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Hi Tumblr Darren fans - need your wisdom. Planning to take hubs and my daughter to MHE end of July on a Wed - 2-show day.

We prefer to see the 2pm show - is there any reason to think that Darren would opt out of the matinee? I have confirmed that he is not scheduled out for any shows and that we can get a refund if he is suddenly out (illness) but obviously we want to see it with him. Does he ever opt out of the matinee for rest or whatever? Thanks!

Also, we need wheelchair seats for my daughter and there is a great price on a wheelchair seat at the far left of row J - telecharge says is not obstructed. Does anyone know for sure that far left mid-orchestra is good view?

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So I suppose we now know the magic number was 10 years…10 to shake off the glee crazy and give us the glimpses of a friendship we in reality would have loved more of way back when.

Imagine never having to write a post saying to the particular unpleasant corner that no kids, it’s not them, it’s you.

But 10 years late, might as well enjoy the little Tonys party. So happy for Darren and his gem of a show!

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Poppin in to say yay Darren! Beautiful show and great human and made that beautiful and gracious speech that made Helen cry.😍.

Hope you’re all well.

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Actor Chris Colfer is coming back

🚨🚨🚨🚨

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So Darren accidentally (?) announces that he will be Seymour in an off broadway show from January until the end of March...I admit this is a nice surprise. Hope I can make it happen.

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AO3 Top Relationships Bracket- Round 3

This poll is a celebration of fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with many of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement, and refrain from harassment.

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Hi friends. I'm in the mood to write a fic (maybe for @klaineadvent?) and seem to be in the mood for a high school AU - I need some inspirations. Any prompts/concepts for a high school Kurt meets Blaine?

I also have a potential college AU germinating (Kurt, an intern at Vogue, has a hook up with third year NYADA student Blaine. Kurt starts NYADA second semester (like in season 5) only to find out Blaine is his dance TA - something like that...)

But I'm actually more in the mood for a coming of age high school AU - help!

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I have had a fic reading resurgence and need some recs. Got any well written/ well-voiced Kurt-meets-Blaine fics for me? Complete fics.

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A Very darren crissmas tour

It’s time to think about cold weather in 🇺🇸! Announcing a TON of NEW Holiday Show dates to warm up your November and December.

Pre-Sale For New Shows Begins Wednesday, Sept 13 at 10am Local General On-Sale Begins Friday, Sept 15 at 10am Local

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Also - anyone have a vid of Darren singing 'I Still Think' yesterday? I read that he sang it and it's a fave but I have seen no vids. Anyone?

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Hi all. For anyone who's still interested, I'm re-watching many eps of Glee as my 13 yo daughter watches (we just finished 3.18) and the most interesting thing is that there are many eps that I love but have almost never re-watched because they're not one of THE BIG eps (original song, the first time etc...) - Michael, On My Way, Dance With Somebody (that's sort of one of the big eps but I haven't re-watched), Choke.

So many things Glee got wrong (truly problematic) and so many it got right and broke ground and then there are just those magic moments of a cast with chemistry.

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Just found this author who has 1 WIP and this excellent long (17k) one shot - excellent voicing and hot with my favourite enemies to lovers trope.

Enjoy!

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Fic: Wounded

Klaine Word Scramble No. 4

Fandom/Pairing: Glee, Kurt/Blaine

Words: ~ 800 words                                           

Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Kurt comes to a decision.

A vignette from my Mormon!Klaine universe. I do not recommend reading this if you have recently started Out of Eden, because this will not make any sense and also be a little spoilery. If you’ve been reading the vignettes for years, though, enjoy! (Or don't enjoy. This one's a bit moody if you don't know what's coming next.)

This vignette takes place after I’ll Always Belong to You  and before To Tell the Truth.

My Mormon!Klaine Masterpost.

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At 4 a.m., Kurt finally gave up on trying to fall back asleep. He gave Stürmchen a final scritch under the chin, gathered her into his arms, and set her gently at Blaine’s feet. Blaine shifted in his sleep, making room for her behind his knees.

This was the last time Kurt would ever see Blaine sleeping. He wished there were more light in the room, that he could make out more than vague shadows, that he could see the dark line of Blaine’s eyelashes against his cheeks.

But this was how it had to be. Every true desire Kurt would ever feel in his life would go unfulfilled. That was the path God had chosen for him.

Kurt grabbed his running tights and a T-shirt and left the room without ceremony. He changed in the bathroom. He'd forgotten his socks, but he wasn't going to go back in, so he tied on his shoes, addressed a note to Elder Anderson, and left it on the kitchen table with his phone and nametag before heading out the apartment door.

Kurt was breaking a rule. But he'd broken them before: unsupervised meetings with female investigators, sleepovers and slow dances with his companion, jerking off in the shower—going for a run by himself was hardly the worst infraction. And he needed to be alone. He couldn't think clearly when he was around Blaine. He let himself believe things that weren't true. He lulled himself into thinking Blaine could love him back in the same way Kurt loved him.

Because that's what it felt like, when Blaine took his hands in the hills of Allgäu and leaned against him on the train and danced with him slowly across the liv oh I had the wrong one goddamniting room, his cheek on Kurt's shoulder, his lips echoing the sweet, impossible words of a love song. Not just yesterday, but so many times before.

Sometimes, when Blaine looked at him, Kurt felt like God had created them for each other, like two puzzle pieces that snapped together perfectly.

And maybe God had. But not the way Kurt wanted. Kurt had wanted it so badly that he’d convinced himself, the night before, that Blaine was going to tell him the words he'd always longed to hear. It had seemed that way when Blaine spoke his name at the end of their dance last night, pronouncing the single syllable with the same reverence he said his prayers. Kurt had expected a confession of the best kind, thought the only reason it hadn't come forth was because Dani had interrupted them with her knocking.

So after she left, Kurt waited. He waited through their cleaning up and getting ready for bed, through their evening prayers when Blaine thanked Heavenly Father for their beautiful day and their wonderful companionship. He thought, after their “amen”s, when Blaine looked into his eyes the same way he had at the end of their dance, that Blaine was going to say it: I love you. I've always loved you. Not as a brother, but the way that Jonathan loves David.

Kurt’s sneakers pounding against the pavement made a steady, soothing sound. Somewhere a few streets off, a car was finding its way down the road. A bird or two twittered from the bushes, heralding the imminent arrival of dawn.

Kurt was so stupid. Blaine would never say that. Blaine thought Jonathan and David were just friends, because Blaine was so freaking straight that it didn’t even occur to him what his touches and looks and words and kisses and kindness did to Kurt. He loved Kurt and had no idea how much that love wounded him. To Blaine, everything was pure and simple and good. Sex and romance never figured into the connection between them.

Kurt was unraveling. So it had to end. He would run and pray until he could return to the apartment without saying something stupid. It wasn't going to be like last time, after the concert. He wasn't going to get angry at Blaine, and he wasn't going to give him the silent treatment, and he wasn't going to cry. They would have breakfast and do their morning studies like every other companionship in the mission. And then Kurt would excuse himself for a minute, shut himself in the bedroom, and call Elder St. James. It would be easy to tell him. Elder St. James already knew half of it. All Kurt had to do was tell him the other half. And then Elder St. James would call the mission president, and the mission president would call Kurt, and before the day was out, Kurt would be on a train to somewhere else and Blaine would have a new companion.

President Steele was reasonable. He wouldn't send Kurt home for wanting. He would give him a new companion who was annoying and had repulsive habits, and Kurt would bury himself in the work until it was time to go home.

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I'm So Excited - Darren Criss - Ford Theater LA - 7/23/23

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Well this little list had me fall into a really well written story from an author I don't know and a fic I'd never heard of. Big rec to "Come Alive" above - great writing, perfect voicing - a surprise new story after all this time!

Here's a bingo card full of great Klaine fics:

Debut: Days by AllyThePotato

Page Turner: Come Alive by delires

Need Tissues: Stick Season by Blurglesmurfklaine

Unusual Occupation: Witch Wanted by RockItMan

Wild Card: Running in Circles, Coming up Tails by izwordsoup

Summer: Swing, Swing by quizasvivamos

Challenge: Ebb and Flow by maanorchidee

Laugh: these inconvenient fireworks by redheadgleek

Trope I don't normally read: Out of Eden (and the whole 'verse) by wowbright

Thanks for your Bingo card! HERE is the collection (125 fics and counting!) and here is the info for the 2023 Klaine Bingo! ~Lynne

1) Days by AllyThePotato

Blaine lives in San Fransisco, Kurt lives in Lima. They've never met in person, but befriend one another and talk over the phone. They make plans to live in NYC together, but will everything go as planned?

2) Come Alive by delires

1960s NYC: Newly-wed junior advertising exec Blaine Anderson finds a missing piece to his puzzle in the back room of a Manhattan bar. Mad Men era AU.

3) Stick Season by @blurglesmurfklaine

After Finn dies, Kurt leaves everything he knows behind without a trace. His hometown, his family, his boyfriend. When his dad has a medical scare, he returns to Lima, one year after breaking Blaine’s heart with no explanation.

4) Witch Wanted by @rockitmans

Blaine is cursed to not touch anyone, Kurt is the grumpy neighborhood witch. They each have something the other other needs (the thing is love)

5) Running in Circles, Coming up Tails by izwordsoup

Kurt and Adam are married with a seven-year-old daughter, Ellie. "Happily married" is another question. Ellie takes piano lessons from none other than Blaine Anderson, who also happens to be a good friend of Kurt's since college. What happens to them when Adam goes to England to star in a West End musical, leaving Kurt and Ellie in New York? What happens when Blaine becomes a more frequently-seen figure in Kurt and Ellie's lives due to Ellie's piano schedule?

6) Swing Swing by quizasvivamos

The Skanks, Kurt and Quinn, are a thing. Blaine, a bit of a bad boy, is dating that goth girl, Tina. The four best friends are fully immersed in the Emo/Scene subculture, the kids everyone at school calls emo or just plain freaks. As close-knit as a friend group can get, the couples share a lot in common: their love of choir and band, tastes in music and art, partying, going to shows and concerts, getting wasted, and—oh, yeah—each other's partners. They swap sometimes. Because it's cool, and it's hot. Besides, it's just for fun. Then, in the summer before their senior year, they take a life-altering road trip to Cleveland for Warped Tour 2005.

7) Ebb & Flow by maanorchidee

Blaine Anderson is yet another anonymous New Yorker who's trying to get a job in the entertainment industry. His days are filled with auditions, bleak subway rides, piano lessons, and complaining about his annoying next-door-neighbour. But Blaine has a secret that he cannot share with his other friends: he dreams of playing competitive Splatoon 2. He already has a hard time justifying this music degree, so he doesn't need to add an interest in eSports to that. That's why the only person who knows about this, is yet another stranger on the internet named Kurt. The two met in an LGBT Splatoon 2 Discord and became fast friends. Little do they know that they also know each other offline.

8) These Inconvenient Fireworks by redheadgleek

After an unexpected Tony award, Kurt Hummel is Broadway's hottest up and coming star, which comes with expectations and some admirers that won't take a hint. When his best friend Elliott Gilbert suggests that they pretend to date to get the leeches to back off, Kurt takes him up on the idea. It's all working out great - until Kurt starts to fall hard for the dark-haired music director of his latest musical.

9) Out of Eden by @wowbright

As a gay Mormon, Kurt Hummel has decided to go the rest of his life without falling in love. But toward the end of his two years as a missionary in Germany, Elder Anderson moves into his apartment—and Kurt's best-laid plans fall apart.

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Thanks for recc'ing my story. That story is actually one of my faves that I've written which is extra surprising because it's not a trope I normally even like (famous!blaine) - but somehow I wrote it and I liked it. Enjoy!

Klainebingo 2023

Thank you for hosting this event! I’m an old school reader and admittedly haven’t read much new stuff post-2016 or so, so it’s been absolutely lovely to find some new stories and authors!

1 Reverb (2018) by Fickelodeon

2 Wouldn’t Change a Thing (2020) by nontarelationship 

3 You Will Be Found (2020) by kurtswish

4 Avian Series (2020) by kurtswish (Occupation: Superhero Costumer)

5 Even Better Than the Real Thing (2020) by gleekto

6 Andante, Andante (2020) by fionapear 

7 Courting Royalty (2022) by hundredindecisions (Challenge: 3-2-1 Prompt Bang 2022)

8 (N/A)

9 Head Versus Heart (2020) by dizzywhiz (Trope: Hurt/Comfort)

Thanks for your list!!  Find them on ao3.  Rules here

1. Debut fic:  Reverb by Fickelodeon

Post-Michael thru Season 4, Blaine’s just a little unwell, and it’s not long before everyone can tell. Physical and Mental illness. Hurt/Comfort. If Robin Cook wrote for Glee and General Hospital, the story would probably go like this. Universe Expansion for Seasons 3 and 4 wherein I add some elements to canon and leave some out but manage to get everyone back to place where they can still have the endings they got in canon. Honestly, I just wanted to write H/C, but the more I hurt Blaine, the more I realized he wasn’t going to handle that very well, so I added in diagnosed mental illness. All in all, it’s everything I love to read in fic all in one epic story, just in case I don’t ever get the chance to write these characters again.

2.  Page turner:  Wouldn’t Change a Thing  by notarelationship

On the eve of his junior year at Dalton, Blaine’s dad kicks him out of the house, dumping him at the bus stop, cutting him off, and leaving him homeless. This is the story of how he survives, meets Kurt, and ultimately triumphs.

3. Need Tissues:  You Will Be Found  by @kurtswish

While on a National Broadway Tour, Kurt meets an intriguing man. With more than just miles separating them, they must make a choice. Will they go back to their different lives, or will they let themselves be found?

4. Unusual occupation: Avian Series by @kurtswish

Kurt Hummel always felt separate from his world and being the only one without a Soulmark didn’t help. Just as he is ready to end it all, something happens to change the course of his life.  Parts 1 - 3

5. Your choice:  Even Better Than the Real Thing by @gleekto

College AU/Famous!Blaine and Fanboy!Kurt - Kurt POV

Kurt really doesn’t have time to figure out the dating world between being a freshman at prestigious theatre school, LAADA, and his active but secret blogging life in the Sing!Fandom. So what if Sing! ended last year? There are still fics to read and actors to follow. Especially the uber talented heartthrob lead, Blaine Anderson. He can act. He can sing. He can even dance. He’s gay. He’s out. And he’s only 24. Kurt is willing to twiddle his thumbs and click refresh until Blaine Anderson’s next project.

He just didn’t expect the next project to be on his roommate Rachel’s new TV show.

6. Summer story:  Andante, Andante  by fionapear

Burt settles himself down in the chair of the vanity, peering up at the wall-mount TV at the movie. He fishes in his pocket for the piece of paper from the restaurant earlier. His fortune cookie fortune reads: “With time comes understanding.” It feels a little apt, even if he can’t place exactly why.

(Or: In which Burt Hummel, slowly, begrudgingly, grows to accept Blaine’s presence in his life.)

7. Written for a challenge:  Courting Royalty  by hundredindecisions  @thnxforknowingmeme

During Kurt’s senior year, his friend Rachel gets some surprising news: she’s the princess of a tiny European country, and she has a twin brother to share the throne with. The summer after graduation, Kurt visits his newly-royal friend in the country she’s heir to before they head to New York for college. Staying in a castle and rubbing shoulders with European nobility is pretty overwhelming, but the most remarkable part is meeting Rachel’s brother Blaine, the new prince who Kurt instantly begins crushing on. This summer is either going to be a fairy tale come true, or result in multiple diplomatic catastrophes.Inspired by Meg Cabot’s Princess Diaries series and the movie adaptations, but no background knowledge is needed to understand the fic.

8. n/a

9.  Genre/trope you wouldn’t normally read:  Head Versus Heart by @dizzywhiz

Blaine gets hit by a taxi and ends up in the hospital - so naturally, as his best friend and long-standing roommate, Kurt visits him at every possible opportunity until he gets to come home.

It only takes a couple of visits before Kurt notices something impossibly endearing: the beeping of Blaine’s heart rate monitor speeds up whenever his friends come to visit. At least, Kurt assumes it happens with all of Blaine’s friends, until Sam has no idea what he’s talking about.

#Jen

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55 Years of Music Through Glee

besties what’s your glee birth year song??? mine is “I Have Nothing” <3 also sorry if you were born before 1960 :(