#glee tested

[nicoise]

made gifs for the first time ever. i <3 being an amateur

shoutout @cryscendo @carsonphillips for being inspirational to me !!

[cryscendo]

the ABCs of KEH: E IS FOR… EXERCISE

In high school, I did everything I could not to take my shirt off in front of other people. Like, I don't think I showered once after gym class. Now, though, thanks to a little more working out, a little more protein, my outside self is catching up to my inside self.

[bakanokiwami]

TOP 10 TV SHOW FANDOMS ON AO3 BASED ON NUMBER OF FANWORKS (2009-2022)

To make these bar chart race, all series titles in the TV Show Category on November 29 (or the closest date to it) of every year were copy-pasted from Wayback Machine to Google Sheets, rearranged according to number of fanworks, and then inputted to Flourish to turn into a bar chart race.

Locked fanworks aren't included in the count because Wayback Machine can’t view those, only Ao3 users can.

Unspecified means that it doesn’t say in its title whether it is an “All Media Type” type tag or not. There’s a possibility that this tag only shows up in the TV Show category, or maybe in multiple categories, like in Movies and Comics too.

It doesn’t appear in the bar chart race, but for some reason Original Work was in the TV Show category in November 2021, and then removed by 2022.

The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types was actually in the top 10 from 2012-2014, and was removed from the TV show category from 2015 onwards so I’ve excluded it from the bar chart.

The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom was also in the top 10 from 2012-2020, but then was reduced to 5% of its 2020 total fanworks in 2021 onwards because The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types and The Avengers (Marvel Movies) was removed from its subtag list. I’m excluding it from the bar chart since it means it shouldn’t have been in the top 10 in the first place.

Jossverse was in the top 10 from 2010-2014 (Top 2 in 2010 and 2011). In 2018, it was removed from the TV Show fandom list and works tagged with it show up in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV) instead so I’ve excluded it from the bar chart.

89% of the Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms fanworks in 2022 are tagged with Sherlock (TV).

Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is a subtag of Marvel and Marvel is a metatag for all Marvel works of various media, including comics and movies. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV) is the only TV show that appears in the top 10 fandoms listed in Marvel and MCU’s fandom filter in 2022, and it’s only 5% of the fanworks in the Marvel tag. Half of the Marvel tags’s top 10 fandom filter list are movies, and there are also 2 All Media Types tags.

As for DCU, 6 of the top 10 fandoms listed in DCU’s fandom filter in 2022 are specifically TV shows: 13% of its fanworks are from Supergirl (TV 2015), 9% are from The Flash (TV 2014),  8% are from Arrow (TV 2012), 5% are from DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV), 4% are from Smallville and 4% are from Gotham (TV).

As for Batman - All Media Types, none of the top 10 fandoms listed in its fandom filter in 2022 are specifically TV shows: 5 of the fandoms listed were comics fandoms. 2 were all media types and 1 was the Nolan movies.

Maybe it would have been better to do a bar chart with fandoms that only appear in a single category (In this case, the TV Show category.). Some of the fandoms that ranked have popular other media outside of TV Shows that boosted their rankings. It would take more effort to filter out, but let me know if you’re interested in seeing a bar chart race like this. If there’s enough interest, I might get motivated enough to work on it, haha.

Thanks for understanding and hopefully I didn’t mess up anywhere! 🙏

[datshitrandom]

Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson | 5.16 'Tested' | Wardrobe Photos | via @ericdooley | ♡, ♡

[ratatatastic]

happy paul had a 15 minute presser after the last practise of preseason so of course hes gonna treat it like a standup routine or alternatively the paul antagonises our beat (as he usually does) but especially george his greatest frenemy cut

Training Camp 24 | 10.7.24 (x)(x)

[perelka-l]

So that's a thing now.

Idk what I will do with the remaining five of each ;w;)a

[gleecontext]

GLEE S05E16 Tested

[spaceorphan18]

I know a lot of Klaine fans love the episode 5x16, but I sometimes struggle to enjoy it, mainly because of all the negative Blaine comments around it. It was great for Kurt to be recognised and showed how far he had come from S2 in terms of confidence. But I think the episode created some negative discourse comparing them. Can’t they both be handsome and talented? Why do you think Klaine fans enjoy this episode so much?

I can't speak for all Klaine fans. I do know there are a chunk of people who are like you and don't like the episode. It is a messy episode. The writing of it could have been so much stronger, there are a lot of elements that we have to infer and pick apart - and you shouldn't have to always do that with your fiction, it's not an episode that is self contained but relies on everything before it and isn't resolved within the episode, and it fuel the never ending Kurt v Blaine shenanigans.

That all said, it's in my top ten favorite episodes.

I think the show was trying to dig into issues that end up popping up in relationships -- where there's a tendency to judge yourself against your partner. And how to reconcile having your own self doubts and your own self criticisms with understanding that someone else can still love you despite your flaws.

I love the episode for what it tells about Kurt and Blaine. Who they are as people -- as these imperfect people in a relationship they're both trying to figure out as they navigate into adulthood.

There is a /lot/ going on with Blaine. A lot. And he's struggling to figure out who he is, and who he is when he can't be the person that everyone expects him to be, and when he can't be the person he thinks he should be for Kurt. He's downward spiraling and it's messy and dark and that's okay? I love Blaine all the more for it.

And on the flip side, Kurt may have some more confidence around his body, sure, but there is so much insecurity there still, too. Kurt can be the most built and handsome looking man, but when Blaine pulls away physically - emotionally Kurt becomes a mess.

The whole episode is called /tested/ because they are being tested in their relationship.

And it's about loving each other despite the feelings of personal doubt.

Also, it has one of my favorite moments on the show:

This is the realest moment -- where Blaine just lies it out there, that if he can't be who he thinks he should be then what is he? And Kurt's like fuck that - I love /you/ as you are for you forever and always even when I'm gonna be an idiot and screw it up again. I. Love. You. The end.

If you want more discourse, I recommend checking out : My Kurt Meta and TDB's Tested Page where there's a lot of great discussion as to why this episode was so great.

<3 <3 <3

[blairwarbler]

Glee TV Show Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans (+Ryder) Unpublished Wardrobe Tag Photos from Various Episodes

[blaintism]

what changed? is it something that I did?

[nicoise]

I'm always gonna love you. And I don't want you to be insecure or ashamed around me.

[cryscendo]

glee + sports (insp)

@giftober 2024 | day 13: olympics/sports

[fallevs]

gorgeous, beautiful, incredible, amazing, showstopping, spectacular, totally unique 😔

[unholy-fabray]

today's emotional support glee cover: Anything Goes/Anything You Can Do

[jauntilyplacedcaps]

[gleesongtournament]

Glee Song Tournament Round 2