Alice Oseman and the End of Heartstopper!
It's finally here! This week Alice Oseman joins us to talk about the incredible journey of Heartstopper, the responsibility of creating representation that means so much to so many people, and what it feels like to bring this chapter of Nick and Charlie’s story to a close.
With Volume 6 and Heartstopper Forever marking the end of an era, we reflect on the impact Heartstopper has had and what might come next for Alice beyond the world she created.
This is a conversation about storytelling, queer joy, and the legacy we leave behind!
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Plus we discuss a super special movie that made such an emotional impact on Alice.
'I Saw The TV Glow' (2024) is a Queer story like no other! 🏳️⚧️
A Trans allegory about identity disconnect and realisation that members of our community face all the time, this was a film that deeply resonated with Alice too!
Plus theres plenty of fun games in this episode when we learn how much Alice loves Tumblr and Pokemon! 😂😂😂
Make sure to watch out bonus episode coming out tomorrow where we answer all YOUR questions and learn what important piece of LGBTQ+ culture Alice would put in her time capsule!
Enjoy
xoxo
Comments (32)
I really want this so I'm sharing a link to petition for a DVD etc. release of the series. Thanks for a wonderful interview. This show changed a late sixties now early seventies Texan man's life. https://c.org/bRYSC4BtQM
I finally sat down to watch this and it was absolutely WONDERFUL!!! I can’t believe that I found your channel because of Heartstopper and to now see you interviewing ALICE is just so so lovely!!!!!
New to this channel - glad to be here 🙂💖
I'd love to see more lgbt content like hers for those late 20s- early 40s 💖 That's the age range for the aromantic asexual content!!
What a phantastic Interview. I really loved it, Alice seems to be so nice, and I love her Voice and accent very much 🤭 Heartstopper is the Reason I started watching reactions on YouTube and finding you 2 and other great Creators... Incredible 💝
You did so good!!! 💜💜💜 Thank you so much for this lovely interview.
this is MEGAAAA
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She's such a great person , and a wonderful writer. We as a community are so lucky to have her tell stories that can be lifelines for so many.
This is the best collaboration! Loved to see all three of you together and it was a really great interview! 🥰😍🤩🥳
Well done!! I enjoyed that so much!! Heartstopper saved me too 2 years ago when I was suddenly stood down from work due to perceived health and mental health issues, the joy in the show helped and I watched it constantly. I also found ASWT and your humour and education helped so much. Being neurodivergent, suffering depression was seen as a ‘problem’ and having issues’ in my workplace and I was bullied constantly by people who should have had my back. I may not be LGBTQ but I understand prejudice and having to fight for my place. It has made me so much more resilient and more accepting of people than how I was bought up- and I am a straight 55 year old woman!!
That was amazing. Thank you so much.
You're reactions to Heartstopper is how I discovered your channel and now you are interviewing THE Alice Oseman! 😍 Such a great, thoughtful interview as well!
Fantastic interview!
Omg I’m excited and proud of you guys. To think that I started my membership because I saw snippets of your reaction to S1 on YouTube …. Look at you now , interviewing the author /creator herself. It was a great interview!
This was absolutely wonderful! Maybe you were a bundle of nerves inside but you both looked quite at ease. Just 3 friends having a conversation. Thank You, Alex and Josh you did ASWT Proud!!
Loved this!! Thanks so much to you guys and Alice for doing this! 💕
Super excited for this!
I Saw the TV Glow is one of my favorite films, so I’m thrilled to hear of Alice’s love for it!
Watched the whole thing with the biggest smile on my face! What a wonderful, fascinating, and really insightful conversation between you all. Loved it! 🥰
Oh my word! This was EXCELLENT 😍💛💙💛💙💚💜💚💜 When Alice chose a scene from I Saw The TV Glow I was SPEACHLESS. I held my breath through the scene and through Alice talking about it. I could tell they were exasperated, and that it touched them profoundly. It did the same to me. I totally agree there needs to be mainstream culture-changing aroace story. There is Shinya Tamada's I Am What I Am (Japanese: Sobakasu), but it it didn't have Zendaya! 😉 I also loved the quick fire round (how dare you make Alice choose between Nellie and Henry!!! 🙃). I was surprised Alice likes karaoke 😅 I KNEW Alice was a savoury food person! 🥳 But I was surprised they doesn't like coffee. I don't either. Thank you Alex and Josh, you are phenomenal 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
This was awesome!!! Love seeing Alice get all the attention and love! Such an amazing creator and human! 🥰🍂😍🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
This is so brilliant. For all the full circle reasons everyone has already mentioned - and also what it shows in terms of how much your platform and impact have grown. I hope all our dream films get made 🩷🩷
Also we really need that big aroace movie!!!! I would be so happy to see that one day, and so emotional. Let’s hope someone is working on it 😇
Such a great interview looking forward to seeing what Alice does next after their well deserved break hopefully something that highlights A sexual And A romantic storytelling. As Alice said a new frontier that hasn't been explored before on screen
I remember watching your reaction videos of season 1 and to now see this, a conversation with THE Alice Oseman, it’s truly wonderful. Congrats guys and thank you for this, Heartstopper changed my life and is definitely a story worth telling 💜
Thank you, Alice, for finally explaining "I saw the TV glow" to me! When it came out, everyone around me was like "this is such a great trans story" and I (a trans person) just didn't get it and was bored. I'm actually considering giving it another shot now.
This was so great!! ❤️
This is so exciting
I think we are witnessing one of the most full circle moments ever! Talking to THE creator of the show that made your channel blow up is so incredible!!! Just wow!! 🤩😍😭
I know right! it feels so wonderful to see this moment arrive too :)
Such a pleasure to have you on the podcast Alice! Thank you so much for making the time in your busy Heartstopper schedule.
