Chapters: 30/30
Fandom: Glee (TV 2009)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Blaine Anderson/Sebastian Smythe
Characters: Blaine Anderson, Sebastian Smythe, Jeff (Glee), Nick the Warbler (Glee), Hunter Clarington, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), The Warblers (Glee), New Directions (Glee), Kurt Hummel, Trent (Glee)
Additional Tags: Dalton Academy, Season 4 AU, Established Relationship, (but also somehow still a slow burn), dalton academy is a queer utopia, hunter clarington is a menace, show choir politics, college admissions trauma, asexual trent nixon, bisexual nick duval, bisexual jeff sterling, Smut, sometimes (a lot of the time) it’s a replacement for talking, Found Family, Past Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel, Breaking Up & Making Up, Power Couple, Background Nick Duval/Jeff Sterling, sebastian is having an existential crisis about his future, they are teenagers who cannot communicate their feelings to save their lives, Angst with a Happy Ending, Sebastian makes constant jokes about the US military at hunter’s expense
Series: Part 3 of The Slow Burn Series
Summary:
Graduation season! Congratulations to the Dalton Academy Class of 2013 ;)
So, i've seen that you like Taylor Swift AND Seblaine/Niff, so i was like... YESSSS, THAT WHAT GOOD TASTE LOOKS LIKE. So, i would like to yap with you about them from time to time.
I have a question: What songs from Midnights (including the 3am songs, Hits Different and You're Losing Me) fit Seblaine or Niff or both for the same song?
I'll chime in from time to time to ask about different albums, so we can yap for a long time!
Have a great day!
indeed I am a huge Taylor fan !! and seblaine/niff of course <3 ahhh it's the best to find others who have common interests, thank you for sending the ask!! I would also always love to yap about them, even if it does sometimes take me forever to reply to asks.
and I love midnights! I'll go through the whole album and sort of say any songs that I can kinda see working for these ships/characters! there might be more that I just don't see but these are my thoughts for now :)
Lavender Haze - this one is a very seblaine song to me! I kinda see them as a ship that's not really interested in fitting into your conventional idea of what a relationship is, and I think this song really touches on that idea! It's also this idea of both of them kinda experiencing a lot of noise elsewhere in their lives, and they're kind of this safe place away from all of that.
Maroon - this song immediately made me think of seblaine when it came out and I'm ngl I think the main reason is because I've always had this really specific vision in my head of seblaine sitting on the floor drinking red wine together? like in the Dalton dorms together? I think the vision comes from Sebastian asking advice on how to get red wine out of his blazer or whatever, but I also just think the visuals of the song in general are so distinct and very core to who seblaine are as individuals and as a couple!
Anti-Hero - I think this song could genuinely fit all four characters, but it's also a VERY Sebastian song to me! Like, I think he's aware he's the problem and that probably everyone else knows too, but it's also this like intrinsic part of him he can't get rid of? Like he just makes these huge mistakes or spiteful decisions and hurts people without thinking, and it's just a lot. But I also think it can fit Jeff in the sense that he's very insecure that he is the problem, everyone's talking about him behind his back, no one really wants him around, etc. I think those are for sure the two characters it fits the most!
You're On Your Own, Kid - this is a Sebastian song to me, specifically with the backstory I've written for him in the How Bright We Burn series! He pretty much exactly uses the sentiment of "I didn't choose this town, I dream of getting out / There's just one who could make me stay" in the letter he writes to Blaine in Until We Burn Out - he doesn't want to be in Ohio, but upon meeting Blaine he pretty much immediately realizes this person is someone worth spending time with that can dull the pain of having to be here. Also "I search the party of better bodies / Just to learn that you never cared" is very representative of Sebastian's backstory, though I will not be elaborating! And just the sentiment of "you're on your own, kid" is very real for him, as a kid who often was on his own with parents who treated him like an adult and left him on his own at a very young age.
Midnight Rain - yeah love this song it makes some great edits! This is also very seblaine to me, obviously with Blaine being sunshine and Sebastian being midnight rain, etc. This song just very much gets the idea of one person being the relationship, falling in love type while the other is driven by their own success. And it honestly might fit Nick and Jeff even more in that way because Jeff is very much driven by his future, education, etc. whereas Nick's kinda at the point where the only thing he knows for sure about his future is that he wants Jeff in it.
Question...? - this is another one that immediately made me think of seblaine when it came out! "You painted all my nights a color I've searched for since" evokes strong imagery for me, and it's also a very queer coded line...I think it actually fits Niff more than Seblaine, but for Seblaine it's this idea that the bond they have and this like electricity between them is unlike anything they've experienced with anyone else. With Niff, it's much more the queer coded element of Nick reflecting on how he's never experienced the feelings that he experiences with Jeff with anyone else. Also, both couples have experienced the vibes of all their friends making fun of them and then later cheering for them when kissing in a crowded room lol, very distinct visual there. I see this as very senior year Seblaine during the breakup era or college era Niff :)
Bejeweled - ngl this song is very Jeff during the jeffbastian era haha like this was really his moment to shine and feel like a person again after lowk being taken advantage of by nick for a very long time.
Labyrinth - I don't really have a lot to say about this one other than that to me it kinda feels like Sebastian's POV of the breakup era with Blaine!
sweet nothing - I think this song could fit any ship pretty easily, but I think this is domestic era seblaine, once they really are happy together and come home together at the end of every night :) I love the bit that's like "On the way home, I wrote a poem / you say 'what a mind' / this happens all the time" because I think that's such a sweet visual, but I also see this as very seblaine, with both of them being interested in writing in different ways.
mastermind - I mean yeah Sebastian 100% masterminded getting together with Blaine lol
The Great War - this for me fits seblaine finding their way back together after the breakup, but it also fits a college era niff storyline for me! it is in my college niff playlist haha
Paris - I love this idea of a relationship feeling like you could be anywhere or like you're having these grand adventures when all you're doing is sitting in your living room or driving around the suburbs together, and that's a very Seblaine idea to me. I've written several little fics where they do exactly this, and I think the idea will continue for me long into the future! Although I also think there's a literal interpretation with Paris being one of Sebastian's favorite places in the world and really wanting it to be a place he can share with Blaine.
High Infidelity - This one is complicated haha but...to some extent this is college era niff...I should not say more about that but it is on my college niff playlist <3 I think it can also fit seblaine a little bit, since they have certainly had their fair share of borderline infidelity and fears the other is cheating, etc. But when I first heard the song I definitely was picturing an au where Blaine cheats on Kurt with Sebastian !! and I do think the early days of seblaine in How Bright We Burn work for that as well...the incident when Blaine and Sebastian get high together and fall asleep in the same bed while Blaine is still dating Kurt could very much be the April 29th from the song.
Glitch - This song really fits that friends to lovers idea to me of like, we were just supposed to be friends and I've done everything I can to try to avoid you and avoid it becoming something more but I just can't help it, and that idea is VERY seblaine!
Would've, Could've, Should've - yeah I fear this fits Sebastian's backstory extremely well rip to this man <3 But all the obvious imagery of like a child who was taken advantage of too young and hurt by an older man (which is very much an idea that fits Sebastian's past), there is also A LOT of religious imagery that fits Nick's storyline as well as his relationship with religion and his own sexuality. The line that stands out to me is "The God's honest truth is that the pain was heaven" because like, despite how painful it was to know he wanted Jeff and that he wasn't straight and was thus a disappointment to his family, it felt so good whenever the two of them were together. I think there's something to be said about Nick missing this idea of the kid he used to be before he even met Jeff, when he used to be able to pretend that he was straight and exactly what his parents wanted him to be. The chorus of the song can almost feel like a mantra to himself, holding this grudge against Jeff for being the one to make him realize he wasn't straight and thus wasn't what he wanted to be.
Hits Different - this one is very seblaine breakup, and even more so it's very college niff to me! I think losing the person you considered to be your best friend and the closest person to you in so many ways is devastating, and I love this idea that breakups always hurt but it hits different because it's this person who means more than everyone else. And like the first verse is very fitting of Jeff's college arc and the separation from Nick, specifically with the lyrics "I washed my hands of us at the club / You made a mess of me / I pictured you with other girls in love / Then threw up on the street" like...it's almost crazy how closely it fits what I've written for them but haven't shared yet! And the second verse that's like I used to move on easily, never really fell in love, etc. is very Sebastian post break up with Blaine to me...he's never been the type to just be devastated by a break up before. I also think Sebastian is 100% an argumentative, antithetical dream girl haha
okay that was a lot !! hopefully it was worth the wait lol I really love questions like these and had a lot of fun with it, thank you for sending it!! <3
Chapters: 29/30
Fandom: Glee (TV 2009)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Blaine Anderson/Sebastian Smythe
Characters: Blaine Anderson, Sebastian Smythe, Jeff (Glee), Nick the Warbler (Glee), Hunter Clarington, Original Male Character(s), Original Female Character(s), The Warblers (Glee), New Directions (Glee), Kurt Hummel, Trent (Glee)
Additional Tags: Dalton Academy, Season 4 AU, Established Relationship, (but also somehow still a slow burn), dalton academy is a queer utopia, hunter clarington is a menace, show choir politics, college admissions trauma, asexual trent nixon, bisexual nick duval, bisexual jeff sterling, Smut, sometimes (a lot of the time) it’s a replacement for talking, Found Family, Past Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel, Breaking Up & Making Up, Power Couple, Background Nick Duval/Jeff Sterling, sebastian is having an existential crisis about his future, they are teenagers who cannot communicate their feelings to save their lives, Angst with a Happy Ending, Sebastian makes constant jokes about the US military at hunter’s expense
Series: Part 3 of The Slow Burn Series
my humble return to the slutty seblaine society, featuring a new episode of the nick duval torture chamber
Nobody tagged me in one of these, and I've been horribly inactive on Tumblr & everywhere else recently, but I REALLY want to share a little bit of the summer fic that's the next installation of my slow burn series.
I'm not ready to share the title yet (still having intrusive thoughts about changing it lol) but the fic is going to be seven chapters, each of which is from the perspective of a different warbler from the series that graduates at the end of Until We Burn Out. Today, I'd love to share with you a tiny excerpt from each of the 7 chapters! I'll go in order ;)
Chapter 1: Blaine
Sebastian’s thumb taps against his knee again, then stills when Blaine slides his hand over it, threading their fingers together. Blaine squeezes once, gentle. “You’re the smartest person I know,” he says softly. “And it’s obvious you care about this stuff. Maybe not the way he wants you to all the time, but…” He shakes his head, lets out a quiet laugh. “I don’t know. You’re going to be so fucking good at it.”
Sebastian looks at him then, really looks at him, eyes still glassy but bright. “Yeah, well. He didn’t say that part. But he did ask if I wanted him to look over my class schedule before we leave for Europe. Said he might be able to help me out with early internship applications for next summer.”
Blaine’s eyebrows lift. “That’s huge.”
Sebastian shrugs again but doesn’t let go of Blaine’s hand. “He’s probably just trying to keep me out of Ibiza next year, but yeah.”
“Maybe,” Blaine says, leaning in until their foreheads brush. “Maybe he can do both. And hopefully without lecturing you at dinner.”
Sebastian exhales, the corner of his mouth twitching up. He presses his nose to Blaine’s cheek, lets his eyes flutter shut for a second. “Hopefully. I still want to go to yours, though. I think your dad misses me.”
Chapter 2: Trent
James leans over to nudge him gently with his elbow. “You’re staring.”
“I’m not!” Trent insists, half embarrassed. James gives him a knowing look, and Trent rolls his eyes. “Okay, I am. But not like that. I mean, who isn’t?”
James grins. “I had a crush on him once, too, remember?”
They share a laugh, soft and private, and Trent’s hand curls loosely around James’s where it rests on his wrist. It’s strange to feel so seen and so safe all at once, like the two things aren’t mutually exclusive anymore.
“I think it was envy a little bit, too,” Trent explains while they walk. “He’s so, like, embraced by everyone. He makes it look easy.”
“So do you sometimes,” James replies.
Trent scoffs. “Nothing about anything in my life ever feels easy.”
James hums. “Probably doesn’t feel easy for Blaine either.”
“I heard my name,” Blaine interrupts, wrapping one around Trent’s shoulders even though he has to reach up to do so. He has glitter smudged on one cheek and a bead of sweat running down his temple, but he looks like he’s never been more at home.
“You look like you’re having fun,” James says, probably to avoid explaining what they were really talking about.
Blaine grins. “Did you see they’re doing drag karaoke at Scandals tonight?”
“Oh, so we’re going, right?” Trent asks, and Blaine’s already nodding before he’s finished speaking. He wanders back toward Sebastian, still radiant with joy.
Trent squeezes James’s hand, and James squeezes back. “He is kinda magical. The power to make anyone within a mile fall madly in love with him.”
James laughs. “All the Warblers are like that though. Like celebrities. You all have that same magic. I just like your magic the best out of all of them.”
Chapter 3: Nick
“My parents want to come with to move me into school, and I’m scared they’ll do something to embarrass me that will ruin any chance I have of making friends,” Jeff says passively, one hand in the popcorn and brushing against Nick’s while the other holds the grape soda.
Nick swallows, even though he doesn’t have any popcorn or soda in his mouth. “When are you moving in?”
“August 24th,” Jeff replies. He doesn’t even seem scared or nervous or like he’s dreading it, not like Nick who has to immediately find something to distract him every time he thinks of school next year. “My roommate is moving in the day before me for some program he got into. I was hoping I’d avoid my parents meeting him.”
Nick nearly chokes on his own saliva. It never occurred to him that Jeff would have a new roommate. Sure, he knew Jeff would be at Princeton next year without him, but he never let himself wonder what it would be like, who he would live with and whether he’d be friends with him. Nick and Jeff have been roommates since they were fourteen; Nick literally cannot imagine living with anyone else, even though he’s making plans to dorm with Meatbox. He should’ve known Jeff would be making plans of his own.
“Have you talked to your roommate?” Nick asks, even though he’s not sure he wants to know the answer.
“A little bit. Had to figure out who’s bringing the microwave and mini fridge and stuff.”
Nick hates this. He hates this so much. He hates this more than watching Jeff make out with Sebastian at New Year’s. He hates this more than church with his family. He hates this more than he’s sure he’ll hate dorming with Meatbox.
Next year, Jeff is going to be eating in the dining hall with someone else. He’s going to be walking to class with someone else. He’s going to be talking until morning with someone else. He’s going to have a new best friend, someone smart who got into Princeton.
“Are you okay?” Jeff asks, snapping Nick out of a daze he didn’t realize he was in.
Nick shakes it off. “Is there more popcorn?”
Jeff stares at him, but Nick doesn’t stare back. Instead, he reaches for the popcorn bucket and pulls it closer, grabbing a handful and stuffing it into his mouth. Jeff snorts out a laugh, and Jeff smiles, and Nick prays he never brings up this new best friend again.
Chapter 4: Ethan
They end up in the kitchen, Emma pouring vodka into a cup, then adding lemonade to the top. Ethan doesn’t even know why he came back here with her; he definitely can’t have any more to drink before he’s in charge of the fireworks display.
She slides the bottle back into the freezer and leans her hip against the counter, taking a slow sip. “All little siblings are assholes. I know this because I am one.”
Ethan snorts. “You do not act like that with Caroline.”
“Sure I do.” She tips her head, studying him over the rim of her cup. “Just not in front of other people.”
He shrugs, grabbing a water from the fridge and twisting the cap off. He doesn’t say anything, just focuses on the sound of fireworks cracking faintly somewhere elsewhere on the lake, early and impatient.
Emma watches him drink, then says, almost offhand, “You and Jeff’s sister look pretty cozy.”
Ethan chokes a little on the water. “What?”
She laughs, holding up a hand. “I don’t mean it any sort of way. Just…” She gestures vaguely, like she’s describing a vibe more than a fact. “It’s a look. Very All-American. Golden boy, girl-next-door. Ken and Little Miss Malibu Barbie, fresh out of the box.”
Ethan frowns. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
Chapter 5: Meatbox
Meatbox swallows, the thought landing heavier than he expects. He nods again, simpler this time. “You’ll be back next summer, right?”
She hums and takes a sip from her drink, then sets it down next to her sandwich. “I don’t know. Depends on internships, I guess. Most of the students in the honors program I’m in end up with summer internships right away.”
Meatbox feels a slight hitch in his chest, the kind of subtle ache that usually only comes from a hard tackle or a long conditioning run. He focuses on the Ohio State logo between them, the bright red fabric a stark contrast to the green of the meadow.
“Internships,” he repeats, the word tasting like dry cardboard. “Right. Big brain stuff.”
Hattie notices the shift in his voice. She turns fully toward him, pulling one knee up to her chest. “It’s not like I’m trying to get away. It’s just how the program works. If I want to get into the journalism track I want, I have to keep the momentum up.”
“I get it,” he says, and he actually does. He’s always known she’d leave at the end of the summer, and that maybe she’d never come back. He reaches into the bag of chips, the plastic crinkling sharply in the quiet air. “Just seems like a long time to go without a decent picnic.”
Chapter 6: Jeff
“Hi,” Jeff says, and his voice cracks immediately, betraying him.
“Hey,” Nick replies, softer than usual, like he’s already clocked it. “Are you—”
“I’m fine,” Jeff lies, wiping at his eyes even though there’s no one to see him. “What’s up?”
There’s a beat. Jeff can hear background noise on Nick’s end—something clanking, maybe a drawer, Meatbox swearing faintly in the distance. Jeff checks the time again. It’s almost one in the morning.
“So,” Nick starts, dragging the word out. “Hypothetical question.”
Jeff snorts wetly. “I love hypotheticals.”
“If,” Nick says carefully, “someone were moving into a new dorm in, say, four days. And that someone’s parents were going to be out of town on a last-minute business trip. And that someone’s best friend—who is also, hypothetically, his boyfriend—were very far away…”
Jeff closes his eyes.
“…Would it be insane,” Nick finishes, “…to ask that person to come back and help? Because otherwise it’s going to be a complete disaster. Like. A real, actual mess. Meatbox thinks we should just figure it out as we go, which I’m totally down for, except that we haven’t bought any of the shit we need and have bought three things we don’t.”
Jeff laughs. It slips out of him before he can stop it, thin and watery and a little hysterical. And then he’s laughing harder, shoulders shaking, tears spilling down his face.
“Oh my god,” Nick says immediately. “I didn’t mean to—”
“No,” Jeff manages, breathless. “No, it’s…sorry. I’m not laughing at you. I just…” He wipes his face with the heel of his hand. “You sound so stressed.”
“I am stressed,” Nick admits. “I tried to make a list and then I lost the list. And then I remembered how organized you always were with packing and stuff, and I was like, oh. Right. Jeff has his shit together.”
Jeff glances around the room at the stack of packed and repacked boxes. “When is move-in?”
“Tuesday,” Nick says. “I know it’s short notice. And I know you’re doing…like, smart people, Princeton stuff. And obviously you can’t come. But I really wish you could just—”
“I’ll come,” Jeff says immediately.
Nick goes quiet.
“I’ll come,” Jeff repeats, steadier now, even though he barely believes his own words. “I’ll help you move in. I’ll boss you around. I’ll make sure you don’t forget sheets or whatever other dumb thing you’d absolutely forget.”
Chapter 7: Sebastian
“Are you okay?” Sebastian asks under his breath. He barely hears his own words.
Blaine hesitates, and Sebastian swallows back something. He can’t tell if it’s vomit or a sob. “Are you?”
Sebastian doesn’t reply. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to…”
He has no idea what he’s trying to say. He doesn’t know how to finish that sentence. What exactly did he do? Which part of it didn’t he mean?
Blaine takes a long, shaky breath, and Sebastian leans his head back, staring at the ceiling in contemplation and wishing he had something he could stab himself wish.
“I’m open to, like…trying things…”
Sebastian swallows as his heart sinks in his chest. “B—”
“But I don’t know, don’t you think we should…don’t you think there are things we should talk about first?”
Sebastian closes his eyes, the pressure behind them intensifying. He understands. Blaine isn’t hurt by the fact that Sebastian went for something rougher, something more controlling; he’s hurt by the fact that Sebastian didn’t ask. That he used Blaine as a vehicle for his own panic instead of a partner.
“Yes,” Sebastian manages, his voice thick and rough. The single word is an admission of guilt, of error, and of sudden, terrifying clarity. “Yes, we should have.”
He turns his head slowly, finding Blaine’s profile in the dim light. Blaine is staring straight ahead, his expression unreadable, his jaw clenched just slightly.
“I’m sorry,” he says again, forcing the words out. They are inadequate, pitiful, but they are all he has.
Blaine finally turns, meeting Sebastian’s gaze. The hurt is still there, deep in his brown eyes, but it’s tempered with a profound exhaustion.
that's all for now !! hope you enjoyed this little (I mean huge lmao) preview of the summer era!
having the kind of day/week/month where i think the only thing that could possibly bring me joy is writing + the instant validation of getting to talk about my writing with all of you and yet i have absolutely no time to write
i haven’t even opened tumblr in like over a week
i am in hell <3
anyway how are we liking life of a showgirl friends 👀 this album is the only thing giving me a will to live
"I was like, I don't know who this Blaine guy is, but apparently he's sex on a stick and sings like a dream, so sucks that I missed him. All right, since I'm working to recreate your meteoric ascent, I need to ask--why did you leave Dalton? Were you bored with all the preppies around here? Or is it that you broke too many hearts to stay?"
Really love your stories and the world you have created in How Bright We Burn. I was just wondering about Jeff and Blaine? I'm not sure I completely understand their relationship. I struggle sometimes to empathize with Jeff, in particular with his resentment (not sure that's correct) of Blaine?
Thank you!! I really do love this sort of world building side of writing. It’s funny because fanfiction doesn’t always allow for a lot of that, but creating my own version of Dalton and the characters here has been so fun for me.
I also really appreciate your question! Jeff and Blaine’s friendship is for sure one of the most complicated in this verse and honestly one of my favorites to explore because it reflects the messy, nuanced friendships a lot of teenagers actually have.
I think there are two main layers to their dynamic:
1. Jeff’s view of Blaine
Jeff sees Blaine as having everything he wants: popularity, confidence, public relationships (first with Kurt, then with Sebastian), and he lives in Ohio full time, extremely close to Jeff’s best friends, while every summer and holiday Jeff goes back to Florida where he feels separated from all of them and fears losing them as a result of that. He has deep insecurities about things Blaine’s never been insecure about, stuff like his looks and whether he’s someone that is lovable or worth sacrificing for. While Blaine is with Kurt and later Sebastian, Jeff is in a secret situationship with Nick where Nick will 1) have sex with him but never acknowledge it, 2) deny his sexuality to anyone who questions it, 3) publicly date girls while sleeping with Jeff, and 4) after Jeff confesses his feelings to Nick, gives his best friend of three years the silent treatment for two months. For Jeff, this becomes an environment where Jeff can’t confide in his friends without outing his best friend.
Meanwhile, Blaine has a public boyfriend, half the school is in love with him/not-so-secretly crushing on him, and that includes Nick, who Jeff always sort of suspected had a thing for Blaine. He acts in ways without ever really recognizing how those actions can impact other people. I think the relationship with Dylan is a good example of this, but it also applies to how he meddles in Trent’s relationship with James in Until We Burn Out, how he’s really the one to get Nick to confess his feelings to Jeff, etc. It always feels, to Jeff at least, as though the world moves for Blaine in a way it doesn’t move for him, and I think that makes him really prone to jealousy.
I’m going to include a small excerpt from my Jeff POV fic Fragile Little Flames because I think it encapsulates what I’m trying to explain directly in Jeff’s words.
Mrs. Pearson tries to talk to him in the hallway, but Jeff gives her his best fake smile and avoids eye contact while he ducks into her husband’s classroom and heads toward his usual seat. There are tears in his eyes, but he needs to blink them away before class starts. He pulls out his textbook and opens it to the last chapter they have to finish up before midterms, and then he pulls out a notebook to start working through the problems. He focuses on a set of optimization practice problems, works his way through the first two, and finally feels like he isn’t on the verge of tears.
And then Blaine sits down next to him.
It’s the same thing he does every single day, shows up in calc a little bit after Jeff does, sits down next to him, smiles and offers a greeting. He’s Jeff’s friend, and Jeff should be happy to see him. Instead, he’s filled with rage.
It’s irrational, and it’s not fair, but he can’t stand to talk to him right now. Blaine just had breakfast with Nick. Blaine’s in a relationship with Kurt but has Sebastian waiting in the wings. Blaine can’t do a single fucking math equation without asking Jeff for help. It’s so easy for him, floating through the halls of Dalton with admirers at every corner. They worship the ground he walks on. Anyone in this entire fucking school would fall at his feet if he told them he loved them. Everyone wants him. Blaine is the type of person Nick would admit he likes boys for.
Anyway, the line that I think really sums it up is “Blaine is the type of person Nick would admit he likes boys for.” For me, that is the root cause of this resentment, and it’s why it gets worse and worse over the time the further Nick pushes himself into the closet.
2. Blaine’s view of Jeff
On the flip side, Blaine has a complicated relationship with Jeff because of Jeff’s relationship with Sebastian. For Blaine, it’s not really about jealousy because he knows he had no claim on Sebastian at that time, but it does feed into the awkward tension between them. Even though Blaine had no “right” to be jealous, he still was, and that’s something that took a little while for him to get over.
I think that’s a bit of nuance that gets lost sometimes. Jeff didn’t go after Sebastian to hurt Blaine. At the time, Blaine was still with Kurt, and Jeff was at his absolute lowest point after Nick shut him out. Jeff and Sebastian both felt unwanted by the people they actually wanted, and they found comfort and catharsis in each other. For Jeff, it was about needing to feel visible and acknowledged as someone worth of like,, sexual and platonic affection without reservation, and Sebastian very much gave him that, even if he wasn’t the person he really wanted. And that’s why Blaine ultimately lets go of any resentment of his own. Once he and Sebastian talk it through, Blaine realizes Jeff was never actually the problem. Their friendship is complicated, but the tension comes from insecurity, loneliness, and misunderstanding.
So yeah! I’ve sort of noticed Jeff can be a frustrating character for some people, but I think that’s what makes him interesting to me and one of my favorite characters. He doesn’t do anything maliciously, and I don’t think he’s at fault in these situations, but his own insecurities (as well as Blaine’s) can certainly lead to distrust and a messy friendship that feels realistic to the high school experience for me!
TL;DR: Jeff resents Blaine because Blaine embodies everything Jeff feels he can’t have (visibility, confidence, public love), while Jeff is stuck in secrecy and rejection. Blaine, meanwhile, struggles with lingering jealousy over Jeff’s thing with Sebastian but eventually realizes Jeff wasn’t the problem. Their friendship is messy, rooted in insecurity and misunderstanding, but that’s what makes it feel real to me.
Hello everyone, since we are approaching the end of Seblaine week, i just thought it would be cool to come here and say that i'm so happy the fandom came together and did some amazing work.
I've been a Seblaine shipper since 2020 and i was starting to notice that since a couple of years ago, the amount of Seblaine related things was starting to become less than it was, which is fine, life happens!
But nothing could describe the joy that it is seeing you so engaged this week with publishing and coming up with different stories for our boys. I just wanted to thank every single one of you who took a portion of your time to make this little week special. If i had the time i would commeng in every single one of your works, but life is just extremely busy right now, but i'm reading them all.
And thank you to @seblaineworld for keeping the tradition even through trials and tribulations ❤️
ok this is hard!! hmm im gonna try to give some unpopular opinions 👀
for favorite, i have a few:
I like that Blaine is needy and a little bit lovesick and kinda dumb about romance/relationships! A lot of people think this was sort of new in season 3, but I think there were hints of it all along, and it felt like a natural arc for his character. I think it makes him feel realistic and flawed and I like to see that explored in fics! I love to see the warblers all sort of rolling their eyes at season 2 Blaine who’s so obsessed with Kurt that he’s blind to everything else going on around him.
he’s insecure about his curly hair for some reason
His first kiss was with the boy he attended Sadie Hawkins with at his old school before transferring to Dalton - he feels guilty he was able to leave while the other boy was stuck there.
Speaking of that, it’s canon in the how bright we burn verse that Blaine attended Thurston High School before Dalton - that’s the school that Dave Karofsky attends after transferring away from McKinley in the show!
Wes sort of took Blaine under his wing at Dalton and is a big reason why Blaine started to feel at home there. He spent a lot of time those early weeks helping Blaine through the trauma of the Sadie Hawkins incident.
his sexual awakening was adam levine from maroon 5 & george clooney in er (shameful, but this is sort of canon?)
He felt insecure and out of place at McKinley his first year there (season 3) but really found a love for it and his own place there in season 4/senior year/after Kurt left!
for least favorite:
Blaine is a whiny baby that needs to be babygirlified and taken care of by someone. I think he likes to be taken care of, but he also has a strong personality, and I think he’s a very flawed person that obviously does not do everything perfectly.
Blaine is shy/fragile. Kind of the same as above, but I’m not a fan of the version of Blaine who is kind of a stuttering awkward mess. I think he’s always been charming and confident, especially since transferring to Dalton.
Cheating was out of character/a bad writing choice. I don’t know if this even counts as a headcanon? But a lot of people think Blaine cheating on Kurt in season 4 was out of character and a writing mistake to create fabricated drama, but I genuinely think it made sense with his character and felt realistic. He was admittedly close to cheating the previous season with Sebastian, or at the very least continued to see him and pursue a friendship with him despite knowing it went against Kurt’s wishes. I think Blaine has a tendency to be a bit needy and when he feels neglected by his significant other and/or when he feels lonely, he seeks comfort in someone else. He is someone who hasn’t yet learned how to be alone, and I think there are insecurities associated with that that he’ll need to work through over time. Beyond that, I think Blaine is someone who is very physically affectionate - it was clear from the beginning that sex is something that he thinks about and wants, whereas that was never a clear desire of Kurt’s. I think that only added to the motivation behind the cheating - Kurt wasn’t there, Blaine was lonely both physically and emotionally, and he sought comfort in something that made him momentarily feel less lonely. He also engaged in self destructive behavior like this because I think he’s trying to punish himself and almost sabotage something that he sees as inevitably going to end anyway, almost like this gives him more control over the situation.
no shame to people who think differently than me of course, that’s the whole point of fandom and i want to know all of your takes as well!!
dear lord, please take all life problems and responsibilities away from fanfic writers but also make them financially stable and happy with nothing to worry about so they can happily focus on writing and posting fanfiction. amen
Okay, i'm gonna be basic on the sleepover saturday thingy.
But tell me your top 5 Glee ships (doesn’t have to be canon, of course)
Your top 5 films.
Your top 5 actors.
That's it :)
ooh yay okay !! you should reply with yours as well ;) I don't really have a definitive list for any of these things but here are my thoughts as of right now!
TOP 5 GLEE SHIPS
seblaine - should be obvious to anyone that knows me lol
brittana - the original sapphic cheerleaders I love them with my whole heart
finchel - talk about basic...but they're basic for a reason!
niff - they would be higher but like does this even count as a glee ship? I feel like they are entirely fanon
pezberry - like why wasn't this canon in season 4/5? or what about quinntana??
TOP 5 FILMS
all of us strangers - one of the best movies about queer loneliness that's ever been made and I will recommend it until I die
when harry met sally - the best rom com of all time and I will die on that hill
mamma mia! - some of the singing is mid but it's such a happy feel good musical that how could you not love it
legally blonde - reese witherspoon is one of the best of all time
high school musical 2 - was extremely formative in my childhood and is the best of the three hsm movies
TOP 5 ACTORS
this is probably the hardest one...I don't feel like I have a lot of actors I obsess over where I have to see like everything they're in? but here are some!
Grant Gustin - I will watch anything this man does I planned an entire New York trip around seeing him on Broadway last year
Darren Criss - same as grant - I've seen Darren in New York three times and I've watched every film/tv project he's done
Dianna Aaron - third glee person on this list who's surprised
Reese Witherspoon - I love her so much guys she's an icon and she's like incapable of making bad projects
Rob Lowe - he's someone who I've liked like 90% of what I've seen and really vibe with it and the outsiders was one of my special interests as a kid
honorable mentions: Nicholas Galitzine, Jake Gyllenhaal (I know I know but he has so much good shit), James Marsden, Hugh Grant, Leighton Meester, Florence Pugh, Zendaya, Dylan O'Brien, Kerry Washington, Jonathan Groff, and probably a hundred more lol
Okay, bare with me, i asked you your top 5 when i don't have a top 5 myself lol.
TOP 5 GLEE SHIPS (my mind is a constant fanon, pls don't judge me LMAO)
1. Seblaine (obviously, they are the reason ships are worth being shipped for me ngl, loves of my life)
2. Quinntana (powerful couple, obviously the writers couldn’t write them to be something)
3. Samcedes (i shipped these two so hard, ngl, the writers did ruined them, but they did that with almost every couple, so... who am i to judge?)
4. Huntbastian (pls, they are really appealing to me idk why, in my headcanon they have similar experiences with family and stuff and could relate to each other, in my mind they wouldn't even be endgame, just really good friends who have lots of sex with each other and don't ever define their relationship, sorry, i just went on a tangent in this one lol)
5. Blam (ultimate friendship goals, but i can also see them as a couple, honestly... Sam should've been bi and they should had a thing on seasons 4/5, but the writers are biphobic as f*ck)
TOP 5 FILMS (this is the hardest thing i've ever done, idk even think this is accurate lol)
1. The Lion King (the animation kinda defined my whole childhood, ngl, every person on this earth should watch this movie)
2. Jojo Rabbit (I really like historical movies, or movies that try to touch historical events without being disrespectful)
3. The Conjuring (perfect horror movie, coming from someone who's really picky with horror movies lmao)
4. Finding Nemo (pls, i sound like i am 10-year old, i'm just a forever child, and this movie was the first movie that i've gotten a DVD from, rewatched it an unhealthy amount of times)
5. 1917 (another historical movie, i love them!)
TOP 5 ACTORS
1. Grant Gustin (i will stan this man until i die)
2. Darren Criss (my other favorite, probably the most talented person on earth)
3. Jonathan Bailey (my new obsession, really need a Grant and Jonathan movie in my table)
4- Michelle Yeoh (this woman is perfect in every thing she does)
5- Melissa Benoist (my precious girl, love her and Grant's friendship)
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