#quartie

It’s just... why not keep Quartie. Whyyy. First off, their shipname is great. And second, when Artie has positive relationships with women, platonic or not, it makes me realize that he’s actually a cool character? Whenever I ranked ND he was always low if not for any other reason then some of his more questionable moments, but more than that I just never grew to care for him. I don’t get quite as pissed off as with some others I talk a lot more about but all in all he was done almost as dirty as Tina. Sure, he sang more, but Artie was pushed aside and not given proper storylines a lot, too.

Here we had a golden opportunity to not just use Quinn’s accident as pure shock value that was then discarded by the end of the season, but to actually explore interesting themes and dynamics. Even just the fact that Quinn and Artie now have this huge thing in common is a really good starting off point, because they’re an unlikely duo but get along so well and have a great time. And Artie is so willing to help Quinn adjust and introduce her to this whole new world, basically, and only wants the best for her by getting her to accept that she might not walk again. She might recover because Glee decided she could lift Santana come Nationals, yeah, but she might not have. And it’s a really interesting conflict to have Quinn at first be content and positive but then lash out when everyone keeps telling her that she’s in denial.

And their friendship shouldn’t last only as long as Quinn’s paralysis, either. Because they might grow closer only because of the similar situations but they can then remain friends as we see how well they get along. Quinn is effectively out of the show post season 3 anyway but still. The only interaction of theirs I can recall form later seasons is the “drawing your boobs” thing which, yikes, this is exactly why I couldn’t get invested in Artie on first watch.

Okay so my idea for this is that the NDs girls heard some of the guys talking about how they thought getting kicked in the balls was probably about 10x more painful then period cramps and instead of just yelling at them, they make a plan. At the next NDs sleepover Rachel brings out a period cramp simulator she bought online and asks if the guys wanna test their theory. Santana is miffed cause her original idea for the simulator was just to hit all of them in the abdomen with a baseball bat.

For context: this is a period cramp/labour contractions simulator.