thinky thoughts on 3.18
Glee spoilers, sorry.
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I'm not mad about Beiste's storyline. In fact, I'm rather pleased with it, honestly.
Do I wish they had verbally acknowledged how hard it is leave someone when you are being abused so the ending would have made more sense? Yes.
Do I wish they had talked to the BOYS about domestic violence? Yes.
Do I wish they had talked about domestic violence in the LGBT community? Yes.
But overall, I'm happy because the show did three things completely and utterly right: 1) being hit is never funny, never right, and never okay. 2) if you are being hit for whatever reason, then you need to get the hell out of that situation right this second. 3) someone being violent towards you isn't your fault. Ever. For those three reasons, I can forgive everything else.
Of course, I'm also one of those people who was a-okay with the Karofsky storyline--my only problem with that story was how Kurtreacted to it--under no circumstances should the show allow Kurt to feel guilty over his abuser trying to kill himself, no matter how realistic it was, at least not without verbal acknowledgment that Kurt owes Karofsky nothing.
But the best thing to me about this storyline? People are talking about it. Hate how it was handled all you want, but if Glee make one person stop and think, "Huh, you know my aunt gets bruised all the time? I wonder if she's being abused and needs help" then it's worth it. Because this is something that is real, and that is serious, and if all Glee does is make people talk about it--even if it's just about how shitty they handled the issue--then I am all for it.
I posted some facts on my tumblr yesterday about domestic violence, mostly because people on tumblr were whining about Beiste going back to Cooter. Beiste going back to him is actually the most realistic route glee could go, and showing that and acknowledging it? Props to Glee. Props. To. Glee.
Anyway, that's all I really want to talk about that issue right now, other than this:
- if you are in this type of situation, get out. Get out now. There are shelters, there are hotlines, there are places you can go and people who are willing to help you. The best thing you can do right now is to simply get out of there.
- If you ever need someone to talk to, about anything, then my ask box is always open. Feel free to send me a private message. I'm not a professional by any means, but I will always listen, I promise.
Mkay. Now on to funner (ha ha ha) things.
Kurt's audition was brilliant and filled me with proud mama feels. Did anyone else notice Kurt's magic? He bended reality to his will. He merged his reality (phantom costume, alone on stage) with the hyper reality of his imagination (gold pants, background singers) to make his audition perfect. I'm not convinced that we as the audience were supposed to accept the gold pants and background singers as real, or as metaphor--Kurt gave a professional, Broadway-worthy performance, and that's what Carmen saw and was impressed with.
Did anyone else catch the fact that Rachel explicitly says self-sabotage? Yes, she's talking about Kurt, but she's also projecting. (ow my heart).
I want a Rachel/Puck bromance fic right this second. Someone get on it.
Speaking of Puck, I'm so, so worried about him. I'm scared about what he (and Rachel, for that matter) are going to do now that their dreams have been crushed. I'm not sure Glee will go there, but I'm worried Puck's psuedo prostitution is going to come up again, and it's going to be worse this time. Because what does Puck value other than sex and his body? It's the only currency he knows. I'm scared he's going to offer to blow Figgins in order to graduate, and I'm really scared that Figgins is creepy enough/Lima is a terrible enough place that it would work. Help. Someone offer me a better alternative?
I'm sure there will be more thoughts later, but this is enough for right now.
jak
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I'm not mad about Beiste's storyline. In fact, I'm rather pleased with it, honestly.
Do I wish they had verbally acknowledged how hard it is leave someone when you are being abused so the ending would have made more sense? Yes.
Do I wish they had talked to the BOYS about domestic violence? Yes.
Do I wish they had talked about domestic violence in the LGBT community? Yes.
But overall, I'm happy because the show did three things completely and utterly right: 1) being hit is never funny, never right, and never okay. 2) if you are being hit for whatever reason, then you need to get the hell out of that situation right this second. 3) someone being violent towards you isn't your fault. Ever. For those three reasons, I can forgive everything else.
Of course, I'm also one of those people who was a-okay with the Karofsky storyline--my only problem with that story was how Kurtreacted to it--under no circumstances should the show allow Kurt to feel guilty over his abuser trying to kill himself, no matter how realistic it was, at least not without verbal acknowledgment that Kurt owes Karofsky nothing.
But the best thing to me about this storyline? People are talking about it. Hate how it was handled all you want, but if Glee make one person stop and think, "Huh, you know my aunt gets bruised all the time? I wonder if she's being abused and needs help" then it's worth it. Because this is something that is real, and that is serious, and if all Glee does is make people talk about it--even if it's just about how shitty they handled the issue--then I am all for it.
I posted some facts on my tumblr yesterday about domestic violence, mostly because people on tumblr were whining about Beiste going back to Cooter. Beiste going back to him is actually the most realistic route glee could go, and showing that and acknowledging it? Props to Glee. Props. To. Glee.
Anyway, that's all I really want to talk about that issue right now, other than this:
- if you are in this type of situation, get out. Get out now. There are shelters, there are hotlines, there are places you can go and people who are willing to help you. The best thing you can do right now is to simply get out of there.
- If you ever need someone to talk to, about anything, then my ask box is always open. Feel free to send me a private message. I'm not a professional by any means, but I will always listen, I promise.
Mkay. Now on to funner (ha ha ha) things.
Kurt's audition was brilliant and filled me with proud mama feels. Did anyone else notice Kurt's magic? He bended reality to his will. He merged his reality (phantom costume, alone on stage) with the hyper reality of his imagination (gold pants, background singers) to make his audition perfect. I'm not convinced that we as the audience were supposed to accept the gold pants and background singers as real, or as metaphor--Kurt gave a professional, Broadway-worthy performance, and that's what Carmen saw and was impressed with.
Did anyone else catch the fact that Rachel explicitly says self-sabotage? Yes, she's talking about Kurt, but she's also projecting. (ow my heart).
I want a Rachel/Puck bromance fic right this second. Someone get on it.
Speaking of Puck, I'm so, so worried about him. I'm scared about what he (and Rachel, for that matter) are going to do now that their dreams have been crushed. I'm not sure Glee will go there, but I'm worried Puck's psuedo prostitution is going to come up again, and it's going to be worse this time. Because what does Puck value other than sex and his body? It's the only currency he knows. I'm scared he's going to offer to blow Figgins in order to graduate, and I'm really scared that Figgins is creepy enough/Lima is a terrible enough place that it would work. Help. Someone offer me a better alternative?
I'm sure there will be more thoughts later, but this is enough for right now.
jak