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musicaltheatrewannabe · 5 years ago

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right here, right now - a seblos oneshot <3

i give you an unexpectedly long fic in which seb finds out that carlos hasnt seen hsm 2 and 3 and decides that he needs to fix it - basically all of their reactions to the different scenes in the movies + them being cute

“So how are you and Ricky just together again all of a sudden?” Carlos asked. He and all of the other theatre kids were at the cast party and he, along with Seb, had cornered Nini to get caught up on what was going on between their Gabriella and Troy.

“It all sort of made sense again. We just realized that we should stop dwelling on mistakes from the past and live in the moment,” Nini said, “right here, right now, you know?” She laughed and Seb pointed at her as if to say, ‘nice one!’ Carlos just glanced between the two of them in confusion, nodding slowly.

Seb turned to Carlos and raised his eyebrows at him. “Troy and Gabriella?” he suggested. Carlos still didn’t see the connection.

“Treehouse?” Nini supplied, giving Carlos the same questioning look. He was even more confused.

“High School Musical 3?” Seb finally spelled it out for Carlos, who just nodded as if it suddenly all made sense.

Carlos went red and bit his lip, admitting, “Ok guys, don’t kill me but… I haven’t actually seen High School Musical 3 in its entirety.” Seb and Nini’s jaws dropped, and they looked at each other and then back at Carlos. “Or 2, for that matter,” Carlos added, avoiding the eyes of his appalled friend and boyfriend.

“Carlos, are you kidding right now?” Nini asked.

“I mean, I’ve seen lots of clips!” Carlos offered in defense, but she and Seb wouldn’t accept it.

“Babe, how on earth did Miss Jenn let you choreograph the show if you hadn’t fully experienced the franchise?” Seb asked, as if these were clearly mutually exclusive circumstances.

Carlos frowned and responded, “well, I have seen Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure!”

Seb rolled his eyes and smiled reluctantly. “Ok, so I guess you’re forgiven a little bit there-“

Nini, who was not so lenient, interrupted and pointed out, “no, but minus points for ignoring the chronology!”

Seb pointed at and turned to Nini, adding, “oh, good point. Ok, we need to fix this right away, Carlos.”

Carlos laughed and nodded in defeat. “Ok, ok, we can watch them together tomorrow night if you’re both free?”

Seb grinned and Carlos was relieved to see him happy again. “Works for me! I can bring over my collector’s edition DVDs,” he did a little happy dance that made Carlos want to cuddle him right then and there.

“Sorry guys, I’m gonna be hanging out with Ricky tomorrow night,” Nini said, a smile creeping onto her lips. “It’ll be our second first date I guess,” she chuckled.

“Exciting! I’m so happy for you guys,” Carlos said. “I guess this means I’ll have to hang out with just Sebby, ugh,” Carlos rolled his eyes, earning a playful slap from his boyfriend.

“Don’t worry, I’ll educate him well,” Seb smirked and Carlos blushed.

Nini raised her eyebrows at the two of them. “Ok, well that’s sorted out then,” she said, and they all went back to the cast party.

Carlos jumped up from the couch when he heard the doorbell ring, yelling “I’ll get it!” His mom was cleaning up in the kitchen, about to go out to meet his dad at a nice restaurant for their anniversary.

When Carlos swung the door open Seb was standing there in his East High sweatshirt with a grin on his face. “Hey,” he said, giving Carlos a peck on his way in.

“I see you came dressed for the occasion,” Carlos remarked as they walked through the hallway to the living room.

“I was gonna wear my classic HSM t-shirt but unfortunately it doesn’t fit me anymore - I guess I’ve grown a bit since 2008,” he laughed. “I had to settle for this,” he gestured to his sweatshirt as he dropped his backpack onto the floor next to the couch.

“Well, even a plain old sweatshirt looks perfect on you, so who am I to argue?” Carlos took a step closer to Seb and leaned in to give him a quick, soft kiss. This was his favorite thing about dating Seb - how casual they could be with their affection while still keeping it completely genuine. The better they got to know each other, the more natural it felt to trade little kisses, hold hands and just exist together.

“Oh hey, you said I could stay over, right?” Seb asked, gesturing to his backpack on the floor.

Carlos was about to answer when his mom walked into the living room in a nice black dress, and said, “hi Seb!”

“Happy anniversary Mrs. Rodriguez!” Seb smiled politely, before adding, “you look great!”

She laughed and Carlos rolled his eyes. “Why thank you,” she said with a little spin, “see mijo? Your boyfriend gives me compliments, you could learn a couple of things from him.”

“That’s what I keep saying,” Seb laughed and furrowed his brow, “well not about compliments exactly…”

Carlos looked offended. “I compliment you,” he said to his mom, “you just didn’t give me a chance. You look really nice,” he smiled, and his mom laughed in return.

“Thanks, I should get going though if I’m gonna get to the restaurant in time,” she put her phone in her purse.

“Oh, before you go,” Carlos began, and his mom looked back up expectantly. “You said it’s fine if Seb stays over tonight, right?” he asked hopefully.

She glanced between the two of them for a moment and then said, “yes, yes, I did.” She raised her eyebrows in warning at Carlos and added, “but don’t make me regret trusting you two in this house alone until we get back!”

Carlos blushed and nodded, “don’t worry, we’re just gonna be watching High School Musical.”

Seb pulled out his DVDs proudly as proof and added, “collector’s editions!”

Mrs. Rodriguez laughed and said, “ok, we’ll be back by midnight.”

“Have fun tonight!” Seb said and Carlos smiled at his boyfriend being a sweetheart around his mom. This shouldn’t have been of any notice though, since he was always a sweetheart.

“Thanks,” Carlos’ mom said with a wave as she made her way to the hallway and left.

Once they heard the door lock, Carlos said matter-of-factly, “ok, I’ll go make the popcorn, and you set up the DVD.”

Seb nodded and picked up the TV remote as Carlos headed to the kitchen. He got out a big bowl and returned with it full of popcorn after a few minutes to join Seb on the couch. He picked up the blanket that was draped over the other edge of the couch and spread it over the two of them, cuddling into Seb.

Seb pointed the remote at the TV and asked, “ready?”

Carlos nodded up at his boyfriend with a smile. He was excited to finally watch these two movies, but he was also just happy to be with Seb. He watched his face light up as ‘What Time Is It?’ started playing and then turned back to the screen.

Once the iconic country club pool appeared on screen, Carlos knew that the one number he really knew from this movie was about to begin. ‘Fabulous’ started and Seb couldn’t help but sing along under his breath. The grin on Carlos’ face grew even wider and he glanced up at Seb, nudging him and saying, “sing louder!”

Carlos laughed and sat up to watch as Seb started to sing along at full volume, imitating all of Sharpay’s movements and facial expressions. Carlos sang Ryan’s parts and harmonized with Seb, who took the second verse as a cue to stand up on the couch. It quickly became a full-on performance when Carlos stood up to join Seb at Ryan’s chorus, both of them belting their hearts out in character. The only time Carlos broke character was when, during the bridge, he pointed at the screen and laughed, “his pants!” He had never noticed that Ryan was wearing full-length pants in the pool and the sheer absurdity of it all suddenly registered. They carried on singing to each other through the rest of the song, and Seb even gave Carlos a look to signal that he would do Sharpay’s fall into the pool. Carlos held out his arms to catch Seb but lost his balance, and they ended up falling back down onto the couch together in a fit of laughter. After their laughter subsided, Seb leaned down as if to kiss Carlos, getting painfully close, but then pulled away and sat up nonchalantly, focusing his attention back on the movie.

“Hey!” Carlos pouted, sitting up reluctantly. Seb shot him a sidelong glance and smirked as he picked up the bowl and ate some popcorn.

Carlos realized that two could play at this game, so when Troy appeared on screen again for ‘Work This Out,’ Carlos started fawning over him. “Wow, if I had known how much gorgeous Zac Efron I was missing out on, I would’ve watched this movie years ago.” He glanced over to see the smirk disappearing from Seb’s face, which was still fixed on the screen, and knew that it was working. “Like, damn, he can even rock a kitchen uniform!” Carlos leaned forward towards the screen and rested his chin in his hand. “Don’t even get me started about his eyes, they’re just soo blue...” he trailed off, biting his lip and resisting the temptation to look at Seb.

Finally Seb snapped and gave into Carlos’ teasing. “It’s just because of the color filter in this movie! Even Gabriella’s hair looks blue!”

Carlos laughed at his boyfriend and turned to look at him. “You jealous?” he taunted.

“No,” Seb huffed, turning back to the screen. Carlos raised his eyebrows doubtfully, and Seb reluctantly met his gaze. “Ok, you win. But what about my eyes? They’re blue too…”

Carlos rolled his eyes and wrapped his arms around Seb’s neck. “I know,” he said, “I love your eyes.” Seb blushed and shifted his weight so he could face Carlos. Carlos leaned in to whisper in his boyfriend’s ear, “and don’t tell Zac, but you don’t even need the color filter to make my knees go weak.” He kissed the corner of Seb’s jaw right underneath his ear and started to pull away, but the other boy would not have it. Seb pulled Carlos’ face to his and kissed him, reveling in the surprised squeal that he let out. Carlos’ arms instinctively tightened around Seb’s neck as he kissed him back, a shiver running up his spine at the sensation.

Seb finally pulled away, Carlos’ lips chasing his through the air, when they heard the first notes of ‘You are the Music in Me’. He kept one arm on the couch behind Carlos and started running his fingers through his hair absentmindedly, which made Carlos short-circuit. He laced his fingers with Seb’s and turned back to the screen.

A few scenes later, Sharpay started singing ‘Humuhumunukunukuapua’a’ and Carlos’ couldn’t contain his laughter. “I knew this song was absurd but I always assumed there was some kind of contextual justification that I didn’t understand, but I guess not…” he said.

Seb laughed and shook his head. “Nope, this never has and never will make any sense, and that’s what makes it so iconic,” he said matter-of-factly.

Carlos nodded at Seb. “I will say,” he replied without taking his eyes off of the screen, “perhaps the greatest tragedy of our generation is that you didn’t get to do a rendition of this song in our musical.”

“Honestly, you’re right, this set would’ve been hilarious,” Seb smiled.

Carlos started singing along at the chorus and turned to Seb with a grin. “Humuhumunukunukuapua’a,” he sang, poking Seb in the side to the rhythm of the syllables.

Seb let out a shriek of giggles and recoiled into his corner of the couch, exclaiming, “stop, that tickles!”

Carlos stopped and smirked, “ooh, I didn’t know you were ticklish - note to self, this is useful information…” Seb shot him a glare that said ‘don’t you dare’ and Carlos laughed, patting his thigh so that he would relax again.

They continued watching in comfortable silence until the baseball field appeared on the screen and Seb sat bolt upright, wide-eyed and tapping Carlos frantically. “It’s happening, it’s happening!” he grinned, and Carlos smiled in confused amusement at his boyfriend.

“It’s ‘I Don’t Dance,’ right?” Carlos asked, vaguely recalling having studied this song’s dance break as choreography inspiration.

“Oh, if you mean the song where Disney says ‘gay rights,’ then yes,” Seb nodded. Carlos cocked his head at him and Seb chuckled. “Just you wait, there’s so much sexual tension…” he sighed, leaning back on the couch.

As the song started, Carlos took notice of every homoerotic innuendo and couldn’t believe that he never had before. He kept turning to Seb in disbelief, and his boyfriend just nodded in agreement every time. When they got through the second verse, Carlos asked incredulously, “‘I’ll show you how I swing?’”

“I know right,” Seb chuckled, keeping his eyes focused on the screen.

Carlos’ eyes widened as the first dance break ended and Chad and Ryan sang together face to face. He was speechless throughout the rest of the number, and when it was over he looked at Seb and said, “Oh my God, they really did that.”

Seb grinned and nudged his boyfriend’s shoulder, “I told you it was even better in context!” Carlos laughed and looked at Seb, who frantically pointed at the screen again. “Look, look, look at their outfits!”

Carlos glanced at the screen and his jaw dropped, before he said, “this is so gay, I’m living for it.”

Seb giggled and they watched the rest of the movie, Carlos chewing on the popcorn kernels that were left in the bowl. At some point Seb had leaned his head on Carlos’ shoulder, and when Troy and Gabriella finally kissed, he turned his head to look up at him. “Satisfying, isn’t it?” Seb breathed out softly, but Carlos only furrowed his eyebrows at the screen.

“Don’t they know how much of a fire hazard that is?!” he exclaimed at the characters letting go of their paper lanterns. “Think of the birds!”

Seb nuzzled his face into Carlos’ neck and put his hand on his thigh, murmuring, “shut up, Carlos, it’s romantic…”

Carlos tried to ignore the kisses his boyfriend was peppering all over his neck and cheek and retorted, “aren’t you concerned about these endangered animals, farmboy?”

Seb pulled away from Carlos and sighed, finally getting him to meet his eyes. “If I promise never to send off a paper lantern, will you give me attention?” he pouted.

Carlos giggled and said, “fine…” crashing his lips to Seb’s and pushing him down onto the couch as ‘All For One’ started to play. Seb wrapped one arm around Carlos’ back and his free hand shot up to the back of his neck. Carlos let his hands roam over Seb’s sweatshirt from his shoulders down his chest, feeling electricity in his fingertips. He let out a gasp when Seb lightly tugged on the short hair at the back of his head, feeling the blonde boy smile in response on his lips. Carlos lost himself in the kiss, vaguely aware of the upbeat pool party song ending and the sound of the credits beginning on the TV, but he was much more focused on the feeling of his body on his boyfriend. He felt Seb’s hand run through his hair and he thought he would melt into him. They didn’t pull apart until they eventually realized that the credits were over and they were just hearing the vaguely Hawaiian-sounding menu screen on repeat.

Carlos pushed himself back up to sit on the couch and Seb followed suit groggily before getting up to swap the DVDs. “Did I miss anything important in that last song? Apart from the unexplained Miley Cyrus cameo?” Carlos asked, his hand automatically adjusting his glasses.

Seb grinned from in front of the TV. “Nope, that’s about it,” he chuckled as he ejected the disc.

Carlos smiled, his face still red, and suddenly asked, “do you want more popcorn?”

“Sure, thanks,” Seb smiled.

As Carlos waited for the popcorn to pop, he washed his hands, unable to shake the grin off his face. It didn’t matter how long he and Seb had been together, the effect the farmboy had on him never subsided. He loved to see Seb in his element like this with High School Musical, and he was glad he was seeing these sequels for the first time with him. He walked back out to the living room with the popcorn bowl full again and handed it to Seb, plopping down next to him and planting a kiss on his cheek, just to hear him giggle. “Let’s go,” he said, pressing play on the remote and tossing it onto the blanket that had long since fallen to the floor.

Carlos was greeted by the opening high-quality close-up shot of Zac Efron’s face and raised his eyebrows. “Wow, they really did up the budget on this one,” he remarked.

“Just wait until ‘I Want It All,’” Seb said as he tossed some popcorn into his mouth and chewed earnestly.

When Gabriella stood up to sing “Troooooy!” Carlos died of laughter and Seb smacked his arm playfully.

“Hey, it’s dramatic!” he protested, but couldn’t help but let out a giggle at how ridiculous the scene really was.

“Yeah, ok,” Carlos nodded with enthusiastic sarcasm.

A few minutes later, Troy and Gabriella started singing ‘Right Here, Right Now,’ and Seb looked expectantly at Carlos. “So now you get the reference?” he raised his eyebrows to confirm the obvious.

“Uh huh, treehouse, I see,” Carlos smiled and nodded, looking between his boyfriend and the screen. “Man that’s a cool treehouse…” he trailed off as the roof opened up to reveal the stars in the romantic scene.

“Yeah, when I saw this for the first time I begged my dad to build me one just like it, but it’s pretty small, since I was like five,” Seb laughed.

Carlos snapped his head around to look at his boyfriend and said, “Seb, you did not just tell me you have a treehouse that I have yet to see.”

“I mean, the ceiling is so low that I haven’t been up in it for years,” Seb explained, but Carlos wouldn’t let it go.

“Ok, well, the next time I come over you have to show me this treehouse,” Carlos chewed a handful of popcorn, “sorry, I don’t make the rules.”

Seb laughed and soon enough, Ryan and Sharpay were in the cafeteria, about to sing ‘I Want It All.’ When the song started, he didn’t even realize he was muttering both parts of the duet perfectly from memory. Carlos stared at the screen in awe when the second verse started and the sets began to change. He had never seen the scene before and felt immediate shame and wonder when he saw how incredible it was. Seb glanced between Carlos’ face and the screen, grinning as if to say ‘you’re welcome.’

Carlos gasped when Gabriella turned around and said “it’s Oprah calling - again…” He giggled and said, “wow, I never knew I could feel so represented by Vanessa Hudgens in a maid outfit, but here we are.”

Seb smiled at his boyfriend and kept his eyes on him to watch his reaction to the Fosse-style dance sequence. Carlos was entranced as the figures on screen slowly raised their hands, palms-forward. Seb could tell that he was living his best choreographer life as the formations changed shape seamlessly and silhouettes came in and out of focus. When Ryan and Sharpay returned to the cafeteria balcony, he pointed out their names on the screen and said, “look at the size difference!” He cackled and Carlos laughed as well, since he hadn’t noticed it.

“I have no words,” Carlos said when the song ended, and Seb’s grin grew even wider.

“Oo, an upgrade, I see!” Carlos gestured at the screen when, a few minutes later, Troy and Gabriella were on the rooftop garden that had been expanded significantly since the first movie.

‘Can I Have This Dance’ began and Seb subconsciously held Carlos’ hand. Carlos glanced down at their hands, squeezing Seb’s before standing at the chorus and pulling him up with him. He wrapped his free arm around Seb’s back and the other boy mimicked his action, smiling at the him. Carlos led Seb around the living room in a waltz, quickly falling into the rhythm of the song. They both laughed as they bumped into the couch and the corners of the coffee table, but continued their dance, Carlos spinning Seb around to match the scene in the movie. He hopped onto the couch, still holding Seb’s hand, and mirrored the blonde boy’s steps as he was led to the other side. Seb put one arm around Carlos’ back and the other under his legs, carrying him off the couch not quite as gracefully as Troy did to Gabriella, but without falling nonetheless. Carlos laughed and grabbed onto his neck for dear life, letting out a breath of relief when Seb was able to withstand his weight. The song came to an end and they stared into each other’s eyes, both leaning in like Troy and Gabriella and holding back giggles. Seb suddenly let go of Carlos and held up his hands in an exaggerated shrug, saying “oh no, it’s raining!” and Carlos threw his head back in laughter.

The boys sat back down, this time with Carlos leaning back against Seb, who had his arm draped lazily around his boyfriend. They were both pretty tired from the dancing but happily watched as the entire cast appeared for ‘A Night to Remember.’ When Kelsi walked out into the amazed crowd, Seb clapped like the rest of the characters. “Kelsi finally getting the recognition she deserves, wow.” Carlos chuckled and agreed.

When Kelsi and Ryan started talking before ‘Just Wanna Be With You,’ Carlos was suddenly alert and sat upright. “Ok, did they just forget about Ryan and Chad in the last movie?” he asked incredulously, raising a hand in defeat.

“I just like to interpret it as gay and lesbian solidarity, nothing more,” Seb pointed out and Carlos nodded his head in approval.

“You’re right, they would be the best queer Broadway creative duo - that’s an acceptable reason to go to prom together,” Carlos justified.

When Ryan came in on the pre-chorus, Seb turned to Carlos and started dramatically singing along, making the other boy turn instantly red and roll his eyes. He leaned back into Seb again and angled his head up to press a quick kiss to his cheek. In the movie, Chad walked onstage dressed as a clown and Ryan put his arm on his shoulder, which earned a “that’s more like it,” from Carlos.

They sat calmly through most of the movie, until ‘Scream’ began towards the end and an electric guitar rang through the room. “Damn,” Carlos raised his eyebrows, “this song goes hard!” He nodded along to the beat, impressed. Seb followed suit, even adding a bit of air guitar, and Carlos laughed, “oh honey, you can’t pull off hard rock, I’m sorry.”

“Stop laughing at me!” Seb protested. He narrowed his eyes and tried to look really serious to match the song, but Carlos just thought it was cute and giggled.

As the movie came to a close and the cast started singing the graduation version of ‘We’re All In This Together,’ Carlos threaded his fingers through Seb’s again. “This is such a full circle moment, I’m gonna cry,” he said jokingly, but then he turned around to see Seb already wiping away a tear from his eye. “Aw, Sebby,” he chuckled and reached up to wipe away another tear.

Seb laughed and said, “I’m just very nostalgic, ok?”

Carlos smiled and settled his head in the crook of his boyfriend’s neck, reveling in the unique feeling of just existing with him. The movie ended and neither of them moved from their spot except to turn off the TV with the remote. After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Carlos sat up again. “Thanks for making me watch these, I finally feel like my childhood is complete,” he grinned.

Seb smiled and said, “well, as your boyfriend, this was my personal obligation, but you’re welcome. It was fun for me to see all of your reactions,” he giggled.

“And it was fun for me to see which bits you really knew by heart,” Carlos replied. “You’re so cute when you get excited about things,” he nudged Seb.

The blonde boy glanced between Carlos’ eyes and lips, putting his hand on his thigh and pressing a kiss to his mouth. Carlos’ eyes drifted shut and he breathed in the other boy, his hand drawing lazy circles on his back. When they pulled apart, Carlos reluctantly stood up from the couch, saying, “we should probably head up if we want to avoid an awkward conversation with my parents about you staying over.”

Seb blushed and nodded, putting his DVD back in its case and picking up his bag as Carlos brought the popcorn bowl to the kitchen. After washing up the bowl, Carlos took Seb’s hand and led him upstairs, both boys unable to hold back their smiles. Maybe High School Musical, both the movies and their production, was over, but they knew that their relationship was just beginning.

#hsmtmts #seblos #seb matthew smith #joe serafini #carlos rodriguez #frankie rodriguez

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fandomplethora · 5 years ago

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yeah, so, i stayed up and binged season one of mdzs (animation) & now it’s almost 4am and i’ve never been so emotionally invested- (out of context s p o i l e r s ahead) this is pure chaos anyways, let’s break it down -wait, what? -h u h? -further confusion part 2 -god, this opening/op song is...deep and beautiful and why does my heart already hurt...? -*lightbulb* OHHHHHH -*flashback time* ROLL THE CLIP -dude, this is like a military supernatural hogwarts -f o r e s h a d o w i n g -god, this animation though -oh, to be at a cultivation school in early ancient china pining over my “stoic” classmate/pining over my “wild” classmate -“bro, i’m never messin’ with that demon shit again that was fucked” *12 episodes later* “ya so about that-” -everything was okay and then it wasn’t -wei is so nice to everyone -wangji and wei both need a hug thanks (or more like hug each other) -he’s shy and has rbf and he flirts by teasing and no one is literally being upfront with their feelings akshfksls -(do they even realize it themselves?) -GOD THE TENSION WAS JUST BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND THO -cheaters, cheaters, pumpkin eaters -there’s always gotta be that one fuckin’ guy....our multiple fuckin’ guys, who just ruin it for everyone -“god, this is great, a great day off” *angst/intensity finally shows up* “nO, dUDE” “sup, little BEECH” “life’s a BEACH and you’re hERE, DUDE?” “haHAAA” -“everything is going to be okay, you just have to believe” -...d am n i t -they totally went all “the four nations lived together in harmony - then everything changed when the fire nation attacked” and i was not okay with it -then it was just a downfall from there and me being the epitome of that screaming *enough enough* gif -EVERYONE DIED -and then everyone was completely destroyed emotionally and so was i -bonding in a cave, 5 feet apart... (ignore the monster, sets the ambiance) no joke, that scene got to me -that purple whip scene...god, that was hard to watch what the fuck- -oh but then she went all badass like-? -EVERYONE DIED AGAIN -seeing the parents like that...i was in physical pain/shock -and everyone is crying again and i am too -“i want my dad and mom, i want my dad and mom” i’m completely shattered- -god, this voice acting -let’s take it out on each other, that always works -NO S T O P F I G H T I N G -emotions are running high, my dude -there are still good people in this world *sobs* -AND NOW THEY’RE SEPARATED? -he just got yeeted off a fucking cliff into a fucking haunted abyss of corpses what did you THINK was going to happen??? -can we talk about how, yes, wei saw his family while down there trying to fight for his life...but also saw wangji at the end too like nobody even touch me right now i’m- -“i will come back and haunt ur ass” “yeah, OkAy” *comes back with any army of demons* wen chao: *pikachu meme* -my god wangji was looking for him he was worried and he l ov es him i’m sObbinG- -everyone went all avengers (finally) and i’m here for it -this show literally turned into the 28 days later meets an exorcism movie but like historical au -the brother and sister reunion, i’m crying again -“idgaf who is killing everyone as long as the fire nation burns no pun intended” wangji: 🤨 -boy got flute skills, doin’ lizzo proud -“ms. keisha? ms. keisha? ohmygod she fuckin’ dead” -*wei has entered the building* cue bet on it from hsm -“when I find what I lost you know you can bet on it, bet on it bet on it, bet on it (bet on me) i wanna make it right, that is the way to turn my life around, today is the day am I the type of guy who means what I say? bet on it, bet on it” -forget fiddler on the roof more like flute player on the roof *nudge nudge* -“THEY NEED SOME M I L K” -dude wangji thought he was dead and was in so much pain and then wei came back but was different and they’re both in so much pain and wangji actually left crying and that was not okay this is not what i want this is not was i PLANNED- -“ayo bro, it’s been a long time ready to fuck shit up?” “yeah, totally fuck those fireflies” -his sister is an angel don’t @ me -annnnnd now...we’re flashing forward 20 years and back to where we started in eps 1 & 2 -i’m exhausted -the YEARNING -i want to hug everyone, my GOD

i missed so much here but you get my point - off to season two and then the drama!

#mo dao zu shi #mdzs #grandmaster of demonic arts #grandmaster of demonic cultivation

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maknaesdancersrappers · 6 years ago

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You're willing to try new things with them.

“So,” Kim Doyoung of the student council sashays himself between you and Jaehyun as you were heading to the cafeteria for lunch. “Mr. Star player of the basketball team, Jung Jaehyun.”

You snort while Jaehyun politely smiles, “Yes, Mr. Student Council president, Kim Doyoung?”

“The student body has spoken and they want to see you on stage for the school fair opening next week.”

Jaehyun frowns, “As a host?”

“That’s my job, so no. They want to see you perform; sing, dance, or both, you can probably just pose a couple of times and they’ll be fine with it, I don’t know it’s up to you.” Doyoung pats his back.

“You could sing.” You suggest, turning to Doyoung, “You should hear him; even in the shower, I can hear him through the walls.”

“[Y/N]!” Jaehyun reprimands.

“Then you could sing! Oh! That’s great! You’d be like, Troy Bolton from High School Musical. Everyone would go nuts.”

You start laughing, “Coincidentally, that’s his favorite movie.”

Doyoung claps his hands, “Then it’s settled! You’ll sing for the opening?”

Jaehyun glares at you as you snigger at his predicament, “In one condition,”

“Sure, what is it?”

“Troy has a Gabriella on stage with him, right?”

You stop laughing, staring at him with wide eyes as you connect the dots. It was his turn to chuckle as Doyoung looks at you, inquisitively, “Oh okay so, [Y/N], you’ll sing with him?”

“No!”

“You should hear her in the shower, too-”

You stop walking, which halts them in their tracks too, “I was kidding, he can’t sing. You should find someone els-”

Jaehyun’s hand comes over your mouth and talks over your muffled screams, “Hey, no, we’ll do it. We’ll definitely do it.”

Sensing your attempt in denying participation, Doyoung quickly thanks Jaehyun and runs off. When Jaehyun retracts his hand from your mouth, he merely chuckles as you grimace at him.

“Come on, it’ll be fun.”

“Fu - Maybe for you! I have stage fright!”

He makes a face at you, “Since when?”

“Since five minutes ago when you dragged me into this!” You groan, “You could have performed alone or forced someone else.”

“No way, I’m not going to sing in front of people without you. We’re revealing this hidden talent of ours together.”

There’s no point in trying to refute him - only because you’ve found it incredibly difficult to say ‘no’ to him the past weeks. So you let out a dejected sigh and stare up at him, “Fine, but we’re not singing any HSM song.”

It’s been a week of practicing the song he chose you finally agreed on and no amount of praise from your parents can convince you that your singing was good. The entire school knows by now that Mr. Jung Jaehyun is going to perform during the opening and have been trying to get you to spill on what song you’re doing with him because you two only ever practice at home.

Whenever you heard Jaehyun sing in the shower, it’s always muffled by the apartment walls or just his bathroom door when you bummed in his room while he bathes. You knew he could sing and hold some certain notes, you’ve praised him a handful of times, but somehow hearing him sing now made you uneasy; it released butterflies back into your stomach as they’re already so familiar with and your heart races when he looks over at you to cue your verse.

The song selected didn’t help with your overall feeling as well, at this point, you’re probably more nervous about singing this song with him rather than performing it in front of hundreds of people.

“Good luck up there.” Joohyun, the student council secretary, approaches the both of you while you waited behind the stage. “Oh. Jaehyun, stay on stage after the performance. The rest of the boys for the Valentine’s day date auction will go up in a bit.”

“Auction?!” He exclaims that sends you into a fit of laughter.

“Didn’t Doyoung tell you when he asked you to perform? As you are born on Valentine’s, we couldn’t possibly not include you in the line up. Besides it’s just a date, there’s no harm in that, right?”

“Ah, of course. Who else should be the face of of Valentine’s Day than Mr. Valentine’s Day himself?” You pat his arm in faux consolation, “I can’t wait to tell auntie.”

Joohyun cocks her head at you, “I’m assuming Doyoung didn’t tell you either. You’re basically his counterpart, Ms. White Day.”

It was Jaehyun’s turn to laugh with a matching point of his finger at you and you’ve never hated the date of your birth more than ever.

“What?!” You screech, loud enough to halt Doyoung on stage while he and his co-host go through their spiel, “You can’t do that without my consent!”

“Your date is technically for next month, but the auction is today after theirs.” She motions to Jaehyun. “Don’t be so mad! Think of it this way, all of the funds from the auction brings us closer to spending our senior trip to Jeju!”

Your names are being announced on stage and Joohyun is ushering up the set of stairs; the dread of performing washing over you once more and Jaehyun must have caught the color draining from your face because he reaches for your hand and squeezes it.

“Hey, it’s barely a four minute song. It’ll be over before we know it.”

“And if my voice cracks?”

“Your voice hasn’t cracked once when we practiced. You’ll be fine.”

You nod your head and he lets go of your hand. “I’m only doing this because of you... I would have never done this on my own or with anybody else.”

He grins, “There’s a first for everything and this is our first, and hopefully only, performance in front of the school.”

“Let’s welcome Mr. Valentine’s Day and Ms. White Day themselves, Jaehyun and [Y/N], for their special song performance!”

The crowd erupts into a cheer - undoubtedly, for Jaehyun - as the both of you step on stage and as Doyoung passes you, you make sure he hears your threat, “You better run and hide, Doyoung, I’m going to kill you for putting me up for auction.” to which he merely chuckles to.

Jaehyun watches you as you step up to the microphone stand; his ears are bright red that told you that he was just as nervous despite his calm demeanor. He waits for the crowd to settle before nodding to Kun, your friend who agreed to play the song on piano, to signal his start.

“You know I want you. It’s not a secret I try to hide…” He glances at you, “I know you want me, so don't keep saying our hands are tied.”

the ninth sign

#nct scenarios #jaehyun scenarios #14WTKYIL

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judasisgayriot · 3 years ago

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This seems to have picked up steam with glee tumblr today for some reason lol, so

Here’s all the extra bits me and @buildarocketboys came up with that weren’t in the dream but to flesh it out into a full episode

We decided it had to be the High School Musical episode bc basketball and glee doing HSM would be iconic

Mr Shue wasn’t there in the dream for some reason, so we decided he was in New York or somewhere for some reason like a Broadway audition or something to do with his political arts education stuff, and Emma sings ‘when there was me and you’ even though he’s gone for like a week girl it’s fine he’s coming back

The confessions sent in to Tina’s radio show are all just about glee club members so it’s rly suspicious and everyone starts fighting and accusing each other of sending them in but it turns out at the end of the episode it was just Tina writing a bunch of vent posts about her friends and reading them out on air disguised as anonymous submissions for catharsis (the show kinda turned her into a bitch AND she was treated poorly by the narrative so I can def see this happening lol)

Blaine sings ‘bet on it’ rly dramatically for some reason that’s probably completely inconsequential but it does slap. Even tho it’s from HSM2 I don’t care. ‘Stick to the status quo’ should be in here somewhere but idk where lol

Rachel panics about needing to have a sport on her resume to get into NYADA after a bunch of people on the NYADA applicant forums talk about how being sporty and active is a huge plus or something, so she tries to join something but the only thing there is is the girls basketball team, which was never mentioned before bc no one even knew McKinley even had a girls basketball team, but they’re coincidentally down a member bc injury or smth so Rachel gets in on a technicality bc they’re desperate to have a member to fill the ranks so they can compete in the tournament

Rachel earnestly sings ‘the start of something new’ to a basketball while wearing her new uniform (in the dream the basketball uniform was kinda like the cheerios uniform but purple?? And with yellow ribbons in their hair?? Idk)

Rachel doing basketball has loads of comedic potential bc she’s so short and definitely not sporty, and she sucks at it. Probably also has vague homoerotic tension with the mean lesbian who’s the captain of the team. The team sing ‘get your head in the game’ at her while she fails to do any of the fancy basketball choreography they’re doing and generally flails around. Maybe also intercut with the glee club singing it to her too, bc they need to get ready for regionals. The glee club can also do the fancy basketball choreography but Rachel can’t lol

For contrived plot reasons Sue needs the club to win regionals, but also for contrived reasons no one else can go to support Rachel at her games bc idk, they’re all going to breadstix??? Idk. But her morale is low bc she sucks at basketball and they need her to get her spirit back. Cue the montage of Sue “supporting” her from my dream complete with unenthusiastic signage

Rachel’s Big Game is right before they’re due to sing at regionals (both are conveniently taking place at the same school or smth) so high school musical style she decides she’ll play the game then rush over to the auditorium, but the game drags on/goes into extra time (idk anything about basketball but whatever) and the glee club are trying to stall to wait for her but eventually they’ll be disqualified if they don’t get on stage so have to go on without her, but!! Rachel somehow through sheer incompetence flails around and scores the winning point for her team, they all cheer her on and lift her up and carry her to the auditorium and deposit her on stage, where, with her morale restored, they crush their performance of ‘breaking free’

Episode of course ends with ‘we’re all in this together’ and Rachel still gets kicked off the basketball team bc the injured player comes back lol, and Tina’s radio show is cancelled probs but everyone’s friends so it’s cool

Legit just had a dream that was an episode of Glee (yeah. I don’t know.) where Rachel had started playing basketball and was terrible at it, and it was making her rly sad (quit then???) but for some reason Sue needed the glee club to win regionals or w/e and also for some reason literally no one else could go to Rachel’s games to support her and they needed to keep her morale up so the glee club wouldn’t bomb, so Sue had to (very, very begrudgingly) go to cheer Rachel on and she HATED doing it. Cut to montage of her scowling in the audience while begrudgingly clapping, or holding up the most unenthusiastic signs to support her that she could, like one that just said ‘Rachel.’ (With the full stop.)

And Rachel was actually rly touched by this and tried to like hug Sue but Sue was like AH GOD NO DONT TOUCH ME

there was also a subplot where Tina had a radio show that was broadcast in the halls of the school and her main thing was reading out anonymous confessions and someone sent in something quite mean about Brittany and Tina read it out and then Santana came into her radio office to beef with her about it

Anyway this dream was a better episode of glee that most of the last 3 seasons of glee

#and that’s what you missed on #glee #!!#long post /

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Wtf Lu I was not ready for chapter 50. Calling it amazing would be the understatement of the century. Seriously. You're so talented. And as an amateur writer I am in awe of you, that chapter actually inspired me to go and write something. I know it's not happening any time soon but when fall without wings ends its definitely going to be bittersweet.

Beth what the fuck what did I do to deserve this?? I just wanna hug the shit out of you omg what is this 🙈 I really hope you do go and write something, and if FWW has inspired you then I am absolutely effing honoured, but I’m just an amateur too, babe. We’re all in this together (cue HSM lol)💕💕💕

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Ah okay, the trash situation all makes sense now. Namjoon is not my bias but I do love him so much. Who is my bias? Ha we will save that for another day. :) Not to mention the labyrinth! Awe I miss it so much but it was one of the best stories told and I will surely not forget it. You have a great day too! 1/2

And maybe make sure to eat something a little more nutritious than noodles tomorrow? Haha only if you want to though, love. You actually made me want instant noodles. How about that? Yes, lets make the best of this year. 💛 ~Love Anon 💕

right?? it’s sad but i’m just being lazy LOL AHH WHO IS YOUR BIAS WOW I’M REALLY CURIOUS NOW :O and gahhh that’s such high praise, thank you. i miss the labyrinth too... my two babies... y/n and jimin are so precious to me.. and yes, i’ll try to eat something better tomorrow... i’m actually going home tomorrow for the weekend so yeah HAHA YES WE SHALL!! WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER *cue hsm*

#love anon #anon #ask

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deborahdeshoftim5779 · 8 years ago

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The Marvel of Trelsi (Part VI)

I have resorted to the crude methodology of using screenshots as I’ve wasted over an hour trying to find pictures of Troy and Kelsi on Google Images, amongst other such procrastinating habits. Apparently, the Internet does not believe in the power of Trelsi. Google Play and Dropbox are beautiful things, people. :D

In this instalment, I continue with the following question:

Question: What makes the Trelsi friendship and dynamic so friggin’ special? Why does it make me want to weep and write poetry?

I am using the following website link: 11 Signs of A True Friendship to demonstrate the worth of Troy and Kelsi’s friendship throughout their lamentably short scenes together in the HSM franchise. As I’m coming to the end of that list, I will also discuss the overall disadvantage of having Troy spend so little screentime and off-screen time with Kelsi.

9- “They don’t talk about you behind your back.”

As I have repeatedly demonstrated when answering this question, the Wildcats ostensible displays of friendship are heralded by the franchise script as being emblematic of true friendship.

This includes the notable examples where the Wildcats are implied to have talked about Troy, negatively, behind his back. Returning to my example from yesterday, where Chad owns up to his part in the HSM I Wi-Fi/camera stunt, the lead-up to this rare moment of humility for the Wildcats could only have been possible if the Wildcats had been muttering about Troy behind his back. After Coach Bolton tries to pressure Troy into focusing for the upcoming game, and Troy storms out of the gym in a terrible mood, the rest of the Wildcats (none of them coming to comfort Troy, of course) are headed in a different direction to plan their next move. Which would include, of course, muttering about Troy’s alleged insanity in trying out a new interest so close to the game.

Their decision to meet with the brainiacs to put their plan into action counts as talking about Troy (and Gabriella) behind his back, for the purpose of destroying a potential relationship based on selfish interest. In HSM II, I have already stated that their decision to shun Troy appears heavily pre-planned and I’m sure that Chad had been muttering about Troy behind his back prior to his personal decision not to speak with the latter. After all, he told Taylor and Gabriella, “there’s a guy out there that looks just like Troy Bolton, but I have no idea who he really is.” Not only is this patently absurd, but the melodramatic glum faces of Taylor and Gabriella give one the implication that their lunchtime was spent slanging Troy.

Oh, and speaking of HSM II, let’s not forget Taylor’s instigation of Troy-bashing; telling Gabriella that Troy “forgot” his date without waiting to hear his side of the story (to Gabriella’s credit, she defended Troy!), encouraging Gabriella to hold Troy to ridiculous standards in a relationship (”ALL dates are official. Whether the boy knows it or not.”), planting suspicion in Gabriella’s head that Troy might be straying from her to get in good with Sharpay and the Evans despite there being NO evidence for this, implying that Troy’s motivations are completely unethical throughout despite Sharpay blatantly chasing him and harassing him throughout. Taylor is an excellent friend to Gabriella, and a rotten friend to Troy.*

All of the above scenes are supposed to be glossed over, because hey! We’re all in this together! Indeed, when it comes to stabbing Troy in the back, they are all in this together. However, the ONE scene where Kelsi stands by Troy in the silent Lava Springs kitchen and communicates with him UPFRONT the reason for this undeserved silent treatment once again pours scorn on the alleged Wildcat unity and friendship. Once again, one small gesture in a Trelsi scene outshining everything else. This makes me certain that Kelsi was not involved in the mutinous mutterings against Troy that most probably accompanied Chad’s shouting match earlier on, let alone the plan to ignore him.

10- “They allow you to have other friendships without getting jealous and possessive.”

Consider the value of being friends with Troy Bolton. You have earned instant status points, you’re considered cool, you have direct access to East High’s Primo Boy, you get to hang on his every word and make sacrifices at the altar of eternal worship. Being friends with Troy Bolton is like being elected Cardinal to the Vatican. You have entered an elite circle. It is my firm belief that Troy was Kelsi’s first real friend, at least in high school. She is never shown with anyone else with whom she shares the same level of familiarity, comfort and affection as she does with Troy. This makes their friendship doubly fortunate. Beforehand, she was sitting with the Drama Club students, working on her music. Now, she is well-liked amongst the Wildcat gang and has graduated to sitting at the Cool Girls table, made up of Taylor (who appears to be the head), Gabriella and Martha. People actually notice her now, they know her name and they appreciate her talent as a composer. Mega status points for Kelsi.

But throughout the entire movie franchise, she never seeks to impose her own presence upon Troy’s life. In fact, I may have noted before that they rarely ever hang out outside of musical-related activities; Troy still spends the vast majority of his time with the Wildcats and with Gabriella. Kelsi is respectful to all of Troy’s other friends, is pleased when the Wildcats display unity and support Troy’s ambitions and goals, and does everything she can to maintain this harmony. In such benevolence, during HSM II, she appeared shocked when Chad and Troy had a row in the Lava Springs kitchen (TINY scene)-- later on, she persuaded Chad to forgive Troy. Now the BASIS upon which Chad was to forgive Troy is completely bogus and nonsensical in my view; Chad agrees to the following comment: [T] “I was a jerk.”, which as I have stated time and time again, is categorically untrue.

However, Kelsi certainly never considered Troy to be a jerk throughout this film, and clearly saw that Troy (unjustly) renouncing his privileges in a show of solidarity with his team would appease Chad’s anger. So, either before or after finding Ryan, she runs to Chad, the very same person who called her “small person” in HSM I and with whom she has only shared a little dialogue** previous to plead Troy’s case.*** She doesn’t want to see Troy and Chad’s friendship ruined for anything and seems happy when they get along. This is evidenced by yet another TINY scene where Kelsi is smiling as Troy and Chad do that skipping routine in the kitchen. Scenes like that restore my hope in Troy and Chad’s friendship.

Due the fact that Troy is one of the friendliest, most open and likeable characters in the entire cast, almost everyone is clamouring to be his friend. Those who get there first consider themselves to be the rightful owners. Cue Chad Danforth, whose has turned possessiveness into an art form. Remember, these two have been friends since pre-school, and although Chad was written as the sidekick, he is clearly the more dominant of the two. “For the record? I was a much better superhero than you were.” I know, I know I criticize Chad a lot, but I do REALLY LIKE Troy and Chad’s friendship. It IS a true brotherhood. They have great banter, their friendship is resilient as hell (secretly filming your BEST friend to destroy his relationship? Wow, Troy forgives like there’s no tomorrow), they make great partners in sport, they clearly bonded quite quickly as kids have great complementary qualities. BUT out of the two, it is Chad who feels that his blueprint must be followed. Troy NEVER imposes any idea upon Chad-- not in their professional spheres or in their social spheres. Rather, it is Chad who decides what Troy should think, what he should like, who he should hang out with, what he should decide and what he should do. And that presents a stark difference between how Chad treats Troy and how Kelsi treats him:

(What Troy should think)-- “The music in those shows isn’t hiphop... or rock. Or anything essential to culture. It’s... showtunes. Costumes and makeup. It’s frightening!”

(What Troy should like)-- “You’re a Hoops Dude. Not a musical singer person!”

(Who he should hang out with)-- (This one is indirect) “...the Drama Geeks and the Brainiacs think that they can... talk to us! Suddenly everyone wants to do other stuff, okay: stuff that’s not their stuff!”

(What he should decide)-- (Upon hearing that Troy is undecided about Juilliard) “That’s not what I wanted to hear!”

(What he should do)-- “You and me... we’re goin’ to U of A.”

Now, perhaps it is worth reiterating that despite all this, I still like their friendship! :D But with no such dialogue coming from Kelsi, who rather encourages his decisions and treats his ambitions with respect and is thoroughly devoted to his success, the glaring problem in Troy and Chad’s dynamic becomes clear. And yet they tell me that Troy is the jerk...

I will discuss Gabriella’s controlling tendencies later on, but the Wildcats’ possessiveness of Troy becomes clear when he’s becoming popular with the Redhawks. After all, they invite him to scrimmage within moments of meeting him, give him a jacket and a ride in their (cool!) car. They talk and joke with him like he’s their best buddy, and he gets lunch with them and Mr. Evans. Of course, Troy is cultivating friendships with them for good reasons (and don’t let anyone deceive you otherwise), but to the Wildcats, this appears as though Troy thinks he is too good for his friends. (Their interpretation, not mine). As a result, they shun and insult him. According to Zeke, who has no reason to be so insulting, “...Troy bailed on us, so whatever!” In other words, the Wildcats act like a spurned lover when Troy doesn’t lavish them with the attention they feel entitled to. This gives the impression that they friendship with him is at least partially motivated by the status boost they receive, and if Troy’s attention is on other people, that threatens their own popularity. Interestingly, they do not apply this theory to Kelsi, who is quickly absorbed into their group despite her high uncool points. But maybe this is because Troy likes her, so they see this as a sign of approval.

Long story short: the Trelsi friendship NEVER has these problems.

11- “You have so many inside jokes and funny memories with them that you’ve lost count.”

I have to use speculation here, since there are no scenes to give an appropriate insight into what Troy and Kelsi hanging out what look like. But there are several canonical points worth remembering: 1)- their friendship is uniquely esoteric, 2)- it is built upon unspoken understanding, 3)- they both have a great sense of humour, and are fond of sarcasm, 4)- they share many great friendship moments together. In light of this, I can see them having inside jokes and funny/great memories were they allowed more scenes together, particularly scenes that didn’t involve preparation for the musicals. Perhaps there are some canonical funny memories though: (Kelsi, from HSM II about the Ladies Luncheon) “Won’t exactly be rocking out!”. My screenshot way up above shows Troy’s amusement and somewhat affectionate indulging in Kelsi’s sarcasm. And Kelsi certainly finds his decision to steal Jimmie’s clothes in HSM III hilarious. (Don’t ask me). In the same film, we get a glimpse of the potential teasing, sarcastic sense of humour that could characterize their off-screen conversations: “Hoops Man! Over here! You look like you’re having the time of your life!” To add to the esoteric nature of their relationship, the use of nicknames seems likely.

On the topic of nicknames, Troy and Kelsi are the only ones who use nicknames in a reciprocal fashion. Gabriella calls Troy “Wildcat” (in an often patronizing fashion), but Troy just calls her “Gabriella”. Chad calls Troy “Hoops”, but Troy just calls him “Chad”. With his and Kelsi’s friendship, such is the equal nature of it that even the nicknames are shared. He confers on her the status of Playmaker, she calls him Hoops Man. Interestingly, Troy does not mind this coming from Kelsi-- most likely because she has never viewed him entirely through the prism of being a basketball player. Even MORE interestingly, she uses a basketball-related nickname during THEATRE rehearsals. The very side of Troy that he still struggles to reveal thanks to how his basketball career overshadows his past, present and future. Why does Kelsi do this? At first glance, this might appear counter-productive. But consider this in context; they have had a disastrous rehearsal, everyone is pissed with Troy, the energy is down. Kelsi calling him Hoops Man snaps him right back to attention. He’s focused. It’s like the Coach during practice, and Troy knows this like the back of his hand. Instantly, he turns around, his attention drawn away from the disastrous rehearsal. So Kelsi is once again bringing him back from the brink of self-doubt and endless blame. Also, the nickname “Hoops Man” is a definite compliment. Chad calls him “Hoops”, which makes him sound like an inanimate object. Kelsi calls him “Hoops Man”, showing there’s a human being behind the skill. This is coming from someone who doesn’t know what a Game Ball is and wanders around twirling it in her hands, looking extremely awkward, not to mention “basketball class”, and “Playmaker...??” And by referring to Troy’s skill in basketball, she is basically telling him that he can kill it on stage just like he does on the basketball court. The results of this pep talk (minus the odious Gabriella worship!) are to calm Troy considerably so that by the next scene, when he is preparing for prom, he is showing happiness and excitement for the first time in a while. (Of course, this is cruelly crushed just moments later, but... *sigh*)

I will expand on why Troy and Kelsi NEEDED more scenes together in the next instalment and provide some areas where this might have helped.

TO BE CONTINUED

(*FOOTNOTE-- I like Taylor McKessie. She’s fierce and fun and bubbly and smart. But her prejudice and subsequent behaviour towards Troy is inexcusable. What is interesting is that prior to Gabriella taking an interest in Troy, Taylor was quite happy for the world to hear about her disdain for Primo Boys/Sports Stars. During the detention scene in HSM I, she barely uses a whisper when she mocks Chad, who is sitting right in front of her: “That’ll be tough for Chad since he probably can’t count that high!” And later, she has a derogatory poster of Troy made with no shame whatsoever. (Again, I give Gabriella credit for not finding this amusing or persuasive). It’s hilarious and completely uncalled for. But she’s openly disdainful. By the time we get to HSM II, she’s smiling to Troy’s face and denigrating him behind his back. Why the change? I think it’s because she can’t bring herself to admit that Troy DOESN’T represent any of the stereotypes that she attaches to Primo Boys; her apparent vendetta against him is based on his status more than it is on him. In HSM I, she called him a lunkhead twice. In HSM II and HSM III, she no longer does this. Sadly, based on her behaviour in HSM II, it’s not because she had some moral epiphany, but she’s found another way to criticize him. You can see the rationale in her head: based on HSM I, she now concludes “Troy’s a nice guy”, and then BUT... Cue the new round of criticism. This is astonishing, as out of the two it is CHAD who is more of a douche throughout the movies, but she’s willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because of her feelings towards him. As she has no feelings for Troy, it is easier to maintain her prejudices against Primo Boy status. And Chad, who is supposed to be Troy’s best friend, allows her to talk smack about his buddy in front of him with no comment whatsoever. ([C] “Troy would never do that!”/[T] “You’ve got eyes: use them!”) Insane hypocrisy, but I’ve come to expect this from the Wildcats by now).

(**FOOTNOTE-- Despite Chad’s dismissive way of addressing Kelsi in HSM I, it appears by HSM II that he quite likes her. I am intrigued by what they were discussing prior to the Silent Treatment scene. [K] “It’s okay, Ryan can help!” Help what? By this time, they know that they will not be able to participate in the Lava Springs Talent Show, and yet I am always led to assume that Kelsi meant something dance-related. Maybe I am wrong. And the recipient of this help appears to be Chad, who says, [C] “I don’t know...” But Kelsi remains optimistic: [K] “He’ll get it, eventually!” I have no idea what they are referring to, much less when Chad and Kelsi were on friendly chatting terms over breakfast. Not that I object to this, as Kelsi would no doubt be a good influence on Chad! But the show never shows the transition from calling someone “small person” to discussing something like one might discuss the weather. However, I will draw the viewer’s attention back to early HSM II, where Kelsi babbles on about her beloved Talent Show, claiming “I’ve got ideas for EVERYONE; you guys can sing the lead, and maybe CHAD and ZEKE can do backup and everyone can dance!” (Capital emphasis my own). How did Kelsi come upon the information that Chad was capable of doing backup vocals? Did Chad suddenly show an interest in music in between the Winter Musical and the Summer Holidays? Did Kelsi do a survey? It would have been nice to have these details. Anyway, this apparent knowledge that Kelsi has of Chad’s musical skills further undermine his silly pantomime of braggadocio in that glorious waste of time called “I Don’t Dance”.)

(***FOOTNOTE-- It apparently never occurs to Troy that his “forgiveness” from Chad in HSM II was entirely engineered by Kelsi. Indeed, that’s the first thing that Chad says is “Kelsi told us what went down between you and Sharpay”. It appears not to affect Troy that Kelsi is responsible for this, nor that Chad, who had previously been ignoring him outright, was now making eye contact and walking over to him. Given Troy’s attempt to muster up the courage for his “apology”, I assume he had expected a struggle to get Chad’s attention. (Perhaps one of his pre-prepared speeches). The “apology” scene went off without a hitch, and that’s all due to Kelsi. And yet Troy is never shown to have taken note of this fact, let alone thanked Kelsi for helping him repair his friendships. Neither does Kelsi hang around to take the credit. There are two possible reasons for this: the first, that Troy has been so worn down by the Wildcats’ spitefulness and is desperate to get back into their good books. The fact that Chad is willing to lend him an ear engenders sheer relief. In the resulting friendships that are fixed, he has no time to consider how this was possible. His only objective was to stop the Wildcats giving him dirty looks, avoiding his path and refusing to speak with him. Remember, the beginning of the Silent Treatment was at breakfast time, but Troy appears to speak with Sharpay during the afternoon. That’s six or more hours work-time with no one speaking to him. He leaves his omelette untouched, but what about lunchtime? What about when he crosses someone’s path from the kitchens? After going through the humiliation and upset, the only thing on Troy’s mind is putting an end to it; he cracks like glass. The second reason is that the screenwriters don’t care enough about Troy and Kelsi’s friendship or basic continuity, even though they took the care to demonstrate this friendship as being superior to the main romantic couple in almost every way!)

#Trelsi #OTP #TroyBolton #KelsiNielsen #Playmakers #LiterallyTroyandKelsiForever #HowCanYouNotLoveTheseTwo #WritingSoMuch #Deb'sAnalysis #WhyWon'tPeopleAppreciateThem #WildcatHypocrisy #WildcatsSuck #ChadDanforth #ChadSoPossessiveLike #ToBeContinued

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