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guys i love heartstopper sm <33
The symbolism behind each Heartstopper animation is something that can be so personal.
Birds are connected to Nick, and the bird animations always come in pairs, obviously alluding to the “lovebirds” metaphor. Birds also symbolize freedom, and a huge part of Nick’s character arc is learning to be himself, free of society’s expectations for him.
Leaves are connected to Charlie and allude to the idiom, “winds of change.” It’s the whole “you can’t see the wind, but you can see how it moves the leaves in the trees” thing; in other words, a big, unstoppable change is coming, and you don’t notice it until the effects are already underway. Specifically, the type of change represented in the show is one of a romantic nature. Leaves also symbolize growth; a tree often has to lose all its leaves and appear dead before it can prosper (“its always darkest before the dawn” and shit). This is about all the hardships Charlie faces in the series.
Butterflies are connected to Elle and allude to the “butterflies in your stomach” metaphor as well as her being trans. Butterflies show up when Elle and Tao have there *moment* in episode eight and almost kiss, emphasizing their nervousness about uncharted territories. However, butterflies also represent positive change, which is something that Elle is very slowly learning to accept as a part of life. As she said in episode three, change can be a good thing.
Stars are connected to Tao and allude to the idiom, “stars in your eyes.” To have stars in your eyes means to be overly idealistic, and Tao clearly strives to make everything his own idea of perfect because he’s afraid of change (a nice contrast to Elle’s butterflies btw). And in episode five, we literally see stars in the reflection of Elle’s glasses while she looks at him. Stars also represent protection, and Tao is very protective of his loved ones.
Then, the flowers symbolize love blooming (ex: they appear during Nick and Charlie’s first kiss) and growing up (ex: they appear before Nick walks off the field in episode eight, and a painting of flowers are shown in the background when Nick comes out to his mom — both of these scenes were moments where Nick matured as a person).
And like, these are just my favorite ones; there are plenty others with plenty of symbolism. The attention to detail in this show is killing me.
me with skz, txt, genshin, heartstopper (+ my hamilton era)
“I’m gonna be normal about consuming this piece of media”
*narrator voice* she was, in fact, not normal about consuming this piece of media
ARE WE SEEINF SKZ AT MAMA HELLO ?!?!??? also the ive x kepler x nmixx x lesserafim x new jeans collab has my heart 💗💗💗
its giving loyalty and mental illness