bellerine

i'll recover if You keep me alive♥-O.A.♥

[bellerine]

JOURNEY

Episode 4 is an incredibly special one. <3 <3

It means the world to me.

It was like watching a chapter of my life back on screen from when i was 15, a part of my life that was riddled with shame and that carried through to my twenties as well.

I will never be able to put into words my immense gratitude to Alice, not only for creating the most beautiful and kindest story of all time (and i could write an actual book about how important all of Heartstopper is but i am not gonna do that here) but for the first time in my life, i felt like FINALLY somebody got it right.

Charlie’s eating disorder was shown with so much empathy, care, nuance and sensitivity. IT MADE SENSE TO HIS STORY. It was consistently there and in such a realistic way. For once it was shown WHY EDs develop and how they affect you EMOTIONALLY. That they are mostly about control and less so about body image. For once you could understand why this happens to somebody, it wasn’t used as a plot device, it was not made to look ’shocking’ and triggering, but it also wasn’t resolved easily and immediately after he got help. I am eternally grateful that so many people get to see this and see how you can approach this issue and get some understanding and see how this has everything to do with emotions and so very little with how you look like, that’s just a symptom of it.

Watching it i just knew that they really took the time to get this right, and my god, it shows and it MATTERS so much.

I never had much empathy towards my own ED because unlike Charlie, i did get treated like shit for it and this is especially why it matters so much to me that now a whole lot of people get to understand this illness better and maybe approach it with kindness instead of blame and shame.

But seeing Charlie’s story made me see myself differently, after so so so many years of struggling with this and hating myself for it, for the first time i felt some sense of empathy and forgiveness that i never felt before.

So i just wanted to create a little drawing for that episode because i will never comprehend how perfect it is from start to end

and as i said before i will never be able to properly say how thankful i am.

All my love goes to Alice and to the incredible cast as well, what a performance. <3   They also seem like the kindest and nicest people who are incredibly talented and sensitive as well

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

(also i am gonna share the drawings one by one as well because i just meshed them together here)

[heartstoppercomic]

Epilogue - Part 2

The end.

Thank you for everything.

Read Heartstopper Online

More info/buy the books: https://aliceoseman.com/

The Heartstopper webcomic has now concluded.

Epilogue letter in text form:

Dear Heartstopper readers,

The Heartstopper webcomic’s first update dropped on September 1st 2016. Today, on April 11th 2026, the story has concluded.

I don’t quite know how to put all of my feelings into one letter. Heartstopper means more to me than words can express, but I’ll try my best.

Heartstopper has defined the past decade of my life. It started as a fun side project and quickly grew into something much bigger, eventually becoming my career. Despite that huge and unexpected change, making the Heartstopper comic feels the same to me as it did on day one. When I sit down to make Heartstopper, I feel at peace. When the world feels so scary and difficult, I have been able to return to Heartstopper, and everything feels okay again for a little while. 

Nick and Charlie first appeared as supporting characters in my first novel, ‘Solitaire’. In Solitaire, Nick and Charlie represent the idea that hope, love, joy and connection can persist and thrive despite the trials and tribulations of being alive. So maybe it’s ironic that Nick and Charlie have come to represent this in my own life. They have brought me joy. They have given me purpose. They have given me everything, really. And I’m so grateful for every moment I have spent with them.

Heartstopper is profoundly special to me. Which makes it extremely hard to say goodbye.

But it is time. I always knew that Nick going to university would be the end point of the story. And despite how sad I am to be bidding farewell to these characters, I am so, so proud and excited to have made it to the end and concluded the story exactly the way I wanted to.

Any webcomic creator can tell you that making a webcomic requires a heavy amount of determination and endurance. To draw a page almost every day for the past ten years has required a lot of sacrifice and a lot of energy. But every moment was worth it. And now that it is complete, Nick and Charlie’s story can be experienced from beginning to end, for the rest of forever.

I wouldn’t have made it here alone. From the very start, Heartstopper’s readers have offered so much support, love, community, conversation, and enthusiasm. Knowing that there are people out there who love these characters just like I do has given me the strength to keep going. I’ve also had the support of many colleagues, friends, and family members, who’ve all helped in different ways at various points in the past decade. Thank you so, so much to everyone who has been here for the journey. 

I have no idea what I’ll make next. For now, I’m taking a break. And I know that Nick and Charlie won’t simply vanish. I expect I will always return to drawing them and writing about them, probably in smaller ways, for the rest of my life, as long as my body allows.

Nick and Charlie will forever be in my heart, hand in hand on a beach somewhere.

Thank you, everyone.

Lots of love,

Alice x

[bellerine]

All of my Love

truly

[saevity]

it snowed today here's a tori ❄️❄️❄️

[bellerine]

<3 <3 !!

[bellerine]

jellyyyyy

[bellerine]

loveliest ending to 2025 <3 <3

[bellerine]

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<3 <3 !!

[chronicintrovert]

Despite their busy adult lives, they always manage to reunite for an annual Friendmas dinner ❤️

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Thank you for your support for @heartstoppercomic this year!!!

[madgirlscosm-deactivated2025051]

(excerpted from Leila Chatti's poem: "Tea", published in Missouri Review)

[sci-universe]

Tiny starfishes I captured in the aquariums of Artis Royal Zoo, Amsterdam

[konoko]

[narliee]

You have so much love to give, you don't have to give it all to me. Well, I wanted to. I'd do it all again.

[bellerine]

<3 <3

[juniper-petunia]

they should make a version of socializing that doesn’t make you feel like you’re still the weird 12 year old kid that doesn’t know why she’s not normal like the other kids

[bellerine]

please

[kosmogrl]

the end of august feels like having to say goodbye to someone you love knowing you won’t see them for a while

[bellerine]

saying goodbye to summer always breaks my heart

[bellerine]

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