Starry Into The Osemanverse

she/her ♤ asexual ♤ aromantic I love the works of Alice Oseman so I’ve decided to dedicate this Blog to my obsession with all of them <3

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HELP I JUST REALIZE THAT CHARLIE CANT SPEAK SPANISH BUT IF YOU READ HEARTSTOPPER IN SPANISH ITS KINDA FUNNY THEN

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I know that in solitaire Tori explicitly says that she doesn’t like Jane as her mother very much but I don’t believe her

First of all, Tori is an unreliable narrator which people constantly forget. We can tell that she’s an unreliable narrator from really small details and exaggerations in the narrative (like when she says she had a dream in her sleep, then a couple days later she claims she hasn’t slept in a week) and the content of heartstopper surrounding the solitaire timeline

Second, Tori is a teenager so it’s more likely than not that she’s hostile towards her parents at times for no given reason

This hostility and unreliable narration makes readers villainise Jane because of the way Tori describes mundane interactions. For example, when Jane wouldn’t iron Tori’s skirt. I’m don’t blame Jane for that because Tori makes it apparent throughout her presence in the osemanverse that she doesn’t care much about what she wears, so her harassing Jane (she does quite literally just repeats the word ‘mum’ until Jane snaps) before 8am is obviously going to piss anyone off when they have two other children, a job and other things to take care of. In addition to Tori’s established apathy it is objectively such a non issue at the end of the day because Tori easily could’ve worn the skirt without pleats or layer up like she did anyway which was probably more effective since it was so cold, and even if you think it was a nasty thing for Jane to do Tori herself gets over it within half an hour. Because of all of this I think it’s important to remember that Jane is just a regular mum- she’s not evil she’s just normal

What’s more, a lot of people think that Jane being ‘normal’ translates to Jane being apathetic because she’s not as vocally of physically affectionate as other osemanverse characters can be like Sarah. But just because Jane doesn’t show affection the way Sarah does doesn’t mean she doesn’t want anything to do with Tori, Charlie or Oliver. My reasoning for this is that since Tori admits that she and Jane are so similar, I head canon that they show affection in similar ways. E.g. since Tori’s love language is quality time I wouldn’t be surprised if Jane’s were too- I can totally imagine the two of them trying to make it through a movie but they both find it cheesy so end up making fun of it or they’re just sitting on their laptops in the same room. By this logic it’s not fair to call Jane an absent parent since you can tell that she is present - especially because we see her supporting Charlie throughout his mental health journey even if they argue (and clearly she would support Tori too)

Lastly I think a lot of people gloss over the fact that if Jane slips up then it’s because she has legitimate trauma from her own mother- Alice has drawn a panel of Jane being hit, Jane’s parents appear in solitaire and are unpleasant and Jane admits to their bad tendencies in the comic. This might not justify her behaviour but it does explain it, which is arguably better than nothing, and it also puts into perspective what actual bad parenting is. Jane comes nowhere close to how awful her parents were to her

I don’t know whether I wrote all of this because I’m getting along much better with my mum or because I started thinking about the Jane and Julio story but what I’m trying to say is that I love Jane Spring

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YES YES YES YES

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i think about older nick and charlie a lot

(i’d love if you noticed the details i put in these, ty <3)

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there he is

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Omg, he is so cutee😭😭😭

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Forever.

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i think about older nick and charlie a lot

(i’d love if you noticed the details i put in these, ty <3)

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zzzzZZ

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No Heartstopper update today! My page drawing has slowed down a little while we've been shooting the Heartstopper film.

The next update will be on August 1st ❤️

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extremely emo about nick and charlie at the moment

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t-shirt + a tote bag for pride month is a go btw!! haven't come up with designs yet but let me know if you have anything you'd particularly wanna see on them!

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isaac henderson fanart :0 i love him so much he makes cry hwehjsdhwhe wishing fellow aros/aces a happy pride month !!

(textless version under the cut) also!! i wana try getting on vgen :00

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need an alice oseman book/comic with main character whos ace, aro or both!! and they get into a qpr or a romantic one but sex is never, absolutely NEVER involved, it doesn't even exist in their little world

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Happy International Asexuality Day!! Shoutout to all of my self-shippers on the asexual spectrum!!! 💜✨

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what do you wish more people understood about solitaire?

Becky Allen. I can go into more detail if anyone wants bc I genuinely love her so much as a character

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"sometimes i think if nobody spoke to me, i'd never speak again."

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Micheal Holden from solitaire but he’s a shrew

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Shicheal Shrolden 🗣️‼️

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"There’s a time and a place for being normal. For most people, normal is their default setting. But for some, like you and me, normal is something we have to bring out, like putting on a suit for a posh dinner."

-Alice Oseman, Solitaire

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Michael Holden basically telling Tori that he’s autistic like she is