Mar 28
darrens leavers jacket saying ‘rivers’ on the back of it omg i wanted to cry
AND WAS THE BOWLIO NOT JUST SHARK POOL REINCARNATED????? YOU CANT TELL ME IT WASNT A REFEREMCE TO THE OG HBH
AND THE CAR INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE BROOOOOOOO
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darrens leavers jacket saying ‘rivers’ on the back of it omg i wanted to cry
AND WAS THE BOWLIO NOT JUST SHARK POOL REINCARNATED????? YOU CANT TELL ME IT WASNT A REFEREMCE TO THE OG HBH
AND THE CAR INSIDE THE WAREHOUSE BROOOOOOOO
Heartbreak High (Season 1-2) characters if you asked to copy their homework
(reposted because I forgot Lucy, & added a dishonourable mention for Rocco (he’s young enough to count, I think)).
heartbreak high, 1x08
Heartbreak High, the reboot
While binging all of the seasons of OG Heartbreak High (don’t you just love the 90s? 🥹), I discovered there was a reboot of the show released in 2022. But to my utter astonishment, they decided to my men, former bad boy/ current best boii, Peter Rivers so dirty by remaking him into “an ex-racist, sexist, homophobic man, likely formerly transphobic too” (©️ fandom). What the hell were they thinking?! Admittedly, he was a douche, but then again this is the same dude who at some point was friends with Rose, Jack, and Chaka (🇱🇧🇻🇳🇸🇻 respectively); started a very groundbreaking albeit illicit relationship with his teacher (whatever happened to Sam anyway?!); and as far as I could see showed nothing but respect for his gay teacher (albeit with an attitude because he is…you know “Rivers” 🤷). Said teacher was the only queer character I could find up until Rivers’ departure, because well this was Australia in the 90s I suppose? But I can’t see how he would’ve acted any different to any other queer character, than with his typical attitude.
The thing I loved most about Rivers is that he is an incredibly complex character, with a lot of different layers of problems. A difficult relationship with his very problematic parents, a tendency towards overcompensating by acting all tough, and a real difficulty with seeking help. Not in the last place because he suffers from prejudice and stigma. Whenever something foul has been committed, the cops first look for him.
Admittedly, I haven’t watched the reboot yet. (I still have approximately four seasons of OG to go through. 🫣) But you’re seriously expecting me to believe that this multilayered character, the guy with so many different sides, this dude who when it mattered always was there to help his friends. HE is nothing but a recovering sexist racist homophobic piece of vermin?!
Okay so I just discoverd that the original Heartbreak High show form 1994 is also on Netflix, and there was nothing else I wanted to watch so I started watching it today and...
I am 10 and a half episodes into this show and I can't lie, I am a Rivers apologist. He's a bully and a dick, even putting aside the casual 90s homophobia(and slightly ignoring the racism, which I know is bad but it only really pops up a couple times and I kind of feel like the writers forgot that they made him racist), but the way he is with Chaka is really sweet and I couldn't help it, I just kinda started to like him and it doesn't help that I do think he's quite attractive. Idk if maybe I'm picturing him grown up as Darren's dad while I'm watching and the fact that I really like him in the reboot is affecting my perception of him (which it probably is), or if he just avoided my toxic men net, but I really like him. Also, him and his friend (had to google his name, it's Bolton) really remind me of Spider and Ant. There's actually alot of parallels and call backs from the reboot to the original, and I think that's pretty cool.
You should go and watch the original series if you haven't already. It is so dated and the drama is so extra sometimes, but it is so fun. And also, like, pretty good diversity and representation for a show from the mid 90s (not much LGBT rep, as is to be expected, but there is an openly gay teacher and I do love him). Highly reccomend.
Rivers: I have a bad feeling about this...
Nick: What do you mean?
Rivers: Don't you ever get that little voice in your head that tells you if you're going to get into trouble?
Nick: No?
Con: That actually explains so much.
Heartbreak High (Season 1-2) characters & how they’d respond to a fight in the halls at school
(no comment needed. (p.s. does anyone adore Danielle just as much as i do?! also i know Lucy attended a catholic girls’ school & rocco left hartley many years prior, but for the sake of this, they’re ‘there’ LOL))
Heartbreak High (Season 1-2) characters & what hate comments they would use
((second post in a day, forgive me, hehe.) i just know Con and Rocco (and Effie, by extension, because she’s Con’s favourite cousin - so ofc she’d learn from the best :-P (sorry not sorry Nick)) would have the most extensive vocabularies, particularly when it comes to swearing. Rivers, on the other hand, is all bark and no bite. he just cycles through the same overused slurs that he most deffo read from a very limited thesaurus. i still love him ofc, he’s hilarious HAHA)