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Heartstopper as Reddit Posts

Summary:

When in doubt, turn to Reddit - at least, according to the Heartstopper gang.

Notes:

this is just a fun, lighthearted idea i had. mostly going with show canon tbh, because i can't see aled posting on reddit and also i desperately need nick to write an r/AITA post about imogen's dog so yeah

it would also be amazing if everyone could comment like this is a genuine reddit post, aka giving "advice" to the characters

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: r/relationship_advice: i'm (14 m) having doubts about my situationship (16 m)

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Posted on r/relationship_advice by u/gaydrummerboy:

 

i’m (14 m) having doubts about my situationship (16 m)

me and this boy (who i’ll call bryce) have been going out since last september, so 5 months. long story short, i was outed at my school that previous term, and he came in, told me that he thought he was brave for putting up with all the negativity, and then we had our first kiss

the thing is, bryce isn’t out, so we’ve had to keep it lowkey. like, i haven’t even told family or friends about it, which is fine. i don’t want to pressure him into coming out before he’s ready, because i know what that feels like and i don’t want him to have to go through what i did.

but over the past few months, i’ve kind of noticed he doesn’t really want to hang out outside of school? like, not even as friends or anything like that. and he doesn’t even acknowledge me in the corridor in between classes. the other day i was walking with this boy i’ve been sat next to in form, and when i said hi, he literally said “i don’t even know who you are.” but maybe i’m being unreasonable because he’s not out yet? idk, i need help!

Chapter 2: r/AmItheAsshole: WIBTA if I (16M) asked a boy (14M) to join the rugby team just because he can run really fast?

Notes:

WIBTA = would i be the asshole

u/roughblacksmithshands is a reference to keira knightly and orlando bloom in pirates of the caribbean

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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Posted on r/AmItheAsshole by u/roughblacksmithhands

 

WIBTA if I (16M) asked a boy (14M) to join the rugby team just because he can run really fast?

First off, he’s not really a sports guy. I mostly play rugby, but I know who all the football players (soccer to the Americans reading this), field hockey players, etc. are, and not only is he not on any of the teams, I’ve never even seen him in the crowds watching. I definitely would’ve noticed him, especially how great his hair is.

Anyway. The thing is, he’s kind of one of the fastest people I’ve ever seen. I was out on the rugby pitch one day, and saw him in PE doing the thirty meter sprint. He blew all the other guys out of the water like it was easy. And I immediately had the idea that he could join the rugby team because we still need an extra player before we can start competing against other schools. But is that asshole behavior of me?

Edit: since a lot of people have been asking me about my relationship with this boy, I’ll just include it in the main post. Basically we were sat next to each other in form a few weeks ago, and I could see him becoming a really good friend. One time, he helped me clean up after the ink from my fountain pen exploded all over me lol!

Notes:

tysm for the positive feedback everyone! ngl, it was a bit overwhelming but in a good way :)

Chapter 3: r/Trans: Struggling with transferring schools

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Posted on r/Trans by u/inmyellescape:

 

Struggling with transferring schools

Hey everyone, this is my first time posting here. So I came out as trans a while ago and have been socially transitioning since. (All my friends were super lovely about it, as were my parents!) I’m in the UK and where I live, the schools are split up by gender until sixth form (which is such an archaic way of doing things BTW), and I was allowed to switch over to the girls school starting this new term!

Obviously it’s a huge relief, and already the lunches at the girls school are so much more bearable as there’s a significant lack of teenage boys hurling food at each other haha. It’s also nice not to keep getting suspended for hair length. But even though it’s just down the road from the boys school—and the two schools do a lot of activities together, so it’s not like I’ll never see my old friends again—I still feel very distant and removed from them. We text, but we’re not really supposed to have phones out during the day. I don’t really know how to make new friends, especially with girls. All of my friends are guys. There are these two girls who sit behind me in form who seem really nice, but I can’t just walk up to them!

Chapter 4: r/mildlyinfuriating: My (15 M) friend (14 M) keeps crushing on straight boys

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Posted on r/mildlyinfuriating by u/letterboxdismylove:

 

My (15 M) friend (14 M) keeps crushing on straight boys

Basically what the title says. He literally falls in love with any guy who’s nice to him. This time, it’s with some rugby lad who was put in the same form as him. Let me tell you: this guy REEKS of heterosexuality, and my friend is actually obsessed with him. He even joined our school’s rugby team for this boy and, to be frank, my friend is not built to be a rugby player. It’s a miracle he hasn’t broken his neck yet or something. Now because of this crush, all his afternoons are spent on the rugby field being tackled by murderous, awful Year 11s instead of with his real friends.

Chapter 5: r/Showerthoughts: how do our brains remember that we forgot something but we can’t remember what that something is??

Notes:

i really feel like darcy's #1 subreddit would be r/Showerthoughts, but since those posts tend to be shorter, i wanted to give a variety of the various subreddits she frequents. i had so much fun writing this, especially the r/NoStupidQuestions one, bc darcy's mind is absolute chaos.

TIHI = thanks i hate it

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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Posted on r/Showerthoughts by u/upsidedownegg

 

how do our brains remember that we forgot something but we can’t remember what that something is??

related, i can’t remember whether or not i had maths homework…

 

muffins are just naked cupcakes

no offence to muffins ofc i LOVE a nice blueberry muffin i just love frosting more

 

we’ll never know what underwater smells like

trust me i’ve tried but every time i do i just get a nose hole full of water :( would not recommend



Posted on r/thesims by u/upsidedownegg

 

wait can i learn simlish?? 😱

is it a secret language like pig latin?? can i use it to talk to my gf and no one else will understand what we’re saying??



Posted on r/TIHI by u/upsidedownegg

 

this blouse my mum gave me for my birthday this year 🙃

[Image of a black, form-fitting blouse. It has splotches of pink on the front and on the sleeves and is made of a sheer, almost see-through material.]



Posted on r/Wellthatsucks by u/upsidedownegg

 

don’t know what i expected cuz i didn’t study lol my mum’s going to be furious

[Image of an exam paper with a bright red E written in the top right-hand corner]

 

 

Posted on r/NoStupidQuestions by u/upsidedownegg

 

do goldfish respond to their names?

ok so obviously cats and dogs do, but what about goldfish? bc i had a goldfish ages ago and i named him pickles and every day i would greet him and say “good morning pickles how are we doing today” so do u think he realised that was his name and then called me a name in his head? but obviously whatever name he called me wouldn’t be my actual name unless he was like REALLY smart and understood english (can goldfish understand english??), so does that mean pickles had a real name that i never knew bc he couldn’t tell me?

Notes:

new headcanon popped up while writing the r/TIHI post: so darcy wore this blouse to harry's party in s1, right? (at least that's what it looks like - we never really get a full look at her outfit so that's what i'm going with.) so now my theory is that her mom gave her that blouse as a birthday present (darcy's birthday is jan 9) and then made her wear it to the party.

Chapter 6: r/FriendshipAdvice: How do I go up to a new girl in school without making her feel awkward?

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Posted on r/FriendshipAdvice by u/swiftlydancingxo

 

How do I go up to a new girl in school without making her feel awkward?

There’s this girl who transferred to our school over winter break, and she just seems really lonely. I always see her sitting alone during class and at lunch, and I feel bad for her. She’s super cool in, like, an artsy way, but how do I go up to her and ask if she wants to hang out? My girlfriend and I have talked about inviting her to sit with us at lunch, but I don’t want her to think we’re doing it out of pity.

Chapter 7: r/relationship_advice: UPDATE: i’m (14 m) having doubts about my situationship (16 m)

Notes:

tw: non-graphic description of sexual assault

ben is clearly in the wrong, and any comments in support of the character will be promptly deleted, including anyone who wants to "in character" be on ben's side.

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Posted on r/relationship_advice by u/gaydrummerboy:

 

UPDATE: i’m (14 m) having doubts about my situationship (16 m)

thanks for all your advice. some people wanted an update so here it is, if people are even still interested in this story like a month later haha. (trigger warning beforehand for sexual assault. i’m ok, i promise.)

so literally a day after i first posted on here, i caught bryce and another girl kissing after school right in front of the entrance. in plain sight, like he didn’t even care who saw. later that evening, i texted him and told him i didn’t want to meet up anymore. he was angry, but i ignored him and eventually he stopped. i thought that was it.

fast forward to yesterday: after rugby practice (i’m not a rugby lad i swear! i only joined because a boy said i was good at running), he asked me to meet up with him. i agreed because i thought it might be good to get some closure. well, long story short, he started blaming me for pressuring him into coming out. i told him that no, actually, i was totally fine with him not being out yet, and that i would have continued to support him like i had been for the past five months lmao.

this is where the trigger warning comes in: he apparently didn’t like this and started kissing me. my body completely froze up, and i didn’t know what to do. i tried telling him to stop but he just kept telling me that he was figuring things out. luckily, the cute boy i joined the rugby team for saw me looking upset after practice and followed me to make sure i was okay. he intervened and told bryce to “piss off,” which i very much enjoyed haha.

it was kind of awkward afterwards, and i couldn’t stop apologising to him. i was just really embarrassed about the whole situation for some reason. still am, if i’m being honest. anyway, i wasn’t expecting much of anything from cute rugby boy after that… i just went home and banged on the drums for like three hours straight. (yes i play the drums, hence my username haha.) i was also worried that cute rugby boy would be mad because he told me a while back that he and bryce hang out sometimes. BUT then cute rugby boy texted me and asked if i was okay, and i told him the whole story and he was super supportive.

and, look, i wanted to try and figure out if rugby boy was straight or not. so i thanked him for being my supportive straight friend (a message i immediately regretted sending btw), and then he sent me back a text that just said, “lol.” so i think i definitely need to stop referring to him as “cute rugby boy.” i can’t just keep crushing on some straight boy who was nice to me.

Chapter 8: r/AmItheAsshole: AITA for not wanting to come out yet?

Notes:

i debated heavily whether or not to even post a ben pov, but then someone in the comments said they wanted to see it, so i decided to go ahead and write it. i'm obsessed and horrified by all those AITA posts where OP is CLEARLY in the wrong, yet does everything they can to justify the situation to themselves and to other redditors. this chapter is absolutely NOT necessary to read, and is the only ben hope pov i will write. even putting myself in his headspace made me feel slimy and gross, so feel free to take out all your hate on this absolute dick. is u/Throwaway666 a subtle name? no. but it's truly the only one that fits.

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Posted on r/AmItheAsshole by u/Throwaway666:

 

AITA for not wanting to come out yet?

So I (16 M) have been casually seeing this guy (14 M) for a few months. He’s out, but I’m not, so we’ve been keeping it super lowkey. For a while, things were going great. We would meet up in secret at school, and I thought it was kind of fun. What’s not to like about a secret romance? I thought we had a mutual understanding, but recently he’s started expecting more from me. He keeps trying to talk to me outside of our secret meet-ups and then acts super offended when I brush him off, but how is that my fault? We agreed to keep this thing between us a secret. We have a great time when we’re alone together, and I don’t understand why he keeps insisting on wanting to interact in public. It really feels like he’s trying to force me to do something I’m not ready for.

Besides all this, there’s this girl who I’ve kind of been hanging out with lately. Let’s call her Emma. She’s gorgeous, and we gel together super well. She’s kind of the one bright spot in my life at the moment. I guess he saw us together and was super upset, but what am I supposed to do? Straight guys have girlfriends and, because everyone in school thinks I’m straight, I need to play the role. I wasn’t even aware that this guy and I were exclusive or anything. Our relationship has been super casual since the beginning. He could’ve been making out with, like, seven other guys for all I know. I never said anything about being exclusive, and it’s not my fault he didn’t see it that way.

Basically, he overreacted and told me he didn’t want to meet up anymore, which is just him being scared we’re going to get caught. But if we haven’t been caught after five months, then I doubt we will be now. I tried to reason with him, but he literally wasn’t having it. He didn’t even try to talk to me or anything. He just cut off all contact. I feel like he at least owes me an explanation, but he refused to even make eye contact with me.

Then the other day, I managed to convince him to meet up after school. He was wearing a coat that I made a little joke about, which he took the wrong way (of course he did). I tried to reach out to him, to explain my side of the story, but he clearly wasn’t interested in hearing my perspective. He started spewing off all these lies, claiming that we were only hooking up when I wanted to, and that I was using him. (Now that I think about it, he was basically using me too for his little gay fantasies.)

Now here’s where I might be the asshole: I was getting really pissed off from having all these accusations thrown at me, and I told him that he should be grateful because nobody else would want to go out with him. I realise how bad that sounds, but it was in the heat of the moment and the situation was very tense. I immediately tried to apologise by hugging him and kissing him and telling him that I was still figuring things out (which is true, by the way), but he wasn’t hearing it. If I’d realised he was crying, I would’ve definitely stopped, but I was too focused on trying to get him to understand my side of things.

Here’s where I think the guy is partly the asshole as well: he clearly sent someone to follow us and eavesdrop on our personal conversation, because all of a sudden this other boy who I’m kind of friends with appears out of nowhere and starts screaming at me to get away. Completely ignored the fact that this literally wasn’t any of his business. So now two people know about my sexuality, and I’m just waiting for them to hang it over my head and start blackmailing me.

TL;DR: Boy got mad at me for being in the closet. I tried to apologise, and he sent his pathetic friend to get dirt on me and is now potentially going to blackmail me.

Chapter 9: r/relationship_advice: I have a crush on my friend and I have literally no idea what to do!!!

Notes:

a bit of a lighter chapter after the last one :)

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Posted to r/relationship_advice by u/justwhitegirlthings:

 

I have a crush on my friend and I have literally no idea what to do!!!

Hi Reddit, I’m in a bit of a crisis LOL. I have this friend, Ned (fake name obviously!). We’re both sixteen now, but we’ve been friends since forever. Basically we’ve always been super close, but recently I’ve started seeing him differently, and I realised months ago that I definitely have a crush on him. He doesn’t know because I’m trying to be super subtle and calm about it, but it’s reached the point where I kind of want to let him know? But I’m also, like, terrified of rejection LMAO, so I don’t really know what to do. I’ve tried to subtly like… bring up possible girls he likes/is interested in to see kind of what his taste in girls is, but he never seems to want to talk about that stuff. So I kind of feel like he might like me back and just feels awkward about it, which is #relatable. That, or he’s not looking for a relationship. Which would literally be fine. Like, if he’s not into me, that’s fine. (A little bit devastating, but fine.)


I just can’t stop fantasising about how cute we would be as a couple—you know those couples who just work? That would be us. I really do have such a clear image of us becoming the ‘it’ couple at school and being voted prom queen and king like in all those teen movies. (Kind of cliché, I know, but I’m a romantic at heart!) I just know he would make the best boyfriend ever, and I’d be insanely lucky to be his girlfriend!

Chapter 10: r/Teachers: Student was outed and none of my colleagues seem to care

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Posted to r/Teachers by u/underpaidartteacher:

 

Student was outed and none of my colleagues seem to care

I teach at an all-boys school in the UK. As I’m sure you can imagine, all-boys schools aren’t always the most pleasant place for those who are in any way different from the perceived “norm.” This is the case with one student I’ve become particularly fond of. He was outed in September and had a really tough time with bullies. He’s not one of my students, but he’s friends with a student who is genuinely one of the best artists I’ve ever had the privilege to teach, and that’s how I met him and the rest of his friend group.

As a result of all the bullying, he ate lunch with me in my room for several months until the bullying died down, which it thankfully has somewhat. The thing is, I feel like I’m the only adult at this school who cares at all or is even remotely concerned about his well-being. I’m not saying my colleagues are homophobic, but I think their silence is a clear indication that they’re willing to tolerate homophobia. Because of this complete lack of solidarity from the other teachers, I’ve gone fully supportive and now have a little pride flag on my desk as well as a pride pin on my shirt. (This actually got me into a bit of trouble—I guess some students told their parents and I had to go speak to the headmaster about it, but he very bluntly told me that he didn’t give a rat’s arse about the complaints, so that bit of support was nice.)

I just don’t know if what I’m doing is enough. I’m always there for him, and I’m so glad he trusts me enough to seek advice with boy problems (yesterday he asked me for advice on crushing on a straight guy, and I told him that when I was in school, I just repressed my feelings and suffered), but could I be doing more for him? All I want to be is the teacher I wish I had at school when I was his age.

Chapter 11: r/FriendshipAdvice: A possible “soft launch” of mine and my gf’s relationship

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Posted on r/FriendshipAdvice by u/swiftlydancingxo:

 

A possible “soft launch” of mine and my gf’s relationship

Some of you may have seen my previous post about asking how to befriend the new girl in school. Well, exciting news: we’re friends! She’d dropped her pencil bag one day, so I picked it up and then invited her to meet up with me and my girlfriend for lunch. Anyway, this isn’t meant to be an update post lol, just wanted to give some context. From now on, I’ll call this girl Ellie.

What I didn’t mention about Ellie in the previous post (bc it wasn’t relevant to the story) is that she’s trans and transferred from the all-boys school down the road. We aren’t out yet, but my gf brought up the idea that maybe we could start by “soft launching” our relationship to Ellie. She seems like the safest person to tell atm since we unfortunately don’t know any other queer people at our school.

(Also, I think it’s important for everyone reading this to know that anytime I type the words “soft launch,” I immediately think of Schitt’s Creek lol)

Chapter 12: r/CasualConversation: My brother has a “new friend” and if this “friend” turns out to be a dick, I will push him into the River Medway

Notes:

as we all know, tori is a tumblrina through and through, but i think she'd go on reddit to kill time or while in the middle of a really boring class

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Posted on r/CasualConversation by u/chronic_pessimist:

 

My brother has a “new friend” and if this “friend” turns out to be a dick, I will push him into the River Medway

by “friend” I mean “crush” in case that wasn’t clear

Chapter 13: r/AmItheAsshole: AITA for being annoyed at constantly hearing about my friend’s crush?

Summary:

long time no see! i didn't mean to disappear for a month, but i've been trying to focus on college and less on fictional characters lmao, as well as bigger world events that have been happening. (basically, free palestine, donate to relief funds, and be aware of the news you consume.)

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Posted on r/AmItheAsshole by u/paperbackboy

 

AITA for being annoyed at constantly hearing about my friend’s crush?

I’ll call the two friends in this story Caleb and Tom. Caleb has a crush on a rugby boy at our school who Tom is convinced doesn’t like him back. Even though Tom is very vocal about his dislike for the rugby boy, he’s still deeply invested in this whole situation and is currently asking around to see if this rugby lad has a crush on anyone at the moment. Tom talks literally non-stop about how convinced he is that this rugby boy is straight and how he will inevitably break Caleb’s heart. I obviously don’t want my friend to get hurt either, but I’m so over this crush being the centre of all of our conversations. I swear last year we would just talk about books or video games or films, but not anymore. I don’t know when we all decided to want a boyfriend or a girlfriend. It feels like all this, like, longing has just suddenly sprung up, and I don’t know what’s caused it or why I’m so deeply uninterested in anything romantic. What’s also confusing is that I literally love reading romance books (friends-to-lovers is literally the best trope ever), but when it comes to real life, I just get so annoyed at it all. All I want to do is read my books and hang out with my friends. AITA?

Chapter 14: r/DOGS: LOOK HOW CUTE MY FRIEND’S DOG IS!! (her name is nellie!!)

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Posted on r/DOG by u/gaydrummerboy

 

LOOK HOW CUTE MY FRIEND’S DOG IS!! (her name is nellie!!)

[Several photos of a brown and white border collie dog rolling around in the snow. Most of the pictures are blurry, catching Nellie in mid-motion as she tries to catch snowflakes. The last picture is a selfie, showing two boys hugging Nellie. The photo is cropped, but it’s obvious that both boys are grinning, cheeks flushed from the cold.]

Chapter 15: r/LGBTeens: i keep going back and forth on whether this boy i like is mlm or not 😭😭

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Posted on r/LGBTeens by u/gaydrummerboy

 

i keep going back and forth on whether this boy i like is mlm or not 😭😭

for a while i assumed that he was straight because he hadn’t given me any signs that he liked me romantically, but recently i’ve kind of been feeling like maybe he isn’t straight and that he does actually like me back?? we’ve been hanging out non-stop during the half-term, and he’s been acting a little bit flirty at times?? there was this one day where he invited me over to his house, and he complicated my haircut and then kind of… ran his fingers through it a little haha. then it started to snow, so we went outside, and he took like a million pictures of me. we got into a snowball fight and while we were making snow angels, he kind of pulled on one of my curls but like in a cute way lol. i’m trying not to get my hopes up, but i think maybe there’s a chance? idk, what do you guys think?

Chapter 16: rAdvice: My male friend has a crush on a boy (straight) who has a crush on a girl and idk what to do

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Posted on r/Advice by u/letterboxdismylove

 

My male friend has a crush on a boy (straight) who has a crush on a girl and idk what to do

For the past two months, my friend has been hardcore crushing on this rugby king (RK) at our school. He’s been obsessed for so long that I decided to ask around and see if anyone knows anything about RK’s dating status. I happen to know one of his teammates from working on last year’s school play, and he told me that even though RK’s single, he’s basically in love with some other girl. Apparently they kissed a few years ago at a party and have been all “will-they-won’t-they” ever since. My friend really likes RK—like, REALLY likes him—and I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but I also don’t want him to keep pining after a guy that doesn’t share his feelings. What do I do?

Chapter 17: r/LGBTeens: My gf and I came out to someone today!!!

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Posted on r/LGBTeens by u/swiftlydancingxo

 

My gf and I came out to someone today!!!

I can’t believe I’m writing this lol, it feels so surreal to say, but we just came out as a couple to one of our friends, Ellie! We didn’t actually mean to come out to her lol, but today she walked in on us in an empty classroom during break. We were holding hands and laughing, and she asked if we were dating. The best thing is that I didn’t even feel nervous at all when she asked. I think that’s probably because Ellie’s trans but also because me and my gf have been thinking about coming out. My gf told Ellie that she’s befriended the school lesbians, which makes me feel like some wise old lesbian, which I’m definitely not lol. I truly feel like I’ve been on cloud nine ever since.

Notes:

i hope you enjoyed and found this even mildly entertaining. again, i think it would be really fun if you could comment like you're giving genuine advice to these characters, and then i'll respond as that character. you don't have to, of course. i'll eat up your comment anyway like darcy eats her monster munch. ok bye.