Yeah, absolutely, in the looks-up-to, seeks-approval-of way.
I also think Blaine's just hella young. Kurt's bursting forward into a transformation into an adult. Problem A: Blaine's just not there yet. Glee's been signalling that all over the place, not very subtly -- Kurt stalking around the Vogue.com offices with a borgtooth clipped to his head while Blaine is dressing up as Kittenboy, Kurt rocking those sharply-tailored, elongating suits while Sam tells Blaine to cut it out with the bow ties. It's most unmissable in "It's Time", which we chatted about before. Gosh, Blaine and his zombie and magic clubs, and his, "Which tie should I where to tomorrow's debate?" are even a stark contrast to Kurt this time last year, when Kurt was telling the camera about his ten-year plan.
Problem B: transformation takes serious RAM. If Blaine's feeling neglected, sucks to be him, but in my mean old spinster opinion, Kurt is doing exactly what an eighteen-year-old ought.
Break-up or no break-up, it was always going to be really fucking hard to be out of sync like that. In a way, I think the break-up is a fantastic idea. Let them go endure some growing pains and other revelations, then find their way back to each other.
Btw, I loved what you said, and linked, on tumblr the other night about Having a Partner While Imperfect. Those posts really struck a chord. I just wanted to say so because I do make a distinction between "growing up a little" and "SOLVING ALL MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS FOREVER".
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Yeah, absolutely, in the looks-up-to, seeks-approval-of way.
I also think Blaine's just hella young. Kurt's bursting forward into a transformation into an adult. Problem A: Blaine's just not there yet. Glee's been signalling that all over the place, not very subtly -- Kurt stalking around the Vogue.com offices with a borgtooth clipped to his head while Blaine is dressing up as Kittenboy, Kurt rocking those sharply-tailored, elongating suits while Sam tells Blaine to cut it out with the bow ties. It's most unmissable in "It's Time", which we chatted about before. Gosh, Blaine and his zombie and magic clubs, and his, "Which tie should I where to tomorrow's debate?" are even a stark contrast to Kurt this time last year, when Kurt was telling the camera about his ten-year plan.
Problem B: transformation takes serious RAM. If Blaine's feeling neglected, sucks to be him, but in my mean old spinster opinion, Kurt is doing exactly what an eighteen-year-old ought.
Break-up or no break-up, it was always going to be really fucking hard to be out of sync like that. In a way, I think the break-up is a fantastic idea. Let them go endure some growing pains and other revelations, then find their way back to each other.
Btw, I loved what you said, and linked, on tumblr the other night about Having a Partner While Imperfect. Those posts really struck a chord. I just wanted to say so because I do make a distinction between "growing up a little" and "SOLVING ALL MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS FOREVER".
I am super excited about this arc, honestly.