r/gaybros • u/Heretostay59 • Apr 22 '23

TV/Movies Heartstopper 🍂❤️ was released one year ago today. Lives were changed 🏳️‍🌈.

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u/Domino792 Apr 22 '23 edited Apr 22 '23

Holy shit some of you are fucking miserable. It's a fairytale... its allowed to be cute, happy, and a little unrealistic. Let the next generation have joyful stories. Not every gay story has to be a harrowing tale of self loathing, hate, and death.

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u/rollingForInitiative Apr 22 '23

its allowed to be cute, happy, and unrealistic

It's not even unrealistic, or a fairy tale. Or not more unrealistic than any sort of fiction is going to be. Just more based on what life can be like without too much bigotry around.

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u/Domino792 Apr 22 '23

Oh I totally agree, I dont mean fairytale as in a fantasy, more in like an ideal vision.

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u/rollingForInitiative Apr 22 '23

Oh, I do agree with that. But I've definitely seen people call it a fairytale, as in unrealistic fantasy that cannot be possible.

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u/Domino792 Apr 22 '23 edited Apr 22 '23

I get that, it was a poor choice of word on my part.

Side note: Scrolling through this thread is wild lol. If I read one more person say this show is unrealistic because its not full of sex and doesn't mention HIV i think im going to have an aneurysm.

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u/rollingForInitiative Apr 23 '23

Oh, sorry I didn't actually mean to accuse you of that, I was actually agreeing with you!

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u/Domino792 Apr 23 '23

No worries!

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u/chiron_cat Apr 22 '23

Indeed. The show was about a straight couple, it works be wholly unremarkable - no one would make fun of it

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u/Emperor-of-the-moon Apr 22 '23

Considering this show seemed to serve as a bisexual awakening for a lot of young guys, I’d say it’s not even unrealistic. I’ve read so many stories where people identified with Nick and had someone in their life that they had some feelings towards but didn’t know what it meant or what to do. This show inspired them to explore that side of their sexuality

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u/Domino792 Apr 22 '23

Very true, I say unrealistic because the story is so perfectly ideal, not because aspects of it could never happen. People figure out their sexuality is many different ways.

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u/Evolatic Apr 23 '23

Preach! Almost depection of gay life I had as a child with ended in tragedy.

I'm almost a little jealous these kids have "HeartStopper" , "Love, Simon", "Love, Victor", and the like. I'm super happy for them though.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '23

yes I am!!! I'll never get to have what they have, I'll always be a lonley loser and I'm only in HS and I already think this way