#tbt 5x06

[forbescaroline]

235 FAVORITE SHIPS OF ALL TIME (ranked by my followers) 71. kat edison and adena el amin - the bold type

[autumnrory]

mmk i’ve said a million times idt the sutton/richard wanting vs not wanting kids storyline should’ve ever happened but i’ve also said a million times that’s not an issue anyone should compromise on

and i kind of assume they wanted to break them up bc since sam page was only in two eps at the end of this season he probably wanted to leave permanently but this ended up being the final season and so he ended up coming back for just those eps

but they still could’ve had a breakup over something not necessarily so permanent? and it should’ve been! i wanted sutton/richard endgame of COURSE, but i didn��t want either of them to compromise

and frankly if they were going to have someone change their mind it would’ve made more sense for it to be sutton because it just seemed like her reasoning was not so much not wanting kids but caring about her career and like they could’ve had her realize she can have both kids and a career (honestly it’s silly to act as if she can’t)

though even going back they should’ve left it more open, stuck with sutton not being certain about having kids or wanting to wait and richard, as an older man, not wanting to wait, have THAT break them up which would’ve left it open for them to end up back together in the end. instead one of them had to compromise to get this ending and i just......don’t like that

i will go on pretending nothing exists past their wedding ep because 4b was a goddamn mess all around

and i just think it sucks that kat and jane are both making big career moves and sutton’s ending was.....only really about richard. not about her job or even about the work she’s done on her mental health, just......her relationship

but i did love jane and kat’s endings! as soon as jane was there telling jacqueline that being in charge wasn’t right for her i was like “get kat! get kat! get kat!” and they did, i was very pleased by that change

and i cannot remember the bodyguard’s name so sorry but despite being in only two eps he was the first person i really enjoyed with jane so i have hope for them!

and kat/adena was lovely of course though idk the whole “kat hates commitment” storyline this season seemed out of nowhere to me? maybe i’m misremembering but like idt that had been the problem with her and adena before like.....was that really why they broke up and got back together multiple times? i thought there were other reasons but i don’t remember the earlier seasons as well so WHO KNOWS

but yeah like i enjoyed the finale well enough, a little more than the rest of the season, but it just doesn’t fix the damage done by 4b imo

[unproduciblesmackdown]

appreciating some real juxtaPosition in the contrast of [winston’s posture re: being across from rian] when being at adjacent desks for the first time in 5x05 vs their Relationship Definitely Hurtling Towards Something exchange in 5x07

[klaineship2]

TDB Rewatch   Episode  5x06   FicRec    Movin’ Out

Getting Blaine ready for his audition:  Safety  by nightbirdrises (aka @princehummel) Summary: Kurt wonders if he’s done the right thing in encouraging NYADA and a future in performing for Blaine.

Blaine’s actual NYADA audition wasn’t part of the episode, so if you want to read how it went - here is Anywhere But Here  by  BabyBoomBoom0029    and  Untitled 5x06 Reaction Fic  by asuninside.

When I Wore a Younger Man’s Clothes by @hazelandglasz is very short but bittersweet. It’s the one I mentioned here.  Summary: The scene at Spotlight and one particular old man gave me feels

Two personal favorites of mine are Hearth & Home by @wowbright Summary: A follow-up to Blaine’s conversation with Kurt about his fears over getting into NYADA.

and The Sounds of Home by @flamingmuse  Summary: Blaine’s proud that he’s slowly getting used to the weird sounds of the city around them by his third night here.   also translated into German on AO3 and Fanfiktion.de

Than there is Persistence of Memory by scalpelsandhappiness.  It is from Rachel’s POV but very sweet and very un-Rachel-y in a good way with lots of thoughts concerning Finn and Klaine.   Summary: Rachel used to appreciate the city lights that always tried to intrude through her curtains, imagining them as a faint, humming buzz that she could reach out and touch. These nights, though, they just remind her that the Big Apple never sleeps, and she’s not doing so well in that respect, either.

Do Not Disturb by gunpowdereyes  Summary: Kurt will accept no reunion sex interruptions.

and last but not least  Squeaky Bed Woes  by  @flickerthenflare  which is basically what it says on the tin, lol.  Summary: Blaine profoundly dislikes Kurt’s bed.    (my favourite line is: Kurt’s concern about privacy is clearly inversely related to how horny he is.)

and as an exception, because I mentioned it in my meta post, I want to include Rainjoy’s AU fic Unscripted Verse that will convince you that Blaine was meant to be a doctor. also translated into German on AO3 and Fanfiktion.de.

adding belatedly because it*s brand-new The Highest Place on Every Fire Escape by InsightfulInsomniac (aka @zigxzag-klaine  )  Summary: Kurt and Blaine have a limited amount of time together before Blaine and Sam have to go back to Lima after college visits and Blaine’s NYADA audition. But with a packed apartment, it proves to be nearly impossible for them to get any alone time together, and all the near-misses are getting to them in the most frustrating ways.Finally, Kurt snaps, and this is the story of how Blaine and Kurt end up getting it on out on the fire escape.

Enjoy <3

@todaydreambelieversfic

[lucyyh]

TBT Olicity black & white: 5x06 So It Begins.

[todaydreambelievers]

TDB Rewatch: Movin’ Out (5x06)

Welcome to season 5! This week we’re doing Movin’ Out!

Graduation is coming soon and Sue begins an annual Careers Fair for students to explore careers and dreams to pursue. However, there isn't anything supporting the Arts and Theatre and Will assigns the Glee Club with Billy Joel music, a person who struggled as an artist but managed to pursue his dreams and become a well-known star. At McKinley, Artie attempts to helpBecky take a chance at college against Sue's decision to keep her at McKinley and Jake's attitude after Marley dumped him worsens, with Ryder deciding to interfere. Blaine and Sam depart to New York for a week to prepare for their careers: Blaine's audition forNYADA and Sam's interview for his scholarship at Hunter. However, due to Sam's lack of passion for college, Rachel assists in Sam's career in male-modelling and Blaine has a change of heart to what he wants to do in the future.

The episode was directed by Brad Falchuk and written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.

Sundays: Pretty much the kick off day for the week, and also where Meta Monday and First Listen Friday are distilled into.  So – do that rewatch, dust off that old meta, listen to that music again, then write about it and put it in the tags!

Tuesdays: Will remain the poll, the results will be on Saturdays as usual.  

Thursdays: Will remain TBT – and I encourage you to post the gifsets, old interviews, memes, and fanfics – anything related to the episode.  

Instead of doing a round up – tag with “tdb rewatch” “todaydreambelievers” or “spaceorphan18″ and I’ll reblog it here so everyone can take a look at it.  Also - have any prompts for fanfics related to the episode, or headcanon kickstarters? Feel free to tag me, too, and maybe we can get some good discussions going.  I hoping that by reblogging - it’ll start more conversations and/or get things moving a little more than things were in season 1.  

As usual - don’t feel bound to my schedule - if you have something from season 1 you’d like to have out there, still tag me! I’ll reblog it with the correct episode tag.

[klarolinedrabbles]

wait did they secretly confirm Candice in another episode? Like look at the wording it said caroline will be in 2 of the FIRST 10 episodes. Not within the first 10 she will be in 2 of them. So would that mean she is in ep 1 and 2? It seems worded weird to me tbt or is that just me. What are ur thoughts?

ok but thanks to ew we know for a fact that caroline is in more than two episodes and as there's only three more to go (if she's not in any up to ten) it likely means the finale what would also mean e n d g a m e

No, they’re referring to 5x01, and 5x06. And truth be told, the only reason they’re even saying it’s two episode’s now, is because of when the board got posted and we found out they brought Caroline back in. If Jeff hadn’t leaked the board, I genuinely doubt we’d have gotten the jodice picture, because they were keeping at ‘she’s in one episode so far’ until that. 

And that aside, the wording is rather specific. Natalie said on EW Radio that "at least what I’m hearing, at least two episode’s in the beginning of the season”. I mean, they’re writing 5x12 already, if it was just those two, the wording to that would imo be entirely different. 

[unproduciblesmackdown]

I started watching billions bc of you and nothingunrealistic’s posts about it and I was always intrigued by Rian bc of your art/gif sets etc but I’d been reading her name as Ree-an. And I just got to the episode w her and lemme tell u,,, as a bisexual who is obsessed w girls who have traditionally masculine names…. What a gift. Anyway thank u for indirectly introducing me to my new wife

oh yeah that's a handy piece of information for anyone who wasn't around like a year ago when [post that includes her name being Spoken] would've been posted & might not have that pronunciation context, yeah "rian" is pronounced same as "ryan," ("with an 'i,' badass")....glad to hear when people enjoy our billions posts for whatever particular reasons, & rian's an enjoyable character for sure no matter how her name is pronounced thanks to just like, if you came for winston & stayed for winston & taylor and have been posting about & enjoying those characters and the other characters like them / on their wavelength, aka people on the show who don't really fit in according to the standard / example set by the most central characters, aka who tend to be these unusual distinctive 20something/younger characters who make an immediate impression, aka rian fits right in to that whole genre of billions character, and so much the better that she's also someone who wasn't really interested in working just at usual axe cap when wendy offered, but is now interested in working there (technically, as part of tmc) since taylor's here, and also likes interacting with winston. like, very relevant to us, thanks

also have to assume other aspects of billions were enjoyable enough if you've watched billions beyond just rian's appearances, but also congratulations on the heroic patience if you were especially interested in this one character who shows up only in the last three episodes so far lmao (and who's basically guaranteed to show up in more season 5 episodes once they continue airing come september 5th (and who we have reason to feel very confident will continue to appear beyond s5))