I’m bawling as I write this so please excuse any grmmatical errors/nonsensicalness.
I just watched the series finale of Glee. Glee, this show that was the first TV show I truly feel in love with, the first defining obsession of my life, the gateway to so many things that I love now. The entire season finale I was either honestly crying or on the verge of tears.
What you have to understand is that I literally owe Glee everything. I tell this story a lot, but it still remains true. I would not be who I am without Glee. Through Glee, I found fanfiction and fell in love with writing. Through Glee, I became friends with one of the most important people in my life right now. Through Glee, I found other TV shows and fandoms that define me right now and bring me so much joy. Through Glee, I was lead here to Tumblr which opened up an entire world to explore and experience.
Because of Glee, I met some amazing people who I used to talk to or admired from afar online and off who helped me and changed me in one way or another. Because of Glee, I found safety and identity and joy in the characters and episodes and seasons. Because of Glee, I am here and alive and breathing and a person who has accepted who I am as a bisexual biromantic female. Because of Glee, I have smiled and laughed and cried and yelled and screamed and kicked and punched and thrown. Because of Glee, I am who I am.
You know how everyone has that defining moment in life? That defining moment that changes everything and sets you on the path that you need to be on in order for things to go the way they should? Glee was that moment for me. Glee was what brought me here and I owe it everything. This cast helped me so so much and brought me so many laughs and tears and smiles and were there for me when no one else was. These writers, while infuriating and annoying and nonsensical at times, brought to life characters that helped me accept and figure out who I am and gave me a show to fall in love with. This crew helped execute all that behind the scenes; every extra and camera operator and boom operator and lighting technician.
This show made me. As much as I talk shit about it and hate it and despise it and want to burn it in hell, I adored it with my entire heart and soul and I could never thank everyone involved enough for giving me what Glee gave me.
It’s the end of an era. I spent all of my middle/high school years with Glee and I’m graduating high school in June. I practically grew up with this show. I can’t even imagine what my life would be like if I had never found Glee and fell in love with it. I don’t even know if I would still be here. I don’t know who I’d be or where I’d be going or what I would be like, but I thank God I’ll never know because I don’t think I would have been as happy if I had never found Glee.
So, in conclusion, I thank Glee for everything it has done for me. I will never love another show or be changed by another show- or thing for that matter- as heavily as I was by Glee. Through all the good times and the bad times, the infuriating times and the pleasing times, I thank Glee for existing and changing me in the best way possible.
