Glee: 1x05 The Rhodes not Taken, Pandora Hearts
GLEE, you guys! OH MY GOD. Seriously, the best episode ever. Everything about it was perfectly done, I can't even begin to express. I can't think of a single thing I disliked, it was just. Completely perfect. ♥ Definitely one I will rewatch over and over.
But let me make a list of the things I loved anyway.
- Kristen Chenoweth, you are absolutely perfect for bringing on the cray cray. April Rhodes was awesome, and such an unashamedly bad influence on the kids (at first at least). Getting Kurt drunk, teaching Tina and Mercedes how to bling it up (through stealing), making out with Puck and seeing them come out of the shower together?! --Not exactly ethical, but the scenes/lines it spurred on: Beautiful. And her singing was phenomenal.
- Rachel--Oh my god, she had to pull the "i want to be your friend more than I want to be the star" line. I love her, and I love this goddamn glee club. This is what I've been waiting for you guys, their whole beginning to come together and LOVE each other, asdfja;ldsfa. And her moments with Finn were sweet. Finn's "Are you sure this is your first time doing this?" was adorable. And props to Cory, because I honestly couldn't tell if Finn was acting with Rachel or if he genuinely liked her, which was what he was going for I think. And it made me feel fuzzy inside. (I DID LOL at his seductive phase though). Also props to her for saying her dream was bigger than Finn.
- Puck, even Puck is growing on me more now. He was good this episode, though I don't know why he would announce that Quinn's pregnant...what was that? That was jerkish. But at least he wasn't angsting at the same time (I love this episode because there was really not that much angst in it or relationship ~drama~)
- KURT. I'm pretty sure every episode I have something about Kurt. Okay, let's first address the whole muscle men's magazines? Awesome. Get it, bb! And him drunk was strangely adorable; you never see him look like crap, and to see him so...not typically Kurt was enjoyable. And then gossiping!Kurt was amazing, he was so enthusiastic about Finn getting Quinn pregnant for some reason lol. And I find it interesting that Puck was like "It's so obvious you guys. you probably thought Ernie and Bert were just roomates". You know, I really do think he's actually smarter than he lets on. His lines are... I don't know, they've got this wit to them. Maybe I'm crazy though. Back to Kurt: I find his dancing kind of weird but it's cute anyway, haha. And Kurt/April dancing was ♥ and so was Kurt doing Santana's eyeliner! I want to see more Kurt&Santana, wouldn't it be awesome if they became friends? It seems like he gets along well with the cheerleaders too.
-OOOh and there's probably so much more, but I'll write it when I remember it.
Best episode so far. Somebody to love was mother f-cking amazing. I wish Artie had gotten his solo, but I can't even really complain about that right now I'm still so high off this amazing episode. BRB watching again.
Pandora Hearts!
I've been kind of a recluse from the manga world but this series' art was just too pretty, I couldn't resist. The story is decent, it picks up at some points and drags at others, but the art is wonderful and the way the manga-ka colors = ♥. Also, it has plenty of those adorably corny, but-you-need-them-in-your-life speeches where the character overcomes their angst and becomes stronger for others and whatnot (or something to that effect).
Break is my favorite character by far, I love him. He's an eccentric guy, and he's in the background enough so that you want to know more about him. I might have payed a lot more attention to his parts as I read the manga than I did to others, but is that such a crime? . I also like Gilbert, though sometimes I think he needs to find something more to do than obsess about Oz lol (very unpopular opinion, I know; it's getting static to me now though). But I like it when he freaks out or gets angry. I also like his and Alice's relationship, Oz&Gil&Alice is one of the cutest trios ever.
And Break/Gilbert is totally my OTP of this series, you guys. They've got ten years of back story and enough screwed upness/tsundere-ness/friendship to be one heck of a ship. They keep each other in check; Break warning Gilbert not to let his devotion go crazy, Gilbert always telling Break to stop...being Break, their 'use me and I'll use you' 10-year long deal. And they do care about each other, even though it's never explicitly stated, you know they do. And they rival each other in power and assertiveness, and --
POTENTIAL, it's there. Just saying ♥. Take note, fic writers.
PLUS look at these characters and their cuteness:
Credit to dreamer1789 for the colored picture!
But let me make a list of the things I loved anyway.
- Kristen Chenoweth, you are absolutely perfect for bringing on the cray cray. April Rhodes was awesome, and such an unashamedly bad influence on the kids (at first at least). Getting Kurt drunk, teaching Tina and Mercedes how to bling it up (through stealing), making out with Puck and seeing them come out of the shower together?! --Not exactly ethical, but the scenes/lines it spurred on: Beautiful. And her singing was phenomenal.
- Rachel--Oh my god, she had to pull the "i want to be your friend more than I want to be the star" line. I love her, and I love this goddamn glee club. This is what I've been waiting for you guys, their whole beginning to come together and LOVE each other, asdfja;ldsfa. And her moments with Finn were sweet. Finn's "Are you sure this is your first time doing this?" was adorable. And props to Cory, because I honestly couldn't tell if Finn was acting with Rachel or if he genuinely liked her, which was what he was going for I think. And it made me feel fuzzy inside. (I DID LOL at his seductive phase though). Also props to her for saying her dream was bigger than Finn.
- Puck, even Puck is growing on me more now. He was good this episode, though I don't know why he would announce that Quinn's pregnant...what was that? That was jerkish. But at least he wasn't angsting at the same time (I love this episode because there was really not that much angst in it or relationship ~drama~)
- KURT. I'm pretty sure every episode I have something about Kurt. Okay, let's first address the whole muscle men's magazines? Awesome. Get it, bb! And him drunk was strangely adorable; you never see him look like crap, and to see him so...not typically Kurt was enjoyable. And then gossiping!Kurt was amazing, he was so enthusiastic about Finn getting Quinn pregnant for some reason lol. And I find it interesting that Puck was like "It's so obvious you guys. you probably thought Ernie and Bert were just roomates". You know, I really do think he's actually smarter than he lets on. His lines are... I don't know, they've got this wit to them. Maybe I'm crazy though. Back to Kurt: I find his dancing kind of weird but it's cute anyway, haha. And Kurt/April dancing was ♥ and so was Kurt doing Santana's eyeliner! I want to see more Kurt&Santana, wouldn't it be awesome if they became friends? It seems like he gets along well with the cheerleaders too.
-OOOh and there's probably so much more, but I'll write it when I remember it.
Best episode so far. Somebody to love was mother f-cking amazing. I wish Artie had gotten his solo, but I can't even really complain about that right now I'm still so high off this amazing episode. BRB watching again.
Pandora Hearts!
I've been kind of a recluse from the manga world but this series' art was just too pretty, I couldn't resist. The story is decent, it picks up at some points and drags at others, but the art is wonderful and the way the manga-ka colors = ♥. Also, it has plenty of those adorably corny, but-you-need-them-in-your-life speeches where the character overcomes their angst and becomes stronger for others and whatnot (or something to that effect).
Break is my favorite character by far, I love him. He's an eccentric guy, and he's in the background enough so that you want to know more about him. I might have payed a lot more attention to his parts as I read the manga than I did to others, but is that such a crime? . I also like Gilbert, though sometimes I think he needs to find something more to do than obsess about Oz lol (very unpopular opinion, I know; it's getting static to me now though). But I like it when he freaks out or gets angry. I also like his and Alice's relationship, Oz&Gil&Alice is one of the cutest trios ever.
And Break/Gilbert is totally my OTP of this series, you guys. They've got ten years of back story and enough screwed upness/tsundere-ness/friendship to be one heck of a ship. They keep each other in check; Break warning Gilbert not to let his devotion go crazy, Gilbert always telling Break to stop...being Break, their 'use me and I'll use you' 10-year long deal. And they do care about each other, even though it's never explicitly stated, you know they do. And they rival each other in power and assertiveness, and --
POTENTIAL, it's there. Just saying ♥. Take note, fic writers.
PLUS look at these characters and their cuteness:
Credit to dreamer1789 for the colored picture!