Fic: Falling Is Like This - Chapter 5 of 5

[wowbright]

Chapter title: Friday, and the World Is Clear
Characters: Kurt/Blaine pre-dating, Rachel
Rating: PG-13 (entire story)
Spoilers: 2.14 (Blame It On the Alcohol).
Warnings: language
Word count: About 18,000 overall, 1,772 this part
Summary: The fact the he enjoyed kissing Rachel at the party is confusing for Blaine. But what's more confusing is Kurt.
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[mimiheart]

This fic I needed so much. BIOTA needed more backstory. I'm glad you filled it in. *goes off to read meta*

Loved it!

[wowbright]

Yay!

[selenityshiroi]

I almost didn't read this fic, because I've seen a lot of fic about BIOTA and none of them have QUITE sat right with me.

But I am so glad that I took the chance. Because this fic? Is absolutely everything I always wanted in a BIOTA fic and never before got!

I read your notes/meta, too, and I admire your attention to detail! I think the care you put into this fic and the focus you had on making things sit right (both in the universe and with the characters) is what has really settled this into my mind as missing scene headcanon.

Also, I very much look forward to your take on Sexy, if and when you get round to it!

[wowbright]

Headcanon! Headcanon! I've invaded someone's headcanon! This is awesome!

If I didn't have a cat sitting on me, I would dance.

I'm a little overwhelmed that it's everything you ever wanted in a BIOTA fic, but yay!

Sexy will happen, or my beta will stop pretty-sobbing at my Klaine and instead start to ugly-sob, and I can't have that. :)

[selenityshiroi]

I don't have a cat sat on me, so I am perfectly free to dance at Sexy epic-meta-fic happenings!

I actually liked BIOTA (which is a bit of an unpopular opinion regarding this episode!) but my main issue with it was that I could totally see that Kurt and Blaine could get from point A to B to C in the episode but then they never actually showed it. Most fic regarding this episode focuses on the aftermath of the episode instead of tackling what happened during. But you've filled in those gaps and you've showed how those journeys to each point could have gone. And it totally gels with every opinion I have of the characters, so headcanon TOTALLY accepted!

[wowbright]

Um, don't tell anyone, but BIOTA is actually one of my favorite episodes ever. *sheepish grin* Eric Stoltz is a really good director.

[backinblack]

I LOVE THIS FIC but I wanted to say:

So Kurt tells her. "I've got a bad feeling about this Rachel. I mean, I don't mean to be a scold, but I don't want you to get hurt either.

I should get out the subtitles and check but pretty sure he says "I don't want to be/get schooled"

[wowbright]

Yeah, I played it like 20 times and I read several different (unofficial) screenplays, which had several variations. So I just chose what I liked best :) It would be interesting to know the official subtitles say.

I don't think I've ever heard the verb "school" used in the passive voice before. (I've always heard it in the active, as in "I'm gonna school him" or "She schooled me on that.") I think that's part of why I opted for scold. But "schooled" makes sense.

Really, RIB should just send me copies of their screenplays. It would make my life much easier.

Also, I'm glad you like this fic enough to use all caps!!!!!!!!! :)

[whiterose0328]

So finally an ed to what has now become one of my favourite stories in this fandom.

I loved it, you truly captured these boys and gave us an insight on them and how their love came about (well how it is coming about). I can't wait to see what you do with Sexy because I already know it'll be just if not better than this.

Congratulations on finishing this.

[wowbright]

OMG. It's a favorite! And OMG, moving GIF!

(But I've just learned I should never try to lipread gifs, because it totally looks to me like Blaine is shouting "Jack-off!")

Thank you for your trust in my take on Sexy. I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes.

Thanks for taking this journey with me! It's been fun and encouraging to read your notes along the way.

[whiterose0328]

I was glad to be taken on this journey. I can now love BIOTA with this. Just to let you know, this is being saved in my memories under "Glee fics I have married!"

Yes, we have married.

Now that you mentioned it the whole "Jack-off" I had to go back to see too. And then I laughed for a couple of minutes. It could be that, but I also get "Damn" and "Take off".

Ya, my thought process is weird.

[wowbright]

That is an awesome memory tag. I might have to steal it from you. And also read all the fics that you have married. Maybe I'll marry them too : )

"Damn" and "take off" are no weirder than "Jack-off." I say this with authority.

LJ is such a butt today, omg.

[lovely_spark]

Re: LJ is such a butt today, omg.

[wowbright]

Thank you! And I'm so glad you didn't give up on commenting despite LJ being such a butt!

(I would have had this story up three hours earlier if LJ hadn't been such a butt.)

I kind of wish I could have done more with Rachel, but for this story, I really needed to stick with just K's and B's POVs and the parts of their interactions with her that were relevant to their own development. But I'm glad she didn't come off as villainy - she just does what she does - and since Kurt is (usually) okay with that and (usually) realizes it's not personal, then I can be that way, too!

It provided me some of the closure I needed, too. Yay! Two birds with one stone! (Wait, is there a non-violent way to say that?)

And thanks for the lovely GIFs!