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I CANNOT STOP THINKING about the WIP bits you posted this morning. So many grabby hands. I love when PWP turns into deep somewhat angsty psychological exploration and FEELINGS.
This thing has been floating in my mind for two months now, just lurking and driving me insane so I understand! I am so excited to finish it so I can share.
It's interesting to me how popular Cough Syrup has been in these polls. I think I've literally listened to that song once, when the episode originally aired, and it went in one ear and out the other. To this day I can only tell you two things about it: it's depressing and it mentions drinking cough syrup for a mental escape. I have no idea what the tune or the tempo or anything is. No hate to the people who like it, but based on my (apparently aberrant) experience, I never would have guessed its popularity at all.
(And although I'm asking this with my name attached, please I don't need anyone to send me links to the song. If I want to listen to it again, I know how!) 😜
I mean that's totally fair. Definitely not going to discredit your experience bc I've got plenty of songs that I'm the exact same way with
Idk I just think that's like the most Real the show had ever been up to that point and everyone was shook by the whole scene, not just the song. Not to mention us Blaine stans that were (and still are lbr) scrambling for the crumbs of his character, this song was easy to latch onto as like a window into his mind
And idk I just think it's a good song and Blaine sounds great on the track. I think people like it for any of those three reasons, or all of the above lol. At least that's why it's such a big deal for me <3
I love reading the mormon!klaine verse from @wowbright so much. The new updates from the Klaine Word Scramble have me awash in feels. I’m gonna go read some more and then sit and think about it for the rest of the evening.
hi!! love your blog so much. i was wondering if you knew some fics that have a coming of age feel to them? if you need me to be more specific just let me know!! thank you guys <33
I know exactly what you mean. You should check out our Kid!Fic tag - most of these stories have them evolve from friends as kids to boyfriends as teenagers. - HKVoyage
Love, Blaine by @gleefuldarrencrissfan
Summary: Blaine Anderson is a typical teenager. Except he’s not because he’s hiding a huge secret. He’s gay. But after reading a confession on the informal Dalton blog, he discovers that he’s not the only closeted boy at Dalton. After a moment of courage, he emails him and ultimately starts up a friendship that will change life as he knows it. Loosely based on Love, Simon.
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feliz navidad by villiageidiot
Blaine Anderson meets his best friend when he's in Kindergarten. He doesn't know it yet but it's also when he meets the love of his life.
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To Be Myself by @wowbright
What if Kurt had been born 25 years earlier? A story about Gen X Kurt Hummel learning about love and, most importantly, learning to be himself, 1976-1985.
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Wow I was just lamenting to my spouse this...
Unfortunately, I do not have easy access to any of those old interviews -- it would involve digging into TDB archives or through YouTube, but I wouldn’t even know where to start. Does anyone know? @gleekto?
Interesting thoughts about Ryan Murphy! Please don’t mind me while I think out loud for a moment. This isn’t an argument for or against what you said, just some rambling of my own. Of course, while I’ll never claim to understand anyone fully other than myself (and even that’s questionable at times) I always theorized a few things happen over the course of Glee --
1. that he had American Horror Story that he became reoccupied with, and that he’s always someone who’s looking forward to the new ‘thing’ he can create, and less back on the stuff he’s already accomplished. I was always of mind that he was kind of over it after season 2.
2. the ideas he had for the show were very different from the entire fandom (not just Klaine -- I remember the Brittana fans being much louder at him) This was all in the beginning throws of social media -- and the people on the show crossed over the line a bit much with fandom, which makes me think that it’s better in most cases when there’s separation of artist and audience. I remember the night that he was on Twitter -- and deleted everything after he had a nasty run in with fans over the episode Naked. I feel like that’s the moment when he recoiled firmly away from being as open about it as he was.
At the same time, out of the three creators, I always felt like Murphy was the biggest champion for Klaine, and perhaps the kindest to us in a lot of ways. Ian Brennan -- who wrote much of Sue, and a lot of the parody stuff on the show, often seemed to write the stinging insults flung at people (most notably, Santana’s mega rant at Kurt in season 6). And Brad Falchuk always seemed bitter more people didn’t like Will or Finchel (which is interesting when I learned listening to Kevin and Jenna’s podcast that Brad self-identified as Will)
Murphy also didn’t back down when Chris and Darren were both a little... eh, maybe teen marriage isn’t the best story line (and even I don’t think they were wrong on that one) but Murphy seemed to be pretty firm on writing what essentially was a fairy tale for LGBT+ folks.
It does make me wonder, though, what was going on in that writers room during season 3-5 -- because even if I enjoyed a lot of it, the show was all over the place, and I do wonder if Murphy was kind of letting it meander because he was on to other things.
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Speaking of binge watching, I’m wondering if anyone wants to do some group watches while we’re social distancing. All this means is picking (a) specific time(s) to watch a show together over the internet, sharing commentary over tumblr (or internet medium of choice) on a preplanned tag.
I have sooo much homework so probably wouldn’t be able to participate in a lot of these, but would love to see anyone who’s tickled by the idea to run with it, in any fandom.
I just found out about this Google Chrome extension called “Netflix Party” where you and your friends can sync your netflix accounts and watch shows together. Anybody interested?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/03/17/coronavirus-netflix-party-lets-friends-do-movie-nights-quarantine/5072347002/
okay you got me. where do I watch this hollyoaks?
AHHHHH! Yes!
Okay, so Hollyoaks is a British soap opera, and specifically one that's been running since 1995, meaning there are literally thousands of episodes. The era I have been specifically blogging about runs from about 2010 to 2013 because I am obsessed with one character in particular, Mr. Brendan Brady and that's when he was on the show.
Because it's a soap, and it's old, and it's British, it's not the easiest thing to access in the states. I have managed to find the 2011-2013 episodes on the Internet Archive but I haven't been able to find the 2010 episodes in their entirety. But luckily, Brendan is a super popular character, so someone has made edits of the scenes that pertain to Brendan and his story for those episodes. Sometimes it's a little confusing because you're missing out on y'know, everything else that's happening, but I've managed to fill in most of the gaps using the Hollyoaks wiki.
Content warnings, this show is early 2010s and so it does do a lot of classic 2010s angsty queer stories. Brendan struggles with a lot of internalized homophobia and that presents as outward violence towards his partner Ste in the beginning. They grow and they learn and get better, but it's a rough start. Later episodes also have storylines with child abuse, csa, noncon/dubcon, addiction, overdose, murder, and y'know other things one would expect from a soap opera.
That being said, I do hope you watch because I'm obsessed and desperate for more active members of this fandom. Here are the links to watch and please come talk to me about it if you do!
Hollyoaks 2011 full episodes
Hollyoaks 2012 1080p
Hollyoaks 2013 HD
Some fics where Blaine helps Kurt with Finns death: Breathe by thefatesallow Between the moon and New York City by jackabelle87 Here comes the sun by flowerfan A very good Kurt/Tina fic set in 5x03 with Klaine background: Bring us back by wow bright
Thank you @gorgxoxus for suggesting these pics. - HKVoyage
Breathe by thefatesallow (orphan_account)
5x03 reaction fic!
Kurt is beginning to cope and Blaine is learning to breathe.
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Between the Moon and New York City by jackabelle73
Kurt arrives in a small coastal town in North Carolina to join his dad and Carole for a few days of their vacation, but under duress. He can't imagine that this sleepy southern town has anything to offer him...till a very attractive local goes jogging by on the beach.
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Here Comes The Sun by @flowerfan2
AU after 5x02. When the New Directions’ bus crashes before Nationals, Finn is killed and Blaine is badly injured. Grieving and damaged, Kurt and Blaine call off their engagement. This story takes place two years after the tragedy, when Kurt and Blaine run into each other in New York City. Klaine; Blam friendship.
Note: Part 1 of Here Comes The Sun series
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Bring Us Back by @wowbright
5.02 reaction fic, part of which takes place in 5.03. juliette06 asked for “Blaine calling Kurt and telling him about Tina/reminiscing about their prom/etc.” rosencarousel asked for Kurt and Tina having a conversation to discuss McKinley’s prom court treatment. It turned into a story about repairing relationships.
