I have all the feels

[wowbright]

Because of this ...



Dance With Somebody, 3.17

When an episode of Glee really hits me, I don't fall asleep until really late and then I wake up really early. So I'm writing this on five hours of sleep, and it's pretty random. It's nothing brilliant likecrown_of_weeds or calanthe_b would write, so go there if you're looking for insight.

First off, as I told lavender_love00 this morning, I had a dream last night that Darren Criss was over at my house (didn't look like my house), on my computer and leaving fannish comments everywhere about last night's episode. Smart, analytical, impassioned fannish comments. He was using my accounts at first, but then he created his own. He was pretty much just smart-gushing about/dissecting Klaine and the episode and the characters' motivations and talking about his headcanon (you know, the stuff we do), and ... not telling anyone who he was.

I thought of posting, "I'm sitting here watching Darren Criss anonymously fan-flail about Glee," but then I thought he might feel a little betrayed by that, so I didn't. I just planned on privately messaging anxioussquirrel about it, instead. And then probably the rest of the universe.

I know the reason it was Darren and not Chris in my dream is that there is no way I could have been so calm about Chris being in my house. But Darren was apparently a friend of a friend, or one of my cousins (I have like 30 if you just count the first-gen ones, it's hard to keep track, new ones are popping up all the time), or something.

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So I’m kind of excited about not one, but two Kurt bedroom scenes in this week’s episode, because I’ve had so many unanswered questions about the layout raised by previous views of it, and I get obsessive about adhering to the canon layout and decoration in my fic.

However, I also kind of hate that I’m going to have to watch both of those Kurt bedroom scenes over and over again, because I’m not sure I can afford that much Kleenex.

lavender_love00 has already pointed out that Kurt still has his prom queen scepter and crown. I can't believe I missed that. Okay, I can, because MIKE O'MALLEY.

I might need to revise part of a couple scenes in my 8-million page fic that is oh-so-close to being done (damn work and health insurance applications) based on that new piece of information. Or I might just need to leave it be so that the fic sees the light of day before I'm 60 (which is a long time off, in case you're wondering).

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I have watched this episode only once, so naturally I didn't catch even a quarter of what was going on. Truly random notes (based on my Twitter - I tweet nonsensical comments during the episodes because I have no one to flail with other than my cat, and she does not flail):

• Thrilled that "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" was a Brittana song. I have a very fond memory of serenading my girlfriend with that on the bus in college (she pretended to hate Whitney, but she loved when I sang it ♥). (Oh, I'm a girl which is why I am appreciating the Sapphic resonance of this performance and its applicability to my life.)
• So did Teen Jesus and Quinn sing a song romanticizing adultery?
• Mike O'Malley started me sobbing, Chris Colfer continued me on it, and the look on Darren Criss' face made it turn into a snot fest.
• The Puck bromance scene. The glittery gift bags! Puck, I love you! Fandom is so right about you being comfortable in your own skin.
• After Kurt and Blaine talked in Emma's office, and she gave them that terrible "brutally honest" advice (but I tip my hat off to her for pointing out that she knows nothing about couples' counseling), I was kind of hoping she'd be brutally honest with Will. Instead, she was just honest. There you go, Emma, being nicer to Will than I want, and making me think that you two actually do love each other, even if Will is terrible at showing it, and really needs to go into some counseling of his own (without you as the counselor, dear).
• I can't even talk about Kurt and Blaine, except to say that they were so teenagery. (Okay, no, adults make all the same mistakes that they do here.) I love how Kurt was self-centered and Blaine was non-communicative, because that's how they are (and frankly, those things attract them to each other). And I love that these things became problems, because that is what happens in relationships. And I liked that they didn't have huge personality transformations in order to work it out (or really any - wow Kurt, Blaine's going to visit you every weekend? - except you know what, I bet Blaine would rather visit Kurt in New York than the other way around, and that's why Kurt's self-centeredness is not usually a problem for Blaine). Love does not depend on people being perfect.

Comments

[mander3-swish.livejournal.com]

only once? gurl...I have to watch it twice back to back as I always have to pause in the middle of the emotional blangsty scenes for some deep breaths or I'd miss most of it...usually the second time through I can take it in more calmly. and then I always have to rewind to catch the background acting of everyone during the performances because that's like the best.

I had to watch Big Brother with my entire family...that was HELL. trying to contain my flailing to a bare minimum was nearly impossible! never again. I'll just let all my neighbours hate me on tuesday nights instead.

But yes, I loved all the 317 Klaine scenes (& Burt too!) they all did such a fantastic and lovely job!

[wowbright.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't have a DVR, so I can't rewatch until the next morning, and I was supposed to be doing work and not writing about Glee on Wednesday morning, so you know ... :)

I am very much looking forward to watching it again with a huge box of Kleenex, once I meet all my work deadlines. Sigh.

[mander3-swish.livejournal.com]

Boo to work! Yay to writing ;)
My dvr rental is the best 10 bucks a month I spend I think...
And next week...*didacted flailing*...the end ;P

And with that I bid you adieu and hope you have a lovely weekend!