cole

cole | he/him | minor

[noodlearg]

i watched heartstopper forever this morning and people are already being so weird about it. this may be a slightly long post so i’m gonna put a read more. also SPOILERS !!!

literally the only posts i’ve seen talking about this movie have been stuff along the lines of “nick nelson being a bottom was not on my bingo card”

like. can we not? these characters are children. and sure teenagers are allowed to have sex and i think the show itself did a great job of representing childhood sexual experiences without overly sexualizing them. but of course, on the internet, everybody’s going to be sexualized no matter how it’s portrayed in the show.

i just wish people paid more attention to the message of the movie than just purely focusing on sex. because while yes, they did have a couple of sex scenes, that’s not what the movie is about. it’s about discovering who you are as a person away from your romantic relationships. it’s about learning how to communicate with your partner even when you don’t want to upset them. plus, there were so many little, beautiful moments that nobody is taking about.

a small boy being the first person to show up for the LGBTQ+ club that charlie organized.

mr. farouk and mr. ajayi dancing together at prom, surrounded by students cheering them on.

tori talking about how, although her relationship with michael is quite different than a typical relationship between a boy and a girl, it is still valid and they still have each other.

elle being scared to go to pride because of how difficult it is to exist as a trans person in the year 2026, then leading an entire float full of queer people chanting about how they want trans rights. 

nick helping a scared dog become more confident and thereby getting her adopted and smiling for the first time since breaking up with charlie.

mr farouk saying that queer people have never asked permission to exist.

two older men ordering coffees at the cafe charlie works at and just being another old married couple (one of which was played by sir derek jacobi??? what???)

the movie itself was just okay but it really shined in these little moments that really encapsulated the queer experience.

also it’s kind of weird watching this show as a grown adult now lol it came out when i was a teenager and i don’t really feel like i’m in the target audience for it anymore. but i hope younger queer people really connected with this movie. i just wish people, especially adults like me, handled the sexual themes of this movie with more tact.

[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

[heartstoppercomic]

Mini-Comic: Dear Diary

12-year-old Nick writes a journal entry about his friends.

Read Heartstopper Online

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

Heartstopper updates three times a month, on the 1st, 11th, and 21st at 11am UK time.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[dogpuppy]

[eggwaterwoman]

My favorite Npcs

[bestquarterback11]

I made You cute

What the hell is this

[destinytomoon-deactivated202006]

Japan: has brown/dark skinned/black people also gay people, trans/non binary people

Stupid Weebs:

[succulentbud]

Asia: *contains a rich diversity of cultures, LGBT folk, and skin tones*

Weebs who’s Asian knowledge comes from just anime:

[mendokayalways]

Asia: *includes India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and several other countries besides China, Japan, and the Koreas*

White people: “yOu’Re NoT aSiAn YoU’rE iNdIaN”

[010101001010101]

Reblogging just for the last post

[johnny-boy-17]

Yeah a little louder for those in the back please?

[stopiwanttotalkaboutcheese]

funniest thing about the halftime show is that the audience seems to be generally divided into "what the FUCK is this/OMG IT'S THE MUPPETS/what in the world was that bieber song?" and somehow all of those opinions are 100% correct

[skeevers]

Medieval Monk Bear from Historic Scotland

[dailycasserole]

"Look, the Tall Man is the only one who knows how to stop the final paradox. I'm gonna find him. I'm gonna make him talk."

"And then what? He's the man who killed your father. I hope you get your vengeance, Cole, while we all wait here for ours."

Cassie & Cole in Hyena. 2x09.

[coquettemouseevil]

Those days I only had two neurons left, and they were both competing for third place

[nelikko]

Chad and Chesterrr!!! I like how the dog bites Greacers if they get close.

The paper COULD NOT hold watercolor😭

I want to start painting some of the charecters more idk wich ones tho, so many choises

[voiz34]

Hai guys I’ve been playing bully

[brutalwrye]

Boxing Challenge

[badassdemonsword]

[tarragonthedragon]

i just got the "see where your blood has gone!" email from giving blood but it glitched and just showed me my current location. which. theyre not wrong. that is where most of my blood is

[pyrot1cc]

i was watching the world cup and one of my cats was napping in the corner and she got up just for justin bieber #raisedherright ?