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That...yeah, that's a choice. Definitely an odd sounding expression lol.

From what I've gathered, it's a fairly dark series overall. The musical (both Broadway and film) made it lighter. They did something similar when they converted Into the Woods into a movie; the Broadway show is much darker. And in the Life and Times books it's a much darker tone than the musical or movie. Honestly, I need to re-read the first book and then read the others. I will agree with you there. Cece should have been more prepared for that. We all knew that they were going to do some sort of surprise, but we didn't expect it to be them. But she should have prepared for me to freak out about something. Don't worry about reminding me, though. I won't make this mistake twice lol.

You can be the Slytherclaw and I'll be the Slytherdor. ...Which just sounds wrong when I put it like that, ew.

The one book I read was kinda dark, I don't know if I'll ever get around to reading the others -- but it was interesting to see the two different versions at least. Pfffft, Cece should have known better -- that's what padded sleeves are for, everyone knows that. I'm just gonna have to make a pure nuisance of myself when Part 2 comes out, that's all.

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Kurt: My god I thought it was just me. Kurt: It depends on my mood and how bad my anxiety is, but most of the time I end up organizing the shelves. If it gets really bad, I even move tags and products around.

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Lauryn: does anybody else get distracted by organizing messy shelves in the store when you're shopping? Lauryn: no? just me?

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That's a great idea; I honestly hadn't thought of that. In that case, since the second part is coming out in November I'll suggest that we do Wicked closer to August or September; it'll run for about a month or so - longer if it's really popular - so I could see it running right up to the premiere. Prior to that, though, I could totally see SIX doing great. I'd honestly love to see Chicago or Sweeney Todd, though. Waitress, too. Heathers. & Juliet. There's so many options. Out of all of them I'm partial to Chicago, but honestly I think I'll suggest all of them. I really love the idea of doing a show with a primarily female cast, though; it gives me a chance to take a break from the theatre and help dad around the shop or my aunt around the diner. Plus it gives people a chance to see the beautiful female performers we have in the area.

The best timing for it would be so that it is on stage in the very middle of the movie leaving theaters and part two releasing in theaters, to properly fill the lull and scratch that itch. As for what to suggest, Chicago is always a good time. Or, if you wanted something a little newer, a little more popular, SIX is good. If I still sang, I'd kill as Anne Boleyn or Catherine Howard. And both it and Chicago are primarily femme casts, so it's not like you'd be looking for too different a casting.

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You're not entirely wrong. I don't think that I had actually thought about that aspect, the show not getting as much exposure or attention as it deserves. With how popular the movie still is (I see what you did there), it may be better to just wait for a while before suggesting the theatre put the production on. I still want to suggest something, because that's who I am lol, but now I need to think of which would be a good suggestion. Maybe Chicago?

Feel like that might be turning into a case of "overdoing it" which could be considered bad for business, because as Popular as Wicked is right now, the fact someone can see the film on streaming services and it's still fresh in the minds of people, you run the risk of the stage show not getting the attention it deserves.

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Would I be absolutely cashing in on my past experience and/or cheating if I tried to convince the producers at the theatre to make Wicked their next musical? I mean...I already know the answer is yes, but...I mean, you can lie to me...

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HEY. I take offense to that. I am also the Slytherin of this friendship, but I'm just also a Ravenclaw so you know my petty know-it-all ass had to go into detail.

Oh yeah! There's a whole series about it! I have read the first like 3, but despite the fact that I own them all, I haven't read the rest of them. You should have been sitting with me, though! I can't believe I didn't think to drag you with me when I saw it for the first time. I'm pretty sure I damn near broke Cece's arm when Kristin and Idina came out during Wizomania. Like...it took everything in me not to scream. I'm sure Cece would have appreciated you being by my side instead of her if I'm honest.

SEMANTICS. CONSPIRACY. SHENANIGANS. Also I'm very clearly the Slytherin in this friendship and I don't know what that says about me, but ehhhhhhhhhhh fuck it.

I have only just recently discovered that it's apparently a whole series of books -- I knew there was a sequel and just never read it, but I didn't know there were seven of them. You know, now that I think about it, it was clearly a missed opportunity not to be sitting right next to you watching your face when Idina and Kristin popped up in the movie. I'd've even had have popcorn.

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MEET KURT

Full Name → Kurt Elizabeth Hummel

Age → 34

Birthday → May 27, 1990

Order & Type → first, solo

Gender & Pronouns → cis man, he/him

Sexuality → homosexual

Occupation → troupe member at The Playwright’s House in Philadelphia

THEIR STORY

(tw: cancer, death, abuse)

If there’s one thing in his life that Kurt is no stranger to, it’s the struggle to get through life day-by-day. When he was a child, life had been much easier. He’d even venture so far as to say life had been perfect. He had unabashedly been a momma’s boy, glued to his mother’s side from the day he was born until his younger siblings had been born. As each of his younger siblings were born, he took on the role of the protective older brother more and more.

Losing his mother to cancer at a young age absolutely devastated him, but unlike most children instead of breaking down and finding himself completely distraught with the loss, Kurt decided that he needed to be the strong one. The one who didn’t break down and was always there for his younger siblings and his father, no matter what was needed and what it might cost him. Instead of handling his emotions in relation to his mother’s loss, he pushed the emotions inward. He grieved privately, even at the age of 8 being afraid that if he let himself really feel her loss that he would never recover. Through the years, he’s learned to deal with his emotions a bit better, but the subject of cancer and losing someone to the disease is still something that has the ability to shake him to the core.

If the struggles at home were not enough to break him at a younger age, though, growing up as one of the only openly gay teenagers in a small town had tried to do their best to tear him down. Not everyone judged him - at least not openly - but he had still dealt with relentless bullies for as long as he could remember; kids could be mean, but teenagers could be deadly. Just because he was different – more eccentric than the others, unashamed of who he was (a sentiment he had learned with his mother’s encouragement) – his bullies often found more creative and oftentimes more violent ways of torturing him as he got older. He would spend whatever time he could in the library after school in an attempt to avoid being shoved into lockers and sharp edges, thrown into dumpsters, and even locked in port-a-potties until someone noticed his absence. He was able to avoid the bullies for the most part, but he wasn’t always successful in his avoidance, especially not when he changed his middle name from ‘Anthony’ to 'Elizabeth’ in honor of his mother.

There was a brief moment in his junior year when the bullying died down a bit – he had joined the school’s cheerleading squad and led them to their first National Championship win – but even then he never missed the looks he got from some of the other students. The whispers he heard in the hallways. By the time his senior year came around, despite how much he loved cheerleading he put the sport behind him to focus on college and his plans for the future. There was a part of him that had worried things would go back to the way they used to, avoiding bullies left and right, but surprisingly he was left alone for the most part. It wasn’t a complete turnabout by his classmates, there were a large number of them who continued to hurl insults at him, but the physical violence of it all seemed to die down. Somehow, his brief stint as a cheerleader had earned him at least a minimal amount of respect from most of them.

Throughout his senior year, Kurt devoted any bit of extra time he had to getting into the school of his dreams – the New York Academy for Dramatic Arts. For as long as he could remember, he had been passionate about two things: Broadway and Fashion. He had always had an eye for fashion, for unique designs, and he loved making his own clothes, but he had an equally passionate love of all things Broadway and performing arts. When it came to choosing which career path he would follow, though, he had always felt a stronger pull towards the Great White Way. Something told him he was destined for Broadway, and he had been so confident in his abilities that he hadn’t even considered applying to back-up schools. The day he got his rejection letter from NYADA was the day that Kurt’s world came crashing down around him; he’d gotten through the first round, to the audition processes, but his audition hadn’t been good enough to earn him a spot at the prestigious school; he’d been told that it didn’t have the emotion and soulfulness that they were looking for. He hadn’t known what to do. He moped around for a few months, but eventually his father convinced him to move to New York anyway. His parents had always known that Kurt was destined for more than Ashford Valley could offer him.

Just weeks after he graduated, Kurt found himself thrust into the fast-paced life of the Big Apple. His father had done what he could to help him pay the rent for his loft in Bushwick for the first few months, giving him access to his own savings account his mother had opened for him when he was born, but it hadn’t been quite enough. Unbeknownst to his family or friends back home in Ashford Valley, he took a job at a local strip club called The Golden Peacock, and it wasn’t long before he finally found himself starting to feel steady on his feet despite his busy schedule. Soon enough, Kurt left the diner behind after finding an internship at Vogue working with a designer that he had adored for years; working for Isabelle Wright had been a dream come true, and eventually the internship turned into a fully paid job at one of the most prestigious magazine’s in the country.

Not one to give up on half of his dream, though, Kurt continued to pursue his dream of getting into NYADA. To this day, he’s not quite sure how he convinced Carmen Tibideaux to give him a second audition – beyond, maybe, the fact that he gave a passionate speech in the Dean’s office about she was wrong about him not having soul or depth – but his hard work had paid off. After a particularly moving performance, Kurt came home from work one night to find an acceptance letter waiting for him alongside a short, but personal note of congratulation from the Dean herself.

Life up until that point seemed to be going amazing, for once; as much as he loved working there, he’d finally retired from the Peacock once his job at Vogue and his studies at NYADA picked up, and Kurt found that he had almost everything he could have wanted. At least, he thought he did. Four years into his training at NYADA, his life changed once again. Meeting Trent Carlisle hadn’t been something Kurt had accounted for in his plans. Kurt fell hard and fast for the man who was five years his senior. Trent seemed to be the perfect man, always supportive and kind. Kurt had never experienced relationships with anyone else before moving to the Big Apple, so life with Trent seemed normal. He didn’t really see the way his boyfriend had a subtle control over him and what everything he did. He didn’t notice that the man had even began to convince him to stop auditioning for roles he was perfect for on the Great White Way, despite his professor’s encouraging him to audition. He foolishly believed Trent when he apologized for his violent outbursts towards Kurt, always just before his auditions for leading roles, swearing he’d never do it again. Until he did. He didn’t see the dangerous manipulation the other man used to get his way until it was too late; he couldn’t see a way out, and Trent’s temper made him hesitant to try.

When Trent asked him to marry him at his NYADA graduation reception, Kurt genuinely hadn’t known what to say. A part of him wanted to say no and end things then and there, but another part of him was worried. What if this was the best he’d ever find? What if this was just how relationships were? Trent seemed so genuine when he promised that their future would be different - that *he* would be different. So Kurt said yes. He’d given in to the foolish notion that things would be different this time; that Trent really would change as he said he would. And for a while, it seemed like it had been true. Kurt was cast in the role of Marius at the Imperial, and his showings were a success. He genuinely loved what he was doing, and Trent always seemed supportive. He had been in the front row, opening night with a giant bouquet of roses. Things genuinely started to change. At least, that was the delusion he had been under until he saw the real reason for the change. Until he found Trent in their bed with Kurt’s 'best friend’ on the night before their wedding. Until Trent said that it was Kurt’s fault that his eye had wandered to his best friend because he was working 'so much’. That had been the last straw. Controlling manipulations or not, Kurt was done. Done with Trent. Momentarily done with his career on Broadway. He just wanted to go home and regroup. Start over.

After letting his lease in the city lapse, Kurt decided to move back to Ashford Valley for the foreseeable future. Even he could admit that the town had changed vastly since he was a teenager. People didn’t gawk or harass him whenever he went home to visit his family. It gave him the confidence to believe that maybe times were evolving in the town. With time, Kurt imagines he’ll find himself moving back to the Big Apple eventually, but for now he’s content with his life in Ashford Valley. In the last two and a half years that he’s been home, he’s managed to find a comfortable place with the members of the Playwright’s House in Philadelphia, and honestly for the first time in a very long time he genuinely believes things are finally starting to work for him. He just never imagined it would be in Ashford Valley of all places.

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Best New Year's. Ever. They had fantastic musical acts, and I can't think of much else I would rather do than ring in the new year with @djdomberry. It's nice to make some good memories in this city for once in a long time. #NewYears2025 #HappyNewYears #TimesSquareNYE

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Kurt: As my boyfriend, you have to say that so clearly you're 100% biased. Kurt: If it helps, I've been a fuckboy for the last few years myself so it's an adjustment being in a relationship again. But you make it easy and make the monogamy feel natural, so I can honestly say that I don't miss those days. Kurt: I'm glad I haven't sent you running for the hills. Not yet at least. I've kind of gotten attached to you being around, ya know? Kurt: I will say, actually seeing the ball drop in person is pretty fucking awesome. But are you sure? I should have brought it up earlier lol. I don't want to ruin any plans you might have had.

DOM: hey, you're not too bad yourself. 😉 DOM: i seriously do appreciate that though. and god knows i needed to hear that since i am unfortunately a recovering fuckboy that ran away from like ALL my past relationships because they got too serious and i wasn't ready for that. DOM: now, though, i'm hella into you and even though it's been a scary thought in the past, being serious with you sounds pretty damn nice to me. DOM: yeah? let's do it then, i'm game! believe it or not, i've never actually celebrated the new year in nyc before which is a damn shame because i've always thought actually being there in person for the ball drop would be pretty sick.

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KURT: I genuinely never thought I'd be in a committed relationship again after everything that went down, but I'm happy that I got out of my own way. You're pretty awesome. 😏 KURT: But I will say, if it ever gets to be too much or you're worried about something or something like that, just let me know. If I've learned anything over the years, including the time that I danced around my feelings for you lol, it's that communication is definitely important. KURT: You don't have to worry on that front, I definitely planned on ringing in the new year together for sure. Recently I've been thinking about making a trip up to New York for the new year. KURT: But if you'd rather stay in Bearcreek/Philly for parties and such I am good with that too. Tbh, I haven't really celebrated New Years in a while lol.

DOM: and i'll be right here when you do. i got no intention of going anywhere and hearing you say you feel safe and comfortable with me is everything to me. you know i'm still getting used to being a committed boyfriend myself, but hearing you say stuff like that is a pretty damn good motivator to keep it up. DOM: nothing other than the usual plans to hit up a party or two. 'course, i was hoping we could ring in the year together, so hopefully you'd be there too. why, you got something else in mind?

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You're hella talented, extremely sexy, and pretty much the whole package, I kinda think you're too good for me, so I consider myself pretty damn lucky that you agreed to be my boyfriend. I'm still new to this serious boyfriend thing but I'm glad I'm doing it for you since you deserve it and if anybody can make an honest man out of me, it's definitely you.

ANONYMOUSLY MESSAGE ME ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL ME BEFORE 2024 ENDS.

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@kurtxhummels @lottiexevans @oliviaxwestons @jasminexbaudelaires @scottxkellys

ANONYMOUSLY MESSAGE ME ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TELL ME BEFORE 2024 ENDS.

The only rule is that I can’t reply, I can only post it! [x]

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KURT: I'm not purposefully keeping anything from you or anything like that. I feel more comfortable and safe with you than I have in a long time. I just don't talk about him and all the stuff he did a lot. KURT: It's a little painful to talk about, but it also genuinely infuriates me at how I handled everything. I was so damn stupid. KURT: But I do want to tell you about everything. KURT: Do you have any plans for New Years or anything? Like work at the station or anything?

DOM: i know and i'm not about to force it out of you, alright? i trust you know that if you ever do want to talk about it, i'm here to listen and be there for you with broad shoulders and maybe a few choice comments about this dude. DOM: but of course i do. as long as it doesn't bring out any bad vibes for you, i'll go with you in a heartbeat.

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Kurt: I probably should be used to it by now, but I'm still fighting for that title. 😂 Kurt: I mean, I wouldn't go that far yet lmao. We've only been together since the end of September, but I don't know. What kind of details do you want? You already know I think he's a god under the covers lol. Kurt: You still should have invited me! Now we can't complain about how bad the Riesling was together. Kurt: That does make it a little better...but just barely Kurt:

Kurt: Why would you buy more if you didn't like it, though?

Mercedes: Honey, I'm always right. You should be used to it at this point, fair or not 😘 Mercedes: I noticed this text is really light on some tea though. DETAILS! I need all of them! Tell me all about the future Mr. Hummel. Mercedes: We just had a sweet Riesling that honestly wasn't that sweet. It wasn't bad, but not what I expected. Guess that's what I get for ordering from some wine site I'd never heard of 🤷🏾‍♀️ they had a good deal though, so I couldn't resist. Mercedes:

Mercedes: I got more, if that makes it better

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Do you do your holiday shopping in advance or last minute?

It depends on the year, honestly, but 99% of the time I do my holiday shopping in advance. I'm too OCD about some things to actually wait until the last minute to do something like shopping for gifts. Hell, one year I bought Christmas presents the day after Christmas. There were some gifts that were perfect for some family/friends, so I just bought them when they were half off after Christmas.

SWEATER WEATHER MEME

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Kurt: I can honestly say that I have never seen it so... I don't know. Kurt: Ask my boyfriend, I'm sure he has an opinion. 😂

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Matt: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie? Matt:

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text messages 📲 dom x kurt

KURT: Do you really want to visit New York with me? KURT: I know I don't talk about it a lot or all the shit that went down back there. @djdomberry