Heartbreak High
Harper McLean ( Asher Yasbincek ) is a terror towards Amerie Wadia ( Ayesha Madon ) inHeartbreak High , but over the seasons , she proves she has a sweeter side . Heartbreak Highis an Australian comedy dramathat premiered on Netflix in 2022 , and is a lenient reboot of the original 1994 series . Occupying a tightly packed strata ofNetflix clowning telly show , Heartbreak Highstands out with its crisp sense of humour , realism , willingness to address serious topics , and divers cast . One of the more important fibre in the series , Harper , has had quite the electric arc .
Harper McLean was Amerie ’s expert friend before the start of the serial , but something happened at a melodic festival a workweek before the series premiere , " Map B**ch " , that induce them to have a falling out . This event is demo in bit and pieces throughout season 1 , but the full background of their trouble is not let on until the conclusion . harpist has always been a bad biscuit , but in season 1 , she ’s downright hostile , and it ’s laborious to empathize with her . Even after her backstory is let on and she redeem herself , it can be difficult to view her with any sympathy .
Harper Treats Amerie Very Poorly In Heartbreak High
Season 1 Harper Is Nearly Irredeemable
From the first episode , Harper come out swing as the scoundrel , literally . After a heated exchange over the writing of the " incest map , " a crude diagram of everyone ’s intimate history at Hartley High , Harper biff Amerie hard enough in the nose to send her to the medical flank with a bloody boldness . Harper does more than physical hurt , too . She ’s Byzantine in not one , but two , love triangle that directly hurt the people she is " supposed " to care about . First , she ’s secretly sleeping with Dusty ( Joshua Heuston ) , whom Amerie has long had a crush on .
Josh Heuston could become a full-grown star with his approaching Dune : Prophecy serial publication , but does that intend he wo n’t be back for Heartbreak High season 3 ?
What ’s speculative , even after Harper admits she slept with him , and Harper and Amerie appear to be getting back on the right foot , she slumber with Dusty again , and this clip brings in another of Amerie ’s crushed leather . After she find out Dusty was sleeping with Harper , Amerie localise her passel on Malakai ( Thomas Weatherall ) , and she ends up losing her virginity to him . Just one episode later , Harper end up have a trio with Dusty and Malakai .
Her refusal to take province for her actions create many of her scenes all the more frustrating to watch . The worst part of all of this is that Harper completely refuses to excuse why she is ghost her former best friend . It ’s finally revealed in the season 1 finish that while Amerie was drunkenly hooking up with Spider ( Bryn Chapman Parish ) after the euphony festival , Harper was violently protecting herself from her dad and was escape a near - sexual ravishment by Chook ( Tom Wilson ) .
It ’s not fair for Harper to hold Amerie ’s mistake over her head when she was n’t in ascendance .
harpist tried to knock on Amerie ’s window to find somewhere to delay that Nox , but Amerie was too drunk and distracted to notice . It ’s definitely not a good friend move by Amerie , but she had had so much to imbibe , she does n’t even commend the night . It ’s not reasonable for Harper to hold Amerie ’s mistake over her foreland when she was n’t in control .
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While Harper Is At Fault, She’s Also Had A Difficult Upbringing
Harper’s Father Is A Violent Menace
Haper is really unappealing for a lot of reasons , andHeartbreak Highdoesn’t make it easy to root for her . However , there are a few reasons why fans should give her a bit of a breaksometimes . Harper comes from a very troubled nursing home . It turn out , the reason she was out on the street after the euphony festival is because her father , Justin ( Ben Oxenbould ) , is require money from her , presumably for deoxyephedrine , for what is probably not the first clock time , based on her reaction .
After she flee Chook and the others , who suggest they will sexually ravish her , she runs to Amerie ’s but is hold out of her friend ’s home , too . With no other choice , Harper heads back home . There , her own father attacks her while in a meth - induced psychosis . That ’s when she stabs him with a tongue . This is an extreme dark for Harper , but it ’s not entirely out of the ordinary for her . She has had a terrible home life , and while that does n’t beg off her action , it should be taken into news report , peculiarly when you ’re finding it hard to accept her activity .
Asher Yasbincek’s Comments About Harper
Yasbincek Was Concerned With Harper’s Home Life
Asher Yasbincek has said how important Harper ’s home life is to her character . She order ( viaYoungEntertainmentMag ) ,
" I definitely made certain I was really informed and really aware of what [ Harper ] was going through at that time when we started film … The poppycock with my pa was probably the most rewarding to tear because it was my biggest challenge on the project . "
Yasbincek was using Harper ’s abode living as the basis for her character , and it was from that grapheme trait that she resolve who Harper would be in season 1 . A lot of how Harper behaves and how she interact with Amerie halt from her relationship with her father . It ’s not just a difficult relationship , it ’s an actively grievous one . It demand her to pick up a tongue to defend herself .
When you ’re campaign for your life against your Church Father , then a fist fight with your booster may not seem like the bad thing .
When you ’re defend for your life against your beginner , then a clenched fist fight with your friend may not seem like the spoiled affair . In Harper ’s worldview , she ’s having something akin to an argument , while to Amerie , a punch to the human face is get just as most multitude would invite it : with anger , detest , and fear .
Harper Has Completely Changed Into A Protagonist In Heartbreak High Season 2
Heartbreak High Season 3 Should See Harper And Amerie As Good Of Friends As Ever
After the event of time of year 1 , Harper has done a accomplished 180 . She and Amerie are back to being friend , and after see about what Harper had to go through , Amerie is supernumerary - protective around her friend . InHeartbreak Highseason 2 , Harper has had to allot with the side effect of Chook attempt to sexually assault her and her father attacking her . She ’s pose as one of the protagonists , andwith how much she is forced to take on , it ’s no wonderment she act less than kind the premature season .
In theHeartbreak Highseason 2 finale , Harper and Amerie are snare in the schoolhouse as it burn . harpist is virtually unconscious from green goddess intake by the time she ’s rescued . By being the center of attention for that finale , along with Amerie , Heartbreak Highhas now officially place harpist back on the side of the protagonists . Heartbreak Highseason 3 began production in November 2024 , and it will be certain to see Harper and Amerie spring up even closer as supporter ( viaNetflix ) .
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