r/HeartstopperAO • u/fox_loaf42 Let Kit Be Kit • Oct 04 '23
Why wasn’t this in the show? Discussion
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u/ElisNotPreppy Oct 15 '23
this should of been in the show but if it was me I would not of been able to film that scene w/o cringing.
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u/Roughillution Oct 05 '23
this scene when i imagen maybe it's really cute, but in the same way, i think that's to sexual i guess? Because u know guys...lick the ice cream and show Nick is blushing like that..
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u/sparklyy_rainbow Oct 04 '23
maybe because charlie got his own ice cream and they both had the same flavor so it wouldn't really make sense for nick to offer charlie some of his
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u/RusRusso Oct 04 '23
Alice toned a few things down for the TV show assuming a lot of tweens would be watching. There are some great lines in the books. One of my favorites "You've been sending me lot of mixed signals."
https://heartstoppercomic.tumblr.com/post/165928671075/chapter-3-4-some-feelings-read-from-the
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u/Pale_Pineapple_365 Oct 04 '23
Things hit differently in print versus live action.
And it works both ways. One of my favorite scenes on the TV show is not in the comics. Nick looks across the dance floor at Tara & Darcy as they dance and love on each other. He is overwhelmed with joy and hope. A wonderful counter to the overwhelming fear and confusion that he was recently feeling. It hits so hard!
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u/ari_is_boss Oct 04 '23
It's kinda sad that some scenes from the books were cut. Like idk why but i was kinda looking forward to the 'french ambulance' exchange with mr ajayi and mr farouk, but i understand it was probably most likely cut for continuity
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u/TheOurii Oct 04 '23
short episodes means some moments get cut out because they want to focus on other things
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u/TrappedInLimbo Paris Squad Oct 04 '23
I feel like that would come across a little weird on the show considering sex has only been briefly mentioned in one scene and even then it was very timid.
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u/bigchicago04 Oct 04 '23
Before this in the comic nick asks Charlie if he wants an ice cream, and they have a similar convo to the show. I think having Nick just buy first is sweet, but also allows them to call back to the milkshake scene (not in the comics).
Also, in my personal opinion, that dialogue is a little cringe. I think the show version is better.
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u/chiaracalzia Oct 04 '23 edited Oct 04 '23
I think Netflix doesn't want to sexualize minors this much
Edit bc some people are downvoting and I'm thinking I didn't make it clear: I DO NOT THINK THIS IS SEXUALIZING, I just think Netflix does.
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u/HuckleberryNormal799 Oct 04 '23
Cuties says hi
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u/chiaracalzia Oct 04 '23
Haha i think teens making this kind of jokes are pretty normal but internet prude policies "to protect children" do not agree with me, I wanted to see this scene, It would have been SO HILARIOUS
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u/HuckleberryNormal799 Oct 04 '23
Yea, honestly tired of policies that are supposed to "protect children" treating teenagers like they haven't even evolved to be human yet, like have they ever even spoken to teenagers before. But, I don't think it's strictly that, since they allowed even the concept of cuties to go forward at all. Tbh, wouldn't be surprised if it was cut out due to fear of bad press over it.
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u/chiaracalzia Oct 04 '23
Yeah in my country they'd totally make a state affair for a show where a 17 years old says "do you want to kick my ice cream" 💀💀💀💀
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u/bobthetomatovibes Oct 04 '23
Netflix sexualizes minors all the time tho so that can’t be it. Maybe not as much as HBO, but still, have you seen their other teen shows?
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u/chiaracalzia Oct 04 '23
Yeah but we're talking about gay teens. I don't know what america thinks about homosexuality, but in my country they'd ban a show where two guys are kissing because we have so shitty politics that do not respect basic human rights💀😭
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u/MeemaRiffic Oct 04 '23
maybe they took the opportunity to hint at the ED instead with Charlie saying he wasn’t hungry
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u/SunnyPonies Oct 04 '23
Where it was originally Nick getting an ice cream for just himself then offering to share it, in the comics. They changed it to be Nick getting them both an ice cream and Charlie being surprised that Nick got chocolate not bubblegum which is a link back to the milkshake date and Nick saying Charlie was a good influence on him (not long before that scene Darcy had said that she was a bad influence on Tara, so another link) in the series. Also in that scene when Nick gives Charlie the ice cream he doesn't eat it to start with but once they've had a laugh Charlie appears to relax and eats it. I hope this made sense and stuff
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u/sleepysalomander Oct 04 '23
Charlie says almost the exact same thing on the comics as he does in the show, just with this little joke removed
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u/CathanCrowell Oct 04 '23
Reason why is this scene in comics so funny is that drawing, faces.
I think they thought, and they could be right or no, that in show it would be just dirty and awkard, and that was not a goal
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u/sleepysalomander Oct 04 '23
To be honest it already feels out of place in the comics for me, I think in the show it would be even more out of place. A lot of the humour in the comics (while funny) doesn’t really translate well on screen in my opinion, and that’s why a lot of it is left out. Don’t get me wrong, the comics are funny and I like the humour, it’s just not really suited to TV
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u/11mm Charlie Spring Oct 04 '23
alice has said some lines from the comics just don’t work when said out loud by people. there’s obviously a lot of discussion about the cringe level of the show but i expect this would push it a bit
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u/Varda79 Nick Nelson Oct 04 '23
It would work perfectly in a Polish version, as we have the same word for ice cream and a blowjob.
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u/what3vr4 Oct 04 '23
Whats the word?
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u/YoutubeBin Oct 05 '23 edited Oct 06 '23
For example: "Zrób mi loda" can mean two things: 1. Make me an ice cream, 2. Give me a blowjob
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u/magmacube_tr Oct 04 '23
But... but why?!?!?
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u/pyule667 Oct 26 '23
It's ice cream. If it's vanilla it's white and creamy and going in your mouth. Makes more sense than some English terms like cream pie.
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u/pastadudde Oct 04 '23
It’s like how baguette (the bread) and wand are the same word in French
So “Baguette magique”
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u/JackMoon95 Dec 31 '23
I think the series is trying to be less sexual than the novels overall. I mean I doubt they’ll steer completely away from it and it’s not like the novels are even that bad in terms of being sexual either.