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That's the thing though, these writers are so god-awful and shitty, that I actually don't think they mean to have either necessarily be a "bad guy". It's like the fighting when Blaine first got to New York. I honestly think they thought they were writing some awesome storyline about "adult reality" and neither was necessarily meant to be a bad guy but rather both flawed in some way. The problem again is that they SUCK so badly that the execution is always a convoluted mess where instead Blaine looked like some clingy psycho suffocating Kurt. This is all in their minds, I imagine, creating angst and tension so I don't think we're meant to blame Kurt or Blaine but yeah good luck with that, when they now have Blaine date the guy who told Kurt he would kill him if he told anyone he was gay. Like everytime I think of this, I just have no words. But the thing is, if all the spoilers are to be believed, yes he comes to Lima but they create some convenient storyline of his helping the Glee Club counting for credit and by all accounts he's still at NYADA thriving. Contrast this with the spoiler stating that after he and Blaine broke up, Blaine was so pathetic over that that he flunked out of school and went back home to Ohio. Which means that the full destruction of the character is complete because for all the "he wins too much, he sings too much, he's always portrayed in canon as so talented", he ends up back in Ohio a washed up failure who flunked out because he got dumped I won't deny that the writers never had a clear plan and outline for Blaine's character and I've said that many times before and it's another reason I've defended Darren against all the claims that he didn't understand his character enough because he is such a weak actor. In my opinion a lot of the failure of the character falls on the writing. He was created to be a perfect boyfriend for Kurt and once he and the pairing got popular, any writer with even some average skill would have made a decent effort to sketch a full outline for the character. But not Glee, they just kept whinging it and so he instead just became used as a human jukebox and a puppet for creating "angst" in the Kurt/Blaine relationship.

Kurt and Blaine as a couple is one more example of the less is more with Glee. If they ignore a pairing, it's for the best. So Kurt and Blaine were "healthy" (at least by Glee standards) for S2 and most of S3. I DO NOT want to get into any debate about the First Time episode but I personally always disagreed with the claim that Blaine forced himself on Kurt or there was any hint of any kind of assault. But that being said, while they had a few roadblocks to create romantic tension, the writers at least had them maturely talk things out. The Kurt flirt-texting storyline was stupid but at least they both maturely admitted their mistakes at the end of the episode and opened up about what they were really upset about, in Blaine's case, Kurt moving away. And other than that, they were pretty much ignored for most of the season. Things went downhill VERY fast in S4 with first, the decision to make their breakup more than just a normal case of two teenagers not being able to handle a long distance relationship. Instead all of a sudden Blaine jumped into some AU of an episode of Queer as Folk and was going around picking up some random guy online and having sex with him. And no one batted an eye and there was no PSA about the dangers of this even though Blaine was a 17 year old boy. Because I guess in Ryan Murphy's world, that's probably normal for teenage gay boys so whatever. And from that one decision it's just been complete disaster. The aftermath was a mess since Kurt barely got screentime being in the NY narrative and then Murphy and company got far more excited about showing the homoeroticism of Blaine and Sam. Then Kurt and Blaine get thrown back together in some half-ass plot in S5, then finally get to be together in NY and the writers decide to troll fandom some more for every negative opinion people had of Blaine and make it canon. And as this went on, Kurt as played by Chris, came across more and more as cold and plain dismissive of Blaine and who could blame him since Chris Colfer seems like a very intelligent guy and I imagine he had to at this point be wondering what is the point of those two as a couple with every new horrible storyline created with every new episode. More importantly to me though, is reading the summary above of the history of Kurt and Blaine's relationship it just further shows to me how Blaine as a character has been horribly, horribly destroyed. I know people have their feelings about Darren but this is why I have especially never understood the claims of how badly Kurt's character has been treated. I understand being upset about his screentime being reduced in S4, not wanting him with Blaine after the cheating and all that and hating that he took him back or whatever. But I honestly cannot understand on any level how Kurt has been ruined in that relationship - dude has been freaking Mother Theresa, taking the high road, always forgiving. With Blaine however, we have seen him go from confident, caring, supportive, loving guy to a needy, weak, spineless, lying, creepy, clingy, cheating boyfriend. Since S4 EVERY relationship issue the pairing has had, has been due to some character failure on Blaine's part. And now we have that lovely Karofsky spoiler. Blaine as a character has not been allowed to grow not once since S4 and instead it's like he regresses and gets worse with every new season. It almost makes me think they should have kept them as best friends and dragged the will they/won't they to the series end. But who am I kidding, with these writers, they would have still found some way to ruin the characters .

It's the classic cliche television trope - keep the couples apart by any means possible for as long as possible because it creates "tension and angst" and when the series finale comes around, throw them back together in some half-hearted, lame reunion. And the sad thing is, Ryan pretty much warned viewers this is how it would go back in S3 or early S4 I think, when he attended some television symposium thing and in an interview afterwards basically said he was all about the "big moments" and not interested in happy couples because that's boring. The thing is though what he and every other writer who's pulled this same tired shit over time don't realize is that when they do this, all they're basically doing is telling and showing the audience why the two people are awful for each other. And so some bullshit 13th hour reunion doesn't magically make it all okay, not to mention that as is the case with many other shows, at that point, no one other than some straggling die-hards still hanging on, give a shit about the reunion. But say this for Ryan Murphy and company, they're not underachievers because with the shit they've pulled with Kurt and Blaine and frankly every pairing on the show but particularly those two in the last two seasons, it may go down as the epitome of fucking up a pairing. Seriously I am actually to the point of possibly thinking that at this point, particularly with this Karofksy bullshit, they may rival Chuck and Blair for most toxic "meant to be" couple of all time and Chuck sold Blair for a damn hotel.

There's some speculation that Sharna's partner may be

Go Wozniacki - first time since 2011 she's in the second week of the Open and she was brilliant for the first and third set of that match against Sharapova. Hate to say it, but maybe McIlroy dumping her was the best thing for her game. It's forced her to focus all her energy back on her tennis. He's still a douche though, imo.

Blaine for me is the epitome of what many have said in regards to Glee, that it's better when you like a character, that they be ignored. S2 Blaine was pretty much a guest star and even S3 the character had little storylines of his own other than the episode about his brother. But then S4 happened where he was more of a central character and it's been freaking downhill from there. And I don't know Darren Criss personally but judging by some not too subtle passive aggressive comments he's made, I don't think he's exactly happy about a lot of what's happened with the character. It truly has just been bad to worse to worse and then you think, it can't get any worse and then it does.

It's official, the writers hate and for some reason resent their own fandom. I don't know maybe they're resentful that the fans didn't appreciate their "revolutionary" idea in S4 and allowed the ratings to drop and this is their form of payback. I just have no words. The only characters actually coming out of this great are the ones they don't give a shit about. Kudos to Artie sticking with film school and Mercedes, Brittany and Santana off doing their own thing. Meanwhile, unpopular opinion I know but I feel so bad for poor Darren Criss - what a clusterfuck of a character that boy has been asked to play. Because it was so hard to cast some random to play the new boyfriend. No, they had to make it Kurt's former bully because the sex with the lighthouse and creepy crushing on Sam wasn't awful enough. I cannot wait for the honest opinions years from now from that cast when this show is long over. The only other possibility with that vomit worthy Karofsky crap is that Blaine is pretending to date him to make Kurt jealous but that would actually be even more disturbing than genuinely falling for him in the first place. You know how I know Ryan and company are just pretty much saying "screw you" to the fandom now is because I know for a fact there were some very loud Karofsky/Kurt shippers. So I can just see Ryan responding to all the outrage of Blaine dating Karofsky by arguing that all the fans who liked Karofsky and said he had changed and deserved a second chance thought he was good enough for Kurt, so what's so wrong with Blaine dating him. Because again, he is that much of petty little shit, along with being a shitty writer.

I will say this about the rumored cast, I don't think there is any clear favorite and that makes me excited for the season premiere to see who turns out to be a surprise, who flat out sucks, etc. Like last season we all knew Meryl and Charlie, especially Meryl was going to be amazing. I don't see that with any of the people listed even with the people who have had dancing in their background.

Well he just lost...kudos to Robredo. Just solid, classic tennis playing. That said, Kyrgios is definitely talented and for only being 19 he shows a lot of promise but he needs to be careful with the attitude sometimes. I think it was his first round match this tournament where he lost an entire game for his antics and attitude on the court. He definitely does not lack for confidence which is not a bad thing but sometimes a little too much of it, particularly when you haven't started really winning, can come back and bite you.

The thing is though, yes these other versions have had four judges and it's worked but there are other things to factor in with the US version. For example I've heard there are almost no commercials during the airing of Strictly Come Dancing (UK version), which is absolutely not the case with the U.S. version as most American television, network television anyway, is practically built around commercials. So when you factor in all the time taken away for commercials which pays the bills, interaction with Tom and then interaction with Erin, that's already a lot for then four people to speak. And it's not like these four are all like Len who pretty much gets to his point fairly quickly. Bruno babbles on incoherently sometimes for goodness knows how long, same with Carrie Ann and now there's Julianne to speak as well. I mean sure, Tom does a really good job of trying to move things along with the producers screaming in his ear but it just has the possibility of making things incredibly rushed and again, yes it may work for other versions but that does not mean it's necessary which is what I think many are saying. The show has worked for 18 seasons just fine with three judges, a fourth judge is not necessary in my opinion, simply because other versions have always had four.

Yes, just ask Ben. I guess the horrible dresser part is questionable but I could not think of a more unattractive Bachelor and he was still picked. Oh let me correct that, he and Bob may have been tied for the unattractive factor. Then there was that mess with Prince Lorenzo and let's not forget Juan Pablo who barely said two words during Des' season considering he left mid-season and never had a one on one. That being said, all the while many were jumping on Marquel for the next Bachelor barely before two weeks had gone by on Andi's season, I remember warning about learning from Juan Pablo's season. The jumping too quick on wanting someone to be the next Bachelor without really getting of sense of who they are so I actually don't care that much about Marquel not being picked. But I do think there is a very legitimate argument and discussion to be had, about the show's reluctance to ever cast a minority lead. Yes there was and of course he was the loudest in declaring Nick only being there for "strategy". And let's not forget Marcus who also accused Nick of only wanting to be on television, running down to BIP in his orange skivvies and hooking up with Booby Mcgee. You gotta love the hypocrisy.

Yes, the name Daniela Hantuchova comes to mind. And even Ana Ivanovic sort of struggled with this as well. Ana has a very finesse game, she actually reminds me of Chris Evert in her heyday but she just didn't have the power to match up against those huge hitters like Serena, Sharapova, Azarenka, etc.

Eh, I don't think it's such a sure thing.

Just saw on tumblr that Peta is paired up with Tommy Chong. There was no link or anything so I'm not sure if that's verified. If true, I guess Peta's finally getting her turn with an old guy. They give every female Pro one at least once.

Agreed actually and that's why I said his issue is more that he can be passive aggressive at times. Don't get me wrong, I don't think he ever gets ragey or even really mean with his celebrities but he can get a little impatient at times and then he gets passive aggressive in his impatience. But for the most part I will give you that I don't remember Derek ever having a really horribly uncomfortable season with his celebrity as we've seen with other Pro/celebrity pairings throughout the seasons.

I don't know, I've never viewed Derek as an angry Pro or somebody prone to raging fits with his celebrity but he can be pretty passive aggressive and as "zen" as he may be he still had moments with Amber, his last celebrity before Amy. And there was the hilarious sequence with Kellie Pickler when in her adorable southern accent she'd tell him how he wasn't her favorite person right now when he annoyed her. I don't think Amy is a good measure of his temperament because deliberately or not I do think Derek treated Amy very delicately. Yes he pushed her with the choreography and encouraged her but I don't think he would have ever snapped at her when she was having her emotional moments.

Karina shares her thoughts on Julianne being a judge. In short, she questions the ethics of her judging while her brother is competing. http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/karina-smirnoff-questions-julianne-houghs-dancing-with-the-stars-gig-2014298 Honestly, while I maintain I had no interest in watching Julianne on the judging panel, same as I felt about the rumor of Maks getting the gig, I think all the "bias" stuff is slightly exaggerated and pretty much agree with this quote. Yes the judges scores matter but honestly, in my opinion this show has always been won on fanbase. That's why it's never been and never will be fair. We've seen people go home through multiple seasons having high scores, sometimes the highest score. Hell the week Derek and Maria left they were leading on the scoreboard. Look at Val with Elizabeth Berkeley. It's exactly why Derek has said flat out on the show that it's more important to have a performance the audience loves rather than pleasing the judges which yes, I know is one more thing about him that pisses people off. But that is the reality of DWTS. It's largely who appeals to more people and/or has the most dedicated and vigilant voting base. See Bill Engvall's run on the show. How many times was he last in judges' scores?

She got there by being consistent in all majors/Masters series and likely not having a lot of points to defend from the previous year so she was only gaining. The rankings are essentially a point system. The further you get in a tournament, the more points you receive. But then you also have to defend those same points the following year. So for example, Rafa will fall to #3 or #4 (not too sure, have to check) because he lost all the points he won last year when he won the entire hardcourt season with his wins in Toronto, Cincy and U.S. Open, since he wasn't able to play and defend them. I hope this is not taken the wrong way because it is not my intention but I think that may simply be a case of how much of a tennis fan one is. If you're just a casual fan who pays attention to the big names, watches the slams and bigger matches then I guess it's easy to not know these players. But if you're a dedicated fan who follows most of the tennis year, then these guys are all recognizable in their own way. I mean Berdych has made multiple GS semi-finals and even made the finals of Wimbledon where he lost to Rafa. He's been around since 2000 or so and has been in the top 10 for a lot of those years. Dimitrov just made the semifinals of Wimbledon and if nothing else, you can always think of him as the guy who dated Serena for a minute and now dates Maria. Incidentally some people think that's what caused that little war of words between Serena and Maria a year or so ago. But in all seriousness, I think the point some are making is that's just it, some will never know these names if those same four players keep winning all the majors. So the casual tennis fan will continue to be like "who..." when you have someone like Ferrer who's ranked #4 but has never won a slam or someone like Dimitrov who does have a lot of talent and is decent looking enough to become a star if he starts winning.

With regards to Andi being on DWTS, I'll say the same thing I said in that thread, if true, man I wish Maks was doing this season and she would have been given to him. That would have just been absolutely golden to watch. Especially as she's a shitty dancer which would have frustrated him. That being said, I'm not sure she's on because there are only six male Pros and there are already strong rumors that point to six female celebrities. Lolo Jones, Janel Parrish and Lea Thompson seem all but confirmed at this point, Sadie Robertson's family has confirmed she's on and the other two seem likely based on social media clues and media reporting. So I don't think Andi made the cut or maybe that's just my wishful thinking.

Well that didn't last long, did it? Bellis is out. I will say she shows a lot of promise but her loss tonight really showed her youth and inexperience.

Ugh...double ugh. I did hear the rumor that the Bachelorette would compete against her fiance but was hoping that was a lie. For crying out loud, no one wants to see pissy face Andi and her too waxed, blinding white teeth fiance. Or hell I don't. eta: Well I bit the bullet and checked out their twitter accounts to see if there was any hint and I got nothing from Andi but Josh tweeted only two hours ago about getting back home from some conference so I'm thinking it can't be him with Emma. Thank goodness. So yeah hopefully it's some Atlanta Falcons player.

I can't find an article about it and I'll admit I stopped watching the show between S3 and S4 so this is more something I've heard referenced throughout the years from people who watched the entire series.

THR article that first broke the story was kind of vague and to be fair about the MJ's spoiler, it likely could have just come from THR story because if I remember correctly she did state that she was looking for information on the actual details of that storyline and how it comes to be or whatever. So it still seems to mainly be the original spoiler of Karofsky and Blaine being romantically tied in some way without specifics. But as I at this point expect the absolute worse when it comes to Glee, I'm going with they actually end up in a romantic relationship because the fact that it will make zero sense, no one that still watches the crapfest actually wants to see it, is reason enough for the writers to do it. Wow, I wonder what that must feel like. As I found skipping about half of S4 very easy and then watching maybe a total of 5-6 episodes of S5 very easy. I look at it this way with Glee - life is too damn short and television is supposed to be, imo anyway, an entertaining escape. When I find myself hating EVERY single character/storyline and more importantly every single writer who gets paid to put that craptastic shit on screen, it's time to move on. There's just really nothing left anymore. At this point, I wish the cast of this show would pull a Dawson's Creek where at one point the cast collectively refused to show up for work unless the writing got fixed because it was so bad. But I know they won't because honestly I think at this point these people are just trying to get through the misery and put this show behind them.

Well yes I cannot argue with that. It'd be cool if they gave him to Sharna, to see what she could do with him. Of course this all assuming dude can even dance.

Don't be so certain...they might give Lea to Derek. And if they do, two words - Jennifer Grey. I hope they don't give Antonio to Cheryl (though now that I've seen that link above, I'll be absolutely shocked if the show resists) because in more recent seasons, I feel like when Cheryl has gotten the hunk and he has some bit of talent, she's relied way too much on the sexy. It worked somewhat with Gilles, though she screwed up big time with the freestyle but I was really disappointed in what she did with William. I think William could have done a lot more than he did on the show but it was like 90 percent of his dances were basically him and Cheryl gyrating and her ripping off his shirt. I think she does a lot better with someone a bit more unconventional who turns out to be a revelation like Jack Osbourne and Rob Kardashian.