#and then they replaced kurtcedes w fucking HUMMELBERRY which is arguably not as interesting/rachel just treated him like a gay bff

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i always get soooo annoyed when ppl misinterpret mercedes' crush on kurt in the first eps of season 1 bc like. the reason why kurtcedes friendship is top tier and why those scenes r sooo important to me just like, in general is bc mercedes DIDNT know kurt was gay. she didnt think it was 'obvious'. she didnt care that he didnt pass/that other ppl clocked him as gay bc she didnt KNOW he was because she just liked kurt as a PERSON and thought he was cute. when he lied and said he had a crush on rachel she was upset (and sung one of the most iconic glee covers everrr) but apologized right away. and when he came out to her she immediately respected it, told him that she still cared about him/that no one would judge him and continued to support him.