u/TheGryffindor_Jedi

I really enjoyed this book up until he was made a Vampire. It was still good, but all I kept thinking was how Petronia felt extraneous to the central narrative. Very odd for the sake of it, and not at all necessary. Honestly, much of the vampire stuff feels like an afterthought, as thought out as the framing device was.

I have two thoughts: one, this could have wrapped up differently and not been a VC. It is a really good Southern Gothic book without it.

Or two: I’d have had Manfred be his maker. Replace the attacks with Manfred and change the nature of the threat. Have Quinn convinced he is being attacked by a ghost before the reveal comes. Then, as his maker have him pull a Magnus. He is done with vampire life but chooses Quinn for immortality for some family based motive before he greets the sun/fire. This could have connected him more to Lestat on an emotional level.

I don’t know. The stuff with Goblin, Aunt Queen, Mona I found very good, and an engrossing coming of age tale with an intriguing mystery in the firm of Goblin. As written, I see why Rice before she died said this was skippable as a VC, but it really is a fabulous read.

Thoughts on this?

>!I notice many of us are having a visceral reaction to the break up section of the film based on the novella “Nick and Charlie.”!<

I want to note dates:
The comic run ended April 11th 2026.
Heartstopper Forever finished shooting in July 2025.

I firmly believe the film influenced the graphic novel. I have the feeling Oseman was displeased with the “Nick and Charlie” elements of the film and chose to omit it from the final book. >!The fact that she even included the joke about “in an alternate universe we fight about this” in the comic leads me more towards this inference.!<

OMG

I am compiling for myself a definitive Heartstopper mini comic collection for personal use. I read mainly on kindle and it be good to flip to it easily. I want to make a table of contents that tells me when to read each comic.

Help me in my endeavor, please!

Here is what I have. Hopefully I am not missing anything of the Oseman created comics.

Dear Diary
The Hair Cut
The Ethics of Infatuation
A Very Special Day
The Teachers
Moments
Girlfriends
The Practice Room
The First Day
Firsts
Adoption
Boyband crush
Bedtime
Cookie crisis
Flower shop
Moments (color)
The Dream
The Invitation

I stupidly deleted my files after doing what I thought was a great conversion. Problem was the split images (the bottom part of the page is cut off as a separate image) are causing problems on my small colorsoft. How can I merge all these pages back together? Can calibre help? Is there a program for this?

I'd even just send the files to someone to fix my mistake and send them back. I am such a fool and really upset. They are the just the Heartstopper graphic novels, 1-5, but the color ones.

How can I fix this mess?!

I mean the show already referencing Amel being with Lestat (read a brief synopsis that was meant to be spoiler free, but disclosed that fact) weird blood transfusions by Fareed, etc. I know Amel can apparently cause Lestat some sanity issues, and I swear they are already playing heavily on that idea.

Heck, I don’t think half of Lestat’s memories in the show are reliable. After watching Maven of the Eventide her analysis of this show got me thinking… Example- he claims to Daniel Nikki went catatonic in episode 4, but in episode 3 he was totally manic. What he says in episode 4 aligns with the book but not the episode. Then there is the scene where he hallucinates Nikki writing Marius’s name on a mirror. In the book, that’s why Lestat leaves, because he wishes to find Marius, but that is not the case at all in the show. It’s like no one is paying attention to consistency. Or, something is toying with his mind and his memory for another purpose. I swear we are going to find out Gabrielle is being mind controlled by Akasha, and that his memories of sleeping with her are all a fabrication…. Though that might be wishful thinking. The show has set up crazy mind powers with Armand.

I don’t know, but I feel like I want to dive into Prince Lestat right now for answers. Thoughts on skipping Blackwood and Canticle for the time being. (Also, I have not read Mayfair. Not much interest in them sadly. I’m not a big fan of incest, and i hear that series is rife with it).

I know the books, but putting that to the side.

Questions the show would leave me as a non-reader:

1. Why did Lestat bury himself? Why did we leave out that scene of him going to ground?!Was it too much loss? It was, but the show glosses over it. Earlier seasons would have explored the emotions.

2. What is Armand’s role with Nikki? Why skip showing Nikki’s death. Heck, Nikki is so pivotal to Lestat’s becoming and yet he only gets an episode and a half.

3. So book change, and I know I am not meant to bring it up, but want to only cause it doesn’t make sense in the context of the show. Lestat was a Vampire for the great burning in the TV show. Fine, I can deal with that change, but why not show the burning occur and set up the mystery of what burned them before we get to it. This is a very awkward change because we are again told things we never see. Why change it if we never see it? Why have Lestat experience something so profound off screen? If I randomly caught fire in the middle of the night, I’d be obsessed with it.

My problem here is, the show is offering a juxtaposition between Lestat’s romanticized version of events through music, vs the actual events, but we don’t get enough of those events. I want an extended cut of this show. Adaptations naturally need to change things, but I really think there are scenes that were shot we are missing…

I don’t know. It just doesn’t flow if that makes sense. I guess I am suffering from pacing whiplash. Season 1 and 2 really took its time, and this season feels so rushed and salacious for the sake of it.

Funny enough, Louis’s storyline (not from the books, but I am sure is connected, looking at you Merrick) is one of the better aspects of this season. That is a slow burn story so far and it is great.

Edit to number 1: I guess in the show it’s cause Gabrielle, but in the book it is news of Nikki’s death, and his mother has already become solitary disappearing for long spans at a time.