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rionaleonhart) wrote2010-10-06 12:18 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2010-10-06 12:18 pm
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Trying To Make His Way Home.
I am now up to the penultimate episode in the first series of Waterloo Road, and I actually really 'ship Tom/Izzie, even though Tom mistreats Lorna dreadfully because of it. TOM, STOP BEING A TERRIBLE PERSON. I mean, I know you will stop being a terrible person in later series, but your early terrible-personings are still saddening to watch.
And yet I have to wonder whether Tom/Izzie would appeal to me so much if it didn't have the undercurrent of betrayal. All right, Tom, you're allowed to be a bit of a terrible person.
(I so often fall for the unrequited pairings, the pairings that can never be, the pairings that can be but only if the participants can set aside the nagging of their consciences. Canonical pairings often don't interest me, but bringing in a sense of 'we shouldn't be doing this' is always going to make me sit up and take notice. Tom kisses another woman at his wedding reception. That's pretty hot.)
Meanwhile, the most recent episode of Glee ('Grilled Cheesus') brought me to the verge of tears several times. Thoughts:
- Puck, I have been ungenerous to you in the past, but you're okay. Let's shake hands and make up, if not yet out.
- I can no longer 'ship Finn/Kurt! When did that happen? I'm finding myself hoping that they develop a sort of siblingish relationship instead.
- In fact, I don't really 'ship anything in Glee at the moment; all I want is masses of adorable Kurt/Mercedes/Quinn friendship. And, all right, I 'ship Kurt with Josh Stevenson, but as Josh is from a different programme altogether I'm not sure that counts.
- I like that Kurt was allowed to retain his atheism. His storyline could have been about learning to believe, which would have bothered me, but no; it was about learning to accept that his religious friends meant well in their prayers. I'm all for that. His final speech to his father, about how his relationships with the people he loves are what he holds sacred and believes in - and I'm crying just thinking about it - comes very close to my own feelings.
- Kurt needs so many hugs. So many.
- I'm astonished that they managed to find a Young Kurt actor who looked so like Kurt! There's more than one person in the world who looks like Chris Colfer; who knew?
SPECULATION ON THE PAIRING UP OF GLEE CHARACTERS WITH WATERLOO ROAD CHARACTERS BASED SOLELY ON THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME NAME:
- Rachel Mason/Rachel Berry: wouldn't ever happen. Mason isn't going to jeopardise everything by having a relationship with a student; what do you take her for?
- Finn Sharkey/Finn Hudson: wouldn't ever happen because neither would contemplate having a relationship with a dude. In an AU in which Sharkey is bisexual, he backs Hudson into a corner and snogs him. Hudson is totally confused. Sharkey is confused by his confusion. He's Finn Sharkey; how can you not want him? Yeah, this one isn't going to work either.
- Sam Kelly/Sam Evans: we don't know much about Evans yet, but I have a feeling that this could actually be really cute. THEY HAVE THE SAME FIRST NAME (well, all right, Evans' full first name is unlikely to be 'Sambuca', but they go by the same name); THEY'RE BOTH BLONDE; OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE MADE FOR EACH OTHER.
Well, that was a fairly unsuccessful line of thought.
And yet I have to wonder whether Tom/Izzie would appeal to me so much if it didn't have the undercurrent of betrayal. All right, Tom, you're allowed to be a bit of a terrible person.
(I so often fall for the unrequited pairings, the pairings that can never be, the pairings that can be but only if the participants can set aside the nagging of their consciences. Canonical pairings often don't interest me, but bringing in a sense of 'we shouldn't be doing this' is always going to make me sit up and take notice. Tom kisses another woman at his wedding reception. That's pretty hot.)
Meanwhile, the most recent episode of Glee ('Grilled Cheesus') brought me to the verge of tears several times. Thoughts:
- Puck, I have been ungenerous to you in the past, but you're okay. Let's shake hands and make up, if not yet out.
- I can no longer 'ship Finn/Kurt! When did that happen? I'm finding myself hoping that they develop a sort of siblingish relationship instead.
- In fact, I don't really 'ship anything in Glee at the moment; all I want is masses of adorable Kurt/Mercedes/Quinn friendship. And, all right, I 'ship Kurt with Josh Stevenson, but as Josh is from a different programme altogether I'm not sure that counts.
- I like that Kurt was allowed to retain his atheism. His storyline could have been about learning to believe, which would have bothered me, but no; it was about learning to accept that his religious friends meant well in their prayers. I'm all for that. His final speech to his father, about how his relationships with the people he loves are what he holds sacred and believes in - and I'm crying just thinking about it - comes very close to my own feelings.
- Kurt needs so many hugs. So many.
- I'm astonished that they managed to find a Young Kurt actor who looked so like Kurt! There's more than one person in the world who looks like Chris Colfer; who knew?
SPECULATION ON THE PAIRING UP OF GLEE CHARACTERS WITH WATERLOO ROAD CHARACTERS BASED SOLELY ON THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME NAME:
- Rachel Mason/Rachel Berry: wouldn't ever happen. Mason isn't going to jeopardise everything by having a relationship with a student; what do you take her for?
- Finn Sharkey/Finn Hudson: wouldn't ever happen because neither would contemplate having a relationship with a dude. In an AU in which Sharkey is bisexual, he backs Hudson into a corner and snogs him. Hudson is totally confused. Sharkey is confused by his confusion. He's Finn Sharkey; how can you not want him? Yeah, this one isn't going to work either.
- Sam Kelly/Sam Evans: we don't know much about Evans yet, but I have a feeling that this could actually be really cute. THEY HAVE THE SAME FIRST NAME (well, all right, Evans' full first name is unlikely to be 'Sambuca', but they go by the same name); THEY'RE BOTH BLONDE; OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE MADE FOR EACH OTHER.
Well, that was a fairly unsuccessful line of thought.
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DAMMIT RIONA, DON'T SUCK ME INTO WATCHING GLEE!
(I'm a terrific sucker for love. Big, broad, epic love. Part of the reason I'm so difficult to please in terms of romantic stories is because I care about all of the other loves in a person's life, and most romantic stories involve picking one person and at best giving everyone else a severe demotion in terms of love, and often becoming completely unloving towards everyone outside of the couple, and I just can't stand that. I want love that spreads, love that reaches out, love that makes you see the real flesh-and-blood humanity of everyone in front of you, love that makes you want to be better. I adore the kind of love that inspires someone to make themselves worthy of the other person's regard, inspires them to try. And that can be romantic, but it can also be love of a friend or a mentor or family or that strange sharp love for a stranger in need that makes you reach out and risk it just because they need you and you can. The closest I've come to a moment of heroism happened because I wanted to live up to the love I got from my parents. I want all of the love in the world acknowledged and valued and shared, because love can be powerful, and love spreads.
tl;dr - Love rocks.)
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I don't mean to suck you into watching Glee in its entirety, but this episode is very much about Kurt's love for his father. I wanted to find you his speech at the end, which is a lovely and heartbreaking moment, but I couldn't. Here he is singing about his love for him, though. Spoilery context (highlight to read): his dad is unconscious in hospital at this time.
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Aw, that is quite sweet!
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EXACTLY EXACTLY EXACTLY. I have many feelings on religion, and all of them would have been hurt if Kurt had decided that "hey, everyone else is religious, so I should be too 8DDDDD". The fact that he stood up for what he believed in, along with his feelings on family, makes me love him all the more.
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IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVER HERE UNTIL JANUARY
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OBVIOUSLY