Actually that's you beholding a connection that I absolutely intended. I think I forgot to mention the last time you mentioned Blaine and the "Yes, Kurt" thing, because it is that for him. I imagine when he says it, he's reaffirming his answer to Kurt's "Are you [mine]?"
I rewrote Blaine's line there a few times, and this was the one that stuck because it hit me the same way once I wrote it, and I love that it can portray the kind of growth I was thinking about for Blaine in this but had to leave less explicit. I see him as being in that awkward place where he's learning to establish and maintain personal boundaries. He's not necessarily good at it yet, and it causes conflict, and sometimes he's irritable and indelicate, and sometimes it rankles Kurt (who is still sometimes a dumbass), but yeah, it's not him evolving out of his sexual desires regarding submission (though I suspect Blaine may struggle with that distinction within himself sometimes) but learning to speak and assert and be more present (that might not be the right word, I like how you put it: less internal). So it's very much 'I'm here, I'm yours, but we have to do this thing, it's important, listen to me.'
It sounds weird, but...
This doesn't sound weird to me at all. I was saying to heresluck in regard to the previous prompt fic that I often prefer to find or place the romance in the small gestures rather than the grand ones. My favorite romantic moment in S3 is still the cheese board in DWS.
Similarly, the real sense of love comes through the tough stuff not the fluff, which is ultimately why I didn't want these kids to break up. I wanted to see them slog through the tough stuff together. That's a good journey to me, and one I don't see a lot on my screen with romantic relationships (as if they are somehow inherently more fragile things? IDK). I want to see something more like Sam & Frodo or Harry & Hermione than a romantic comedy plot. I think we may yet get something like that sort of story for them after the last two eps, but I'm feeling pretty blank when it comes to spec for the coming episodes.
And I'm kinda babbling now.
I love that you've quoted Milton. His use of language never fails to make me squirmy and happy: his is beautiful and sublime.
ETA: Also! I got so dsitracted by Milton I forgot to say THANK YOU. <3
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I rewrote Blaine's line there a few times, and this was the one that stuck because it hit me the same way once I wrote it, and I love that it can portray the kind of growth I was thinking about for Blaine in this but had to leave less explicit. I see him as being in that awkward place where he's learning to establish and maintain personal boundaries. He's not necessarily good at it yet, and it causes conflict, and sometimes he's irritable and indelicate, and sometimes it rankles Kurt (who is still sometimes a dumbass), but yeah, it's not him evolving out of his sexual desires regarding submission (though I suspect Blaine may struggle with that distinction within himself sometimes) but learning to speak and assert and be more present (that might not be the right word, I like how you put it: less internal). So it's very much 'I'm here, I'm yours, but we have to do this thing, it's important, listen to me.'
It sounds weird, but...
This doesn't sound weird to me at all. I was saying to
Similarly, the real sense of love comes through the tough stuff not the fluff, which is ultimately why I didn't want these kids to break up. I wanted to see them slog through the tough stuff together. That's a good journey to me, and one I don't see a lot on my screen with romantic relationships (as if they are somehow inherently more fragile things? IDK). I want to see something more like Sam & Frodo or Harry & Hermione than a romantic comedy plot. I think we may yet get something like that sort of story for them after the last two eps, but I'm feeling pretty blank when it comes to spec for the coming episodes.
And I'm kinda babbling now.
I love that you've quoted Milton. His use of language never fails to make me squirmy and happy: his is beautiful and sublime.
ETA: Also! I got so dsitracted by Milton I forgot to say THANK YOU. <3