Day of Silence
Title: Day of Silence (2011)
Author: thetimesinbetween
Words: 32k; POV: Alternating; Rating: T
Summary: This is a story about support, love, and friendships that are more like family. There is Kurt and Blaine being their spectacularly adorable selves; Santana being Santana in all her fiery, vulnerable glory; Quinn being a strong, independent woman; Dave Karofsky grappling with who he is and who he wants to be; and Nick and Jeff...well, you'll have to read on to see about them.
Review: This is an ensemble story at its core but Kurt and Blaine offer a grounded foundation which the other characters revolve around. Somehow every single character, despite them having vastly different trajectories (and some of whom we have next to no canonical information on) are pitch perfect in terms of characterization; there are even some moments where you’re stopped in your tracks because how did this author possibly predict canon down to the dialogue? There’s incredibly sweet, romantic moments between Kurt and Blaine that demonstrate their soul-deep connection, raw vulnerability from Santana and Dave, and a spirit of camaraderie that Glee should have leaned into harder. This could be an episode of the show (or many) and I wouldn’t have complained for one second.
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Hey so I'm not trying to be rude are anything, I'm just curious, how old are you??? Again I mean this just out of curiosity. BTW LOVE your work
Thank you so much! Hahah all good it doesn’t bother me and I understand the importance of transparency especially online. I’m 40 years old, which I guess in the grand scheme isn’t OLD-old, but it kind of is in comparison to the vast majority within the Rise community. Though I have pleasantly met a lot of fellow old school creatives, many more than I would have anticipated. The rest tend to consider me a cool auntie. It’s why I like to make my sona look like a little ol’ cat lady!
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You wanna talk about House and Benny? Let’s talk about House and Benny. Let’s talk about how House says he saw Benny as a son figure ans a rightful successor to the strip. Let’s talk about how Benny was so charmed by House’s offer that he literally killed a man to get the position to agree to it. Let’s talk about how House was intentionally priming Benny and regrets not doing better, not for the wasted time but of Benny’s wasted potential, how it was misplaced. Let’s talk about how Benny didn’t question House’s leadership until the guy started going radio silent. Let’s talk about House and Benny:
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Andante, Andante
Title: Andante, Andante (2020)
Author: fionapear
Words: 15k; POV: Burt, Rating: G/T
Summary: 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.)
Review: This is a roughly canon compliant look at the end of season two into the summer as Blaine slowly integrates himself into the Hummel-Hudson fold. There are road trips, beach outings, backyard bbqs and one particularly poignant heart-to-heart which includes some of the most accurate Blaine dialogue I’ve ever read (you could hear the words come out of his mouth, see his gestures of resignation, feel his well-worn defeat!) I’ll admit it made me a little weepy and let’s be real: Burt POV outsells EVERY time.
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absolutely wild to me that your whole life is defined by exams you took when you were seventeen. their brains are not even fully developed yet. please pick a lane, adults. you dismiss their words. you call young people stupid and unable or not old enough to have good opinions or make choices or participate in the choosing of their own futures and yet you define their futures by one little test. well guess what an exam has a fuckton of choices and if they can't be trusted to have an opinion on their own lives then maybe they can't be trusted to make academic choices on a test either. either you give us a voice or you will not hear until it's too late
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what the fuck do you MEAN im the same age as darry curtis. from the outsiders. what the fuck do you MEAN that motherfucker was my age raising two whole little shits and all their little shit friends. what the fuck do you M
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the funniest thing about sladick's age gap is the fact that dick could talk about something that went out of use/style several decades ago and go “haha look at this vintage thing” and slade could just offhandedly say “oh i remember that. i owned one of those back when i was young” and dick has to like, sit down. bc this man is 30+ years his senior
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had this saved on my pc for a while and finally got around to using it
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