I made a dreamwidth account just for this community. Ya'll should feel special. ^_^
I watched my first episode of Glee in November of last year because I heard Darren Criss, who I followed with a mild interest thanks to StarKid, was going to be in it, and I wanted to see how he did. So I watched "Never Been Kissed" and had never been more confused in my life. Why were they singing? What was with the dancing? Don't these people have jobs?
But then I got a hold of the first season of Glee, and marathoned through it. At that point Glee had become my guilty pleasure--I watched it casually, mostly for the catchy musical numbers, and I didn't really think too much about it. It was only after "Prom Queen" that I realized that, oh crap, I care about these characters. I am invested in this story. How did this happen?
I didn't actually join the fandom until after "New York" aired, and it was mostly because I wanted to see if the rest of the world was as excited as I was over Sam and Mercedes dating. (Answer: they were, but not to the extent I was hoping.) So I read the whole two Samcedes fanfics that existed at that point, and was a happy person.
Then I got a job (where I still work now, actually) that involve long hours doing absolutely nothing in front of a computer, and what better way to past the time then by reading fanfiction? So I read every Glee fic I could get my hands on, and eventually got turned onto the amazing meta this community produces.
And suddenly this shallow, guilty-pleasure show I was watching for the catchy musical numbers? Wasn't so shallow anymore.
my "Glee" story
I made a dreamwidth account just for this community. Ya'll should feel special. ^_^
I watched my first episode of Glee in November of last year because I heard Darren Criss, who I followed with a mild interest thanks to StarKid, was going to be in it, and I wanted to see how he did. So I watched "Never Been Kissed" and had never been more confused in my life. Why were they singing? What was with the dancing? Don't these people have jobs?
But then I got a hold of the first season of Glee, and marathoned through it. At that point Glee had become my guilty pleasure--I watched it casually, mostly for the catchy musical numbers, and I didn't really think too much about it. It was only after "Prom Queen" that I realized that, oh crap, I care about these characters. I am invested in this story. How did this happen?
I didn't actually join the fandom until after "New York" aired, and it was mostly because I wanted to see if the rest of the world was as excited as I was over Sam and Mercedes dating. (Answer: they were, but not to the extent I was hoping.) So I read the whole two Samcedes fanfics that existed at that point, and was a happy person.
Then I got a job (where I still work now, actually) that involve long hours doing absolutely nothing in front of a computer, and what better way to past the time then by reading fanfiction? So I read every Glee fic I could get my hands on, and eventually got turned onto the amazing meta this community produces.
And suddenly this shallow, guilty-pleasure show I was watching for the catchy musical numbers? Wasn't so shallow anymore.
In fact, it was actually sort of brilliant.
I just hadn't been paying enough attention.