62: Heartstopper
Sep 7, 2026 · 41 min · 12 segments
Why are we like this? Heartstopper \- Creator(s): Alice Oseman \- Chapters: CH 1-7 \- Where to read it: Webtoon https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/heartstopper/list?title\_no=329660…
Sep 7, 2026 · 41 min · 12 segments
Why are we like this? Heartstopper \- Creator(s): Alice Oseman \- Chapters: CH 1-7 \- Where to read it: Webtoon https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/heartstopper/list?title\_no=329660…
Kate SanchezHost
Matthew GlennHost
I think for me, when I had first started reading it, and I think that this was very similar with the show, which I'm going to try to not talk about because that's another episode.
It was almost sickly sweet for me in a way, like it was almost too happy and too bright.
And I think when I gave it the chance to develop, um, There was a lot of that sickly sweetness that made sense because it was literally growing up.
It was seeing the world through the prism of hope and love as this beautiful thing that could never...
And then that vision, I don't want to say entirely shifting, but like... as the characters grow up.
And I think that I have a much more, a much bigger respect for Alice Ossman's writing because it almost seems like she grew up too writing it in a way.
And yeah, it's one of the few times that I've been like, okay, I'm really glad I stuck with this.
Yeah, I think you see a development in writing skills as well as art throughout this series.
I'm very, very impressed by the way Alice was able to put this together and develop this from what I felt like was a, oh, this is just a cute YA story into something I think a lot deeper.
Charlie, a high-strung, openly gay overthinker, and Nick, a cheerfully soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school.
Friendships bloom quickly, but could there also be something more? There's also some references to, this is one of the things that I remember from this specific time and era of Western books having a lot of content warnings.
What do you think of the way that we're introduced to both Nick and Charlie? I think the There is this sweetness to it, but I think also you see this underlying darkness with both of them that isn't really exposed until later on in the series.
I think for me, when I had first started reading it, and I think that this was very similar with the show, which I'm going to try to not talk about because that's another episode.
It was almost sickly sweet for me in a way, like it was almost too happy and too bright.
And I think when I gave it the chance to develop, um, There was a lot of that sickly sweetness that made sense because it was literally growing up.
It was seeing the world through the prism of hope and love as this beautiful thing that could never...
And then that vision, I don't want to say entirely shifting, but like... as the characters grow up.
And I think that I have a much more, a much bigger respect for Alice Ossman's writing because it almost seems like she grew up too writing it in a way.
And yeah, it's one of the few times that I've been like, okay, I'm really glad I stuck with this.
Yeah, I think you see a development in writing skills as well as art throughout this series.
I'm very, very impressed by the way Alice was able to put this together and develop this from what I felt like was a, oh, this is just a cute YA story into something I think a lot deeper.
Charlie, a high-strung, openly gay overthinker, and Nick, a cheerfully soft-hearted rugby player, meet at a British all-boys grammar school.
Friendships bloom quickly, but could there also be something more? There's also some references to, this is one of the things that I remember from this specific time and era of Western books having a lot of content warnings.
What do you think of the way that we're introduced to both Nick and Charlie? I think the There is this sweetness to it, but I think also you see this underlying darkness with both of them that isn't really exposed until later on in the series.
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