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rionaleonhart) wrote2019-12-15 11:48 am
rionaleonhart) wrote2019-12-15 11:48 am
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I Don't Even Remember Putting That In There.
Our household's Glee rewatch is now up to the Dalton Academy arc in season two, i.e. the point at which I abruptly became extremely emotionally invested the first time around. I don't have the same intense emotions on revisiting it, but Kurt and Blaine are still really cute.
That said, the Dalton Academy Warblers do feel a lot like a cult. Why do there never seem to be any teachers or lessons at their school? Why are they run by a council of teenagers obsessed with tradition? Why, rather than having scheduled rehearsals, does Blaine suddenly burst through the door singing, with everyone in the room immediately joining in? (I love Kurt's 'Jesus Christ, I was just trying to do my homework' face throughout this performance.)
Rereading the psychological horror Kurt/Blaine fic I wrote in 2010, it looks like I picked up on this weirdness even back then. (It holds up better than I thought it might! I'm glad I've reached a point where I can look back at my older fanfiction without cringing.)
There are some points, early in Kurt and Blaine's acquaintance, where they display more emotional maturity than I thought Glee was capable of. A few points that particularly stood out:
- Blaine, realising Kurt doesn't know anything about sex and worried he might one day go into something without protection, goes to Kurt's dad and goes 'look, I know he's gay and you're not, but I know you have a good relationship and I think he would really benefit if you did some research and made the effort to give him the talk.'
- Blaine mentions being in love with a guy. Kurt incorrectly assumes he's the one Blaine's talking about. On learning that it's actually someone else, Kurt is devastated but decides to help Blaine woo this other guy. It's such a contrast with season one, where Kurt realised Rachel was interested in Finn and tried to sabotage her chances with him. Actual character development! In Glee!
- After Blaine's chances with the other guy fall through, Kurt actually outright tells him 'hey, look, I thought the guy you were in love with was me' and Blaine goes 'oh, wow, I'm so sorry, I had no idea you felt that way' and they have a conversation about where they both stand and what their relationship is. Clear communication about feelings! In Glee!!!
The majority of the time, of course, Glee is still an absolute disaster. I can't believe there's an episode where the moral is 'if you're sad that your friend persistently cancels your plans so he can spend time with the friend he has a crush on instead, you're just USING YOUR FRIEND AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A BOYFRIEND; why would anyone ever want to hang out with someone else for non-romantic reasons?'
I've slowed down on Psych, but I've now finished the fifth season, so here are a few notes on that as well!
I haven't really been feeling much in the way of romantic chemistry between Shawn and Juliet, but I did really love the kiss at the end of 'One, Maybe Two, Ways Out', and the fact that they don't have the opportunity to talk about it afterwards, so it's just going to hang over them, fucking them both up. Shawn looks like his entire operating system just crashed.
That said, of course, Shawn/Gus is still the OTP. 'Of all the relationships in my life, ours is easily the most stable and the only one I haven't screwed up. If I hadn't come back to Santa Barbara, I don't know what you'd be doing, but wherever I was, I'd be wishing I had you there to lean on.'
'Yang 3 in 2D': Gus thinks he's about to die, and all he wants to do is make sure Shawn knows he doesn't blame him! My heart! It's really, really important to him not to let Shawn feel it was his fault.
I love Shawn pulling Gus into his family group hug at the end, too.
I sort of feel that Lassiter should meet J Jonah Jameson. They'd just get into arguments over whether Spider-Man or Shawn Spencer is more of a nuisance.
That said, the Dalton Academy Warblers do feel a lot like a cult. Why do there never seem to be any teachers or lessons at their school? Why are they run by a council of teenagers obsessed with tradition? Why, rather than having scheduled rehearsals, does Blaine suddenly burst through the door singing, with everyone in the room immediately joining in? (I love Kurt's 'Jesus Christ, I was just trying to do my homework' face throughout this performance.)
Rereading the psychological horror Kurt/Blaine fic I wrote in 2010, it looks like I picked up on this weirdness even back then. (It holds up better than I thought it might! I'm glad I've reached a point where I can look back at my older fanfiction without cringing.)
There are some points, early in Kurt and Blaine's acquaintance, where they display more emotional maturity than I thought Glee was capable of. A few points that particularly stood out:
- Blaine, realising Kurt doesn't know anything about sex and worried he might one day go into something without protection, goes to Kurt's dad and goes 'look, I know he's gay and you're not, but I know you have a good relationship and I think he would really benefit if you did some research and made the effort to give him the talk.'
- Blaine mentions being in love with a guy. Kurt incorrectly assumes he's the one Blaine's talking about. On learning that it's actually someone else, Kurt is devastated but decides to help Blaine woo this other guy. It's such a contrast with season one, where Kurt realised Rachel was interested in Finn and tried to sabotage her chances with him. Actual character development! In Glee!
- After Blaine's chances with the other guy fall through, Kurt actually outright tells him 'hey, look, I thought the guy you were in love with was me' and Blaine goes 'oh, wow, I'm so sorry, I had no idea you felt that way' and they have a conversation about where they both stand and what their relationship is. Clear communication about feelings! In Glee!!!
The majority of the time, of course, Glee is still an absolute disaster. I can't believe there's an episode where the moral is 'if you're sad that your friend persistently cancels your plans so he can spend time with the friend he has a crush on instead, you're just USING YOUR FRIEND AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR A BOYFRIEND; why would anyone ever want to hang out with someone else for non-romantic reasons?'
I've slowed down on Psych, but I've now finished the fifth season, so here are a few notes on that as well!
I haven't really been feeling much in the way of romantic chemistry between Shawn and Juliet, but I did really love the kiss at the end of 'One, Maybe Two, Ways Out', and the fact that they don't have the opportunity to talk about it afterwards, so it's just going to hang over them, fucking them both up. Shawn looks like his entire operating system just crashed.
That said, of course, Shawn/Gus is still the OTP. 'Of all the relationships in my life, ours is easily the most stable and the only one I haven't screwed up. If I hadn't come back to Santa Barbara, I don't know what you'd be doing, but wherever I was, I'd be wishing I had you there to lean on.'
'Yang 3 in 2D': Gus thinks he's about to die, and all he wants to do is make sure Shawn knows he doesn't blame him! My heart! It's really, really important to him not to let Shawn feel it was his fault.
I love Shawn pulling Gus into his family group hug at the end, too.
I sort of feel that Lassiter should meet J Jonah Jameson. They'd just get into arguments over whether Spider-Man or Shawn Spencer is more of a nuisance.
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I'm pretty sure that if Gus hadn't been in the picture, and Shawn had somehow encountered Tommy from the drag racing episode, they would have run off together.
That scene! Everything about that scene! And Shawn insisting that, if the killer was going to kill him and Gus, that he kill Shawn first!
You know that would lead to Shawn claiming to be Spider-Man, while a confused and frustrated Peter Parker hung around in the background watching, right?
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Yes! Oh, Shawn. He has such intense feelings about Gus and it's lovely.
You know that would lead to Shawn claiming to be Spider-Man, while a confused and frustrated Peter Parker hung around in the background watching, right?
This is both absolutely true and absolutely beautiful.
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"Excuse me, Mr....Parker, but you clearly don't know anything about Spider-Man. Have you ever heard of a little thing called spider sense?"
"That's not being psychic, that's just sensing danger!"
"Sensing danger that's about to happen. Spider-Man can sense future events. Like, dare I say it, a psychic?"
"That's not...it doesn't...wait..." And then Peter Parker walks around all day wondering if he's actually psychic without realizing it.
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I might remember that episode; I feel like I can call up an echo of old indignation. Glee certainly was something.
Of course! But I appreciate your appreciation for the way things with Juliet can make Shawn's life so much more complicated and distressing.
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...in fiction.