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daltonblaine · 1 year

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Can you give a run down of Blaine’s relationships with the original six girls, and season 4 new girls. Rank importance to him?

i giggled a little at first because. Rank Women BUT this was actually really fun to think about !!

tina #1 OBVIOUSLY. "you are the most important person to me at this school right now" + "i know i can't possibly leave here without having at least one slow dance with you" + all those shots of blaine hugging tina or them holding hands/linking arms in the hallway are so !!! blaine joining the cheerios with her, hanging out with her & sam as a #Trio, comforting her when she cries, supporting her status as prom queen (though he did admit he fell asleep texting her about her prom dress 😭), singing a duet with her at nationals, poking fun at her for mistakenly being into gay guys lightheartedly ^_^ also tina is SO ride or die for blaine. she's the only one who voted blaine in the blaine vs sue feud duet off !! she's the only one blaine told about his crush on sam !!! they went to sadie hawkins together !!!!!! they have super cringe nicknames for each other (blainey days bling bling tay tay queen t) !!!!!!!!! but they can also be super snarky with each other LOL like blaine saying "thanks tina" + tina going full diva on an (oblivious) blaine <33

santana... this might be my bias talking but i imagine they're somewhat tight... "it's not unusual" is amazing performance fodder (though rip purple piano 💔), but also santana stepped up for him (and kurt) against karofsky in night of neglect, and she was willing to risk everything in getting revenge on behalf on blaine in michael (they spend a sizable number of scenes together in that ep)... also they have that fun dynamic where santana makes little disgusted faces at certain things blaine does in performances ("love doesn't come in a minute" + santana's shocked face during the dance breakdown of "hungry like the wolf / rio" + blaine rapping in "perfect" + santana giving kurt an offended look during "it's not right but it's okay") also they walked down the wedding aisle together 🏳️‍🌈

rachel comes next i SUPPOSE but i always kind of got an impression they were more coworkers than friends even during high school 😭 they had a shocking number of duets for a duo that hardly seemed to relate to each other otherwise but they DID get drunk together & kissed in biota and also starred in west side story as leads... rachel is definitely closer to kurt (e.g. she "sided" with kurt during the dance with somebody ep + hummelberry were actually college roomies) but it does seem like blaine & rachel coordinated some nyada assignments together, also blaine cheered her up in s6 when she was in her flop era !! doesn't seem like she kept too close contact with him after he & kurt broke up though because she didn't know about blaine and karofsky dating when she spoke with kurt later on

MERCEDES AND BLAINE WERE ROOMMATES. so much lost potential there like they could've been Peak "this is my boyfriend sam and this is his boyfriend blaine" energy... that one scene where mercedes walks in on a million lit candles in the apartment and immediately goes like "BLAINE?" but blaine was literally guiltless in that endeavor... also mercedes invited to the bachelor chalet ❤️

brittany - weirdly hostile and friendly with blaine at the same time. they were hanging out during lunch together and blaine asks how santana is?? they also performed "shout" and couple other fun numbers together & she kissed him on the cheek during "heroes"... they also made out in a made-up glee script (WHY 😭). blaine & artie arranged & choreographed ULTIMATE CAMP "boys/boyfriend" to cheer brittany up !! brittany banned hair gel from prom and then made fun of blaine's hair?? also asked if blaine was born in america during the s4 elections arc 💀 anderpierce going head to head as president candidates during elections would've been interesting but she was paralleled to sam instead... although i DO have to thank her for giving us the blaine & sam pres/vp duo ^_^

kitty & artie had apparently invited blaine to go out bumper bowling with them but he declined because he didn't want to be a third wheel (sam voice Fifth wheel). when tina pokes fun at blaine's very obvious feelings about sam during "against all odds" kitty smacks her on the arm and says "shut it" LOLL there's a lot of snark between her and blaine, with comments from kitty like "SOMEONE'S manstruating" or "no one reads show choir blogs, just you blaine" or blaine saying in his time capsule "kitty, who’s kind of a bitch but we kind of love her" ?? also anderwilde appearing as the dirty dancing + twist duo in the pro-twerking presentation 😭

the marley and blaine "i may have a juicebox" anderson relationship is a little scant, but seems friendly !! that one time mr. shue kept shutting the glee clubbers down when marley wanted to suggest one of her original songs for regionals, blaine put together a meeting and they tried out her songs ("all or nothing" blaine & marley duet ^_^) also that one scene where marley's like "we should light up sparklers INDOORS" blaine's like 😕🥰 about it in response LOL also there's this little moment in "chasing pavements" where blaine guides marley to the center of the stage when she was singing in the wings <3 and a shot in "diva" where marley's trying to fix his hair and blaine acts all diva-like. crumbs truly

unique & blaine have that fun little rapport going where she talks about her fake boobs LOLL like there's that scene and there's also the scene where she's like "you might need some woman parts to help you sell that" to him and hands him padding right out of her shirt 😭 also that OUTRAGEOUS scene where unique's like "say i'm a girl" and ryder is kind of just squirming standing there. but blaine turns to ryder with eyebrows raised like slay king

sorry quinn, i can't remember anything beyond that one time blaine said "looking good fabray" as he passed her in the hallways after she donned the cheerio uniform in s3

the ranking itself is a little fuzzy by the end just because like. it really is all crumbs LOL blaine canonically has maybe 3 friends and he married one of them but i can STILL DREAM...

#blaine anderson #i am not tagging everyone.#glee #ask #anonymous

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ashleyinwondrland · 2 years

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Going back an episode and watching Born This Way

Santana is such a bitch but I still love her. Also her first vest and hat combo is fucking iconic! “I gotta gay, I mean go I gotta gay” honey you are so bad at being in closet.

The way Will thinks he has the capacity to handle everyone’s problems…maybe he is the reason teacher’s need a masters in education. This just makes me think of when he said

The big deal about junior prom queen and king, when I remember in high school it basically as determined by who won homecoming. Tho senior year our prom Queen was a heavier girl, who was the sweetest and also one of the best singers! Like she deserved it!

YASSSSS my favorite song! Pretty/Unpretty is so amazing! It was a crime that Quinn and Rachel didn’t have another duet! There were like a billion opportunities! I love this song so much.

Honestly I would recap every episode just to go into missed opportunities, #1 Quinn in her ‘stank’ phase not having a punk song like Cherry Bomb by Runaways, I really believe Dianna could’ve killed it.

All the prom posters are horrible which is actually super realistic.

“The only straight I am is a straight up bitch” ICON!!

The lockers shot with Quinn and Finn was interesting, though we never see anything like that again.

Any chance for Mike Chang to have a spotlight is good with me.

Finn, just break up with Quinn! You are in love with Rachel and she is with you, just pull the bandaid off!!

This whole zero tolerance shit, I get Karofsky is badly with his own gayness, but they just aren’t handling this shit well. It reminds me of Degrassi, thankfully it ended a lot better. Kurt was great for never outing him though. I wish they had handled Karofsky better, like this show dealt with every issue they could find but never handled it well!

Now I want to cry tho with Burt telling Finn “keep an eye on your brother” then Finn saying “I’m one step ahead of you” they really became a family and I love that. It was such a growth and it made me so happy!

Super don’t care about the warblers! Shouldn’t you be at your own school?? It’s a school day and the bell literally just rang! Where did that piano come from?? And the violinists?

I hate the Lucy Caboose stuff! Like her issues couldn’t be more no out of no where, knowing that Sue caused an eating disorder for the Cheerios and idk the whole teen pregnancy stuff!? Dianna did well with it though, why isn’t she in more things? I know she is in a lot of indie movies but give me more! Also her running hallway scene is amazing, it’s always amazing when these ladies go through the hallway, it’s practically a runway!

“Is Barbara here?” “No it’s a mall in Ohio”

Yea Barbara is 1 in a million, and you would’ve been too if you weren’t a fuxking bitch.

Brittany is smart enough to make that ironic shirt but then makes the Lebanese shirt for Santana. Also saying “clearly you don’t love yourself as mch as I love you” isn’t a healthy thing for when someone is in the closet. Not that someone is wrong for not wanting to be in closet for someone else’s sake. It’s a complex thing but again Murphy & the others don’t handle it well. What was the short hand for the show runners? We used to have one

Remember when Dianna wore the Likes Girls shirt at the Glee concert tour for Born this Way and everyone including myself lost their collective shit? And then she was absent for a couple shows after? Which is super suspicious…

#glee #glee 2x18 #glee born this way #quinn fabray #rachel berry #kurt hummel #santana lopez #finn hudson #dianna agron

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no-one-fuck-a-man · 2 years

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Berry Blues

Season One

Part Eight - (Mash Up) Popu-Lar

Quinn Fabray x Reader

Summary: Your best friend and his girlfriend strive to get their quickly diminishing popularity back. So much so that he would choose to leave the club behind. But all you could think about was where to hide a body after catching the boy you hated in your sisters bedroom.

Word Count: 4,197

WARNINGS: A ”fight”, being “traumatised”, an attempted fight, Sue’s Corner

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'I hope they serve burgers for lunch today'

'If not, I'm going to a drive-through'

''Cause I want's me a burger'

'I've been hanging around with Santana too much'

You were pulled from your thoughts. Not by your sister yelling for your attention like she usually did when you were dazed out, as she was talking about some musical or another. But instead, by the voice of your friend yelling.

"My weave!"

You watched as Dave Karofsky walked away from Mercedes, and towards your sister, with a slushie in hand.

"Don't," you told him sternly, as he mimicked throwing the drink in her face, and she flinched in anticipation.

He walked away once more, with you and Rachel peering after him.

You soon found none of you were actually his intended targets. As Finn was hit straight in the face by the mushed ice.

"What the hell, Karofsky?!" he yelled, pushing him into the wall

"Oh, I've wanted to do that ever since the fifth grade when you made fun of me for getting pubes."

"Oh, yes." You walked up to them, ready to defend your best friend if needed. "Just what I wanted to hear in the morning."

"Now that you've joined Lullaby Lee's and insperminated the queen of the Chastity Ball, and dropped below us hockey dudes on the food chain? It's open season."

"Wait. We have a hockey team?"

"Screw you, Karofsky! You and your neanderthal puck-heads are nothing!"

"You're gonna pay for this, dude!" Finn threatened, angrily pushing the hockey player back into the wall.

Quickly grabbing Quinn's arm, you pulled her back, closer to your side, as not to accidentally get hurt by the two boys.

"No. I'm not." He shoved Finn back. "You two don't have the juice anymore."

You gasped at that and looked down at Quinn. "You have juice? Is it orange?"

"Welcome to the new world order."

He cockily nodded to the blonde before strutting away, leaving the three of you alone. The couple looked troubled by what just happened, while you couldn't really give a fuck.

"Is it just me, or is anyone else getting a bit of a gay vibe from him? No? Okay."

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"This is a disaster," Quinn said as she mopped Finn up with a towel, "Our reputation as McKinley High's "it" couple is in serious jeopardy if we don't find some way to be cool again, Finn."

Your eyes were looking from the couple to your obvious sister. As you were seated beside Mercedes, elbow on your knee and cheek in your palm.

"The 'Slushee War' has commenced," Kurt said, bringing your attention to the two.

"And if Finn and Quinn got nailed, none of us are safe."

"Well, Quinn didn't actually get hit. But if Karofsky had two cups, she probably would have."

"Are you talking about me?" Quinn suddenly called over, snapping to face you.

"Just about how much you're in love with me."

She scoffed.

"Oh, just admit it, Quinn. You're totally into me."

Before she could throw another remark at you, Mr Schue stepped into the room.

"Okay, guys. We're a little behind for Sectionals, thanks to our Sue Sylvester detour. But you guys really seemed to enjoy doing mash-ups, right?" The rest of the team moved to sit in the seats at the back of the class while he spoke. Santana literally kicked you out of your chair just so she and Brittany could sit in the two chairs that were already beside one another.

You stood behind what used to be your chair, utterly confused.

"What just happened?"

"And I'm going to keep you guys fired up. Plus, there's an important lesson to be learned with mash-ups. Sometimes things are so different they don't feel like they go together. But the big difference between them is what makes them great. Like... chocolate and bacon."

"Or Glee Club and football," Finn added.

"Exactly." Mr Schue pointed to the boy sitting at the drum kit. "But you've proven that it is a great combination."

"That, or people can just have multiple interests."

"So!" The teacher began handing out sheet music. "Here is my personal favourite song. And your homework for the week is to find an unexpected mash-up to go with it."

"'Bust A Move'?"

"Yeah, this song is old school."

"All right. Um, Artie."

"Yeah?"

"Try to follow along on the bass. Finn." He pointed to the boy with the leftover sheets of paper. "Take us through it."

"Uh, I'm sorry, Mr Schuester. I. I got corn syrup in my eye."

"Okay... uh, Puck. How about it?"

"I don't really groove on Young MC."

"I am shocked at the lack of leading-man ambition in this room, right now," Rachel said.

"It's okay, Rachel. I guess I'm gonna have to show these guys how it's done."

"Please don't tell me you're gonna rap."

Bust it

'Nope'

Okay... okay! So, maybe you started dancing with the majority of your friends as Mr Schue performed the song. But that's not the point!

Not to mention you couldn't help the cackle that came from your mouth when you saw Kurt walking away from your teacher whilst mouthing, 'Oh my, God', after the lyrics, 'And then you're feeling really fine, 'cause the girl is stacked'

What can you say? You love watching your friends be innocently traumatized.

But sadly, you were Mr Schuester's next "victim".

Coming up behind you, the man wrapped his arms around your shoulders, hands making a heart shape over your chest, miming along with the song.

'Look at the girl, and your heart starts thumpin'

Then spinning around to be stood by your side, bumping his hip with yours, sending you stumbling slightly.

She wants to dance, to a different groove

Okay, maybe that wasn't so bad...

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There were things about your sister that were annoying.

Many things.

However, she hardly ever traumatized you.

Until now.

"Hey, Rachel, have you seen- What?"

Puckerman was in your sister's room.

"Y/N," she sat up, reaching her hand out as if to stop you from coming closer and inevitably breaking the boy's face.

"The."

Puckerman was on your sister's bed.

"Don't overreact," she continued.

'Oh, she could fucking talk'

Puckerman was kissing your sister.

"Fuck?!"

And then you pounced.

"Get off my sister!"

Charging the boy, who quickly jumped to stand at the other side of the bed, watching as you took slow steps to manoeuvre around it. Almost like a lion who was hunting its prey.

"Dude, it's not what it looks like."

Rachel quickly scrambled to stand in between you both, arms spread, to try and keep the distance between you.

"Really? 'It's not what it looks like'? 'Cause, it really looked like you were making out with my sister!"

"We were just rehearsing," Rachel tried to explain.

"In your mouth?"

"It's not that big of a deal."

"Oh!" You raised your eyebrows at the boy. "Well, let's see if you think it's still 'not that big of a deal' when I throw you out the fucking window!"

"Y/N!" your sister scolded, "I don't react this way when you have girls in your room."

"Yeah, well, the girls in my room aren't a walking red flag! Not to mention the number of people he's slept with. You don't know what kind of diseases he's got. Because you know his form of protection is pulling out."

'And he got a girl pregnant'

"We weren't having sex!" she yelled before scoffing and throwing it back in your face, "Like you haven't slept with girls with high body counts and possible diseases."

"Name one!"

"Brittany!"

"Oh!"

Rachel pointed to the still open door of her room. "Get out. I can make my own decisions."

"They're not good ones," you replied as she started to push you back.

"But they're my own."

You were almost to the door when you took the reins and started backing out of the room yourself.

"I don't like this."

"Well, you can not like it. In your own room." And with that, she slammed the door in your face. Leaving you standing there. Fists tightly clenched, and eyes still wide with anger.

Only able to think one thing.

'He better not get your sister pregnant, too'

Not knowing that your sister was busy rejecting the boy and his advances behind the door.

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"So, any ideas for the mash-up?" Mr Schue asked, striding onto the room, instantly bringing the chatter to a halt. Only to be met with continued silence, "Anybody?"

Once again, nothing.

"Oh, come on, guys!" he groaned playfully, "It's like you're daring me to start dancing."

A collective sound of denial spread through the room, making the teacher smile until Puck raised his hand and spoke up.

"I've been working on something."

Everybody grew silent again. Looking at the boy with mild shock. Never expecting him to volunteer himself to do anything like this. Claiming he was too 'cool and badass' for it.

"Oh, yeah?"

"It's my personal tribute to a musical, Jewish icon," he spoke, looking directly at your sister, which you glared at him for.

"Uh, fantastic."

"Are they actually Jewish? Or is this like with Rachel and Natalie Wood?"

Rachel threw you a glare from where you sat beside Quinn. "Shut it."

"I will not."

Your and Rachel's relationship hadn't been the best, ever since you caught her and Puck making out in her room.

And your relationship with Puck was never good, to begin with, so not much has changed. It only increased your dislike for the boy.

"Let's hear it," Mr Schue quickly stopped the impending argument between you two and gave the boy the floor.

Neil Diamond.

At least he was actually Jewish.

You had the same face as Santana did.

A full-on disgusted sneer.

Just watching the boy sing to your sister was enough to curl your stomach.

But what you saw next would only make it worse.

Glancing to your side, you tried to gauge everyone's reactions.

Most of which, were enjoying the performance, and singing along with happy smiles on their face's.

And then you saw Quinn's face.

Which just made you tilt your head to the side in appalling confusion.

Just like your sister. If not more so. She was swooning.

She was swooning at the person she cheated on her boyfriend with.

On the boy who got her pregnant.

'You have got to be shitting me'

The sinking feeling was back.

So much so, that it started to take your breath away.

Only this time, it was accompanied by a burning feeling in the pit of your stomach. One that only grew when your eyes returned to the boy.

'What the fuck was happening to you?'

Applause filled the room in celebration of the song. You, the only one still throwing daggers at him through your eyes, only giving him a few light claps to be gracious.

"That literally wasn't a mash-up?" you pointed out, once the noises had died down, "I thought that was the assignment for this week?"

"It's fine, Y/N," Mr Schue excused.

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"-I think we look super cool."

"I think you look like idiots," you said, sliding up to the two.

"I'm proud of you, Finn. I'm proud of us."

"Yeah! There's nothing wrong with wanting to be popular. It just means you want people to like you. There's nothing wrong with that."

"I totally agree."

"Being popular just means you can have it all," Finn continued justifying themselves.

"Until you start basing your livelihood on it. Anyway, I gotta head to class. See you two loser's later," you teased, walking away from them, "Oh, and Fabray." You turned, starting to walk backwards so that you could talk to the girl's face," Those glasses are way too big for you."

"They're stylish."

"If 'stylish' is spelt U-G-L-Y."

You were halfway down the opposite hall when you heard. "You can't do this!" Scrunching your brows in confusion, you stopped and turned in your space. Only to see a circle of football players and one Finn Hudson standing in the middle of them, covered in purple slush. Quinn presumably with him, in the same state as the boy.

Your sigh turned into a groan as you flopped your head back, starting to make your way towards the circle. Mumbling to yourself along the way, "I swear, I have to do everything around here. Keep missing my classes and shit. If I fail, I'm kicking their asses."

The closer you got, the better you could hear Azimio talk, "Oh, you think that's bad? Just imagine what's gonna happen if you don't show up to practice on Thursday and quit that little Glee Club for good."

""Y/N, why are you black and blue?" Well, dad's, I decided to stand to a gang of football players to defend my friends, and they kicked my ass."

"Bro's before hi-hos, dude. Don't forget that."

"Oh, you mean like how you forget basic human decency? Okay, got it."

"You're lucky we ain't got any slushie left," he replied, eyes angry and pointing a single finger at you.

"Oh, I'm shaking in my fucking boots."

He kissed his teeth and gestured for all of the other guys to follow him out the doors. Which they did, one of which slid along the wet floor before thudding to the ground, his buddies having to help him stand up properly and lead him from the hall.

"Dumbasses, the lot of them," you scoffed, turning to the two cold teens, "Hey, looks like those glasses came in handy! Especially your bug-eye ones." You pointed to Quinn before using two of your fingers to wave between your eyes. "Less chance of your eyes burning."

"You know that doesn't help?" she asked, wiping the dripping slush from her eyebrow as Finn gasped, the cold finally settling into him.

You shrugged. "It's funny, though."

---

"I hear people say, "That's not how I define marriage"."

"Watch what you say," you warned the TV as you finished up some of your homework.

"Well, to them, I say, "Love knows no bounds"."

"Okay..." you said slowly, still not trusting the cheerleading coach.

"Why can't people marry dogs?"

Dropping your pen, your now free hand came up to rub at your forehead, trying to quench the pain of your brain cells dying at a fast rate.

"I'm certainly not advocating intimacy with your pets."

"Oh well, that's a relief!" you said sarcastically. Your father, Hiram, laughing from his seat behind you, "She's breaking my brain, dad."

"I, for one, think intimacy has no place in a marriage. Walked in on my parents once, and it was like seeing two walruses wrestling. So, "woof" on 'Prop 15', Ohio. And that's how Sue sees it." She then turned to the news anchors. "Rod."

"Boffo, Sue. And we'll be right back, after this."

"I can't wait to get out of this state."

"She's just trying to get a rise out of people," LeRoy told you, walking into the room.

"Yeah, well, it's working."

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The club, minus the football players, were standing in the middle of the choir room, watching as the clock ticked by.

You were standing next to Brittany and Quinn, arms folded over your chest, as you waited.

"Hey, guys," Mr Schuster said, walking up and joining you.

The clock ticked over to 3:30, and everyone turned to look at the door closest to where the football field was. Just hoping that someone would walk in. Well, multiple someones, so that you would be able to compete in the upcoming competition. And also to have your friends back... minus Puckerman for you.

A good few long seconds passed by, with you all just starring at the open door.

"I guess they're not coming." Mr Schue bowed his head. "I'm really sorry, guys."

"I can't believe this. I thought they were our friends," Mercedes spoke. "How could they just abandon us?"

And then in walked Mike and Matt.

You opened your arms wide at the sight of them, a bright smile on your face, as Santana and Brittany jogged up to them, hugging them in greeting.

"My boys! My boys!"

It was your turn to hug them next, one arm around each of them.

"We couldn't leave you here," Matt said.

"Yeah, who would you have to mess with you?"

"Okay, I take it back. Get out." You pointed to the door just as Puck was stepping into the room. And you had returned to the rest of your friends.

You made a small, disgusted sound that only "your boys" could hear. Them needing to stifle their snorts. While your sister walked up to meet the boy.

They spoke together, each second that passed grossing you out more and more.

"Where's Finn?" Artie asked.

"Oh, I'm gonna kick his ass."

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The next day you were standing with Kurt and Rachel by the boy's locker when Finn walked up to him, cup in hand.

"Do it," Kurt told him.

"Don't you dare."

"I really don't want to, honestly," Finn admitted, "I know how picky you are about the products you use on your face."

"But you've been getting so much pressure from the gorillas on the football team," he replied as Artie, Tina, and Mercedes came up behind the tall boy, "I guess they didn't appreciate me resigning from the team and choosing Glee."

"Wait, you were still on the team?"

"It probably would have went over better if you didn't announce it at the showers," Finn reasoned with a shrug.

"You are not gonna slushie on my man Kurt."

Finn turned to see Mercedes before his attention was dragged to Rachel.

"Why wouldn't he? He's made his choice. He doesn't care about us losers anymore."

"No, that's not true." He winced. "It's just that if I don't do it, the guys on the team are gonna kick the crap out of me."

"Like I didn't risk the same thing for you and Quinn."

"Well, we can't have that, can we?" You and Kurt said at the same time.

The boy reached over and took the tall cup from Finn's hand.

"What are you doing?"

"It's called taking one for the team." He then threw the drink into his own face.

Kurt spoke again after a few seconds of silence. Handing the cup back to Finn and wiping his face.

"Now get out of here. And take some time to think whether or not any of your friends on the football team would have done that for you."

Finn walked off dumbly, still not fully able to process what had just happened.

"Someone get me to a day-spa, stat!"

The girls pulled Kurt into the girl's bathroom, which was just opposite his locker. Leaving you and Artie alone.

You turned to the boy.

"I would have thrown it back into Finn's face if I'm being entirely honest."

"Really?"

"... I don't know."

Later that night, you felt the bed dip beside you once you heard the door close. Too distracted by typing on your laptop to look up at who entered your room.

"I broke up with Noah."

You looked to your side to see Rachel lying next to you.

"Who's Noah?"

"Puck."

"Puck's real name is Noah?" you asked aghast. She raised an eyebrow at you and smiled slightly, obviously not wanting to talk about that. You sighed, "I can't say I'm not glad."

"Why don't you like him?"

"Have you met him? He's an ass."

"I feel like there's another reason."

"There is no other reason."

There were a few other reasons.

"Can we put this behind us?"

"As long as I don't catch you kissing him again." You looked back down at her with a smile. "Of course, we can. You're my sister, and I love you. And no guy will make that stop, no matter how much I don't like 'em."

Rachel breathed a laugh.

"Do you love me enough to watch 'Funny Girl' with me?"

"Oh, I'll never love you that much."

You laughed once she shoved your shoulder.

It was nice for things to be back to normal again.

Well... as normal as your family could get.

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"What you get on the science quiz?" you asked, jogging up to the blonde cheerleader.

"More than you did."

"Hey, I take insult to that."

"I got a ninety-eight." She looked to you with a shit-eating grin. "What did you get?"

You paused for a moment before telling her, "A seventy-two. Hey, that's pretty good!" you defended when you saw the look on the girls face and her eye roll.

"It's not the best."

"Well, maybe I need a tutor. Are you offering?"

"No." Quinn shook her head. "Because I know that your mind is only in the gutter right now, and I am not gonna play into that fantasy of yours."

"Oh, come on," you groaned, "Just let me indulge for once."

Before she could send you a snarky reply, Sue Sylvester walked up to you both. Sending a wave of dread down your spine.

"Q, take off those sunglasses."

"Oh, no. This isn't gonna be good," you mumbled beside Quinn.

"I wanna look in your eyes when I give you this piece of business."

The girl did as she was told, slowly sliding the glasses from her face, peering up at the coach.

"You're off the Cheerios. I can't have a pregnant girl on my squad." She shook her head. "You're a disgrace."

"Wow."

Sue walked off, leaving the girl to hold back her tears as you looked at the blonde, mouth open and bobbing like a fish out of water, trying to find something to say.

"They're a shit cereal, anyway."

She sniffed and looked up at you with hard, tearful eyes.

"You. You know? The cereal that tastes like cardboard? Yeah, you know." You nodded, afraid of making things worse, then whispering, "I'm sorry." While scratching the back of your head.

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"So, what do you guys think about my welcome back gift to the club, huh, guys?" Finn asked, holding out a tray filled with tall cups of Slushee's.

"Thanks for the Slushee's, Finn," Rachel said, "They're delicious."

"Loaded with empty calories. You know why they call them Slushees, don't you?" Kurt asked, "Because your but looks like one if you have too many of them."

"You sound like you got that out of some shitty magazine article."

"I'd like to propose a toast. To Mr Schue. You were right about Glee Club and football being a killer combination."

"You said that, dufus."

But you still joined the rest of your friends in raising a plastic cup and clunking them together.

"Mr Schue, I am sorry to report that we've all been remiss about completing our assignment this week," Artie admitted for you all.

"Yeah, none of us could find a good grove for 'Bust a Move'."

"I was too busy planning out where I was gonna hide Puck's body after walking in on him kissing my sister."

Puck glowered at you while everyone else gave a chuckle. You, waving sarcastically to the boy.

"And I personally feel like a failure."

"Well, that's okay, guys," the teacher replied, "Because I feel like the lesson landed. And that's what's important. Aaand, we are glad to have you back, Finn."

"Yeah, and I don't have to kick your giant ass for picking them."

"You okay, Quinn?" Mr Schue asked, spotting the down girl, sitting upon the stool beside the place where you stood, once the chattering had died down.

"Do I look okay?" she asked rhetorically, "I'm devastated. Now that I'm off the Cheerios, I'll start every day with a Slushie facial."

"That's okay if that happens, Quinn. Because there are twelve of your friends right here who are gonna be more than happy to help clean you off."

"Not to mention, it will really help wake you up, too." You nudged the girl with your shoulder, hissing in a breath and shaking your head around quickly. "That kick you need to start the day."

Quinn smiled lightly at you and the rest of your teammates for being there for her.

Mr Schuester groaned, bringing a hand to his head in pain, starting to walk away.

"Brain freeze." Everyone groaned lightheartedly in understanding. "I can't imagine getting hit in the kisser with one of these."

An evil smile took over your face. Just like it did the other members of your team, glancing around to make sure you were all on the same page with what was about to happen.

"You've never been hit by a Slushee before, Mr Schue?" Artie asked as you all manoeuvred towards him dangerously.

"Umm..."

Realization shone in his eyes.

"Alright, guys," he surrendered with a sigh, "We're a team. Bring it on." He raised his arms out by his sides, ready for the onslaught. "Give me your best shot."

You counted down with your team before flinging your frozen drinks at the screaming, open-armed man. Leaving him coated in purple slush.

"Alright! From the top!"

"Okay, now I see why that's so fun."

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"The male Santana": the unholy trinity of gay bullies (no, not that one)

[This was originally a post on r/glee but posting on here as well]

So we pretty much all know that Ryan Murphy famously described Sebastian as "the male Santana", right? I can't cite this because Glee Wiki almost never cites sources but if you can provide a link, please do. For now, let's just work with this quote without that definitive proof of its existence. Now, I have a bone to pick with this, not just because it's further proof to me that Mr. Murphy didn't, fundamentally, understand his own characters but because I sometimes see fans draw this same conclusion. Sebastian is basically a male Santana. Look, they're both sassy and gay and love to insult or outright bully people! And it's like, whatever, it's a surface-level read but not invalid, as such. What does bother me a bit is that Glee does actually have a "male Santana" who appeared way before Sebastian did and had an actual arc that thematically paralleled Santana's so perfectly in so many ways.

Sebastian Smythe isn't the male Santana; Dave Karofsky is. Here's why.

Karofsky's and Santana's stories run parallel throughout season 2 and they even reach the same crossroads as they become each other's beards. Consider Dave's journey: he begins as your typical jock and bully, his insults feeling very homophobic and targeted from the getgo. He spends all his screentime in season 1 bullying Finn with Azimio for being in Glee and we see a glimpse of how the two treat Kurt in "Theatricality". Karofsky is deliberate and cruel in his treatment of anything he perceives to be different from the norm. In season 2, this becomes even more targeted as he now focuses much if not all of his energy on Kurt, even as Azimio has chilled out a little bit. But not Karofsky; it seems as if Kurt's mere existence as an out gay guy is enough to set him off and escalate his already horrid behaviour. What we find out when Kurt stands up to him is that Karofsky himself is gay, and from there come all the implications. From there, we can clearly see where all that anger towards the non-conforming, the queer was coming from.

Let's switch to Santana for a second, to catch her up to mid-season 2 and also to establish something. To be clear, I'm not saying Dave and Santana both being bullies hold equal weight or both should be condemned, or even forgiven equally. You see, while Santana is very much also a bully, it's a different category altogether and I don't see much value in comparing the two. Except for establishing that while it comes from the same basic place for both of them, Dave's behaviour has always been targeted and specific, and notably extreme, while Santana's bullying tendencies aren't specifically homophobic or even against the non-conforming, and she certainly isn't picky about her targets. Like I said, different behaviours, both because of their differing personalities and importantly because of their gender and circumstances. All that said I do want to make a distinction between Santana's mean, at times even cruel comments and petty actions, and Karofsky's particular brand of abuse of Kurt which included a threat on Kurt's life. Pretending that even at her worst Santana was Dave in early season 2 levels bad would be pretty disingenuous.

So that out of the way, Santana. Santana's journey in the first two seasons is about navigating the high school social hierarchy while negotiating her own identity as a lesbian within that. At first, it's all about hooking up with boys and only being with Brittany for the male gaze, or as something that doesn't mean anything. (More on Santana and her comphet another day.) As the series goes on and she's not only confronted with what her relationship with Brittany really means but also her facade of being with men crumbling, she grows desperate and even more angry than she's been so far. Because she has been angry, she's been so at odds with herself ever since she first appeared.

Both Dave and Santana are so angry to have grown up in a world where being gay is not okay. Where their true feelings have been repressed from early on and where they learned how to conform. Dave put up this super macho front and lashed out at anyone who dared to strain from that, reaffirming his own standing as a straight guy both to the outside world and himself. Santana started getting with guys to reaffirm the same, while also earning herself a high social status in the process as the hot cheerleader who "never says no" and makes out with another hot cheerleader. And her anger about not being her true self, like with Karofsky, was externalized in a way that hurt anyone and everyone, especially those who dared to question this illusion she created - for example, her lashing out at Brittany when Britt wants to talk about what they have going on.

All of this takes them to late season 2, where Santana is doing mental gymnastics trying to figure out a way to be with Brittany without having to be vulnerable and open about her identity, and where Dave has been so taken aback by Kurt's bravery and his new relationship with Blaine. The Santofsky ~relationship~ is obviously fake and comes about in a really messed up way, with Santana blackmailing Dave, but it's still a narrative crossroads where these two finally meet and enable each other to hide themselves. One could argue that they at least stop their cruel treatment of others, with Santana getting Dave to apologize to Kurt and they even form the Bully Whips - ironic, of course, what with the two of them being a major part of McKinley's bullying problem.

But still, the fake relationship stops both of them from having to confront reality. Santana has the opportunity to be with Brittany, openly, but she can't. Even though the whole Karofsky beard thing was a convoluted plan supposedly about getting with Brittany, here Santana is continuing the lie instead. And it's not like it isn't a comfortable lie for Dave, that is until he's elected as the Prom King to Kurt's Prom Queen and runs away out of the same fear that made Santana run earlier.

One could argue their similarities extend beyond season 2. In season 3, both are outed under different circumstances and both their lives change drastically because of that. Neither were ready; neither deserved what happened to them. It's one of the many Glee things I'm forever sad about that we never got to see Santana react to the Karofsky situation in season 3. But regardless of the fact that their paths never again cross, we do eventually see both grow into their own identities and lead much happier, calmer lives.

After all that it almost feels redundant to point out that Sebastian has none of that. He's a cocky, very openly (homo)sexual guy who's flirting with Blaine so unabashedly. Meanwhile, Santana is melting into puddles when pretty girls stare at her for too long and stutters with underboob sweat when she's being flirted with. Yes, they're both confident in their insults and stand their ground against each other, "one bitch to another", but their clever quips and willingness to be dramatic is where the similarities begin and end. Sebastian never struggles with his identity nor does he go through meaningful change. Thematically he doesn't even begin to compare to Dave.

And look, there's nothing wrong with liking Sebastian and Santana's dynamic and thinking their scenes are good, or that Sebastian has a similar energy to Santana in his confidence during verbal takedowns. But is he the male Santana? Or is he the more conventionally attractive guy who had a charged duet with her during a brief rivalry, while Dave Karofsky's journey actually paralleled and crossed hers?

(Obligatory disclaimer that just because I think Santana's and Dave's struggles are understandable given the internalized homophobia they struggle with, their actions aren't justified or excused because of this. Their stories are compelling because we can empathize with them while also acknowledging their actions as wrong and harmful, and root for them to get better and get to a point where they don't take their anger out on others but can instead find happiness, comfortable in their identities.)

#glee #santana lopez #sebastian smythe #dave karofsky #anti sebastian smythe #not really but i'm not about to go down that rabbit hole #sebastian's fine y'all he's just not the male santana #my thoughts #is this gonna be a thing now am i gonna crosspost #maybe

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99 Perspectives on a Single Love Story #89

A/N: The Story of Kurt and Blaine told through the eyes of everyone else but them. Each chapter is a different perspective in the ongoing tale of their love story.

I started something like this a while back - and now I’m taking the idea and really running with it. Each chapter is a ficlet of a different character at a different point in Kurt and Blaine’s life - documenting their love story. This starts in Audition, and each chapter will be paired with a different episode until reaching Dreams Come True.

[Ao3]

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Brittany S. Pierce (Jagged Little Tapestry)

Brittany S. Pierce is in her room tidying up when her beloved new fiance Santana enters the room, takes one look at what’s standing next to the bed, and promptly flips out.

“What the fuck are those?”

Brittany grins as she comes across the bed, and to the large, life-size standees of two of her closest friends, Kurt Hummel and Blaine Anderson. She puts her arms around them, admiring the fact that she has them in her room. “Oh, Sue just had them lying around in some storage unit,” she says casually - as if everyone has cardboard cutouts of their friend in their room. “I was thinking, and I had an idea, and sometimes it helps when you have a giant visual of the thing.”

Santana shakes her head vehemently in horror. “Brit, I already said no to the foursome.”

“No, not that,” Brittany says, waving her hand. Santana is so silly sometimes. “I’ve been conspiring with Coach Sylvester about how to get them back together.”

“Okay, that sounds like a bad idea,” Santana says. She takes Brittany’s hand and leads her to the bed. “This is the woman who wanted to shoot you from a cannon.”

“I still think if I had the proper wings it would have worked.” Sometimes she worries that Santana’s scope is too limited.

“Alright,” Santana gives in. “Dare I ask - what are the two of you up to.”

Brittany bounces on the bed in excitement, and grabs her phone off the nightstand. “Well - my plan is twofold. I decorated Blaine and Dave’s apartment to be the gayest looking thing I could. Because now, when Blaine enters his home, all he can think about is gay. And who is the gayest person he knows? Kurt.”

She shows Santana pictures of their apartment, which is decorated aggressively in rainbow colors. It’s a little hard on the eyes, but so is the idea of Blaine having sex with Dave Karofsky.

“Yeah, I don’t know…” Santana says, not looking impressed as she scrolls through the phone.

Brittany snatches back her phone. “And then for Kurt - I set him up on a dating app. He doesn’t know how to use it, so I made sure the algorithm set him up with only men over forty. And the older they are - the more he’ll miss his grandpa-looking soul mate.”

She shows Santana. Santana’s jaw drops as she looks at the profile. “How do you know how to use one of those apps?”

“My genius brain helped me figure out the settings,” Brittany replies, squirming back and forth at her own genius.

“Brittany,” Santana says in utter shock. “These men are well over forty.”

“I know,” it’s the one part of the plan that worries her. “There’s a couple of very good looking ninety-year-olds on there, so we just have to hope that Kurt doesn’t fall for their charms. I came pretty close to falling in love with one of them.”

“Okay, Brit, I know your heart is in the right place, but I doubt either of those things will work,” Santana says.

“That’s okay, because Coach Sylvester has a great back up plan,” Brittany says. Personally, she’s a little sad she didn’t come up with it herself. “She’s going to lock the two of them in an elevator with a bathroom until they kiss and rediscover their not so buried passion for each other.”

“Okay, that’s called kidnapping and also is insane, and I really don’t want you to be a part of that.” Santana shuts off the phone and gives her a serious look. Brittany’s well aware of the look - it’s Santana’s lecture look. She really doesn’t want to hear a lecture about how her brilliant ideas aren’t brilliant, but Santana will soon be her wife, so she supposes she should at least try to listen.

“Alright, but don’t you want them to have the happiness we have?” Brittany argues. “Remember how happy they were? And we spent time apart and found each other again. Why can’t they?”

“I get it, Brit. I do,” Santana pulls her in, placing their heads together. “But as much as I might have once mocked them - I do think that what they had was real. And if they need time apart to figure themselves out, that’s totally valid. And if they never get back together, that’s completely valid, too. We can’t force them to do anything they aren’t willing to do in the first place. And no amount of manipulation from you or Coach Sylvester is going to help bring them back together. They’re going to want to do that themselves. I know you care. I actually do, too, if you can believe it. But let’s hope for their happiness above all else.”

Brittany lets out a heavy sigh. “Yes, but I’m getting so impatient waiting.”

“Well, that’s just life.” Santana gives her a soft kiss on the lips.

“Well, okay,” Brittany gives in, as Santana draws her in for more kisses. “But if they get back together before we get married, I’m totally inviting them to be married with us.”

“Fine,” Santana relents as their kissing becomes deeper. “If Kurt and Blaine somehow magically reignite their ill-fated romance just in time for our wedding, I will allow them to join us on the altar.”

“Yay! Then we can have that foursome!” Brittany happily claps her hands together.

Santana immediately pulls back, alarmed. “Brittany - I don’t care how much Kurt is your magical unicorn, he is not putting his special horn anywhere near my secret garden.”

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Honestly Brittany is underhated in my opinion lmao. Like I was literally waiting for ages for someone to make a negative thread about I am unicorn on reddit so I could hate on her. Last time someone made a thread about that episode said "Kurt was an asshole to yell at Brittany. He could have kindly explained to her to remove the posters" like he did? But Brittany went to ahead and hung the posters anyway. :/

Oh hey we just watched that ep! And I hated it! I don't know if I'd call it the worse episode, but it made me more uncomfortable than Asian F and Pot o Gold, which we watched right after. Like I've never had that bad a reaction to that ep before but wow

KURT: Look, I don’t just want to be know has Kurt Hummel: Homo.

BRITTANY: What’s wrong with that? Look - 99% of the kids at school are either freaks or closet freaks. The captain of the football squad - he gets the job, but he doesn’t represent the people. That’s why we need a unicorn.

My sister asked me if I agreed with that sentiment (being sure to say "If it wasn't Brittany saying it, how would you feel?" bc that makes a difference lol) and my response was "What did she say? I just tune her out now"

I mean obviously the sentiment isn't wrong. How often do we say that almost any one of the glee clubbers would be a better leader or representative than flop hudson. I just feel like Brittany is feeding into a larger problem that I have with season 3 in regards to Kurt

Which is just how they make so many jokes about Kurt being more flamboyant and girly than he actually is. Rachel saying she wants to see Kurt in a bridesmaid’s dress. Finn saying "What's with the sparkly jacket i thought you were kurt" but then he also has a comment in s2 about "sequined riding pants". but when has kurt ever wore sequins or sparkles outside of mercedes's dreamgirls fantasy number?? and having actual adults talk about how he isn't sexy enough (call the police) and laughing him out of an audition bc he's sooo fucking gay ha ha. i kinda talk about it here if you wanna read more unrelated angry rambling

Anyway all that to say. Kurt is not straight passing! He doesn’t need to be! He’s bold, theatrical, he loves fashion, he loves Broadway, and that’s great! But the pink sparkly unicorn stuff is something Brittany tried to force on him.

Kurt loves Judy Garland. He wanted to pay tribute to her with his campaign posters, hearkening back to her Blackglama fur coat ad. Something that references a beloved icon of the queer community, and fashion history at the same time. Two things that are very Kurt

But with Brittany, all nuance and clever reference is gone. She puts ruby slippers in the goody bag, just because they’re sparkly and flamboyant. They reference Judy in the most cliche and obvious way possible. Even if someone wants to claim it was her own version of a clever reference, she still has more pointless stuff in there as well. Unicorns, a teletubby, hair bands?? What does any of this have to do with Kurt or what he likes or represents?

And obviously there is nothing wrong with being the most flamboyant gay person you want to be. Pink and sparkles and rainbows obviously aren’t bad on their own. Not trying to sound like the shitty old “Gay people I respect vs gay people I don’t respect” meme. It’s just. Every gay person is more than their sexuality. No matter how flamboyant they are, how they dress, how many rainbows they wanna slap on everything. That’s still a whole person. Just bc all YOU see is a giant rainbow flag, that doesn’t mean that’s all they are

Brittany thinks being gay is nothing but pink unicorns and rainbow glitter. How is that any different from the shit Karofsky or Azimio or any other bully says about Kurt?? At the end of the day it’s just someone trying to cram him in a tiny little box that he is far too big, too bold, too nuanced to fit into

I mean god fucking forbid, but imagine if Brittany was “helping” Mercedes run for president like this. Telling her that being black should be her main personality trait, and filling a goody bag with items that are Brittany’s idea of what being “black” means to HER 💀💀 (I mean anybody with common sense could see it was insane, but her stans would react the same way and make Mercedes the bad guy when she reacted poorly bc what else is new lol)

And all her dumbass unicorn talk literally made Kurt start to dislike that part of himself! Like he’s always been bullied for it but he was still unapologetically himself. But Brittany’s campaign idea contributed to Kurt thinking he needed to change himself, and saying he was tired of being a unicorn. And in s3 he starts wearing more drab colors and all these sweaters and capes and he’s bundling himself up like he’s protecting himself and it makes me sad. And they bring in a completely new character that looks like Kurt just to call Kurt ugly and a girl and make fun of him. It drives me up a fucking wall! Season 3 is so awful to Kurt i literally can’t stand it. And it all starts with Brittany :) Thanks for that. Girl power!

And after dealing with the pain and humiliation of literally being laughed out of an audition BY MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY for being “too gay” Kurt is faced with the bright pink unicorn posters with his face on him that say “This is your box! This is all you will ever be!” and wow i can’t imagine why he’d be upset with Brittany for that!! Who’da thunk??? Brittany was a selfish idiot for hanging them up. Kurt had every right to be upset. And Santana was an idiot for invalidating Kurt’s feelings and just boosting Brittany up when she was obviously in the wrong. But that’s Br*ttana for you :)

I’m not even happy about Kurt “accepting” the posters and hanging them up himself and making that his campaign theme. That’s the version of Kurt that someone else made up in their head. That’s not him. He is so much more than Brittany’s tiny little brain could ever even comprehend lol. So yeah. I hate her :)

#glee #kurt hummel #season 3 #asks #answered #my thoughts #anti brittany pierce #lol brittany pierce #ghostpavarotti #long post #anti brittana #lol brittana

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glee ships, ranked

i should not be allowed to do this because the last three seasons i have completely skipped around for the so-called highlights but whateva

also! this is based on opinion and how much i like the ship/how much content i consume of it. and not how toxic or canon compliant it is.

hehe let’s do it

KLAINE (kurt x blaine) - and listen if u have klaine slander ur entitled to that. it is in no way a perfect ship, it has its moments for sure. but this is not the place for your discourse so kindly take that somewhere else. anyway i love these guys. so freakin much. they have such good chemistry and the way that they look at each other… chef’s effing kiss. this isn’t just a klaine post tho so i’ll keep it moving.

FABERRY (rachel x quinn) - eeee what do i even say?! first of all quinn is so queer coded it’s unbelievable. like ur telling me that girl isn’t a lesbian? come on. and second, i never saw rachel as gay until i came across this ship, but i see it as being kind of an insecurity of hers. like, she’s got all this stuff going for her and a secret she doesn’t know how to let out? idk. queer!Rachel doesn’t usually cross my mind except for in this ship cause it’s so cute and i love it

BRITTANNA (brittany x santana) - first of all this was the first canonical wlw ship i was ever really exposed to and they hold a special place in my heart for that considering i like girls 💅. but in all seriousness, i love their chemistry, i love santana’s whole “i hate everyone but you” thing and brittany just being fabulous and perfect. they are two of my fave characters also so…

BLAM (blaine x sam) - okay, so i don’t consider myself a multi shipper, but… if i had to pick up a backup for blaine, and if we’re staying within canon, relatively, i would have liked to see this as a hook up or a short lived thing in season 4 after blaine cheats on kurt :( or maybe in season 6 before the wedding bevause if everything is so effed up anyway might as well exchange that whole karofsky situation… yikes. it’s not endgame for me because they’re just bros but i do really like the idea

QUINNTANA (quinn x santana) - this was the gateway drug that led me to faberry which is why it’s in number five. i’m not going to lie, they had a lot of sexual tension in seasons 3-4 and that hookup at the ‘wedding’ was long awaited. again not endgame, but it’s more endgame material than blam. the reason it’s lower on the list is because i don’t care as much about their relationship dynamic as friends as i do with blaine and sam.

PEZBERRY (santana x rachel) - i need to stop prefacing like this because pretty much nothing on this list qualifies as endgame anymore after britanna. this is cute. would i read a fic about it? yeah. would i gush over fanart? sure. would i freak out of this had been canon in any way? definitely. but it’s not a hardcore ship, and they wouldn’t end up together.

MIKE X TINA - we’re really getting to the idc section of this post, because i have literally zero opinions on mike chang. i love tina though, and i think she was the best when she was with him… particularly in season 3. i love season 3 tina. love her!

FINCHEL (finn x rachel)- again, i don’t care. finn is a very neutral character imo - like i never really felt strongly one way or the other about him his whole time on the show. but, i liked seeing him happy with rachel, even though it seriously got in the way of my otp

ARTINA (artie x tina) hated this in season 1, hated it in season 6. but, it would have been cute if the writers had given it more thought instead of just making it a side ship, because they were obsessed with having everyone in the glee club pair up. ugh, i don’t know. it could be okay if it was actually done well.

ok, now onto the ships i don’t really like but decided to share my thoughts on anyway. ugh…

HEVANS (kurt x sam) - no? i mean, there’s nothing inherently wrong except they hardly have a relationship, at least in the better part of the series. i just don’t see the appeal tbh. no hate to hevans shippers though :)

PARTIE (puck x artie) - listen i don’t like pick and i definitely wouldn’t say i ship this… but it’s interesting. i’m not opposed. i’m sorry idk what this is either

PINN (?) (puck x finn) - listen… tina’s dream sequence where they were supposed to be playing kurt and blaine? it was freakin cute and while i just think they hate each other too much to ever have a romantic relationship, i think a one-sided pining situation is cute for them, or maybe a short lived high school thing. i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again. not endgame.

QUICK (quinn x puck) - it’s inherently problematic. i could go on and on about how quinn deserves better but it would be awful not even to mention the degree to which this is messed up. puck literallt sexually assaulted quinn- he got her drunk so he could have sex with her. it’s a big no for me. besides, even if that didn’t happen, these two would never make it.

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WHY FINN HUDSON WAS THE WORST

#1. Cheating

Finn cheats on Quinn twice with Rachel, which evens out when Quinn also cheats, but no one ever mentions Finn cheating again. So, Finn gets cheated on by Quinn and Rachel, and both times he says how much it hurts and has an outburst. Despite now knowing the pain it causes, he encourages Quinn to cheat on Sam multiple times until she finally does it. He then continues to mock Sam, smirking at Sam and saying ‘I didn’t kiss your girlfriend’ in a teasing tone that implies to everyone that he did. Sam has done absolutely nothing to Finn except be nice and Finn shows no remorse at all for wrecking a relationship, even though he’s been cheated on twice. Again, no one calls him out on this besides Sam.

#2. How He Treats Rachel

Finn knows that Rachel has a crush on him because Rachel is very obvious about it. Despite the fact that he has a pregnant girlfriend at the time, he manipulates Rachel’s emotions and asks her out on a date with the intention to get her back in the Glee Club and not actually date her. He even kisses her (twice). So, after Quinn and Finn break up, Rachel assumes that her and Finn will date (since by this point they’ve kissed twice and been out on a date). Finn goes ahead and tells her he doesn’t actually want to be her boyfriend, which is fine because even though he led her on at least he’s honest.

He goes to hook up with hotter girls and when that doesn’t work out he goes back to Rachel, who now has Jesse. Rachel tells Finn that she’s moved on, which she has a right to do since Finn dumped her. Finn’s response? He’s not taking no for an answer and will not respect Rachel/Jesse’s relationship even though he had his chance. He goes on to betray Rachel’s trust and expose Rachel/Jesse’s relationship to everyone, taunt Jesse multiple times, and not back down. After Rachel tells him no again, he even sings Jessie’s Girl to her in front of multiple people and circles her while Rachel sits there uncomfortably.

After Finn leaves Rachel to go to the army comes back (after backpacking around for months without saying a word to anyone), he’s angry that Rachel moved on after he told her to do just that. He complains and is shown to be jealous of Rachel’s success. Once he finds out Rachel did kiss Brody, he runs off like a child to Lima, again without saying anything to Rachel. This forces Rachel to abandon her life in NYC for at least a whole day just to come find his pouty ass.

While Rachel maturely explains why they can’t be together anyone, Finn pathetically complains about how he now has no one in the world and how things will never be good again.

#3. How Finn Treats Other Males

I’ve already mentioned how he belittled Sam (also: when the Sam did the Justin Bieber experience, Finn claimed it was stupid and then after finding out he could get Quinn to cheat using a Bieber song, he stole Sam’s idea) and Jesse, and encouraged their girlfriends to sleep with him. So, let’s move on to Blaine. Blaine is a nice guy who joins the New Directions with the intention of helping them and finding love with Kurt. Finn, noticing Blaine’s talent, insults him multiple times and tries to make him feel as if he’s not part of the team.

Moving onto Kurt. Kurt is his friend and step-brother, yet he doesn’t really treat Kurt well. He indirectly calls him a fag, tells him to tone it down with the gay stuff, doesn’t stand up for him multiple times in fear of losing his high school popularity, and is shown to be uncomfortable in a lot of normal situations with Kurt. There’s an episode where Rachel asks Finn to stand up for Kurt and Finn blatantly says he can’t do it because of his reputation. In the end, all of this is resolved by him dancing with Kurt at a wedding (where the only people attending are the Glee clubbers and family members, all of which are already accepting), which does absolutely nothing to stop the fact that Kurt is being terrorized by Karofsky.

#4. Finn Is A Hypocrite

We’ve already covered the whole cheating thing where he constantly complains about being cheated on but encourages cheating himself. Let’s talk about how he berates Rachel for not giving up the spotlight or allowing talented people to join (Sunshine), but then is threatened and mean whenever any other talented male comes in. If Rachel insults someone or tries to steal a solo she’s a horrible, annoying diva. If Finn insults another nice male with more talent than him, Finn is an insecure teen who needs to be coddled and propped up by everyone.

In season one, Finn is creeped out by Kurt’s persistent crush on him. He says something along the lines of ‘if I did that to a girl, she would take out a restraining order’. But he does do stuff like that to girls. Again, Rachel says that she is dating Jesse and he needs to respect that and Finn continues to pursue her. Quinn says that she is dating Sam and doesn’t want to cheat, but Finn won’t take no for an answer and goes on anyways.

#5. Finn’s Prejudice

I’ve already mentioned how he screamed faggy at Kurt multiple times, but let’s look more into that. When Sam comes and wants to sing a duet with Kurt, Finn immediately finds Sam to say that he can’t do a duet with another guy. Sam says that he already promised and will be doing it, but Finn argues against it and later goes to tell Kurt that he shouldn’t sing with Sam. Poor Kurt is guilted into singing alone.

Finn later calls Sue’s baby a retard, even though he knows multiple people with Down syndrome and obviously knows that word is an insult. He says this when he is an adult, not a dumb teenager.

#6. Finn’s Reputation

Everyone constantly talks about how Finn was ever so brave for being nice to the Glee Club and joining them. No one mentions how Quinn, Santana, Brittany, Puck, Mike, and Matt also joined even though they were Cheerios/football players.

Finn cares about his reputation more than anyone else. At first, he won’t admit he likes Rachel because she’s a loser. He won’t pose in the Glee photo after promising Rachel he would. He won’t stand up for Kurt. In the episode where all of the football players have to choose between football and Glee, he is the only one not to show up. He basically tells Kurt to ‘tone down the gay’ multiple times. In another episode, he goes to throw a slushie in Kurt’s face because he needs to keep his popularity.

#7. Finn Compared to Others

Now, you might be saying ‘oh, but Santana, Quinn, and Rachel did bad stuff too’.

Okay, let’s talk about Santana first. Yes, Santana insults people all of the time and is a bitch. She also gets called out on it multiple times (while basically no one ever calls Finn out on anything), and she stands up for multiple glee members. Santana tapes a recorder to her under boob to get Sebastian in trouble after hurting Blaine, threatens Karofsky in the halls when he threatens to beat up Kurt/Blaine, creates the Bullywhips to protect Kurt, blackmails Karofsky so Kurt can come back to school, and threatens Brody with a Paula Abdul song after she finds out he’s shady.

Rachel is annoying yes, but everyone never forgets to tell her this. She constantly stands up for herself and others in the club. She’s the one that comes up with the idea for the guys to threaten Karofsky. She’s the one who offers everyone singing lessons, is down to do anything to help the club, and helps Kurt multiple times with songs/auditions. She’s nice to Quinn about the pregnancy, even though both of them know Quinn would have tortured her if the roles were reversed.

Now onto Quinn. I think Quinn is kind of a bad person, but again, people tell her this to her face. No one ever really tells Finn when he’s done something wrong, they just continue to praise him over basic human decency. Multiple people have told Quinn how horrible she is, and somehow acknowledging that she’s a bitch makes it less annoying to see because we know that something will be said/happen to her. For Finn, consequences don’t exist.

#8. Santana’s Outing

Okay, I’ve seen some people say that Santana was a bitch who deserved to be outed (no one deserves that) and that Finn wasn’t trying to tell everyone, just a couple people. So, we’ll disregard that he outed her in a high school hallway in a school that was openly homophobic.

After the outing, Santana slaps Finn and later Finn uses that as blackmail to get her back into the Glee Club for a week, saying it’s either that or no competition. Lady Music Week is humiliating. It consists of everyone singing a song while making deep eye contact with Santana while she sits there uncomfortably. Santana says multiple times that she doesn’t like the idea and doesn’t want attention on her, but of course Finn doesn’t listen because he can’t take no for an answer.

Finn sings Girls Just Want to Have Fun and everyone immediately disregards the fact that he said Santana’s biggest secret in front of multiple people.

#9. No One Blames Finn For Anything

Like I’ve said above, Finn cheats, isn’t there for his friends, insults people, has jealous rage, outs Santana, and cares about his reputation over everything, and yet no one says a word to him about this. No one goes ‘hey Finn, you’re acting like an ass’.

Finn is praised the entire show for being ‘the best guy in the world’. There’s a scene where Artie thanks Finn for being his friend and basically says that it was a sacrifice for Finn to step down from his popularity for a bit to slum it with the Glee Club. Again, Quinn, Santana, Brittany, Mike, Puck, Sam, and Matt all joined even though they could’ve been popular. They receive no praise.

#10. Finn Is A Lazy Complainer

Finn spends most of high school not studying and playing video games. He’s also on the football team, but doesn’t really commit to football that much. He’s a mediocre high school student.

When college applications time comes around, Finn has the audacity to be shocked by the fact that he doesn’t get a football or theater scholarship. He spends all of season three complaining about how he’ll never get out of Lima, even though all we’ve seen from him is him plotting how to sleep with girls, whining about his reputation, and occasionally doing a decent thing. We never really see him work hard at anything.

He just complains constantly about everything and when Mr. Schue, Rachel, and Emma try to help him by giving him college pamphlets, he doesn’t even read them. He throws them out in the trash as soon as possible and then later goes on a rant about how he won’t be young forever, as if he never thought or learned about aging.

Then, in college, he’s shown to be a slacker who parties all day, drinks, and makes grilled cheeses. He even lies and manipulates college girls into taking off their tops, so hey, maybe he’s moved up a little in the world. Anyways, Puck has to come and tell him it isn’t cool to skip your classes.

Basically, Finn complained, finally got into a college, and then just slacked off again without learning anything

#glee #gleek #finn hudson #rachel #rachel berry #quinn fabray #santana lopez #kurt hummel #blaine #blaine anderson #sue sylvester #will schuester #sam #sam evans

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Character Dissection [Rachel Berry]: Episode by Episode - Season 2B

Hello and welcome back to the second half of my Season 2 character dissection of Rachel Berry. Once again I want to leave a warning that my review of Rachel this season isn’t positive so if you are a huge fan, I think it’s best of you click off of this. If not, here are my thought on Rachel for the second half of Season 2 from The Sue Sylvester Shuffle to New York

Let’s start off with the superbowl episode of Glee the Sue Sylvester Shuffle. This episode is one of the 2, 90 minute episodes in Season 2. In this episode the Glee Club and the football team are made to work together after their personal conflicts are hindering the team. Rachel is very unhappy with the newest additions as are most of the club but she’s especially upset about Karofsky. Will soon asks her to perform a new duet she’s been working on with Puck, something that confuses and upsets Finn at first. The performance doesn’t go over well and ends with the clubs fighting. Sue soon decides to make the Unholy Trinity choose between Cheerios and Glee which proves to be a conflict for them but Rachel insists that she knows Quinn will choose Cheerios which pissed me off (avid Quinn fan here but I think you knew that). The Unholy Trinity do end up choosing Cheerios for awhile due to Quinn being scared to losing her status, Brittany worrying about the baby cannons, and Santana just liking being a cheerio more than being in Glee. The football team and Glee Club however seem to be really together, that is until the team gets slushied and quits on Coach Beiste. Rachel and Mercedes meet up with Kurt and Blaine who reveal that they only need 9 players and they come up with a plan, to have the Glee girls fill the team but not play the game, something that is accepted. Rachel is enthusiatic about playing and follows what she said she would do unlike some of the other girls who end up playing. Once Quinn, Brittany, and Santana rejoin the Glee Club, Rachel and the other glee girls help cheer on the game and that’s where Rachel’s storyline ends in that episode.

Up next is Silly Love Songs. Rachel is excited when Finn announces his kissing booth, declaring she will show up with a $50 to kiss him until he realizes that he still loves her, once again proving she isn’t able to give him the time to move past their incident or the space he needs to actually be with someone else who might be better for him. She is shown saying this at a sleepover where she’s with Mercedes and Kurt. I actually did like their friendship moments and the fact that Mercedes told them both not to emphasize on relationships and focus on themselves. Rachel does end up going to Finn’s kissing booth but only with a dollar. She is mad when he kisses her on the cheek instead of the lips which she was expecting. He soon gives her a delayed Christmas present, a gold star necklace. He tells her that he still needs space to get over what happened but it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t care about her. Rachel upset accepts his answer and walks away. She later finds out that Finn and Quinn have kissed when she’s taking care of Finn after he gets mono. When Rachel realizes he cares about Quinn and not her she is unhappy but decides that Mercedes was right that she needed to be single for awhile. Some minor storylines she’s involved in are when Santana is insulting the club like she usually does and Rachel strikes back at her leading Santana to leave visibly upset. She also is seen confused by Puck singing ‘Fat Bottomed Girls’ to Lauren but soon gets into it. Finally, she’s seen at Breadstix where Kurt says to her and Mercedes that this is the year for the singles.

Moving onto Comeback. After losing Finn, Rachel decides she wants to make a comeback for her career and be trendy within the school so she enlists Brittany to try to popularize her looks. Funny enough this does work and people are copying Brittany but Brittany wore the leg warmers on her arms leading the other girls to do the same and once she finally wears the same look as Rachel, people can only credit Brittany with their ideas which makes Rachel hurt and upset. Brittany explains to Rachel that no one in school sees her as a trendsetter which Rachel is obviously hurt about but soon Rachel finds what she is a trendsetter in and that’s Glee Club. She gets a new idea that would continue throughout the season of wanting to do original songs. No one supports the idea at first but Finn tells her that he does in private. Rachel is obviously upset that he didn’t speak up but he tells her the only way to prove she’s right is to write a great song. He also says he liked the Rachel he saw in Glee Club and said that she’s making a comeback which Rachel is happy about.

Up next is Blame It on the Alcohol one of the more entertaining episodes. We start off with Rachel’s hilariously bad original song ‘My Headband’ which Finn tries to tell her gently that it’s bad. Rachel takes this opportunity to take Puck up on his offer for a party while her dads are out of town hoping it would help with her songwriting. She hosts a party which almost ends before it begins but with Puck breaking into the liquor cabinet, everyone drinks and has a good time. While drunk Rachel starts to hit on Finn leading Finn to walk her through the types of drunks saying Rachel was a needy drunk. She gets upset by this and decides to start a game of ‘Spin the Bottle’ which leads to her and Blaine kissing which progresses into more for Rachel. After the party Rachel drunkenly asks him out on a date which Blaine accepts. The two go on a date but have yet to kiss which Kurt believes is proof that Blaine is gay. Rachel tells Kurt that she’ll kiss Blaine again sober and they’ll see who’s right. Rachel throughout the episode continues to drink as do most of the other members of the club but it leads to probably one of the most iconic moments during the pep assembly where Brittany pukes on Rachel. Rachel swears off drinking after this happens stating it did nothing for her song writing. She then meets Kurt and Blaine at the Lima Bean where she kisses an unexpectant Blaine who declares that he’s definitely gay. Rachel actually takes this well thinking it could be a great song.

Up next is Sexy. Rachel has joined the celibacy club for some unknown reason and she and Quinn are the only two members. Rachel is constantly asking Quinn about her relationship with Finn which Quinn doesn’t want to answer about since she agreed not to tell Rachel about their relationship since Finn didn’t want her to get hurt. Throughout the episode Rachel isn’t into Holly’s Sexy lessons even though she does join in on the number towards the end after Holly brings her and Quinn into the number. Puck soon joins the celibacy club much to Rachel and Quinn’s surprise and joins them in on the celibacy club’s number of ‘Afternoon Delight’. Other than that Rachel doesn’t have much of a storyline in the episode.

Moving onto one of Rachel’s most important episodes Original Song. This episode starts off with Rachel once again trying her hand at an original song delivering the slightly better ‘Only Child’. Finn tells her that her writing isn’t there and the song should be more emotional. Later on when news breaks that ‘Sing’ was taken away from the New Directions, Rachel once again tries to suggest original songs. This time she gets support from an unlikely source of Quinn who is trying to keep Rachel closer to keep her away from Finn. Once Quinn is onboard the entire club seems to fight over who’s going to get to write a song and the club now has decided to do original songs. Rachel soon notices how Finn and Quinn are with each other in the hall and decides to confront Quinn about it. Rachel finally asks her if she and Finn are together which Quinn tells her it’s true. Rachel is clearly hurt by it and adds that Finn had once chosen Rachel over her. Also hurt Quinn snips back asking how long did it last for. Rachel, playing the victim claims Quinn is being ‘so mean’. Girl you started it bringing up that he chose you over her which you know is a sore spot. Rachel claims she’s not going to give up on Finn that it isn’t over to which Quinn exclaims that it is and that Rachel keeps making the same mistakes looking to be with Finn and that if she keeps it up she’ll never Get It Right. This conversation inspires Rachel to write her original song of the same title. While at Regionals Rachel tells Finn that she means every word, once again trying to get Finn away from his girlfriend. The two really bond at Regionals and are thrilled when the New Directions win. The New Directions soon award Rachel the MVP award which everyone voted for her for, even Quinn. Rachel is touched by the award and the New Directions all hug her afterwards.

Up next is A Night of Neglect, probably one of my least favorite episodes of Season 2. Mostly because there isn’t too much of a plot involving the New Directions. Rachel’s biggest plot point is the fact that she wants the closing slot and like everyone else is pushing Mercedes aside. This eventually has Mercedes turn into a diva and make demands. Rachel eventually goes to talk to her and tries to encourage Mercedes that she is good enough and that she didn’t need to make the crazy demands to be respected. Eventually she convinces Mercedes to come back and allows her to have the closing number.

Moving on to one of my all-time favorite episodes Born This Way. This episode actually focuses a lot on Rachel and her insecurity with her nose and how she contemplates getting a nose job. I just want to point out that this was completely out of character for her and a stark contrast to how she was in Acafellas where she rejected the idea of a nose job and told the club that their quirks were what made them special. I know she wanted to look more like Quinn which is unsurpisingly driving her nose job but it was a little strange that she considered it. Her nose was injured and the doctor did suggest it but she always seemed to want to keep her nose the same up until that point. Anyway, she asks Quinn to accompany her to the consultation which Quinn does (as it’s revealed in the episode that Quinn herself had a nose job so she’s not against helping Rachel do the same, sorry Faberry shippers this has nothing to do with Quinn being in love with Rachel). Rachel is admant about wanting to get the nose job not even Finn can convince her not to. But you know who arranges something that actually helps her decide against it? Puck. He enlists the help of Kurt who have a flashmob saying that Rachel is like Barbra Streisand and that she shouldn’t get a nose job which leaves Rachel convinced not to do it. She does have the septoplasty but avoids getting a nose job and wears a shirt embracing her nose.

Up next is Rumours which is one of Rachel’s worst episodes in my opinion. She starts off innocent enough asking Sam to the prom which he declines saying he doesn’t think he’s going to prom. Rachel keeps insisting that they go to prom which leads Sam to tell Rachel he’s just not into her like that. Rachel is shocked but soon reads an article in the Muckraker that she shows to Finn saying that Quinn was at a motel with Sam. While it looks bad on the outside, Quinn is actually helping Sam’s family out by babysitting his siblings. Quinn won’t say what’s happening leading Finn to accuse her of cheating, much to Rachel’s delight. Finn soon asks Rachel to stake out with him in an attempt to catch Quinn and Sam in the act. Their first stake out only sees Sam hugging Kurt goodbye which they mistakenly interpret as Sam having a relationship with Kurt as well. While I get Finn thinking this, Rachel should’ve known better. Quinn confronts Finn about staking out with Rachel and they perform a duet clearly upset with each other. Rachel comments that she thinks Quinn’s duet with Sam was better and Quinn knows exactly what Rachel’s doing and calls her out on it and insists that Finn and Rachel no longer sing together declaring that she doesn’t trust Rachel. Rachel and Finn once again stake out and see Sam and Quinn together. Rachel soon decides to sing a song mostly directing her attention to Finn to piss off Quinn who is upset by it saying what Rachel did was inappropriate and then Rachel goes off saying awful things about how Quinn’s a hypocrite which leads poor Sam to reveal that Quinn wasn’t lying but that his family lost their home and were living in a motel. Rachel and Finn go to make amends with Sam and it all works out. This episode is a good one but Rachel’s actions especially piss me off. This is probably her worst episode in my opinion.

Now moving onto Prom Queen. Rachel sees how upset Mercedes is about Prom and actually does a good thing and talks to her coming up with a plan of Prom on a budget for the two of them to go with Sam. Sam accepts their offer and the 3 of them were going to prom together. All is fine and well until Jesse comes back. Rachel is surpised to see him and Jesse admits he came back for her then asks her to prom. Rachel accepts and Finn soon finds out and is annoyed. Rachel tries to help him with picking a corsage for Quinn, something many Faberry shippers try to say is how they know Rachel loved her because she knew what matched her eyes. Honestly she only made the suggestion to Finn to get something that was green, Finn was the one who picked it out. Anyway Rachel is clearly in love with Jesse as they go on their date with Sam and Mercedes but still seems constantly torn between him and Finn throughout the prom. Jesse and Finn get into a fight over Rachel something both girls try to put a stop to. I feel awful for Quinn since Prom was such a big deal to her and to have it be ruined by the one person who you are insecure about sucks. When Quinn loses Prom Queen Rachel tries to go talk to her. Quinn blames Rachel because everyone knows Finn would rather be with her. She slaps Rachel clearly getting out her frustration for the night but soon apologizes. Rachel comforts Quinn who’s scared because she’s pretty much lost nearly everything she cares about. I know Faberry shippers look at this as a romantic moment between them and I’ve addressed this before, but Rachel only went after her because she knew Quinn was angry with her. She comforted Quinn because she wanted to be her friend. There is nothing romantic there. Sorry for my ranting about them. Anyway the two agree to support Kurt and go back to the prom. Rachel dances with Mercedes and Sam and Quinn dances the night away trying to forget what happened.

Moving onto Funeral. This episode Rachel is competing to be the star of the New Directions and tries to encourage Finn that he’s good enough. She kills her audition but is fighting with the others who want the lead, Santana, Kurt, and Mercedes which leads to Will nixxing the competition. Her only other storyline is with Jesse and her unresolved feelings for him. Jesse promises Rachel that she’ll win and Rachel is so thrilled with that they hug. Rachel is upset when the competition is taken away but agrees to help the club write a song for Nationals something she’s been looking forward to.

Finally, we close with the season finale of New York. Rachel is obviously enthuiastic about New York but makes an error that’s unlike her, saying she got tickets to Cats which had been closed for 10 years. It took Quinn of all people to tell her that. Rachel was Broadway obsessed why would she even think there was a chance that those tickets were real? Anyway she’s incredibly conflicted throughout the entire episode about following her career or getting with Finn. She originally chooses her career but that’s overshadowed when she and Finn kiss after their duet, something that ends up costing them Nationals. Santana is pissed and tries to attack Rachel after they lose. Finn and Rachel soon have a conversation about their relationship and Rachel gets back with him realizing she has another year to go after her New York dreams.

Let’s go to the overview. Rachel is once again selfish with many decisions she makes especially when it comes to Finn. She has somewhat of an obsession of getting him back and is willing to do whatever it takes, something that is constantly hurting Quinn who is his girlfriend for the majority of this half of the season. She is however a really good friend to Kurt and Mercedes which is something that wasn’t truly defined in Season 1 due to her not getting along with everyone. Overall this version of Rachel is still my least favorite even though Season 3 will be coming in a very close second. Stay tuned for the Season 3 post coming your way. Until then, be respectful and kind.

#rachel berry #glee #glee season 2 #finchel #st. berry #faberry #puckleberry

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miasswier’s ultimate glee ranking: no 3

3: Born This Way

Written by: Brad Falchuk Directed by: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Overall Thoughts: This may be the closest Glee ever came to a perfect episode. It’s funny, it’s emotional, it’s well-developed, and it deals with a variety of issues that have been building for the past two seasons. Really, the only reason that it’s ranked number 3 is because of the emotional value of top 2. It really is a wonderful, amazing episode.

What I Like:

Although I don’t like her motivation (I’ll get into that later), I did like that it was Santana, not Finn or Rachel or Will, who ultimately got Kurt to come back to McKinley.

Related to that, all the scenes between Santana and Karofsky are fucking comedy gold.

“I was just seeing what kind of jeans he was wearing” “Like that’s any less gay”

I also love the scene where Kurt and Blaine are hanging out with Santana, Mercedes, and Tina. I really like that Blaine continuous to make an effort to get to know Kurt’s friends and hang out with them. I also love how he feels so strongly about Kurt staying at Dalton as long as it isn’t safe at McKinley. It’s so sweet because it’s so clear he just cares about what’s best for Kurt, even though it’s clear that he would like to stay close to his boyfriend.

I appreciated that the Lauren and Rachel stories sort of intertwined by both of them including Quinn. You can tell how hard this lesson is for Quinn because she couldn’t accept herself the way she was, and while I don’t think that she’s trying to get others to change because she felt she had to, you can tell (especially at the end) that she’s upset that she seems to be the only person who needed to change herself in order to accept herself. Personally, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with trying to change and improve yourself, but I also don’t think it’s right to only do so because you don’t like who you are. I think if you love yourself you want to be your best self, and that doesn’t look the same for everybody. Clearly for Rachel, Quinn, and Lauren, that looks very different. It just so happens that for Rachel and Lauren their best self is who they already were, whereas Quinn felt like her best self couldn’t be achieved without change.

I also really liked how Lauren wanted to be Prom Queen, and how she didn’t allow Quinn to bully her into withdrawing because she was fat-shaming her.

I also like how going negative backfired on Lauren.

The scene where Finn shows Quinn the picture he keeps of her in his wallet. I will talk about it a bit in the negative side, but I really do like the scene and the emotion behind it. I think it’s sweet, and something Quinn really needed in this episode.

The Barbra-vention scene is pretty cute. I love the idea that Puck contacted Kurt about staging an intervention for Rachel because he would know how to do it best.

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I really like that Rachel didn’t just immediately drop her plans to get a nose job when Finn told her she was beautiful. Because honestly, she was totally convinced at this point that this was what was best for her, both for her looks and for her voice (which we all know was an excuse, but Rachel has this uncanny ability to lie to herself so much she genuinely believes what she’s saying), so why would one guys opinion change anything? Everyone else already told her not to do it, and she didn’t listen. I’m just really glad that they didn’t make it into a Finchel thing where Finn’s approval stops Rachel from getting a nose job.

When Figgins asks the Glee club to hear Karofsky out and Sam is like “how about we punch his face off” and Mercedes goes “Yeah”

The whole arc with Emma is SO AMAZING. I could write an entire essay about how much I fucking LOVE Emma in this episode and the journey she goes through. I won’t, though, because this review is already getting long as fuck. I will instead summarize with my favourite quote from her story: “Your illness is not who you were meant to be it. It’s keeping you from being who you were meant to be.”

Karofsky’s development. Even though he’s being blackmailed by Santana, you can tell that he does feel at least some regret over what he did (which builds to the climax we get in “Prom Queen”).

Fuck, I LOVE that last scene with Brittany and Santana. Not only is Santana’s deadpan “I’m Hispanic” absolutely hilarious, but I always get so fucking emotional when Santana is like “I told you that I loved you and you didn’t say you loved me back” (which btw is untrue because Brittany does in fact tell her she loves her in “Sexy”) and Brittany goes “I do love you, clearly you don’t love you as much as I do or you’d put this shirt on and you would dance with me”. Fuck, it gets me every single time.

The ending is amazing too. Rachel and Emma coming out with their shirts, everyone dancing, Kurt, Mercedes, and Tina taking the lead… So good. The perfect ending to the perfect episode.

What I Don’t Like:

Santana’s motivation for doing everything is tricking Brittany into dating her. That’s super not cool. Like, really, really, really not cool.

Also, the fact that she blackmails Karofsky to get it done, and in the process hurts Sam, who she is supposed to be dating. Like, she doesn’t even have the decency to break up with Sam before announcing she’s dating Karofsky in front of the Glee club. Shit move.

The fact that Lauren, who was literally just fat-shamed by Quinn, and who is fat-shamed all the fucking time, decided that the way she was going to beat Quinn was by fat-shaming her. Like I already said, I’m glad it backfired.

While I do really like the scene between Finn and Quinn with the picture, it always leaves me with a bit of a sour taste in my mouth, just because I am fully aware that if Quinn actually looked like that Finn would have never even looked at her.

Similarly, while I like the Barbra-vention scene, it does play into the constant theme of everyone having to drop everything because Rachel feels bad about herself and they need to prove to her that she’s better than anybody else in the entire world, and only then will she realize that they’re right and she shouldn’t do whatever she’s doing or think whatever she’s thinking. Also, they never would have done anything like that for any other member of the Glee club.

I don’t like the scene where Will shoves the unwashed fruit in Emma’s face. It makes me feel really uncomfortable.

Songs:

I Feel Pretty/Unpretty: I don’t know why Rachel and Quinn didn’t sing more duets. Their voices go together so well. And this mash-up is gorgeous. So melancholy, but still beautiful. I love it.

I’ve Gotta Be Me: I actually do like this song. It’s a fun number, and I like how he’s dancing with Mike throughout it.

Somewhere Only We Know: This song is so gorgeous. The performance is sweet. Just, so good.

As If We Never Said Goodbye: I love this song so much. I used to think it was boring, and the performance too long, but now it’s one of my favourite Kurt solos. It’s so emotional, and he sounds so good on it. Everyone’s reaction to him singing it in the choir room makes me so happy, too.

Born This Way: Love, love, love this song. A perfect way to end off an amazing episode.

Final Thoughts: If I was told I could only ever watch five episodes of Glee for the rest of my life, this would be one of them. It’s raw, and emotional, and sweet, and amazing. One of the closest Glee ever came to a perfect episode.

#ultimate glee ranking

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When I get you alone, babe!

A/N Enjoy! This will be a multi-chapter story: steamy like the midsummer night air, sweet as an Italian ice bought on the fairway, with twists and turns like an antique wooden rollercoaster, complete with side trips to the fun house, where illusion reigns supreme (and romance can sometimes get even steamier).This is of course somewhat AU, but McKinley is basically the same, as is Dalton. Rated T for language, and situations.I don't own Glee, or any name brands or songs that crop up here!

Yes, Rachel, I'm here now! See you in the choir room. Kurt snapped his phone shut . I'd actually get there faster if you didn't keep hounding me! he grumbled to himself. Yes, he was (checking the time) three whole minutes late, but what the hell! First day of junior year, and yes, he was impressed by her enthusiasm, but why did it also have to involve waking him up extra early?His phone vibrated again in his pocket as he strode down the halls of William McKinley High. I have coffee for you! He smiled at the text message, and decided he could forgive Rachel for this summons to a meeting.

He was almost there when he was violently shaken out of his reverie by a brutal body slam into the wall of lockers

"Hummel! Gay much? What the hell are you wearing, your granny's cologne?" Not waiting for an answer, Karofsky sauntered away with a sneer as Kurt slumped to a sitting position on the floor.

Damn! Kurt thought he'd remembered what those slams felt like, but the memory didn't compare at all to the painful original. He closed his eyes, breathed deeply, and looked up in surprise when he felt his shoulder being lightly tapped

"Hey! You OK?"

Kurt shook his head, took the hand extended to him, and stood up to greet… a stranger. "Uh, thanks. I'll be all right." He looked, and was pretty sure he'd never seen this guy before. He wasn't someone he would have expected help from, for sure: whoever this was, in his black skinny jeans with a black rock band shirt (who the hell were Freelance Whales?), motorcycle boots, heavy silver chains dangling from his jeans and jacket in odd places, with slicked black hair, looked scarier than Puckerman.

"Good. Later!" The stranger flashed a gorgeous smile at Kurt, and then turned to go the other way down the long hallway.

"Yeah. Later." Kurt whispered. He smiled at the retreating form of the mystery boy. He'd barely seen his face at all. Kurt wished he'd looked at his face instead of his clothes

"Kurt! Come on! Your coffee will get cold!" Rachel scurried down the hall, looking for Kurt, her patience wearing thin as she waited to get their glee strategy meeting started. "Artie, Mike, and Tina are already there!" Rachel stopped to look at Kurt, noticing he looked a little stunned. Seeing no evidence of a slushie attack, her brows furrowed as she tried to figure out what was up with her friend. "Where's Finn?"

Kurt went along down the hall with her, as Rachel had gripped his arm, leading him to the choir room.

"Rachel." She looked at him, opening the door. "I know my way, you know. You don't have to lead me around like some kind of frantic seeing eye dog!" He was about to launch into a snarky remark about Finn not living in his back pocket when Rachel handed him a cup from the Lima Bean. He took his first sip, pure heaven, and looked down at Rachel, whose eyes suddenly brightened: Finn had slipped in just behind them. "Sorry, Rach, you didn't deserve that. And thank you so much for getting me this."

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Kurt was glad Mike was in his honors English class. It was right before lunch, and they both had the same lunch period, which meant he wouldn't have to go alone to the caf to find the glee club table. They'd chatted about the heavy reading list, gotten out their lunches (neither one of them liked the school food) and settled in to wait for more friends to join them at a table outside.

"I said get away from my stuff!"

Their heads snapped at the very angry,very loud voice a few tables away, on the outside rim of the enclosed courtyard. Kurt recognized the boy who was yelling: the stranger from this morning..

"Hey! it was an honest mistake, all right? My bag looks just like yours. Sorry!"

Mike recognized the boy who was backing away fast, Justin Mara, from his AP Bio class.

"Maybe we need to make them look a little more different, asshole!" Justin watched fearfully as the boy reached to throw something at him, and Kurt and Mike were horrified to hear the thunk of a knife thrown with great force at the bag, right in front of Justin's chest.Kurt looked on, terrified.

Slushies and getting slammed were routine occurrences at McKinley, as was the occasional trip into a dumpster. But knives? He hadn't seen anyone with one at this school, let alone witnessed one being thrown like that. The jocks clustered at the table near where Justin had been standing just sat there, mouths opened wide, as Justin fled without another word. They moved away a bit as the boy sat at the table next to them that Justin had just vacated.Finn and Brittany sat down next to Kurt, as Mike leaned over, saying, "I'm going to go check on Justin. Catch you later, Kurt."

"Everything OK, Kurt? You, um, don't look too good right now." Finn frowned at Mike's retreating form

."Fine. I'm fine. You didn't see anything, did you?" Kurt glanced over to where the new boy was calmly eating his lunch. He really wanted to get a better look, but brought his gaze back to Finn.

"No! What? Did I miss something?

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"Porcelain!"

Kurt turned, sighing, ready to see what Coach Sue Sylvester wanted this time. The first glee meeting had gone about like he'd thought it would; Mr. Schue had weird ideas to increase their numbers, Rachel wanted to start planning right away for Sectionals (and of course had songs picked out); not much singing this first day. He was tired; ready to go home, thirsty, hot

."Yes?"

"I'm hoping you've reconsidered your ill-advised decision from last year. You know you want back in."

Kurt could only shake his head. "Ah, Coach Sylvester, by the way, the name is Kurt, and I think I'm going to say no to what I can only assume is your invitation to re-join the Cheerios."

Sue's eyes narrowed as she considered the teen in front of her.

"You're making a mistake, Porcelain, but I'm sure you'll come around. I've got some numbers planned out for you, and you know you loved it." She smirked at Kurt.

"See Becky to get your measurements re-done; looks like you've grown some since last year."

Kurt rolled his eyes. He knew his measurements in detail; how else to create his own fashions? As if he'd let Sue's minion put a tape measure anywhere on his body! He had, in fact, enjoyed some aspects of his time in the Cheerios quite a lot, but he really didn't have time for this. He smiled at Sue sweetly. "Bye Coach."

He was almost giddy at the Coach's look of frustration as he walked away from her.

Glee let out almost as late as the sports practices today, and he headed towards his beloved Navigator in the nearly deserted student parking lot. Kurt's mind was preoccupied with anticipating getting home, getting rehydrated, and maybe vegging out with reruns of Project Runway.

"Nice ride."

Kurt blanched as the new kid from earlier today suddenly came up behind him.

"Thanks."

He had no idea what to say, and this throat was instantly dry, noting that he was completely alone with this guy – who'd been nice, friendly even, this morning, and then revealed himself to be a scary, knife-throwing nut at lunch.

"You all right?"

The guy was looking at him with concern. Kurt relaxed a little. He certainly didn't look like a threat, for now.

"Yes! Fine!"

Why was he here? Kurt decided to try talking to him as he were any other new student. He was glad for an excuse to look at the boy's face. "My name's Kurt."

"Blaine. Blaine Anderson."

Kurt saw his face light up with a smile. And those eyes – he had hazel eyes framed by long lashes, topped with black triangular eyebrows. Why, Kurt wondered, did he look so damned amused? Had he done anything funny? How did someone dressed like such a fashion disaster manage to look so amazingly hot?"You're new here, aren't you?" he managed to say, congratulating himself on not slipping into his highest register.

"Yup," Blaine said. "Moved here this summer. I'm a junior."

Well, Kurt thought, this conversation was going surprisingly normally. If you can call normal having a conversation with a guy in goth-meets-biker gear who throws knives when he gets pissed normal. Somehow he didn't feel like he was in any danger, and part of his mind wondered why that should be so.

"Junior. Me too." Brilliant, Kurt, he thought to himself. He must have paused too long, as he noticed Blaine started to speak again.

"Well, Kurt. Nice to know the name that goes with the face. See you around!" With that, Blaine nodded in a friendly way in Kurt's direction as he started towards his motorcycle parked further out.

"Right! See you tomorrow. I guess." Kurt watched him walk away for a moment before getting his keys out. Damn! Maybe those pants at least weren't a fashion disaster. Not on him anyway. OK! he thought, enough! I don't even want to know what would happen if he caught me staring at him in those skin tight jeans!

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Blaine pulled into the driveway of the little house he and his mom had moved into a couple of weeks ago. Her family in the area had all offered to take them in, but she'd gently turned them all down, preferring instead to move into their own place a couple of weeks before the semester started. It was smaller than he was used to, but he liked it more: his parents' fights, which alternated with periods of uncomfortable chilliness, had been hard to be around. Much as he'd hated the idea of them divorcing, he couldn't help but see that his mom actually seemed more relaxed now.

Letting himself in, he dumped his bag into his room and shed his outfit in what his mom would describe as the messiest way possible: jacket, shirt, socks, chains, exploding all over the room. He did use care however, with his knives and holsters, laying them out on the top of his dresser. He didn't regret losing the one he'd thrown at lunchtime: he grimaced for a moment, musing that it was a worthy investment. The table full of jocks? They hadn't said a word, including the Neanderthal who'd pushed that boy into the locker first thing this morning.

Blaine peeled off his sweaty socks, leaving them unceremoniously on the floor, as he loped over to the shower. He'd waited after school, so long he thought maybe he'd missed him, but had been glad to find that he hadn't: he'd wanted to stay to make sure the beautiful boy from the morning made it to his car without getting bullied again. Kurt. He'd seemed nervous, but when he'd finally smiled – wow. Blaine made a mental note to ask Justin about him later tonight

.A/N: So, badboy!Blaine ... consider yourselves introduced, dear readers. I will update again soon, and would welcome any feedback, comments, speculation

This is the first chapter, written so long ago, in a fic I wrote that is now on Chapter 117. Check it out if you’re in the mood for a long fic...

…https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8315415/1/When-I-get-you-alone-babe

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2.14 Blame It on the Alcohol

Rating: 3/5. As per usual, this would have been ranked higher if not for Schue’s plot line

Best Song: Tik Tok.

Memorable Quote: “Hair of the dog that done bit your ass.” -Artie

General Notes:

“Ke-dollar sign-ha” is literally how I pronounce Ke$ha most of the time, all because of this episode nine fucking years ago. Glee has really ruined me.

The phone calls are a hidden gem in this series. I kind of wish they had been utilized more, but I also worry they would have been ruined if done more frequently.

Honestly, there’s no way Rachel wouldn’t have included Kurt to begin with, but it’s so cute and brotherly that they wrote it so that Kurt was blackmailing Finn over dumb computer stuff. Also it’s adorable that Kurt just sort of brings Blaine everywhere and Blaine just goes with it.

The little quiver in Rachel’s voice when she yells “Let’s party!” is borderline hysterical

Darren’s curls give me life

Angry!Quinn also gives me life.

Santana’s behavior makes so much more sense now knowing that the whole time she was a closeted lesbian

Ugh, poor Kurt, right in front of his face.

I have a soft spot in my heart when couples do that thing where one of the wears the other’s glasses. Both Zizes/Puck and Brittany/Artie do that in this episode and it’s adorable

I need to know the backstory on the stuffed chihuahua in Kurt’s bedroom

Oh god, there are so many things wrong with Kurt and Blaine’s conversation about his date with Rachel. First of all, what a shitty view about bisexuality that the show promoted. I seriously doubt Kurt would genuinely believe that, but I’d be more willing to accept that if they used it as a jumping off point for a bigger discussion to take place (Similar to Shameless when Ian learned more about trans and bi and all that). But no. Just a shitty comment Kurt made when he was jealous. Not cool, guys. Also, not cool for Blaine to compare Kurt to Karofsky. Yeah, Kurt isn’t hearing Blaine out about how he might be confused about his identity (which is totally legit when you’re 16 or whatever age and still learning who you are), but that is not the same AT ALL as Karofsky sexually assaulting Kurt and then threatening to kill him. Stop being asshole boys.

However, I do love dramatic!Blaine and petty!Blaine. “I’d say ‘bye,’ but I don’t want to make you angry.” Oh, you angry little teddy bear.

Beiste and Will friendship is adorable and also the only way I can deal with Will sometimes

Kurt is being a jerk to his dad. Burt doesn’t give a fuck about gay sex or straight sex, he just wants to make sure his kids aren’t fucking around in the house since they’re only in high school. Kurt trying to turn this into a homophobia thing is bullshit.

Sue playing Will’s voicemails over the loudspeaker literally made me laugh out loud. That does not happen much

No, Quinn. It is not the pot calling the kettle black. Schue is an adult. He can legally drink.

#Glee #audi rewatches Glee

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Master Story List

13th

Every soul has thirteen chances to find it’s soulmate. Kurt and Blaine are on their 13th life.

A Bite of Klaine

Lifemate. The perfect person for you. Kurt thought he would have to wait a very long time to find his, until he went to Dalton to Spy. Glee/Argeneau crossover.

A Second Bite

How will New Directions and the Warblers react when they learn about Kurt and Blaine? And will Lucian let them remember?

The Final Bite

Now that New Directions know about Immortals, what will become of Kurt and Blaine? Will others find lifemates of their own?

A Kiss For Luck

Alternate Time Line. What if Sexy and Blame it on the Alcohol happened before Silly Love Songs? Warnings in the A/N

Bet On It

Mercedes overhears Blaine calling Kurt’s sexy faces gas pains and sets out to prove him wrong.

Coming To The Tree

Unbeknownst to Blaine, the Anderson men have been living under a curse for three hundred years. Can the McKinley spy break it?

Dalton Boys

Dalton Academy seems like the perfect place for Kurt after The Incident. But is it really perfect?

Dancing Through Life

While traveling with the touring company of Wicked, Kurt meets a curly haired street performer. Will an earthquake bring them together, or will it shake them apart?

First No L, or Whatever

Finn wants to find the perfect gift for his new stepbrother for their first Christmas as a family, but he has no clue what to get the Fashion conscious Diva. Can Kurt’s new gay friend, Blaine help?

He’s Evil, Blaine, E V I L

Something evil is stalking Blaine Anderson, something that wants his blood. Can Kurt protect him, or will the evil seduce the man he loves away from him?

In Dreams He Came

Kurt has just transferred to Dalton, where he meets Blaine Anderson. By day he is infatuated by the dapper Warbler, but by night a mysterious lover infiltrates his dreams. His phantom lover awakens his body with his hands, his mouth, his...Fangs?

Jar of Secrets

A friend of mine told me about an assignment she had her freshman year of college in her psychology class. She called it the Jar of Secrets. This is the Dalton version. Trigger warnings listed at the beginning of each chapter.

Kinky

Oh come on, get your minds out of the gutter! It’s not what you thi...Oh who am I kidding! Proceed!

Klaine, the Musical

The story of Klaine, told through music! You’ll need to use your imagination with this one!

Klaine, the Musical, Dalton Days

Prequel to Klaine, The Musical. Why has Kurt’s life suddenly turned into one musical number after another?

Live Passionately Tonight

Blaine has been hanging out with June Dolloway a lot, and now has missed Kurt’s twenty first birthday. Fed up, Kurt goes out and gets drunk. A chance encounter on the dance floor with a mysterious stranger has consequences Kurt could never have imagined.

Love Potion #9

When Genius teen Kurt Hummel accidently spills a love potion on himself, he finds himself cornered in the locker room by Dave Karofsky. Kurt Flees to Dalton Academy, reinventing himself along the way. Will Blaine Anderson fall for the new Kurt, or will chemistry win out?

Midnight

Werewolves, Zombies, Demons, Vampires. Just your typical Halloween party. Except not all the fiends are wearing costumes. Can Kurt save Lima from the evil that has been unleashed, and still look fabulous by Midnight?

Music and Lyrics

Former member of the boy band, The Warblers, Blaine Anderson’s career is at a stalemate. When Superstar Britt Britt asks him to write a duet for them to record her new album, he jumps at the chance. There’s just one problem. He needs a lyricist to write the words to accompany his music. Enter Kurt Hummel, the strange guy who has come to water his plants.

Operation, Mistletoe

All Kurt wants for Christmas is to kiss his boyfriend under the mistletoe, but someone is always interrupting them!

Reviews Always Welcome

Blaine is a little stressed out. Kurt helps him relax.

Scarves and Coffee

AU Where Kurt and Blaine Don’t meet until Valentines day. Blaine is sitting in the Lima Bean, brooding over the failed GAP attack, when a boy with the most beautiful blue eyes comes looking for his scarf.

Shell

Kurt Hummel’s worst day.

Simply Irresistible

After losing his inspiration, Chef Kurt Hummel is on the verge of losing his restaurant as well. Meanwhile Business mogul Blaine Anderson has something of a jaded view on love. With a little help from a mysterious creature and a sprinkle of magic, can they find what they need in each other?

Somewhere, Ohio

What do you do when all of your dreams come true? You look for a new one, and sometimes you find them in the most unexpected places. When Kurt Hummel left Lima, Ohio fifteen years ago, he never thought he'd ever move back. But when he gets some news from his dad, he realizes There's no place like home. My First Future Fiction!

Spell Check

Kurt doesn’t believe in magic. Rachel proves him wrong.

Take it Back

Kurt Hummel is Fed Up, and he is Not going to take it anymore!

Their Love is Out of This World

Kurt Hummel always knew he was different. He just doesn’t learn how different until his sixteenth birthday. How will his world be turned upside down when he learns the truth?

Trick or Treat

Kurt Hummel HATES Halloween, for good reason. So why does he let Brittany talk him into going to a Halloween Party with New Directions and the Cheerios? After the jocks play a cruel trick, he drives off in tears, and nearly runs over a mysterious boy in the middle of the road.

Yee-Haw

After finding certain articles of clothing in his best friend’s closet, Blaine realizes that that day on the stairs was Not the first time he had seen Kurt Hummel.

Twas The Night Before Christmas

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Fic: All In the Past (2/13)

Prompt: You were the bane of my existence in high school but now we’re going to college together AU

Cheerio!Kurt/ Jock-Football!Blaine

Summary: Kurt Hummel is tolerating his senior year of high school. He’s head cheerio, which affords him some protection from the hamhock bullies who ruined his designer knock offs in his first few years. He can manage his one last year with that new charming transfer student, Blaine Anderson. swooping into his school, rising to popularity, and completely ignoring him. Next year he’ll be free from a world where everyone is afraid of the gay kid.

He just didn’t expect Blaine Anderson to swoop into his college world too.

Part 1

Part 2: Urgency

It’s a spring morning before their final football game that starts like any other day. Kurt’s standing against his locker flanked by Santana, Brittany and Quinn, all discussing post-graduation plans. Santana and Brittany are taking a year off to backpack through Europe, ending up on the island of Lesbos.

“Maybe I’ll even come out of the closet,” Santana quips to him. “Clearly not worth it in this dumpy high school in this backwards town.”

“The closet is awesome,” Brittany smiles. “Don’t you remember when we were playing spin the bottle-”

Santana quickly shushes her. Kurt honestly isn’t quite sure whether Santana is for real or not, though he figures she probably is. Why would anyone come out in this dump of a school if they didn’t have to? “Yeah well, not all of us have that choice.”

“You wouldn’t choose the closet, anyways, Hummel. If there’s one thing I know about you, it’s that you love challenging the norm.”

“Survival strategy.” Kurt is about to continue when Blaine, first looking from side to side, joins their conversation.

“Hey guys.” Blaine moves deliberately into their group with a strange urgency. And is looking him in the eyes. Which he has never done before. Like ever.

“Ohhh Blaine. Getting bored of making out with reindeer sweaters behind the sheet music, gracing us with your presence?”

“Oh come on, Santana. I’m sure making out with Rachel has its advantages,” Quinn continues. “Her height for one, fits well for Blaine.”

“Rachel’s just fine, Santana. Thanks for asking,” Blaine just turns on the charm, ignoring her bite. Probably a good idea. “What are you guys up to?” And he’s looking at him again. For the second time all year. The first time being one minute ago.

“Oh you know, just California dreaming about next year,” Quinn sighs.

“Or New York dreaming for me,” Kurt adds. “As different from Lima, Ohio as I can find on a map of the United States.”

“You’re going to New York?” Blaine sounds surprised.

“Assuming I get in -”

“You will definitely get in,” Quinn always has his back. “With your marks and your cheerleading-”

“Quinn is going to Yale,” Kurt deflects.

“Yale- that’s impressive,” Blaine says.

“Ohhhh look,” Kurt hears the familiar put on affected tone he recognizes instantly as Karofsky, who is walking down the hall with Azimio. “Hi giiiiirls,” He lisps as he makes limp wrists and feigns flipping his hair. Brilliant as always. “Better watch out, Blaine. Stick around him too long and you know what happens-”

“It’s contagious,” Kurt whispers under his breath. “At midnight your football uniform turns into a red cheerio skirt and -”

“You coming Blaine?” Karofsky barks back to his usual yell.

“Sorry I gotta go.” Blaine turns quickly and runs to catch up with them. It’s kind of funny watching his slight frame slip deliberately between their beefy shoulders.

And that’s it. Blaine disappears with the same tense urgency he arrived with.

“No idea why he hangs out with Karofsky. Don’t you think he seems nicer than them?” Quinn wonders out loud. “He’s always friendly and chatty.”

“He dates Rachel Berry. Total weirdo,” Santana dismisses.

“I like his raspberry hair gel,” says Brittany.

“He’s an asshole.” That gets their attention.

“Harsh,” Brittany says.

“Yeah, and unlike you,” Santana adds.

“Like you said, Quinn, he’s friends with Karofsky. And that two minute conversation marks the first time he’s talked to me all year.” Three pairs of eyes are on him. Kurt shrugs, “One more month until I’m rid of these assholes for good.”

#another one ready for you!#gleekto writes #all in the past #comments very much appreciated!

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Pride Month 🏳‍🌈 feature: Santana Lopez

[This post was originally part of a Pride Month series I did earlier this year on the r/glee subreddit where I wrote about Glee’s queer characters and its representation. Thought I’d share this one in particular here.]

What could I possibly say about Santana Lopez and what she meant for queer representation that hasn't already been said time and time again? Perhaps nothing new but I never pretended even to myself that I could offer anything novel; no, my not-so-secret goal with these Pride posts has been to reiterate the importance of representation. Let's do that then, shall we? Let's revisit why Santana's queer story mattered and what it continues to mean. I know these posts have been getting progressively longer and that is with good reason but this time around I really had to hold back, lest I'll never shut up and we'll never get to the one last post. As a result, this one is a bit more structured and I decided to focus on three (plus one) main (and intersecting) sections. It's still long, I'm aware, but I figured it's up to you whether you want to read it. That's cool if not lol, maybe just the very last section?

The sin isn't in the thing, it's in the scandal

Welp I just rewatched the Abuela coming out scene to write this and now I'm crying so I hope you appreciate all I do for y'all. But I'm getting ahead of myself, let's not talk about coming out just yet. Let's focus on the internal struggle that Santana faces because of the fear the world has installed in her. Let's talk about shame, pride, and reason number 56 why representation matters: destigmatization.

Much of Santana's story is about perception. About wanting to be seen in general but also about who she actually is not matching up with how she presents herself and how she's perceived by the world. How very queer coded of her, I'd say if she wasn't canonically queer. So there's this dissonance with the character where she's fine with making out with Brittany in front of guys since that provides a cover, an excuse, something that fits very well into a world where she's barely if ever seen as more than a slutty cheerleader making out with her friend just to entertain guys. It's fine because it's not gay this way, see. Even if they do make out and do much more when there's no one else there. But it's cool, it's not gay and she's not gay if she's not seen as queer.

And it's not like it's as easy as that until Brittany suddenly starts talking about feelings because even before "Sexy" we see the cracks starting to form. Season 1 Santana is textbook compulsory heterosexuality, only caring about people like Puck and Finn for status and when her social standing is threatened. It's actually so glaringly obvious that I'm amazed it wasn't planned at all to be comphet. Glee, you lucky bastards. In season 2, we see Santana get desperate as she starts to consciously acknowledge just how gay being in love with your best friend is. I truly believe Santana repressed that so deep that even she didn't realize at first, that for quite some time she genuinely believed she was straight. The reason for all that, for the elaborate ways in which she gets men (only to then insult their bodies since she's so mad she can't find it in herself to be attracted to them), the reason for much of her anger throughout is because Santana internalizes the homophobic world she lives in.

I highly doubt, based on Santana's fear and Alma's eventual reaction that casual homophobia wasn't an everyday occurrence. But even ignoring that implication, we don't have to look beyond the halls of McKinley to see why Santana would rather live a lie than admit and accept who she is. Kurt's horrible treatment in school did little to reassure her that gay is okay and even if his situation is different, it pushed Santana deeper into the closet. And yes, she's made homophobic "jokes" and comments as well, welcome to internalization land. And just like with Karofsky, this internalized shame and hatred that the world has tossed at her is spewed right back out. Santana's viciousness isn't as targeted or as specifically homophobic; instead, she's a bully to a few and needlessly cruel to many more. The worse her inner turmoil becomes the harder she lashes out. And this is where I note that this isn't by any means excusable or indeed excused just because she's hurting. Exploring where all that hurt and rage comes from doesn't mean it's all okay but it does make her a compelling character whose queerness is integral to her journey.

It's when that queer identity is embraced, when she lets go of the shame and anger that she begins to grow. It's not easy and her progress isn't linear, especially because the final step towards not just doing the gay stuff but accepting the labels and perception is forced upon her. Santana isn't ready when she holds her head high and walks down the halls of McKinley after everyone finds out she's a lesbian, and she's certainly not ready when she tells her Abuela about her struggle. In the scene that's etched into the hearts of millions, it seems as if Santana's getting rid of such a heavy burden. She's been silently raging inside (and not so silently outside) for so long because she didn't want the world to judge her, but now it's all out so she might as well accept herself and let go of that anger. Except that Alma reinforces all those harmful ideas of "sin" and "scandal", the idea that the real shame is in how she's perceived, how she's talked about.

Bigger than the world was ever gonna give me permission to be

The truly powerful part of Santana's story isn't just this portrayal of how homophobia harms queer people and everyone else. Her struggle was important to show as it showed the harm stigmatizing queer identities can cause but it's equally if not more important that, after her worst fears come true, Santana stands back up. She uses her Abuela's rejection and tries to unlearn the misconceptions she grew up with. She tries to leave her anger behind, even if it flares back up every now and again, and she tries to use what Alma has taught her, with her own spin. To be a strong, lesbian Latina woman who's bigger than the world was ever gonna give her permission to be, to be proud instead of ashamed and unapologetic instead of purely spiteful.

And she has done just that. On a meta-level, Santana's rise from background to the forefront is unparalleled. And on a narrative level, here we have a girl who struggled for so long with acceptance and used it as a weapon against others for hope of feeling better. And sure, Santana never loses that witty and self-described bitchy edge, and she falls back into old habits. But she takes the leap forward and learns to trust, learns to let her guard down, learns to be unabashed about her sexuality and her love. It's so, so important that she does that an Afro-Latina lesbian.

Glee was never great at handling racial identities and dynamics and this was no different with Santana. Her blackness is never explicitly acknowledged and her Latina heritage is either played as a joke or used to further sexualize her, so in general it's just Not Great. But Santana is still undeniably an Afro-Latina lesbian who has an astronomical rise to the foreground, who refuses to be silenced and shines so much brighter than the world was ever gonna give her permission to do. She takes up space, she feels her emotions so fully, she goes on this journey of embracing and being proud of her sexuality. She does all that while being who she is, while showing millions of people that she's more than her demographics, more than what some perhaps would want to perceive her as. Santana isn't the Afro-Latina, or the lesbian character - though she is both of those things because tokenism but she's also so much more. She's fully fleshed out with the intersection of her identities being a crucial part of her story and her legacy.

Santana didn't have a choice in people talking about her identity, her sexuality, her love for her girlfriend being discussed publicly and treated as a scandal. But she had a choice in standing back up from this blow and loving even more fiercely. In trying (and often stumbling) to express her many many feelings in more positive and productive ways, in showing that she does care and wants to be seen for it. Takes her a while, sure, and she's sure as hell not perfect at it but Santana manages to find strength in what she's been hiding for so long. Strenght in what she was taught to hide because of the stigma. She goes from whispering in hallways about her feelings towards Brittany to casually dropping the word lesbian in conversations, stripping it and therefore herself of the "shame" and "sin". And she goes from those whispers and tears to a loud and proud, public declaration of "I do" in front of friends, family, and an assortment of McKinley students and faculty.

There are people out there that it’s not a joke to, it’s their real lives

Santana Lopez would most certainly not exist without Naya Rivera. Sure, we still would have had a Cheerleader No. 2 character who had the same name and got some bitchy one-liners but it never would have gone beyond that, not to the level Naya's version did. She became the fifth most featured voice, a powerhouse performer, a fan-favourite with a presence that could not be denied. And make no mistake, even if an equally talented actress booked the role of Santana instead and similarly elevated the character from background to something more, that groundbreaking aspect would still be missing. Santana's queer storyline wouldn't have happened without Naya, and not just because it was her chemistry and background acting with Heather that kickstarted it all. It was a happy combination of many things, including fans making their voices heard and creators listening that gave us Santana the lesbian and eventually Brittana the married couple, and that's not to be ignored. But even among those factors, there was Naya Rivera, pushing for it to happen, listening to people who desperately wanted to be heard and infusing her character with such humanity and vulnerability, such depth that was just waiting to burst out.

We can't be grateful enough for the character of Santana and what Naya brought to life through playing her. I always try to shout out the actors with these posts for various reasons but, much like with Santana's impact, I cannot stress it enough how much Naya contributed to this story. It's my hope that this legacy will always be remembered and honestly, I think we can count on that. Santana mattered so, so much. Just by existing and taking up space in a world that'd really rather she didn't, yes, but also by being so messy. By struggling with how to deal and lashing out, by trying to get better and stumbling along the way. By loving so fiercely and unapologetically, by being so flawed and fiercely talented and fundamentally entertaining in all aspects. Thank you, Naya, for everything.

More than the sum of its parts

I'd like to leave you with these parting thoughts: I sometimes hear people observe (criticize? point out? who knows) that fans only like Santana because she's a lesbian. To be clear, my firm stance is that there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I've dedicated the whole month to writing posts about the importance of representation so obviously, I'm of the mind that if people can see themselves on TV in any way and feel good about that, then that's amazing and they shouldn't be told otherwise. But even beyond that, I don't think this observation truly gets how just how integral being a lesbian is to Santana's character.

It's not all there is to her, rightly so, but it is the very reason why she got a bigger part to play in the first place. And if we just look at the show and not the production behind it, we see how inalienable her lesbian identity is. It's not all Santana is but it's what drives her inner conflict, the rage she projects onto others, the thing that first sets her back out of fear but eventually lets her grow. Santana is a lesbian and Glee made it so you can't just divorce that from the character. Part of liking her is liking her for being a lesbian, even if your favourite parts are her hilarious lines or her stellar performances.

She did mean so, so much for various aspects of representation that it's hard to overstate (though I have tried), and that in itself is a perfectly valid reason to be drawn to her. But it's not like you can separate that queer identity from the character itself. So that's why I, personally, love her. Yes, because she is a lesbian who had an impact on culture as well as real life, and also because being a lesbian informed so much of who she was as a character and became an inalienable part of her legacy.

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