#kandler

you are kurt hummel and you shake out a bunch of candy hearts and these come out wyd 😳 who are u picking

have glee as discord messages (all featuring kurt lmaoo)

KURTBASTIAN:

KLAINE:

KANDLER:

KURTCEDES (with a side of hevans):

Okay love, you asked and here’s the long awaited answer: 

1) Klaine This one is probably obvious from the URL but yes I am Klaine trash. Klaine and Brittana were most of the reason I kept watching this show past season 4. 

It’s “you know my coffee order?” to “you move me” to “we got each other out of all this” to “i’m never saying goodbye to you” to “you take my breath away”  and “right now it’s your time” to “you’re still my best friend” to “we’re always going to be there for each other” to “with you in it, a wonderful life” and ”I think that my soul knew something that my body and my mind didn't know yet. It knew that our hands were meant to hold each other, fearlessly and forever, which is why it's never really felt like I've been getting to know you. It's always felt like I was remembering you from something, as if in every lifetime you and I have ever lived, we've chosen to come back and find each other and fall in love all over again, and over and over for all eternity. And I just feel so lucky that I found you so soon in this lifetime because all I want to do, all I've ever wanted to do, is spend my life loving you” and ”thanks for knowing me” to “ I can't stop you from failing, but I can promise to make it safe if you do” to “by protecting something that is very precious to me” to  “i choose to trust you and love you through everything”  and  “family are the people who embrace you with open arms no matter what” to “they can see the pain in your eyes even when you’re fooling everyone else” to “i am a work in progress”

2) Kelliott This feels like the most realistic ship for so many reasons (people don’t often marry their high school sweetheart and have a fairytale romance) and mainly they had fantastic chemistry. Elliott was a balm to the chaos of Kurt’s life and I regret all the stories we never got to see with Pamela Lansbury/One Three Hill. Though I love them as a friendship (so important to show queer people just being friends as much as depicting love stories) they would also be a wonderful example of post-high school relationships that Glee rarely depicted.  

3) Kurtbastian Babe, you definitely converted me on this one. I will admit that I have read some Kurtbastian before you came into my life but I never ~shipped~ it. Mostly Sebastian feels like a wasted character development opportunity on the show so give me all the fanon Sebastian growing up, learning from his mistakes and maybe wooing Kurt (and Blaine, together?) along the way. They would be die hard protectors and cheerleaders of each other. I think they might struggle to connect sometimes and have fights but what relationship doesn’t have growing pains? That’s certainly never stopped me from shipping Klaine. 

4) Hevans I wanted this to happen for all of 5 episodes and then we met Blaine... but I genuinely loved how Kurt had met this guy who didn’t treat him like he was contagious and afforded him respect throughout the duration of the show. Even when Blaine becomes Sam’s best friend he never treats Kurt poorly during either breakup. I like to think they had a great friendship that grew when Sam lived at the Hudmels and in a world without Blaine or Mercedes I would ship it hard. Sam actually never wanted Kurt to be anything but himself which can’t actually be said for most of these ships (hmmmmmm). 

5) Kadam I don’t dislike Adam, I think he was given a lot of the Blaine introduction without the yearning that we love and got to see in s2. Adam was an opportunity for Kurt to explore his own assertiveness and express his wants in a relationship that he couldn’t explore before. Adam was flirty and fun but nothing that I could see lasting. I agree that Adam probably deserved better than Kurt honestly but he also knew what he was getting into with Kurt, someone who is clearly healing from a past break up.  

6) Kandler We don’t actually know much about Chandler but he seemed sweet and completely willing to shower Kurt with love and attention. They could have been a cute romance but I think their relationship would be pretty surface level and short-lived. 

7) Kalter I do put Walter last on the list, yeah there’s the lying bit but I actually don’t hate on the age gap. I think a lot of straight fans of glee and even young and lucky queers don’t grasp the narrative of the late in life queer. Hot take but people can struggle with their sexualities for most of their life and by the time they come out the dating pool is mostly younger. One of my closest college friends married her wife this past year and they have about a 15 year age gap and are one of the happiest queer couples I know. I think Kurt could have really enjoyed dating an older man. As long as everyone can consent there’s no need to yuck someone’s yum. 

I love this and also you <3

1. Kelliott. If this were real life and not a fictional television show, Kelliott would be my top Kurt ship (yes, even above Kurtbastian and Klaine). Elliott is one of the only actually sensible people in Kurt’s life, and I think he’d do a good job grounding Kurt and making him realize that maybe his friends are a bit extra and don’t treat him as well as they should. And they have a lot in common I think, they have a great friendship, I think they’d be wonderful together.

2. Kadam. I actually really liked them together. I think Adam was good for Kurt, and honestly if anything, in canon, Adam deserved better than Kurt because Kurt wasn’t in a good place at the time for a relationship. I think if they’d gotten together when Kurt was in a better place, this could have been really great.

3. Hevans. I don’t really ship Hevans, but... I could see it. It would be cute. Sam is such a sweetheart and they had some cute moments together. I don’t love it, but every so often I’ll see a Hevans post as I’m scrolling through my dash and I just think, “oh, okay yeah, I get it.”

4. Kandler. I actually really like Chandler, but I think I prefer this as a friendship. I think Chandler’s energy would get on Kurt’s nerves after a while if they were in a relationship together. I absolutely love fics that feature Chandler though because he’s so fun!

5. Kalter. I just don’t like this at all, sorry if anybody does, but it’s an easy last place. It’s not even the age gap for me (although that was annoying because they were probably making fun of Chris...?) it’s just that there was no chemistry, Walter lied to Kurt before they met, it’s just... weird vibes. Another time where Kurt wasn’t in a place to be in a relationship and was trying to force himself to be (though it wasn’t as messy as Kadam, but I’d argue that’s because they weren’t actually a good match in the first place so they never got to anywhere that would allow it to get messy).

Thank you so much for this ask!! It was so fun to answer. I’d love to hear your thoughts as well. :)

kurtbastian 

klaine

kelliott 

hevans 

kandler 

oops, i don’t know what happened, but kurtbastian is top of the list