The thing about Dalton though, is that, on a metaphorical level, it's the place that boys go when they "die". (There's a thing where everything in Gleeland relates to a mythological place/being/God/trope etc., and Dalton's like the Underworld). Blaine went there when he got the "living crap" beaten out of him, and Kurt went there when Karofsky threatened to kill him (and had to cross a literal river to get back to McKinley in AIWNSG). From the way the Dalton boys act in situations in/outside of Dalton, it reads that they're all people who are there because, yes, they probably have money, but also because they've been bullied badly enough that they would need to be there. I mean, look at Trent and Matt transferring from McKinley too.
(Sebastian also says, when he first meets Kurt, "I was dying to meet Blaine".)
So I'd say the two (money and being bullied) aren't mutually exclusive when it comes to being sent to Dalton.
With the homophobia thing... I dunno, I just always find it sad more than infuriating when an LGBT+ person says homophobic things. Like they have to compensate for who they are? It strikes me that, maybe, Sebastian's learned that attitude towards gay and gender non-conformative people, along with the racism/sexism etc, from a very toxic home or previous school environment. The fact that we live in a society where people can unconsciously make members of the LGBT+ community bring ourselves down for them is gross, and sad, and upsetting, and it makes me feel so torn between wanting to hate Sebastian and wanting to take him to Pride parades and marches and hug away whatever happened to him.
(And then I remember what he did to Kurt/Blaine/Santana and I don't feel that anymore.)
I mean, of course, I get that "my way is the only good way" vibe from Sebastian, but by the same token... there's always a reason people act that way. And it sucks.
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Date: 2012-02-02 06:52 am (UTC)(Sebastian also says, when he first meets Kurt, "I was dying to meet Blaine".)
So I'd say the two (money and being bullied) aren't mutually exclusive when it comes to being sent to Dalton.
With the homophobia thing... I dunno, I just always find it sad more than infuriating when an LGBT+ person says homophobic things. Like they have to compensate for who they are? It strikes me that, maybe, Sebastian's learned that attitude towards gay and gender non-conformative people, along with the racism/sexism etc, from a very toxic home or previous school environment. The fact that we live in a society where people can unconsciously make members of the LGBT+ community bring ourselves down for them is gross, and sad, and upsetting, and it makes me feel so torn between wanting to hate Sebastian and wanting to take him to Pride parades and marches and hug away whatever happened to him.
(And then I remember what he did to Kurt/Blaine/Santana and I don't feel that anymore.)
I mean, of course, I get that "my way is the only good way" vibe from Sebastian, but by the same token... there's always a reason people act that way. And it sucks.
/ramble