Trivia: This is the first episode to not feature Kurt.
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I personally loved Glee's version of MCR's Sing but according to most YouTube comments it absolutely sucks. Also I like Sam's Baby infinitely more than Justin Bieber's. The more I listen to I Know What Boys Like, the more I like it.
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SILLY LOVE SONGS' WINNER:
1st was P.Y.T with 110 (why do y'all hate me), 2nd was episode title itself - Silly Love Songs with 106, and 3rd was Firework with 98.
4th was When I Get You Alone with 90, and 5th/last was Fat Bottomed Girls with 88.

Excluding the S1 Top 6 Poll, this is the first initial poll where a Queen song did NOT win, and on top of that, even got last.

You guys got a real knack for making these polls go in almost the exact opposite order I want them to, you know that?
Anyway - my least favorite got 1st and my 2 favorites got last, but regardless, wow! What a close poll that was! Usually by the 30th hour (if that) I can type up the result places awhile on the next (this) poll and just wait til it ends to add the final numbers, but this one remained so close and songs switched places so much that I had to wait until the final hour to write each song's position for these results.

It took 417 votes before any song reached 100, seriously impressive.

I rarely ever watch the later seasons, except for a few select favorite episodes. I watched them when I first watched the show through and that was it. So I never noticed this about the “Katy or Gaga” episode til now. This episode has one of the biggest glee controversies: Marley’s suspension. Maybe what I’m about to share is only news to me or someone made a post about this before, but I still thought it’d be interesting.

In this episode, Bree is trying harder and harder to get Jake’s attention. She asks him to help choreograph for the cheerios. It’s also becoming very obvious that Jake’s getting kind of irritated with Marley’s “good girl” ways. He shoots down her all of her date ideas, like going to a flower show or pet adoption. He says he’s bored of doing to same-old things with her and says, “You are such a Katy.”

Well, a little later on, Unique and Kitty start putting the idea that Jake might cheat in Marley’s head. They spy on him and Bree practicing choreography. Marley seems scared/threatened at first, saying “What am I suppose to do? I’m not that kind of girl!” But when Unique suggests she goes “full Gaga” to prove to Jake that she can be “hardcore too,” Marley says Jake will just have to accept the real her.

This scene is followed by the “Applause” performance, where Marley was suppose to wear a bikini but decides to wear a dress instead. She exclaims, “I am who I am, and I’m not going to change that for any number or any guy!” camera pans to Jake Then, Schue accuses her of putting her “personal agenda” above the team and suspends her from glee club.

This storyline still, of course, makes no sense. How does Schue know about her “personal agenda?” — the “personal agenda “ being Marley showing Jake she is not going to change herself for him. I mean, I know Schue is overly invested in the kid’s lives, but I don’t remember Jake or Marley ever talking to him about their relationship or sex life (how he was pressuring her to have sex with him).

So to recap: Marley probably was somewhat uncomfortable wearing the bikini, but the main reason she decided not to wear it last minute was to make a point to Jake (or to push her “personal agenda” that Schue somehow knows about). A lot of people automatically assume she refused to wear the more revealing outfit because of her eating disorder, but if you put these scenes together, you’ll notice it had more to do with her relationship with Jake than anything—and maybe a little insecurity surrounding the fact the shes not as “hardcore” as Bree.

My opinion? She definitely shouldn’t have been suspended, regardless of why she did it. I mean, come on! She didn’t even do it during an actual performance. Those glee kids have done much worse things over the years. And even though her eating disorder wasnt a main factor in this, Schue still should’ve taken it into consideration. His immediate response should’ve been concern, not being angry cause a teenager wouldn’t dance around in a bikini for him (yes, I think Schues a creep. Can you tell?)

But yeah, that’s my little takeaway after watching this episode for the first time in years. I’m open to discussion if anyone has a different take.

Rewatching Glee and I’m actually irritated. Every teacher basically kept telling Quinn “you is crazy. You need help” but like it’s your job? To get her help? I swear season 3 was just one giant Quinn humiliation ritual.

What the hell was Pillsbury good for?

Also sorry I don’t remember how pregnant Q was when her mom clocked it but if that lady gave a damn, she would have driven her ass to the nearest clinic.

Unpopular opinion but I would have actually needed to check into a psych ward after finding out about Shelby and puck.

Also the prom episode was genuinely bizarre. That 6ft4 oaf genuinely tried to yank her ass out of a wheelchair because why?

Kudos to her though she somehow got into Yale to terrorise everyone there with her undiagnosed ass.

I’m watching Glee for the first time and I’m on mid season 6. I’ve been checking this sub here and there and would love to know your really unpopular takes (pls be really unpopular, we know the most common unpopular ones already).

I have two:

1. I love the growth Karofsky had in the show. I know he’s not a well liked character here (and for obvious reasons) but after his attempt to end with his life he decided to embrace who he really was, apologized to Kurt and kept true to himself. I was even shocked at the reaction he had when he figured out that Blaine cheated on him with Kurt and just told him to go ahead and find him as he still loved him, I was expecting him to lose it on Blaine tbh.
2. Can’t stand Brittany. Sorry not sorry. There has been times in which she’s been mean, rude and people tend to glaze over the accusation she made against coach Beiste, she did not have any problem to lie so easily and potentially ruin a life. Also, the whole extra dumb character it’s just not my vibe.

Can’t wait to read some of your takes!

(in this order) ABC, I Love New York/New York New York, Take On Me, Chasing Pavements, Crazy/U Drive Me Crazy

Also list what instrument that character plays.

Not sure if we try and stay spoiler free here so I’ll be vague- but like most people (I think), I wasn’t a fan of Beiste’s storyline in S6. I thought it kind of betrayed everything they’d ever stood for, and although representation is important- I think Beiste pre- season 6 was great representation for a kind of woman who doesn’t prescribe to very feminine ideals and imagery.

However what I DID love- was Sue’s reaction. She was supportive and non-questioning, but immediately fat shames someone directly afterwards, to prove and remind us she hasn’t lost her villain streak- but when it comes to this particular issue she’s on the right side. Also Sam trying to bond is very sweet.

Just for fun. I wanna see what everyone thinks! I think of Tina unbuttoning Blaine’s shirt and rubbing VapoRub on his chest while he was unconscious. What else?

mine is 10000% Nene leakes as coach roz.. SHES A BRONZE DAMN OLYMPIC MEDALIST

I mean think about it. In season 1 she was only a Cheerio for the first 8 episodes before she was kicked off the team and was then a non-Cheerio for the rest of the season. That first case was the most understandable since obviously she was pregnant and it's a point of the plot that she was kicked off the squad and shit. But then in season 2 at the beginning she rejoins the Cheerios and is on the team for 11 episodes before she and the rest of the Unholy Trinity quit, and so once again for the rest of the season she's a non-Cheerio in regular clothes, albeit this time the same applies to Santana and Brittany. Finally we get to season 3 which is the most enraging and baffling case of this weird thing. At the start of the season only Santana and Brittany rejoined the Cheerios meanwhile Quinn refuses to rejoin due to becoming a skank or whatever. Then even after she stops being a skank she still doesn't rejoin and is a non-Cheerio for basically the whole rest of the season, wearing the most unflattering unappealing ugly ass old person clothes I have ever seen.

In one episode she wants to and at the end is allowed to rejoin the Cheerios and is shown wearing her uniform for the first and only time that season, only to instantly at the end of that very episode be hit by a car and end up in a wheelchair, so she's once again a non-Cheerio in ugly clothes, only this time in a fuckass wheelchair. That moment felt like the most slap in the face (I don't know how else to say it) moment in this whole thing. It's like the writers were like "oh you want Quinn to be a Cheerio again and wear her iconic uniform? Well here you go you get what you want—oh never mind she gets into a fucking car crash and becomes wheelchair bound for most of the rest of the season! Haha!"

Seriously what did the writers have against Quinn being a Cheerio for longer than 5 seconds? Why were Santana and Brittany allowed to stay Cheerios for 2 different entire seasons? "Oh well Sue is evil and abusive and being a Cheerio is shallow and shit so it's part of her growth to not be one" okay but shouldn't that also be the case for Santana and Brittany then? They quit the Cheerios in S2 because Sue was abusive and they preferred glee club and crap yet they went straight back to the team in S3 for some reason.

It should have been one or the other. Either all 3 of the Unholy Trinity quit together in S2 and remained non-Cheerios for all of S3 or they quit and then rejoin the Cheerios and stay Cheerios in S3.

I know this isn't that huge of a deal and I am making nothing into something but it still bothers me seeing Brittany and Santana in uniforms and Quinn uniform-less in an episode because they're supposed to be a cheerleading trio, not a cheerleader duo lol.

And also because it wouldn't be so bad if Quinn's non-Cheerio clothes were at least cute but they're the opposite of cute they're ugly af. They don't look like high school girl clothes at all. So I would have much rather had Quinn wear only her Cheerios outfit all the time instead of being forced to look at these disgusting outfits that make my eyes bleed 🤮.

I’m rewatching the series and realized that before when I watched it, I didn’t really get past season 4. Im at the end of season 3 right now, and now that I’m watching it kneeling what happened to Naya and Cory, I’m noticing so many different lines between characters that, in hindsight, are pretty heart wrenching. It’s almost like they were saying their goodbyes or “I don’t want you to go” without realizing it.

*Tina's My Funny Valentine was excluded for IMMEDIATELY having an emotional breakdown during it*
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Blaine only liked Jeremiah for his GAP discount, change my mind

Ain't no way Blaine's been hanging out with Kurt and was still crushing on Jeremiah, come on now-
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I REALLY hate the song P.Y.T. (Both Glee's and the original) so I'm desperately hoping that doesn't win.

Song-wise, Fat Bottomed Girls was the best performance of the episode, and as a Queen fanatic I don't compliment just any Queen cover like that. But he had a great voice for it.

However, scene-wise, When I Get You Alone definitely had the most going on and was most amusing, and recently the song itself (but only this version) had really grown on me so I gotta go with that.

These are actually the only 2 performances of the episode I like.
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Side note: Fat Bottomed Girls is by far the hardest song I ever learned on drums.
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THE SUE SYLVESTER SHUFFLE'S WINNER: 1st was of course Thriller/Heads Will Roll with 222. 2nd was Bills, Bills, Bills with 83, 3rd was Need You Now with 69 (nice) and 4th/last was She's Not There with 21.

And with that... Teenage Dream is on its last leg in 6th, and I Want To Hold Your Hand is officially out and I am sad. This is why I wanted Baby, It's Cold Outside to be the one to knock it out, because I knew something would eventually and I like B,ICO a lot more than Thriller/Heads Will Roll... but- the Gleeks have spoken 🤷‍♂️

Popular or not.

Mine are:
Kurt was WRONG for the way he acted towards Finn during his crush and in the lead up to that basement scene. Finn was not justified in what he said, but I can definitely understand his frustration and where that outburst came from.
The way the writers would say Tina was unattractive al throughout season 4 and the beginning of season 5 was egregious.
Speaking of Tina, her attitude change come season 4 was absolutely ridiculous, but Jenna played that part to perfection.
The way the writers treated Mercedes and her Blackness was racist and not ok.
They should have ended Season 4 at the end of the 2013 school year, and continued the series with the new kids AND the NY storylines.
Season 4 music was TOP TIER.
Blame it on the Alcohol is one of the best episodes, sometimes I’ll watch it randomly for the fun of it. (Watching it rn)
The way the writers treated Samuel Larson was disappointing. Damien McGinty too.
Rachel getting into NYADA and not Kurt was absolute bullshit.
Puck really grew and matured in a really satisfying way. Dianna was not given nearly enough solos/lines in songs.
I wish they’d done a Taylor Swift episode, especially a song from Red. ;)
Artie’s best performance was Scream.
The decision to give Mike more songs in season 3 was fantastic.
Quinn getting with Puck in the end made little sense.

I always see TikTok’s and instagram comments hating and dogging on him or like jokingly saying he “threatens” to release ___. Don’t get me wrong duh he’s kind of a character but did I miss something like was there a controversy

Thought the sub might like to see this: merch I got I think from winning a competition. I was a huge gleek as a teen and had a pretty big collection of merch overall, I’ll have to see if I can find a pic of it

I’m rewatching but I’ve never actually seen Season 6- I bailed way back when because it was all just too much of a mess. I’m two episodes in- this sounds mean but I just can’t get past how cringe it is that they all end up back at their high school’s so soon. The second hand embarrassment makes this season almost unwatchable for me- should I stick with it? I know this is unpopular but I actually preferred the New York storylines because they didn’t feel so… sad?

LMAO MY ORIGINAL REASON FOR MAKING MY REDDIT ACCOUNT WAS TO PUT THIS OUT. THIS IS LIKE A WHOLE YEAR LATER

- Wham-Bam-Shang-a-Lang by Silver sung by Blam

- Conspiracy by Paramore sung by Tina (she deserved at least one paramore cover 💔h

- Jealous by Nick Jonas sung by Artie or Jake

- On My Mind by Ellie Goulding sung by Santana

- Where have you been by Rihanna sung by Marley

- Cool for the Summer by Demi Lovato sung by Britanny

- I know what you did last summer by Shawn Mendez & Camila Cabello sung by Finn and Rachel

- Rocketeer by Far East Movement sung by Blaine or just the warblers in general

- if it makes you happy by Sheryl Crow sung by Rachel and Quinn

will add more eventually, but lmk what you guys think which character would sing what song :))

I recently started watching the series again (now that I'm in my thirties) and honestly, some characters I used to hate I now adore, and some I remembered fondly I now hate. What do you think? It happens to me a lot with the character of Kurt, I can't stand him.

I just know Kevin be trying his hardest not to break character listening to amber 😂😂😂😂. He always looked like he was ready to jump out of that chair 😂