#kurt asks

[tuiyla]

You might have not have an opinion on this but I’ve been rewatching Grilled Cheesus and I feel like the framing is so weird?? It’s fundamentally about Kurt and his dad and since they start the whole religious thing FOR Kurt to support him, the issue shouldn’t be religion. As soon as Kurt said he didn’t everybody to pray for him in school, and that it made him uncomfortable enough to complain, it should just be done. Everybody can pray themselves, leave the Hummels out of it. Thoughts?

I have thoughts!

I have a vague memory of debating this with people on the sub, back in the day because the framing is so weird. It's that Glee problem of feeling like they must suddenly be a PSA and present all angles, even at the cost of character and a satisfying narrative. The other glaring instance I can think of is the suicide discussion scene with the God Squad in 3x14. Why must they always do this with Kuinn?

The problem with Grilled Cheesus is that it's trying to be Kurt's story but also wants to present this middle road of "religion works for some and not for others". And there aren't any inherent problems with that messaging. It's perfectly valid for people to seek comfort in religion and equally valid for others not to want anything to do with it. But this is Kurt's story and he makes his feelings clear. It's frustrating to watch characters cross his boundaries and insist that he's being ungrateful when he's already going through an extremely traumatic time. I honestly don't know why Glee thought this was the way to achieve balance.

I think everyone is being kind of a prick to Kurt in this episode, frankly. Even sweet Mercedes whose good intentions I appreciate and I usually stan is being way too pushy with her closest friend. All Kurt needed was her support and respect and Mercedes is usually excellent at giving that but the episode uses her and Quinn as religious spokespeople. They're ideas in Grilled Cheesus, not people. At least Mercedes is still more respectful than Quinn but even she's being way too pushy. No should be no. And even if some of Kurt says is harsh, he's still allowing people to do whatever they want with their faith and is just asking them to leave him and Burt alone. The prayer scene in the hospital feels particularly disrespectful. Because yes, who knows how Burt feels and it can't hurt, but Kurt has explicitly asked them to back off. Pray at home or at church, ffs! And no, I don't think Carole had the 'authority" to overwrite Kurt's wishes in this particular case. If anything, Carole should have stood behind Kurt.

The characters advocating for religion or even a conversation really betray that they aren't truly in it for Kurt. Otherwise, they would have left well enough alone the moment Kurt expressed discomfort. There's a time and a place for civil debates but right after his dad's heart attack ain't it. And I love Quinn and write a lot about how dirty she was done and all that so I feel I have permission to say this but she just really sucks in this episode. She feels so entitled and makes it clear that her making a statement about faith is more important to her than Kurt's feelings. I wouldn't say someone like Sue who is ardently on the opposite side is much better because she doesn't have Kurt's best interests in mind, either, but she's at least a little more supportive. And she's supposed to be the villain! And don't get me started on William Shitecester who takes this as an opportunity for dialogue. What a shit teacher you must be to prioritize a lesson over the wellbeing of a student in crisis.

I also dislike how people ignore Kurt's valid reasons to dislike religion, again a sign of hypocrisy. Because yeah, Kurt is being kinda harsh but who wouldn't give him a pass in this situation, and the ignorance of the Glee Club to not consider the church's historic distaste for gay people is infuriating. Easy to say god welcomes everyone or whatever when people like you haven't been persecuted for hundreds of years. And as all this is going on Kurt is getting severely bullied at school for being gay so what excuse do they have for not taking his identity into consideration? That they don't really care. Everyone is so self-absorbed and self-righteous in this episode it's painful to see.

The audacity of people to call Kurt ungrateful and intolerant is what pisses me off the most. On the one hand, the episode works well to establish how alienated Kurt is starting to feel even within the New Directions and it builds towards him going to Dalton, which I like and consider good storytelling. On the other, it's incredibly frustrating to watch this kid be so isolated when he would need his friends the most just because Glee decided (and in-universe Schue) that they wanted to preach about religious tolerance. Just leave the damn kid alone. It's just one of those instances where we should not be having philosophical discussions; literally who gives a fuck, Kurt might lose his only living parent! So Grilled Cheesus as a whole is a frustrating watch despite me appreciating certain storytelling elements.

If anything, Anon, I have too many opinions on this. Some of it is strong feelings about the injustice and hypocrisy of it all but the rest are just frustrations on a story level because it feels so unnecessary. But the bottom line is that Kurt was right and his friends should have respected him more than their religious preaching. And again, just pray at home or go to church and discuss it with your pastor. Not the time to try and convince your friend that religion can be good, actually. Who gives a fuck, literally read the room Stacy.

[bigimango]

I love how you draw Logan and Kurt, could we get some more of them cuddling? There’s a criminally low amount of art for them <333

I'm always down to doodle our boys cuddling

[maiooo-0]

Kurt wagner... *clenching fists

Did you know there's a 'what if' of Raven raising Kurt (who she named Michael). I kinda hate half of it but it's actually quite good,,, the art it's my fav part

[ladylylla]

okay logurt nation… y’all got me

[eye-merely-jest]

hrrghgghbmnnmm x-men evolution nightcrawler….

i actually didn't care for him when i first started watching evo 'cause i thought him annoying as shit but now that is PRECISELY why i'm obsessed with him. Weird Kid™ kurt is just such an endearing concept and it's like he's just like me and I FUCKING LOVE THIS GUY SO MUCH

[cosmicisbored]

YOU GOOD ARTIST.....PLEASE... May I have some logurt scrap.....I SHALL GIVE YOU MY FIRST BORN AND ALL THE BINGUS COINS !!!

ofc here’s a lil crumb for ya 🫶

[kitchen-soup]

you could draw the blue man in the cat ear gaming headphones, gaming streamer au or smth idk lol

I think he would be malevolent and evil to his animal crossing island

[bamfkeeper]

Thanks to what you write I have developed an ill-advised affection for little blue elves, they are too cute not to love! I absolutely blame you for my newfound love for blue babies, buddy.

I was thinking, we don't have much bamfs content and I like when they write Kurt as a father. So, killing two birds with one stone, I wanted to ask a little about how bamfs would act when faced with a pregnancy, if it's not a bother. I think those little blue ones would be very helpful or try to be, they're pretty <3

Totally understandable, those blue babies are adorable <3 I've written a lot of pregnancy stuff lately and have a handful of requests for the topic still, so I'll just add some hcs here for you💙

warnings: f!reader, pregnancy topics

The bamfs would be so curious, like little animals. How dogs and cats can sense pregnancy and are curious about bellies, they'd be the same. They'd come close and let their tiny hands touch your belly, blinking with wide eyes.

I can see a bamf sleeping on your belly too, curled up and wanting to keep your belly warm with their small fuzzy body. They like listening to your baby in there, seeking out to comfort it.

They would do their best to be helpful too, fetching you water or teleporting snacks to you. They don't know the complications of dieting or anything, so they learn what to bring you upon request.

They display protective behavior too. Those videos about dogs/cats growling at the father or other family members trying to touch the pregnant belly? Yeah. Imagine that but Kurt and the bamfs.

Showering is exhausting, imagine a bamf sitting on your shoulders and scrubbing shampoo in your hair so you don't have to lift your arms.

Bamfs 100% knead too. It feels so nice on those sore muscles you have.

I think they'd be just as concerned about you as Kurt, and they'd be so relieved when you come home with the baby. They'd peek over the carrier to try to get a look at your baby, their yellow eyes blinking as they look at the bundle wrapped in blankets.

They'd be so careful and tender. Even during your recovery, they would be gentle with you and careful not to hurt you if they jumped up on the couch/bed to be beside you.

Kurt is relieved, the bamfs are treating you so well and he couldn't be happier. It also gives him the chance to leave you for groceries or to do chores that you can't, since he knows the bamfs will get you what you need.

💙

*BAMF*

[lacebird]

#plot what plot

HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN in THE LAST MAN (2019)

[timbit-robin-art]

If you’re still taking requests, would you have any interest in drawing Wolvie being pals with Morph & Nightcrawler? Your X-Men art is too cute for this world btw 🥰

I mostly did this just to force myself to stop obsessively drawing Gamboi.

[ballnutty]

can you draw nightcrawler from x-men? he'd look so cute in ur style!! ^_^

ur art rocks btw, ur an awesome artist!!

HIIII OMGG TYSMM UR TOO KIND !!! I was actually planning a drawing with him and Mystique so hopefully that’ll be up soon….this is my second time drawing him !! Thank u 4 requesting him :3

[tuiyla]

I recently saw this post about how originally for summer nights Kurt was written into the boys scene and Chris Colfer had to call rm and be like.. no? Why would he be there? He’s be hanging out with the girls,, who are his friends? To get it changed and idk I feel like at some point in season 3 glee kinda was trying to switch the narrative so that it wasn’t cool for a guy to be super close with the girls and that he has to be one of the boys and learn masculinity or wtv and it pisses me off so much. Glee writers deciding that actually being feminine isn’t cool is my mortal enemy

Mercedes is his bestie why the hell would he not want to hear the goss from her

I think they might have tried to backtrack on Kurt's track record of choosing the girls over guys but like, honestly, glad that wasn't successful and Chris was like "not on my watch". Blaine was a default hanging with the guys ch anyway. And I guess there are layers to that but I'm just glad Kurt continued hanging with the girls.

This reminds me of people who consider Kurt to be bad gay re because he was feminine, and obviously everything they say is invalid because that's their opening argument. But I also sometimes see people complain that Kurt was hanging with the girls and wanted to be part of those group numbers, and that's such a wild take. Why the hell should he not? Not only did he feel safer and more comfortable whereas the guys further contributed to him feeling alienated such as in 2x06, but also the girls' numbers routinely slapped so much more. Hell if I were Kurt I'd wanna be with the winning team too. What, should he have missed out on Bad Romance? Please, none of the guys' group numbers even deserve to breathe the same air.

Anyway that's all my misandry for this International Women's Day see you all next year <3

[faerieomenart]

Don't look at me ok ok? This is a so-so warm up that I drew in hopes of working on my other art projects after, but I ended up calling it after this and not drawing KAJSKAJK. Just felt like sharing this, despite it looking so stiff :') I love this fuzzy elf though.

[hurtpeoplex2]

req: more long haired kurt perhaps…

long hair kurt best kurt

[frag-nightcrawler]

Lucky booped you!

"..Aua..."

[xxgoblin-dumplingxx]

Nightcrawler? yes please

"Charles?"

"Come in," he answered,"I've been expecting you." He turned in his chair and regarded you. And you appreciate him making an effort trying to stay out of your head. It's not a happy place right now and you don't want it meddled with.

"You need to keep the kids close to the house this week," you urge.

He frowned slightly, "This could be a chance to-"

"They beat me with electrical cords, starved me, and told me I was full of demons," you tell him flatly, "And they were supposed to love me. What do you think they would do to some random kid?"

Kurt stepped closer behind you and rubbed your upper arms, reminding you he was there. He'd offered to do this for you. To let you rest. To let you try and calm your mind.

"Y/N I understand-"

"Do you?" You ask, "They told everyone I was dead. And even today they still called me a witch."

"And other things," Kurt added, mouth twisting in disgust. A slut. A whore. Degrading you in public. And for what? Having the gaul to get ice cream? How did they know what happened in your bed room? And why did they care?

Charles looked from you to Kurt and nodded. Seeing the events of the day through Kurt's eyes instead. "We'll monitor the situation," he compromised.

"And I'd expect protestors. Probably unarmed. But they'll make a hell of a racket. And whip up a mess- they have a specific play book."

"One you know well?" Charles asked.

"Unless they've changed but- the church elders aren't going to let go until they die off and they won't change anything until they have to."

"Then I think we're well situated to handle it," he said.

"Charles," Kurt protested, "It's not-"

"We will protect her," Charles said, remembering the little girl who'd tripped her way out of the woods so many years before. With nothing but scraps of eavesdropped information and change from the couch cushions to get her this far from home.