A few thoughts about loss, Klaine, and writing.

[flaming_muse]

You know, no matter my mood, I find there's nothing like driving around on a sunny (if cold, brr!) day with the sun roof open and singing along with "Don't Rain on my Parade" at top volume to lift my spirits. :)

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[flaming_muse]

You are absolutely right on both points. I was thinking today how little we are actually in their hearts this year - even around the break up, where we didn't see much from Kurt about it beyond him being generically unhappy for quite a while - that we're not getting storylines that are showing much of them. Even Kurt at Vogue and NYADA, both of which ought to have been huge growing moments for this Lima boy, are more "what he does during the day" than "places where he's learning about himself and others." Kurt's always had his eye on some prize or another, it's one of the reasons he's so compelling to watch fail and succeed, and I feel like we aren't getting much of that from him. I mean, obviously here and there, but it's not the same. And Blaine... I know we're getting non-Kurt stories for him (running for student government, the Warblers, Sam), but I also feel like we're not seeing into what he wants besides wanting Kurt, and since he isn't getting Kurt, mostly isn't even able to try, and that doesn't tell us much. So you're right that we aren't seeing them grow. (Hence part of why I'm stuck writing about loss if I'm writing canonically, because that's all we still know.) We aren't learning a lot that's new, even from Kurt dating Adam, which surprises me at how little we know about it, though his second boyfriend ought to be a big deal even and especially if it's as casual as it seems, because Kurt's never seemed at all interested in casual. That could be interesting!

Television is an amazing and frustrating medium to me. It's one of the few places where people can tell long, spun-out stories with extended arcs (I mean, beyond books), but because there are networks and advertisers and contracts and all of that it isn't just art, as you say. The speed of it is hard for me, too, because I think looking back when I have the whole season I will be more content with the arcs than I am in the middle of them, but it takes so long to get them that it's easy for viewers to lose track of the bigger picture. We aren't getting the bigger picture; it's too slow. And, as you say, there's no guarantee that the show will use the time wisely.

Waiting, I'm okay with. Waiting without a good reason, or without a good middle, I'm not.

Mmm hmm. I'm with you.