever seen. Joe Locke has zero command of the stage and the whole thing goes nowhere

[quote]Meandering short tale that I wouldn’t say really created anything that meaningful. I thought Joe Locke was the weakest of the three actors. Very one note performance. The Scottish actor Ruaridh Mollica was the standout amongst them and brought a bit more depth to it, but the material wasn’t great to work with.

kit and his entire family are thin. they don't have "lard ass" genes. joe locke, the subject of this thread, does have the "hills have eyes" gargoyle gene.

Lardass

have you considered killing yourself, joe frau? i can't imagine you add anything of value to the world considering you're on here 24 hours a day defending a moronic, alcoholic ogre.

thread cleanse. kit went viral a couple of days ago for being hot. joe only goes viral for being hideous.

Always that same constipated look on his face. That guy has no range.

"Guy with no range" beat Joe to an Emmy among multiple other awards, is playing a variety of roles, will be going on his second A24 film, and is able to sell out a Broadway run double the length of Joe's while receiving critical acclaim. Joe keeps playing the same faggy teenager in everything.

R22 Yawn

Jumpscare at R18 with the protruding eyes and crunchy hair. Joe is one repulsive little guy.

[QUOTE] This isn’t grammar school, moron

The frequent grammar and spelling errors prove that Joe Locke stans are brainless worms so they're worth pointing out. Plus, Datalounge has a long, happy tradition of grammar shaming. It's not a website for messy Gen Z fraus who can't write properly.

Asking if the OP is one of Joe's exes is something a Joe stan would say, as in 'is the OP a jealous ex with a grudge against Joe'? A Kit stan wouldn't say this.

Just checked the Clarkston sales and nearly all the nights are marked with two green dots which means 'very good availability'. It's no wonder Joe is begging for people to 'watch me get sweaty'; he's horrified at the prospect of playing to an empty theatre every night.

R20, the Clarkston humiliation is just going to make Joe's alcoholism worse. He'll be chugging vodka backstage for sure just like he did before taking his A Levels.

R25 Funny. I’d say making 10+ threads about Joe is something a Joe stan would do. A Kit stan wouldn’t make a thread about Joe.

This is a bad look for Joe. His friend Olivia has more balls than him.

[QUOTE] Funny. I’d say making 10+ threads about Joe is something a Joe stan would do. A Kit stan wouldn’t make a thread about Joe.

Half the threads on Datalounge are hate threads dedicated to 'pointless bitchery'. A Joe stan didn't make the Jobless Joe thread.

R29 At least these thread are funny. This one is boring. Anyway, Joe will look like Tovey in a 10 years. Kit will be bald and fat.

R26 The show is selling out every day. Nice try.

The show is not selling out every day, it’s why Joe is posting links on a daily basis. It’s still in previews, so maybe they turn it around after press night.

R30 He’s going to look like Tovey when he has zero resemblance to Tovey? This makes no sense.

R20 “Have you considered killing yourself?”

You have the wit of a fat frau. Fuck off. This site is not for you.

Telling someone to kill themselves is quintessential DL. Fuck off, frau.

R34 Not so literally, dumb frau. Hit the library once in a while.

She’s two posts away from claiming that the Darfur Orphan is real.

Just one thread way before they can give a proper diagnosis to OP.

Thanks OP for not including a photo this time. Now I don’t have to see that mug whenever the thread gets bumped.

The Kit stans are mad because Kit said that Joe will always have a special place in his heart. Tough.

The fans are more trouble than the actors ever will be.

[QUOTE] Anyway, Joe will look like Tovey in a 10 years

You do realise that Russell Tovey is 43 and in ten years Joe will only be 32? Why do you think he's going to age badly?

Which one is the fug one? The one with one eyebrow and huge ears?

He should be made to wear a paper bag over his head.

R42 Hugs ears are attractive. R41 It’s a figure of speech, retard. You’re hopeless.

Embarrassing

R39 Trying to argue that Kit stans are mad when Joe stans are the ones throwing a fit on Twitter over a Ruaridh fan account is very funny of you.

You can tell that Clarkston is flopping when the frau is trying to revive shit from April. Nobody cares.

r45 we all knew that they'd turn on ruaridh the moment he started getting more attention than joe, but i'm surprised that it happened before reviews are out. it's going to get worse.

R45 If the shoe fits.

R47 No one is turning on him. Nice try.

R45 I’ve never seen a more insecure group of fans.

r49 38 likes. no wonder clarkston is bombing.

the next clarkston show, which is in under 24 hours, has less than half of the seats sold. joe is going to play to a half-empty theater on his birthday. loser.

R52 You really thought did something. Hilarious. Who cares? He can try new things before press day which is the 25, and it’s sold out.

R52 And this is with papering. This show is doing like shit.

R50 Really? Because I would say that about Kit stans. Imagine wasting your time by making threads about an actor that you don’t like? That screams insecure and pathetic.

Before this one, we had eight identical threads. The Joe frau created each thread, hoping DL regulars would chime in about how handsome and talented Joe is. Remember when these threads were titled 'hot twink on the rise in Hollywood'?

Inevitably, DL people saw the photo of Joe looking like a gargoyle and there were lots of comments about how ugly he is. The Joe frau, incensed, always comes rushing in around post 20, screaming abuse about Kit Connor even though at that point nobody has mentioned him.

This? Really?

Yeesh!

R56 It seems like you’ve suffered from amnesia. The threads were about the show. The many users that all ran away from here since, were fans of the boys. It’s unclear where these current pets are coming from. You guys are not the original posters. The intelligent and witty ones all left and now we only have losers who want to hate on Joe for whatever reason. It’s boring. There isn’t anything interesting here. No actual dialogue or conversation between posters. It’s just the same insults being thrown around.

R58, stop lying. Here's the first twink thread. It's not about 'the show' (by which I assume you mean Heartstopper). It's about Joe.

R59 You guys jumped on the thread to talk about his ex boyfriend which makes my point. You’re obsessed with him.

Is this Miss Joe Locke& Kit Connor thread the new "Miss Shaun Mendes" thread?

Where you go on 24/7/365 about Miss Mendes& his heterosexuality and lack of talent, posing all the time!

It's not like "froy& Zane" because Zane is "DINNER AND A MOVIE"

R52 Show is almost sold out for today, by the way. Wrong again.

r62 retard, that's the evening show. the matinee looked like this an hour before showtime. he played to a half empty theatre.

r60 talking about JOE's boyfriend in a JOE thread is on topic and has nothing to do with kit, retard.

R64 The topic is your obsession with him. Who else is still making these threads? Kit stans.

R61 Now I want Froy and Kit to start dating. Perhaps the Froyhole would finally be satisfied.

[quote]Im surprised this isnt apparently selling that well. Joe has a big following, maybe not Kit Connor level, but big enough id have thought it would sell a relatively small theatre

[quote]Yep I thought the same. They were dynamically pricing downwards ahead of the first preview last week.

[quote]Ruaridh Mollica was the best of the actors, charming and wounded, and Sophie Mellville, who I've seen be astonishing before, is good, but I found Joe Locke to be really quite limited, I'm afraid. I haven't seen Hearstopper, but I've heard he's great. Here, he shone no light on some already hackneyed material, to the degree that when he was on stage I found it quite dull and amateurish. I think he was just miscast, and didn't have the gravitas for a character who is suffering.

[quote]I’ve been twice now. I was keen to see it as I’m a Marvel fan, but it just didn’t really land for me. The material was a bit dull and the accents wobbled here and there, which I found distracting. I felt much the same the second time around. That said, Ruaridh Mollica gave a really strong performance.

[quote]For the writing itself from the pen of Samuel D. Hunter, the bit that really grabbed me the most was the plot strand examining the relationship between Chris and his mother. That certainly brought some emotional punch to the play thanks to the performances of Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville. These two provided some of the best scenes in the play. Yet I didn’t buy into the relationship plot between Jake and Chris. I had nothing against what Joe and Ruaridh did on stage but I just think there was something missing to make me believe in their relationship.

[quote]I'd have had a fine time at a fairly so-so play for £25 with a good performance from Ruaridh and an OK one from Joe Locke (sorry) - would not have felt I had wasted my money. The play was just flat, I should have cared more than I did - they tried hard, but it was not a good enough play. Spending over £100 on a ticket when the unused matinee and the additional stage seat were added together, this grumpy woman had a bad taste in her mouth and it was most definitely not worth it.

[quote]I've never seen Heartstopper, but I know it's popular, and I would have expected a bounce at the box office.

[quote]Everything I get from the marketing is that they are 100% banking on Joe Locke. He is literally front and center on all of the poster. They were totally expecting him to sell the place out, and that's just not the case.

[quote]Ruaridh was very good, Sophie fine, Joe Locke quite weak.

We can clearly tell most of these are coming from new accounts that you created. Nice try.

[QUOTE] Is this a thread where you go on 24/7/365 about Miss Mendes & his heterosexuality and lack of talent, posing all the time!

Are you insane? Kit and Joe are both queer and have been fully out of the. closet for years. Nobody is talking about them being het.

Maybe Joe and horse-faced Shawn would get along.

Whoa R68. People aren't impressed at all. The critics' reviews on 25th will doubtless reflect this.

R72 And Joe will be just fine. Just like Kit was after his abysmal performance in that awful production of Romeo and Juliet.

*Critically acclaimed performance in a Tony-nominated revival that he won multiple awards for.

That’s the problem with Joe stans. Y’all are embarrassingly delusional. Joe was good in heartstopper but a lot of the heavy lifting was done by Kit. He was okay in Agatha, not great, and again that was due to Kathryn’s acting. He got really lucky both times. The chemistry with him and Miles was lacking terribly. His chemistry is apparently not that great with Ruaridh. He is the main draw of this show and most of the reviews are not praising him. That’s not good.

He seriously needs to humble himself and take some acting lessons. He takes offense when directors give him notes. He’s not at a point in his career where he can act like a diva. He needs to prove himself. I think this could be a good learning curve for him. He’s still young and I think he has talent. Hopefully, he doesn’t let his fans and their delusions get to his head.

R75 The only delusional weirdos here are Kit stans.

1) Almost all of the shows on the west end don’t sell well. It’s a fact. It has nothing to do with Joe’s play. It’s bad advertising.

2) Joe is a great actor. He doesn’t rely on his bimbo looks like Kit. Patti Lupone endorsed him. She knows more about talent than losers on a theatre board.

3) Joe is a well rounded person. He’s a hot twink and he’s smart. Haters are gonna hate.

R75 All of this. I would say that the Joe stan is in for a rude awakening later today, but she's retarded and will go into full psychosis over Kit again in response instead of realizing that Joe is mediocre at best.

R76 Patti LuPone is a racist, hammy old hag who was desperate to properly cross over into television and film and it never happened for her. She's even flopping on Broadway now. Mia Farrow got all of the acclaim for The Roommate. And I know you're filled with rage over the fact that Kit is attractive and an excellent actor when Joe is neither.

R69 All of those accounts are years old, retard. You really are a parrot even when it doesn't make sense to be. Of course you're trying to claim that they're new accounts, because that's the kind of account that left the one positive review of Joe and someone on here already pointed that out in the last thread, with receipts.

[quote]Almost all of the shows on the west end don’t sell well. It’s a fact. It has nothing to do with Joe’s play. It’s bad advertising.

the joe stan inadvertently admitting that promoting a play around joe is bad advertising.

R77 Patti is a 3X Tony winner, 2x Olivier winner and a 2X Grammy winner. She’s a legend in the theater world. Another proof that the real fraus are the Kit stans.

R79 What happened with that Cuban’s film or the horror film? Right.

R80 A "legend" that got cast out by the community and is worthless now. She's a racist has-been.

R81 Where is any Joe movie ever? Kit's had 2 movies in theaters since Heartstopper came out and is shooting 2 more (with distribution in place) in the next year. Joe isn't part of the movie conversation.

R82 Funny. Joe is currently employed and Kit is busy doing what exactly? He’s not at any fashion events. He’s already a has been.

Kit’s filming Rapture soon. Not sure why a Joe stan is talking about unemployment when Joe went over a year and a half wirhout booking a project.

R84 “Soon” and it’s been months of him being jobless. He’s not the IT boy anymore, he doesn’t get invited to important fashion shows. Too bad.

not a single person that has seen clarkston has said that joe is the best part when the whole push of the play revolves around him. official reviews later are going to be hysterical.

r85 he wrapped heartstopper a couple of months ago and he's not going to hit a year and a half unemployed like joe did because he already has multiple projects lined up, unlike joe. cry more.

Does Joe know he has to promote the heartstopper movie? You know, since he’s the lead and an exec? Does he know the vague answers and passivity are not enough? Did someone force him to do this film?

He has nothing intelligent or profound to say about that show anymore. It’s literally painful to watch him talk about the show.

Anyway. Everyone is there to support Joe’s play. Fatty Kit can’t relate. Jealousy must have kept him away.

"everyone loves joe" and the only people there are a bunch of nobodies, the d-listers from the heartstopper cast, and andrew scott (who is there for jack serio).

r87 the only thing he knows how to say is that it's more grown up. he's said that in every interview. retard, the movie is set when they're about to graduate, we know it's more grown up.

R89 It’s so funny because it clearly upsets you. A bunch of nobodies that Kit worked with for years and none of them went to see his play. Too bad. He’s too unlikable.

The only people that are upset are the Joe stans that are furious that Kit didn't go.

R92 Nice try but it’s actually the Kit stans. Looks like all the bad PR in the world from bitter Kit stans can’t change the fact that Joe is loved by many. More than Kit. Cope.

R90 He hates that show. No one can convince me otherwise.

R93 Good for Joe. What else do you want us to say? Where are all these people that love him when it comes to buying tickets?

R93 You have some sort of reality-warping mental disorder and desperately need therapy.

The Guardian review doesn't even mention Joe's acting, just compliments Ruaridh's.

Yes, this is Ruaridh's moment.

[quote]it’s Ruaridh Mollica’s watchful, quietly tortured Chris that feels like the heartbeat of the play. That’s partly because, as Jake’s work colleague and the son of Sophie Melville’s recovering addict waitress, he’s the common ground between the other two characters. But more than that, Mollica draws the contrasting strands of Chris’s hardscrabble life with outstanding delicacy and a quiet, devastating magnetism. He’s an aspiring writer stuck in a dead-end job, repeatedly let down by a mother who barely accepts the sexuality he keeps hidden from the rest of this unsophisticated town; he’s kind but lowkey desperate, and Mollica delivers a hauntingly impressive West End debut.

[quote]Joe Locke feels best suited to the lighter moments, as he has excellent comic timing but struggles to find much depth of feeling in Jake - aside from a couple of moments in the script that are meant to catch the audience unawares, he is rather cold. It is Ruaridh Mollica who shines brightest, imbuing Chris with raw emotion underneath his initially brittle exterior; he also has a knack for comedy, helping him to create a well-rounded character. Mollica is undoubtedly a rising star, and one to watch as his career progresses.

Please. Looking up reviews the day of like some fans.

surprising to no one, this is another job where joe is second-best to someone else. better luck next time. look forward to ruaridh's career blossoming.

R98 Even the “bad reviews” have something positive to say about Joe whereas Kit… [QUOTE]

Connor is adorable in “Heartstoppers,” where he plays a high school jock who falls in love with a skinny, unconventional boy, but that’s the same energy he brings to Juliet — he’s a goofy puppy. When the shit hits the fan, though — when his best friend, Mercutio (Gabby Beans), is murdered by Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt (Tommy Dorfman) — Connor doesn’t register the pain of the loss, but stands dumbly on the stage. When he kills Tybalt in revenge, the moment is empty of real feeling. In the moments after that — when he’s exiled and so must leave his love; when he discovers Juliet is dead; etc. — there is no heartbreak at all. There’s not a wet eye in the house.

Kit got better reviews, poor frau.

r102 not a single romeo and juliet review said anyone in that cast was better than kit. essentially every clarkston review says ruaridh is better. i know the joe stan is miserable.

r101 "Joe Locke struggles to find much depth of feeling in Jake - aside from a couple of moments in the script that are meant to catch the audience unawares, he is rather cold."

loser!

R96 This one was the most important one because it’ll be read by the most people, so it’s crazy that there’s quite literally no opinion of Joe’s acting when he’s the lead.

R102 Are we sure? Joe debuted in stunning play not a gimmicky, tiktok trend version of Romeo and Juliet.

R106 we are, because that "gimmicky" play ended up being the first tony-nominated romeo and juliet revival out of over 100 of them, and was nominated over a denzel washington-led othello. the fact that you're having to bring up romeo and juliet at all because joe is, yet again, second fiddle to a better actor in a project is very sad. maybe joe will get lucky with a whatsonstage award that his frau stans can mass vote for again.

R95 That’s the truth. Anyway, Joe is getting great reviews for his West End Debut and more than anything, the play is well received.

r108 dying at the joe stans having to selectively cut around all of the parts that say that ruaridh is better.

Press has started to notice that he plays the same character in every job.

[quote]Heartstopper and Marvel's Agatha All Along fans hoping to see more twitchy, elfin sensitivity with undercurrents of neurotic self-absorption from Joe Locke will not be disappointed. But as with Ncuti Gatwa currently doing the opposite (but the same old) in Born With Teeth, I'd like to see something different.

No surprise, Joe nails his american accent even though the dumbos on this thread thought he would fail. Try again.

R110 The drag is supposed to be Joe being called fantastic? It’s so embarrassing. Joe has years ahead in his career.

r111 an entire review saying that £100 is too much money to pay to see joe perform. oh joe locke, the flop that you are.

r112 the drag here, retard, is that a professional critic is saying the same thing everyone on here has been saying for months. joe plays the same thing in everything. he doesn't have any range, so he keeps being hired for the same exact character every time.

R114 You're coping hard. You thought it would be a complete fail and the reviews would be terrible, but they are mostly all positive. Too bad.

they're mostly mixed.

Least surprising tweet about Joe.

R114 Being a one-trick pony can work, provided the trick is very good.

R117 Now, now. He's not an asshole, he's just under a lot of stress. I invited him to come work out with me - great stress reliever, that.

He turned me down, though.

Ruaridh and Sophie are praised in this review from The Gaurdian but Joe isn't mentioned because his performance made no impact. They gave the play 3/5.

R117 The glorious reviews really got to you, huh? You had to search his name on twitter to find something. No one cares about what a random loser on twt has to say.

R120 Retard, this was already posted.

“Glorious reviews” LMAO.

R123 Yes

Cry harder

R120 The Joe frau is too retarded to realize how important the Guardian review is, so she's going to resort to linking to stuff from random sites, blogs, podcasts with little to no viewership to cope. And all of it is going to be more glowing about Ruaridh, anyway.

Case in point, linking to a podcast with 3,557 followers at R125. The Guardian has 6.1 million followers, in case you're wondering.

R128 Joe had 20+ people from work show up for him today. A netflix PA went to see him. He's loved by all of his coworkers. This guy must be mistaking Joe for Bash.

[quote]Of course Heartstopper star Locke is the big draw here, making his West End debut as Jake, and he’s perfectly fine even if he’s acting through his accent a bit too much. It’s Ruaridh Mollica who really shines through as Chris, like River Phoenix in Stand By Me has aged ten years, a beautiful blast of vulnerability who carries all the play’s emotional heft. Fists clenched, straight as a pencil, all stiffness and brave face, over the course of the play the troubles he’s beset with eventually break him down until he’s lying foetal on the floor in despair.

R131 Retard who doesn’t know how to read. They clearly blame the direction and writing for this. Ruaridh’s part is the biggest.

Don't worry, frau, there's are many more reviews criticizing Joe and pointing out that Ruaridh outacts him.

[quote]Performance-wise, Ruaridh Mollica is the standout, bringing warmth and vulnerability to Chris. Joe Locke, in his West End debut, struggles to bring depth to Jake, and the emotional pull between the two characters is never quite there.

[quote]Of course Heartstopper star Locke is the big draw here, making his West End debut as Jake, ... he’s acting through his accent a bit too much.

[quote]Locke brings a baffled consternation to Jake that occasionally deepens into something more plaintive and agonised. He shares an appropriately fragile chemistry with Chris, who Mollica portrays as someone constantly wrestling with themselves. It’s an effective performance for the emotionally grim tenor of the play – Chris feels like an implosion waiting to happen. The talented Melville sketches Trish in more shades than the script – conveying a powerful, self-lacerating anger in the later scenes – but still feels squandered as mainly a catalyst for Chris. However, the trio’s spiky interactions are welcome.

[quote]For me however, Mollica's Chris was the absolute standout. Both hardened by his past and yet still extremely vulnerable to it, his traumas and quiet determination viscerally poured off the stage leaving you quite breathless at points.

frau said this was getting glorious reviews when it has an average of 2.9 stars and a criticscore of 58. typical delusions.

[QUOTE] Don't worry, frau, there's are many more reviews criticizing Joe and pointing out that Ruaridh outacts him

All the reviews are saying the same thing. Ruaridh inhabits the role whereas Joe is just playing Charlie again.

[QUOTE] Joe had 20+ people from work show up for him today

'From work'? Do you think of Netflix as his workplace like Tescos is your workplace? You sound insane. You have accepted that there won't be any more Heartstopper projects, right?

I haven't read the play so I didn't realise that the gargoyle hadn't even been cast in the main role! He no doubt auditioned for it but Ruaridh was much stronger.

Anyway. When’s the last time people showed up for Kit like this? Right. Never.

[QUOTE] Anyway. When’s the last time people showed up for Kit like this? Right. Never.

You are OBSESSED with Heartstopper, aren't you? Typical of a sad 15 year old girl. The cast are a bunch of unemployed losers but you seem to think they're the most desirable people on the planet.

R142 The coping. You’re seething over this. Hilarious. Stay mad because everyone loves Joe and no one cares about Kit.

R133 Posting reviews from publications no one has heard of. You’re desperate.

R144 Coming from the retard who posted an instagram story from a podcast with no followers. And that page "no one has heard of" has about 35,000 more followers than the podcast you posted.

But don't worry, there are more reviews.

[quote]Mollica is the obvious stand out. Joe Locke's more considerable experience working in front of the camera shows, as his stage presence felt quite small and contained, not ideal for the theatre.

“Joe locke puts on a confident performance in a timeless story”

I’m sure he’s crying over this “terrible” headline. Moron.

Pinknews is owned by pedos. Of course Kit stans would value their opinion.

R147 If he's stupid enough to not read the actual review, I'm sure he is. The reviewer is so charitable that he tries to make excuses for how much he sucks.

[quote]However, having seen his other work, I’m sure it can be put in part down to pre-opening night jitters and with more time in front of a live audience, I’m sure his performance will shine brighter.

remember when everyone on here predicted that ruaridh would get the better reviews? and that's exactly what happened. on top of that, multiple reviews have pointed out that he keeps playing the same character, another thing stated here often about joe. this panned out in the funniest possible way.

R150 No one cares, retard. Joe is getting great reviews. His play is original and intricate. It’s not about a gimmicky pull up kiss. It’s real acting.

Ruaridh is more senior. It makes sense he had the biggest part therefore the most flattering reactions. Sane people don’t see everything as a competition. Only bitter fraus.

If the play was doing well and the reviews were great you wouldn’t be foaming at the mouth about Romeo + Juliet and you wouldn’t be acting like it’s an accomplishment that Joe’s coworkers went to see his play.

a third of the tickets are still available for this week's shows and all of the shows starting next week are barely selling. this is what monday looks like. it's a bomb and the reviews aren't going to help at all.

R152 And if Kit was booked and busy and gave his fans content, you wouldn’t be desperately trying to tear down Joe. Nice try but Joe is just fine. Worry about fatty Kit and his micro peen.

R153 Then that’s a problem for the director and producers, not Joe.

r154 it really says a lot about the gargoyles lack of acting abilities that simply posting reviews is "tearing him down".

and that's a problem for joe, he's the one they were banking on moving tickets. why do you think the ad campaign looks the way it does?

mixed reviews, right?

yes, mixed reviews, retard.

Burst out laughing at Daily Mail.

R155 Retard, all the shows are having this problem, including Moulin Rouge and Cabaret. This isn’t a Joe Locke problem but a West End problem.

Say what you will about Joe's looks, it does take guts to do live performances like that.

R163 Amen to that

I wonder if the actors are paid with a slice of the ticket sales or otherwise. Imagine on top of the stress of performing at all having the worry if sales aren't good.

R163 Giving someone credit for doing their job is strange, but sure. R165 They get paid a set rate unless they're also producers. Then they'd have to worry about recouping the money they put into it.

r162 cabaret and moulin rouge are both selling better than clarkston and both of them are in theaters with larger capacities. moulin rouge is in a theater with double the capacity of clarkston. both of them have been running since 2021. are you a retard?

“ There’s just three actors on stage, yet Locke manages to stand out. He’s convincing and charming - you can’t help but like him.”

[QUOTE] Ruaridh is more senior. It makes sense he had the biggest part therefore the most flattering reactions.

He's only 25, just three years older than the ugly goblin. He got the main part because he's a better actor not because he's older!

Joe never gets cast as the lead. In his TV film Black Church Bay, he drowns after the first 15 minutes.

r168

[quote]Imagine if Charlie had an American accent, a degenerative condition and was working in Costco - now you’ve landed on Jake, the character he plays in Clarkston.

another review calling out the gargoyle for playing the same character repeatedly.

R169 Kit was the male lead in Romeo & Juliet and he was younger than everyone else in that play. Talent always rises above. The Joe frau doesn't realize that. R168 Now count the amount of reviews that say that Ruaridh is the star and try not to cry.

R171 Who cares? You can’t have a normal conversation like an adult. This is boring.

R163 He got the role in heartstopper by sending a self tape at 17. It takes a lot of courage to believe in oneself like that.

Don't tell anyone, but I would totally fuck Joe - I think he's probably a complete beast in bed.

R172 You're a retarded parrot who makes things up every other comment, you are the only person on here unable to have a normal conversation. People have them around you while you shriek about Kit.

The fans are loving Joe and flocking to the theater:

[quote]Loads of empty seats at today's matinee, it was like half full in the circle. Makes the bit where they're staring out at the audience at the end a bit awkward. I don't know why there's a line about Joe Locke lifting more than 60 pounds because he's certainly not carrying this play. Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville (in her very little time onstage) are doing all the work here to bring a really bad and completely irrelevant melodramatic script to life while Joe Locke seems to stand around doing nothing. Glad I spent only £25 for an on-stage seat. Any amount more and I'd probably be angry rather than quite disappointed.

This is why fatty Kit is single and sexless. No one wants to be with a secretive, loser man. Joe is having more fun with his new costar because Ruaridh is fun and open.

Zegler is quite the cunt.

R175 I love that you got called out for making things up and decided to respond by making something up. This is obviously about Josh, her actual ex, to anyone with a single brain cell.

[quote]The standout performance comes from Ruaridh Mollica as Chris, who brings the most nuance to the text.

R177 If I’m making things up then tell me who is Kit seeing? Who is he dating?

R179 I'm seeing Mr. Right (Hand). He's always there for me when I need him.

r179 not rachel, you obsessed retard.

[QUOTE] He got the role in heartstopper by sending a self tape at 17

What the hell is a 'self tape'? Learn to write, you dumb little schoolgirl. You must be the most stupid person on Datalounge.

R182 Shut the fuck up, you moronic plague.

Imagine if all the Romeo reviews had said that Rachel and the guy playing Mercutio were much better actors than Kit! Embarrassing, but it didn't happen.

The mark of a true actor is the ability to disappear into the role and become that character. Kit looked completely different as Romeo than he did as Nick, and different again for his role in Warfare.

And then we have Joe. He looks exactly the same as he did in Heartstopper. Same expressions on his face.

R184 Meanwhile, Rachel had a colossal fail with Snow White and horrible reviews for Romeo and Julie and her career is thriving. Save the teenage dramatics for those who care.

R179 He might end up back with Maia since he seems to still be single and she just broke up with Tom Francis. Although he would look especially pathetic to go back to her again for, what, the 4th time?

It’s pathetic that all of his peers have time to get into relationships and out of them, and he’s still single.

He never went back to Maia, he dumped her after Argentina and then they never got back together again.

R185 Rachel is actually talented, Joe is not. R186 They never got back together. Are you the retard that bought the photoshopped pictures of that trans model being a moron again? R187 Everyone in the Heartstopper cast (including your ugly fav) is single, you absolute retard. Joe is going on podcasts and saying he broke up with the ancient war criminal because he's not ready for a serious relationship and he wants to fuck random guys in clubs. You old, fucking clueless frau.

Locke’s West End debut is not the star vehicle his name on the posters might suggest. His Jake is self-conscious, brittle, sometimes funny, but the performance does not always dig deep enough into fear and longing. There are flashes of youthful vulnerability, yet too often the words feel spoken rather than lived.

Mollica gives the production its heart. He does not simply hold the play together, he shows why it deserves to be staged. His Chris feels more than an outline of a struggling young man. He becomes a picture of quiet pain mixed with small hope, and it is impossible not to care for him.

R189 Joe has had 3 boyfriends while Kit remained single for years. It’s not the same and you know it. It’s embarrassing for Kit that “fugly” Joe has more game than him. No one wants to date Kit.

R191 They know that Joe is desperate enough to put out.

We're dealing with the dregs of Tumblr culture here. These fraus actually believe Tobie is attractive and has exes! They genuinely don't have a clue.

r191 joe has daddy issues and kit doesn't. how do you not understand that, retard? even he regrets those relationships for how demented they were.

r193 and she think that no one would date kit. you only hear a take like that from a retarded shut-in.

[QUOTE] [R193] and she think that no one would date kit. you only hear a take like that from a retarded shut-in.

Yes, she thinks it's the end of the world if a 21-year-old man chooses not to be in a long term relationship. That's trailer trash/council estate mentality.

R192 Keep telling yourself that while fatty Kit stays single for the fourth year in a row.

R195 So funny that Kit’s fat frau fans defend his singleness. You must be a retard loser like him.

frau, your ugly fav went on a podcast to talk about how he doesn't want to be in a committed relationship because it makes him feel 35.

The Joe stan talking about anyone else being single like she's not a virgin who has never touched a dick before and doesn't spend 24 hours a day out of every day on here defending the gargoyle. You can't make this shit up.

R198 Are you so retarded you can’t comprehend simple conversations? Maybe you lack so many life experiences like Kit that you can’t understand that this is really normal and a healthy approach to life. Poor frau.

Joe in the middle of his West End debut and the frau is still obsessed with Kit’s sex life. She’s Kathy Bates in Misery.

So hilarious that people are calling Kit an incel loser and his stans have nothing to debunk that.

R202 "People" and it's one person. You. You have been told repeatedly that he keeps his life private and you don't actually know what he does or doesn't do, but you're a retard. You're used to Joe being a messy fag whose business is everywhere. The entire rest of the Heartstopper cast has managed to keep their private life private.

[quote]defend his singleness

are you some fat mormon frau who thinks a relationship defines a person or gives them some sort of special value? that being single is something that needs to be defended? you're fucking weird and retarded.

I went on that "Grindr" thing, but everyone kept calling me a "catfish"?

I'd ask Joe - I think he knows about this stuff. He doesn't take my calls, though.

R203 And you want to call me parasocial when you’ve just invented a whole story based on the fact Kit is never seen with a date? He’s not private when he’s out with his friends. He’s just undesirable and dateless. The heartstopper cast have all been seen with dates. Kit is the only one who’s dateless.

r206 you're parasocial and retarded because you're sitting here blatantly making things up about a guy you're clearly obsessed with and furious that he won't fuck you. none of the cast have been photographed on dates other than joe (an idiot who can't keep his life private), yaz (at wimbledon, a very public event so she was not trying to keep that private), and will (took her girlfriend to a couple of events, so again his decision to make public). cori, kizzy, tobie, rhea, kit, the whole rest of the cast has never been photographed on a date and do not bring dates to public events.

joe is in the middle of his west end debut and instead of talking about that in a thread that's supposed to be about him, you keep saying the same made up shit you've been saying about kit in 8 other threads that nobody buys. you need a therapist and medication. there is something deeply wrong with you beyond your low iq.

To be fair to the Joe frau, Joe's West End debut is a colossal flop. Ruaridh got better reviews, multiple critics pointed out that the Clarkston character isn't different from Charlie, and he's playing to half-empty theaters.

R207 A whole novel and yet not a single proof that Kit has dated since Maia. Take the L and shut up, retard.

I think the Joe frau's one ambition in life is to get pregnant by a trashy baby daddy and then ask the local authority to find her a flat so she can be a single mother living off unemployment benefit and obsessing over Goblin Locke. She's not an intelligent, sophisticated person.

Still no proof. All the insults in the world won’t change the fact that Kit is sexless.

R207 I’d probably use less slurs, but agree with you otherwise. She’s nuts.

Theater is half-empty for today's Clarkston show. Very, very embarrassing. I bet the gargoyle is demoralized between this and the reviews, and that's why he didn't make a post about his West End debut.

r213 that's not half-empty, that's almost entirely empty. jesus.

R214 You're right. 438 seats that are still available, 145 that are sold.

R211 Kit being a virgin for life wouldn't make Joe less fugly.

If it carries on like this the Trafalgar will probably pull the play after a month. How embarrassing for the poor gargoyle. He goes back to being jobless.

R213 You’re a retard if you think a play with a limited run is of big concern for Joe. Worry about jobless Kit. R216 At least you agree he’s a virgin.

The problem is that the play is original, the writing is not great, and the marketing has been horrible. The one date that Joe isn't on is barely selling. That means that Joe is the driving force of this play. He can't do miracles if the other people aren't doing their jobs.

R216 You get more retarded every day. Kit is not a virgin.

R219 It doesn't make a difference if Joe is there or not. He's not selling tickets. The dates before and after he's out (November 1) are just as unsold as the date he's out for.

That's still not Joe's fault, you moronic crotch-droplings. The fact that you took pictures is embarrassing. They're hiring at Wendy's.

[quote]The fact that you took pictures is embarrassing.

Bitch, are you 60 years old? They're called screenshots, you fucking retard. They take seconds to save. You're just crying and mad because he's not selling. He barely has fans, his acting is shit, the advertising campaign revolves around him, so he's the face of this mega flop.

[QUOTE] That's still not Joe's fault, you moronic crotch-droplings.

The desperate Joe frau is trying to use a typical DL insult and getting it wrong! It's 'crotch droppings', you numbskull.

Only 2.2% of people think useless Joe will still have an acting career in ten years!

Joe has the star power of an old flashlight.

The typical Kit fraus are obsessed with Joe. What else is new? Jobless behavior. She should work the corner or do something useful with her time.

R222 She’s still on this site, blabbering about Joe. Kinda pathetic at this stage. She must have no friends to support her or care about her.

Poor fatty Kit is getting replaced.

It’s funny how everyone Kit has worked with prefer working with other coworkers. Joe with Ruaridh after 1 month, Rachel with Tom and her Evita crew and Maia with The Last Sunrise cast. Even, Fisayo and basically all the heartstopper cast prefers Joe over Kit. Fatty Kit is definitely a loser. No wonder his fans have to call everyone under the sun a “nobody” to cope.

[quote]Maybe the delay is because Clarkston at Trafalgar Theatre doesn't appear to be selling well and they don't want to detract from it until after press night and reviews are out?

Selling so poorly that it's affecting other plays now. Unprecedented levels of flop. Joe Locke, his (lack of) impact!

r229 only you're retarded and parasocial enough to make up these scenarios in your head. normal people don't care.

Tomorrow's date is less than halfway sold. Between this and the reviews, Joe's never going to lead a play or a musical again. No producer is going to want another massive loss like this one.

R231 Truth hurts

R232 That’s more a problem for Ruaridh since he has the bigger part and the writer/stage director.

Fugly and already a has-been - poor Joe.

R234 It won't be a problem for Ruaridh at all. He's not the face of the play. He's not the one they sent to a bunch of radio shows and onto TV. He's not at the forefront of the poster or the one on the marquee. He wasn't the one with the expectation of bringing in fans (he has about 3.8 million followers less than Joe). He's also gotten the best reviews out of the three actors involved.

The only has been is Kit who wasn’t invited to any fashion shows this season. Got replaced by the actors of that summer show.

There goes the retard making things up again. You know what's real? Clarkston bombing.

Joe's fame (?) might have boomeranged and set expectations too high.

R238 You know what’s real? Kit not being seen at any fashion shows when all the other it boys were there. It’s not like he’s busy either. He’s been jobless for months. Cope.

[quote]Joe Locke was actually the worst out of the 3; was far more impressed with Ruaridh and Sophie.

r240 kit is on vacation, enjoying his free time before he has work back to back. joe stans don't have a place in the high fashion conversation when the best he could land for a campaign is the completely irrelevant brand ami and then they never invited him back after his campaign bombed. kit's done campaigns for loewe, jw anderson, and bmw. joe couldn't book anything that luxurious even with marvel. a complete loser.

R240 Kit is an actor and Clarkston is still a bomb. Cry more, retard.

R242 Kit got dropped from Loewe months ago, retard. They don’t care about his pasty, white ass. Let’s hope for Kit’s sake that these projects are actually going to come out and not turn out like One of Us or the Cuban’s film. His track record isn’t great.

Guess I take back what I said about Clarkston potentially turning it around after press night.

R244 This is going to age like Joe in so many ways. All of Kit's upcoming movies have distribution. Worry about Black Shit Bay selling. Even less of a chance of it being in a single movie theater with Joe's marketability and pull in the toilet.

R247 Yes, it makes sense that a Taylor Swift stan would be into a mediocre performance.

Hot men who are not queerbaiting or immature losers.

R249 An acclaimed stage actor and a gargoyle that is now 2 for 2 on being overshadowed by his more talented, hot bisexual co-star.

R250 It's like Joe sucked the fug out of him just be being next to him.

R251 Learn how to write, retard.

R251 be=by

R253 As boringly predictable as you are stupid, I see. Do fuck off.

R255 You can dish it out but can’t take it, retard? Don’t make this thread a grammar class if you can’t write properly, moron.

WTF was Miss Locke wearing with that double breasted hideous grey suit& with her hair and eyebrows?

R256 Swing and a miss, idiot.

R252 This is an AI-generated article, not a firsthand review.

R258 You're still a moron

Hot gays love Joe

Another proof. Bitter and envious fraus love Kit.

[QUOTE]

'I suppose there will be some readers who will want to know how good Joe Locke was. I’ve never even seen Heartstopper, but his performance in Clarkston is nuanced and heartfelt, with an emotional complexity and maturity that betrays his tender years. A fascinating production, as broad as it is deep.'

[QUOTE] I’ve never even seen Heartstopper, but his performance in Clarkston is nuanced and heartfelt, with an emotional complexity and maturity that betrays his tender years.

It should be 'belies' not 'betrays'. Of course illiterate people love the gargoyle - these threads are proof of that. They're also proof that 'hot gay men' think he's ugly.

R260 And you're still a boring idiot.

R260 And Joe is still fugly.

I'm not sure what is funnier, the Joe frau having to resort to searching on X for "reviews" from random gays to find anything positive about the gargoyle, or her trying to claim that Kit fans are bitter when Joe fans are defined by their bitterness and self-victimization complex.

R267 They identify with what they imagine is Joe's bitterness over being unattractive in an industry that prizes looks over talent. Of course, there's no actual indication that Joe feels that way at all.

R264 No it’s not. Just wasting everyone’s time with your grade 5 english. Fuck off.

R267 You’re so bitter that everyone loves Joe more. You created a thread to laugh at Joe. It’s pathetic. Kit is still a fatty loser. Cope.

[QUOTE] No it’s not. Just wasting everyone’s time with your grade 5 english.

You are too stupid to live. If the reviewer really was saying that Joe's performance 'betrays' his tender years he'd be criticising Joe and saying he was too immature for the role. 'Belies' means 'gives the lie to his tender years', meaning his performance is more mature than the writer expected.

But you're from Russia so you can't be expected to understand the subtleties of the English language.

Fuck off, troll. Go and do some online vocabulary quizzes.

R271 Not reading all that. Didn’t ask, don’t care. Kit is still an incel loser with a micro peen. Cope.

Ruaridh’s fan page already has more followers than Kit’s. Poor Kit.

A single one of Kit’s fan pages has 110k followers, more than every Joe and Ruaridh page combined.

R274 AI slop

R275 There is not a single AI picture on that account, retard.

Joe having to beg people to see Clarkston almost every day because it's not selling. Much deserved.

[quote]Unfortunately this was a flop for me on every level. Writing, sets, acting, none of it worked for me. Switched between being boring and over the top at times, leads had no chemistry, and Joe's character was very unlikeable.

[QUOTE] Not reading all that

So reading twelve lines of text is beyond you? Hopeless illiterate twat. Proof that only dummies stan ugly Joe and his flop play.

[QUOTE] Joe having to beg people to see Clarkston almost every day because it's not selling. Much deserved.

Jesus, ugly little Joe is beyond desperate! Coming on Instagram every day to beg his followers to watch his play. Sadly most of them are schoolgirls with a 9pm curfew.

Kit with his SOLD OUT EXTENDED RUN cannot relate to such embarrassing behaviour.

If the Heartstopper cast were One Direction, Kit would be Harry Styles and Joe would be Louis Tomlinson.

R279 It's nice of Andrew Scott to try and sell that turd because his good friend is directing it, but it won't work.

r281 kit sold out a 20-week run and joe can't even half sell out 9 weeks.

she ran out of ugly gays to link to, so now we have to hear from fat fraus that describe themselves as fangirls.

The meltdown you're having over positive reactions to the play is worrisome. Seek help. R282 Frau detected

Frau, the proof is in the pudding. Once again, the next show is about 1/4th sold. It's not even a flop, it's a bomb.

R284 Rachel did. Kit did nothing.

As has been explained to you before but you have not understood (the way you never understand anything because you’re a moron), it was Kit.

joe got a perfect new co star who he is very comfortable with and critics want to see them continuing to work together. if you watch the play you can feel the natural chemistry they have because they support each other irl and there’s no big egos. no joe fan gives af about kit anymore because they are not stuck in 2022. kit fans do us a favour and just leave

R290 Nope

R291 Not sure why Kit stans still exist. The guy does nothing and does not use his platform. He’s boring and rude. We’ve all moved on from fartstopper. Ruaridh is fun, open and expressive. Only bitter Kit stans care about how the olay is selling because they have nothing else to do.

[QUOTE] joe got a perfect new co star who he is very comfortable with and critics want to see them continuing to work together

Cretinous frau, this is a one off play not a Netflix saga like Heartstopper. They won't work together again. Ruaridh will go on to bigger things and Joe's next role will probably be Buttons in a Christmas pantomime.

Kit has fans because he's an excellent actor with varied work. It's not like he's a gargoyle that plays the same character over and over again to diminishing returns.

Anyway, in fortuitous timing Ruaridh was nominated for a BAFTA today, during the Clarkston run. It's going to be fun to see Joe force himself to repost it and be excited about it while he cries in his dressing room after being overshadowed so quickly yet again, and this time on a project built around him.

R294 Ruaridh is supposedly playing Joe's brother in Marvel, so Joe's going to be overshadowed to a larger audience.

r291 don' t know what's funnier, you saying joe fans don't care about kit when you're here seething about him and obsessing over his dick and what he does with it 24/7 or you saying that there are no egos when joe is such a cunt that patti lupone said he didn't need diva training from her.

r292 yup, retard.

r295 HAHAHAHAHA.

Has Joever the ugly twink got anything lined up after Clarkston ends? He's already filmed his 15 mins in Black Flop Bay.

R297 I left for weeks. idgaf about him besides his annoying fans. i wouldn’t even want to think about his dick because as we know he doesn’t wast his bed sheets. he stinks.

a few of you with zero followers are literally acting like obsessive creeps under joes new interview. you really think we wouldn’t notice you weirdos?

R294 They’re both obviously going to work again in the MCU, you’re brainless.

R299 They’re morons who can’t work out that there are multiple people who comment on this thread.

R295 Joe has always supported his costars happily. It’s Kit who has a stick in his butt. Kit never posts about anything or anyone except when he did for that war propaganda, trash film. No wonder everyone prefers Joe and Rachel is happier not working with the Grinch.

Kit’s at the Dior show, I know the Joe frau is punching the hair over being wrong yet again. And Kit posts his friends’ projects, so that’s another thing she’s blatantly lying about.

*air. Correcting that obvious typo because I know the frau will try to parrot the poster that always calls her out on her illiteracy.

R298 nothing, of course. r299 speaking of joe's interviews, did you read the reactions to him being a whiny bitch about his privilege? he was getting called out all over the place, and none of those accounts have 0 followers.

R304 many jealous people. he’s allowed to feel this way. if they wanted to do something with their life then they wouldn’t be this bitter.

R302 Looking like a crackhead.

R305 You just summarized the entirety of Kit stans. Jealous people who are doing nothing with their lives. That’s why a hot twink in his 20s is so triggering for them.

r306 joe? always.

He looks weird. He must have some type of disease or an addiction. I’m relieved Joe doesn’t have to deal with him anymore.

"Hot twink" and it's a guy who routinely goes viral for being hideous. Every time someone starts a new thread DL descends to call him ugly, too. His LPSG thread is the same 4 people. The only people who think he's hot are old fraus that infantilize him.

The idea that Kit has anything to be jealous about when he outperforms Joe on every metric, including looks and career. Oh, to be as cracked out as a Joe stan.

Kit looks hot. Not surprised that Jonathan poached him from Loewe.

R311 Nice projection. Kit looks depressed and high and you know it. Joe is always smiling and looking full of life.

No joe fan gives a fuck about him. He’s only nice to him because of tobie and if you haven’t clicked that yet then idk. We not gonna force ourselves to like him anymore. The show is over.

The "no Joe fans give a fuck about him" thing goes straight out the window with you two obsessed retards. Also goes out the window when you recall that the Joe fans made his opening night just a handful of days ago about Kit not being there. They didn't care about Will not being there, but they were desperate for Kit to be there.

R313 Joe looking cracked out a couple of days ago.

I hope he gets the help he needs because this looks rough.

R85

[quote]He’s not the IT boy anymore, he doesn’t get invited to important fashion shows. Too bad.

Love how every single one of her comments ages like shit.

r316 fatty tobie needs to stop giving him coke. he looks deranged.

Kit stans were obsessed with Kit being at press day. Joe stans haven’t mentioned Kit in years. We don’t give a fuck about this loser. He can crawl back to his hole.

R315 You are talking about heartstopper fans btw. If it annoys you tell them to move on.

R321 joe doesn't have any fans outside of heartstopper stans. not even them given how hard clarkston is bombing.

r320 kit stans didn't give a fuck. it was all joe stans. joe stans, even the ones in this thread, are the only ones that give a fuck about the heartstopper cast being up each other's asses.

R322 that’s all delusion.

R323 joe and tobie are obviously real life best friends. imagine being bitter because want to stay in each others lives

of course joe wants to stay in tobie's life, he helps him pay the rent and provides him with coke. tobie isn't even subtle about using.

R322 You mean Kit. Joe has fans in the MCU. He’s a broader actor. Kit is only known for heartstopper to this day. They used heartstopper music in the background of his Dior appearance.

R325 You don’t have real arguments. Kit is the one with rumors of using. Joe isn’t.

R325 The line being so visible is so funny.

r326 "broader actor" made me laugh out loud. half of the clarkston reviews say that he's playing another version of charlie. and he didn't gain any fans, he stayed 2 million followers below kit even after his marvel debut. whenever people talk about him in the marvel fandom, it's to shit on him. all of the press still refers to him as the heartstopper actor. so much for marvel advancing his career. all he's booked since is a shit play and a movie with no distribution in which he dies after the first 10 minutes.

The matinee was half-empty again and the evening show still has a ton of tickets left. No wonder crackhead Joe stans continue to fume about Kit.

Hopefully Kit has better fans that care about his well ending than the basement dwellers in this thread.

“you save your face but take it out on your nose” “the white wind blows”

and that’s the dude who complained about a fucking coffee breath. self hating asshole

R329 Again, that’s incorrect. Your delusional and honestly frightening hatred for Joe is distorting reality. The reviews are on the majority positive.

R332 Nurse, she’s out again.

R334 She’s actually so delusional it cracks me up.

The only self-hating asshole is Joe, who has admitted to internalized homophobia repeatedly and whose life's ambition is to play masc and straight. But I will give him some credit, he doesn't only hate himself. He hates the 7 fans he has, too. He's constantly a douchebag to them. No wonder Clarkston is empty between his horrible personality and his shitty acting.

R333 Not a single review says he's the best part of the play and the reviews calling him Charlie 2.0 are very easily found in this thread and online, but unfortunately you are extremely delusional and in denial. The rest of the Joe fraus were whining about them and trying to delude themselves into thinking it wasn't true.

The only one who got great reviews across the board was Ruaridh. Everything else is just cope.

i feel like kit stans need to accept the album is about him and move on. if bash comes out with a song in any way close to that we can talk again

Why would Kit stans accept something that nobody outside of the favelas of Brazil thinks is true? Only a single picture of them together exists at a random event. There's nothing concrete anywhere.

it is extremely funny that the joe stans can't stop talking about kit. the gargoyle is in the middle of his west end debut and it's such a boring bomb that the obsession with kit has only gotten strong.

back on the subject of this thread: crackhead.

R338 From the preview on his tiktok, the worst could be a song about loving someone forever and teenage love. Nothing like what Conan wrote about Kit.

R341 His pupils are perfectly normal. Coke where?

R341 Yikes.

let's take a look at how the crackhead's play is doing tomorrow. oh, what's this? another show that's not even halfway sold?

r339 those retards are in denial about reality (clarkston being a bomb, the bad reviews that joe got, joe being hideous, joe's career being shit), of course they believe something with not a single shred of evidence. they're not constantly called retards on here for nothing.

anyways, crackhead.

R346 You’re in denial over the heartstopper cast preferring Joe, Kit being sexless and Kit using drugs. You can’t say that Joe’s career is a flop when he’s an Emmy nominee at 22. Nice try.

R345 Not going to lie, it has to be really demoralizing to be an actor playing to half an audience. I feel bad.

R348 Lies. All the shows this week are in low availability.

r347 an emmy that kit won over him, because kit is the better actor. better in heartstopper, better on the stage, better with an american accent. it eats you up alive. nobody over the age of 12 cares who the heartstopper cast prefers. especially when kit manages to also have friends outside of his coworkers, unlike joe.

R349 Click the link and look at the actual seating chart, moron.

apart from having the seating maps readily visible, multiple people on theatre board who have actually gone to the shows have said they're selling poorly. people who don't know joe from adam, so you can't start crying about kit stans for this one.

R350 You’ve made how many threads about this again? It eats YOU alive that cast members like Joe more. It eats YOU alive that people find Joe attractive. It eats YOU alive that no matter what you say, Joe keeps thriving.

r353 zero threads, retard. and he's not thriving when he can't sell out a tiny theatre and his reviews are middling. which is why you're here crying about kit.

R354 Says who? A basement dweller? His reviews are good and he’s thriving. Cope.

the most delusional thing is them saying joe has no friends who aren’t his co workers

R356 Nothing they say makes sense.

new joe pictures, you going to post them or are you gonna keep crying about kit being better than joe?

If Joe had real friends outside of the Heartstopper cast, you wouldn't need to brag about them like it's some sort of accomplishment. That's happening because you're insecure. Not that there isn't a lot to be insecure about. Ruaridh is the shining star of what was meant to be Joe's star vehicle.

R359 It’s funny you care more than Joe about the reviews. Get a life.

R359 ruaridh adores joe you don’t need to put them against each other

kit stans should worry about kit looking like he’s 35

The gargoyle has that thousand yard stare coke addicts get.

R358 They're obsessed with Kit, that's not going to change. R361 There's nothing to pit against each other. Ruaridh is a much better actor than Joe. No competition. R362 He looks mid-20s. When he shaves the facial hair he looks 20 again. That's the magic of being an actor who can change his appearance and play different parts. Not like the gargoyle looking the exact same (ugly) in everything.

Kit didn’t even trend today. The more talented ginger did.

Kit has been trending the entire day and has been getting coverage on all of the major fashion sites. Looks like Ruaridh liked his look, he's liking posts of Kit at the show. How funny.

r365 the nepo baby that only gets hired because of who his dad was and who is overshadowed in every project? david jonsson ate him up in the long walk. r366 LMAO.

R366 You’re the only retard who thinks these people are in competition with each other.

r368 hey retard, you're the one that keeps doing that with people on here. "the more talented ginger".

joe fans are going to go into hysterics if ruaridh and kit follow each other.

R369 Ruaridh is too interesting and fun to follow Kit. No one would have to do that if you’d fuck off, retard. You started it by being obsessed with Joe.

R366 Kit looks hot, I don’t blame Ruaridh.

R371 Making stuff up again

R372 The like is very much there, dimwit.

[quote]Since watching it it's become more and more obvious it's likely the skilled work of Joe Locke's agent to find him a cheap play licensed by Concord that isn't too long, barely has any set, has only two other people they'd have to pay, and exploits/lines up with what's he's known for (playing a lead in a gay drama) and can run for a short time in a mid-sized venue to maximise potential profit against running costs. I read a lot of people saying they don't understand why this play in particular has been staged and they don't understand the overall point of the play and I think it's because it's been made with no kind of artistic intention.

It would have been funny if Kit sat on the stage for one of the shows - in disguise of course.

I still think it would creepy me out as an actor to have the audience sitting that close.

R374 Posting reviews from people who can’t critically engage with art is hilarious. Worry about Kit and is war propaganda, imperialist filmography.

R375 I’m sure they’re used to it by now, but the audience on stage seems like an unnecessary stressor when they serve no purpose, narratively or thematically.

R376 It’s 2025, bitch. Stop making your media illiteracy everyone else’s issue.

An oldie but goodie for the retard:

[quote]This will inevitably mean accusations of being pro-war, or Blairite, and so on – though anyone who can watch and listen to the attack that ensues and think “what a marvellous advert for war, and the Iraq War specifically” has the IQ of a cheese and onion crisp.

R377 Come up with a better comeback, retard. You’re insanely boring.

R378 Actual review from someone with critical thinking abilities

not the fraus thinking a like means anything. ruaridh likes many peoples pictures. he also liked rachels stuff. he doesn’t even follow her

they’re desperate and obsessed with the idea that everyone is thirsting over kit who’s aging like milk.

R379 It’s not a “comeback,” you’re legitimately an idiot with no media literacy.

R380 Robbie Collin (the critic that said that you have the IQ of a cheese and onion crisp) is an acclaimed film critic notable enough to have his own Wikipedia entry. He's not some random retarded YouTuber like the one you linked. Try not to embarrass yourself so frequently on here.

why is a joe stan talking about military propaganda when that little faggot signed a contract with a corporation known to work with the department of defense to produce propaganda and who was a cum dump for a war criminal for a year and a half?

R385 is this Marvel film the frau keeps bringing up just another of her fantasy jobs for the gargoyle? I can't see anything about it online.

kit and ruaridh won’t follow each other. the whole heartstopper cast didn’t started to follow ruaridh either. not even tobie

Kit looked good but a bit stoned out at the Dior event. Wonder why he left the after party early. He recently started following a bunch of private instas of people who seem like film students.

R388 He left alone too. He’s really a loser who can’t make friends. It’s sad.

R384 The guy you’re calling a retard is from Iraq and he has intensive knowledge on the situation, but of course Kit stans are racist pieces of shit. Add that to the list.

r389 Think he met up with friends after. Several were in Paris for the show.

R391 Do we have pictures of him with friends? I must have missed that.

r390 he's still a retard. being iraqi doesn't magically bestow media literacy on somebody. joe stans can't call anyone a racist when joe has the dick of a white supremacist and has fucked a guy that killed brown men before fucking any brown men.

R386 No, there's nothing about Joe being in any of the movies. The television characters are largely irrelevant to the movies and his is on some D-team. R387 Retard, check again. R388 He didn't leave early and you're making up who he's followed. He's followed a single private account in the last couple of months and that man is not a film student. Everyone else he's followed is in the industry and has a public account. Again, are you the retard that believed the Shayna stuff? Because you seem like a complete moron who makes things up all the time. R391 He also met new people. He's mutuals with more celebrities now.

R393 What makes him a retard? Quickly! Tell us what was ill informed or idiotic about his statement? I bet you can’t do that because you’re too dumb. People that enjoyed the film are in the comments, agreeing with him. You’re a moron.

R395 Why would I bother explaining anything to you when you're another retard and you don't know the difference between fact and fiction? Take that up with someone who has as much time to waste as you do.

joe stans gave up on the talentless gargoyle and are rooting for ruaridh.

R397 Joe stans are not bitter and jealous freaks? They can support other actors? They don’t feel the need to laugh at other queer actors? Who would have thought. Too bad not everyone has a sensible fandom like that.

R396 As I thought. You’re a moron.

Retards said this was going to be an online cover only. The dumb Kit stains are always wrong.

R400 joe relegated to the inside, not the cover, and not being visible until you fold the thing open. sounds about right.

R397 The stans can't even deny that Ruaridh is better in every way. The gargoyle will never be the best part of a project in his life. It's going to be a repeat of Heartstopper. Ruaridh will be nominated for the Olivier and Joe won't. R398 Hahahahahahaha, cope harder retard.

I wonder if Ruaridh is seeing anyone?

R401 Where’s Kit again?

R402 You’re the only one who cares about this. That’s how pathetic your life is. I feel sad for you.

R404 On covers, not inserts.

Anyway, another half-empty show for Joe tomorrow.

they are so random and comfortable. it’s nice to see

[QUOTE] joe got another labubu and put it on the other side of his jacket pls he's so sweet 😭

Jesus, Joe is just like a teenage girl himself! Labubus are for fraus. Such a desperate little queen.

R407 Such a difference when your costar isn’t weird or emotionally immature.

the joe frau trying to make joe and ruaridh as a unit happen and sounding like a teenage girl about it when nobody cares is very funny. ThEy aRe sO RaNdOm aNd cOmFoRtAbLe!

r406 no wonder he's always begging people to buy tickets on instagram. even clarkston has pivoted to promoting ruaridh more since the gargoyle is a flop.

R406 You need a new prescription.

R410 It’s okay. You don’t have to have a meltdown over it. I’m sure Kit will one day have this sort of bond too.

Kit already has it multiple times over (like with Michael Gandolfini), his fans just don't make it his entire personality and don't act like it's some sort of special accomplishment to have friends like Joe's do. Must be because of how undersocialized Joe's stans are.

Love to see it

if joe and ruaridh really had the friendship that fraulein thinks they do, ruaridh would've gone to joe's birthday. he didn't. he doesn't see joe outside of work.

r414 well, he's a music director, not an acting director. maybe he can get his friends to buy tickets so joe can play to at least a single sold out show at some point.

R416 Triggered much? It’s okay. You’ll live.

The auditorium was really empty, at a generous guess just under half full. I’d not heard of Joe Locke before, and I’m not sure I’d go search him out again, his character came across as whiny and self obsessed. The other two were good.

Such a surprise this hasn’t sold better - I really thought it’d be a sell out on the strength of Joe Locke’s Heartstopper popularity.

Would it be a different story if they’d booked Kit Conner?

It’s also really awkward that with the lighting and stage seating, there’s 60 or so people on stage every night who can see exactly how empty it is.

I would be so embarrassed to perform to such an empty audience.

I am gobsmacked that this is selling so badly. I can't understand it.

415 this is embarrassing coming from a kit stan knowing that he didn’t meet up with michael after they stopped filming and they only became closer through press

r422 They’re mad because joe can make friends more easily. Jealousy is a disease.

R419 Kit ConnER. Oh, the flop he is.

All these dumb little fraus care about is who is friends with who! Typical of schoolgirls but not adults.

Joe is paying his stage dues. Whether or not he realized he'd be paying them, who knows.

R410 not trying to make it happen. it will happen naturally. nobody will remember your fav was joes co star or the cringy show. they gonna be in MARVEL together

Leaving this hell hole because I have a life. You can keep talking to a wall if you’d like. I’ll just say this:

Kit Connor lacks sincerity and emotional intelligence. His interviews with Joe showed that. He’s afraid of his own skin. Unsure if he’s really queer or scared to be. Until he figures it out, his acting will not feel grounded. His looks will fade rapidly if he continues to drink excessively and smoke too much.

Joe Locke keeps improving in his art and in his personal life. For now, he is the true reflection of success.

Bye, losers!

yeah, nobody cares. kit is the better actor and that's reflected in his work, his critical reviews, public opinion, and his awards.

R422 Are you retarded? He kept hanging out with Michael the entire almost year before the movie came out. They were both living in New York. And then he's kept meeting up with him afterwards and they travel to see each other.

R428 And then you woke up.

[quote]nobody will remember your fav was joes co star or the cringy show.

you're right. because kit will move on to better things and joe will fade away. joe won't be known at all.

[quote]they gonna be in MARVEL together

another medium for ruaridh to overshadow joe in. i can't wait.

R432 Yup, Joe will be the fugly brother.

R430 probably tried to fuck him aswell to find out if he’s really bi

R434 He asked me about it, so I showed it to him.