Glee: Born This Way thoughts
Apr. 26th, 2011 09:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
escritoireazulOkay, I have chocolate (thanks to B) and fresh iced tea and menthol cloves because I randomly found them at the gas station Friday, for the first time in almost a year. (I don't smoke regularly, but menthol cloves are my weakness. And now everyone who's reading the marching band au is smirking at me knowingly.) On the way home from a late day at work, I was flipping stations and caught "Born This Way" on the radio. (Still not a fan of the faily lyrics.)
Let's do this.
Wait, they are actually preparing for a competition when it is a few weeks away and not mere days? I DON'T BELIEVE IT!
"I knew I was a bad dancer, but I never thought my dancing was dangerous." HEE. For a second, I liked Finn. Shocking.
UGH ASSHOLE DOCTORS MAKE ME WANT TO PUNCH PEOPLE.
Brittany's face when Rachel says she's embraced her nose. Oh, Brittany, your faces make me grin.
Lauren, I see you eyerolling back there.
So you try to avoid eye contact with Rachel, do you, Santana? Isn't that what you do with the people with whom you're having sex? I thought so.
Schue, you are possibly the WORST educator ever. Jesus. Can we just get rid of the adults? Completely?
I like how Santana says Brittany is gullible, not stupid. There is definitely a difference.
Dude, Santana voice overs make me grin so hard. Closet lesbian + judgmental = awesome gaydar. And also, you know, you were there for the whole Blaine and Kurt confrontation with Karofsky too, plus you're smart.
TINA MERCEDES SANTANA BLAINE AND KURT. HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY DAYS HAPPY DAYS HAPPY DAYS. I LOVE FRIENDSHIPS LET US HAVE MORE OF THIS PLEASE.
"I've gotta gay." Oh, Santana, I love you.
Quinn's story was boring the last time I saw it, in Saved. (I avoid this story a lot.)
Damn, an episode where I find Finn charming and fun? I don't know what to do with this.
TINA, BABY, YOU TOTALLY ARE AN ASIAN SEX SYMBOL. And also, I LOVE YOU.
"All of us just humor it because you function so well and you're so cute about it." WILL SCHUESTER YOU ARE THE BIGGEST FUCKING ASSHOLE. FUCK YOU, WILL SCHUESTER. FUCK YOU.
Sam and Mercedes sitting together, with Sam's longer, floppier hair (perfect for pulling), makes me grin and pretty much ignore the rest of the scene. You know, the important part. I should stop doing that, but I just need something delightful after my will schuester rage.
So basically the school still plans to do nothing to make the school safer and leave it in the hands of the students. Par for the course then. Why can't we get rid of all the adults, starting with will fucking schuester?
THE ANTI-BULLYING CLUB SHOULDN'T BE THE ONES KEEPING KURT SAFE IN THE FIRST PLACE, FIGGINS. FUUUUUUUUUUUCK. I CANNOT EVEN DEAL WITH THIS SHIT.
Oh, Kurt, of course you want to start a PFLAG, name that excludes everyone but gays and lesbians that it is.
JESUS, FINN, HOW ARE YOU THE CHARACTER I LIKE MOST SO FAR IN THIS EPISODE? BROTHERS! FAMILY! CHARMING.
Oh crap, it's possible Puck just jumped up to the top of that list too. (Not that I'm too surprised; I've found Puck a delightfully charming asshole lately. My weakness, let me show it to you.)
(Yeah, okay, okay, I've also loved Mike and Tina and Mercedes and Lauren A LOT.)
OH GOD I ACTUALLY TEARED UP AGAIN. Waaaaaaaarblers. I will miss you SO SO SO much, Warblers. GOD, MY TEARS.
(Eventually I will have thoughts about straight jackets as fashion. They are not good thoughts.)
OH GOD. Okay, on the one hand, why does everything have to be a competition between Quinn and one of the other glee girls this season? WHY CAN'T THERE BE FRIENDSHIPS GODDAMN?
On the other hand. Lauren and Puck breaking into the school and Lauren being the badass who picks the locks. Puck and his permanent record.
(What kind of a middle name is Quinn anyway? I think I'd buy it more as a first name, honestly.)
I have paused this scene just for the shining moment where I can pretend that Quinn opening up to Lauren means they will become epic bffs the way I want. I need this moment. I am taking it. Because I know damn well that I won't get it from this show. WHY DO I WATCH THIS GODDAMN SHOW AGAIN?
UGH QUINN WHY DO YOU HATE YOURSELF SO MUCH? UGH UGH UGH
(Okay, can't lie, I sort of love her dramatic slow-mo run.)
OMG Kurt + Rachel friendship. Thank god I got this. Now that was just DELIGHTFUL. Flash mob! Kurt + Rachel. DANCING. MIKE AND LAUREN WITH THEIR ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER. PUCK AND LAUREN DANCING + MIKE AND TINA DANCING. SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS.
The fact that the show talks about the stigma with mental illness AND YET WE STILL GET FUCKING WILL FUCKING SCHUESTER AND HIS CONDESCENDING ABLEIST ASSHOLE SELF PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH.
Otherwise, I might really -- wait. Her illness is keeping her from who she is supposed to be? I am side-eyeing this A LOT, even though I was enjoying most of this exchange.
WAIT.
WAIT.
WAIT.
WAIT A FUCKING MOMENT HERE.
DID I JUST GET LAUREN AND QUINN FRIENDSHIP? AND LAUREN OWNING HER ASSHOLERY (EVEN MORE THAN SHE ALREADY DOES) AND APOLOGIZING FOR BEING A SHITTY FRIEND? AND QUINN ADMIRING LAUREN? AND THEN LAUREN SLINGS HER ARM OVER QUINN'S SHOULDERS?
JESUS FUCKING FUCK I NEED A MOMENT.
Okay
NOPE I NEED ANOTHER MOMENT.
NOW I REMEMBER WHY I WATCH GLEE DESPITE HOW ANGRY I GET. BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY IT GIVES ME THINGS LIKE THE AWESOMENESS OF THIS. I WANT LAUREN AND QUINN WALKING THE HALLS TOGETHER LIKE THE BADASSES THEY ARE.
OH WAIT, I JUST GOT THAT.
GODDAMN EPISODE, WAY TO BRING THE AWESOME (AS WELL AS THE AWFUL).
AND BRITTANY IS BI-CURIOUS. FINALLY FUCKING FINALLY NOT JUST G AND L. THANK YOU BRITTANY.
Wait, didn't Brittany say she loves Santana? I may have to rewatch "Sexy" now. Well, not now, but this weekend.
WOAH. GODDAMN. BRITTANY. I FUCKING LOVE YOU SO HARD, OKAY. (Brittany, teach them all about poly. I want my big happy poly glee family.)
I love Kurt's little drumstick spin in the background. (People spinning things is my weakness.)
WAIT AND NOW WE GET TINA SINGING TOO? IT'S NO SOLO AND I KINDA HATE THE SONG, BUT I WILL TAKE IT.
(Though you know what? The show could have fucking edited out the racist shit. I know, the show is pretty racist itself, but damn.)
AND A MERCEDES AND LAUREN HIGH FIVE? THE LITTLE THINGS THE LITTLE THINGS.
God, Santana, break my fucking heart.
(I'm not sure I can touch the Karofsky stuff yet. Like, I can see how a storyline about him might work now, but a) I cannot deal with fandom's desire to ship him with Kurt after the fucking death threat and abuse and b) he's being blackmailed into everything, people, this isn't actually redemption.)
Sporadic, exhausted commentary, but I think I liked more than I didn't. (What I didn't like, though, caused great rage. GREAT RAGE.)
Let's do this.
Wait, they are actually preparing for a competition when it is a few weeks away and not mere days? I DON'T BELIEVE IT!
"I knew I was a bad dancer, but I never thought my dancing was dangerous." HEE. For a second, I liked Finn. Shocking.
UGH ASSHOLE DOCTORS MAKE ME WANT TO PUNCH PEOPLE.
Brittany's face when Rachel says she's embraced her nose. Oh, Brittany, your faces make me grin.
Lauren, I see you eyerolling back there.
So you try to avoid eye contact with Rachel, do you, Santana? Isn't that what you do with the people with whom you're having sex? I thought so.
Schue, you are possibly the WORST educator ever. Jesus. Can we just get rid of the adults? Completely?
I like how Santana says Brittany is gullible, not stupid. There is definitely a difference.
Dude, Santana voice overs make me grin so hard. Closet lesbian + judgmental = awesome gaydar. And also, you know, you were there for the whole Blaine and Kurt confrontation with Karofsky too, plus you're smart.
TINA MERCEDES SANTANA BLAINE AND KURT. HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY DAYS HAPPY DAYS HAPPY DAYS. I LOVE FRIENDSHIPS LET US HAVE MORE OF THIS PLEASE.
"I've gotta gay." Oh, Santana, I love you.
Quinn's story was boring the last time I saw it, in Saved. (I avoid this story a lot.)
Damn, an episode where I find Finn charming and fun? I don't know what to do with this.
TINA, BABY, YOU TOTALLY ARE AN ASIAN SEX SYMBOL. And also, I LOVE YOU.
"All of us just humor it because you function so well and you're so cute about it." WILL SCHUESTER YOU ARE THE BIGGEST FUCKING ASSHOLE. FUCK YOU, WILL SCHUESTER. FUCK YOU.
Sam and Mercedes sitting together, with Sam's longer, floppier hair (perfect for pulling), makes me grin and pretty much ignore the rest of the scene. You know, the important part. I should stop doing that, but I just need something delightful after my will schuester rage.
So basically the school still plans to do nothing to make the school safer and leave it in the hands of the students. Par for the course then. Why can't we get rid of all the adults, starting with will fucking schuester?
THE ANTI-BULLYING CLUB SHOULDN'T BE THE ONES KEEPING KURT SAFE IN THE FIRST PLACE, FIGGINS. FUUUUUUUUUUUCK. I CANNOT EVEN DEAL WITH THIS SHIT.
Oh, Kurt, of course you want to start a PFLAG, name that excludes everyone but gays and lesbians that it is.
JESUS, FINN, HOW ARE YOU THE CHARACTER I LIKE MOST SO FAR IN THIS EPISODE? BROTHERS! FAMILY! CHARMING.
Oh crap, it's possible Puck just jumped up to the top of that list too. (Not that I'm too surprised; I've found Puck a delightfully charming asshole lately. My weakness, let me show it to you.)
(Yeah, okay, okay, I've also loved Mike and Tina and Mercedes and Lauren A LOT.)
OH GOD I ACTUALLY TEARED UP AGAIN. Waaaaaaaarblers. I will miss you SO SO SO much, Warblers. GOD, MY TEARS.
(Eventually I will have thoughts about straight jackets as fashion. They are not good thoughts.)
OH GOD. Okay, on the one hand, why does everything have to be a competition between Quinn and one of the other glee girls this season? WHY CAN'T THERE BE FRIENDSHIPS GODDAMN?
On the other hand. Lauren and Puck breaking into the school and Lauren being the badass who picks the locks. Puck and his permanent record.
(What kind of a middle name is Quinn anyway? I think I'd buy it more as a first name, honestly.)
I have paused this scene just for the shining moment where I can pretend that Quinn opening up to Lauren means they will become epic bffs the way I want. I need this moment. I am taking it. Because I know damn well that I won't get it from this show. WHY DO I WATCH THIS GODDAMN SHOW AGAIN?
UGH QUINN WHY DO YOU HATE YOURSELF SO MUCH? UGH UGH UGH
(Okay, can't lie, I sort of love her dramatic slow-mo run.)
OMG Kurt + Rachel friendship. Thank god I got this. Now that was just DELIGHTFUL. Flash mob! Kurt + Rachel. DANCING. MIKE AND LAUREN WITH THEIR ARMS AROUND EACH OTHER. PUCK AND LAUREN DANCING + MIKE AND TINA DANCING. SO MUCH LOVE FOR THIS.
The fact that the show talks about the stigma with mental illness AND YET WE STILL GET FUCKING WILL FUCKING SCHUESTER AND HIS CONDESCENDING ABLEIST ASSHOLE SELF PISSES ME OFF SO MUCH.
Otherwise, I might really -- wait. Her illness is keeping her from who she is supposed to be? I am side-eyeing this A LOT, even though I was enjoying most of this exchange.
WAIT.
WAIT.
WAIT.
WAIT A FUCKING MOMENT HERE.
DID I JUST GET LAUREN AND QUINN FRIENDSHIP? AND LAUREN OWNING HER ASSHOLERY (EVEN MORE THAN SHE ALREADY DOES) AND APOLOGIZING FOR BEING A SHITTY FRIEND? AND QUINN ADMIRING LAUREN? AND THEN LAUREN SLINGS HER ARM OVER QUINN'S SHOULDERS?
JESUS FUCKING FUCK I NEED A MOMENT.
Okay
NOPE I NEED ANOTHER MOMENT.
NOW I REMEMBER WHY I WATCH GLEE DESPITE HOW ANGRY I GET. BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY IT GIVES ME THINGS LIKE THE AWESOMENESS OF THIS. I WANT LAUREN AND QUINN WALKING THE HALLS TOGETHER LIKE THE BADASSES THEY ARE.
OH WAIT, I JUST GOT THAT.
GODDAMN EPISODE, WAY TO BRING THE AWESOME (AS WELL AS THE AWFUL).
AND BRITTANY IS BI-CURIOUS. FINALLY FUCKING FINALLY NOT JUST G AND L. THANK YOU BRITTANY.
Wait, didn't Brittany say she loves Santana? I may have to rewatch "Sexy" now. Well, not now, but this weekend.
WOAH. GODDAMN. BRITTANY. I FUCKING LOVE YOU SO HARD, OKAY. (Brittany, teach them all about poly. I want my big happy poly glee family.)
I love Kurt's little drumstick spin in the background. (People spinning things is my weakness.)
WAIT AND NOW WE GET TINA SINGING TOO? IT'S NO SOLO AND I KINDA HATE THE SONG, BUT I WILL TAKE IT.
(Though you know what? The show could have fucking edited out the racist shit. I know, the show is pretty racist itself, but damn.)
AND A MERCEDES AND LAUREN HIGH FIVE? THE LITTLE THINGS THE LITTLE THINGS.
God, Santana, break my fucking heart.
(I'm not sure I can touch the Karofsky stuff yet. Like, I can see how a storyline about him might work now, but a) I cannot deal with fandom's desire to ship him with Kurt after the fucking death threat and abuse and b) he's being blackmailed into everything, people, this isn't actually redemption.)
Sporadic, exhausted commentary, but I think I liked more than I didn't. (What I didn't like, though, caused great rage. GREAT RAGE.)
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Date: 2011-04-27 08:38 pm (UTC)That said, I love Emma. LOVE HER. I kind of want her to turn into this powerhouse vocalist and start teaching. Or just take over. I also have no problems with her polishing her fruit. So what if she wants to polish all her fruit before she eats it? Also, if she really were spending 48 out of 50 minutes disinfecting her chair at the therapist's office, she would not be able to be functional at a high school, which is full of teenagers who mostly could give a fuck about spreading germs. I would like some realism in the middle of the show where everyone breaks into song randomly, yes.
(I really want them to bring Idina Menzel back and have her be their Glee Club teacher, but that's not going to happen.)
That all said, I really love Santana. She may be my favorite character on the show.
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Date: 2011-04-28 09:35 am (UTC)Will Shuester makes me want to punch him in the face at the best of times. At the worst, I could cheerfully rip his nuts off for pulling shit like the blueberries with Emma. I just - what the fuck kind of hubris makes you think you're qualified to "heal" her? Is her OCD limiting her life? Yes, but Shue, it's HER FUCKING LIFE. Just because you want her to be your lovemuffin doesn't mean you only get to help her when it looks like she'll put out.
You know who else I could cheerfully have punched? Figgins. What the everloving FUCK makes you think that two teenagers, who have anger management and authority issues and one of which made a death threat toward another student are the ones to be placed in charge of an "anti-bullying club"? More importantly, WHAT THE FUCK MAKES YOU THINK THEY'RE TELLING THE TRUTH? I am right there with Burt Hummel on this one, though I very much like the fact that Mr. Karofsky isn't an abusive homophobic father. I wish they'd do more things like that.
Kurt coming back to McKinley was bound to happen, and I suppose I'm happy they at least addressed the reasons behind it. Burt and Carole can't afford Dalton for too much longer, and yanking a kid from some of the only friends and support system he's ever had is going to do a number on him emotionally. It still felt like "well, shit, Dalton lost and New Directions are going to Nationals. Can I go back to the winning team now?".
Kind of pissed that the pretty white girls got to deal with their body-image "issues" and sing a gorgeous TLC cover, and Mercedes yet again only gets to have weight issues when it benefits Quinn. Lea and Dianna sounded fucking gorgeous, don't get me wrong, but "Unpretty/I Feel Pretty" should have gone to Mercedes and Tina. Because apparently you can develop an eating disorder for one episode and get it cured by a pretty white girl with a granola bar?
(I never notice racial fail so much as on Glee. It's really strange, but it makes me super aware of how much white privilege I have, and how shitty they treat their minorities.)
Karofsky. Jesus fucking Christ, if I start on Karofsky (especially his fantwats), I will be here all day. But I will say this - Max Adler is an excellent actor, and really puts a lot into his performance. In the hands of a lesser actor, I wouldn't give a shit about the character enough to either hate or be intrigued by him. I liked his scene at the coffee shop with Santana, and I liked his scene with Kurt in Figgins' office. He brings a lot of honesty to the role, and I wish we could have like, a dream sequence, or something so we could see him sing. But "redemption"? Sorry, fantwats, you have to honestly want to change for the right reasons before you get that.
Things that made me smile:
Mike Chang dancing and smooching his girlfriend. Lauren fucking Zizes pulling a B&E and running for Prom Queen. Puck being honest and having no sketchy reasons for being nice to Rachel. The flash mob to "Barbra Streisand". Puck and Kurt planning said flash mob. Kurt rocking the fuck out of the Broadway Diva ouvre again with a note-perfect "As if We Never Said Goodbye". Cory fucking Monteith blowing "I've Gotta Be Me" out of the water. Emma taking some definitive steps toward treating her OCD even though she was scared to death. DARREN OH MY GOD DARREN STOP MAKING ME CRY WITH HOW AWESOME AND SWEET YOU ARE. Kurt hugging Mercedes every five minutes. Tina the Asian sex symbol (uh, sweetie, how do you not know Maggie Q or Lucy Liu or Michelle Yeoh?). Brittany's "lebanese" t-shirt for Santana.
And as racefaily and derivative as the song is, "Born this Way" was lovely. Chris and Jenna and Amber should be doing ALL THE GAGA.