Don't Ask, I'll Tell

[worn_silk]

Title: Don’t Ask, I’ll Tell
Rating:PG
Warning(s): mild homophobia and references to a canon hate crime
Note: I wanted to play with the idea of a version of Blaine’s dad that is actually trying, even if his son doesn’t see that.
Summary: It’s not that Blaine wants to upset his dad. It’s just that he refuses to be someone he’s not.

Comments

[diabla71588]

oh, yay, i get to be the first person to flail about how amazing this is! this is pretty much my head canon for mr. anderson- not outwardly, obviously homophobic, but seemingly radiating this aura of intolerance and indifference towards blaine's sexuality. this is both very emotional and very subtle, which is a hard balance to strike, so kudos. :-)

[worn_silk]

The way I see it, how Blaine is on the show makes me think that this kind of Mr. Anderson is more likely than the an extreme homophobe.

Thank you for reading & reviewing.

[leepbc14]

I love this. I love fics where Blaine's father isn't a one-note homophobic jerk. This is so much more real and exactly what I would want of that character in canon. So sad the show hasn't explored this yet.

[worn_silk]

I really want the show to explore this, but I worry about how they'll handle it, because it would be easy to have a homophobic Mr. Anderson to contrast how awesome and supportive Burt is.

Thank you for reading & reviewing.

[adiwriting]

I love Mr. Anderson fix it fic. Because I don't believe we're going to get an understanding father for Blaine, but I also don't think that anyone could have Blaine a son and not love him to pieces. This was just the right amount of fluff and angst. They didn't have a big tearful conversation and magically everything was fixed, but they also aren't walking around hating each other either.

Perfect. (well almost perfect, because it wasn't long enough. I wanted to read forever!)

[worn_silk]

I don't believe we're going to get an understanding father for Blaine, but I also don't think that anyone could have Blaine a son and not love him to pieces.

This is, like, my primary headcanon for Mr. A.

Thank you for reading & reviewing.

[imkindofaninja]

This was brilliant, it's pretty much what I imagine Mr Anderson to be. The epiphany at the end was a nice surprise, usually they don't end like that but I'm really glad it did. Thank you for sharing this.

[worn_silk]

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[tailsy]

This is lovely. It's so soft and subtle and absolutely the way I see Blaine's dad. You write wonderfully! It's far too easy to go the grr angry homophobic dad!!! route, I think, and this feels really realistic and, dare I say, organic. Hehe. But really, I loved this; I'm just awful at working it out into a comment.

[worn_silk]

This comment makes me so happy, because I strive to make my stuff real.

Thank you for reading & reviewing.