#and it's stupid af to me bc they actually condemn queerphobia and have the characters deal with questions of their identity | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

weedle-testaburger · 6 months

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I've been thinking this for a while, but I finally feel like saying it: I think people who hate on Heartstopper for being 'too soft' are out of their minds. If you claim a series which shows teenagers dealing with things like homophobic prejudice, self-harm and eating disorders, and who (in the comics and books) have sex without it being fetishised like most teen dramas, is 'too soft' because the characters get through that stuff and have happy lives and relationships, that says some really shitty things to me about your attitude to queer media.

#personal crap #heartstopper #in general 'wholesome' queer media gets such a bad rap for no reason #i could just have easily have said this about su or love simon or deadendia bc people are shitheads about those too #and it's stupid af to me bc they actually condemn queerphobia and have the characters deal with questions of their identity #if people did this with spop or toh I'd still disagree but I'd get it bc it'd be an argument of 'ignoring queerphobia is naive'#with what actually does get discoursed about it's just because edgelords decided it's 'cringey' to like #so people got embarrassed about liking it anyway and turned on it

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