So is getting into Glee fanfic a sign of early midlife crisis?
I fear so.
I mean, I've always liked it sort of, especially the fic where people write Rachel Berry really well. But lately it has become my go-to fandom and that makes me feel immensely uncool, particularly since I like my sexy fic to be about the teachers* so I'm weird even by Glee fan standards. Also, the show is terrible a lot of the time, but what can I say? The characters have drawn me in.
Bleh. I've got a suburban angst thing going on IRL. So maybe "trapped in Lima, Ohio" is something I identify with it, even though I'm trapped in a place that sucks less. Also, I'm in my early thirties and wondering if my fanfic preferences make me uncool. Can we count how many levels this is sad on?
FWIW, They say bad things happen for a reason. is rocking my world recently. I really do like the kids better as adults and I'm a sucker for a good detective AU where the kids have gotten out of Ohio. Brittany loses something in growing up, but everyone else is better, IMHO. Ok, Puck is a lot the same. But I like him that way.
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*How do people even watch the show without imagining how awesome Emma Pillsbury will be when so aroused she can no longer hold back decades of repressed lust? I'm trying to write that one but it so far is just not as awesome on the screen as it is in my head. Also, I realize Shannon Beiste is not aesthetically pleasing in the conventional sense and even I don't especially want to ship her, but the cowboy bar really intrigued me. I don't know if I can write about her, but I'd love to drink with her.
I mean, I've always liked it sort of, especially the fic where people write Rachel Berry really well. But lately it has become my go-to fandom and that makes me feel immensely uncool, particularly since I like my sexy fic to be about the teachers* so I'm weird even by Glee fan standards. Also, the show is terrible a lot of the time, but what can I say? The characters have drawn me in.
Bleh. I've got a suburban angst thing going on IRL. So maybe "trapped in Lima, Ohio" is something I identify with it, even though I'm trapped in a place that sucks less. Also, I'm in my early thirties and wondering if my fanfic preferences make me uncool. Can we count how many levels this is sad on?
FWIW, They say bad things happen for a reason. is rocking my world recently. I really do like the kids better as adults and I'm a sucker for a good detective AU where the kids have gotten out of Ohio. Brittany loses something in growing up, but everyone else is better, IMHO. Ok, Puck is a lot the same. But I like him that way.
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*How do people even watch the show without imagining how awesome Emma Pillsbury will be when so aroused she can no longer hold back decades of repressed lust? I'm trying to write that one but it so far is just not as awesome on the screen as it is in my head. Also, I realize Shannon Beiste is not aesthetically pleasing in the conventional sense and even I don't especially want to ship her, but the cowboy bar really intrigued me. I don't know if I can write about her, but I'd love to drink with her.