What was Sam thinking when...

Ever wonder what was going on in Trouty Mouth's mind, when Mercedes Jones was around? Here's my headcanon.

[insidesamevans]

I'm Coming Back To Finish The Series...

…but Imma rant first. So bear with me.

I hate Glee writers. Seriously, speaking exclusively from the standpoint of a Samcedian, these hoes suck. Honestly, I cannot for the life of me, figure out why anyone would wanna fuck with our ship. I wouldn't complain if the act of severing Samcedes helped to further plot points or something like that… but at this point I'm pretty sure the writers do it just because they can. I really can’t think of any fucking reason for Samcedes ending the series the way it did. No reason whatsoever. And the worst part is that I believe the writers only did that shit out of habit.

Stay with me here; I’m about to take you on a trip.

So who here remembers back when Season two ended with Samcedes holding hands surreptitiously in The Lima Bean?

Anybody?

Okay, so that shit rubbed me wrong a little at the time, mostly because I didn’t like Mercedes having to make do with a secret Boo, while everybody else was deep in true, public love. Plus Sam had just survived this truly God-awful year, so in my mind they deserved a little classroom PDA together. It bothered me, but still, the couple was cute. And I was fascinated by the ship, giving me a reason to do two things: a) go back thru S2 episodes and look for ninja moments of Samcedes together. And b) discover fanfic.

It was pretty much the end of my life as I knew it then.

I spent that summer (I remember being laid off work and doing the summer children chauffeur tour while collecting my pennies and doing intermittent temp work) discovering AUs. So many AUs… I read stories about how Samcedes got together as a couple. I pored over many authors’ rendition of their magical first summer together, I looked over my shoulder while reading smutty first-time narration, and I got my life. Which meant that the anger I SHOULD have felt over the fucking writers flinging Samcedes at us in the last minute? It never truly materialized.

So Season 3 starts and Mercedes is real quick to shit all over Samcedes, so of course I died a little inside. Intellectually I knew the reason behind the whole Tinsley-Gate thing had to do with Chord not being there. But my shit was wrecked! All the time I wasted getting hooked on a ship that was dead in the water? I wanted it back! So you can imagine my joy when Sam returned and spent the whole season chasing Mercedes.

This is where watching Glee became my sweetest form of torture. Because even though our couple had many and plenty scenes together and it was marvelous, they were never an ACTUAL COUPLE. So they had no right to all the stolen kisses and sweet moments together. And by the time the season ended and they were in the clear to be the Samcedes I needed to see… like, Promosaurus Samcedes for the win!

The shit fizzled out for no discernible reason whatsoever.

Why, tho? For what point? Why was it okay to display Kurt and Blaine’s relationship dashing itself on the rocks of a long distance relationship, Finchel dissolving in angst, Brittana hopelessly divided… but not Samcedes? Once again, they were broken up offscreen like stepchildren, and once again we had to rely on fanfic to provide the whole story. I knew in my heart that Samcedes could have been the one couple to survive the whole “c/o 2012 going off to college” thing. Cuz it wasn’t their first time at the long distance rodeo, but whatever. The people wanted to experience Bram in all its glory. So be it and all that shit.

Here’s where the fuckery resumes tho. The writers made it a point to put quote marks around Samcedes after Cory passed away. Bram took its last breath when Heather got pregnant, so that was no longer an issue. That Stevie Wonder episode was all about Mercedes, and Sam had a small role in boosting her up. Then the back half of Season 5 was pretty much their show. The grownup Samcedes Saga. They weren’t in puppy love anymore and shit was for real. So why split them up?

Go on, I’ll wait.

Why?

I’ll tell you why… the show runners didn’t give a shit about anybody other than Rachel, Kurt, and Blaine.

Tina and Artie might have gotten their happily ever after and Quick may have worked through all their shit, but for all we know Mike is married to Matt now. Like Rory and Sugar or Artie and Kitty, Samcedes wasn’t important enough waste a finale love story on. And it sucked because Samcedes put in the work; they deserved a wedding and a baby. Sam wanted it, Mercedes wanted it. Season 5 set it up for us to see; ergo it should have happened.

Instead we got a whole season of Mercedes relinquishing Sam to Rachel for only God knows what reason, and heavy innuendo suggesting that they will always be in love.

I call bullshit so if you aren’t ready to be inundated with MY version of events through the lens of this die-hard Samcedian, unfollow quickly.

Cuz it’s going DOWN!

[samcedeshelps]

SAMCEDES GIF HUNT.

Under the cut, you’ll find all the Samcedes gifs that I’ve collected over the years. None of them are mine and credit goes to their original owners. Please like or reblog if you found this post useful.

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[mango-blogs]

that candlelight kiss I swear I wish it was longer and had better angles cuz it is so perfect

[insidesamevans]

For those of you that follow this. The next two chapters are safely in the hands of my beta readers. So here's hoping I can keep it up lol.

[insidesamevans]

how many people do you think sam slept with? does it make him a manwhore or a typical guy?

Ooc. Well, I don't think Sam would have only slept with a horny housewife or an old predator willingly during his tenure as a stripper prior to S3. That's the kind of interaction with"one time hit it and quit it" written all over it. S2-S3 Sam was too honorable for that type of behavior, plus it was his virginity we're talking about, so I prefer to think that his first was some young female exotic dancer. Maybe a college student or another high schooler lying about her age. And there's a good chance he had a girlfriend at his new school in Kentucky before returning to Lima. He didn't sleep with Mercedes her senior year before or after they got together, but I'm inclined to think that he wasn't averse to random hookups and such after she dumped him the second time. There's something in the way Sam was so happy about being newly popular his Senior year at McKinley that suggests to me that he spent the single part of that summer getting booty. I figure maybe two or three girls that never made it to girlfriend status. It's like he told Joe... You can be a Christian while still giving in to the pleasures of the flesh. Then he got with Brittany and Penny. Sam definitely made the beast with two backs with those two. And he might have had a cut buddy on stand-by in NYC. Only a regular fuck would look past his wearing the same shirt day after day. So I figure five or six sex partners total. That's not man-whore territory by any means. Lots of college men and women add five new partners to their dossier in a months time. If you consider his age and former profession, it's downright small. I don't judge or begrudge Sam the amount of cootch he's sampled at all

[rorowrites]

Samcedes Bash Edit #4

(Outside the brownstone - Mercedes, Tesla, Shanice)

Tesla: Look’s he’s very nice. Nobody’s saying that he’s not nice

Shanice: Yeah and his impressions were really good. His Bill Cosby impression, spot on.

Tesla: His impression of all the Cosbys were good and I...

[insidesamevans]

Ooc.

I have a theory that Sam was able to convince the “hot Cheerios” to perform at Nationals in LA because they were all former TroubleTones.

Stay with me now…

Okay, Sam dated the three TroubleTone leads… Santana, Mercedes, and Brittany. Quinn performed Edge of Glory with the TTs, and he dated her. So did Tina, and Sam kissed her as well. He never macked on Sugar, but she was gone with the wind by the time Nationals came about anyway. So basically, Sam is an honorary TroubleTone.

Who’s with me?

Seriously, Those random pretty singing girls in the background during Finn’s tribute weren’t there to help Mr. Shue. They did it for Sam…

[insidesamevans]

i just rewatch season 1-3. the moment sam tells quinn to keep the promise ring is in season 2 post breakup. i think she tried to give the ring back to him when he didn't want to take it back. can't remember the episode thro but it's post breakup.

Come on ninjas! I need specifics! Which one is this?

[rorowrites]

My episode by episode transcription of Samcedes scenes in the NY arc of season 5 continues.

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Bash – Samcedes Transcripts #3

(Restaurant exterior – Mercedes, Tesla, Shanice, and Sam)

Tesla: OK wait so hold up. This is a guy that you dated in high…

[insidesamevans]

Okay Imma just reblog alla these

[insidesamevans]

And this commentary was so on point. It's really important to the discussion that Sam felt out of place at the cafe. He may have never uttered any of that shit if he hadn't been. Sam seems like the only one in the episode who wants to acknowledge his nerves. Mercedes and the backup singers never did. And that shit is seriously debilitating.

I still remember the crap my college friends put my dudes thru. My high school best friend went to a college on the other side of town from me and used to insist I get them to bring me over so she could write down their license plate numbers. My roommate would crash my dates if they were locals, like somebody older or that I met outside of campus. Literally go on the date with us and expect to be entertained. One homegirl made a guy I met and brought over...but she didn't like...leave her apartment.

Friends can be brutal.

[rorowrites]

My episode by episode transcription of Samcedes scenes in the NY arc of season 5 continues.

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Bash – Samcedes Transcripts #3

(Restaurant exterior – Mercedes, Tesla, Shanice, and Sam)

Tesla: OK wait so hold up. This is a guy that you dated in high…

[insidesamevans]

Okay Imma just reblog alla these

[insidesamevans]

sam didn't propose to quinn, he gave her a promise ring, something that could be broken. and it came up twice afterwards -when she finally wore it/when he said for her to keep it for beth from her uncle-. the marriage to brittany was so flawed, they only did it for the end of the world (another way to show they were lonely) and he stated regretting it once they found out it was a fluke. he joked with mercedes but there was always truth in sam's words. and he brought up the most times with her.

I get the nuances… And I don’t think the others were as important to Sam as Mercedes. I just bring it all up in the post because these were all times Sam mentioned marriage to a girlfriend as a distinct possibility. They all tell us something about Sam.

Quinn’s promise ring was presented as a gift because Sam “could see himself married to” her. The thing with Brittany was a way of being “married” when the world ended…he wanted to go to his grave having lived a few days as somebody’s hubby. He jokes with Mercedes about weddings because he wants her to know it’s the kind of thing he thinks about.

Whatever happens in the end, all of this illustrates that Sam is a long haul guy with really bad short term luck. He never intends to end things quickly when they begin. So the subject always comes up. Canonically, Sam Evans is pretty obsessed with being married.

[samcedes85]

What episodes did Sam mention the promise ring? I only remember him giving it to her.

[insidesamevans]

I only remember Furt as when he gave it and at the end she accepted it. I actually don’t remember her offering to give it back in HOTS. Just the rich white girl problems convo. Unless she gave it back in Extraordinary Merry Christmas…

[samcedes85]

No in extraordinary merry Christmas, they didn’t mention the ring. Unless it was a deleted scene or bonus on the DVD

[insidesamevans]

Honestly it sounds like a scene from fanfic to me. Specifically, A badboysam fanfic.

[insidesamevans]

sam didn't propose to quinn, he gave her a promise ring, something that could be broken. and it came up twice afterwards -when she finally wore it/when he said for her to keep it for beth from her uncle-. the marriage to brittany was so flawed, they only did it for the end of the world (another way to show they were lonely) and he stated regretting it once they found out it was a fluke. he joked with mercedes but there was always truth in sam's words. and he brought up the most times with her.

I get the nuances… And I don’t think the others were as important to Sam as Mercedes. I just bring it all up in the post because these were all times Sam mentioned marriage to a girlfriend as a distinct possibility. They all tell us something about Sam.

Quinn’s promise ring was presented as a gift because Sam “could see himself married to” her. The thing with Brittany was a way of being “married” when the world ended…he wanted to go to his grave having lived a few days as somebody’s hubby. He jokes with Mercedes about weddings because he wants her to know it’s the kind of thing he thinks about.

Whatever happens in the end, all of this illustrates that Sam is a long haul guy with really bad short term luck. He never intends to end things quickly when they begin. So the subject always comes up. Canonically, Sam Evans is pretty obsessed with being married.

[samcedes85]

What episodes did Sam mention the promise ring? I only remember him giving it to her.

[insidesamevans]

I only remember Furt as when he gave it and at the end she accepted it. I actually don't remember her offering to give it back in HOTS. Just the rich white girl problems convo. Unless she gave it back in Extraordinary Merry Christmas...

[insidesamevans]

sam didn't propose to quinn, he gave her a promise ring, something that could be broken. and it came up twice afterwards -when she finally wore it/when he said for her to keep it for beth from her uncle-. the marriage to brittany was so flawed, they only did it for the end of the world (another way to show they were lonely) and he stated regretting it once they found out it was a fluke. he joked with mercedes but there was always truth in sam's words. and he brought up the most times with her.

I get the nuances… And I don’t think the others were as important to Sam as Mercedes. I just bring it all up in the post because these were all times Sam mentioned marriage to a girlfriend as a distinct possibility. They all tell us something about Sam.

Quinn’s promise ring was presented as a gift because Sam “could see himself married to” her. The thing with Brittany was a way of being “married” when the world ended...he wanted to go to his grave having lived a few days as somebody's hubby. He jokes with Mercedes about weddings because he wants her to know it’s the kind of thing he thinks about.

Whatever happens in the end, all of this illustrates that Sam is a long haul guy with really bad short term luck. He never intends to end things quickly when they begin. So the subject always comes up. Canonically, Sam Evans is pretty obsessed with being married.

[insidesamevans]

I just realized how many Alicia Keys songs fit Samcedes’ history.

Fallin’ (I keep on fallin, etc.)

Diary (the secret angle)

You Don’t Know My Name (all the background pre-Samcedes moments that suggest they both had crushes but neither one did anything about it)

Teenage...

[insidesamevans]

The leering too. Maybe not a crush per se. But like Chord said, Sam falls in love a lot. He appreciated the look and talent of Miss Jones, then fell for her after prom.

[insidesamevans]

Ooc.

I just realized how many Alicia Keys songs fit Samcedes’ history.

Fallin’ (I keep on fallin, etc.)

Diary (the secret angle)

You Don’t Know My Name (all the background pre-Samcedes moments that suggest they both had crushes but neither one did anything about it)

Teenage Love Affair (self-explanatory)

I hope she guest stars on the wedding episode.

[mango-blogs]

GLEE - Centerfold/Hot In Herre (Full Performance) (Official Music Video) HD

Yup my boo got hella swag😝😎

[thediva-thedork]

Does he? does he REALLY? 

[mango-blogs]

Leave my boo alone😠😂😝

[niazha16]

Well at least Blaine didn’t rap it

[mango-blogs]

Did u really have to ruin my love train guys😒😩

[niazha16]

😂😂😂😂😂 sorry

[thediva-thedork]

Heres a gif of your boo having hella swag. I hope this makes up for it lmao

[mango-blogs]

Ur a hater😠 a hater I tell u😠😝

[insidesamevans]

Chord can rap… He’s no Jayma, but he can hang.

And Nelly country as hell so really? Who else was gonna try this?

[niazha16]

They could have gave it to Blaine like they did I beeline I can fly

[insidesamevans]

Ew. Seriously, Blaine is so cute. But Santana and him doing Nikki upset my equilibrium for weeks.

[rorowrites]

Sam rapping does something to me. I think it is the lips. Him doing Nelly was perfect. Tailor made for Chord. But what’s this about Jayma rapping?

[insidesamevans]

The wedding episode on Valentines. Amber was singing opera or something while Emma went all Twista on the verses lol. Not Getting Married Today, I think the song is called.

[insidesamevans]

I know Mercedes usually kinda laughs it off whenever I make marriage references… It’s like an inside joke for us; something we both like to laugh about.

**I’m like, the dude that fixates on that sorta stuff**

But even while she’s rolling her eyes, Mercedes knows deep down…that I honestly mean it with all my heart. And this was the first time she ever responded to it by letting me know she wants that future for us too.

[rorowrites]

And you seriously went and did it….managed to capture Sam and Mercedes’ thoughts in this scene. This was the moment where jokes were pushed to the side and they put out into the universe that they were going to be a family one day. It kind of gave me chills.

[insidesamevans]

It kinda floored me. Cuz Sam has been on this shit since Furt. He proposed to Quinn, joked about marrying Mercedes, married Britts. And even in s5 he was laughing about sending out invites with Mercedes. Canonically, this boy is fascinated by happily ever after. It's his thing.

But it was always met with a jokey response. This was his first time proclaiming this stuff legitimately and having it met with real acceptance. And they kept it up till the bloody end...

I swear the Samcedes wedding is happening. They're gonna beat all the others to the alter. And I'm here for it

[insidesamevans]

Ooc: The anon that doesn't like the way you write his dialogue.

Ooc. Got it. Well it's possible. I don't even think it was necessarily Bash that turned the tide against Sam. From what I recall on my own dash, the Anti-but-formerly-loyal-to-Samcedes faction was already mad at his ass before Mercedes moved to NYC. Most were probably ill at the whole Brittany thing. Sam saying that he always liked her rubbed folks wrong. Plus, Mercedes coming back in the middle of S5 was kinda shady. She laughed about dumping him twice while advising Marley to cut Jake and Ryder loose. It could have been construed as her writing Sam off and placing her affection for him in the past. Then they get back together and Sam is doing the scrub thing, as far as we know. Add that to the dinner with the backup singers and you get micro aggression to contend with. All of this paired with some deep aversion to Chord Overstreet and his tweets, and you get anti-shippers galore. Either way tho, all the past shippers I know block the Samcedes stuff. And if they don't go in the tag they'd have never seen this blog. Nobody follows this space based on my other blog. I never even advertised it on my real blog. Most of my followers are hardcore Samcedians. So if somebody like that saw this then they were looking for it.