Moar Glee
1) So, if you are a Glee fan and even the slightest bit of a slash fan? Read this fic:
Be Yourself and Five Other Cliches by fakeplasticsnow
10,000+ words, it ships Kurt/Mike with a side of Quinn/Puck (but really, do not let that stop you!). YES. KURT/MIKE aka ‘Other Asian’. Yes, yes, I know. I was skeptical too, but I swear… this reads like an episode of the show: hilarity and a dash of teen angst and unlikely friendships and subplots racing along with the plot and Kurt being flamboyant and adorable and ngffff, I cannot rec properly in the presence of such win?
Just have a go at the first few paragraphs. I was suckered in from Kurt singing ‘Heartbreaker’ and Artie being Jay Z to his Mariah. And Puck asking for a makeover . Andandand, okay, here’s sample:
From the looks of it, Mariah's "Heartbreaker" stands a good chance of making the set list for regionals: Mr. Schue's laughing, in a good way, while Ms. Pillsbury does a cute little wiggle-dance in her chair; Quinn lights up, and even Santana cracks a tiny fraction of a smile; for once, Puck doesn't look like he wants to projectile vomit; Mike gets up from his chair to do a pop-and-lock during the rap part, because Mike's always been kind of an attention whore -- but in an endearing way, not a Rachel Berry way -- but Finn. Finn doesn't get it. It's not that he doesn't like it, because he's smiling vacantly and bobbing his head, but he does it like he has no idea that the song is about him. Then he looks at Rachel, and Rachel looks back, and they twinkle at each other, and Kurt goes back to wanting to shove her into a locker.
Doesn’t that read exactly like a rehearsal scene from the show?
Also, mute!Matt is pure win. That is all.
(...I fic-hop, not looking for anything in particular and end up with a slash fic rec. Tsk.)
2) April Promo ! The Beatles! *does happy dance and hopes they do an episode ender with Artie singing ‘Across the Universe’* I am already loving the snippet we hear of ‘Hello Goodbye’.
Oh yeah, the guy kissing Lea Michelle in 0:46? That is so Jonathan Groff XD Just look at my icon- right height, same curly hair.
Goodness, I will do another crazy happy dance if they do a ‘Spring Awakening’ song!
3)…Though, you should know, not all my thoughts about this show are made of YAY. I get impatient at things like the Celibacy Club jokes. (That doubles for the Celibacy Club subplot in the above fic, btw.) And I am hoping they don’t rush Will/Emma. (They are both grown-ups. They should know what they’re doing, moreso than the kids.) And I’m not really in a rush to jump into any canon ship right now (I’m not really feeling Puck/Rachel at this point and all the other pairs in the Puck/Quinn/Finn/Rachel Love Square has some taint on it).
The music, though! I don’t think there’s an episode in the show where I haven’t loved or really, really liked at least one song they do. Or even if I don’t adore the song, just watching them dance around to it is enough to make me grin.
Probably more later because it’s a long weekend and my sister-in-law’s watching and I’m rewatching and I still have Thoughts.