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FASCINATING to see how many of you thought this was going to be Harry Greene!

Also, just a few bits of info for you that might help a few questions/theories:

  • Michael has left school at this point (he is a year older than Nick and Tori). We'll find out what he's doing later on!

  • The events of SOLITAIRE took place at the January/February of this year in the story - so about 9 months before where we currently are. I consider them to be canon to the Heartstopper comic even though we didn't see a lot of what happened. Lots of people talk about Higgs burning down in Solitaire - I always imagined it was only one part of the school, not the entire school. But in any case, Tori ends up moving schools and attending Truham for the rest of her Sixth Form studies (as confirmed in the NICK AND CHARLIE novella!)

  • I mentioned this in the comments the other day, but only Year 12s (11th graders/juniors) are applying for the head student role. Year 13s generally don't because they're supposed to be more focused on their exams.

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vicky

you don’t understand how relived i am that it was tori 😭

ally

oh to be part of their friend group

Tina

look at charlie and his friend group. trio of borderline outcasts? thINK AGAIN 🥹🥹🥹

Chloe ♡

FIRST TORI APPEARANCE OF VOL 6!!

Christine Sylvain

Oh I knew it was going to be Tori!! Just her comments gave her away. 🤭

Maisie

Hiiiii toriiiiii

Dippity_Dip

OH THANK GOD IT WAS TORI I rly thought this was ab to be a bully yesterday😭😭😭

Lili

TORRIIII I KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE HERRR YAYAYAYYYY

Lily T

TORIIIII

Lili

MY BABYYYY

Denis Moura

God I’m crying SO hard rn our boy Char seeing so many people believing in him and Nick always begin soooo supportive 😭

Sarah Jacobs

Our boy Charlie is so loved 🥰❤️🍂

Ems

TORIIIII AIDBAIABWIABWKSS

D

The handholding is such an intricate part of Nick and Charlie's love story

milo !

YAYYYY TORIII!!!

Audrina

The description was so helpful, thank you Alice!

zara ahmed !!

the sigh of relief when i saw tori omg

M R

Nick being supportive🥹🥹🥹

Ulises

Yes Charlie you can do this 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

James

A wild Tori appears

Rebecca

The lemonade can! 👌🏽 🍋

Vera Clark

TORI AYYYY also yes thank you for the catch up 😭

Kaia

“i dont talk to anyone but sure” MOOD 😭🤣

ama

toriiiii💜

Christie

Yay Tori 💜

Julian

Well Tori is my spirit animal haha and I’m glad that’s her 🫶🏼

Ems

I MISSED TORI SO MUCH

Ems

HER LEMONADE 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Anna

🥹🥹🥹

ally

suddenly i’m craving some diet lemonade

beck

LOOK AT ALL HIS SUPPORTERS CHARLIE SPRING YOU WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED

beck

TORI MY BELOVED 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

Synz

ahhhhhhh 😭😭😭

Molly Goat

Yay Tori! But I have a question still. If Tori moved schools, did Elle, Tara, and Darcy move also, or are they still at Higgs? (I'm guessing this will be addressed later on...I've just been wondering about this since I read Solitaire 😅)

nicole

charlie's gonna be so supported ugh 🥹😭🤍 he deserves the world!!!

Luke

Nick being Charlie’s biggest fan 🥺

raina

i knew it would be tori!!! i could just tell by the way the line was delivered. the fact that i could tell who was speaking without seeing them is a testament to how amazing you are, alice. we’ve gotten to know these characters so well (from the way they speak to their mannerisms, etc.) and nick is so so cute i can’t😭

Liz

Nick and Charlie’s squeezing hand at the end has me 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Wildallie Diaz

I also thought it was Harry … someone even mentioned Ben

Ems

I KNEW ITTTT

EC

Tory’s “I don’t talk to anybody but sure” is a mood and I am here for it!

Nikki

Walking round ASDA like a right numpty grinning at how many supportive friends Charlie has and how Nick is just so… NICK! 🥹😂

Lili

MICHAEL NEEWWSS GUYS IM GONNA FLIP A TABLE 😭😊 I’m tweaking tf out

Cody

TORI!!!! YAY!!! This entire page makes me so happy. It's awesome, Alice!!

Chloe ♡

nick sending a text to everyone 😭 he’s such a good supportive boyfriend ❤️

Evelyn Lorena

I KNEW IT 🥹 i was missing her sm

Amanda SILVA

Tori is always my favourite 🥰

ACxo

TORI!!! 💕

Kristyn

Thank you for the Solitaire refresher!

Caitlin

The way their group has merged and grown to support each other is just so heart warming!!

MJ

Yayyy Tori!!! 🥰 how sweet of Nick to rally everyone for Charlie ❤️❤️❤️ they are so precious!! "I don't talk to anyone, but sure" 😂😂 this and the debate over the cookies are my favorite.

Doménica Dolly

“I don’t talk to anyone, but sure” I AM CACKLING!!!!!! LMAO

Yasmin Fiuza

You can feel how happy Tori is that Charlie have that many friends, even if she doesn't show externally 🥺

Paola✨

OMG 😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

shpepanie

Tori is here I thank thee I thank thee

Evelyn Lorena

how not to fall in love with Charlie, right?! 💗

laura

christian is asking the real questions 😌

Kit

Charlie really went from being isolated and bullied to having all of these people around him supporting him I can't!!! Thanks for the new lore Alice!

Brenda Itzel Sánchez

Is so breathtaking noticed how many supportive friends have charlie! And the way Tori is already present, even when she´s a loner... This book is being the best closing of a story! THANKS ALICE!

Ai Bui

Love the borderless background to highlight tori’s appearance …very Moses of her

Cliff

The merging of Charlie's and Nick's friend groups is beautiful to see!

Lili

OH MY GOD HI EMS WHAT ARE U DOING HEREEE😭😭😭

ACxo

Tori: “I don’t talk to anyone but sure” So relatable

Evelyn Lorena

Alice, congratulations on your honorary doctor. That's so amazing, you are immensely talented and deserving of all the best things in the world. Your art has brightened my days for years. much love from Brazil. ❤️

Desi23

Charlie has the best supportive crew surrounding him, it's so beautiful!

Beth Yoshida

Because our Nick would be bragging over his Charlie 🥰🥰🥰

ACxo

The way Nick and Charlie are holding hands is too adorable 🫠

Jennifer Paddock

Tori is always such a mood 🖤 Love her to bits!! I can totally hear this whole page: Tori's comment, the excited babble, Charlie and Nick's private convo... and then the quick clasp of their hands. 🥹 Love Love Love!! ❤️

Loveislove

Nick gathering everyone around - I love it 🥰

Katie H

I love how supportive Nick is of Charlie 🥹❤️

Ems

LMFAO LILI IVE BEEN SILENT WAITING FOR TORI OR MICHAEL TO SHOW THEIR FACES 😭😭😭💀💀

zara ahmed !!

i’m not sure if you’re allowed to talk about this alice but the caption brought up how solitaire is definitely canon in heartstopper (thank god) and in the event that the heartstopper show continues, would solitaire be adapted or would it happen off screen like the events happen outside of the comic? 👀

ACxo

Sai to Tori: 👀

Murgy

Nobody expects the quiet older sister!

Lotta HR 🩷

Tori❤️❤️ char mentioned!!

margaux

an army has risen to get charlie elected

Yasmin Fiuza

Usually Charlie messages people cause he's more organized than Nick, but Nick made sure to text everyone so they could give Charlie support. I love them a normal amount

Cliff

I think some people thought that it was Harry because the speech bubble makes the speaker look short, and (comics) Harry's shortness was a defining factor. I'm glad, actually, that in the show Harry and David are both tall, because I felt that major villains in Solitaire and Heartstopper being short (or shorter, in David's case) was unfair to short people like me!

laura

alice if i remember correctly it is confirmed in nick and charlie that tori is going to truham, doesn’t charlie mention it in the very beginning when he’s describing the high school musical themed “celebration” or something??? im pretty sure this happened 🤔 (or i might just be going crazy lmao)

Loveislove

Thank you Alice for the clarifications! I gather Tara and Darcy and Elle will remain at Higgs and, hopefully, Ben is out of our lives. It would be fun to have all the girls over at Truham.

Murgy

Also, well done Nick on gathering everyone to show Charlie how many people support him

Allegra2346

This page is so sweet my god 🥹 did Tara Darcy and Elle all move to Truham after Higgs burned down too?

Scott Whittall

Muchas gracias for your explanation, Alice. Loved loved loved Solitaire. Was wondering how the timeline worked out. Is it OK to ask if Elle is back at Truham for vol 6 or will you incorporate the series into this book with her attending Lambert? Apologies if this not allowed to ask.

Jade

I love their friend group

aliceoseman

That's what I thought too but I can't find a mention of her name in that opening chapter... perhaps it was in the pre-2020 edition though? Not sure!

Loveislove

Aled and Christian - it's all about the cookies 🍪 😋

Francis Larrigan

In the audio book, I think it mentions that Tori is at Truham , after she moved when Higgs burned and lots of Higgs move to truham and it was a huge year 13

aliceoseman

Elle, Tara, and Darcy all stay at Higgs in the comics! Elle doesn't go to Lambert in the comics.

aliceoseman

Aah, perhaps that's what I'm remembering - there must have been a mention of her in the pre-2020 edition (which is what the audiobook is!)

DianaD

I really think in the edition of Nick and Charlie that I have, Tori is at Truham because of the fire.

Yasmin Fiuza

Yeah, you're right, Charlie mentions that she's one of the only few people who are not dressed in hsm costumes and she's wearing her black Truham uniform. It's on page 18 of the uk version and page 10 of the us version

Rhonda Mitchum

I forgot all girls are at truham due to the fire at higgs

Charly

I think in Nick and Charlie was Tori described with a Truham Uniform so it was kind of confirmed

Allegra2346

Ben also stayed at Higgs right? Right?!? RIGHT?!?! 😀

laura

i have 3 editions of nick and charlie (uk, us and brazilian). im definitely going to check it out in all of them once i go back home from work!! 😂

Chloe ♡

just checked my copy of nick and charlie and it says tori is in truham uniform but doesn’t mention the fire! ‘There are a few people who clearly couldn't be both-ered, one being my sister Tori, who's in her black Truham uniform, sitting on the blue asphalt in a corner talking to her friend Rita’

Noemiette

The fact that Charlie went from being pretty isolated with mostly just Tao and because of that bullied only 2 years and a half ago, to now having all these people, from totally different groups, all be there to support him warms my heart. He deserves having all these people there for him (Imagining the Sahar Tori duo trying to convince girls to vote for him makes me crack up so much)

Yasmin Fiuza

Primeira vez que eu acho uma brasileira por aqui ksksksks Eu também tenho essas três versões. Na nossa, essa fala da Tori tá na página 20

laura

BRASIL PRESENTE!!! 🇧🇷 sabia que eu não tava ficando maluca! tinha certeza que tinha lido isso kaksjwjskk

Simone

Yes Tori!!! And it’s so heartwarming to see how Charlie has all this support and have Nick be his silent and vocal cheerleader

Kayleigh Clarke

I love that it isn’t Harry 😅 I always feel so weirdly protective over Charlie’s character, he’s so perfectly written/drawn! I’m so glad that he has Nick and all their friends now 🥺

Zachary White

Tori is Alice, God I forgot how many friends I have to draw

Carly Louise

Of course Tori has a lemon based drink 💛🍋

Yasmin Fiuza

Brasil world domination 🇧🇷 De primeira eu também achei que podia estar nos ebooks de 2015, mas aí fui conferir e tava nos físicos mesmo. Não estávamos malucas no fim das contas 🙏

Barb

I adore to see how they comfort each other with soft hand squeeze❤️‍🩹

boombroadcast

Feeling vindicated and happier than ever to see Tori Spring and NOT Harry Greene! 🥳 (Also realizing we haven’t seen him since vol 3, I think? Can’t say I’ve missed him.) Love that the second Charlie submitted his application Nick was like “okay let’s assemble EVERYONE we know to hit the ground running.”

dominique

“You can do this, Char” we’re all Nick here 🥹🩷

CinD

The hand holding… 🥹 he really does have this because he has the BEST support system.

Claire

Yay Tori. So happy to see her. Plus, such a lovely hand hold.

Ariel

Tori's back!!! So lovely to see her - and the hand hold🥺💕

David C Witkin

TOOOORRRIIII!!!!! WORKING THE OLDER SISTER MAGIC!!

Lolli98

My first thought when the new page was building up: Wow, Alice had to draw even more people and faces than yesterday!😃Well done!

Diana N

This made my day! I loved Solitaire and am so happy to hear it’s part of the canon. Does Tori ever find out the whole story of Ben, Nick and Charlie? I honestly had a lot of trouble feeling sorry for Ben especially after that incident in the locker room. I’m also excited to read more about Michael. I really think he’s good for Tori. I love her and want her to be happy. Thank you for this Alice ❤️❤️

Carrie Lindley

Loving the movement in this volume so far. It began with a sleeping Nick receiving head rubs from a wide-awake and ruminating Charlie. So Charlie was awake on his own, a solo upright figure in the bed, but he was also still firmly in relationship with Nick. Then, you moved us through their morning together, still in that Nick and Charlie bubble. But with each new scene their circle widens... add Nick's mum, then the school kids they're inspiring with their relationship, then Charlie's best friends, then the rugby lads and Sahar, then Tori. It's like Charlie dropped a pebble into a pond with his application, and the ripples are already spreading around him (with a fabulous assist through Nick's texting). And then the final panel on this page emphasizes again, despite that widening impact, the clasped hands at the core of it all. Fantastic! And, just as an aside, I love Sai's side-eye glance to Tori... like he's not quite sure what to do in close proximity to her force field. Reminds me a bit of the quote: "Not fragile like a flower, fragile like a bomb."

Lolli98

Next I was relieved that my second guess (Tori) was right and not Harry. 😅

Carina

Loving finding out how the canon of Solitaire and Nick and Charlie fits into vol 6! Can’t wait to keep reading 💕

carmela

i love this

Justin S.

Love supportive Nick! And Tori’s “I don’t talk to anyone but sure” ❤️😂

Shari

This is so fun! I love seeing Alice’s comments with the pages

Anna Deligio

❤️ ❤️ Tori!!!!!! ❤️ ❤️

Merel

Charlie having this big supportive friend group now means so much to me

Merel

Tori is such a mood lmao

Merel

Supportive boyfriend Nick Nelson we love to see it 💯

Robert

I see you are starting to draw the books/novellas together. Great.

ucfnurse

Charlie has so many friends!!☺️😊👏🪄🤟❤️💞🎉🤝🫂🌷☕️🍪✌️🕊️☮️

Tina

alice is ben one of the people who stayed at higgs?

Marsha Bog

Yay I love having Tori in the school with them!

moon

i completely forgot tori moved to truham for a second and had to read the caption to understand 😭 read solitaire and n&c too long ago lol

Lainey

TORIIII🤩🤩 Love to see how you are merging the novel storylines with the comics!!!

John Deuel

Thank you, Alice, for all the context and connecting threads. ❤️

KL

i love how big his support system is. it warms my heart to know that he struggled so much in the past and just because he sat next to a boy, it completely changed his life forever.

eva cuervo

I love how they know each other. Charlie knows immediately that Nick has written to everyone.😍

Tyne Swedish

I knew it was Tori with her big sister magic

KL

Hey alice, will harry be showing up this book? I know he was getting a bitt better with book 3, so are you planning on branching out with his character at all?

aliceoseman

He might show up, but honestly, I probably won’t be focusing on his character. I’ve only got one book left, and a LOAD of characters - I have to prioritise whose stories I want to explore further, and Harry wasn’t very high on my priority list. I’m sorry if that’s disappointing!

Taylor

You definitely at least implied it in Nick and Charlie! A few Higgs buildings burning down was mentioned on page 8 and Tori was at the box fort barbecue for the last day of Year 13 at Truham! Also I was pretty sure it was her talking last page if that helps. I love this page and this series soooooo much!! Thanks for making it ❤️❤️

Ania W.

I won't miss Harry 😉 However, I'm really excited to hear that we'll find out what Michael does after he graduates😍

Hunter

Glad he has a big support system and hope we see Michael again

Faye

“Char” gets me everytime

Lilly Mae

I love how much Charlie’s support system has grown, even just since book 4. He deserves the world 🥹 Also, me too, Tori. I don’t talk to people either lol Also also, THE HAND HOLDING AT THE END 🥹🥰

Hannah Howden

Tori!! The look Sai is giving her 😂 these pages are such a bubble of joy in the day 🥰

Michaela Shake

Thanks for explaining British school things to all us Americans XD

Loveislove

Will Charlie be back on the rugby team? I think it did help to build up his physical confidence and he got to spend time with Nick but he has a lot going on and I don't know if he really enjoyed it.

Steven

OMG! Did you hear what Harry just said to that, Alice? He actually had the audacity to say not focusing on him is homophobic! Oh, the glorious irony!

Kat

Weirdly I thought of Harry before Tori, but then realized it was probably Tori based on the question and just… tone lol. I think maybe I jumped to Harry because the election storyline and their final year seems like a place where maybe he’d pop back into the story as a mostly-reformed-but-still-a-tool-former-bully (maybe to be helpful, maybe to cause chaos, maybe a bit of both?). I’m also curious if we’ll see any new characters pop up in this volume (and maybe some old familiar faces the novels 👀?)

Beam Bugge

you do talk to some people tori 😭😭 but yeah compared to charlie she doesn't have very many friends lol I wonder how many of her friends transferred to truham and how many stayed at higgs? did Evelyn and Lucas get expelled or what happened to them? oh well that's for another story probably! glad to see that tao aled and Chris all have their priorities straight lmao supportive boyfriend nick <33333

Beam Bugge

well I'm glad he won't hurt Charlie anymore but I feel sorry for the remaining higgs students now 😭😭

Beam Bugge

both ben and Lucas are tall! (idk if Lucas counts as a villain though, ig that's up to debate haha)

Ciara

Omg they’re so cute!!! The whole lot of them, such gorgeous supportive friends and then Nick and Charlie in their own little bubble 🥰

Flor D. la Peña🍂

I love to see Tori again 🥹💙 didn’t know how much I missed her and absolutely adore everyone cheering for Charlie🙌🏼 also, love to see those two hands intertwined 🥹

ella

the idea that nick and tori text sometimes is so important to me

boombroadcast

I’m really happy to not see more of Harry, personally! I’ve not missed him at all and would much rather spend time with our core group.

cassidy cassidy

All of this beautiful support around him, so many people who want him to succeed and want him to do great. This page doesn't even include Tara, Darcy and Elle, so glad Charlie gets to see all this support.

Alisha Buchanan

OMG!!! I somehow did not even put all this together for Tori! This is definitely gonna be odd for her with Charlie’s busy social life, lol. Will we get an update on Tori’s mental health too? I always worried about her at the end of Solitaire.

Kristen

Ahhh!!!! Queen Tori and the absolute doll that Nick is! 🥰 love that the friend group is expanding! 🥳

Tina

well more like not a trio at all. look at all those people... aka the point of my comment.

Nils

Well played. Interesting to hear that Harry isn’t important

Alice P

I didn’t think Tori was at Truham.

Eileen

We all didnt know how much we needed this 🩷

Eileen

Alice thank you so much for answering so many questions here, you are awesome 💜

Nyssa Rawther 🍉

Awwww he rallied the forces 🥰🥰🥰 of course he did for his boy!! And look at Christian all excited for cookies lol.

Ava

Nick texting with Tori🥹

K Lyn

Nick is the best bf. Supportive king always 🥹🫶🏼

RCM

I absolutely love the layout of this page and its juxtaposition as we jump between the three panels. We start with "just" a white background that really emphasizes TORI appearing in her introverted yet incrediby intimidating mood (and we all know how super caring she is for Charlie but shhh), then jump into the most comfortably chaotic support planning crowd in the 2nd panel, with just the sweetest highlight in the bottom corner of Nick and Charlie. I adore the hope and warm glow captured on Charlie's face next to the absolute confidence and reassurance on Nick's that in fact, you, Char, CAN do this! THEN, the very best part is in the last panel: that close-up view of their intertwined hands (I'm such a sucker for drawn hands) that shows their grounding, affection, and sweetest tender closeness...they are absorbing this energy and warm aura from their friends, and I cannot help but think about the little sparks that always emanates from their little touches, and here they are now, openly holding hands in the Sixth form common room...

Siero

The queen herself!!!

Noah

TORI SPRINGGGGG ! :D

Laura

The sad thing is that the campaign goes until winter and if Charlie manages to change it, Christian has only few months to enjoy it

Loveislove

I think a lot of us thought it might be Harry because of the tv show. We are in season 2 in that world and he is still around. Very glad it was Tori instead.

2catlovers

Isn’t it cool to see the rugby lads rallying behind Charlie & Nick now!

Elspeth Fougere

Awwww I just love seeing this, after the beginning of the story where Charlie is so alone, with his little trio, being bullied and finding it hard to speak out

Katia Gómez

Awww Nick texting everyone 😭

Nyssa Rawther 🍉

@2catlovers I'd be excited for cookies too ngl. And it's SO cool to see the rugby lads being Narlie supporters

Jazmine Terson

OHHHHHHHHHH THE FRIEND GROUP IS HUUUUUUGE NOW IM ACTUALLY SOBBING

Beth

Heartstopper came back on my 18th bday 🩷 can't wait to see how you wrap it up, Alice!

Divs

I love this page so much and Tori 😭😭