#tuiyla

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GLEE — 1.04 “Preggers”

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Expert on Puck for sure like definitively, also Kurt and Sebastian

Could not have asked for a better combination, these are my boys for sure thank you 🙏🏻

[amazonworrier]

A Quinntana song from each Taylor Swift album? 🤔

Oooooooooo tricky tricky tricky. I tried to treat this more as a “which song could I see them singing about/to/with each other if the show let them be canon” to help narrow it down but then still ended up with more than one song for each album anyway ahhhhhhhhh

Fearless

Season 5 post-Quinntana breakup Quinn POV on Biff/Santana: ‘The Way I Loved You’

Speak Now

Season 6 Quinn realising she hasn’t spoken to Santana all year: ‘The Story of Us’

Red

Season 4 post-wedding Quinntana when the two time thing gradually becomes a three time, a four time… five time thing:‘Treacherous’

1989

Season 5 breakup Quinntana: ‘Wonderland’

Honourable mention: Late season 5 missing each other ex-Quinntana: ‘I Wish You Would’

Reputation

Post-locker fight Quinntana: ‘Look What You Made Me Do’

Honourable mention: Season 4 secret FWB montage Quinntana: ‘Dress’

Lover

Season 4 realising they both want more than FWB Quinntana: ‘Paper Rings’

Honourable mention: one ex attending the other’s wedding: ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’

Folklore

Santana’s POV post-breakup: ‘August’

Quinn POV post-breakup: ‘Illicit Affairs’

Honourable mention: some sort of Quinntana team up to get revenge scenario: Mad Woman’

Evermore

Season 3 Santana POV on Quinn’s accident/waiting for her to wake up: ‘Marjorie’

Midnights

Season 4 in the aftermath of their two time thing Quinntana: ‘Maroon’

[unholybinchicken]

happy bday @tuiyla

please enjoy santana and brittany's infinite playlist in honour of your special day

[mdverse]

Speaking of Greek mythology, I've been thinking about the New Directions as the Greek pantheon and curious to know your picks and thoughts!

i've neglected this ask for MONTHS tui i'm so sorry i kept forgetting but we're finally here

anyway uhh. i would like to preface this by saying that i know it won't account for all (or any?) of the dynamics between the gods or between the glee kids, im just going based on personalities and vibes. also, i do intend on drawing glee x greek mythology stuff at some point, and i will 100% be inconsistent about which myths the kids will be in, which means i will be jumping around between making them gods or demigods whenever i feel like it. so this list isn't necessarily set in stone in my mind

for now though we are focusing on the gods individually so lets get into it :)

zeus: sebastian. not a new direction kid but none of them have the manipulate-mansplain-manwhore energy i need for zeus

poseidon: finn

hera: rachel i guess? idk

demeter: mercedes

apollo: blaine (alternatively sam)

artemis: tina

aphrodite: quinn (+ kurt as eros! i know eros isn't part of the main pantheon but i do not care)

hephaestus: artie (alternatively finn)

ares: puck

athena: brittany

hermes: sam

dionysus: santana (i know dionysus is a dude but once again i do not care and there were not enough goddesses in the main patheon)

hades: mike

i also considered santana as artemis and tina as hestia but that leaves an open spot for dionysus and i don't see mike as dionysus and my brain is weak rn. maybe a hermes!mike and dionysus!sam situation? an apollo!sam/hermes!mike/dionysus!blaine situation? hmmmm i need to think about it more but i feel like that last one could be it

i do have like. actual reasonings behind all of these thoughts except for rachel but once again my brain is weak so i can't actually form sentences that make sense. feel free to ask if u want more details tho!

[ericeffiorg]

god I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought the editing was clunky and noticed all the ADR. In these last four eps in particular like what was up with that

right?? the ADR really took me out bc the way it was so obvious the actors weren't reacting to what was being said and yet the camera stayed on them for an awkward amount of time. the season felt very rushed and i wonder if they just didn't think it was funny enough? cos a lot of the ADR was just one liners

[angelhummel]

#brody and rachel could literally fuck thru a glory hole in a table in front of god and everyone #but we needed a content warning if two boys touched lips lol TAGS i'm screaming 😭

laksjfkslfs i queued that post up ages ago, a different person wrote those tags 👀👀

but am i wrong

[inlovewith-icecream]

Kitty or Quinn

Kurt or Blaine

Sam or Puck

Sue or Will

Thanks! ☺️

Kitty or Quinn

Both of them are in my untouchable four, but Quinn’s just a little bit higher for me.

Kurt or Blaine

This was a really tough one, but I’m going with Blaine for the simple reason that he deserves more love and he’s so fun.

Sam or Puck

Look, frankly I don’t like either, but I don’t like Sam cause he’s annoying versus me not liking Puck for being a r*pist so… no brainer here.

Sue or Will

Again, don’t like either, but Will just bugs me more.

Send me two characters to choose between.

[randomcanbian]

Hey hey! I have two characters for you:

Asami Sato 👀👀 for 1, 11, and 13

and Marley Rose for 3, 5, and 12

ilu!!!

Asami Sato

1. My first impression of them

*tries to sift through 10-year old media reaction memories* Disclaimer that I was in the thick of my "tumblr-girl-cynic" days 😂 Anyway, I'm pretty sure my first thought was "oh noooo a stereotypically pretty female character's going to be introduced to start one of those hetero-nonsense love triangles :( " (past me would flip to find out about what happens to her later in the series 😂)

For Asami as a character specifically tho, I think my very first impression was that she was nice! I enjoyed how friendly and kind she was, and that it was also very sexy of her to be so smart. I was just really hoping she wouldn't be revealed to be an antagonist (which, thank god, didn't happen haha)

11. What’s the first thing you think about when thinking about the character?

Her with her steampunk goggles on, flipping her hair 😍

13. Your favorite friendship they have

All of her friendships in The Krew are A++ 😌 That said, if I had to choose--I'll go with the underrated Bolin x Asami duo! I love the thought of hyperactive Bolin being all ridiculous, and then Asami's there vibing (until she lets herself have some fun and starts getting ridiculous too ahahah). (Also, them playing Pai Sho is just so damn cute haha)

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Marley Rose

3. A song that reminds me of them

I was going to go with a song she'd sung, but that's a total cop-out, so I'll have to go with Superboy and the Invisible Girl from Next to Normal!

(That said, the reasoning isn't that good 😅 Basically, the title reminds me of Supergirl, and like ya know, it's Melissa Benoist...I guess you can also say that Marley intially had quite the wallflower vibes, hence calling her the Invisible Girl could be somewhat appropriate?)

5. My favorite ship of them

I loved Season 4 Jarley so much 🥺🥺🥺 It killed me that they had to do a Glee and have Jake cheat on her 🙄 ((There was no point except that the writers were too mediocre to think of a way to introduce conflict in their relationship that wasn't infidelity :///))

Any way, completely ignoring Season 5, I just think they were so sweet and tender 😭 One thing that really gets me--since I'm an asexual person with an allo partner--is that Jake's such a sexual being, but he's so patient with Marley who's super hesitant about sex (and during S4 even gave me the impression that he'd give that all up to be with her ToT) Just gonna copy-paste something from a comment on your Ace Week Headcanons post on reddit from a couple of months back (pls let me know if you don't want me to link to ur reddit tho HAHA):

There's nothing wrong honestly if for allos sexual intimacy is a non-negotiable, but I also like to think that the love found and gained from the other aspects of one's relationship can be worth enough to leave something important to them like that behind.

Like, S4 Jarley really gave off those vibes for me ToT

12. Sexuality hc!

Biromantic (sex-negative) ace 🖤🤍💜

[kuiinncedes]

I loved your tags on my Glee x Six gifset! Interesting to know Storm Lever brings a raspiness to Boleyn because that fits Santana so much more than the cast recording does! Like that's my main problem with giving her Don't Lose Ur Head, the sort of preppiness of it isn't very Santana-esque but I think she could make it work. And I suppose it is a sort of process of elimination because imo all the others fit so well. Anyway thanks for the thoughts I appreciate them and hereby invite you to talk more about Six/a potential Glee girls casting haha.

ahhh thanks hehe i'm not sure i have many good thoughts to give or ability to express them at all XD

ya i think like the complexity of boleyn's character works well with santana like you elaborated and another thing i thought about too was like the brutal honesty kinda thing with "sorry not sorry" lol

i also love storm's sultriness/sassiness and i can see santana in that too :D like i think her voice is more like ,, grounded? than other boleyns ?? (aka i'm just familiar the studio recording and the broadway cast lol so idk but) idk if that's the right word at all lmao i'm bad at describing things but basically i think storm's boleyn is kinda santana-esque and it's interesting to think about haha

you already said this but rachel really fits like the intense emotion of heart of stone so well and with all the dramatic riffs lol her or mercedes as well like highkey i would be rly interested in their seymour interpretations 🤪

tina as cleves i also love in like a character development kinda way like tina being this empowered and independent confident woman and like kinda not giving a shit

idk why i'm a little obsessed with the idea of brittany doing the k howard roast lol like with her more nonchalant and like deadpan delivery :P also howard i think is also kind of portrayed like more shallow on the surface but her song goes into her complexity but then even after that she has a moment but just almost immediately goes back to like happy/sassy howard which is a little sad and maybe a little brittany

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GLEE — 1.05 “The Rhodes Not Taken”

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What are your favourite things about Kurtbastian? :) what makes them so appealing to you?

Hello and thank you so much for this ask! I love any opportunity to gush about Kurtbastian <3

So I think before I get into it, I want to preface with a few things. Not so much for you specifically, but just for anyone who happens to read this.

Kurtbastian is my favourite ship. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean that I think it's objectively (or even subjectively lol) better than other ships. It's just my personal preference, not any sort of statement of objective quality.

I'm also aware that most of what Kurtbastian is, especially on Sebastian's end, is based in fanon. I understand that some people might take issue with me ranking something based in fanon over canon ships. I'm not trying to say that a non-canon ship is more valuable than a canon ship, because I certainly recognize the value in canon ships. That being said, I also don't think that canon ships are objectively better than fanon ships; I think they're just so different it's really not comparable. Again I think this just comes down to personal preference, and I'm just trying to share my perspective.

This is very specifically my opinions. I'd like to think that a lot of other people who ship Kurtbastian would agree with at least some of the things that I say here, but I'm not trying to speak for anyone else or say that these are the reasons other people should like them; these are just some reasons that I, personally, like them.

Alright, with that out of the way, let's get to it! I'm going to break it into three main sections. First Kurt and Sebastian as individuals, then their dynamic together. I considered talking a little more broadly about why them being fanon rather than canon appeals to me, because that is part of it too, but I decided against it because a) this was already getting kind of long, b) it's not really a Kurtbastian-specific point, and c) I think it would involve a lot of drawing comparisons with canon ships to properly get some of my thoughts across, and I wanted this post to focus on the merits of Kurtbastian on their own as opposed to relying on comparisons to other ships. That being said, it is a topic I'd be more than happy to discuss elsewhere if you're interested in that conversation!

The Kurt of it all.

This is the most straightforward and obvious part of why I love this ship so much. Anybody who has taken even a moment to glance at my blog probably knows that I am deeply and irrevocably in love with Kurt Hummel. I think he's a fascinating character and I love love love exploring him and how his mind works. I really relate to how he often deals with (or rather, doesn't deal with) his emotions by kind of burying them or putting up walls and not letting people in or pushing them away until it can't be ignored anymore. I love angst and drama, and seeing how that can build up and pile onto him until a breaking point is something I really enjoy and also in a way kind of feels therapeutic to me. I could elaborate more, but I think that a) Kurt is such a well fleshed out character than it's not super necessary, and b) it's probably more informative to spend more time talking about the things about Sebastian and then Kurtbastian together that make them appealing to me, because that's the part that we don't really get in canon so is the part that people are more likely to not understand.

The Sebastian of it all.

So, the Sebastian we're given in canon is... questionable at best. I'm not here to argue that, and I don't think any other Kurtbastian shipper would, either. Sebastian is not a great person, he says and does so much shit that is absolutely not acceptable. And then he gets a sort-of redemption where he apologizes, says that he realizes he's been wrong, and he says he'll change. He ends up helping out with Blaine's proposal and everyone seems on good terms at that point. This redemption has been met with mixed opinions; you can argue that it's canon and he's becoming a better person, or you can argue that it was just for show and he hasn't really changed. Personally, I don't really care what's canonically the case (though for what it's worth, I think he probably makes an effort to be less shitty in some cases but is still kind of a shitty person at other times, because it's kind of hard to pull a complete 180 like that). What I find interesting is thinking about if he did, in fact, decide to work on himself and become a better person, what would that look like? And not only that, but why is he a shitty person in the first place? Obviously some people are just... shitty, with no underlying "reason". And having bad shit in your past is never an excuse for shitty behaviour, nor does everybody with some kind of trauma or negative life experiences end up being a shitty person, obviously, lots of people deal with varying degrees of past trauma and are still amazing and wonderful people. But it can affect people in a way that makes them lash out at others in inappropriate and harmful ways, and this is fiction and a safe place to explore that, and doing so isn't equivalent to making a statement about the morality of that kind of behaviour. And I think there is value to be had in showing stories about imperfect characters - and, yes, even deeply flawed and morally objectionable characters - growing and changing and realizing their past wrongs. It doesn't mean their past mistakes don't matter, and it doesn't mean that those who previously wronged them need to forgive them by any means, but even in real life people make mistakes and wrong others all the time. And just because you've done shit you're not proud of doesn't mean you can't move forward and grow and become better, you know? And Sebastian, well, the boy has a lot of room for growth. I think it can be a tricky line to walk because I feel like people could interpret this as trying to justify his actions and say "oh they're okay because he changed", but that's really not it. It's about change and growth and learning to move on even with that past and having to deal with the baggage that comes with that. I feel like I could talk myself in circles trying to explain this while clarifying the things I'm not saying, so I'm going to stop now, but as a tl;dr: Sebastian is kinda fucked up and I like to think about why he's that way and what the process of change and growth might look like for him.

The Kurtbastian of it all.

I guess this is the most important part. Because obviously you can love two characters, but to ship them there needs to be something about the dynamic between them that really ties it together. We're given some interactions between them in canon, and they're pretty much all some flavour of hostile or antagonistic or wary at best. They don't like each other ("I don't like you." "Fun, I don't like you either.") and they only barely play nice in front of Blaine. And I. fucking. love. it. They play off each other so damn well. They are always trying to one-up the other with their words and I think it's just so interesting to see.

When Kurt feels threatened, his best defense has always been his words, and when he's faced bullies in the past they were never really a match for his wit, and he knew it, and it gave him a way to feel superior to them so that even if they could push him around he still knew he was better than them. Is "feeling superior" to others a great coping strategy? Well, that's not the point, but I never said Kurt was perfect anyway; he's just a kid going through way more shit than one person could ever deserve and trying to cope however he can manage. Anyway, back on topic, the fact that Sebastian can match him in that realm is a challenge. It's new, and I think it's really fun to see that back and forth. Also notably, Sebastian isn't actually a bully to Kurt, in my opinion. Generally I think of them as enemies-to-lovers in a shipping context, but I think "rivals" is probably a better word to describe them. I don't think they'd really get along in the first place anyway, but they'd probably pretty much just leave each other alone if it wasn't for the Blaine of it all forcing them to be around each other.

For Sebastian's part, I think he sees it as more amusing. It seems fun to him, the rivalry they have going on, like it's a game. He's always grinning or smirking and he wants a reaction and he loves it when Kurt gives back just as good as he gets. I think he's a little surprised with Kurt, honestly, and I like to think that could turn to something akin to fascination/intrigue. I love the idea of their verbal sparring matches, on his end, becoming less about Blaine and more about Kurt. And what I mean by that is, initially this is happening because Sebastian wants Blaine, and Kurt is Blaine's boyfriend, so Sebastian is acting this way toward Kurt because of that, but then over time maybe that's less of a factor and it's just that he wants to interact with Kurt and doesn't care so much about Blaine anymore, though he'd of course still use it as an excuse because he is absolutely not about to admit that any part of him likes Kurt in any way.

And then beyond the dynamic we're explicitly given in canon, I like to think they're more alike than they think, and of course they'd both be absolutely appalled to hear that, but it's true (in my headcanons, anyway). I think they both use their words and their wit as a defense mechanism. I think they both have masks that they put on and hide behind, and they don't like to let people too close. And the idea of two people like that slowly learning to open up to each other, to me is just so interesting. Because they can see those traits in the other person, and they can recognize that it's important to let down those walls and to open up, and I think that also helps them see that it kind of needs to be a two-way street. And on top of that, they wouldn't be afraid to call each other out on their shit. I think that's good for both of them, because in my mind they're both kind of shit at communicating their feelings if something is wrong, but what they're not shit at communicating is when they see something is going on with someone else. And I think that would be really good for both of them, to have somebody who will call them on that and make them face their issues and help them deal with the problem. I think they could frame issues and solutions to those issues in a really logical way that makes sense to both of them, but the one with the problem maybe just didn't even consider as an option because they were so wrapped up in it. I think they'd be really good at grounding each other, very call-it-like-it-is, very complimentary in a way that still challenges each other to be better. In season 6, Kurt makes a comment that his therapist said that men fight to stay connected; I don't think that's true, but I do think that Kurt and Sebastian are both the kind of people who are at their best when they have someone on their side who isn't afraid to start conflict if it means calling out a legitimate problem, and I could see them each being that person to each other.

In summary.

So I guess, in summary, what it really comes down to is a) I love Kurt, b) I love the potential I see in Sebastian, c) I love their little verbal sparring matches and the way they can play off each other (we call that chemistry), and d) I love the specific ways that I imagine their strengths and flaws could interact, and the challenges and growth they could face as a result. It does make for a specific kind of story, but it's a specific kind of story that I personally find fascinating and am really drawn to, and that's why I love them so much. Hopefully this makes sense, and hopefully I didn't miss anything crucial, though I probably didn't cover quite everything. And if there's something in particular that I said that you (or anyone else!) would like to talk more about, or want me to elaborate on, I'm more than happy to do that as well.

[amazonworrier]

Prompts? hell yeah

Pezberry 33!

Ahhhhhh. You know, that was the first prompt that stuck out to me and 90% of the reason I reblogged the list in the first place, so thank you. The Pezberry braincell strikes again 😂

It’s not supposed to happen.

Rachel’s miles away. Stressed beyond belief over all the negative press, embarrassed half of New York bore witness to her latest humiliation, sore from the concrete burn, and just about ready to bury her head in the sand for good.

Santana, on the other hand, handles it all as if it’s every day one of her closest friends gets dragged down the street by a pack of dogs gone wild. Not that Rachel would assume them to be close anymore, but- Not the point. The point is Santana’s already moved on, and now has a brand new plan to save the day. She’s halfway out the door before she even thinks to explain said plan to Rachel, of course. Regrettably, it’s one that still involves dogs.

“It’ll work, Berry. Trust me.”

Regardless of whether Rachel agrees, she’s given little chance to protest. Or say anything at all, actually, because she finds herself thrown into a state of total stupor by the fleeting graze of a pair of soft, plump lips over her own. Lips, that could only belong to the one other person currently in the room; regardless of all Rachel’s common sense crying foul over the very idea of such a thing.

Santana just kissed her.

It happens quickly. So much so, that Rachel would put money on Santana completely missing the brief moment of insanity, before she’s throwing on her coat and marching off to steal some dogs, or whatever the plan was. The door slams shut, leaving Rachel with nothing better to do than stand gawking at the blank space where her friend had been only moments ago.

Where her friend had just kissed her.

Where Santana had just kissed her.

On the mouth.

The quiet, tentative squeak of the roller door alerts Rachel to Santana’s return less than a minute later. She stands opposite, mirroring Rachel’s expression with an equally impressive dead fish impression of her own.

It’s another century before she finally speaks, “Did I just-”

“Yes,” Rachel croaks.

“Oh.”

Perhaps in another world, Santana would’ve said more. In the rarest of universes there may even have been an instance where Rachel responded to that ‘more’ with a few choice words of her own. Words about feelings she didn’t necessarily have, for a person who’d long since rejected the expression of any such sentiments from all except for Brittany. Brittany, who remains a very real presence in Santana’s life today, regardless of how long she’s been mysteriously ‘stuck at the airport’ for since Santana returned home alone all those weeks ago.

As it happens, in this world, their friends interrupt before Rachel has the chance to spiral any further. Relief washes over Santana’s face in an instant, and it asserts what Rachel already knew - that this was little more than a blip. An error in judgement, never to be spoken of again for no reason other than its sheer irrelevance in the grand scheme of the lives they’ve both chosen to lead. Separate lives, connected, on a good day, by little more than a dotted line.

Santana slips out of the apartment quietly, barely noticed amid Kurt’s incessant ramblings about pirates, or old people, or both, and Rachel is afforded no opportunity to stop her - nor does she suppose she’d go looking for one. In fact, she watches Santana leave the way one might observe a sunset; with a quiet admiration, tempered only by the implicit sense of acceptance that comes in knowing the marvel unfolding before your very eyes was never intended to last. Not for Rachel. Not where Santana is concerned.

Their day is already over.

[unholybinchicken]

glee + 10

10 - I touched on this in the other ask but it really bothers me in fanon when Santana's less than stellar moments get flanderised to make other characters (usually Quinn for Faberry purposes) look good. (also when people write that she's a hardcore swiftie because she sang one t-swizzle song that was originally meant to be a frank ocean song i tend to click away)

(Also I don't like the cutesy fanon nicknames Santana gets given in fanfiction and I cringe whenever I read them)

While we're at it, I hate that Quinn's sister's name is Frannie (technically it's canon since it came from a Glee book, but ... it came from a book, not the actual show)

[mdverse]

5, 21, 40 and Brittana for 52 :)

5. Favorite adult character?

21. Best friendship trio?

based on what we got on screen, brittanacedes. but my heart will forever mourn the potential for the unholy trinity and furtana and i will not shut up about it <3

40. Favorite mash up?

i can't go for that/you make my dreams, with honourable mentions to homeward bound/home and hand in my pocket/i feel the earth move

52. Favorite brittana-centric episode? 

i think it would be jagged little tapestry? but i also adore sexy and rumours

ultimate glee ask meme <3

[santinacedes]

Sex Lives of College Girls for the ask game!

thank you!!

favorite male character: canaan

favorite female character: leighton

least favorite character: dalton

prettiest character: leighton

funniest character: bela

favorite season: season 1 by default lmao

favorite episode: 1x06 parents weekend

favorite romantic ship: none yet

favorite family ship: i’m gonna say leighton, whitney, kimberly, and bela as a found family

favorite friend ship: leighton and whitney

worst ship: wasn’t really a fan of leighton and alicia but i think worst is whitney and dalton

send me a tv show!