NOT COMPARED TO SOME OF THE CAREERS THEY'RE GIVING PEOPLE, BUT LOOK AT HOW THEY TURNED AROUND ON MR. SCHUE BEING A LIMA LOSER SINCE S1. AND THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE FINN A TEACHER TOO. I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT NOT BEING SET UP, BUT IDT IT'S A BAD CAREER FOR BLAINE.
IDT IT'S BAD FOR BLAINE AND I DON'T THINK FASHION WOULD BE OOC FOR KURT (IT'S A NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT CAREER PATH THOUGH AND HARDER EVEN THAN ENTERTAINMENT TO MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELF). MY PROBLEM IS FIRSTLY HOW IT ALL SMACKS OF DIMMING EVERYONE ELSE'S NAME IN LIGHTS SO THAT RACHEL WILL SHINE ALL THE BRIGHTER, BUT SECONDLY THE STRANGELY DETERMINISTIC PHRASING OF where they belong. SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER ONE OF RIB'S ODDLY SMALL C CONSERVATIVE IDEAS OF PPL HAVING A PROPER STATION IN LIFE AND NATURALLY GRAVITATING TOWARDS IT, RATHER THAN HAVING DREAMS AND WORKING TOWARDS THEM WHICH IS WHAT THEY CLAIM THE SHOW IS ABOUT. THE LIKELY (BUT NOT YET CERTAIN) OUTCOME IS THAT RACHEL THE DIVA ENDS UP A STAR, KURT THE STYLISH GAY BOY ENDS UP IN FASHION, BLAINE THE PREP SCHOOL BOY WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH DALTON ENDS UP AS A TEACHER (TOO MUCH OF A STRETCH FOR HIM TO BE A LAWYER OR ACCOUNTANT I GUESS), PRIVELEGED WHITE GIRL GOES TO YALE, FATHERLESS POOR WHITE FORMER-THUG GOES INTO THE MILITARY AND MERCEDES GETS TO BE A SUCCESSFUL R&B SINGER (HOW LONG WILL THAT LAST BEFOAR SHE'S MARRIED TO A PASTOR AND SINGING IN CHURCH?). SOME HAVE ESCAPED THE STEREOTYPICAL PATHS LAID OUT FOR THEM, THANKS MAINLY TO LIVING IN OFFSCREENLAND, BUT IT'S CLEAR THESE WRITERS ARE SIMPLY NOT AS CREATIVE OR revolutionary AS THEY THINK THEY ARE.
JUST ADDING THAT NONE OF THESE CAREER OUTCOMES FEEL INAUTHENTIC FOR THE CHARACTERS, BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN STEREOTYPICALLY WRITTEN SINCE DAY ONE, BUT IT'S TRAGIC HOW EASY IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TO HAVE PICKED OUT THOSE FUTURE CAREERS AS SOON AS WE GOT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EACH CHARACTER AND HOW LITTLE THEY'VE DEVIATED FROM IT IN THE END. PERHAPS THE REASON SANTANA AND BRITTANY ESCAPED IS BECAUSE THEY NEVER KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM ALL ALONG.
Y, ALL I RLY CARE ABOUT IS THE LACK OF SET-UP, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE EASIEST FUCKING THING IN THE WORLD WITH THE DECISIONS THEY MADE THIS SEASON.
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(Anonymous) 2015-03-10 02:50 am (UTC)(link)LOL THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, ESPECIALLY SINCE ZERO TIME HAS BEEN SPENT ON SETTING UP THESE ALTERNATIVE CAREERS.
LOL REPLYING TO SELF
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