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One of the performances from Sectionals on Glee already leaked (web address contains a song spoiler), and I just need to say: Rachel Barbra Berry, I love you and everything absurd that you stand for.
Why is it not 5:00 yet? It is the day before Thanksgiving; everyone is leaving, including the receptionist (she has a massage to get to, she informed me). And yet I am still here. This weekend: vegan baking extravaganza + Harry Potter. FINALLY.
I cannot stop laughing that this is the question the day after last night's episode. I did not do this on purpose. There will inevitably be spoilers for "Furt" in this discussion.
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
This is actually an edited list; the original apparently asked for a favorite Tina/Artie moment, but honestly, I don't really like Tina/Artie or have any moments to talk about, so I stole the edited meme from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
miggy, whose interests run similarly to mine and who had made some substitutions here and there. This was one of the subs, hilariously enough.
I have spent most of Finn and Kurt's weird friendship with my face under the couch cushions, thanks to Kurt's terrible inexplicable crush and Finn's complete inability to deal with it. I have always wanted a friendship between them and I've never shipped it. I do have a couple of favorite moments, though. I liked when they trusted each other enough to talk about their dead parents, early in season 1, and I loved these two exchanges:
(laughing forever)
So basically I just really loved "Preggers."
But no, seriously -- before last night's episode, the football helmet scene would have been the runaway favorite here. It was before Kurt's crush went way the fuck overboard and before Finn started freaking out about it, and their dynamic was very funny and almost brotherly here. I want them to be like this forever.
Except then "Furt" aired.
Favorite Finn-Kurt moment: "Just the Way You Are"
I DON'T HAVE ANY GIFS YET, the episode just aired, okay?! But eventually, there will be a gif here, and it will be of the moment where Finn is like, "And you're dancing it with me, dude" and Kurt is like LOL WHAT, because I died at that part.
I loved the song as a gesture. I loved the choreography and that it eventually devolved into everybody boogying down together on the dance floor and having a great time. I loved other characters' involvement, like Burt's "I WILL NOT CRY" face and teary-eyed Carole and Rachel shoving Kurt to dance with Finn, and then Kurt and Mercedes gettin' down together. But this is a Finn-Kurt moment question, and I am just. This is the least coherent explanation ever but their faces! The hug that Finn was so enthusiastic about! It was just so sweet. I'm not even mad that Finn didn't change the pronouns. WHATEVER WHATEVER. I would have rather seen it take place in Glee Club than, like ... eating Burt and Carole's wedding reception alive, but I wasn't that annoyed about it; you know the two of them didn't mind.
It was the first time really since "Preggers" (and I wasn't super into the red-latex-dress-rescue in "Theatricality," so yes, I am skipping that one) that I've seen and actually believed that brotherly dynamic between Kurt and Finn. The song as a whole made me happy, and Kurt's stunned face on the first go-around at the "there's not a thing that I would change 'cause you're amazing just the way you are" line was just ... perfect. The song was a little awkward in places for two stepbrothers, but I kind of felt like Finn was singing the more romantic/"she's so beautiful" stuff to Rachel or his mom, then turning back to Kurt on the chorus. And man, that chorus. "Don't change; you're perfect the way you are" was a really powerful thing for Finn to sing, considering their history.
tl;dr I am a tremendous sap and well aware of my weak spots, and they knifed me in the heart with this last night.
Finn is straining under an armchair and feeling very stupid for trying to take it on alone when some of the weight lifts and it's suddenly manageable. "Thanks," he says, to whoever's on the other side of the chair.
"One heart attack in the family was more than enough," says Kurt's voice. Finn has learned that stuff like that from Kurt usually means you're welcome. "Don't tell me this is destined for the living room."
"...This isn't destined for the living room," Finn repeats dutifully, fake, and Kurt makes a pained noise as they shuffle up the front steps. For a second, Finn thinks maybe Kurt got whacked with the chair or something and he opens his mouth to ask if he's okay -- then realizes Kurt just probably doesn't like the upholstery. He good-naturedly rolls his eyes, secure in the knowledge that Kurt won't be able to see the gesture.
"Do you have the--"
"Yep, got the door," Finn grunts, propping it open with his sneaker even as he tries to squeeze through it. There's a sliding sound and he glances down to find a cardboard box now holding the door open, with Kurt's foot disappearing back under the chair. "Thanks," Finn says again. As they angle the overstuffed chair to make it through the door, it lowers enough that Kurt's face suddenly becomes visible. He's watching the side of the chair, where it's almost scraping the doorframe.
"Hey," Finn says, realizing that Burt hasn't said something about how totally healthy and fine he is in a while, and Kurt glances across the chair at him. "Where's your dad?"
"I let him have a cup of coffee and left him in the kitchen," Kurt says matter-of-factly, as they finally clear the door. "Decaf, naturally. Your mom's distracting him so we can move the heavy furniture before he realizes and tries to lift something."
That means a lot of work for the two of them, but Finn is cool with that. Kurt goes a little crazy with trying to protect his dad sometimes, but Finn is totally behind this one. He thinks carrying couches is probably a bad idea if you had a heart attack a month and a half ago. "Sneaky," he says, and he catches a flash of Kurt's smirk before they lift the chair up between them again. Walking backward while carrying stuff is hard, Finn thinks. "It'll be good when the guys get here to help, then."
The other end of the chair wobbles; Finn stops in his tracks and holds on tight. "Whoa--!" It's a reminder of just how much of the weight Kurt is carrying, and of the fact that he's not as little as Finn tends to think of him. Finn is just really tall, and Kurt has gotten a lot bigger over the last year.
"Sorry," says Kurt. The chair steadies itself and he starts walking again. "Who's coming?"
Finn can't always figure out Kurt's reactions to stuff, but he thinks he's getting better at it. He thinks he has an idea of why Kurt just almost dropped the chair. "Just Mike and Sam, dude," Finn says, carefully. "Maybe Puck, but probably not, because he's Puck." Maybe he is getting better at this stuff, because he doesn't say I would never invite any of the other guys from the football team (well, except Artie, but I think all the stairs would be kind of hard for him). He just thinks it.
"Because he's Puck," Kurt repeats dryly, and Finn says, "Here's good," and they carefully set the chair down.
"For the record, here is not good and we're going to be rearranging," says Kurt, gazing around the mostly-empty living room with his arms crossed. "Copiously." Finn doesn't actually know what that word is, but he can figure out what it means: lots of heavy lifting. Kurt probably trying to throw out half of Finn and his mom's furniture.
"Whatever," Finn says genially, shrugging. "Can we just go get your couch?"
Kurt blinks at him for a couple seconds, then he says, "Okay."
As they troop back down the hall, out the front door, and down the steps, Finn asks, "You didn't make any more coffee, did you?"
"No, but I enlisted my own assistance for us," it's hard to know for sure, because Kurt is hopping up into the back of the moving truck as he says it and is talking very briskly, but Finn thinks he might be a little embarrassed, "and they volunteered to stop at Starbucks on the way over."
"Oh," says Finn, considering it. "Cool." He stands at the tailgate for a couple seconds, listening to Kurt rummage around in the back. "I mean, I don't really like fancy Starbucks coffee stuff, but--"
Kurt pops up behind the dining room table. "Before you take that sentence to any kind of a conclusion, know that you're getting a bottomless black coffee and that the real sugar is currently hidden in the microwave. Tell my dad and you'll regret it."
"You're the best, dude," Finn says, grateful, and then he thoughtfully eyes Kurt and his red face, which was definitely not caused by Finn's taste in coffee and is probably not from heavy lifting. "Who's getting the coffee?"
Kurt ducks down again; Finn hears him going through a box. "David and Blaine from the Warblers," he says casually. "They offered to help."
"Oh," says Finn. "So, your boyf--"
"He's not my boyfriend!" Kurt's voice snaps, a little shrill.
"Buuut ... you wish he was," Finn says slowly, kind of amused and kind of confused and maybe kind of teasing, all at the same time, and there is silence from inside the truck and he's not sure how Kurt is taking it -- then he hears a loud, annoyed huff, and he grins, and very carefully doesn't laugh.
Why is it not 5:00 yet? It is the day before Thanksgiving; everyone is leaving, including the receptionist (she has a massage to get to, she informed me). And yet I am still here. This weekend: vegan baking extravaganza + Harry Potter. FINALLY.
I cannot stop laughing that this is the question the day after last night's episode. I did not do this on purpose. There will inevitably be spoilers for "Furt" in this discussion.
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
This is actually an edited list; the original apparently asked for a favorite Tina/Artie moment, but honestly, I don't really like Tina/Artie or have any moments to talk about, so I stole the edited meme from
miggy, whose interests run similarly to mine and who had made some substitutions here and there. This was one of the subs, hilariously enough.I have spent most of Finn and Kurt's weird friendship with my face under the couch cushions, thanks to Kurt's terrible inexplicable crush and Finn's complete inability to deal with it. I have always wanted a friendship between them and I've never shipped it. I do have a couple of favorite moments, though. I liked when they trusted each other enough to talk about their dead parents, early in season 1, and I loved these two exchanges:
KURT: Finn! I need to ask you something.
FINN: Thanks. I already have a date to the prom. But I'm flattered! I know how much dances mean to teen gays. *AWKWARD SHIFTY EYES*
(laughing forever)
FINN: Put your helmet on.
KURT: It'll mess up my hair.
FINN: *laughing, kind of fondly* Put your helmet on.
KURT: *disgruntled; puts helmet on*
FINN: Red's your color!
So basically I just really loved "Preggers."
But no, seriously -- before last night's episode, the football helmet scene would have been the runaway favorite here. It was before Kurt's crush went way the fuck overboard and before Finn started freaking out about it, and their dynamic was very funny and almost brotherly here. I want them to be like this forever.
Except then "Furt" aired.
Favorite Finn-Kurt moment: "Just the Way You Are"
I loved the song as a gesture. I loved the choreography and that it eventually devolved into everybody boogying down together on the dance floor and having a great time. I loved other characters' involvement, like Burt's "I WILL NOT CRY" face and teary-eyed Carole and Rachel shoving Kurt to dance with Finn, and then Kurt and Mercedes gettin' down together. But this is a Finn-Kurt moment question, and I am just. This is the least coherent explanation ever but their faces! The hug that Finn was so enthusiastic about! It was just so sweet. I'm not even mad that Finn didn't change the pronouns. WHATEVER WHATEVER. I would have rather seen it take place in Glee Club than, like ... eating Burt and Carole's wedding reception alive, but I wasn't that annoyed about it; you know the two of them didn't mind.
It was the first time really since "Preggers" (and I wasn't super into the red-latex-dress-rescue in "Theatricality," so yes, I am skipping that one) that I've seen and actually believed that brotherly dynamic between Kurt and Finn. The song as a whole made me happy, and Kurt's stunned face on the first go-around at the "there's not a thing that I would change 'cause you're amazing just the way you are" line was just ... perfect. The song was a little awkward in places for two stepbrothers, but I kind of felt like Finn was singing the more romantic/"she's so beautiful" stuff to Rachel or his mom, then turning back to Kurt on the chorus. And man, that chorus. "Don't change; you're perfect the way you are" was a really powerful thing for Finn to sing, considering their history.
tl;dr I am a tremendous sap and well aware of my weak spots, and they knifed me in the heart with this last night.
Finn is straining under an armchair and feeling very stupid for trying to take it on alone when some of the weight lifts and it's suddenly manageable. "Thanks," he says, to whoever's on the other side of the chair.
"One heart attack in the family was more than enough," says Kurt's voice. Finn has learned that stuff like that from Kurt usually means you're welcome. "Don't tell me this is destined for the living room."
"...This isn't destined for the living room," Finn repeats dutifully, fake, and Kurt makes a pained noise as they shuffle up the front steps. For a second, Finn thinks maybe Kurt got whacked with the chair or something and he opens his mouth to ask if he's okay -- then realizes Kurt just probably doesn't like the upholstery. He good-naturedly rolls his eyes, secure in the knowledge that Kurt won't be able to see the gesture.
"Do you have the--"
"Yep, got the door," Finn grunts, propping it open with his sneaker even as he tries to squeeze through it. There's a sliding sound and he glances down to find a cardboard box now holding the door open, with Kurt's foot disappearing back under the chair. "Thanks," Finn says again. As they angle the overstuffed chair to make it through the door, it lowers enough that Kurt's face suddenly becomes visible. He's watching the side of the chair, where it's almost scraping the doorframe.
"Hey," Finn says, realizing that Burt hasn't said something about how totally healthy and fine he is in a while, and Kurt glances across the chair at him. "Where's your dad?"
"I let him have a cup of coffee and left him in the kitchen," Kurt says matter-of-factly, as they finally clear the door. "Decaf, naturally. Your mom's distracting him so we can move the heavy furniture before he realizes and tries to lift something."
That means a lot of work for the two of them, but Finn is cool with that. Kurt goes a little crazy with trying to protect his dad sometimes, but Finn is totally behind this one. He thinks carrying couches is probably a bad idea if you had a heart attack a month and a half ago. "Sneaky," he says, and he catches a flash of Kurt's smirk before they lift the chair up between them again. Walking backward while carrying stuff is hard, Finn thinks. "It'll be good when the guys get here to help, then."
The other end of the chair wobbles; Finn stops in his tracks and holds on tight. "Whoa--!" It's a reminder of just how much of the weight Kurt is carrying, and of the fact that he's not as little as Finn tends to think of him. Finn is just really tall, and Kurt has gotten a lot bigger over the last year.
"Sorry," says Kurt. The chair steadies itself and he starts walking again. "Who's coming?"
Finn can't always figure out Kurt's reactions to stuff, but he thinks he's getting better at it. He thinks he has an idea of why Kurt just almost dropped the chair. "Just Mike and Sam, dude," Finn says, carefully. "Maybe Puck, but probably not, because he's Puck." Maybe he is getting better at this stuff, because he doesn't say I would never invite any of the other guys from the football team (well, except Artie, but I think all the stairs would be kind of hard for him). He just thinks it.
"Because he's Puck," Kurt repeats dryly, and Finn says, "Here's good," and they carefully set the chair down.
"For the record, here is not good and we're going to be rearranging," says Kurt, gazing around the mostly-empty living room with his arms crossed. "Copiously." Finn doesn't actually know what that word is, but he can figure out what it means: lots of heavy lifting. Kurt probably trying to throw out half of Finn and his mom's furniture.
"Whatever," Finn says genially, shrugging. "Can we just go get your couch?"
Kurt blinks at him for a couple seconds, then he says, "Okay."
As they troop back down the hall, out the front door, and down the steps, Finn asks, "You didn't make any more coffee, did you?"
"No, but I enlisted my own assistance for us," it's hard to know for sure, because Kurt is hopping up into the back of the moving truck as he says it and is talking very briskly, but Finn thinks he might be a little embarrassed, "and they volunteered to stop at Starbucks on the way over."
"Oh," says Finn, considering it. "Cool." He stands at the tailgate for a couple seconds, listening to Kurt rummage around in the back. "I mean, I don't really like fancy Starbucks coffee stuff, but--"
Kurt pops up behind the dining room table. "Before you take that sentence to any kind of a conclusion, know that you're getting a bottomless black coffee and that the real sugar is currently hidden in the microwave. Tell my dad and you'll regret it."
"You're the best, dude," Finn says, grateful, and then he thoughtfully eyes Kurt and his red face, which was definitely not caused by Finn's taste in coffee and is probably not from heavy lifting. "Who's getting the coffee?"
Kurt ducks down again; Finn hears him going through a box. "David and Blaine from the Warblers," he says casually. "They offered to help."
"Oh," says Finn. "So, your boyf--"
"He's not my boyfriend!" Kurt's voice snaps, a little shrill.
"Buuut ... you wish he was," Finn says slowly, kind of amused and kind of confused and maybe kind of teasing, all at the same time, and there is silence from inside the truck and he's not sure how Kurt is taking it -- then he hears a loud, annoyed huff, and he grins, and very carefully doesn't laugh.
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Smile!
:D!
Times like this are when I like being in the UK, and being able to only watch the cute/awesome bits of Glee as they appear on the net.
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Though dude, what the hell, Schue? That was not a "hey, that's one of my kids up there, and I'm proud of him and totally not resentful of the fact that he didn't think I could do enough to protect him from bullies so he transferred" face. Schue, you did so well last week! Please don't screw it up by being a douche!
Also: Yay snippit! So cute! I do like that Finn is trying to be better. That's why, even though he fails a lot, I like him MILES better than I like Schue - He is trying! and he is learning! And also, when Finn screws up he actually faces consequences. Which, really, is a thing to the writers. But I love the slowly and awkwardly developing Finn and Kurt as brothers thing.
& Finally, Darren Criss, ILU and your ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS faces so much!