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I swear to God the Glee posts are going to get less constant once we get past tomorrow's episode; it's just that tomorrow's is the one I've been waiting for ever since I first heard somebody was cast (so -- for several months now?), and the basically month-long wait with no new episodes (the Rocky Horror episode had no plot; it doesn't count) has driven me kind of bananas. Once we see tomorrow's episode, I am going to stop wigging. Probably. Maybe.
Anyway, in the meantime, this meme seemed appropriate! It says "30 days" but it's probably going to take me longer, because I am a slow creature by nature.
Day 01 - Your favorite male character
Day 02 - Your favorite female character
Day 03 - Your favorite group performance
Day 04 - Your favorite solo
Day 05 - Your favorite duet
Day 06 - Your favorite Rachel/Finn moment
Day 07 - Your favorite Finn-Kurt moment
Day 08 - Your favorite Quinn/Puck moment
Day 09 - Your favorite Kurt-Mercedes moment
Day 10 - Your favorite Santana/Brittany moment
Day 11 - Your favorite Sue Sylvester moment
Day 12 - The couple you ship the MOST
Day 13 - A scene/moment that pissed you off
Day 14 - A scene/moment that made you cry
Day 15 - A scene/moment that made you happy
Day 16 - Your favorite episode
Day 17 - Your least favorite episode
Day 18 - Your least favorite character
Day 19 - Your least favorite performance
Day 20 - Your favorite quote
Day 21 - Your favorite guest-star
Day 22 - Your least favorite guest-star
Day 23 - The character you most relate to
Day 24 - The character you would like to hear/see more of
Day 25 - Something that happened you wish hadn’t
Day 26 - Something that hadn’t happened but you wish had
Day 27 - Your idea for a future Glee episode
Day 28 - Your idea for a future Glee character
Day 29 - Your idea for a future Glee performance
Day 30 - Whatever tickles your fancy
I have to say that I laughed out loud when I saw what Day 1's question was.
If you know me at all, you now that this is the easiest freaking question in the entire world when it comes to this show. I was going to try to pretend that it was in some way competitive -- but it's really not. I enjoy Finn when he's being doofy and non-douchebaggy, and I like Mike and Dr. Uncle Jesse (when the latter is not treating Emma like she is a piece of furniture rather than a person, anyway), and Puck entertains me, and I love Burt, and I think I could grow to really like both Sam (who has been all over the place so far in his limited screentime) and the new character who's being introduced tomorrow. But in the end, there is no contest.
Favorite male character: Kurt Hummel
I was amused by Kurt in the first few episodes, but where I really, really started loving him was "Preggers." That is the episode where he gets the entire football team to do the "Single Ladies" dance. More importantly (maybe; I mean, the "Single Ladies" dance was pretty epic), it's the episode where he comes out to his dad. It hit me in a pretty personal place at exactly the right time. I drank a bottle of champagne by myself while watching the episode and cried like a sad, sad drunk at "thanks for telling me." I didn't, like, ~*come out because of Glee*~ or anything, but watching the episode made me really, really want what Kurt got: the opportunity to be honest and then a hug and a parent saying they'd love me no matter what (and I got that, in the end, because I am an idiot and my parents are dolls).
So that was where I first connected with Kurt and what they were doing with his story. That was also the first episode where they showed some real depth to him, beyond bitchy ice queen (I guess they kind of did in the episode where he came out to Mercedes, too, but this episode is the one that I really associate with the start of Kurt's story). Also, "Single Ladies" was hilarious and I will never not die at his instructions to the Titans as he's teaching them the dance in the chorus room. "And sneak attack back to the ring; comb the hair and slap. the. butt."
I've had my serious issues with the character, too; I was totally skeeved by the behavior that was written for him in RE: Finn (and for all the defense I've seen of it, saying things like "what Kurt did was no worse than some of the things that guys have done on the show to win over girls" -- well, I'm pretty sure none of the other guys manipulated a relationship between his parent and a girl's parent solely for the purpose of getting closer to the girl), and I hate that Ryan Murphy always writes Kurt-as-martyr -- but I just really, really love Kurt, man, flaws and all. I have a hard time when I try to articulate why I love him. I mean, sure, some of it is because I do tend to gravitate toward the LGBT characters (I can recognize this about myself), but a whole lot of it is just about Kurt himself; I enjoy his sarcasm and general disdain, and his sweet moments, and how ridiculously misguided and self-sacrificing he can be, and how hard he is fighting to get through high school with his sense of self intact.
Chris Colfer just sucks me in. The things he does WITH HIS FACE. It does not at all hurt the character that (A) Colfer gets some of the best material to work with, and (B) I think he is one of the most talented cast members, both in terms of musical ability and acting chops (especially acting chops). Also, every time I watch Colfer do things now, all I can think of is the quote where he said that he gets ideas for Kurt's aloofness from his cats. Thankfully, I have so far had very few of the "must crawl under the couch cushions and die" feelings that I sometimes had last season about the way that Kurt was being written. Hopefully, that continues!
Other people should totally do the meme, or chime in with their personal responses for the question of the day! It is much more interesting to me if this is a conversation! I follow![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
miggy, who writes ridiculously great Glee fan fiction, and when she did this meme, she wrote drabbles for her responses. I don't know if I'll be dedicated enough to do it for all of them, but I like the idea of giving that a shot.
... Except not today, because as much as I love Kurt, I am Kurt-ed out for a little while when it comes to fic. Because!:
I have been quietly committingatrocities fic on the Glee anonymemes. They are ridiculous fics. Somebody asked for Kurt being sick and Finn being helpful, so I did that, and then somebody else asked for young!Kurt-and-Burt based off of that awesome blog that's been making the rounds, about a mother supporting her young son who wanted to be Daphne from Scooby Doo for Halloween. I sort of debated that one and whether it would be weird, then decided that if I was willing to ask for RPF for Yuletide, it was kind of silly to be freaked about writing fic based on the structure of a blog post. So I did that, too. You should definitely read the blog post that I linked, if you haven't seen it yet; I wanted to reach through the internet and hug that mom.
Excerpt from the truly special drunk blog post about the Rocky Horror episode that I am still finishing: "i'd like toe preserve you in a jar in my basement," she says. MERCEDES I WOULD LIKE TO PRESERE YOU IN MY HEART. Bad news: I cannot remember what half of this shit means ("frenching grizzly bears consider living in florida"????) so I'm going to have to rewatch that episode. I was very proud of my coherency levels when I wrote that post two weeks ago, but I am seeing now that the sober was a lie.
I've hit the point of my day where everything feels like ~*floating in dream land*~ so that's nice! I always enjoyed that aspect of pulling all-nighters in college. Also, I have figured out why I am feeling so crappy! (I am an idiot.) There's not much I can do about it, but at least I am no longer sitting here thinking terrible dramatic sleep-deprived thoughts while I Google symptoms. Added bonus: I just called my house and the answering machine picked up after a couple rings, which should, I think, mean that the power is back on! SUCCESS!
Anyway, in the meantime, this meme seemed appropriate! It says "30 days" but it's probably going to take me longer, because I am a slow creature by nature.
Day 01 - Your favorite male character
Day 02 - Your favorite female character
Day 03 - Your favorite group performance
Day 04 - Your favorite solo
Day 05 - Your favorite duet
Day 06 - Your favorite Rachel/Finn moment
Day 07 - Your favorite Finn-Kurt moment
Day 08 - Your favorite Quinn/Puck moment
Day 09 - Your favorite Kurt-Mercedes moment
Day 10 - Your favorite Santana/Brittany moment
Day 11 - Your favorite Sue Sylvester moment
Day 12 - The couple you ship the MOST
Day 13 - A scene/moment that pissed you off
Day 14 - A scene/moment that made you cry
Day 15 - A scene/moment that made you happy
Day 16 - Your favorite episode
Day 17 - Your least favorite episode
Day 18 - Your least favorite character
Day 19 - Your least favorite performance
Day 20 - Your favorite quote
Day 21 - Your favorite guest-star
Day 22 - Your least favorite guest-star
Day 23 - The character you most relate to
Day 24 - The character you would like to hear/see more of
Day 25 - Something that happened you wish hadn’t
Day 26 - Something that hadn’t happened but you wish had
Day 27 - Your idea for a future Glee episode
Day 28 - Your idea for a future Glee character
Day 29 - Your idea for a future Glee performance
Day 30 - Whatever tickles your fancy
I have to say that I laughed out loud when I saw what Day 1's question was.
If you know me at all, you now that this is the easiest freaking question in the entire world when it comes to this show. I was going to try to pretend that it was in some way competitive -- but it's really not. I enjoy Finn when he's being doofy and non-douchebaggy, and I like Mike and Dr. Uncle Jesse (when the latter is not treating Emma like she is a piece of furniture rather than a person, anyway), and Puck entertains me, and I love Burt, and I think I could grow to really like both Sam (who has been all over the place so far in his limited screentime) and the new character who's being introduced tomorrow. But in the end, there is no contest.
Favorite male character: Kurt Hummel
I was amused by Kurt in the first few episodes, but where I really, really started loving him was "Preggers." That is the episode where he gets the entire football team to do the "Single Ladies" dance. More importantly (maybe; I mean, the "Single Ladies" dance was pretty epic), it's the episode where he comes out to his dad. It hit me in a pretty personal place at exactly the right time. I drank a bottle of champagne by myself while watching the episode and cried like a sad, sad drunk at "thanks for telling me." I didn't, like, ~*come out because of Glee*~ or anything, but watching the episode made me really, really want what Kurt got: the opportunity to be honest and then a hug and a parent saying they'd love me no matter what (and I got that, in the end, because I am an idiot and my parents are dolls).
So that was where I first connected with Kurt and what they were doing with his story. That was also the first episode where they showed some real depth to him, beyond bitchy ice queen (I guess they kind of did in the episode where he came out to Mercedes, too, but this episode is the one that I really associate with the start of Kurt's story). Also, "Single Ladies" was hilarious and I will never not die at his instructions to the Titans as he's teaching them the dance in the chorus room. "And sneak attack back to the ring; comb the hair and slap. the. butt."
I've had my serious issues with the character, too; I was totally skeeved by the behavior that was written for him in RE: Finn (and for all the defense I've seen of it, saying things like "what Kurt did was no worse than some of the things that guys have done on the show to win over girls" -- well, I'm pretty sure none of the other guys manipulated a relationship between his parent and a girl's parent solely for the purpose of getting closer to the girl), and I hate that Ryan Murphy always writes Kurt-as-martyr -- but I just really, really love Kurt, man, flaws and all. I have a hard time when I try to articulate why I love him. I mean, sure, some of it is because I do tend to gravitate toward the LGBT characters (I can recognize this about myself), but a whole lot of it is just about Kurt himself; I enjoy his sarcasm and general disdain, and his sweet moments, and how ridiculously misguided and self-sacrificing he can be, and how hard he is fighting to get through high school with his sense of self intact.
Chris Colfer just sucks me in. The things he does WITH HIS FACE. It does not at all hurt the character that (A) Colfer gets some of the best material to work with, and (B) I think he is one of the most talented cast members, both in terms of musical ability and acting chops (especially acting chops). Also, every time I watch Colfer do things now, all I can think of is the quote where he said that he gets ideas for Kurt's aloofness from his cats. Thankfully, I have so far had very few of the "must crawl under the couch cushions and die" feelings that I sometimes had last season about the way that Kurt was being written. Hopefully, that continues!
Other people should totally do the meme, or chime in with their personal responses for the question of the day! It is much more interesting to me if this is a conversation! I follow
miggy, who writes ridiculously great Glee fan fiction, and when she did this meme, she wrote drabbles for her responses. I don't know if I'll be dedicated enough to do it for all of them, but I like the idea of giving that a shot.... Except not today, because as much as I love Kurt, I am Kurt-ed out for a little while when it comes to fic. Because!:
I have been quietly committing
Excerpt from the truly special drunk blog post about the Rocky Horror episode that I am still finishing: "i'd like toe preserve you in a jar in my basement," she says. MERCEDES I WOULD LIKE TO PRESERE YOU IN MY HEART. Bad news: I cannot remember what half of this shit means ("frenching grizzly bears consider living in florida"????) so I'm going to have to rewatch that episode. I was very proud of my coherency levels when I wrote that post two weeks ago, but I am seeing now that the sober was a lie.
I've hit the point of my day where everything feels like ~*floating in dream land*~ so that's nice! I always enjoyed that aspect of pulling all-nighters in college. Also, I have figured out why I am feeling so crappy! (I am an idiot.) There's not much I can do about it, but at least I am no longer sitting here thinking terrible dramatic sleep-deprived thoughts while I Google symptoms. Added bonus: I just called my house and the answering machine picked up after a couple rings, which should, I think, mean that the power is back on! SUCCESS!
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Fashion Has No Gender
So the two options are either Jesse (who I totally adore, but I'm not sure how much is for his character itself or for how perfect his character is for Rachel) and Kurt, who I sometimes love and sometimes hate (basically, when he's being vicious to Rachel, I want to cut a bitch. Every time else, it's love.)
Also, Kurt has the best boots. The best.
all I can think of is the quote where he said that he gets ideas for Kurt's aloofness from his cats.
Oh, Chris Colfer, how so awesome?
Also, those fics are awesome.
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He and Rachel were so hostile to each other in season 1; it made me lol a little. I was so freaking happy that she reached out to him in "Duets" and he accepted the gesture; I cannot even tell you. I want them to be slightly-prickly-but-secretly-they-like-each-other besties, because Rachel was way right about them having more in common than Kurt wants to admit.
I WANT THOSE BOOTS SO BAD. They're wildly impractical; they're like $120 and I don't exactly have a lot of situations in my life where I can wear knee-high lace-up Docs. But I still want them!!
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Exact opposite for me: Rachel Berry without even a moment to consider.
I was so freaking happy that she reached out to him in "Duets" and he accepted the gesture; I cannot even tell you.
I almost died that moment made me so happy. I cannot even tell you.
I WANT THOSE BOOTS SO BAD. They're wildly impractical; they're like $120 and I don't exactly have a lot of situations in my life where I can wear knee-high lace-up Docs. But I still want them!!
SAME HERE. And I already have a ton of boots that I don't wear enough.
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And, upon reading it, I gave one of the few naysayers a smackdown, because motherfucking goddamn, I have had it up to here with morons who make backwards arguments and act all smug about it.
I mean, my thesis is on the United States Senate.
I love you! I wish I could float in dreamland ...
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AND SPEAKING OF BURT, THAT HALLOWEEN FIC, OMFG. Burt, you are the best dad ever. I am totally in love with the scene where he is being awesome and saying all the things he needs to say while fantasizing about punching people through walls - that is totally the Burt I know. ♥ I'm hoping we get Burt scenes in NBK. Although if he is at all involved in the bullying plotline, he will probably end up bringing that flamethrower to McKinley this time. ;;
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I don't think we're going to get Burt involvement in NBK, since it sounds like Kurt doesn't transfer til 2x08; I'm really unsure that Burt would be cool with Kurt staying at McKinley that long if he knew about how bad things are as early as NBK. But I am expecting a flamethrower in 2x08!!
How did we get so invested in this show I don't even know
LEXIE LEXIE
Have you seen the girls' mash-up (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Szto9hTTI&feature=player_embedded) yet? It's fun on its own, too, but there's a bit in the middle that is extremely relevant to our interests.
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