Fic: Glee: There But For the Grace of... (Kurt/Blaine, PG)

[flaming_muse]

"On My Way" (Glee 3x14) has a lot in it to think about for me, and I've taken advantage of the show's hiatus to give myself some time to interpret and narrow some of the emotion around and within it into fic form. I have a lot to say. I don't know how many of the fics in my head I will tackle, but I had to write this one.

Endless thanks to stoney321 for

Comments

[kouredios]

Beautiful. What I especially like about your from-Burt's-POV fics is how clearly it comes through that you know what it's like to be a parent. It's exactly like this.

[flaming_muse]

Thank you. :) Burt and I are definitely not the same person, but as a parent I've been thinking a lot about what he must go through with all of the stuff that happens.

[weathersings]

God this was beautiful. Thank you for addressing this from Burt's POV. It was perfect.

[flaming_muse]

Thank you! :)

[law_of_tarts]

So lovely and sad. There can never be enough Burt.

[flaming_muse]

Thank you!

(And this is true. I love Burt.)

[werewolfsfan]

I love Burt and he comes across so solidly here. Burt isn't the best dad because he's perfect but because he's always there trying. Always. I so wanted someone to try to tell Kurt that he wasn't wrong in not answering Karofsky's calls. That he's not guilty of anything. I know Kurt would still feel guilt but I needed Glee to show the other side.

I love your glimpses of Blaine here. And how much is going on behind that quiet exterior. The desperate need for approval and where they might have come from. I love that Burt understands how Blaine needs his family even if he doesn't voice it. I love the acknowledgement here that Finn fills needs in Burt's big heart that he's not proud of but that love benefits them both.

Thanks for filling so many gaps of 3x14 for me here and some holes in the narrative that I wasn't even aware were there.

[flaming_muse]

Thank you!

I was really struck by Kurt saying to the God Squad that he had nowhere else to go/no one to talk to, because of course he has his dad and Blaine... but then I thought that maybe they weren't listening because they had, from their own natures and backgrounds, to react and respond to him. So this was how I think things could have gone, that Kurt was indeed being given that message but wasn't willing to hear it.

[mockingbirdq]

I adore the way you write Burt. This is what I wish we had seen in that episode. Lovely fic!

[koloagirl]

Seriously. So many missed opportunities, Glee, but you felt it more important to throw Finchel into a fake-y shotgun wedding and cram Quinn's cliffhanger into the same ep. Bleah.

[flaming_muse]

They do make some interesting choices... ;)

Thanks for reading!

[flaming_muse]

Thank you! :)