Showing posts with label Glee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glee. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Question: How/why Glee/Faberry?

I'm combining a few different questions I have received through emails or comments about how and why I started writing about the show Glee and that particular pairing. First, I'm going to start with my whole thought process on the show, because I have to admit that when I first heard about it... I wasn't interested at all. Well, I shouldn't say that. I should say that I wasn't interested enough to watch the premiere but was interested enough to click on an episode when there was nothing else on to watch. I didn't start watching it until the first thirteen episodes were available on DVD. But let me go over the very first time I actually decided that it might be a show I would be interested in.

I was flipping though channels, looking for pretty much anything to watch, when I stumbled upon Glee during a marathon showing. The episode? Preggers. The scene? When Mr. Schue gives Rachel's solo to Tina and she is ranting about how it's her solo and that everything from West Side Story is to go to her. -First thought on the show: "Man, she's a bitch." Changed the channel.

Still nothing on so I ended up back on Glee when Kurt approached Finn and stated he wasn't gay. -Second thought on the show: "Someone is in serious denial." Left the room and came back in.

Glee was still on when Rachel started singing 'Taking Chances'. -Third reaction on the show: "Holy shit... she can actually sing. Give her the damn solo." (Sits down in the chair and watches the rest of the show... and the next... and the next.)

I've always been a musical person so I was interested in the show in that aspect. However, I feared that it would end up being 'high school musical' just for a different network so I never took the time to sit down and watch it. Once I did, I was hooked. The underdog message was something everyone could relate to, but the thing I loved the most was the humor. It was quick and sarcastic. Just the way I like it.
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Why write for Glee and not another, more extablished show?

I could relate to the character's on Glee more. It was easier for me to put myself in their shows and write a story around how I thought they would react. I felt very attached to the characters in most the same ways everyone else does.
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Why Faberry pairing?

I LOVE the dynamics of the characters. They are enemies without any real cause for it. I have always loved the idea of two people disliking each other and after being put in a position to get to know each other, they realize that they are alike, or can relate to one another. The fact that they're both absolutely beautiful didn't really hurt either.

Now I pose a question: Why Glee/Faberry for you? Same reasons or something different?