#nyada!kurt

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Victoria, Please Keep Your Secrets

Author: @gleefulpoppet

Rating: M

Status: Completed in December 2023

Word Count: 31, 147

Summary: Kurt is a senior at NYADA. Blaine is a senior at NYU. They’ve never crossed paths, but they’re about to—in the most unlikely place in all of New York City. (Or, the one where they meet in a lingerie store and find their happily ever after).

Tropes/Genre: college!Blaine, NYADA!Kurt, lingerie, fluff, AU, meet cute

Lynne's review: Sweet, sexy, flirty, romantic and excellent visuals as usual!

Read at: AO3

[fallevs]

Remember when in 3x11 Burt went to the school in person to look his son in the eye as he handed him the NYADA letter? And the speech he gave him once Kurt, crying and smiling, told him he was a finalist?

You beat them all. They threw everything at you. They tried to beat you down. But you know what? You are unstoppable, Kurt. I am so proud to be your dad. They can never take this away from you. Right now, in this moment, on this day, you won.

It's so sad to think that Kurt, at this point of his life, was so convinced, so excited that he was really going to make it. That he would finally get his revenge and because he deserved it! Because of him and him alone, because of his talent, not because of some stupid subterfuge! I bet his first thought that last day must have been "I'm so sorry I let you down, dad."

I will never get over it. I will never get over it.

[spaceorphan18]

Thank you for your last answer to my question about your writing, that was really helpful and interesting! I have another question, I really like how you wrote NYADA in your fic ���With Every Broken Bone”. I always wished they had done better with it in canon. Why do you think Kurt thrived at NYADA, but Blaine didn’t? I’m glad too you made reference to Blaine having some friends there, as I always assumed he would at least have some acquaintances.

Nonny, thank you so much for coming to chat with me! I don't get a lot of convos about my writing, so I appreciate it anytime anyone comes to talk about it! <3 <3

And, ooff, I mean, I had to make NYADA make sense. Because, man, that school -- I mean, I went to a university where I was part of the school of music, and nothing NYADA did made ANY sense.

First of all, I do not understand a school where Elliott and Jesse are rejected and Brody and those Sycophants were let in. How can Kurt bare his soul in an audition and not get in while Rachel has to stalk her way in after utterly failing? Why is the Dean of the school personally grading freshman assignments? MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!

I don't think Kurt particularly thrived at NYADA -- because other than the midnight madness thing, what did they even show him doing there? Not really anything. Meanwhile, I don't think Blaine didn't thrive professionally. He was an emotional mess who couldn't keep up with the entirety of his life. He downward spiraled out of college (as lots of people do). And despite me hating NYADA, I don't blame the college for Blaine's personal issues.

And, I mean, yeah, one of the problems with NYADA is that it was such a side plot that the show didn't want to develop that there wasn't really any time given to world building. I think Blaine is a very personable guy, who probably natural has more friends and is (said lovingly) better liked than Kurt just by his own nature. So it doesn't make sense for him NOT to have friends at NYADA. He's the one for whom it's easier to make friends, so I just had to include that.

That's my two cents <3

[sapphic-agent]

[yelyahrodrigo]

Glee playlists no one (except me) asked for

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[sparkles-and-trash]

Kurt Hummel should have stayed at Vouge.com and been a world class designer, not because he’s not an amazing performer, but because DREAMS 👏🏼 CAN 👏🏼 CHANGE 👏🏼

[bonelesssboiz]

Nyad? Isn’t that the school from glee?

[blaintism]

i have a blaine stan sixth sense of seeing a post on my dash and knowing that if i search their blog for ‘blaine’ i’m about to see the most insane anti posts

[hbogirls]

hmmm is you're losing me more of a finn song or a rachel song after the 4x04 breakup episode? i kinda think rachel song because she felt abandoned after he dropped her off at the train station, but i think finn was falling out of love when he saw her with brody

[fabfemmeboy]

AND the fact that he didn't get in for doing a spectacular, original performance that showed off all parts of his vocal range really well...but did get in for doing one of the songs that she had specifically said everyone freaking does? The song that showed mostly the lower part of his range and involved no dancing, no originality, nothing interesting. And that the adult thought he showed vulnerability when he sang the song that literally everyone else sings, but not the song about queer experience by a queer artist? Most hated plot choice ever.

I refuse to believe that Kurt’s performance of Not The Boy Next door, which not only showed off his ability to hit high notes but also his ability to blend and hit the low notes too, whilst also showing off his ability as a performer to dance at the same time and capture the audience whilst being a showman did not get him into NYADA. I REFUSE.

But then when he sings a ballad he gets in for showing vulnerability? I’m sorry but so many performers can sing ballads, but only a few can do what he did in his first performance.

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Anderson’s Alley and Arcade

Author:  @hkvoyage

Rating:  T

Status:  Completed in December 2022

Word Count:  13,223

Summary:  When Kurt confessed that he was growing bored with his life in NYC, Burt suggested that he take up bowling. After all, they used to be the Big/Little league champions back in the day. Over Christmas, Burt even found a nearby place for Kurt to bowl. In the new year, Kurt visited the alley and quickly joined its bowling league so he could spend more time with the cute new owner. An alternative meeting featuring bowling alley owner!Blaine and NYADA!Kurt.

Tropes/Genre:  bowling alley owner!Blaine, NYADA!Kurt, alternate meeting, matchmaker!Burt, romance, fluff

Lynne’s review:  Sweet, sweet, sweet! Definitely love a story with no angst! Throw in matchmaker Burt Hummel and I’m sold!!

Read at:  AO3

[morallygays]

i will never not be pissed that kurt didnt get into nyada and rachel did

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Klainetober2024 [1/4]

- Costume Connections

Hello everybody,

To your (and my) surprise, I'm apparently writing for Klainetober this year as well.

After I spontaneously wrote my last story for a Klaine challenge and just finished it, I thought I might need a break until Christmas. But then I saw the prompt for the first week of Klainetober and had an idea that I had to write down right away. Let's see if I can be as creative for the other weeks.

And oops, it turned out to be much longer than I had planned for a one-shot.

I hope you like it! Let me know, comments are my motivation :D

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Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationship: Blaine Anderson/Kurt Hummel

Characters: Blaine Anderson, Kurt Hummel, Adam Crawford

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Meet-Cute, Halloween Costumes, Minor Adam Crawford/Kurt Hummel, Star Wars References

Words: 8,655

Summary:

If you were to ask Kurt Hummel how his night went... well, he had better ones. Kurt and his boyfriend are invited to an exclusive NYADA Halloween party, but the night takes a turn Kurt didn't expect. My contribution for Klainetober 2024 Prompt for Week 1: NYADA Halloween Party

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[blainehasregrets]

Blaine’s Transfer To McKinley

One of the more disliked? plot points in Glee is Blaine’s transfer to McKinley. However, it’s always been silly to me that people think this plot made “no sense”, especially from Blaine fans who think Blaine transferring to McKinley meant Blaine was constantly having to relive the trauma from his previous experience in public school and Kurt was inconsiderate for making him transfer.

Don’t get me wrong: He definitely transferred to be with Kurt, and I have no doubt in my mind Kurt was being annoying as hell about it all summer given the scene of him being (playfully) passive aggressive over Blaine still going to Dalton (which makes his whole “pls don’t tell me you transferred for me because what if u resent me 🥺” even funnier lmao oh Kurt). And I also think him transferring in the middle of the episode aka nearly a week into the school year was supposed to show that Kurt was pressuring him. But I also do kind of chalk that up to the fact that The Purple Piano Project was incredibly badly written and they chose the worst possible ways to deliver information, like setting up Juilliard for Hummelberry just to explain to us NYADA a scene later like…! IMO, they could have kept that scene of Klaine in the Lima Bean, like I’m not saying they should take Kurt’s involvement in the decision completely away, but it should have been one of the very first scenes so Blaine could have been there from day 1. But omg all of this is besides the point let me move on…

However! To act as if it was not ultimately Blaine’s decision, and one he’s wanted to make for a while, is missing a huge part of his character. Not only that, I don’t understand how so many people miss this when it’s quite literally one of the very first things Blaine ever says in the show.

In Never Been Kissed, Blaine tells Kurt “I ran, Kurt. I didn’t stand up. I let bullies chase me away and it’s something I really, really regret.”

It’s literally the main thing we are introduced to his character with. Blaine is someone who wants to face his fears, in this case public school, he just hasn’t had an opportunity to do so.

The entire Dalton arc is symbolized by Pavarotti’s cage which comes up several times during season 2, and in Special Education the show frames Dalton as a place that doesn’t foster individuality (even though I think that plot point was uhh badly written because it was as if the writers seemed to forget why Kurt left McKinley in the first place…all of Kurt’s complaints about Dalton applied to McKinley too, but were supposed to forget about it because over on the McKinley side, Mr. Schue chose Fabrevans and Santana for the competition for once. but also all of this is besides the point too!), and the reason why Blaine falls in love with Kurt in the first place is because of Kurt’s independence and need for freedom despite the difficulties he faced, symbolized by him sing Black Bird. Despite the fact that I don’t particularly agree with this sentiment that a safe place like Dalton is “running away”, I think most people know going from a rich private school with no bullying to a shitty public school with tons of it is a massive downgrade, the show makes it abundantly clear that Dalton is not a place where Kurt or Blaine are meant to stay.

So, even logistics aside (because obviously as he was upgraded to a main character, he had to be with the rest of the characters more often which means he had to go to the same school, it’s really not much deeper than that), the show already set up that Blaine wanted to be free from a place like Dalton. Even in Original Song, we get the hint that Blaine is tired of his easy life in the Warblers where he gets all the solos and in Silly Love Songs he compares them to privileged, porcelain birds. To make it seem as if Blaine being at McKinley was traumatic for him or he had 0 choice in the matter and was doing it solely for Kurt is, imo, disingenuous and misses part of his character that gives him his own agency.

And yes I’m saying all of this acknowledging Blaine’s whole “I changed SCHOOLS FOR YOU 😫” thing, because I think it all can be true at once:

Blaine transferred to be with Kurt.

Blaine transferred because it’s something he’s wanted to do.

Blaine had no problem holding it over Kurt’s head when he wanted to.

I feel like none of that is contradictory to each other (or, even if it is hypocritical, it’s hypocritical in a way real people are). People are messy! They can have multiple reasons for doing what they do, and sometimes even when it’s their decision to make, they can still blame another other person for them. (And I say this with love but I mean…Blaine isn’t a stranger to blaming Kurt for something he chose to do, right? Moving out…cheating…Perfectly in character if you ask me!)

I feel like this decision doesn’t require that much suspension of disbelief either, Jesse transfers in season 1 for a couple episodes just to mess with Rachel. Yes it’s not realistic, but many aspects of glee are not and this is one of the ones I think was set up before the decision was even made.

And to be honest, I always thought the whole “Blaine should have stayed at Dalton” to be a pretty boring opinion, but when I was rewatching Purple Piano Project recently, Blaine said Kurt was just scared the Warblers were going to beat the New Directions, I couldn’t help but think that would have been soo interesting to see. The mess and drama that would come out of Klaine having to see each other as rivals…especially when you throw Sebastian into the mix…Blaine, who already couldn’t cope with the distance, having to see his boyfriend as the enemy? I would love to visit an alternate universe where that’s the route glee decided to go with.

But I’m sorry I love “I changed SCHOOLS FOR YOU 😫” and, regardless of all the reasons I’ve listed above, the general craziness it spells for Blaine that he’d transfer to a shitty public school to spend one year with his lazy fucking boyfriend (said affectionately) too much to wish it was changed. I love you canon Klaine!