i do get kurt’s perspective of it being a big deal that he finally has friend that can relate to/understand what he’s going through and how it can get easy to focus on that before anything…
but kurt buddy. you cancelled existing plans with a friend because your new friend asked you to hang out. you promised to make it up to her on friday night and then did the exact same thing again. mercedes doesn’t just “feel left out” you like. actually quite literally did leave her out, multiple times.
and the ep seems to overall agree with his stance that she, like, just needs to get a boyfriend of her own (even tho he and blaine aren’t even dating yet lmao) and she’s inappropriately jealous (and dealing with this via the really ridiculous and honestly fatphobic tot plot but whatever). but like?? can we not have sympathy for kurt AND also understand that he’s kinda being not a great friend to her in this moment? and that she has a right to feel upset about that??
also like - even blaine, when the three of them finally hang out Together, seems to know it’s a little weird for her and tries to be nice and bring her into the conversation? he asks her what she thinks of what they’re talking about and then says they should talk about stuff she’s interested in too… only for kurt to IMMEDIATELY follow it up with another thing that is much more geared toward his interests lmao.
and like, usual qualifier: he’s not evil for this! it’s like that when you’re 16 sometimes! my bigger gripe is that the show doesn’t even seem to think kurt owes her an apology by the end of this plot when he like, does? lmao
