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[receivedhope]

i actually never desired any kind of redemption arc for sebastian. i appreciate that his character set out to do something for the story (introduce conflict to klaine, be a general antagonist to the ND) and accomplished just that, i dont think we necessarily needed to see anything more of him - and i count sebastian as one of my very favorite characters!

i think the only other place the story wouldve had for him where he could fit in seamlessly was in s6, to be kurts rebound instead of walter, since walter is honestly just so whatever. he isnt committed to either the kurt humiliation misery porn or the #kurtdeservedbetter so i just cant care about him.

but sebastians core motivation always has been that he is here to be a disruptive force - s6 wouldve been perfect for him? especially in contrast to karofsky, who is a ghost of kurts past. wouldnt it be fair turnabout if kurts rebound was one of blaines?

i personally also always liked how connected sebastian, dave and klaine are. yes, obviously part of it is that theyre like close to the only gay guys in a midwest state with very little local gay scene. but dave has always been a defining part of klaines story (starting with how kurts decision to spy on the warblers, while egged on by puck, has been largely influenced by how much of an outcast he feels like at mckinley). there is also the retroactive confirmation in tested that blaine liked that he could help kurt. meanwhile sebastian loosely contributed to kurt deciding hes ready to have sex with blaine for the first time and shined light on klaine's issues they needed to work on.

i also think sebastians "being nice sucks" is very much indicative that the events of OMW was not influenced by any sort of moral conscious harshly flicking him on the forehead, he moreso realized he does not want to deal with such un-fun things like suicide or perhaps it was due to some external influence (like his dad) making him stop fucking around.

so adult sebastian 100% could decide he wants to stir shit up for fun again.

blaine has always been some form of a powerplay conquest to him. like sorry i dont want to be mean but that man has come out several times to say he thinks relationships are boring and he just wants to fuck and was basically the exact opposite of a family friendly sexless gay man straight people want to see if they must. im sure he had several grindr accounts banned for being underage. i dont think he was "in love" with blaine LOL.

so i personally think positioning him against blainofsky wouldve been interesting for that aspect as well. i have an extensive kurtofsky timeline and my read of them has always been firmly footed in dave being obsessed with kurt and blaine basically had to drop out of college and move back home after the pain of kurt rejecting him. i think it would be the most sebastian thing ever if he thought "oh yeah i could do better than them" and start being interested in kurt for the competition of it.

i also think that kurt would appreciate someone being a little bit mean with him and he could just vent without someone going "but think of all the good things about your relationship" or getting overwhelmed trying to think of how to fix it.

i also want kurt to have a shitty boyfriend literally no one approves of and all of his friends and family hate.

and the sebastian redemption could be him giving his blessing when kurt says he wants to go to the wedding with blaine.