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escritoireazulOkay, here we go. I know a lot of people are really feeling happy about this episode and do not want to be brought down. You should probably not read this, then. There's some positive, but quite a bit of negative, too.
Well this is an awkward way to start the episode, and I love the Warblers and Blaine. Why is the pacing so weird on this show? WHY? (OH GOD, PLEASE ALWAYS POUND ON TABLES, WARBLERS. A;DFA;SLDKFJASD;FJ) It feels like Blaine is intentionally flirting with Kurt, but you have not actually built this up so it really works, and believe me, I want it to work. (If for no other reason than I want Blaine to stick around for awhile. There are more reasons than that, of course, including the fact that sometimes it really blows my mind that we have multiple queer characters on one show. Do you know how much that means to me? At thirty, I don't even have words. At sixteen, it would have done so much more for me.)
I do love how Kurt calls Blaine on his numerous amazing solos. And that Kurt freaking owns his jealousy. However, considering I know Rachel gets both solos at Regionals, once again I find the show to be a hypocritical load of shit. We're supposed to cheer on Kurt because he calls Blaine (and the counsel! It's not even Blaine choosing the solos) on all his solos, and then turn around and cheer on Rachel for once a-freaking-gain getting the solos, especially when Tina ONCE AGAIN doesn't get to do anything but back up other people.
So. Quinn and her monologue and her speech to Rachel. (Obviously, I hated that line about her being relatively sane for a girl FUCK YOU AND YOUR MISOGYNY AND YOUR ABLEISM, SHOW.) I am intrigued by Quinn, though (as usual) I'm not sure they've built up this characterization. What intrigues me is that she was one of the people who wanted to get the hell out of Lima. And now she's going to stay, and sell real estate, and marry Finn -- all of these are safe things. Quinn has been reverting a lot lately -- head cheerleader again for awhile, manipulative woman (I do love when she's being manipulative -- now if only she would do it for a more interesting storyline), Celibacy Club and lying about what she's actually doing, the whole thing with Finn -- but this is more than that. Something deep inside Quinn is broken, and I really want to see this explored more. This isn't just Quinn wanting to be on top again, this is Quinn not dealing with Beth and not dealing with the fact that she sees Rachel every. single. day and Rachel's birth mother adopted Beth, and not dealing with the fact that she keeps making terrible decisions when it comes to love and romance and sex. Instead of confronting any of these things, she's clinging to something that isn't fully real, something that really doesn't mean much in the long run, and something she never wanted before. I desperately want to see this explored competently, which means the show is right out. Anyone have fic recs?
This is a good place to talk about Rachel, and how much I want to like her character, and how much I can't, because the show keeps doing shit like giving her all the solos and undercutting what could have been an amazing bit of layered and threaded storytelling. But in particular, I want to talk here about how Rachel tries to use Shelby adopting Beth as a way to have a bond with Quinn, and how that is an awkward and slightly horrible thing to do, and yet how it makes perfect sense for Rachel to do so, because she is awkward when it comes to bonding with her peers. It sort of made me love her a little, because she's trying so hard to have friends, and yes, probably she shouldn't try so hard, and she definitely went about it the wrong way, but oh, in such an endearing way. More of this Rachel, please!
So Pavarotti died. I thought the whistling back and forth thing was nice, but I think this storyline was rushed, too. I also think it probably means more to the people who follow that account on Twitter, which leads to some interesting meta on cross-platform fan engagement. Not that I have interesting meta, I have exhaustion!brain today(1). I think it's fantastic that there is cross-platform fan engagement, but I think for something that is supposed to be so meaningful, and is used as a plot device like it is, not having that build up in the show itself was a real let down.
The Warblers and their RIDICULOUS meetings fill me with SO MUCH JOY. God, boys, I FREAKING ADORE YOU. NEVER CHANGE. COME BACK TO ME. ETC. ETC.
I forgot how much I dislike asshole Kurt. Ugh. Right, right, moving on. I want to love that he's obviously missing his friends here, except that all we keep seeing is him blowing off his friends for Blaine and being a jerk to everyone, so again, what could be emotional has been undercut by incompetency and fluctuating characterization.
UH. A tape? REALLY? Kurt, why do you have a tape? Why do they have a tape player? WHY? I'm going to pretend that's, oh, Puck or Sam or, hell, let's let Tina play the guitar too, since she doesn't get to FUCKING SING ANYMORE. (Also, do any of the girls play the guitar? We see the girls on the piano and the guys on the guitar and GOD GLEE WHY WHY CAN'T YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING SO SIMPLE?)
Damn, Darren Criss is trying to sell this realization shit, and almost, babe, almost I'll go with it. If this had followed "Silly Love Songs" or even "Blame It On the Alcohol," maybe, if we'd gotten someone actually dealing with the biphobia and all that shit, I would be totally sold. But no, BIOTA did not actually deal with anything. FUCK YOU, SHOW, I WANT TO BE GIDDY WITH JOY OVER BLAINE REALIZING HE'S IN LURVE AND YET NO, NO I AM NOT.
TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK
Uh, have I made my point yet? FAVORITE FOURSOME IS FANTASTIC. I also love the way Lauren and Puck keep sitting in the same poses. Subconscious mimicry is one of my favorite things about people who are into each other. UNF.
Isn't Regionals this weekend or something? So they're not only going to change their setlist but will write and polish and choreograph and perform them in that time? UGH. (Oh, wait, only Rachel will have to learn to sing them, whatever was I thinking?)
Haha, if Mike would just cross his damn arms, the fabulous foursome would all be sitting with their arms crossed and skeptical looks on their faces. LOVE IT.
OH SANTANA. <3 I really love this scene between Santana and Brittany.
OH WARBLERS, HOW MUCH DO I LOVE YOU AND YOUR RIDICULOUS RESPONSES TO EVERYTHING? A LOT.
LOOK AT THAT GRIN FROM WES! WES KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON! WES SHIPS THAT SHIT! <3 WES <3
Rhyming dictionaries? UGH THIS WILL NOT GO WELL. OF FUCKING COURSE TINA DOESN'T GET TO SING IN THE SONG SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON, WHO WANTS THAT?
(Lauren, you're clapping for your girlfriend Tina, RIGHT? I THOUGHT SO.)
OH GOD SAM'S FACE. HIS FACE.
AND MIKE, SO HELPFUL!
OMG LAUREN AND PUCK SITTING IN THE SAME POSE AGAIN. MY HEART, IT JUST SQUEEZED.
Santana's voice is AMAZING like this, horrific song or not.
I think it's time to add Sam to that foursome. Tina's even watching them with this little smirk.
OH UNF, SAM, STAND UP TO PEOPLE MORE OFTEN, JESUS. I NO LONGER AM SAD ABOUT THE DREAM, BABE.
OH GOD, PUCK WROTE A SONG. MY FACE! MY FACE LOOKS LIKE LAUREN'S RIGHT NOW! OMG HE WROTE A ROCKABILLY SONG? I THINK I MAY DIE.
(Santana: Don't touch me. Don't touch me. OH SANTANA I LOVE YOU.)
OMG EYEBROW + SMIRK AND HEADSHAKE + SMIRK. I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE IT CONFIRMED THAT WATCHING THAT IS JUST AS HOT AS DOING IT. (That is one of my favorite across the room flirting things. Dear god, if I identify with these two any more, I will have to stop writing them because it will be ~weird.)
I am not really sure what to make of this song. On the one hand, Puck being ridiculous with his guitar is one of my favorite things ever. (And also, how many times can he say he loves her in one song? JESUS CHRIST.) On the other hand, this is supposed to be less offensive than "Fat Bottom Girls"? REALLY? NO.
I like scary Quinn, even if I am so bored of this whole love triangle. GOD GET ANOTHER STORY TO TELL, WORLD. (Because it's not just the show. I am tired of love triangles everywhere.)
Oh. Weird pacing or not, that kiss made me tremble a little. Not because it was hot (it was hot), but because I can't believe I'm seeing that. I can't believe teenagers get to see that. I can't believe this show has multiple queer characters and they kiss and they love and they get their hearts broken and they get happy moments too. For all that this show gets wrong, and it gets A LOT wrong, I am so glad it has this. (I just wish the show was better. It keeps getting all these awards and, dude, no. NO.) But this moment, this lovely, lovely moment, this is good.
I particularly like Blaine's little laugh and dropping his head into his hand between the kisses. All the blood pooling somewhere else, babe? Do you need to sit down? (Yes, I know, he's already sitting.) And then the second kiss, the way they meet each other, surge into each other, cling to each other -- that is some pent up desire breaking out right there. That is two guys who are really close friends finally, finally getting to this stage. That is awesome.
Now if only we could have that awesome with the other characters, too.
LAUREN AND TINA AND BRITTANY DANCING AT THE PIANO! And Santana sitting there with them. Dear god, poly ship for the fucking win.
I side-eye some of the lines in Mercedes' song, but overall, I kinda like it a lot. MIKE AND SAM! Sam's little paper note! (I may have a thing for this, obviously.) It's catchy and Mercedes' voice is amazing. GOD LOVE IT.
HAHAHA, SAM USING THE LITTLE PAPER NOTE TO SANTANA'S NEW VERSE OF "TROUTY MOUTH" OH GOD SAM I LOVE YOU IN THIS MOMENT.
So, uh,when did NEVER MIND, FIC IDEA.
"Puckerman, you're on a roll." EYEBROWS + SMIRKING FLIRTING. DEAR GOD, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE JUST DIED A LITTLE. <3<3<3<3<3
Dude, Puck is totally checking out the girls at the piano while they're making a list of things for the song. That's cause his girlfriends are up there, and Sue's being mean to Tina. I bet some dodgy foursome time would take your mind off it, babe.
UGH, FINN, JUST STOP TALKING.
I love how Quinn is obviously being hypocritical over Rachel trying the same things over again. Look who's talking, Quinn! Oh, god, Quinn can't even talk through this lie she's chasing without her voice breaking. And she knows you can't chase happy endings.
God, this is kind of awesome. It's a shame they can't keep her characterization actually building to this or anything. Damn it, show.
So. bored. by Jesus song. I do like that Lauren and Quinn are sitting together. All my theories have payoffs in this episode. I should really like it more than I do.
UM. I am not really a fan of Blaine and Kurt's duet. I expected better. I do love how they sing to each other (ADORABLE) and I really love Puck's FACE during it, though, much like I did during sectionals. Aww. Also adorable.
NGL, I've already listened to "Raise a Glass" about a billion times. I LOVE IT. I so want to see a Warblers and New Directions team up, though, in which Mike teaches them to dance. (Actually, he needs to get on that with ND as well. During "Comeback" I was thinking Puck shouldn't dance near Mike, because dude, hot as you are, no. Fail.)
So I don't hate Rachel's song. It sort of sounds like it was written at the very last second, so okay, that works. Though I think the show thinks it's a really powerful, ~dramatic song. Mmm, no.
ONCE AGAIN, TINA JUST GETS TO STAND AND BARELY SING. JESUS CHRIST, SHOW. (Though I actually get, from a storytelling perspective, why Rachel has this song. As bored as I am with the love triangle, this could be about so much more than that, and that part I like. It could be a commentary on how Rachel frequently sucks at being a friend, but how she keeps trying. I would like that more.)
God, it goes on forever, so bored.
AND NOW SHE GETS THE OTHER FUCKING SOLO TOO? WHAT THE FUCK? WHY DOES TINA NOT HAVE THIS SONG? WHY? IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR RACHEL AND FINN TO BE THE SOLOISTS ON THIS. FUUUUUUUUUCK. WHY DO WE NOT HAVE TINA AND ARTIE SOLOS HERE? FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU.
I do love the black boots and shiny dresses thing though. Nice. (And Lauren and Puck singing to each other. HEE.) HA and the Warblers and their foam fingers. <3
Okay, the slushy thing is cute, but, uh, the audience? Not actually going to get it. Heh.
Sister Mary Constance makes me grin. I can't help it. I freaking love Sister Act. Otherwise, this judging thing is boring. So boring.
WAIT. WAIT. WAIT. They were totally setting it up so Kurt goes back to McKinley because he feels like he's not showcased and appreciated and whatever? BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME AT MCKINLEY, WHAT? AND HE NEVER FELT PRESSURED TO CHANGE WHO HE WAS TO FIT IN? AND WHAT THE HELL? UGH.
Do not trust the show.
Whoa, Sue. You are a parody of your former self.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY GAPS THERE ARE IN OHIO? TONS.
OH GOD, BLAINE, RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME. However, NO, BLAINE. NOT WINNING SUCKS, OKAY?
So I want to love this MVP thing, because it's awesome and this is exactly what Rachel needs. And also, she did have the original songs idea which worked so well. (Whether I think it should or not.) But it loses all emotional impact because she's freaking highlighted and featured and got the freaking brass ring. Jesus, show, no. Rachel is always fucking chosen and this DOES NOT FUCKING WORK. Even just taking away one of her solos would have helped make this scene amazing and intense and full of love. My heart would have grown three sizes.
(As it is, the group hug does make me grin. POLY SHIP FOREVER, YO. AND THEIR GRINS!)
I am actually ridiculously glad for a hiatus. UGH.
One thing about Pretty Little Liars, though! That this made me think about, because I watched PLL last night.
QUEER CHARACTERS ON MY TV. MULTIPLE QUEER CHARACTERS.
I was GIDDY when Emily met Samara, and Samara is just so chill and fun. I want to see more of them together! And all these different ways to be queer. I am pleased by this. A lot.
(1) Exhaustion!brain so much that right before I woke up for work, I dreamed I hooked up with Sam at a party. Yeah, of all the Glee hook-up dreams I could have, Sam is my first? Really, brain? REALLY?
Pretty good kisser, though. And actually, after watching the episode, I'd hit that.
Well this is an awkward way to start the episode, and I love the Warblers and Blaine. Why is the pacing so weird on this show? WHY? (OH GOD, PLEASE ALWAYS POUND ON TABLES, WARBLERS. A;DFA;SLDKFJASD;FJ) It feels like Blaine is intentionally flirting with Kurt, but you have not actually built this up so it really works, and believe me, I want it to work. (If for no other reason than I want Blaine to stick around for awhile. There are more reasons than that, of course, including the fact that sometimes it really blows my mind that we have multiple queer characters on one show. Do you know how much that means to me? At thirty, I don't even have words. At sixteen, it would have done so much more for me.)
I do love how Kurt calls Blaine on his numerous amazing solos. And that Kurt freaking owns his jealousy. However, considering I know Rachel gets both solos at Regionals, once again I find the show to be a hypocritical load of shit. We're supposed to cheer on Kurt because he calls Blaine (and the counsel! It's not even Blaine choosing the solos) on all his solos, and then turn around and cheer on Rachel for once a-freaking-gain getting the solos, especially when Tina ONCE AGAIN doesn't get to do anything but back up other people.
So. Quinn and her monologue and her speech to Rachel. (Obviously, I hated that line about her being relatively sane for a girl FUCK YOU AND YOUR MISOGYNY AND YOUR ABLEISM, SHOW.) I am intrigued by Quinn, though (as usual) I'm not sure they've built up this characterization. What intrigues me is that she was one of the people who wanted to get the hell out of Lima. And now she's going to stay, and sell real estate, and marry Finn -- all of these are safe things. Quinn has been reverting a lot lately -- head cheerleader again for awhile, manipulative woman (I do love when she's being manipulative -- now if only she would do it for a more interesting storyline), Celibacy Club and lying about what she's actually doing, the whole thing with Finn -- but this is more than that. Something deep inside Quinn is broken, and I really want to see this explored more. This isn't just Quinn wanting to be on top again, this is Quinn not dealing with Beth and not dealing with the fact that she sees Rachel every. single. day and Rachel's birth mother adopted Beth, and not dealing with the fact that she keeps making terrible decisions when it comes to love and romance and sex. Instead of confronting any of these things, she's clinging to something that isn't fully real, something that really doesn't mean much in the long run, and something she never wanted before. I desperately want to see this explored competently, which means the show is right out. Anyone have fic recs?
This is a good place to talk about Rachel, and how much I want to like her character, and how much I can't, because the show keeps doing shit like giving her all the solos and undercutting what could have been an amazing bit of layered and threaded storytelling. But in particular, I want to talk here about how Rachel tries to use Shelby adopting Beth as a way to have a bond with Quinn, and how that is an awkward and slightly horrible thing to do, and yet how it makes perfect sense for Rachel to do so, because she is awkward when it comes to bonding with her peers. It sort of made me love her a little, because she's trying so hard to have friends, and yes, probably she shouldn't try so hard, and she definitely went about it the wrong way, but oh, in such an endearing way. More of this Rachel, please!
So Pavarotti died. I thought the whistling back and forth thing was nice, but I think this storyline was rushed, too. I also think it probably means more to the people who follow that account on Twitter, which leads to some interesting meta on cross-platform fan engagement. Not that I have interesting meta, I have exhaustion!brain today(1). I think it's fantastic that there is cross-platform fan engagement, but I think for something that is supposed to be so meaningful, and is used as a plot device like it is, not having that build up in the show itself was a real let down.
The Warblers and their RIDICULOUS meetings fill me with SO MUCH JOY. God, boys, I FREAKING ADORE YOU. NEVER CHANGE. COME BACK TO ME. ETC. ETC.
I forgot how much I dislike asshole Kurt. Ugh. Right, right, moving on. I want to love that he's obviously missing his friends here, except that all we keep seeing is him blowing off his friends for Blaine and being a jerk to everyone, so again, what could be emotional has been undercut by incompetency and fluctuating characterization.
UH. A tape? REALLY? Kurt, why do you have a tape? Why do they have a tape player? WHY? I'm going to pretend that's, oh, Puck or Sam or, hell, let's let Tina play the guitar too, since she doesn't get to FUCKING SING ANYMORE. (Also, do any of the girls play the guitar? We see the girls on the piano and the guys on the guitar and GOD GLEE WHY WHY CAN'T YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING SO SIMPLE?)
Damn, Darren Criss is trying to sell this realization shit, and almost, babe, almost I'll go with it. If this had followed "Silly Love Songs" or even "Blame It On the Alcohol," maybe, if we'd gotten someone actually dealing with the biphobia and all that shit, I would be totally sold. But no, BIOTA did not actually deal with anything. FUCK YOU, SHOW, I WANT TO BE GIDDY WITH JOY OVER BLAINE REALIZING HE'S IN LURVE AND YET NO, NO I AM NOT.
TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK TINA MIKE LAUREN PUCK
Uh, have I made my point yet? FAVORITE FOURSOME IS FANTASTIC. I also love the way Lauren and Puck keep sitting in the same poses. Subconscious mimicry is one of my favorite things about people who are into each other. UNF.
Isn't Regionals this weekend or something? So they're not only going to change their setlist but will write and polish and choreograph and perform them in that time? UGH. (Oh, wait, only Rachel will have to learn to sing them, whatever was I thinking?)
Haha, if Mike would just cross his damn arms, the fabulous foursome would all be sitting with their arms crossed and skeptical looks on their faces. LOVE IT.
OH SANTANA. <3 I really love this scene between Santana and Brittany.
OH WARBLERS, HOW MUCH DO I LOVE YOU AND YOUR RIDICULOUS RESPONSES TO EVERYTHING? A LOT.
LOOK AT THAT GRIN FROM WES! WES KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON! WES SHIPS THAT SHIT! <3 WES <3
Rhyming dictionaries? UGH THIS WILL NOT GO WELL. OF FUCKING COURSE TINA DOESN'T GET TO SING IN THE SONG SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON, WHO WANTS THAT?
(Lauren, you're clapping for your girlfriend Tina, RIGHT? I THOUGHT SO.)
OH GOD SAM'S FACE. HIS FACE.
AND MIKE, SO HELPFUL!
OMG LAUREN AND PUCK SITTING IN THE SAME POSE AGAIN. MY HEART, IT JUST SQUEEZED.
Santana's voice is AMAZING like this, horrific song or not.
I think it's time to add Sam to that foursome. Tina's even watching them with this little smirk.
OH UNF, SAM, STAND UP TO PEOPLE MORE OFTEN, JESUS. I NO LONGER AM SAD ABOUT THE DREAM, BABE.
OH GOD, PUCK WROTE A SONG. MY FACE! MY FACE LOOKS LIKE LAUREN'S RIGHT NOW! OMG HE WROTE A ROCKABILLY SONG? I THINK I MAY DIE.
(Santana: Don't touch me. Don't touch me. OH SANTANA I LOVE YOU.)
OMG EYEBROW + SMIRK AND HEADSHAKE + SMIRK. I AM SO GLAD TO HAVE IT CONFIRMED THAT WATCHING THAT IS JUST AS HOT AS DOING IT. (That is one of my favorite across the room flirting things. Dear god, if I identify with these two any more, I will have to stop writing them because it will be ~weird.)
I am not really sure what to make of this song. On the one hand, Puck being ridiculous with his guitar is one of my favorite things ever. (And also, how many times can he say he loves her in one song? JESUS CHRIST.) On the other hand, this is supposed to be less offensive than "Fat Bottom Girls"? REALLY? NO.
I like scary Quinn, even if I am so bored of this whole love triangle. GOD GET ANOTHER STORY TO TELL, WORLD. (Because it's not just the show. I am tired of love triangles everywhere.)
Oh. Weird pacing or not, that kiss made me tremble a little. Not because it was hot (it was hot), but because I can't believe I'm seeing that. I can't believe teenagers get to see that. I can't believe this show has multiple queer characters and they kiss and they love and they get their hearts broken and they get happy moments too. For all that this show gets wrong, and it gets A LOT wrong, I am so glad it has this. (I just wish the show was better. It keeps getting all these awards and, dude, no. NO.) But this moment, this lovely, lovely moment, this is good.
I particularly like Blaine's little laugh and dropping his head into his hand between the kisses. All the blood pooling somewhere else, babe? Do you need to sit down? (Yes, I know, he's already sitting.) And then the second kiss, the way they meet each other, surge into each other, cling to each other -- that is some pent up desire breaking out right there. That is two guys who are really close friends finally, finally getting to this stage. That is awesome.
Now if only we could have that awesome with the other characters, too.
LAUREN AND TINA AND BRITTANY DANCING AT THE PIANO! And Santana sitting there with them. Dear god, poly ship for the fucking win.
I side-eye some of the lines in Mercedes' song, but overall, I kinda like it a lot. MIKE AND SAM! Sam's little paper note! (I may have a thing for this, obviously.) It's catchy and Mercedes' voice is amazing. GOD LOVE IT.
HAHAHA, SAM USING THE LITTLE PAPER NOTE TO SANTANA'S NEW VERSE OF "TROUTY MOUTH" OH GOD SAM I LOVE YOU IN THIS MOMENT.
So, uh,
"Puckerman, you're on a roll." EYEBROWS + SMIRKING FLIRTING. DEAR GOD, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE JUST DIED A LITTLE. <3<3<3<3<3
Dude, Puck is totally checking out the girls at the piano while they're making a list of things for the song. That's cause his girlfriends are up there, and Sue's being mean to Tina. I bet some dodgy foursome time would take your mind off it, babe.
UGH, FINN, JUST STOP TALKING.
I love how Quinn is obviously being hypocritical over Rachel trying the same things over again. Look who's talking, Quinn! Oh, god, Quinn can't even talk through this lie she's chasing without her voice breaking. And she knows you can't chase happy endings.
God, this is kind of awesome. It's a shame they can't keep her characterization actually building to this or anything. Damn it, show.
So. bored. by Jesus song. I do like that Lauren and Quinn are sitting together. All my theories have payoffs in this episode. I should really like it more than I do.
UM. I am not really a fan of Blaine and Kurt's duet. I expected better. I do love how they sing to each other (ADORABLE) and I really love Puck's FACE during it, though, much like I did during sectionals. Aww. Also adorable.
NGL, I've already listened to "Raise a Glass" about a billion times. I LOVE IT. I so want to see a Warblers and New Directions team up, though, in which Mike teaches them to dance. (Actually, he needs to get on that with ND as well. During "Comeback" I was thinking Puck shouldn't dance near Mike, because dude, hot as you are, no. Fail.)
So I don't hate Rachel's song. It sort of sounds like it was written at the very last second, so okay, that works. Though I think the show thinks it's a really powerful, ~dramatic song. Mmm, no.
ONCE AGAIN, TINA JUST GETS TO STAND AND BARELY SING. JESUS CHRIST, SHOW. (Though I actually get, from a storytelling perspective, why Rachel has this song. As bored as I am with the love triangle, this could be about so much more than that, and that part I like. It could be a commentary on how Rachel frequently sucks at being a friend, but how she keeps trying. I would like that more.)
God, it goes on forever, so bored.
AND NOW SHE GETS THE OTHER FUCKING SOLO TOO? WHAT THE FUCK? WHY DOES TINA NOT HAVE THIS SONG? WHY? IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR RACHEL AND FINN TO BE THE SOLOISTS ON THIS. FUUUUUUUUUCK. WHY DO WE NOT HAVE TINA AND ARTIE SOLOS HERE? FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU.
I do love the black boots and shiny dresses thing though. Nice. (And Lauren and Puck singing to each other. HEE.) HA and the Warblers and their foam fingers. <3
Okay, the slushy thing is cute, but, uh, the audience? Not actually going to get it. Heh.
Sister Mary Constance makes me grin. I can't help it. I freaking love Sister Act. Otherwise, this judging thing is boring. So boring.
WAIT. WAIT. WAIT. They were totally setting it up so Kurt goes back to McKinley because he feels like he's not showcased and appreciated and whatever? BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED ALL THE TIME AT MCKINLEY, WHAT? AND HE NEVER FELT PRESSURED TO CHANGE WHO HE WAS TO FIT IN? AND WHAT THE HELL? UGH.
Do not trust the show.
Whoa, Sue. You are a parody of your former self.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY GAPS THERE ARE IN OHIO? TONS.
OH GOD, BLAINE, RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME. However, NO, BLAINE. NOT WINNING SUCKS, OKAY?
So I want to love this MVP thing, because it's awesome and this is exactly what Rachel needs. And also, she did have the original songs idea which worked so well. (Whether I think it should or not.) But it loses all emotional impact because she's freaking highlighted and featured and got the freaking brass ring. Jesus, show, no. Rachel is always fucking chosen and this DOES NOT FUCKING WORK. Even just taking away one of her solos would have helped make this scene amazing and intense and full of love. My heart would have grown three sizes.
(As it is, the group hug does make me grin. POLY SHIP FOREVER, YO. AND THEIR GRINS!)
I am actually ridiculously glad for a hiatus. UGH.
One thing about Pretty Little Liars, though! That this made me think about, because I watched PLL last night.
QUEER CHARACTERS ON MY TV. MULTIPLE QUEER CHARACTERS.
I was GIDDY when Emily met Samara, and Samara is just so chill and fun. I want to see more of them together! And all these different ways to be queer. I am pleased by this. A lot.
(1) Exhaustion!brain so much that right before I woke up for work, I dreamed I hooked up with Sam at a party. Yeah, of all the Glee hook-up dreams I could have, Sam is my first? Really, brain? REALLY?
Pretty good kisser, though. And actually, after watching the episode, I'd hit that.
