#blainofsky

and also. if you actually want to read it.

Blaine dated Dave to:

1) get back at Kurt for breaking his heart.

Blaine had a history of finding ways to lash out at Kurt when he himself felt hurt, so this isn’t out of character for him. Dating Dave would hurt Kurt, more than anyone else could (even more than Sebastian like some people try to claim. usually by Klainers who don’t want to say it was fucked up Blaine dated Dave, so they want to act like Sebastian was the worse choice and would feed way more into Kurt’s insecurities…but come on... Dave kissed Kurt and then threatened to kill him and then confessed his love to him. Sebastian was just kinda annoying...and I think this comes from how Kurt’s mind always went to Sebastian first when Blaine cheated/Blaine said he had a boyfriend, but if anything, that proves what a sucker punch Blaine dating Dave was that it didn’t even seem like it could be a possibility), because Dave had once made Kurt feel so unsafe he had to go to Dalton. And Blaine is the only person Kurt trusted to tell about the kiss in s2.

2) to keep some connection to Kurt, who he still wanted to be with.

Dave is the reason Klaine started dating, he’s a symbol of the foundation of their relationship. They also bonded over their mutual obsession over Kurt, as Dave had once been in love with Kurt as well. Truly, no one else could have possibly been the love interest for Blaine this season, because the entire point of s6 are these characters regressing before they could move on from the past. Like how Blaine went back to Dalton, he used Dave as a way to bring himself back to a time he still had Kurt. When Kurt saw Blaine as his hero, something we know from Tested was incredibly important to Blaine, and what he felt kept Klaine’s relationship stable. Klaine could not exist without Dave, but Blaine also felt Klaine could not survive without the dynamic Dave had inadvertently gave them, where Kurt would always “need” Blaine as his protector.

But much like when Blaine cheated, much like It’s Not Right But It’s Okay or Tested, Blaine realized hurting Kurt didn’t actually make him feel better.

If you pay attention to Blaine’s body language and tone when it comes to his relationship with Dave, especially when Kurt is around, it’s obvious that he was only using Dave and had no real feelings for him. When Kurt tells him he found a date, something that should make Blaine glad, he’s instantly jealous. After they kiss in the elevator, Blaine is so eager to cheat on Dave, trying to goad Kurt into a full on affair after Kurt rigs the wheel so they can duet (and is confused when Kurt’s like “well obviously there’s no tension between us”), and kisses Kurt on his own, even though Kurt had been the one chasing after him initially this season. Blaine realized he had no use for Dave anymore, he didn’t want to make Kurt jealous/lash out at him, and he didn’t need a reminder of past Kurt when he had current Kurt right in front of him, so Blaine abandons Dave without a second thought and kisses Kurt.

If dating Dave meant nothing to Kurt or Blaine, like people who want to soften the decision say so, then Blaine could have dated anybody else. He could have dated a new minor character, the way Kurt dated Walter. But no. Blaine specifically chose to date Dave, in this specific season, for these specific reasons that tie to these specific characters. They have a history together that nobody else could compare to.

I think some people treat Klaine as if they’re just generic character #1 and generic character #2 and they just want them to do sweet, generic things together and disregard their canon, and that’s why Blainofsky is so random to people and why they say things like "in my mind klaine never cheated!". But Klaine are made up of the specific things they went through throughout the show. Klaine would not be Klaine if it wasn’t for Transitioning, if it wasn’t for The Breakup, or Dance with Somebody, or TFT, or Prom Queen, or Never Been Kissed. They wouldn’t be Klaine if you erased any of those things, including the stuff fans claim the writers only did to “ruin them”.

Klaine would not be Klaine without Dave Karofsky.