Isaac Henderson

**SPOILER WARNING: Plot details for *Heartstopper (TV series)* follow. *Caution is advised!***

## Biographical Information

### Born

Between September 1st 2006 and August 31st 2007

## Physical Description

### Skin color

White

“*I wanna believe in romance!*”
―Isaac
**Isaac Henderson**, portrayed by Tobie Donovan, is a main character in the Netflix adaption of ***Heartstopper***. He is best friends with Charlie Spring, Elle Argent and Tao Xu.

## Personality

Isaac is a kind-hearted, introverted book-worm. In nearly all season one episodes he's shown reading or studying. He is the third member of Charlie and Tao's trio, and is most likely the replacement character for Aled Last. Isaac has little to no lines in the episodes, however when he does give his input, it's always comforting, especially when talking to Charlie Spring.

## Sexuality

Isaac initially suspected he had romantic feelings for James McEwan, but after their first kiss realizes that he doesn't. At a queer art gala he comes into contact with the terms aromantic and asexual for the first time. Throughout the second season, his sexual orientation is hinted at but not officially confirmed by his character.

## Trivia

* His MBTI type is INTP/The Logician.
* He only opens up around his closest friends.
* Isaac’s sexuality is never stated onscreen, but as Tao claims he is the “token straight friend” and Charlie says his friends “aren’t gay”. Isaac is confirmed to be aroace by Alice Oseman in a tweet.
* Isaac is one of two characters from the Netflix adaptation who don’t have a comic counterpart, the other being Imogen Heaney.
	+ Though, his character fills the spot in Charlie's friend group usually occupied by Aled Last in the comic.

## Reading list throughout the Series

* Season 1
* Season 2

1. Meet

* **Dune Messiah** by Frank Herbert

2. Crush

* **Naruto – Volume 72** by Masashi Kishimoto

* **The Time Traveler's Wife** by Audrey Niffenegger

3. Kiss

* **Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum** by Leonard Susskind and Art Friedman

4. Secret

* **A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder** by Holly Jackson

* **Proud: My Autobiography** by Gareth Thomas

5. Friend

* **Pride and Prejudice** by Jane Austen

* **Radio Silence** by Alice Oseman

8. Boyfriend

* **Gender Explorers: Our Stories of Growing Up Trans and Changing the World** by Juno Roche

* **There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make Or Break Years** by Mike Berners-Lee

1. Out

* **I Love This Part** by Tillie Walden

* **Ace of Spades** by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

2. Family

* **We Are Okay** by Nina LaCour

* **Importance of Being Earnest** by Oscar Wilde

3. Promise

* **Book Lovers** by Emily Henry

4. Challenge

* **Les Misérables** by Victor Hugo

* **The Little Prince** by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

* **The Awakening** by Kate Chopin

* **We Are Okay** by Nina LaCour

5. Heat

* **We Are Okay** by Nina LaCour

* **The Outsider** by Albert Camus

6. Truth/Dare

* **Where’s Wally?** by Martin Handford

* **Birthday** by Meredith Russo

* **Around the World in 80 Days** by Jules Verne

* **Crush** by Richard Siken

7. Sorry

* **Boy Erased** by Garrard Conley

* **All Boys Aren't Blue** by George M. Johnson

* **We Have Always Been Here** by Samra Habib

8. Perfect

* **Summer Bird Blue** by Akemi Dawn Bowman

* **ACE** by Angela Chen