#artitty

001 | send me a ship and I will tell you:

when I started shipping it if I did:

I had quit ‘Glee’ after … well, after 'I Do’ and then officially after 'Shooting Star’ – I was done before that (since sometime in Season 3 – I kept trying to give the show a chance for a while…) but those episodes marked my official stopping point.

… then I saw a photoset of Kitty & Artie from the promo of 'Love, Love, Love’ and I was immediately hit with a rush of butterflies and my exact words were: 'oh no… OH NO. NO. THIS IS SO ADORABLE – WHY? I WAS DONE WITH THIS SHOW. IT WAS OVER. I WAS FREE. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME?’

I convinced myself that, since I was watching one episode of Season Five anyway – for obvious reasons – I’d see what this episode was about. I figured that it was just cute out-of-context and that 'Glee’ was just going to strike out with this pairing, as they had with the others… obviously that didn’t happen so here we are.

my thoughts:

Such a wonderful ship, they really were. It surprises me to this day that they got one ship so right, even for a little while. I think the biggest compliment is that Kitty & Artie got me to rewatch this show, not once but twice, and I do not regret it.

What makes me happy about them:

Kitty & Artie fit so well together, they do. One of the few ships on 'Glee’ that did. What’s so amazing about them is how happy they make one another and how completely believable it was despite the fact that they didn’t have the focus the other couples had. Very simply put, they make each other happy.

Artie softened her heart a lot, you could see that his friendship was actually a huge part of her development despite their largely background friendship.

He was one of the few people that she always liked. She really, really liked him, more than you might realize without rewatching Season 4 all together. She never did anything worse than snark at him and it had a lot less of a bite to it than her remarks to a lot of the others, she allowed him into her personal space – she even initiated a lot of that by sitting next to him, sitting in his lap, going to him during musical numbers and interacting with him. She allowed herself to be silly and unguarded around him even before anyone else… (that last one is huge – this is a girl who after suffering the trauma of someone sexually assaulting her and having everyone turn on her because her best friend didn’t believe her, wrapped herself up in brick walls & barbed wire to prevent anyone having the power to hurt her like she was hurt before and she kept proving to herself that it was the right thing to do after Marley & Jake, Puck and Ryder. As well as losing to the others/feeling out of place in that group time-and-time again… even when she was becoming one of them. She kept creating self-fulfilling prophecies for herself (though that wasn’t all her fault always, especially later on…) because she was terrified of people getting close enough to hurt her… and yet Artie wheeled so easily into her heart.) that’s amazing. He was just so earnest, friendly and safe to her (because he was always so nice to her) that she could sing & dance with him, be wrapped up in a very close embrace with him, dance in his lap, kneel to sing with him, follow his cues, touch him, show off for him during performances, spend time with him, be softer and be close (however small the steps she took were) that she felt she could open up more. Which meant Marley and Ryder and the others could make their way into her heart too.

The biggest evidence of just how much Artie Abrams meant to her is that she noticed him enough to know he was upset when no one else did (considering the fact that alumni were there and his own friends in the Glee Club, including his best friend Tina, and not one of them noticed his off behavior and tried to investigate) and knew what his acceptance to Brooklyn Film Academy meant to him. She was willing to go convince his mom herself, which meant she was going to go over to his house, sit his mother down and explain to her how amazing and talented he was, how he deserved this amazing opportunity, how she knew he could survive NYC because he was just so damn strong in ways she never knew anyone could be…

That was an amazing show of care from her and when I rewatched that season I completely bought it.

In turn, she gave him confidence and pushed him to follow his dream. Artie is a character who had been pushed into the background, disrespected by most of his friends and especially his love interests, even though he outwardly had a lot of confidence, he needed to be pushed because he truly didn’t have as much as he let on. He was comfortable with where he was at that point and that’s where his confidence came from but when he had to step out of the comfort he built up he was understandably scared. She gave him the courage to pursue the college and his dream. As well, she made him feel appreciated, noticed and wanted. Which is something he rarely got to feel so genuinely and without some kind of catch. A lot like her really…

Those two have been quite unlucky in love too – partially their own fault in some cases, a lot of the time the people they chose. With each other they had someone who they felt cared. So they understand each other quite a bit which is shown by how Kitty stated that she wasn’t sure if they would work but she was willing to try. One of the most realistic and incredible moments in any relationship on the show – one that cemented how good they were to me even before I did a rewatch of the previous season for them.

Kitty & Artie have an unrestrained abandon around each other that just lights up the screen every time they share it. Perhaps the giddiest I’ve seen either of them was the ending to 'Wonder-ful’ (his speech & song for her) and of course 'Love, Love, Love’ where, when they were making each other happy, it radiated off of them in a way that I hadn’t seen from either of them… ever!

Also they call each other out/help each other be better than they were, which is always wonderful. They balance each other out. They have wonderful chemistry together and have very entertaining banter – they play off each other amazingly. They love each other exactly for who they are and showed it. (She sacrificed popularity for him and was willing to take a verbal lashing for her behavior toward him while explaining how she was wrong and deserved it because she liked him and did wrong by him and she opened up in front of everyone about how much she loves him. He respected her decision and understood why she did what she did and when Tina attacked her he came to her defense and only got mad at Tina when she brought her into their argument because 'she does love me and she isn’t a bitch and why does everyone ignore her effort to change, she’s trying so hard, she is so wonderful…’) 

Basically, everything about their relationship as it was makes me happy.

What makes me sad about them:

I never watched the finale so to me they’re endgame. So if anything, it was that the way the writers broke them up – while relatively realistic (of course he didn’t mention it, it probably hurt and she was bitter in that way that showed whatever happened hurt but also not enough for her not to move past it once he (presumably) made the effort to apologize and she let go of that and everything else that she had been hurting over – the likely guess is that once he graduated their contact diminished and he broke up with her in an unsatisfactory and kinda jerk-ish but not deliberately hurtful way) deserved more than non-acknowledgement especially as we later learn how much she had to hurt without him and her friends there with her.

I also would have liked to see more of those two in general in the final season since I maintain the plan had to have been Wildebrams before Jenna and Kevin intervened on the matter. We should have seen a full apology scene and at the very least offhanded reference of glances at their repairing relationship.

things done in fanfic that annoys me:

Not too much fanfic to complain about in fanfic but on the subject of fanfiction, there’s a lot that can be done with them and the fact that we don’t have any of it is quite frustrating.

things I look for in fanfic:

… existing?

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other:

NO ONE. … Okay, Jake/Kitty & Artie/Quinn. Only because this asked me to pick.

My happily ever after for them:

After finding their way back together, they date for a while & she goes to NYC for school – they decide to be friends for a while and date other people because they want to explore and not just have dated people in their tiny high school Glee Club – before they become truly serious because their relationship, at the time, is what they consider their 'it’ – so their friendship becomes even stronger and they go through college finding themselves and growing into themselves as people in the real world before finally feeling ready for the last relationship they’ll ever have. So they get back together, move into an apartment, finish college, get jobs and get married.

Artie becomes a notable director, he and Kitty move to LA, she opens a dance studio and is a choreographer/dance teacher – they already have their oldest daughter (Harper Abrams) post-move but pre-studio and after that they have their middle children (Ivy Abrams & Jonah (J.J.) Abrams) about a year apart from one another and like ten years later have their final baby (Madeline Abrams) they live in a comfortable and just bordering on lavish California home and work a lot and also raise not only their children but also Tina & Mike’s son & adopted twins during the school year, Ivy’s closest friends sometimes and Kitty’s little cousins who by then are about college aged.

who is the big spoon/little spoon:

When riding his wheelchair, Kitty’s the little spoon, when cuddling in bed, she’s the big spoon which is absolutely adorable because she’s nuzzling his back and cuddling him close and he loves that just as much as when he’s holding her in his arms and has his chin atop her head.

what is their favorite non-sexual activity:

Artie Abrams || OPEN Endgame || Open

Being a part of the Glee Club is and was a huge part of so many people’s lives, but now that all of them have graduated and are in the real world, what’s happened? Do old flames reunite or do lit flames burn out? Anything could happen. This is an already established Season 5 redo. It is set in current day, so Blaine, Sam, Tina, and Artie are already starting their sophomore year in college, and the season 3 graduates are on their junior year! We have been an active roleplay as of July 2013, but would love to expand our characters! We have many important roles open, like Jesse St. James (needed for a St. Berry endgame!), Santana Lopez, and Brittany Pierce, to name a few! So here’s what you’ve missed on Glee: Kurt and Blaine are married! Quinn is slowly making her way up in fashion and photography, and just recently went to London Fashion Week. Blaine is starring on Broadway in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying! Which that could lead to some jealousy from his hubby. Sam and Tina are a couple and working on a long distance relationship. But, anything could happen!

Kitty Wilde || OPEN

Endgame || Open

Being a part of the Glee Club is and was a huge part of so many people’s lives, but now that all of them have graduated and are in the real world, what’s happened? Do old flames reunite or do lit flames burn out? Anything could happen. This is an already established Season 5 redo. It is set in current day, so Blaine, Sam, Tina, and Artie are already starting their sophomore year in college, and the season 3 graduates are on their junior year! We have been an active roleplay as of July 2013, but would love to expand our characters! We have many important roles open, like Jesse St. James (needed for a St. Berry endgame!), Santana Lopez, and Brittany Pierce, to name a few! So here’s what you’ve missed on Glee: Kurt and Blaine are married! Quinn is slowly making her way up in fashion and photography, and just recently went to London Fashion Week. Blaine is starring on Broadway in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying! Which that could lead to some jealousy from his hubby. Sam and Tina are a couple and working on a long distance relationship. But, anything could happen!

Very simply put, they make each other happy. (In a genuine way, it’s all about showing us they’re happy and not telling me they’re happy but it is so obviously not the truth) Kitty and Artie are shown having fun together, he makes her laugh (she never looks more carefree and comfortable and happy than when she’s with him), she made him accept his passion when he was too scared to follow it, she’s the first girl that never cheated on him and seemed happy to be with him and there was never a doubt in his mind that she loved him. 

Also they play off each other really well, they banter really well (some of the most fun scenes in all of Glee are those two exchanging quick lines/cute background moments), and it is really charming and I think this couple, above most is the one that fits with each other and balances each other out. 

Kitty loves Artie for exactly who he is and she isn’t afraid to tell him when he fucks up but she also sees the good in him and what he can do and believes in him and supports him and Kitty has someone who she can be open and vulnerable with and someone who made her feel so loved she was willing to sacrifice popularity (something that understandably means a lot to her) to be with them openly and honestly. 

I’ve been meaning to put down my thoughts for them for a while now. :)

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Name: Harper (Rachel) Abrams — first-born of the Wildebrams kids, has the biggest age difference between her and her siblings (she’s four/five when Ivy is born and is about six years older than J.J.) and is the leader of the three. 

Gender: Female

General appearance: She’s has medium-to dark brown hair (a tiny bit darker than Artie’s but almost the same) trimmed to just a bit longer than shoulder-length and kept neatly back with headbands, clips or in a straight up pony tail— she rarely has it completely loose. She has Kitty’s hazel eyes and her nose as well but Artie’s smile. She is the best mix of the two out of all of them, one look and you know she’s theirs. She’s a bit curvier than expected when she starts growing up, she has a thicker frame than Kitty and she has bigger hips/thighs and boobs than the rest of the women in her family but a combination of a healthy diet and rigorous cheerleading has kept it in check. She also has ridiculously long looking legs that balances it out she's tall (compared to her mom and Ivy especially) like she comes up almost as tall as her dad at a certain point in high school. (5’6/5’7)

Personality: She’s a sharp, intelligent girl with the fire spitting tongue of her mother, she can be sarcastic, crass— though that trait is more obvious if you know her, and she is not above using manipulation to get her way. She is not unkind per se, she’s just has a very low tolerance for bullshit and prefers not to be bothered. She is very sweet to those that matter to her though, like her siblings (she’s the best big sister ever in their eyes and anything she wants to do they want to follow) and her limited amount of true friends. (she’s very prickly and doesn’t trust a lot of her peers who she has learned from a harsh memory could only be using her to get to her famous director dad… as she gets older though she loosens up and learns to trust people a bit more.)

Special Talents: Singing, Cheerleading, Academics— particularly History and Biology/Organic Chemistry, though of the three she is probably the most book-smart (she could read at the age of two and she was able to read books several grade levels ahead of her by age five) and academically inclined, she has a particular knowledge and fascination with nature especially flowers and from a young age knows a lot about them.

Who they like better: Kitty! She’s the momma’s girl of the three siblings.

Who they take after more: Kitty, very obviously.

Personal headcanon: (doing two because one has more to do with Ivy than her really but it is a favorite headcanon story for the growing Wildebrams family.)

1. Harper helped name her sister, she was so excited when she found out she was getting a baby sister and even more when mommy said she could help name her that she spent her free time trying to think of names and reading baby name books and stuff and finally she came up with Wisteria which she thought was pretty and interesting and she loved the meanings and symbolism surrounding it. (love, creative expression, grace, charm, longevity/immortality)

She also had a few other suggestions like Lily, Rose, Chrysanthemum and Delphinium ya know, all the typical flowery names and also Ivy. Ivy was Artie and Kitty’s favorite and they really wanted to use that as her first name and Harper liked that she helped with the name Ivy but she wished they had chosen her first choice and so imagine her delight when they brought home her baby sister: Ivy Wisteria Abrams.

2. Harper has a very secret and well-hidden nerdy side, which she gets from her father. Often she tags along when he’s a guest at conventions and when she’s little, she is usually kept in the hotel watching Marvel movies until daddy is done impressing his merry band of geeky followers but when she’s older she (and J.J.— who she insists on taking with her to explore, preferably in cosplay) does everything there and buys a bunch of show and comic and movie swag and one side of her closet is specially dedicated to housing her convention purchases. One of her prized possessions is a stuffed elephant (favorite animal) that Artie got her that is dressed up like Captain Marvel.

Face Claim: N/A (as of right now, couldn’t think of a fitting one)

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Name: Ivy (Wisteria) Abrams — second-born of the Wildebrams kids, she’s born with Harper was four/five and was actually named partially by her. (her family and her ND cousins/aunts and uncles have nicknamed her Wisty.)

Gender: Female

General appearance: She has light blonde hair, it is less golden-blonde like Kitty’s and more leaning toward white-blonde but it is still very much reminiscent of her mother’s (she keeps it long and either loose (with a braid crown) or in a very messy waterfall braid), big blue eyes like Artie’s framed by long blonde eyelashes. Of the three she is the only one to need glasses and she gets them around the fourth or fifth grade. She resembles her mother in her face more than her father and if you look at them together or look at her very closely you can see it quite clearly but honestly? She’s more likely to be confused as Quinn’s kid at first glance than Kitty and Artie’s— which happens a lot when ND family groups go out together. She also has freckles on her nose, but not as many as J.J. it is more like a light dusting. She’s really tiny, a little tinier than Kitty, who body wise is pretty much the same as her she’s like 5’1 at the tallest. She’s considered the prettiest of their trio by general opinion. (though all of them are good looking they have some damn good genes)

Personality: She’s a kind, generous young lady and unlike her parents and siblings she is quite serene. Sure, she can be pushed to Kitty levels of verbal scorching but she’s easygoing to a fault. She’s also a bit… out there. She’s a bit ditzy, well-meaning but ditzy, and she sometimes comes out with Wonderland-esque sayings and turns of phrase that can leave people confused. Which makes sense, she loves fairy tales and such, and also has a deep love of My Little Pony. Although she is of lower-book smarts than her brother and sister and is seen as the most bubble-headed of her family she is smart emotionally and always knows what people need to hear and she has a creative mind for making up her own stories and getting the meaning of stories and also has a head for fashion design and business. She also is naturally good at computer programming and yet cannot pull more than a slight passing grade in other math related subjects.

Special Talents: Singing, Fashion Design (sketching, sewing selling, fabric knowledge, thread count, styles of different era’s etc.) Jewelry Design/Metal Work, Computer Programming, Hairstyling and Visual Arts. (she is a great artist and loves to storyboard alongside her dad)

Who they like better: she likes both of her parents the same amount— a lot! (though she has to confess that her father’s wheelchair rides push him just a little further up the list)

Who they take after more: … neither really, she is the least like her parents of the three siblings. She does inherit her mother’s love for Marilyn Manson and her iPod has a lot of classic soul and R&B and rap that Artie got her into.

Personal headcanon: She looks up to Unique and Kurt a great deal and besides her mother, father and siblings she loves them the most. (don’t tell Auntie Rachel though…) Often she clung to them as a little girl and when she got a little older she’d ask for fashion advice from them and it is from their influence she developed a very passionate love of fashion design. (though her personal style is more like Kitty’s and Quinn’s outside of the Cheerios uniform)

Face Claim: N/A (as of right now, couldn’t think of a fitting one)

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Name: J.J. Abrams (Which stands for Jonah Jameson, I couldn’t resist making their son’s name a dorky duel reference to Spiderman and the director of Star Wars because Artie absolutely would— Kitty is pretty sure he only got away with it because she was just so relieved J.J. was finally out of her and sleepy and weak after the fact and Artie totally took advantage of her temporary state of being…) he’s the third-born and final (although that might change with time) Wildebrams kid and the only boy.

Gender: Male

General appearance: He looks the most like Artie in the face, he has his nose and eye shape and face shape and smile are all Artie’s but his skin color is warmer like Kitty’s is. He also has a shit ton of freckles all over his face and body. His eyes are hazel like his mother and his hair is a sandy brown color like a nice mix between Kitty and Artie’s hair colors and he keeps it fairly long and unruly (unless he’s playing a sport or cheerleading where by necessity he has to keep it in a rather hippie looking ponytail). He is built like his father but is a bit more muscular because of the fact that he plays baseball and he just in general works out and also for a period of time he joined cheerleading. He’s tall as his father when he matures (maybe even an inch or so taller) which is very early into puberty so he is eye-to-eye with Harper by age 14 which he loves.

Personality: Very laid back and chill but unlike little Wisty it isn’t that he’s as easygoing as her, he’s as easy to snap off as Kitty or Harper, he’s just too lazy to care more often than not it is when he does though that you need to watch out for. He loves sports and stuff but doesn’t really care about winning, though if you piss him off he will make it his mission of the day to best you at something. He spends his days playing the ukelele or guitar, watching the clouds go by and ignoring his school work and waxing poetic about plastic bags in the wind or leaves falling off trees. Also like Artie (and Harper) he loves comic books, superhero movies and like Wisty, he has a deep love of My Little Pony. He looks up to his big sisters often and he loves them dearly, he hangs out with Ivy a lot (especially because they are only a year apart) and he loves Harper and whenever he can he spends time with her too, especially comparing Marvel/DC, (he’s Team DC and she’s a Marvel girl)

Special Talents: Singing, Baseball, Cheerleading and when he can be bothered to put the effort in, math class, it seems like a lot of work but you can do a lot with it and it is pretty cool. Again, he can only give a fuck when he isn’t like, sleeping or playing or stuff.

Who they like better: Artie, he and Kitty bump heads because of his laziness and his poor school work (mostly because she knows he’s smart he just won’t do the work because he is so uncaring) and besides he and Artie have more in common.

Who they take after more: Artie, he has a lot of his father in him. :) (though he has his mother’s temper and stubbornness— when he can be bothered)

Personal headcanon: He may be lazy but he has a lot of determination and bull headed stubbornness and that sometimes makes him have epic victories like this one time where he started a band with Wisty and some random acquaintances of theirs who knew a little bit of music and in like a week was able to make them win a talent show with the most awesome Guns n’ Roses medley… because someone was taunting Ivy about being too dumb to even know how to sign up for it let alone win. Which, he wasn’t having ANY of that.

i just looked and i think it’s called the “no sidebar” extension!

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