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[sherryillk]

Glee thoughts:

First, the non-spoilery stuff, made before tonight's episode (Special Education 2x09).

Some thoughts on Blaine and Blaine/Kurt fans...

Things that bother me:

bb -- what does this mean and why do I feel like it's patronizing and diminutive?
Sweet/Thank [Grilled] Cheesus -- I'm not even Christian (and lean towards anti-Christian) but even I'm offended on their behalf
Gaga forbid -- just WTF?
Blaine/Kurt fics set in Dalton -- feel so unrealistic to me... *sigh* Wes and David can't be that awesome and the way they're made out to be Blaine's bffs is weird. And the crazy, completely fanon created Luke just came out of nowhere but somehow he's in most of the fics. Why???
So much caps lock... Not to mention intentional misspelling of words -- I mean, "guise"? I just don't understand why.

One thing to sum up my thoughts: THANK GOD.

Fanon Wes and David bugged me so badly... Hell, fanon Dalton and fanon Warblers bugged me badly. And Blaine, thank god, thank god, thank god! I knew you wouldn't be perfect or as sugary sweet as those fics were portraying you! It was making me sick and I just couldn't read any fic from the fandom. That, and I couldn't stand most of the comments made by the fans of this pairing because they were so obviously deluded, writing deluded fics that were just fluff and no substance. Even the ones that had dealt with important issues still ended up with perfect actions from all the characters leading to perfect outcomes. How can people read that stuff? What, did they think Dalton and all its students were magical? Gary Stues, the lot of them? And why were Wes and David always made out to be Blaine's best friends? I didn't see any indication and I know the need to create friends for Kurt out of Warblers whose names were revealed in the show was strong but it was just so unrealistic that I couldn't stand any of the fics.

And then there was the crack... Is it just me or is there are large amount of crack in this fandom? Is it because everyone seems so young? Like 25 and under? I have never been able to read crack and I doubt I ever will. I just lack that sense of humor to find stuff like that funny. Instead, I just find it silly so I couldn't read those fics either...

Please, please, please let future fics reflect this episode! I mean, come on, zero tolerance bullying policy? As soon as I heard that, I could already see those Dalton kids looking down on Kurt's school... It might be nice but these sort of schools are full of privileged kids thinking they're better than everyone. How did no one see the clash coming? And Kurt...I can't say I've ever liked Kurt. I've been warming up to him this season and the fact that there was Blaine kinda sort attached to him made me like him more in association. But that kid is a diva and I doubted he would fit in well with the Warblers and as soon as I saw the previews of Hey Soul Sister, I knew it.

So yeah, other people might have considered this episode to be a lot of fail. Personally, I liked it. I didn't really care for any of the Sectionals songs though, from any of the teams... I've been watching and listening to the Warblers' Hey Soul Sister but I've never liked that song and Darren only makes it marginally better. But really, this wasn't a good song for him. It didn't even sound good at times... :\ Frankly, Teenage Dream was a lot better sounding.

I didn't even know the song the Hipsters did but I was disappointed they weren't awesome... But I guess they couldn't be.

As for New Directions... They really went heavy with the auto-tune, didn't they? Did not like. And Valerie, though I do like Naya's voice, I hate that song. I didn't know it which makes it harder for me to like but it's just not my type of song. Dancing was AWESOME though. Damn, that's the only thing that saved it for me! Heather Morris and Harry Shum, I can watch them forever.

The one song I did like was the one at the very end, Dog Days Are Over. I don't think I've ever heard it before but it does sound vaguely familiar? Maybe? But at least they all seemed to have fun while singing it which helps a lot. And I do love Jenna's voice so anything that get me more of her makes me happy. I did like the fact that Paravotti didn't die and the fact that Kurt looked so happy while with Paravotti gave me hope that he's slowly accepting Dalton. And that he won't kill the bird.

The whole tie part? I so totally called it. I didn't think it was going to happen, but I really wanted it to. I want Kurt with the Warblers. I really think he needs to learn that sometimes crazy individuality has its times and that other times, you need to temper it down a bit. I'm biased though -- I actually like conformity and those that don't generally annoy me. They disrupt the order... I don't want Kurt to lose himself but I would love it if he wasn't so out there either. But he'll eventually tire of it and go back to McKinley but until then, it'll be nice if he learns to read the atmosphere a bit.

BICO is supposed to next week. I'm hoping it'll make me like the Blaine/Kurt pairing a bit more. I hate the song and I can't even say the Blaine and Kurt version makes me like it any more... *shrugs* But how can any two people sing that song and not have it suggesting a relationship between them? Unless it's part of some sort of production, play, class assignment? *shrugs* I don't know. Hopefully next week's episode won't suck. So far, none of the episodes this season has really satisfied me, not even Never Been Kissed... I was looking so forward to this one and it still felt like it fell short...

I am looking forward to seeing more of Dalton and the Warblers! I want to see them become real people instead of those idealized fanon created OCs. Hell, Blaine is still mostly Darren and I'm more interested in the characters, not their actors. If I were interested in the relationship between the actors, I would read RPS and those that know me, know that is up there with incest on my squick list. As in, I can count on one hand how many RPF I've ever read in my life and I've never had one that felt right to me. And I always emerge from them feeling I had committed some sort of morally wrong act... It's just not worth the guilt.

edit x1: Okay, reading the comments for the episode at kurt_blaine does not inspire any hope that I will be reading realistic Dalton fic any time soon. *rolls eyes* Seriously, why are they upset that these people are real? And human? I find reading about perfect people rather boring -- I can't be the only one, right??? OTL

edit x2: Why do I do this to myself every week? I should really stop reading those episode comments made during the episode... They just leave me with such a bad impression of Blaine/Kurt fans... Or maybe it's because they're so into Kurt and I'm not really that I end up thinking they're...what's a good word? Everything that comes to mind is so negative... :(

You know, anime fans tend to ruin anime for me so I actively tried not to watch any anime around them. Maybe it's the same way with Glee? Glee fans will ruin Glee for you? Seriously, I don't know anymore. I'm just watching for Blaine and the performances now anyway...That's part of the problem, I guess. I want good Blaine fic but most of it is so forgettable... How can I adequately adore him without good fic?

edit x3: Last thoughts before going to AE. I just had an idea -- when Kurt goes back to McKinley and if he asks Blaine to go with him, I would love to see Blaine go WTF because Dalton is an uber awesome private school with great academics and one would have to be insane to leave it to go an American public school. Also, because I'm pretty sure tuition isn't refundable. Not to mention the fact that Blaine seems to get solos at Dalton and that leaving a school in your senior year is so not cool.

And oh my god, sane people on the comm! Thank god! I was starting to despair a bit... There's hope at the end of the tunnel...hopefully some of them write fic and it will be good and realistic rather than just hate on Dalton that I'm feeling from the vast majority of everyone else. I'm almost scared to try out some of the fic that stems from this episode since I think they're going to be about converting Blaine or making ND super awesome in comparison to what they think is super bad Dalton. Kurt's way isn't the only right way and people seriously need to give Dalton a chance... :\