Yeah, I'd definitely count "ennui". Kurt uses French loan words that other folks seem to miss. The other one that sticks in my mind is his use of "crudites" in "Theatricality". Burt refers to it as (paraphrasing) "Ethnic food, I don't know, some ethnicity not our own" and Finn declines eating "A tuna crude" (which isn't even what Kurt's made, I mean raw vegetables with a dip or sauce... come on guys, but then Lima is not a town where people eat vegetables that aren't fried. And Kurt doesn't belong in Lima.)
I am sure there are other moments like those--at least i feel like as I watch Glee it's often a source of amusement--but I'm having trouble thinking of other specific instances. Or I could be making it all up in my head! :) I had forgotten his conversation with Azimio, so that's a good one to remember (thank you).
Given these contexts, I think you're right: it's part of what had made Kurt (or shown him to be) the Most Interesting Kid in Ohio, and now he's not, in fact, he's in danger of becoming a terrible thing: A Lima Loser. (And (overreaching, I'm sure) maybe this is how we know Puck won't end up with the label? He uses the phrase tout de suite in one of his attempts to rally the football team in S2. I can't remember if it's the one where he fails and recruits Zizes or the one where he succeeds in TSSS).
Oh! It occurs to me now, there also may be some interesting contrast to be drawn between Kurt and Sebastian (w.r.t. Blaine) based on the French thing (if it's a thing) since we have Sebastian's flaunting of his sophistication to Blaine with his Courvoisier in his coffee in Paris. But Sebastian isn't interesting to Blaine, he's 'really out there'. /tangent
At any rate, in future rewatches I'll be paying extra close attention to the French.
I missed the reference to the Navigator in "Heart"! I thought Kurt must have lost it back in S1. Interesting. It is indeed a tank, and I always wondered about Burt getting it for him. It probably was a safety thing. And now it's gone to find his Great Adventure. He can't cross the (symbolic) river in his car anyway. He flies, perhaps because Blaine has returned to him some of his power?
(Looking forward to any of your insight and thoughts on magic through the episode.)
Re: random 4x01 stuff
Yeah, I'd definitely count "ennui". Kurt uses French loan words that other folks seem to miss. The other one that sticks in my mind is his use of "crudites" in "Theatricality". Burt refers to it as (paraphrasing) "Ethnic food, I don't know, some ethnicity not our own" and Finn declines eating "A tuna crude" (which isn't even what Kurt's made, I mean raw vegetables with a dip or sauce... come on guys, but then Lima is not a town where people eat vegetables that aren't fried. And Kurt doesn't belong in Lima.)
I am sure there are other moments like those--at least i feel like as I watch Glee it's often a source of amusement--but I'm having trouble thinking of other specific instances. Or I could be making it all up in my head! :) I had forgotten his conversation with Azimio, so that's a good one to remember (thank you).
Given these contexts, I think you're right: it's part of what had made Kurt (or shown him to be) the Most Interesting Kid in Ohio, and now he's not, in fact, he's in danger of becoming a terrible thing: A Lima Loser. (And (overreaching, I'm sure) maybe this is how we know Puck won't end up with the label? He uses the phrase tout de suite in one of his attempts to rally the football team in S2. I can't remember if it's the one where he fails and recruits Zizes or the one where he succeeds in TSSS).
Oh! It occurs to me now, there also may be some interesting contrast to be drawn between Kurt and Sebastian (w.r.t. Blaine) based on the French thing (if it's a thing) since we have Sebastian's flaunting of his sophistication to Blaine with his Courvoisier in his coffee in Paris. But Sebastian isn't interesting to Blaine, he's 'really out there'. /tangent
At any rate, in future rewatches I'll be paying extra close attention to the French.
I missed the reference to the Navigator in "Heart"! I thought Kurt must have lost it back in S1. Interesting. It is indeed a tank, and I always wondered about Burt getting it for him. It probably was a safety thing. And now it's gone to find his Great Adventure. He can't cross the (symbolic) river in his car anyway. He flies, perhaps because Blaine has returned to him some of his power?
(Looking forward to any of your insight and thoughts on magic through the episode.)