Heartstopper
There are a few pairings I love in Heartstopper, but the ultimate has to be Nick and Charlie. The progression of their friendship into their relationship is so special to me, as is the series as a whole.
I’ve watched the first season of the show five times, which I think further proves just how much I love the journey of Nick and Charlie’s relationship. It’s just pure teen sweetness.
I definitely need to rewatch season two and three again some point soon. I’m surprised I haven’t watched season two at least three times yet. I do prefer the first season, but the Paris trip is also very special to me, so I adore those episodes. Season three is a lot heavier but I do love how they handled so many of those situations. Having a show grow up with it’s audience makes so much sense.
Synopsis: The story of two British teens, Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring, at an all-boys grammar school. Charlie, a high-strung, openly gay overthinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, one day are made to sit together in class. Their friendship quickly becomes something more for openly gay Charlie, but he initially does not believe he has a chance with Nick, but love works in surprising ways, with Nick more interested in Charlie than either of them realised. Heartstopper is about love, friendship, and loyalty. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie’s lives that together make something larger.
13 Going On 30
Surprise, surprise we have another childhood best friends to lovers couple in this post series. Jenna and Matty are the blueprint for this trope if you ask me. I seriously love this film and watching Jenna and Matty rekindle their friendship as 30 year olds is so romantic. Their chemistry is insane. It will always be a little strange that she technically has the mind of a 13 year old in her 30 year old body, but nothing actually happens between them during this time.
The ending gets me every time and set my standard for romance far too high. I want to live in a pink house with the love of my life (I’m halfway there, I just need a pink house – I do have pink walls in my livingroom so maybe I’m more than halfway there).
Synopsis: More than anything in the world, the unpopular schoolgirl, Jenna Rink, yearns to grow up and be cool. Then, on her otherwise catastrophic thirteenth birthday, a sprinkle of dust and a dash of magic grant Jenna’s wish, and just like that, the gawky teenager skips seventeen whole years, and wakes up in 2004 Manhattan as a curvaceous fashionista, and editor of Poise, her favourite magazine. Now, an exciting new life awaits the wide-eyed girl, who has to figure out how to be a woman; find out what happened to Matt, her long-lost best friend from school, and see through successful Jenna’s beautiful facade. Will glamorous Jenna ever find out where things got bad? Above all, is this what she wished for?
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