Michael reaction post
Okay. So here we go.
-Wanna Be Startin' Something. I mean, this was gold. In my personal headcanon, Kurt was about to swoon the entire time because "OMG THAT'S MY BOYFRIEND."
-Also? Yellow pants. Thank you god and also the Glee costuming department.
-This whole proposal plotline is just a bucket of ... something, I don't even know. It's ... something.
-Sebastian is scary in this ep to me. The extent to which he absolutely DOES NOT CARE is crazy. (But I kind of adore Grant Gustin - he's sooooo good at playing bitchy.)
-Blaine's clothes in this ep (when he was in it) = LOOOOOVE.
-Also? Blaine trying to be all bad and mean and scary in his hoodie? Maybe the most adorable thing I've ever seen. Not buying it, Blaine Warbler :)
-Choreography in this ep was FANTASTIC. The amount of insinuated physicality during the musical numbers was reeeeally interesting to me.
-It seriously, SERIOUSLY bothers me that Sebastian has 1) apparently overthrown the Warbler council, and 2) brainwashed the Warblers into like hating Blaine or something. They knew about the slushy. Maybe they didn't know about the rock salt, but they passed the bag around to Sebastian during Bad. They had to know it was meant for Kurt, who was definitely not Blaine to them, but he was a Warbler too. None of them came to Blaine's aid when he was on the ground writhing in pain. Nick was the only one who looked back. Quite a change since The First Time, where they were like CLAMORING for his attention when he visited Dalton and were begging him to come back. This just reinforces to me how truly awful Sebastian is as a person. (None of this would ever happened under Wes and his gavel.) (Also, what happened to the zero tolerance bullying policy? And the Warblers believing in that? Color me disappointed, boys.)
-Poor Blaine :( He's being all heroic, pushing Kurt out of the way, thinking all he's gonna get is some corn syrup on his clothes. Instead, he gets rock salt in his eye. And speaking from experience, a deep corneal abrasion? Hurts like HELL. Initially I laughed at the semi-ridiculousness of Glee, but after thinking about it, it really wasn't that awful. I think they could have done better than an eye injury (but this is coming from an ICU nurse who looooves Blangst, so grain of salt, people.) But when I was about like 8 years old, my eye got cut with a roll of butcher paper (long story, think AWFUL-ASS PAPERCUT BUT ON YOUR CORNEA) and I didn't require surgery but had to wear an eyepatch for a really long time and I STILL remember how bad that hurt.
-Kurt's face while explaining Blaine's injury is one of the saddest things I've ever seen.
-Artie. For. The. Win.
-And Mike Chang? In Scream? OMFG. PLEASE PUT HIM IN EYELINER ALL THE TIME. He looked surprisingly androgynous. That whole Scream sequence, in fact, kind of blew my mind. Glee doesn't always do things right, but when they do, it's REALLY good.
-Rachel/Quinn scene: PERFECTION. I loooove what they've done with Quinn's storyline, I LOVE that she's gotten into Yale, and I love that song she sang. I didn't love it on First Listen Friday, but the performance was awesome. And she looked GORGEOUS. And her little speech to the Glee club? Refreshingly honest and very sweet. (Mr. Schue's Yale-yeah at the end, though, I could've done without.)
-"I refuse to take it from Sebastian, the criminal chipmunk." Oh, Kurt, I love you.
-And oh, Santana, I love you too.
-SAMCEDES. YOU ARE ADORABLE.
-Am I the only person who thought that the word that Schue underlined said "ERECTIONS" initially? No? Okay.
-Burt/Kurt scene: I'm not gonna lie, it made me cry. And I squeed SO LOUD when Burt was all "Who's gonna tell Blaine??? You gotta let me do it!!"
-Rachel/Kurt scene: CALLED. IT. (But honestly, the end threw me so hard. I was just like O.o!!) And he HUGGED HER. He actually initiated physical contact. He must've felt realllly bad...
-Blaine's bedroom scene: he is so heart-eyes for Kurt. It makes me smile. But part of me really wishes that Kurt had been sitting on the bed with him, rather than in that uncomfortable-looking chair. Also, leave it to Finn to cheer Blaine up about wearing an eye patch by bringing him movies with eye patches in them. Oh, the Pirate!Blaine fic that is going to come of this. I can't wait... HE IS SO ADORABLY PROUD OF KURT ABOUT NYADA. I LOVE IT.
-Omg, Rachel and Finn, YOU ARE NOT MAKING HIM FEEL BETTER BY TALKING ABOUT LOSING AN EYE. OR BOTH OF THEM.
-Ben was surprisingly ... good. But Rachel's part still sounds creepy to me.
-Did Blaine rearrange his room since The First Time?
-Smooth Criminal. Holy crap. Way to call the Warblers out, Santana. Another bothersome scene with Sebastian ... he doesn't care about anybody. Not Blaine, not the Warblers, not anybody. He's out for blood, and I'm not sure why, which bothers me more. He's just ... evil. (And WARBLERS OMG YOU LET HIM SLUSHY ANOTHER ND PERSON AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO BLAINE?? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? WHERE ARE THE DAPPER BOYS I KNOW AND LOVE????)
-Seriously disappointed that there was no I Want You Back performance. Because as much as the Warblers are squicking me out, I love that song. And it would've been reeeally interesting to watch Sebastian as their leader, and see what he does and how they react, especially after learning that there really was rock salt in Blaine's slushy. Hoping for a later release of it like they did with Santa Baby...
-It was interesting to see how Kurt handled things, especially after hearing Chris Colfer's take on what HE would do in that situation. I need more protective!Kurt, even though I understand where he's coming from...
-Over Finchel. Over it. Didn't even like that song. (Guys, can we learn? Finn sounds AWESOME in his lower register and AWFUL in his upper register. Get with the program.) I can't wait to see what her dads say about this. (also? IT IS SO AWKWARD WHEN THEY KISS.)
-Black or White was awesomesauce. I am so glad they didn't cut Kurt's part. And holy shit I love that ring box outfit. He looks so good. Hoping desperately that he went to Blaine's house wearing it and, ahem, made him feel a little better.
-Fiiiiinally the Warblers come around. Good job, Trent, for leading the pack.
-I still kind of can't believe that Rachel's a finalist too. I mean, I can ... but that was a nice little twist they did there. I kind of love the shock that comes over her face when she realizes she's made a terrible, TERRIBLE mistake by telling Finn yes.
WHERE IS THE PREVIEW FOR NEXT WEEEEK????? I NEED TO SEEEE IT.