Karofsky is such a slore
My main fandom trajectory lately has been pretty straightforward from Kinki to skating during the Olympics to As the World Turns to Glee. So after Reid Oliver died and Blaine appeared, I jumped right in.
But I was thinking last night about the parallels between Kurt and Johnny, and Kurt/Blaine and Johnny/Stephane.
On the one hand you have boy #1 who's been bullied and ostracized by his peers and the establishment, is extremely talented at one artistic endeavor but is always sneered at that he performs like a girl, has a deep love for fashion and expressing himself, and has a strong loving and supportive bond with his family.
On the other hand you have boy #2 who is the beloved star of his peers and the establishment, a diva who's frequently obtuse but widely loving, a kind of precocious spoiled man-child, able to charm all comers both male and female, very confident and kind of silly, and also extremely talented in the same artistic endeavor (but no one ever says he performs like a girl).
But instead of boy #1 being envious of boy #2, he is charmed, and boy #2 teaches boy #1 ~how to love~ (again).
Of course, those diva character traits that Stephane shares with Blaine are those that Johnny would say prevent him from being a good match for Johnny. Johnny purports to want someone "steady" that will counterbalance his own diva tendencies. But seeing how ridiculous and Stephane-like Drew is, I don't think that's necessarily the case. And though Blaine/Stephane might want to be the flower, they would totally let Johnny/Kurt be the flower out of love (Blaine pushing Kurt in the spotlight after their duet; Stephane letting Johnny be the flower in their pairs routine).
I guess this makes Karofsky Evan in this analogy. Which, ew, but so accurate (and unredeemable).
But I was thinking last night about the parallels between Kurt and Johnny, and Kurt/Blaine and Johnny/Stephane.
On the one hand you have boy #1 who's been bullied and ostracized by his peers and the establishment, is extremely talented at one artistic endeavor but is always sneered at that he performs like a girl, has a deep love for fashion and expressing himself, and has a strong loving and supportive bond with his family.
On the other hand you have boy #2 who is the beloved star of his peers and the establishment, a diva who's frequently obtuse but widely loving, a kind of precocious spoiled man-child, able to charm all comers both male and female, very confident and kind of silly, and also extremely talented in the same artistic endeavor (but no one ever says he performs like a girl).
But instead of boy #1 being envious of boy #2, he is charmed, and boy #2 teaches boy #1 ~how to love~ (again).
Of course, those diva character traits that Stephane shares with Blaine are those that Johnny would say prevent him from being a good match for Johnny. Johnny purports to want someone "steady" that will counterbalance his own diva tendencies. But seeing how ridiculous and Stephane-like Drew is, I don't think that's necessarily the case. And though Blaine/Stephane might want to be the flower, they would totally let Johnny/Kurt be the flower out of love (Blaine pushing Kurt in the spotlight after their duet; Stephane letting Johnny be the flower in their pairs routine).
I guess this makes Karofsky Evan in this analogy. Which, ew, but so accurate (and unredeemable).