Less Glee, more Mild Amusement

[lokifan]

So I promised

Comments

[archaeologist_d]

I watch it for the music. The plotholes and characterizations are awful. They do occasionally film at my daughter's school so that's always a treat.

Lima is a town in Ohio.

[lokifan]

Fair enough :) The characterisation more-or-less works for me so far but yeah, even I notice the plotholes and I NEVER do.

Okay, cheers. So is it like... associated with not being very well-educated? Or parochial or something? What does "Lima loser" specifically imply?

[archaeologist_d]

I have no idea. I haven't watched the first season in years and they don't do Lima Loser any more. I think it's being associated with non-cool people (which didn't make sense to me since I thought since half of the glee club is into sports and cheerleading, they'd be the cool ones).

Urban dictionary says:

A term coined on the Fox show "Glee"- meaning a person that won't succeed in life and will be a loser for the rest of his/her life and never amount to anything.

Lima being the town in which the Glee characters live in, or Lost In the Middle of America (L.I.M.A.)

For a lot of people, being stuck in the middle of nowhere (although Lima, Ohio certainly isn't but I could see why people who lived there might think so) is worse than death so they try to leave as soon as they can.

[lokifan]

Thanks :)

Makes sense to me, honestly. Lost In the Middle of America sounds awful to me, but then I'm a city girl who appreciates how close everything is in Europe!

[rahirah]

Glee is... not the best-written show out there, IMO. I watched it for a couple of seasons because I liked the musical numbers, but then they started autotuning them into blandness and I gave up.

[lokifan]

Haha, no. But I just want my cheerleaders lezzing up as soon as possible.

:( Oh no! Luckily my offer to dora_the_nymph was only for one season, so I'll see what I think when I've finished that.

[lokifan]

I was warned about annoyingness, particularly in that "look, we are lampshading possible prejudice! also minorities can use that status to get ahead!" vein. So I'm not as annoyed as I would be. Plus I hear it gets better. But "fake worthiness" is how it comes off to me. And I like Rachel, Finn etc but the only character I really like is Puck. We'll see though. I do love me a song and dance number.

As tropes go...

[nathalieweasley]

I had a lot of problems with Glee because of the portrayal of OCD

This is why I stopped watching The Big Bang Theory.

[slashedsilver]

I'm a huge fan of musicals and music in general, especially acapella mash-ups or old songs done in a new way, so I thought I would love Glee. Unfortunately, the music wasn't enough to save the show. I gave up midway through Season 1.

Harry/Draco. *blinks* Yes, I'm now showing my lack of creativity.

[lokifan]

Makes sense. I would have given up around then too if it wasn't for the deal with dora_the_nymph! And yeah, I looooove musicals and acapella and mash-ups so I hoped for more love!

H/D:

[deathlydragon]

I want a gif reaction to the Harry Potter spin-off announcement, please? :D

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