#topic for another day

[tuiyla]

I don't know how much you know about the fandom from the time when glee was still on air. Naya and Heather were always loved, brittana was always loved, but Heather never really talked about brittana and she was getting shit from the fans for that. Naya on the other hand talked about Santana's gay journey constantly and about brittana a lot too. It'd always just seemed like Heather didn't find it as important as Naya had. There are rumours it was because of some bts stuff between Naya and Heather and then there was Heather's longtime on and off boyfriend who then became her baby daddy and husband and so with all that Heather didn't seem too interested in fawning over brittana. But that's all rumours, the point is, after Naya passed away Heather realized real fast that this is her responsibility now, that this is her part in keeping naya's memory alive, and she really didn't have to take on that responsibility but she did and I think we should be grateful. She's all we have left now.

(btw those podcasts episodes are far in the future now but I'd imagine Heather will be invited to some important ones, wedding, maybe IKAG, maybe rumours, since the podcast will definitely be Naya heavy in the way the previous podcast wasn't and Heather is the only one who was really there in those majorly important scenes. We're going to be emotional messes) (btw again aside from the perfection that was Heya on showmance i thought Heather recently on the new pod was her best appearance on the pod yet and IMHO she should become a semi permanent third host)

Okay Anon, I realize you're trying to be helpful by providing this summary and I'm appreciative of the intent, but I just take such issue with hearsay and the sense of entitlement fandoms often feel towards cast members. And I'm not trying to put all that on you by explaining this under your ask, but I just have to clarify a few things.

Neither Naya nor Heather ever owed the fans anything. I love actors who champion queer ships as much as the next bitch but it's not their responsibility. It never was and never should be. Naya was an angel for what she did for Santana's story, on-screen and off, and I for one feel like the community is forever in her debt for how she pushed for things and then spoke out about it. The GLAAD tribute was what she deserved. I find it appalling that Brittana fans would give Heather shit. No, I wasn't around the Glee fandom as it was airing, but friends I've made in the fandom were and I've chatted a lot about things like Heather's treatment during the Bram debacle and in general. Particularly in light of her ATWYRM episode where she talks about the spotlight not having been something she actually wanted and feeling uncomfortable with the expectations, I think we should know better than to put that on her.

And I know you say she didn't have to take on the responsibility of captaining the ship after Naya's passing, but everything you describe earlier says that she did. "Heather realized real fast that this is her responsibility"? I mean wow that does not sit well with me. And again I'm not saying all this against you, it's going out to the portion of the fandom who do feel entitled to Hemo taking that on. No. Simply just no. If she had zero responsibility before she sure does have none now, having lost a friend. We lost a performer in Naya, Heather and others lost a friend they loved. So if Heather never wanted to publicly talk about Brittana again, that'd be totally understandable. She did decide to pick up the mantle, to a degree, and that's commendable but that's her choice. Not something that ever should have been expected, something that's treated as second best now that Naya's gone, or something she finally did.

I'd also just like to note that "Heather didn't find it as important as Naya had" just feels wrong on many levels. Not because it's not true, idk about that and to my previous point, we're not entitled to knowing whether that's true. It feels wrong because assuming anything about these actors feels wrong, and it also feels wrong because the meat of the storyline and indeed the PoV has always been put on Santana. So if we were to expect one of them to be vocal about it, not that we should, then Naya is the logical choice. As for hearsay about BTS, the only "rumour has it" I'm willing to acknowledge is the banging mashup.

I very much doubt Heather would guest near IKAG and honestly, maybe it's best she doesn't, but I do hope she appears often as the three of them are a joy to listen to. Just wanted to note that as well at the end here. I realize all this may sound harsh and I don't mean to be harsh towards you; again, I acknowledge that this is summary is meant to be helpful. I'm just grateful every day that I wasn't part of the Glee fandom while the show was airing because even fans nowadays are acting so poorly and entitled so I truly wouldn't have been able to cope with the height of it. It just feels wrong.

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Unpopular Opinion Alert! 

I think Too Many People is meaner than How Do You Sleep

How Do You Sleep is so obvious. All the insults are superficial and easily discarded by anyone reasonable. They’re so generic that they could have been written by anyone. You’re not cool, you do whatever your wife says, you only ever wrote one good song, and you won’t be cute forever. What gets John in trouble is this obviousness. Even if the specific taunts are weak, John’s anger and who he’s angry with is obvious. He wasn’t forward-thinking enough to disguise it so he could deny it or minimize it later. When he no longer felt that way he didn’t have a way to downplay it. His only defense was to be honest and admit it was more about his own anger than things he truly believes about Paul. 

How Do You Sleep is a weak reply to Too Many People, once you understand what Paul is saying. Paul is delicate in the way he twists the knife. His anger is more distant, more cerebral. The verses are not directly about John or, at least, they have been sufficiently generalized and made to be about the world rather than John specifically. Which allows Paul to say “only a couple” of lines are about John. It’s true, only a few of the lines are obviously about John and they are fucking brutal.

That was your first mistake You took your lucky break and broke it in two Now what can be done for you? You broke it in two

John’s success was just a lucky break. It’s not even “what will you do?” or “you can’t do it without me” it’s “what can be done FOR you?” As if John is so hopeless, so useless, that he can’t be expected to do anything without assistance. Paul pities John. Which, of course, he knew would drive John up the fucking wall. My most charitable reading allows that Paul might not mean that meeting him was John’s lucky break, but rather what they had together was a lucky break for both of them. But it’s not “you took our lucky break and broke it in two” is it? 

That was your last mistake I find my love awake and waiting to be Now what can be done for you? She's waiting for me

This verse, with its ambiguity, manages to be an artistic AND a sexual taunt. The idea that “my love” and “she” refer to Linda is certainly provoking depending on what you think the relationship between John and Paul was, but I think it’s actually the lesser of the double taunt. He’s also saying that his musical talent is as vital as ever. It’s AWAKE and waiting to be. Their muse - the one that they used to share, back before John broke his lucky break in two - has chosen Paul.

And just to make sure John couldn’t possibly miss that this little ditty was for him, Paul starts it off with a bit of word play - Piece of cake/Piss off Cake - that would probably be referred to as Lennonesque by most, though to my mind it’s a type of linguistic irreverence that they shared and was important to their bond. Basically, he put a big “Dear John” at the begging of the song, but in a special twin language that nobody else fully gets. While it’s not clear to me how all of the lyrics relate to John, I'm sure John did.

I think denying the subtle attacks at work in Too Many People leads to both an underestimation of Paul, and an overestimation of John’s cruelty. The clarity of John’s anger, and his penchant to air it publicly, distracts from the fact that Paul can hold his own quite nicely. And maybe maybe maybe deserved an angry response from John for this song.

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romanoba replied to your post “More people need to know about Daniel bruhl. I suggest “goodbye Lenin”...”

yes please daniel brühl is my favourite german actor. and I don't know how good "goodbye lenin" is in english but in german it's really good

I don’t think there’s a dub but there’s an English sub on Youtube (a link for people who don’t know what this is it’s really good) :). I was introduced to him through rush and have been on a slow hunt for the rest of his filmography, which is of course a little difficult as most of it is in German. I took two years of it in highschool but that was...let’s just say I really don’t know german. :P