Re: more from me

Date: 2011-11-10 09:16 pm (UTC)
I think a lot of my discomfort with the Karofsky storyline comes from the way it's been handled, and, as you point out, all the gaps that haven't been addressed. Like, the kiss got so much of the narrative/fandom focus, because it was the Big Reveal and all, but what really affected me was that scene in the hallway with the wedding topper - which was clearly suggestive of potential sexual assault. (Kurt's expression of horror was so chilling.) And I felt that, having raised that, the show didn't adequately deal with it, you know? Sure, they had Karofsky apologize, but iirc it was a pretty generic apology, and it didn't acknowledge how incredibly disturbing it was that they had this character dance around the line between physical/emotional bullying and sexual assault, which imo really deserved to be specifically addressed.

Yes! The cake topper scene disturbed me way more than the kiss or the death threat. I remember watching that scene, and being upset by it to the point of physical discomfort hours after the episode had ended. It was very disturbing and you're right, they never did address it. I doubt it'll come back up because Glee is kind of hit-or-miss with their continuity. :/ It would've been nice, though.

But, now watch, sometime in S4, Kurt, who's now a freshman at NYADA or Julliard, will get a package in the mail with a note from Karofsky saying that he found the cake topper while clearing out his closet (hurr hurr) and apologizing for taking it from him and scaring him so much, and he thought Kurt should have it back. /crawls into this headcanon and never leaves

I do like that Karofsky seems to be at peace with himself, and that Kurt seems to be in a good place as far as what Karofsky did to him, but you're right, it would've been nice to know more about how they were able to get there, because I'm guessing it wasn't easy for either of them.

I really do like Karofsky as a character. I think there's a lot there to explore with him but I doubt they'll ever really get into his background, though. I've resigned myself to nothing but three second glimpses of Karofsky until the end of S3. :P I'm kind of disappointed that, like, they had this chance to take that storyline and write the hell out of it and tell a really compelling, important story, but put it on the backburner. I know Glee is about the music and used to be mostly about the comedy, but I felt like if they'd taken the time to introduce this story thread, they should have also . . . woven a complete story out of it rather than letting it fray and fall apart, oh god this analogy sucks. /tl;dr

So interesting about the Burt costuming - I did notice he looked pretty Burt-esque.

I think what they did with his clothes was pretty clever, actually, if a bit obvious. It kind of felt like neon lights blinking over his head: "LOOK AT HIM! WE DRESSED HIM UP LIKE BURT, WHO IS AWESOME! THIS MEANS KAROFSKY IS NO LONGER A THREAT TO KURT!! UNLIKE SEBASTIAAAAAN!"

Unrelatedly, I need more Sebastian. I don't want to be That Fan™, but the looks that passed between Blaine and Sebastian gave me Feelings™.
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