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it’s literally them

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I don't know if I wanna be them or be with them

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going to a party do be like that tho

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bryn chapman parish in a suit. this is it. this is the post.

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“Strawberry Kisses” by Nikki Webster in Heartbreak High season 1 episode 8 (2022) dir. Gracie Otto

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Ayesha Madon & James Majoo as AMERIE WADIA & DARREN RIVERS HEARTBREAK HIGH (2022) 1.06

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them 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏

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they're the best 😭😭😭

Lucky for you, I’m actually focusing on making less and less sense.

James Majoos as DARREN RIVERS HEARTBREAK HIGH (2022)

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quinni’s ‘we don’t wanna be anyone else’s sluts, we wanna be your sluts’ is the best part of the show

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Heartbreak high is better than Euphoria…FIGHT ME!

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I love amerie

HEARTBREAK HIGH (2022 - PRESENT) Ayesha Madon as Amerie Wadia and Thomas Weatherall as Malakai Mitchell in Season 1, Episode 1 - dir. Gracie Otto

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One thing I will say about Spider's character in Netflix's 'Heartbreak High' is that his characterisation felt very, very real.

We are shown that Spider has had a crush on Amerie for a while; the way he looks at her at the festival and the denial attempt he makes when Harper calls him out for it is a very high school boy response. These are both evidence of that. From this, we see that he has feelings for the girl that's been in love with his best friend for years. To her, Spider is her crush's friend and nothing more.

This could make any young boy feel quite inferior, and we see Spider compensate for that insecurity through (very problematic, very misogynistic) humour. It is suggested that Spider is a virgin that compensates for that by lying about having loads of sex (Jay from the Inbetweeners, who?), for example.

When Spencer gets the opportunity to sleep with Amerie, we see he gets performance anxiety. This isn't uncommon. He gets nervous and struggles to get an erection, despite wanting to engage in sex.

Again, we go back to the fact that Spider already has insecurities when it comes to his crush on Amerie. From his perspective, he's messed up the opportunity to win over the girl he's been in love with for years. And, to make it worse, she's laughing at him. Amerie then adds further fuel to that insecurity when she says she doesn't want anyone to know about their connection - inferring she's embarrassed by him.

Because of this, Spider puts up a barrier. He pushes Amerie away in defence and he treats her horrifically to try to protect himself. He over-compensates for his insecurities by bullying Amerie. This is, again, not an uncommon response that men have to rejection/unrequited feelings.

We know he didn't treat Amerie badly before the bedroom incident, we see that he's collected and calming when he meets with her and she's panicking. We see him feel genuine concern about Harper being missing, and comforts her, telling her she can stay with him. We see him pining for her throughout the whole series, even getting jealous of the relationship she has established with Malakai.

(Malakai is another example of Spider's insecurities; in comes a brand new student that is just as good as him at basketball and is flirting with the girl he likes that rejected him).

Because of the rejection, we see that Spider becomes cold, unfeeling and avoident towards Amerie. It's something we see all too much as women. You never know how men are going to respond when you reject them. Spider was such a good representation of one response men may have.

Spider White is one of the most authentic portrayals of a teenage boy pretending not to be hurt by a girl rejecting them. If he does end up with Amerie (this is Netflix, the app that paired Eric with his literal school bully before giving Adam a redemption arc, so I wouldn't put it passed them), I really hope that he has a lot of redemption. And I mean a lot. Because, while she wasn't the best to him in some regards, she did not deserve the sh*t that he put her through.

Mr. "I'm a feminist" needs a reality check before he deserves our Amerie. And so many people on this app need to realise that his behaviour was not okay. I don't care how hurt you are, you don't get to slut-shame and bully the person that rejected you.

Anyway, there's potential for his character and he would be a really good example of this behaviour being held to account. I don't care about Dusty and his redemption arc, I want a Spider redemption because he would be such a perfect example of what healthy redemption looks like (if done right).

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they're the hottest men in this series and u can't change my mind

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wow this scene shattered my heart in tiny little pieces and i REGRET NOTHING

I love you.

Will McDonald & James Majoos as Cash Piggott & Darren Rivers “Three of Swords” — Heartbreak High (1.08)

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perhaps Heartbreak High is a masterpiece, having a love confession immediately followed by an arrest with Strawberry Kisses by Nikki Webster playing over the top

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his smile>>>>>>>>>>

Thomas Weatherall as Malakai Mitchell in Heartbreak High season 1 (2022).

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ok, the context is absolutely awful, but this scene is really something else

i just wish to see more of these two in the 2nd season

Joshua Heuston & Thomas Weatherall as Dusty Reid & Malakai Mitchell

“Rack Off” — Heartbreak High (1.04)