#peter rivers

[andysapril]

heartbreak high, 1x08

[bigbumder96]

im tired of pretending guys.

i am a peter rivers x steve wiley TRUTHER

also ngl that danielle x katerina sleepover was a bit fruity but that might js be my inner lesbian talking

[odi-et-amo85]

Heartbreak High, the reboot

While binging all of the seasons of OG Heartbreak High (don’t you just love the 90s? 🥹), I discovered there was a reboot of the show released in 2022. But to my utter astonishment, they decided to my men, former bad boy/ current best boii, Peter Rivers so dirty by remaking him into “an ex-racist, sexist, homophobic man, likely formerly transphobic too” (©️ fandom). What the hell were they thinking?! Admittedly, he was a douche, but then again this is the same dude who at some point was friends with Rose, Jack, and Chaka (🇱🇧🇻🇳🇸🇻 respectively); started a very groundbreaking albeit illicit relationship with his teacher (whatever happened to Sam anyway?!); and as far as I could see showed nothing but respect for his gay teacher (albeit with an attitude because he is…you know “Rivers” 🤷). Said teacher was the only queer character I could find up until Rivers’ departure, because well this was Australia in the 90s I suppose? But I can’t see how he would’ve acted any different to any other queer character, than with his typical attitude.

The thing I loved most about Rivers is that he is an incredibly complex character, with a lot of different layers of problems. A difficult relationship with his very problematic parents, a tendency towards overcompensating by acting all tough, and a real difficulty with seeking help. Not in the last place because he suffers from prejudice and stigma. Whenever something foul has been committed, the cops first look for him.

Admittedly, I haven’t watched the reboot yet. (I still have approximately four seasons of OG to go through. 🫣) But you’re seriously expecting me to believe that this multilayered character, the guy with so many different sides, this dude who when it mattered always was there to help his friends. HE is nothing but a recovering sexist racist homophobic piece of vermin?!

[riversongsource]

[wibblyrlin]

The trouble is, it's all back to front. My past is his future. We're travelling in opposite directions.

[an-american-whovian]

[olympain]

I'm entitled to that. I'm giving you my days. You and me, time and space.

[tonsillessscum]

[ngatwa]

- Run. - I'm normally the one that says that.

[gender-thief2]

“Crimson rivers is better than the hunger games,” I say into the mic.

The crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room.

“They’re right,” they say. I look for the owner of the voice. There in the 1st row stands: Suzanne Collins.

[bigbumder96]

whenever rivers and con are on screen together, i giggle because i get reminded of the time i was watching it while my mum was sitting in the same room as me, and when rivers and con were speaking to eachother she looked up, asked 'are they gay??' and then just said 'oh.' when i told her they infact wasnt😭

[doctorwhoincorrectquotes]

[keksikart]

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