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The scene with Darren and Cash beside the creek was so beautifully intimate and queer and I get so damn happy every time I think about it

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I love this. What happened?

someone stop me from reading the hbh subreddit

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It's so apparent how this fandom views characters. Spider dedicated his whole personality to bullying a young Indian woman, because she rejected him after their 1 fail night where he couldn't get it up; he lead the charge of the incel rebellion; and when he finally got a girl he still angrily shamed her on stage because his fragile male heart was broken but it's excused because his mom is the wrong kind of feminist. Malakai got assaulted, which the show never acknowledges while Harper is cuddled and coddled (when her next series fate should have been never being friends with Amerie again; she can be present and happy, but they never should have rekindled their friendship). When you bring it up, people will act like it isn't important to his own character trajectory unlike Spider's. Then, Sasha, an Asian character, is deemed as the worst of all villians because she just so happened to hurt the show's most sunshine of all characters, but she isn't even that bad in the grand scheme of things nor the worst character on the show, just ignorant that could be corrected if they actually took the time to develop her this season like they made it sound, WHICH falls in line with Spider-woman hater-who apparently was made that way because his mom hates men, but oh that's right we love Spider.

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So, I did this out of boredom

I know that this isn't how these things should be shared, and all, but honestly I don't think anyone cares actually so......

With the power not invest in me, I constitute these the prompts of a Da$h week, that can take place from April 17 until May 8, according to where you can fit it in your schedule. You are allowed to spread the prompts out if you want to, and while those were thought with fanfiction in mind, feel free to make any other type of fanwork you wish.

Rules:

 Be respectful, don't rude to other contributors/creators

Treat characters with respect, too! They have specific sexualities and gender identities that I expected to be respected folks

Tag your works properly! Both here on Tumblr or in any other platform you desire to share it!

If you want me to share your work:

Either:

Message me with the link of your work and allow me to post it

Use the tag #Da$h week 2025 when sharing it on Tumblr

That's it, thanks! Share if you can, I guess, but we all will know about it until the end of the day, I am sure... So, better idea: Mark someone and assigned them a day that you want them to write!

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ca$h + his chain

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imagining your otp doing the forehead touch is literally the most important thing in the whole world. everybody take a second and stop scrolling and imagine your otp doing the forehead touch. okay. you can move on now.

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does anyone remember the tumblr post where an Aussie fan shared their headcanons of which universities the HBH characters would go to? I'm writing fic and I'm lazy (not necessarily going to go off that list but I want to have some in mind)

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something I really like in HBH is how Darren being nonbinary is portrayed in such a matter of-fact way and the show never feels the need to explain it. Actually, they never even say the word nonbinary! There's one scene establishing Darren uses they/them and it's in the service of showing their worldview and their relationship with their family. We have a theme of Darren feeling like an outsider because they're visibly gender-nonconforming and queer, but not so much because of their identity.

The way that they present feels so real--not in the sense of implying that other NB presentations are not real, but in the same way that Cash's asexuality feels so real, because it feels like a very specific person's super-detailed experience. Darren seems to identify with the gay male community, when the class has to divide by gender they pick "girl," they keep their birth name, they usually wear women's cut clothes. Their presentation is not "gender-neutral"--it's more like they don't fit in either box, so from a binary perspective they're bouncing from pole to pole.

When writing fic it's interesting to think about stuff like, what terms would Darren identify with, do they experience any type of dysphoria, did they ever consider changing their name to something feminine or gender-neutral, did they ever question if they are a trans woman, etc. but I kind of like that the show doesn't grind to a halt to address this. Ymmv.

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It's wild when people blame Darren for Cash not being honest with them in s2 because "Darren isn't easy to talk to" or "Cash sensed that Darren wouldn't be understanding so he had to lie."

Like first of all we don't know. In 2x01 Darren seemed like the only person who was really scared of breaking into Chook's house and was emphasizing how dangerous he is, so I think Cash had told them some stuff, or they had put together enough. In 1x04 I don't think they processed the implications of Cash having a black eye and being so casual about it, but they might have thought about it more after everything went down.

They tried to learn more in the jail scene and brought it up in a fairly tactful way, like, hey, I love you and I want to understand more about you. But that didn't work--and I don't blame Cash given the circumstances, I just think it's a tough position for both of them.

I get the sense that Cash doesn't talk about it because he struggles to verbalize it. He's too young and too close to the situation to really process his complicated relationship with Chook. And he probably feels ashamed and like no one could understand. Poor Cash! But to turn it around and make that Darren's fault is unfair, especially when it is somehow attributed to Darren's intrinsic Darren-ness and not their actions. Cash's secrecy is understandable but not justified (which goes for a lot of the characters' bad behavior, and I love that about HBH).

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I dreamed hbh season 3 came out and it was terrible. The whole season was about some random new character a la bird psycho. Darren/Cash were the only established characters who got a tiny bit of an arc and this was their arc:

Cash tried to explore his identity by wearing a bad quality metalhead wig. Then after going to therapy he decided to take the wig off. And Darren laughed at this. And they were endgame.

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Ca$h’s attempts at nudes

Bonus: Darren’s reaction

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The other night I was at a crowded event and it felt exactly like that scene. I kept bumping people, couldn't understand what was being said, and knew I wasn't coming off very friendly or outgoing since I was just trying to hear and navigate. My favorite thing is how they convey the experience of not being able to get your bearings in a crowded space, how it feels like people are constantly coming at you--they showed that very well visually.

My first thought was, "wow this is just like that HBH scene," and my second thought was, I can't believe I'm relating to a piece of media rn! Finally. I've spent ~15 years in the Autistic community, processing my experiences with my friends and trying to understand them, but there is really something about seeing it in fiction.

Also, I love that in 1x06 they show the overlap between excitement and overwhelm and distress, when it comes to getting REALLY invested or REALLY hyperfixated? That is such a big part of my life.

What this show did is truly special and I wish it was more widely known/recognized.

Quinni makes me feel so seen it's incredible. Like the scene where she's on that date and just can't listen because she's overstimulated and then gets yelled at for not listening and being bored is so relatable. Also, seeing a character that acts more "childish" but that doesn't get infantilised is so refreshing :D

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I am such a stan but today is the first time I made the connection between Darren dressing up in Jacob's clothes to pretend to be posh and get a job, and dressing up in Cash's clothes to visit him in jail.

I don't think it's an intentional parallel or anything, just an interesting character note that they're able to serve gender-normative cis guy when they choose to. I mean, it's cool that they're a good enough actor to do it, and it's also cool that despite all the shit they experience they refuse to put a damper on themself the rest of the time.

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maybe I should spend some time figuring out my own problems...nope, someone on the Internet is wrong about Darren, there goes my night

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I checked and it really is!!

Cash is clearly exploring his post-Chook identity through his style (the teaser video has him anxiously adjusting his look while posing for his school picture) and the idea of him borrowing Darren's clothes is sending me.

I really want Darren to do makeovers/dress-up with Cash as he explores his identity. I've wanted that since I watched s2--like, gender expression and style for Cash have been these grim and restrictive things and maybe he complains about not knowing his own style and Darren gets excited about having a blank canvas to experiment on! For them it's just fun, and it's also fun for Cash, but it's also...a big deal. And I like to think that Cash settles in a completely different place, gender and style wise, from either Darren or Chook.

I will be thrilled if any part of this happens.

I got around to watching that s3 teaser video and my days of thinking this is darren's shirt are coming to a middle

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I got around to watching that s3 teaser video and my days of thinking this is darren's shirt are coming to a middle

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can we all as a society make heartbreak high a popular show