got a lack of inhibition, got a loss of perspective.

[loftily]

I've been threatening to make a post about Glee for a long time. I suppose this is it. First of all, here is a confession: I love Glee. I have so many problems with the show and yet it brings me a lot of undeniable joy, so I'm just stating that right here. I should also note that I'm going to use examples from episodes 1x1 to 1x13, so this will be

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[zanzando]

I - basically, "Yeah", to everything. Especially the "One more thing" part. Because the families we build throughout our lives are the most important.

You also mentioned a couple of things that I have mostly seen people ignore, but that bugged me personally, such as the thing in the first episode where Mr. Schuester puts pot in Finn's locker. I was really upset about that, because it's such a breach of trust from a teacher, one of the so-called heroes of the show, and nobody really seemed to take it seriously

[bookshop]

i just want to say that this show's attitude towards drug abuse really bothers me, not the least because it's so *pervasive* and nearly every ep paints some kind of serious drug or alcohol abuse like it's some kind of joke with nominal effects. SO BOTHERED by this.

[zanzando]

Yes. It's in basically every episode, and while I personally care less about marihuana as an "evil drug" than I do about alcohol, it's just not on. I don't understand how nobody who works on this show (that we know of) has raised the issue of how this could be sorta problematic, to put it very mildly.

It's like "Haha, look at these four hyperactive kids, who live with a crazy alcoholic mother and a non-assertive father, and look how funny it is that they're being taught to lie whenever it's convenient for them! They are going to be so messed up when they're older! ARE YOU LAUGHING YET?"

*crossed eyes of RAGE*

[loftily]

Because the families we build throughout our lives are the most important. I know, this is so true. I was just quoting one of my favorite lines from a Jacob recap at Aja: "This preposterous, beautiful family, made up of wrong turns and fears and sadnesses twisted straight." Which speaks to me directly about a very recent Gossip Girl recap he did, in which he was excerpting Imogen Heap's "Just For Now" for the line "I'm secretly on your side", when he writes, "And again and again, the line 'I'm secretly on your side,' which: I don't know a better or more inclusive definition (translation?) for the word family than that." And it makes me think of the last Gossip Girl episode and the theme of carrying each other, especially Chuck, about growing up and having a patched together family to love and lean on

[zanzando]

a) Check, I won't watch the reveal then.

b) You're not dumping! I love Gossip Girl (and Jacob's recaps, seriously, I have a tag on Delicious for TwoP quotes, I certainly won't judge, haha.), and I still love Glee. The show, it makes so many mistakes, but there are still the kids, whom I love so much, faults and all, it's .... it's a bit like watching a younger friend grow up, fucking up a lot of things along the way, but it's okay, because you love them and they love you. Does this make any sense? Like, Glee is my kid brother, who yet needs to be taught to basically not be a moronic asshole, but I know he's a good person, with good intentions, so there's hope? Idek

[loftily]

Yeah, I am adopted so my family has always had issues, so I am always really appreciative of narratives about creating your own family and making spaces for yourself, etc.

And yes, I totally get the metaphor about watching someone grow up . . . I am secretly on Glee's side :D