#and yes bc it’s me they’re all m/m and whumpy

[shion-yu]

Top five fanfics that I still think about a literal decade later:

The Symphony Verse by shandyall. Glee AU where Blaine has a stutter and he meets Kurt in an online class. Incredibly written and so very sweet and real, follows Kurt and Blaine from college to having kids. Actually made me want to become a speech pathologist.

If I Die Young by BlowTheCandlesOut: Glee AU where Blaine is diagnosed with brain cancer after they graduate high school. A tearjerker with a great plot.

Performance in a Leading Role by MadLori: Sherlock AU where Sherlock and John are famous actors cast in a romantic Hollywood movie. Delightfully a product of its time but masterfully penned and keeps you at the edge of your seat as a slow burn.

The Hay Wain by A Benediction: Sherlock AU about a young Sherlock running away from his sexually abusive uncle. Stuck with me because of its unique (and heartbreaking) plot. Major NSFW for child abuse.

The Heart Rate of a Mouse by beggarsnotes: Panic!ATD fic set in the 60s. Sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. Threw me straight into my teenage hippie faze and has the best playlists of all time.

Runners Up: A Stranger Heart (Glee), Not Your Average Threesome (Sherlock), Breaking Destiny (Doctor Who), Blind Man’s Go (Hikaru no Go), Alone on the Water (Sherlock), Until the Sun Goes Down (Glee).

[kim-ruzek]

I see a parallel between when Kim and Adam slept together and her dismissing that he’s okay with all she wants and her misread of what happened with Barela. I get why she broke off the engagement, but she treats him as if he is the same person as he was four years ago, and I think the writers are edging Kim toward an untenable position in S9 if Adam steps in as M’s dad and takes care of Kim, but she still brushes him off about getting back together. Thoughts? #it’swhumpy

Hey, whumpy!!! It's lovely to see you again!!! ♥️

There's definitely a parallel. The ending of the engagement, and why Kim did it, has had lasting ramifications through how she goes about life, how she has walls and if she lets people in. I could write a whole dissertation on this, especially when adding in Nicole's rape, Al's death, Blair's death and the miscarriage into it. But the tldr is that she definitely still treats him like he's that same person, and specifically, the person she thought he was-- because she definitely misunderstood some things about him back then.

Kim's got these walls around her protecting herself. And you can see that she wants Adam in her life, and that she wants them to be side by side forever, but those walls are stopping her. So she brushes him off and convinces herself of those things. And I think she's just waiting-- probably subconsciously, for the most part-- for a "sign" that they'll make it work, that Adam has changed and she won't have to break her heart again.

But that sign won't come, bc it's her who keeps moving the obstacle posts. So yeah, the writers are edging Kim into an untenable position-- I've said for months now, the only way for Burzek to work is her realising this.

Now for my thoughts-- I think season nine will be this season for that. Adam stepping up for Makayla, and doing all this? I think she'd definitely get heart eyes. I'm forever on the fence for exactly how I want them to get back together. They definitely need to address everything and like, actively try in the relationship, but I'm between how I want it to unfold.

But more than anything, because of everything you mentioned, I just hope the writers realise they can't just keep having Kim brushing him off, especially after all what happens.

There's theories that Adam might be heading towards a little bit of a breakdown, which makes sense. I'm of the opinion that if Adam asked Kim to try again after the finale, she'll say yes-- although I want Kim to ask that, or it be a mutual thing. So I'm thinking they might shift the roles around-- Adam has been the one "chasing" Kim as it is, going with her status quo. And apart from when it comes to Makayla, I do think Adam will be leading it now, Kim the one "chasing". Especially if Adam is getting a little overworked.

Although that might just be me and wishful thinking. I just think it would also be a nice parallel to all the moments in their lives one or the other has pushed the other away, but this time Kim not giving up. Particularly bc we've seen that Adam, if he's internalising, does still let Kim know she's important so I can see him, even if he's trying to hide from her how bad he's doing, that he loves her and Kim just getting through to him.

I don't know if this makes any sense, because I have a LOT of thoughts about how they may move forward. BUT the one thing I'm almost certain off is that the writers won't have Kim brush Adam off, especially when she nearly ruined what they had with the borela thing and then if she sees how important he is to Makayla. Although I have no doubts it'll take all season for them to work out all their issues, but I think they'll both draw a line under whatever they're going through when the other needs emotional support and around Makayla!!!!

Thank you for this ask, you've got my mind in a deep spiral, trying to work out how the writers will have this all play out!!!! 🤣