My personal Klaine headcanon
I'm posting this here more for my own archival purposes than because I think anyone will care, but I'm pretentious enough that I like to think someday my little fanbase will be all "OMG, tell me everything that goes on in your head!" ... I'm a terribly narcissistic person sometimes. But if you care at all, my long, rambling explanation of my (highly unoriginal, largely borrowed from various fics I've liked) headcanon is after the cut.
In my headcanon, Blaine is every bit the virgin that Kurt is, and Kurt is his first real kiss, too. I didn’t realize this was a rare take on things until I read a ton of stories featuring sexually-experienced Blaine. And that makes sense, too - it’s the trope of the experienced guy who finally falls for the one person he really cares about and turns over a new leaf, and it makes for some great angst from Kurt about not being good enough for him. However, I’m partial to the idea of gentleman-Blaine who had the opportunity to date/screw around, but preferred to wait for the right person. The idea that just because Blaine presumably knows other gay guys, he must have made out or more with everyone he can get his hands on just rubs me the wrong way. I would by no means mind if canon-Blaine turns out to have had a couple boyfriends and made out with them, but with how ridiculously experienced some authors make Blaine, I want to say to them "you realize he's SEVENTEEN?"
Rather, I think that Blaine had one or two “girlfriends” around age twelve, but when one of them tried to kiss him he quickly realized that he just wasn’t interested. And then in his freshman year Blaine suspected one of his guy friends wanted to be more than friends, so he kissed him (not in a Karofsky-ish way, but the normal, chaste way you kiss someone as a way of letting them know you’re interested) and the guy freaked out, which lead to Blaine being outed/coming out to his family, and the bullying, and the transfer to Dalton.
I like to think Blaine’s parents were accepting of his coming out, but nothing like Burt; more in a “meh, there’s nothing we can do about it, so I guess we won’t kick you out of our house” way. They'd also rather not think too much about his love/sex life -- if he brings a boyfriend over, they treat him as if he were just a friend, and they don't want Blaine to bring up his sexuality at the dinner table or anything. Of course his family’s wealthy, from old money, but they’re not Richard and Emily Gilmore (i.e. they don’t live in a mansion or have a maid or go to fancy dinner parties every weekend; they just live extremely comfortably) - although I could get behind a Pretty in Pink-esque rich boy/poor boy plot on the show if that turns out to be the case.
His parents are both workaholics in boring, corporate jobs (insurance, accounting, whatever) and are gone all the time, so they don’t take much interest in what Blaine does with his life as long as he doesn’t “embarrass the family name.” The pocket watch is a family heirloom, and Blaine’s secretly touched that they still gave it to him for his sixteenth birthday, and don’t consider him an embarrassment - although they still won’t mention that their son is gay in mixed company unless someone directly asks.
I haven’t mentioned her in any of my stories yet, but my Blaine has an older sister (name yet to be determined) who’s off at some Ivy League school, and is annoyingly perfect - gorgeous, crazy-smart, popular, president of every single club in high school. Of course their parents fawn over her and are incredibly proud, not in the least because she’s dating/engaged to some perfect, rich pre-med guy, whereas Blaine’s more of a footnote in their lives. They’ve never come to a single Warblers performance, ostensibly because they’re too busy, but he knows that it just reminds them of why they had to send him to Dalton in the first place - they’re uncomfortable with scandal, or any big display of emotion really.
My Kurt is basically the one we see on the show - he’s witty (at least, I hope he comes across that way in my writing) and smart, one of those super-smart kids who’s been stifled in terrible public schools his entire life. I don’t think the Hummels are poor, but Kurt has to save and watch the sales like a hawk and settle for secondhand sometimes to keep up his fabulous wardrobe (and decorating taste), and his car came after years of saving for it. They’re firmly blue collar middle-class, but they’ve never had to go without things they need. And I love the idea of grease-monkey Kurt who works in the garage sometimes in order to make some spending money, and secretly loves working with his hands.
I don’t really have an idea in my head yet of what Kurt’s mother was like, so I’ll probably come back to this space later.
Kurt is, of course, a high-strung bitch at times, and I try to embrace his selfish bitchiness in my writing rather than make him a schmoopy little kitten (I adore schmoop, but how OOC Kurt is in some stories just for the sake of fluff makes my eyes bleed). He’s cynical, and lashes out when he’s hurt or angry, but secretly he just wants someone to cuddle with, who will love him for everything he is. It’s something he barely let himself even dream about before Blaine cracked his hard shell with hand-holding and “Teenage Dream,” and he worries constantly in the back of his mind that he's going to screw things up and lose Blaine. Kurt’s vulnerable, but he’ll do everything in his power to not let anyone - except for Blaine - see that. Blaine’s able to get away with a lot more than other people just because Kurt’s in love with him. (I’m a sucker for romantic plots in which one person is the only one to make the other person let their guard down.)
A lot of the idiosyncrasies I’ve given them are inspired by my real life and relationship with my boyfriend, or shamelessly borrowed from general fanon. Kurt is secretly obsessed with Starbucks (I love that the coffee motif is apparently becoming canon for them), watches Project Runway, has a thing for stubble, and is a total cuddle-whore. Blaine is obsessed with Katy Perry, of course (he even uses cherry Chapstick), but he likes Lady Gaga too -- being a fan of both Gaga and Perry myself, I can't get behind the fanon rivalry. Blaine and Kurt both love Harry Potter, and Blaine hates Pretty in Pink because that Blane is a total douche, which would make a parallel all the more lulzy in my mind. Blaine is also a closet Backstreet Boys fan.
Breadstix is their "place" -- in My Missing Puzzle Piece that's where Blaine asks Kurt to be his boyfriend. In my mind the only reason everyone in ND loves it so much is because it's the only halfway decent Italian place in Lima. And I went with the fanon of "Kurt got a single room at Dalton because he transferred mid-semester," just because it made it easy to write the cuddling in Goodnight, My Angel. That's the kind of author I am. ;) Blaine and Wes are roommates.
I’m sure I’ll add more to this later once I’ve written more in my budding excuse for a ‘verse. For my version of how their relationship unfolds, just read my stories. :) I’m sure they’ll all be AU’d to hell soon enough, but writing them is too much fun for me to care. (Oh, and Blaine transferring to McKinley and the two of them being prom kings is totally going to happen.)
In my headcanon, Blaine is every bit the virgin that Kurt is, and Kurt is his first real kiss, too. I didn’t realize this was a rare take on things until I read a ton of stories featuring sexually-experienced Blaine. And that makes sense, too - it’s the trope of the experienced guy who finally falls for the one person he really cares about and turns over a new leaf, and it makes for some great angst from Kurt about not being good enough for him. However, I’m partial to the idea of gentleman-Blaine who had the opportunity to date/screw around, but preferred to wait for the right person. The idea that just because Blaine presumably knows other gay guys, he must have made out or more with everyone he can get his hands on just rubs me the wrong way. I would by no means mind if canon-Blaine turns out to have had a couple boyfriends and made out with them, but with how ridiculously experienced some authors make Blaine, I want to say to them "you realize he's SEVENTEEN?"
Rather, I think that Blaine had one or two “girlfriends” around age twelve, but when one of them tried to kiss him he quickly realized that he just wasn’t interested. And then in his freshman year Blaine suspected one of his guy friends wanted to be more than friends, so he kissed him (not in a Karofsky-ish way, but the normal, chaste way you kiss someone as a way of letting them know you’re interested) and the guy freaked out, which lead to Blaine being outed/coming out to his family, and the bullying, and the transfer to Dalton.
I like to think Blaine’s parents were accepting of his coming out, but nothing like Burt; more in a “meh, there’s nothing we can do about it, so I guess we won’t kick you out of our house” way. They'd also rather not think too much about his love/sex life -- if he brings a boyfriend over, they treat him as if he were just a friend, and they don't want Blaine to bring up his sexuality at the dinner table or anything. Of course his family’s wealthy, from old money, but they’re not Richard and Emily Gilmore (i.e. they don’t live in a mansion or have a maid or go to fancy dinner parties every weekend; they just live extremely comfortably) - although I could get behind a Pretty in Pink-esque rich boy/poor boy plot on the show if that turns out to be the case.
His parents are both workaholics in boring, corporate jobs (insurance, accounting, whatever) and are gone all the time, so they don’t take much interest in what Blaine does with his life as long as he doesn’t “embarrass the family name.” The pocket watch is a family heirloom, and Blaine’s secretly touched that they still gave it to him for his sixteenth birthday, and don’t consider him an embarrassment - although they still won’t mention that their son is gay in mixed company unless someone directly asks.
I haven’t mentioned her in any of my stories yet, but my Blaine has an older sister (name yet to be determined) who’s off at some Ivy League school, and is annoyingly perfect - gorgeous, crazy-smart, popular, president of every single club in high school. Of course their parents fawn over her and are incredibly proud, not in the least because she’s dating/engaged to some perfect, rich pre-med guy, whereas Blaine’s more of a footnote in their lives. They’ve never come to a single Warblers performance, ostensibly because they’re too busy, but he knows that it just reminds them of why they had to send him to Dalton in the first place - they’re uncomfortable with scandal, or any big display of emotion really.
My Kurt is basically the one we see on the show - he’s witty (at least, I hope he comes across that way in my writing) and smart, one of those super-smart kids who’s been stifled in terrible public schools his entire life. I don’t think the Hummels are poor, but Kurt has to save and watch the sales like a hawk and settle for secondhand sometimes to keep up his fabulous wardrobe (and decorating taste), and his car came after years of saving for it. They’re firmly blue collar middle-class, but they’ve never had to go without things they need. And I love the idea of grease-monkey Kurt who works in the garage sometimes in order to make some spending money, and secretly loves working with his hands.
I don’t really have an idea in my head yet of what Kurt’s mother was like, so I’ll probably come back to this space later.
Kurt is, of course, a high-strung bitch at times, and I try to embrace his selfish bitchiness in my writing rather than make him a schmoopy little kitten (I adore schmoop, but how OOC Kurt is in some stories just for the sake of fluff makes my eyes bleed). He’s cynical, and lashes out when he’s hurt or angry, but secretly he just wants someone to cuddle with, who will love him for everything he is. It’s something he barely let himself even dream about before Blaine cracked his hard shell with hand-holding and “Teenage Dream,” and he worries constantly in the back of his mind that he's going to screw things up and lose Blaine. Kurt’s vulnerable, but he’ll do everything in his power to not let anyone - except for Blaine - see that. Blaine’s able to get away with a lot more than other people just because Kurt’s in love with him. (I’m a sucker for romantic plots in which one person is the only one to make the other person let their guard down.)
A lot of the idiosyncrasies I’ve given them are inspired by my real life and relationship with my boyfriend, or shamelessly borrowed from general fanon. Kurt is secretly obsessed with Starbucks (I love that the coffee motif is apparently becoming canon for them), watches Project Runway, has a thing for stubble, and is a total cuddle-whore. Blaine is obsessed with Katy Perry, of course (he even uses cherry Chapstick), but he likes Lady Gaga too -- being a fan of both Gaga and Perry myself, I can't get behind the fanon rivalry. Blaine and Kurt both love Harry Potter, and Blaine hates Pretty in Pink because that Blane is a total douche, which would make a parallel all the more lulzy in my mind. Blaine is also a closet Backstreet Boys fan.
Breadstix is their "place" -- in My Missing Puzzle Piece that's where Blaine asks Kurt to be his boyfriend. In my mind the only reason everyone in ND loves it so much is because it's the only halfway decent Italian place in Lima. And I went with the fanon of "Kurt got a single room at Dalton because he transferred mid-semester," just because it made it easy to write the cuddling in Goodnight, My Angel. That's the kind of author I am. ;) Blaine and Wes are roommates.
I’m sure I’ll add more to this later once I’ve written more in my budding excuse for a ‘verse. For my version of how their relationship unfolds, just read my stories. :) I’m sure they’ll all be AU’d to hell soon enough, but writing them is too much fun for me to care. (Oh, and Blaine transferring to McKinley and the two of them being prom kings is totally going to happen.)