The hear me out cake: a tried and true 2024 TikTok trend. Groups of friends gathered together to share some of their wildest “Hear me out’s”— controversial crushes they have. These range from real to fictional, human to animal, and everything in between. Here are a few of Central’s hear me out’s! These will be ordered by new additions from left to right. 

Live-action humans

• Dick Grayson from the DCU
  • “Literally any, except when he was a child.”
• The Orange Doodlebop from The Doodle Bops
  • “I just love him, he’s just fine.”
• Harry from the Descendants franchise
• Drew Starkey
• Thomas Brodie Sangster

Animated/Drawn Humans

• Anastasia from Anastasia
• Maleficent from 1991 Beauty and the Beast
  • “She’s just so full of herself and confident, but not like ‘Oh, I’m better than you.’ She’s better than you and that’s the truth of it.”
• Nightwing from the DCU
• Meg from Hercules
• Kai from Lego Ninjago
• Lego Batman from The Lego Batman Movie
• Audrey from The Lost City of Atlantis
• The lifeguard from Lilo and Stitch
• The Man with a Yellow Hat from Curious George
• The Kratt Brothers from Wild Kratts
  • “The animated ones, not the old men.”

Non-Humanoid Animated Characters

• Alvin from Alvin and the Chipmunks
• Sam Sandwich
  • “He’s so cool!”
• Cody from Surf’s Up
  • “Some people might not, but his voice is so attractive.”
• Not So Imaginary Friend from Pressure(Roblox)
• Chet from Turbo
• Maurice from Madagascar
  • “He can take care of things and would make a great house husband.”
• Kwazii from The Octonauts
• Cogsworth from the 1991 Beauty and the Beast movie
  • “He’s grumpy, but I think he has kind eyes and a cute smile.”
• Moto Moto from Madagascar
• Nick Wilde from Zootopia
  • Some agree that “that man is fine.” He gives the vibe of “I’m better than you and I’m cocky, but in an attractive way.”
• Lightning McQueen from Cars

Nonanthropomorphic Things 

• Frogs
• The number 8
• The Pythagorean Theorem
  • “It’s just like a feeling.”
• Oranges
  • “They’re juicy bruh.”
• Graph paper
  • “It’s the best type of paper, you can write regularly or sideways and make nice boxes around stuff – it’s great.”
• The chain rule
  • “The chain rule is used in a lot of calc problems and it’s got an indescribable allure to it.”