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Beam Bugge

this is just like when charlie was overthinking telling nick he loved him :( and look, that went really well! ... aside from him falling in the shower but they worked it out tori and michael will work it out too, i promise

KA

Living for Alice's captions on these panels <3

RCM

What a happier world it would be if we all followed Charlie’s advice!! Thank you for a new Charlie Spring catch phrase, Alice. And, for Tori to hear that from him, knowing everything that Charlie has been through and yet he is the one who can still proclaim this, makes it all the more impactful. I love how Tori has the half-circles (kind of like a loop?) in that last panel to emphasize her emotions rather than just straight lines going out from her…to me, it feels like instead of automatically rejecting Charlie’s words, she is looping them back to herself, hanging on to them, and really hearing and accepting “does it fucking matter what anyone else thinks besides me and Michael?!” This page screams possibility…

SoraNoRyu

I can really see Toris position on this, honestly. Sure, F what everyone else says, right? But we don't exist in a vacuum. Michael has a right to have his needs met, and sure, open relationships are a thing. But people talk. And they don't stop at just talking, because that talk shifts their attitude to you, their willingness to believe, and the more their perception of you diverges from the way you see yourself, the more unexpected and shocking some of their actions and statements against you may be. Asexuality isn't just widely unknown, it's also largely disbelieved. Especially in straight-passing relationships with an asexual woman, people will say 'oh, that's just normal!' - men always want sex, women, especially after marriage, never do. Both Michael and Tori will face well-intentioned advice about this - and 'cheeting' will be strongly looked down on, even if Tori knows and allows it. And then there is always the chance that Michael actually falls in love with whoever helps him meet that sexual need. Pretty pessimistic, yeah. But queerplatonic realtionships are still fairly unknown, poliamourous relationships strongly looked down on/confused with harem situations or poorly disguised cheeting, and, again, the concept of different kinds of attraction is so unknown. Heck, even Charlie himself just assumed they were a normal straigh couple.

Aristine

tough love charlie, im here for it

Cliff

I really hope that monogamy-normality is directly addressed here. Michael deserves to have a sexual life and open relationships are a thing (just like bisexuality, etc.) that people should be to be able to enter into without shame.

Cliff

It doesn’t have to be “cheating” if it’s an open relationship.

Jackie V

I love this so much 🥹 Charlie is amazing. And I love the leaves around Michael 🍂 This lovely scene reminds me of when I was scared to tell my husband I was asexual. I had finally put the pieces together and I was so, so nervous to tell him because I felt like it would change everything and things would fall apart, and I was already imagining worst-case scenarios and was wondering if he would be happier with someone else. As it turns out when I got the courage to tell him, he smiled at me and said he loved me and I was perfect just the way I was and we would navigate things together. We still have our ups and downs of course, but we strive to remember to keep love, kindness, and communication at the center of our relationship and that helps us become stronger after the rainy days.

AG

I’m very happily married with two kids and have been coming to the same realization in the last year. I haven’t had the courage to come out to my husband yet but seeing this gives me some hope. 🖤🖤

RCM

I keep coming back and looking at Michael. This rendering of him just exudes his sunshine and warmth and kindness and adoration…and even though there is chaos going on around him (and about him!), he stands there, steadfast and loyal (and we now know he isn’t completely oblivious..), and just waits for Tori. He is such a beautiful soul. I hope we get to hear his thoughts and wants. For the sake of them to mutually decide…

Emily Brown

Tori assumes a future that she dreads And fears her and Michael at loggerheads Char says, fuck that noise They both love their boys And rip outside expectations to shreads

Leah Della Croce

Sprolden gave me hope and the ability to tell my partner of 9 years that I'm ace

layla

if this scene ever makes it to the heartstopper show I will scream I love tori and charlie so much and if this was able to happen on the showww AHH I'd love it

layla

YES CHARLIEEEE

Anonymous

Tori’s being very paranoid for no fuck reason. It’s evident that Holden is very much into her and is on the same emotional and temporal wavelength. She can just take that plunge and enjoy life. It doesn’t matter one whit what anyone else thinks, one’s happiness should not be a position of bargaining or compromise.

boombroadcast

Love this heart-to-heart and love these siblings! 💕 Charlie is not gonna let Tori wallow in her (chronic) pessimism, and as “annoying” as she may find that, on some level Tori must have wanted Charlie to pull her out of her emotional inertia… or she wouldn’t have dragged him onto the Ferris wheel with her at all.

Mathilde Landry

Love to see Tori and Charlie relation and bonding that was described in Solitaire in Heartstopper 😍

Daniel O'Neal

Speaking as a married gay guy who is on the ace spectrum myself, I wouldn’t say she has no reason. The fear of not being enough for your partner is definitely something that ace people struggle with. Remember that Alice identifies as aroace, so I would imagine that a lot of personal experience is going into Tori’s storyline.

Anonymous

full circle back to solitaire!!! my novel-loving heart is so happy tori and michael are back and grew up a little too :)

Siero

love that for them