I don’t like it. I don’t. Nick and Charlie give me second-hand embarrassment. The writing is shoddy. The acting is OK at best.

I really want to like this show. I really do, but I can’t. I just can’t. There are parts I like. The stuff about mental health. The stuff about homophobia. Having a relationship between Elle and Tao, which isn’t something that I’ve usually been able to see, meaning a trans/cis relationship. The set design and music design are top tier.

I just can’t do it. I struggled through the season. The whole premise was that gay people can have the same cliches as straight people, like kissing in the rain, but we as a society of gays have moves past that. I have seen less cliches and relying on tropes in a 2014 Wattpad One Direction fanfiction, and you know those 12 year old girls were on something.

I want to like this show and I really hope that it gets better in season two (click here: https://thesirenlppacs.com/7156/uncategorized/heartstopper-s2/ ‎). The hype that was originally surrounding this show doesn’t transfer well onto me and it feels like the only reason it was hyped was because it was gay.