Meta Wednesday!

[jakia]

Let's talk about Meta!  

 

For today, how about we focus on season 3 as a whole, and what we've learned/observered/obsessed over for this season!  Parallels, patterns, questionable song choices, color theory, and characterization should be discussed here!

Comments

Re: Characterization and Other Meta

[tilia_cordata]

With respect to Kurt's preference for being on the girls team, I agree with you that it's a combination of "has more in common" and "feels safer" with the girls. The two girls vs boys competitions are early in seasons 1, where Kurt's very recent history was being thrown into dumpsters by the football team, and season 2, where he's being bullied by Karofsky and is stressed and frustrated. He feels safer with the girls, who like him and are comfortable around him.

I think it's totally consistent for Kurt to ID as strongly as male while still pushing what that means in terms of how he dresses. I mean, I identify pretty strongly as female, but I'm currently wearing a men's shirt and unisex shoes that were probably bought from the men's dept for sizing. Sometimes I'm just more comfortable in men's clothes, or they feel more practical. Fashion is so much about how you present yourself to the world - I feel like for Kurt it's more about standing out and being creative/unconstrained then necessarily about gender.