Can't Touch THis

Spencer Porter here. Star football player and member of the glee club. Basically, I'm an expert at everything.

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vancekidds:

None of that is classical unless it was written in the classical period, so no, none of those things.

That’s what I was saying. Are those the types of things you’ve seen people call classical? I know what music genres are, dude. 

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Why are Halloween costumes so sexy? I thought the whole point was to be terrifying.

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I think it depends on what your overall goal is for the night... what are you dressing up as, Britt?

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vancekidds:

I’m not entirely sure how it became a thing to refer to all instrumental, orchestral, and choral music as classical, but considering classical is an era of music and not a genre, I really wish that would stop.

Do you mean like movie soundtracks or things like The Piano Guys? Either way, neither of those is really classical...

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ivyhamilton:

My entire Insta feed right now is related to homecoming. When did I start following so many McKinley people?

Probably when you found our your soulmate was one. Homecoming is going to be awesome.

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Here We Go Again//PlatypusBros

[gavintheobscure]

“My dreams?” Since joining Glee, he supposed his dream was related to music. He’d started the YouTube channel that Ivy encouraged, thinking maybe he could reach an audience that was interested in what he could do, though he hadn’t given a lot of thought to where he might go when he finished high school. “I guess… music? I’d want to go somewhere with plenty of clubs I could play, maybe somewhere I could go to school and learn more theory or to develop my voice?”

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“Yeah, like what do you want to do more than anything?” he questioned, nodding as Roderick started to explain. “Okay... so we should go to New York or something!” he suggested, “You can sing in open mic places, and check out music schools, and like play on a streetcorner or something!” he said, getting extremely excited and convincing himself that this was exactly what Roderick needed to solve his problem. “Dude, then you’ll see that this all gets better, and you’ll have a goal! Glee will help you get into music school, dude,” he pointed out.

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Here We Go Again//PlatypusBros

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oneredroderick:

Hugging his guitar to his chest, Roderick frowned a little at the suggestion that Spencer would “fix it.” He knew that’s how his friend worked - put a problem in front of him and he’d punch his way through it. It was something Roderick admired when it wasn’t about him, but he’d rather Spencer left his problems alone sometimes. “I had this stupid idea that I’d keep putting videos up. Maybe that would be enough.” He gestured toward some new music equipment his parents had given him for his birthday. “Honestly, I’m probably not going to quit, so we don’t need to talk about this. I’ll be fine. It’s no problem.”

Spencer sighed, running a hand through his hair in agitation. He knew that the way he fixed problems and the way Roderick fixed problems were very different, and he was afraid using his usual methods of fighting people off would push his best friend away from Glee club and his dreams even more. “Think about it, Roderick,” he said, “What are your dreams? You’re an awesome singer, and really creative. If you could go anywhere in the world for college after high school where would you go?” he asked, suddenly getting the brilliant idea to take Roderick to his dream city to prove to him that it would get better and Glee would help get him there. He figured if they visited a college they could convince their parents to pay for it. 

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skylar-elswood:

Skylar. My name is Skylar, and I’m looking forward to your set. I admire the ability your group has to pull together a successful performance at the last minute.

Hello, I guess... I’m Spencer. Not everything we do is last minute. We’ve been practicing hard for sectionals and we’re going to win.

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Here We Go Again//PlatypusBros

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oneredroderick:

He’d told Spencer where he would be, so he didn’t bother getting up when he heard his friend knock. Better to let him storm in, sit where he wanted, ask his questions. It gave Roderick time to figure out how to answer them. When Spencer pounced on him, he smiled a little, bringing an arm up to pat his back. He wanted to call his friend weird for over-explaining the “tackle bro-hug,” but he knew he’d just be avoiding the whole point of this conversation, and he decided to just face it head-on.

“I’m not upset, exactly,” Roderick started, looking down at his hands. “I’m just tired. Of the attention. And maybe things would go back to normal if I weren’t involved in anything.” Normal meant being bullied, but not by someone like Bree, who could back up her taunts in ways that actually hurt. Normal meant no risk of getting into arguments with people he liked, though the argument with Marley was long over. He reached over and picked up his new guitar, just to have something in his hands. “Maybe I just want one year where every day doesn’t feel like a struggle.”

Spencer sighed, settling into a spot on the bed next to Roderick. Part of him didn’t really understand because Roderick had been bullied way before joining Glee. He knew something bigger had to be going on but he didn’t know why his friend wasn’t telling him. “Dude, I’m your best friend. I know for a fact that you struggled a lot more before joining glee, so what on earth is going on that is making you feel so stressed?”

He thought for a few moments, staring at Roderick but the other boy wasn’t looking at him. “Dude, you’re stressed right now and so you picked up your guitar... I think that shows how much you need to be a part of this group. I’m your best friend, just tell me what’s going on and I’ll fix it. Every day will still be a struggle without Glee, but you won’t get to do what you love,” he said, getting frustrated.

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oneredthreadquinn:

I wish you guys luck.

Thanks, we’ll definitely need it...

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grahamnobel:

Hate to see what happened to the other guy. But just a minor head injury is impressive, considering the contexts. High school football, I’m guessing? 

Yeah, high school football. Still pretty hardcore, though. 

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skylar-elswood:

I sense that you’re skeptical of my motives, but I assure you that I have no interest in beating you through sabotage. If we win, it’ll be fair and square. If you win, it’ll be the same way.

If you say so, Warbler... if you say so.... and it’s when we win, not if. Because we’re going to kick your ass at sectionals.

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brittxnypierce:

Well, obviously. You need to beat the Warbler’s.

Yes, obviously. Can you help us beat them?

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Here We Go Again//PlatypusBros

     Spencer stood outside of Roderick’s house for a few moments when he got there, reading over their text messages. He was frustrated, but he wasn’t sure if he was frustrated with Roderick, the bullies, or himself. He didn’t realize how much it had been affecting his friend, and that made him feel like he’d failed his best friend. At the same time, he was upset with Roderick for not coming to him when he was having these problems. He sighed, deciding that ultimately he was going to choose to be mad at the bullies and no one else. 

     With that thought, he opened the door and stormed straight up to Roderick’s room. He knocked once but then just opened it, knowing that the boy wasn’t going to get up. “Okay,” he said, pursing his lips. “I’m going to hug you now. But it’s going to be a bro hug. Like a tackle bro-hug, okay? And then we’re going to talk,” he said firmly, before marching over to the bed and jumping on top of Roderick with maybe a bit more force than necessary and wrapping his best friend in a hug. 

     After a moment he pulled back, sitting up straight next to him on the bed. “What’s going on?” he asked softly, “What has you so upset that you’d actually consider giving up Glee club?” he asked. He knew it must be serious because Roderick didn’t have other friends before the club. To Spencer, quitting was weakness, but he knew how important Glee was to Roderick and so he was trying to be a good listener and figure out what was actually bothering his friend so he could fix it. 

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danehamiltonx:

Right. Of course. It wasn’t a lecture, just pointing out of a fact.

Mkay. Thanks. I’ll keep that in mind as I continue to rock as an awesome football player and you... continue reading books or whatever.

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jakeatmckinley:

So asking someone how they’ve hurt themselves is getting on their back? Okay. Good luck with the recovery, Spence.

Thanks.

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grahamnobel:

Well, that explains the head injury. I’ve heard football injuries can be brutal; do you get hurt often? 

Not too often, usually I’m pretty on top of things. Just tackled someone a little too hard, unfortunately.

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danehamiltonx:

Just because you play football doesn’t mean you’re smart? So you’re calling yourself stupid? As I’m sure you’ve noticed, repeated head trauma can be very damaging.

That’s not what I meant! It was a typo, sheesh. Yeah, yeah. Look, I get enough lectures from my worried mother, okay? I don’t need one from some guy who doesn’t even know me, too.