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Blaine-friendly Kurtbastian Fic Recs

Putting a list together for @fallevs, but I hope this will be useful for anyone who wants to dip their toes into Kurtbastian fanfiction but doesn't want to read anything anti-Blaine! Everything included in this list will either not include Blaine at all, or if he is in the fic, it will be neutral or friendly toward him.

I've tried to include a wide range of words counts as well, so that you can start with something short and sweet or dive into something big, whatever you feel like. If anyone else has some recommendations to add, please feel free to reblog this list and add more!

Europe Is Our Playground by @glitterdammerung - 53,430 words

Summary: Eight years and half the world away from home, a chance encounter in a Paris club leads Kurt and Sebastian - each running from the ghosts of their pasts - into the diversion of chasing each other across Europe.

(Let's give them) Something to talk about by MemeKonGlee - 20,529 words

Summary: “I need you to—” “I heard you the first time,” Kurt interrupts, putting his fork and knife down on his plate and pushing his half-finished pancakes aside. “What I meant was: what the hell?” He points towards the neglected pancakes, trying to stall in the face of Kurt’s reaction. “Are you sure you don’t wanna finish that first?” The look in Kurt's eyes tells him in no uncertain terms that no, he doesn't want to finish his pancakes, Jesus. And so Sebastian has no option but to take a deep breath in, exhale slowly through his mouth and just… get on with it, internally cringing at how unbelievably ridiculous it all sounds when he puts it in words, all out there for the world (and more importantly, Kurt fucking Hummel) to judge. It all boils down to: I fucked up and I'm too proud to deal with it the mature way.

Safe Mode by flipmeforward - 18,118 words

Summary: An AU in which Kurt and Sebastian never met in high school. Instead, they meet at &brave--an up-and-coming online fashion company where Kurt is the new assistant slash blogger (one day he will figure out a better title), and Sebastian is the less than pleasant tech support guy. Kurt does his best to avoid Sebastian and his rude attitude at all possible costs, but it turns out that technology is not his friend. It also turns out that Sebastian might maybe possibly be (okay, probably is) more than just an annoying coworker.

Come On And Mess Me Up by @pouralittlewater - 215,339 words

Summary: “It’s like...When Harry Met Sally,” Santana told him. “No. That was me and Blaine.” “How? You literally got together in months. You and Sebastian have been skirting the issue for years. This whole “will they, won’t they” thing is getting old.” Or, when Sebastian enrolls in McKinley High and joins Glee right before the duet competition. What Kurt thinks could be the start to a great friendship in gay camaraderie quickly explodes in his face as he realizes being around Sebastian makes him want to set the other boy on fire. However, over time, that feeling dissipates. Even without the title of friendship, the two become ingrained in each other's lives in a way neither ever expected to.

Thunderbolts & Lightning by @alphabees-writes - 1,854 words

Summary: Sebastian has a plan. It goes wrong, and then right, and then wrong again.

tension bars by @cryscendo - 824 words

Summary: Prompt by backslashdelta: kurt, sports!au (gymnastics), exes, “sometimes, i sit in bed and wonder what would happen if things were different.”

I Want The World To See You'll Be With Me by @backslashdelta (me!) - 2,405 words

Summary: Kurt and Sebastian attend a Christmas party, and Sebastian has a special surprise for Kurt afterward.

Dessert by @nalasan - 1,175 words

Summary: “Oh my God,” Sebastian says, staring at the plate in front of him. “We have to break up.” Kurt, who has just walked into their living room and is still in his winter coat, raises his eyebrow quizzically; his expression more bemused than worried, “And why is that?” “Just look at that,” Sebastian replies, gesturing at the table in front of him like he is seeing it for the first time: the white tablecloth, the candles in their silver candleholders, the white roses in their vase in the middle of the table, and the dinner Sebastian has been preparing since he came home three hours ago.

And Why Is That? by @20xbetterthanu - 41,321 words

Summary: "I love you, and I hate myself for that." "And why is that?" Love hurts.

Note from me: this fic is definitely not anti-Blaine, however it does heavily involve Blaine and he is Not having a good time, so I maybe wouldn't recommend it if you want to avoid him (and the other boys!) being sad.

A Change In The Weather by cacophonylights - 209,414 words

Summary: The summer before college Kurt is shocked when Sebastian comes to him with a timely offer he can’t refuse.  He’ll get something he needs to realize his dreams, but in return he has to play the role of Sebastian’s boyfriend for the summer.  Neither of them know just how much their worlds are about to change. For a GKM prompt.

Note from me: this fic COULD be considered anti-Blaine, but I don't personally consider it to be; it maybe doesn't paint him in the most positive light, but I think it's still neutral enough to be on this list, and it's essentially required reading at this point! Also, it is famously unfinished, but there are a couple fan sequels: ACITW AU by @lady-divine-writes A Drop In The Ocean by @daftydraw and jwmelmoth The ACITW link above is for livejournal, but you can also find the original fic on AO3 in two parts here and here.

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glitterdammerung replied to your post “it’s funny though that i remember people saying the articulation was...”

Are they also throwing in Swedish sometimes? Because every so often - maybe it was only the once though - I’ll understand a word or phrase, and I don’t speak Finnish. I do speak Norwegian though, and Swedish is related to Norwegian but not Finnish, linguistically. I know in Finland you all learn both languages, don’t you? I saw a lot of signage was in Finnish first, then Swedish. And I swear in season one during an interrogation, Alex said “Jag har inte idée...”

Lol sorry in advance, but this reply is going to be sooo long.

The main characters speak the Finnish dialect of the Helsinki metropolitan area. Some slang words are influenced by Swedish, as they are also by English, but it would be hard for me to pick the dialogue apart since it’s years since I saw the first season and a couple months since I saw the second, so without specific references I just don’t remember. And it’s true that Finnish is part of a completely different language family (Finno-Ugric languages) that has nothing to do with Germanic languages, but because of the proximity and history we have with Sweden, borrowed words exist in our language. Finland was under Swedish rule for 700 years, during which time the official language was Swedish, and Finnish as a language was suppressed.

So because of this history, we have a Swedish Finnish minority (around 5% of our population speak this dialect of Swedish as their mother tongue) and Swedish is our second official language. All street signs, public announcements, basically everything official is both in Finnish and Swedish, the Finnish alphabet even has the letter å in it (we just call it the Swedish o) even though I don’t think a Finnish word exists with that letter.

You’re right in saying that you learn both languages in Finland, though really, the mother tongue for the majority (90%) is Finnish and depending on if they live in the few majority Swedish-speaking towns/cities, what kind of education or job they’ve gone for etc, they speak and understand a varying amount of Swedish, which is to say not much at all a lot of the time, so I would much contest that “all” of us know Swedish. In Finland you generally start learning English earlier than Swedish. In the school system at least the past 30 years, if you’re a Finnish kid and don’t go to high school, then you’ve studied Swedish for 3 years, and English for 6-9 years. And you can imagine the amount that this person will understand in Swedish from having taken 3 years of classes as a kid. When I was in high school, passing Swedish on the matriculation examination was mandatory, but after that it was ruled out, and for 10+ years you could pass high school without taking a test on Swedish. Now it’s been re-instated since the little Swedish Finnish party is in the coalition government, but it’s not a popular decision since a lot of Finns oppose “pakkoruotsi“ (mandatory Swedish).

In my case, I have studied Swedish for 6 years, and that’s 13 years ago. I only need it sporadically since the vast majority speak Finnish as their mother tongue, and when I say I have “needed“ it, I mean that a snobby Swedish Finn has, like maybe 5 times in total the past 13 years, been disgruntled that I haven’t prepared and studied in her minority mother tongue in my spare time just so that I could service her at the supermarket in her mother tongue that one time in two years that she wants to have service from me for two minutes. Lol. One of my friends has had customers shout at her etc. I speak little Swedish, but understand a lot more of it, and under pressure and ridicule I speak none. In higher education it is required a varying amount, and it opens a lot of doors that those who just speak Finnish and English don’t have. I would say that especially younger people know how to speak English worlds better than Swedish. You can probably see from this text that I’m also opposed to “pakkoruotsi“, even though I love languages and enjoyed learning Swedish. But it’s the whole entitlement that can come with it that I dislike. My Swedish Finnish friends never require me to speak to them in Swedish and they think people that do so are ridiculous. In my municipality, 2,7% of the people speak Swedish as their mother tongue, and it’s a bilingual municipality because of this. In reality though, the vast majority aren’t fluent in Swedish at all.

I don’t remember much about Alex’s character, but so, if he spoke a phrase of Swedish, maybe he was a Swedish Finn, or since he has a high standing in society he likely has a high education which often requires Swedish. Or I guess it’s possible he just has a general knowledge of Swedish from his school years, just as I have. It’s a complicated history that the two languages have together. And now, at the end of this essay, I’m sure you’re wishing you never asked lmao. But as they say, sådant är livet.

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glitterdammerung replied to your post “gabriela2828 replied to your post “okay so the spoiler pic has the pp...”

four minutes of snuggles with Robbe’s expensive headphones occasionally peeping into the frame from the bedside table.

so down for this, im not much of a makeup wearer so hopefully the clown makeup wont need to make an appearance for this one

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@glitterdammerung replied to your post: “wtfock got renewed for season 3 two days...”

the LITERALLY most low key remake

right?! funny for a remake that can be so dramatic at times lmao (thankfully the show is very highkey in belgium so it got renewed before s2 was even over)

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Question Meme

I was tagged by the lovely @glitterdammerung 

Nickname: I think the closest I’ve ever had to a nickname is Biscuits, but that was more of a general family nickname. My mum used to sign our Christmas cards from Ma and Pa Biscuits and all the little crumbs (I was an only child, so the crumbs were myself and our two malamutes... two very large crumbs).

Gender: cisgender female

Star sign: Cancer. 

Height: 5′2″

Birthday: July 10th

Favourite bands: Queen, Scissor Sisters, does the cast of Glee count?... Um, so I realized after I sat staring dumbly at the screen and then scrolling through my itunes that I apparently vastly prefer solo artists to bands. Huh. I learned something about myself today. 

Favourite solo artist: Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, Joni Mitchell, Sarah McLachlan, Leonard Cohen, Adele, Adam Lambert, Sting, Robbie Robertson, Tracy Chapman, kd lang, and Elvis Costello... oh, was I supposed to choose just one? OOps. :)

Song stuck in my head: This Is Me, sung by the incredible Keala Settle. It has been low key stuck in my brain since Elsie Fest. Her presence and her voice made a huge impact on me, plus the song is amazing.

Last movie I watched:  Spiderman: Home Coming. On the plane on the way home from Elsie Fest. I was exhausted and should probably see the film again while awake...

Last show I watched: I got together with a couple of friends last weekend and after supper and a bottle of wine, we opened a second bottle and watched the entire first season of Galavant. Bless that ridiculous and brilliant show for existing. I am stunned it lasted two seasons and forever grateful it existed at all.

When did I start this blog: I don’t remember... It was December of... um... 2013? Maybe?

What do I post:  Still mostly Glee-related (Klaine, Chris taking over the world as an best-selling author, Darren conquering the world on stage and screen, Amber slaying on the West End, Kevin just generally being lovely and photogenic, Harry transforming Mike Chang’s dance moves into magical conjurations, the list goes on...) with intermittent floods of Adam Lambert--with and without Queen--but room has been made for Check, Please and occasional bursts of Shadowhunters, plus random assortments of socio-political rage, kittens, puppies, and things that interest me or make me smile. 

Other blogs: Nary a one.

Do I get asks: Not often. I am terrible at responding because I over think and then dance around the Ask like it might bite me until too much time has passed and the window for answering slams shut. And I turned off Anon because angry or rude Nonnies give me nausea and anxiety and those are the only ones I seem to get these days... and I am not here for that. Which kind of bums me out because I have had some very sweet Nonnies over the years and I hate closing the door on them.

Average sleep: Either 6 hours or 10. I can manage on 6 but I am fully functional with 10. Sometimes if there are too many 6-hour nights in a row, I will conk out for 16 hours or so. I have a complicated relationship with sleep after 15 years of working in the theatre and pulling 9pm-9am paint shifts. 

Lucky number: Nope.

Dream job: Possessing enough money to run a small bookshop without worrying about making a profit. With a loft space upstairs for book clubs and play/writing workshops and a small theatre space downstairs--not much just a versatile black box theatre.

Food: Yes please. I love food. Local, seasonal, and simple is best for me. Salads, roast veg, and grilled veg are yummy, and I am a big fan of roasted and grilled meat. Garlic is my favourite thing to cook with, and my when-in-doubt go-to combo for almost everything is olive oil, rosemary, garlic, and lemon. Magic happens when those four mix with meat and veg.

Last book I read:  The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister is the last book I finished. I am currently working my way through Tristan Gooley’s The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs.

What I’m wearing: A dusky pink long-sleeved shirt under a purple hoodie... and no pants. Because bed. :)

Favourite fandoms: Glee is still really my one and only fandom. I like and post about other things, but I am not sure I will ever engage in another fandom quite like I did with Glee. And problematic as it could be, the Glee fandom gave me some truly wonderful people to call friends as well as being a font of awe-inspiring talent. For fan art and fic, we were heartily spoiled, and I thank every single person who contributed their passion, time, and talent. They were why I joined Tumblr, because I wanted to thank them in person. So yeah, that’s what you missed on Glee! :)x

As always, if you don’t want to do it, no pressure, but I am tagging @redheadgleek, @darrenismydarcy, @oraclewendybird, @mypatronusismalec, and @honeysucklepink (the original post said tag 20 people which seems excessive...)

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perfectanomaly replied to your post

“Apparently, I’m at that particular late stage of pregnancy in which I...”

I feel you. At week #35 now and completely agree with that statement.

Heeee! *sending all the sympathy vibes, chocolate, and foot massages* We got this.

lurkdusoleil replied to your post “Update”

������ congrats! I'm always here if you want to talk about baby stuff.

Thanks! I very much welcome advice from folks who’ve been there. Although, please no birth stories!

hazelandglasz replied to your post “Apparently, I’m at that particular late stage of pregnancy in which I...”

Meh why not microwave away (just wait 30 seconds before eating it to let the particles settle down)

Oh, I rather love the fact that some folks have strong feelings about it. I may not care myself, but I can certainly understand being *particular* about food things, especially right now.  

spaceorphan18 replied to your post “Update”

Congrats on all the awesomeness!! :) <3

theredandwhitequeen replied to your post “Update”

Congratulations on the baby and new job.

dont-stop-believin-in-klaine replied to your post “Update”

Congrats! So happy for you :)

glitterdammerung replied to your post “Update”

YAY FOR ALL OF IT

acebiro replied to your post “Update”

SO MUCH AWESOME! <3

theatrevicki replied to your post “Update”

Wow! Congrats on all of that awesome!

Thanks, everybody! ❤️❤️❤️ 

None of it feels real, so you get to watch me be stupid shocked, over and over, for MONTHS. 

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glitterdammerung replied to your post “Not to be that person but after seeing what kind of shit skamfr is...”

I think all three of the remakes you mention have like... WAY more women involved in the production process and I really feel like that makes such a difference.

you're right and you should say it. 

Also someone told me skamnl has their writer be woc who has a Muslim father but I haven't checked that information to know if it's accurate (and we know that druck changes their writers for each season so we'll see who is gonna write the next one). But you're right that all three remakes have women be part of the production process and you'd think it should be a given with a show mostly about young teenage girls but apparently not. And then you have skam italia and skam france both be developed by men and again not to be that person but IT SHOWS. God it shows.

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glitterdammerung replied to your post “That moment when you realize that Tumblr Savior has been hiding a...”

Yeaaaaah that's why I always double check my inbox on my iPhone.

Which is probably a good idea, but since I don't get mailbox notifications on my phone, I forget. Also, if I start answering, it's hard to check the settings for whether it's going to post publicly or privately ... I end up losing what I've written. One of these days (like when I become 15 years younger or Xkit for phone gets released), using tumblr on my phone will be a lot easier.

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??!!!!!?!?!?!!?

[eliottdemauries]

i have now made it fanon in my head that lucas vdh and jana are cousins, you can’t change my mind.

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@kurtbastianarchive‘s "The First Time" Anniversary Event Day 3: Existing Content

↳ A Matter of Distance by @thnxforknowingme as a Netflix show (ft. some other fave fics - see below the cut for links!) [insp] [template]

A Change In The Weather by cacophonylights

A Drop In The Ocean by @jwmelmoth and @daftydraw​

And Why Is That? by @20xbetterthanu​

Make Me Happy by @iaminarage​

Europe Is Our Playground by @glitterdammerung​

It Was Only A Kiss by @backslashdelta​ (me!)

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Top 10 klaine or glee fanfics read!

Oh man. It’s been awhile since i have read fic. And I don’t have them organized, I won’t have links. So just a list, hopefully i remember the author’s names. Lol.

1. The Luckiest - Wordplay

2. Angel in a Red Vest- don’t be fancy

3. Something Unpredictable - Tonks42

4. The Bro Code - Village Idiot

5. His Perfect Partner (Dancing with the Stars AU) - FountainofThought

6. Nothing So Loud- Glitterdammerung

7. With Every Broken Bone @spaceorphan18

8. Where There’s Smoke - stoney

9. The Goggles Do Nothing- lls_mutant (this one is Burt/Carole hilarity)

10. Illicit- EmilianaDarling

[glitterdammerung]

Arabianranta+Tapio Wirkkilan Puisto

Helsinki, Finland

📷: glitterdammerung/Lissa Reed

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@glitterdammerung replied to your post: @ckerouac replied to your post “I am seriously...

Do this. Do this NOW. Be the pasta purveyor making more money that you want to see in this world.

I am just excited that my brain has finally released the idea of staying at the clinic. The world is full of books and pasta and possibilities!!!

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glitterdammerung replied to your post “Apparently, I’m at that particular late stage of pregnancy in which I...”

Is it not good to eat leftover pizza? Oh. It's the cheese, isn't it.

It is. I actually like fake cheese (or cheese-free pizza), but it doesn’t make me much fun as a pizza-ordering buddy.  :)

dontbefanci replied to your post “Apparently, I’m at that particular late stage of pregnancy in which I...”

Ooh, soon soon soon!!!

SO SOON! 

Meeeeep.

constantcompanion replied to your post “Apparently, I’m at that particular late stage of pregnancy in which I...”

Hi, sweetie!

*waves* Hiiiiiii! <3

[azraeldoesnotdispute]

This week was full of suck. I even got a sunburn on Monday when we went to Hurricane Harbor. I'm hoping the insurance will pull through for me, but who knows? If not, here comes the 50k+ debt.