This article contains spoilers forToreseason 1.
This created a yearning for a delineated utopia of gay life, and NetflixsHeartstopperthoroughly fulfilled that prototype.
He doesnt cry, get watery-eyed, or even react in the slightest to what happens.
Instead, Tore goes on with his day and blocks out the trauma.
The reaction of Tore to this triggering event sets up the series crux perfectly.
The aesthetic ofTorecan hang like an ominous cloud over the audience.
The palette is broody and moody, with a plethora of grays, blues, and purples used.
Toreis a half-glass empty reality check for LGBTQ+ youth looking for a sign of life getting better.
It might bear so eerily reminiscent of audiences own lives that it could be triggering.
No LGBTQ+ series would be complete without a romance.
One of the only uplifting relationships Tore falls into is with a soft-spoken, amicable florist near his house.
Toreisnt better or worse thanHeartstopper; its just different.
All six episodes ofToreare available to stream on Netflix now.
