Just Binged All Of Heartstopper And Absolutely Cried My Eyes Out.

just binged all of heartstopper and absolutely cried my eyes out.

as a bisexual person myself, watching the journey nick goes on to try figure out his sexuality and his coming out was probably the most relatable depiction of the experience that I have seen. The confusion and questioning, the “am I gay?” quizzes, watching pirates of the Caribbean and looking from Orlando bloom to Keira knightly and thinking hmm yes both are beautiful, meeting other queer people who you connect with and share your experiences, I just,,,, wow.

Maybe I’ve just not watched a lot of queer film/tv with bisexual representation but it was so refreshing to see the added struggles that bisexual people sometimes face when trying to figure out their sexuality. Sometimes I still feel like I’m lying to myself about whether I actually do like both men and women or if I should just “pick a side”. but NO, bisexuality is so SO valid and I’m just feeling a lot of love for absolutely everyone in the queer/lgbtqia+ community right now.

NICK & CHARLIE + HEARTSTOPPER SEASON 1

When I‘m about to rewatch Heartstopper for the 4th time

nick and charlie + hands

↳ HEARTSTOPPER (2022)

would you kiss me? yeah.

Nick's bisexuality arc is probably one of - if not the - best part of heartstopper to me. Coz it's genuinely so nice to have a plot where a questioning character gets to not only research his sexuality, but also to talk to other queer people about their identities. He doesn't know automatically how he feels and he doesn't assume what anyone else goes through, so he goes and asks other queer people about their experiences

Nick asking Charlie about how he knew he's gay and asking Tara if she felt anything for him when they were younger is so nice to see, because you can see him start to understand that he doesn't relate to those parts of their queerness. He gets a chance to compare their experiences with same-gender attraction, and it helps him to figure out that he isn't gay but that another label would fit him better

And when he does decide that he's bisexual, he's accepted without arguments. The only time someone questions it is when his mum says that he doesn't have to say he likes girls if he doesn't, and when he confirms that he does like girls, she immediately believes him

Just them depicting a arc where people believe and celebrate him for learning that he's bisexual is so beloved. You can tell that this is a show written by queer people for queer people, and the compassion they show closeted people and bisexuals is just incredible because of it