September HMD Meme!

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HMD MEME

Here are the basic rules [and delicious blatant copypasta]!

×) Comment to this post with the journal names (and name names) of characters you play. Alternatively you can also post a link to an already existing HMD in your journal, if that's what you're more comfortable with. THIS MEME IS COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY

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Re: Zia

[forgoodfashion]

He's had a few threads with Rachel discussing the whole "THE WORLD IS GONE EVERYTHING IS SAD", but mostly they're both trying to get over it/not dwell on it? And also the post on father's day, and even the baking post-- the thing with Kurt is, he might be all about dramatic gestures at times, but he's private. This is the kid who spends the week with a father who might never wake up breaking down in a library. That Kurt is a very proud kid who doesn't easily accept help has been established a lot in canon! He doesn't talk about his problems. It takes huge circumstances for him to even start talking about it-- the Karofsky thing being first in the list. Kurt is so, so used to dealing with things on his own, the ship is just an extension of that. He's not unhappy on the ship, not completely, but yeah a whole lot of him is putting on a more carefree facade.

For the house thing with Rachel-- I'm not sure what you mean? We've had a few mentions of Kurt cooking, but that's mostly because Kurt doesn't trust Rachel in the kitchen. :T (HE REMEMBERS THE "TAKE OUT" LINE.) And to go back to the baking post, cooking in general is something Kurt does to take away the stress-- I mentioned the "stress baking" thing loosely in the post, as a kind of hint that he's not necessarily all okay? He's still stressing out and worrying about things, but he's very much keeping it private. But anyway, it's not that he's being domestic with Rachel in particular, but that between him and Burt it's canonly hinted he's the one with the household chores, and he's used to that.

Um, as for his "absence"-- it's part that I've been ridiculously busy in real life (haha oops) and also partly BECAUSE of all the pre-established CR! Because Kurt is so not okay with all these people knowing him. Because of how different season one and two Kurt are, partly, and how aware of that Kurt is-- he went through so much this year, and came out of it a lot different, but everyone else knows him as that oh-so-lonely kid. He's not comfortable with that, and not sure how to react, either? Because he's never had people know of him in a good way. He mentioned that a little with Rachel in their first post, I think! But anyway.

DOES THAT HELP AM I EVEN COHERENT just... ask if you need clarifications 8|||;;

Re: Zia

[lovesagoodmisog]

NO, NO, YOU"RE MAKING SENSE! I just wasn't sure of a lot of these things because I follow *so* many characters around the ship with Brittany that stuff gets lost in all the CR.

Okay, I can see the whole wanting-to-keep-things private aspect. Again, this comes down to difference between the old and new Kurt, but you're right, he was much more secretive in season 2 about difficult issues. I can see him more like he's playing the part of someone more adjusted to things than he really is. Also, the part about him being uncomfortable with other people knowing him already...I don't exactly agree with it, but I can see that as your interpretation, and will respect your decision.

"Playing House" just refers to the fact that the two of them seemed to be platonically joined at the hip from day 1, getting an apartment/room together and hanging out quite often. I guess I'm just eager to see him interact with more people around the ship, but since you've just explained your reasons, I can see him wanting to stay close to something familiar. And he and Rachel do inexplicably become almost BFF-like towards the end of season 2 (STILL DO NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT PART, DIVA-DREAMS ASIDE), so it is technically canon.

I definitely have a better feel for his character now, and how you interpret him. GLEE can be so hard because I've seen so many muns go in so many different directions.

Re: Zia

[forgoodfashion]

No, no, you're not-- the point isn't that he's uncomfortable with people knowing him! It's that they know of him. They know Kurt as he was a year ago, and he was so different then. It's like meeting with an aunt you don't remember and she keeps telling you "how you were" and comparing you to how you used to be. There's always going to be that comparison hanging over a conversation, even if they don't necessarily do it aloud. In general, having people know details about you, (especially when you're a very private person, like Kurt) can be very unsettling! And that they think they have an understanding of him because of it is a bit insulting. He genuinely likes the people he's met that know him; he's just not comfortable with them because of it.

You also have to take into account how Kurt has recently been publicly reviled in High School (nominated prom queen, etc). He's not used to people knowing of him and LIKING him for it. Even New Directions spends most of its time mocking each other and ... generally being horrible at one another. Believing that everyone likes him/has good intentions? It's hard. It's easier than it would've been had he come from pre-Dalton, but even the Warblers had some issues with Kurt's ... kurtness. Basically it's a mix of a lot of things!

And he was secretive in season one about issues, too, though? It was even a plot point in Never Been Kissed, that before Kurt never let the bullying ~affect him enough to show~ (Will get out), which includes speaking about it. That he even mentioned it to Blaine was A Big Deal, because this kid never talks about things ever. Sob. Which imo mostly comes from that whole point of dealing with things on his own and not wanting to cause trouble/stress his father, and now I'm starting to write down my headcanon info instead of responding to it ha ha ha ha

/leaves

Re: Zia

[lovesagoodmisog]

ha ha ha.

I think that's what I mean when I said people "knowing" him. Knowing the old him. Which is not him anymore. Even if it sorta still is? Question mark?

I would hardly call it headcanon, since you're justifying yourself using examples from the series. Which is wonderful, because it shows that you really have a feel for the character.

((Are you sure the "issues" with the Warblers were really Kurt's kurtness, or was it just a generic case of individuality vs conformity? The only time when it ever really seemed to come up was when he didn't get the solo on the first try, but from a musical perspective, the decision made a lot of sense to me. I think Kurt just took it a little more personally than it was intended. After all, he later got his moment in the spotlight WITHOUT having to audition, right?))

Re: Zia

[forgoodfashion]

That's basically what I meant by kurtness, haha. That Kurt is very much unashamedly himself no matter the circumstance; including standing the fuck out, which is-- not so good from an a capella standpoint! Hence Blaine's whole TRY TO NOT ... TRY SO HARD NEXT TIME... 8|

That Kurt was being told not to stand out was probably still a point against "himself" in his mind, though? It's a thing that's come up a few times in canon before that point-- like, "can't you try not to stand out so much", etc, so having to do that musically... I'm not surprised Kurt balked! He got over it, and it really helped him reach a place where he's a much better team player, but yeah, at first it was probably a bit melancholy to still be told that in a place that's more "accepting"? I don't think it was a slight against Kurt personally, but yeah I can understand him thinking that!!