Bah!

[firthgal]

I hate tumblr! I hate I hate I HATE STUPID TUMBLR! (I was totally channeling Hook there, did you notice? No? Too dorky for you? Okay. Oh gosh, through related videos I just found this, AND IT IS AMAZING! Ahahaha, had that song existed when I was 6, I would have been obsessed with it). Anyway, before I got sidetracked there, I was talking about my ire for Tumblr. UGH, I HATE IT. What is up with the search function? Why do people tag stuff so drastically different so that I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING? How do I make the pictures/posts bigger so that I can actually SEE them? My poor, poor eyes are straining like the constipated devil on a toilet. Ugh, why is all the good stuff at that confounding website? Hmph. And now, when I go to tumblr.com, it won't let me search without signing up first. WTF is that? Bastards. I guess I have to make one eventually since most of my flist has set up shop there, but ugh. I DON'T LIKE IT. Mind you, I always say that about new things, and then once I get used to them I fall in love, but... I HATE TUMBLR.

My reasoning for venturing to Tumblr, as you may have well guessed, is that I've pretty much replaced Jeff/Annie in my heart with Will/Rachel. HOW DID THIS EVEN HAPPEN? I mean, I've always shipped them, but I've never really been into the fandom aspect of them because I do NOT want to get so ridiculously invested in them, because if I get invested in something on Glee, I AM BOUND FOR HEARTBREAK. Just, no, world, DON'T LET ME GET INVESTED. But here I am, reading awful fic about them and enjoying it, obsessively watching their scenes together and finding all the little things that I had missed before, drooling over pretty GIFs and picspams, and... well, I am doomed. Doomed doomed doomed. At least Jeff/Annie has a tiny chance of happening! Will/Rachel? Nothing. Nada. Not a chance in hell. BUT THEY ARE BOTH SO BEAUTIFULLY AWFUL THAT THEY ARE PERFECT FOR EACH OTHER. I don't know how, but when they're together, they just become better people, even though they are both so self-centered and obsessed with success. They are able to really see each other in a way that no one else can (and they have trouble seeing other people with the same clarity, hence their unluckiness in love). They see each other's flaws and they see each other's potential for greatness and they see each other's fragility and insecurities despite their giantass egos and they care about each other's opinions and, they just... well, LOOK AT THEM!



♥ ♥ ♥

I am depressed though that there are so few fics out there for these two. And what there is is pretty lacking. However, I have manged to come upon a few good ones:

The Map is not the Territory by kitsune13 - By far the greatest Will/Rachel fic out there. It is amazing from start to finish and so magnificently in character that it jives with canon superbly well.

Peer Review, also by kitsune13 - You know, when I finally decided that I was going to read Will/Rachel fic, I was particularly looking for a future fic where Rachel comes back to McKinley High and gets to be Will's colleague and they argue in the same adorable/hot way that they did when Rachel was in glee, but this fic kind of took that idea and made it even better than I had imagined, where Will briefly becomes Sue and Rachel becomes Will and it's hilarious, but then they also connect to each other as equals and discover this whole new relationship and it's just awesome. I love it.

Ordinary Thursdays by milk_and_glass - A bit of an angsty take on Will/Rachel. I love the poeticness of this one.

I Wish (We Were Older) by ideaofglam - I think I mainly liked this one because the Rachel voice was so flawless. It's pretty much just porn, but the author so beautifully captured the intensity of Rachel Berry's personality that I simply could not resist it.

And, just to tempt you all further, have this vid (which I have linked to before, possibly more than once, but it is so spectacular that I simply don't care that I'm being repetitive):

*dreamy sigh*

PS
I think I've figured out how to go directly to those posts on that tumblr with the tiny entries in order to make them bigger! Woohoo, go me! (it is so sad that I'm proud of myself for such things)

Comments

[jenncho.livejournal.com]

lmao nice to know that I am no longer alone on the whole Will/Rachel thing.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Oh, so not alone. I've actually shipped them from the pilot episode, I just tried not to get too crazy over them (and clearly I have failed at that).

[otempora42.livejournal.com]

ETA: Uh, never mind that first part. But, still. If I get sucked into this ship, I blame you.

Oh! I'm watching Parks and Rec! (I am spamming everyone on my flist who watches it with this information. I think I may quickly become really annoying about it.)

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, did the fic freak you out too much? In the past I have avoided Will/Rachel fic like the plague, but I am a little too obsessed with them after the last two eps to not read the fic. Also, I am now DETERMINED to make Will/Rachel into Buffy/Giles 2.0. JUST WAIT, I'LL BRAINWASH YOU EVENTUALLY.

YAY FOR PARKS AND REC! That show is wonderful. Well, not so much in season 1, but season 2 is beyond amazing. But since you like femslash, I think you will highly enjoy the Leslie/Ann [sub]text.

[otempora42.livejournal.com]

Ha, no, the ship intrigues me, but still. I don't watch Glee anymore, because it's too much for my blood pressure and it was pretty clear that Brittana wasn't going anywhere. And also embarrassment (although I guess I'm not allowed to talk, since I totally ship Will/Sue. Why do most of my Glee ships involve my most despised character? I don't even know).

Season 1 was cute and all, but season 2 is so great! But, yeah, I love Ann/Leslie, and not just for the slashy subtext! OK, that's definitely a contributing factor, but it's so nice to have a genuinely supportive female friendship be the focus (or at least a part) of so many episodes. Gah, amazeballs. I'm on episode 16 of season two, so I'll probably finish that up today.

i like your icon lol

[tinted-glass.livejournal.com]

Tumblr is always going down and the community is annoying, but yes, set up shop on Tumblr so I can follow you. :>

HAHAHAH honestly? I'm surprised you are still finding Will/Rachel fic to read... THERE AREN'T THAT MANY (good ones). Tear.

I thought you might. ;)

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Augh, Tumblr. SO CONFUSING. And I don't make graphics, so it would be a bit pointless for me to get one, but it'll probably happen anyway. DAMN ALL THOSE PRETTY PICTURES. WHY ARE THEY ALL ON TUMBLR?

Dude, it's totally your fault. You started me on the fic, and now you've created a monster. I am even reading the wildly OOC ones! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?

:D

[tinted-glass.livejournal.com]

I reblog posts for the most part, or blog links to sites/art that I like or have found interesting. *shrugs* I am very tempted to make graphics, but. I'd probably only make graphics of the Trio, which numerous people will appreciate, I'm sure.

SPEAKING OF BTVS GRAPHICS. I thought you might like this one.


Ahahah, I'm sorry! Allow me to distract you temporarily with Office fanart.

Re: :D

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

OMG, THAT OFFICE CARTOON! UTTER PERFECTION! The Jim/Dwight bits were especially brilliant. And Kevin thinking they were doing Lord of the Rings! Bwahahahahaha. Oh, that was awesome. Also, I so loved the fact that Andy was Gilderoy Lockhart. He was one of my favorite HP characters (I kinda maybe had a crush on him? Especially in the movie).

BUFFY/GILES!!! I love that scene so very much, especially since they act like a couple there, and Giles had just bought his midlife crisis car, and Buffy had made a comment about George Clooney being sexy (which means she likes handsome older men!). Basically, season 5 is the best. Giles and Buffy were totally married.

[tinted-glass.livejournal.com]

IRK, Dwight would react in JUST THAT FASHION to Avada Kedavra, hah! I'm impressed Michael was able to get Stanley to dress up at all. LOL at his costume. And yes! Andy would be Lockhart. (I had a crush on Lockhart in the movie, too. I love Kenneth Branagh, oh, dude, he's amazing.)

Hee! Buffy does seem to like her older men, doesn't she? Sometimes a couple hundred years older... hrm.

[zombie_boogie.livejournal.com]

I hate so many things about Tumblr. I hate that the site is down so much. I hate that people insist on stealing and taking credit for others' work even though that actually takes more effort than just re-blogging things. I hate that you can't have tags like "jeff/annie" because the tagging system doesn't recognize slashes. I hate when people have conversations back and forth that take up so much space on my dashboard. Most of all, I hate that people have abandoned LJ for Tumblr. But. So much pretty! So I deal with the crappiness.

LOL I just wrote up a big explanation for how to get to the individual posts with full-size images on Tumblr only to read your addendum after typing it up. Oopsies. Some Tumblrs just have sucky layouts.

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I think the tagging system is what bugs me most. I can't find anything ship related! I can find stuff related to specific people, but anything involving more than one person is impossible to search for. Hmph.

[jheaton.livejournal.com]

I am going to read a couple of those Will/Rachel fics you recced, even though the pairing doesn't appeal to me and I've pretty much given up on the show. I promise not to hold it against you if I don't like them. :-)

[firthgal.livejournal.com]

Ha, awesome! If you're not really into the pairing, I think Peer Review (http://community.livejournal.com/gleefics/471017.html) would be your best bet.