He was immediately, unabashedly, almost embarrassingly in love with my music. He had no qualms about acting like a complete fanboy, which secretly I adore
“Your last few months have been insanely busy. First, I wanted to ask about the release of the video for “Sword of Damocles,” which co-stars Darren Criss. After winning the Emmy for The Assassination of Gianni Versace, I imagine he’s in incredible demand. Was it difficult to arrange his participation?
Not really. I’ve known him for a couple of years. I met him through Alan Cumming. He was immediately, unabashedly, almost embarrassingly in love with my music. He had no qualms about acting like a complete fanboy, which secretly I adore [laughs]. I pretend not to care, but it makes a world of difference — to have a beautiful, budding young movie star love what I do. So he was into it, and after I asked him to be part of the video, he was locked and loaded and ready to come in and do it. He’s one of the most energetic and hard-working and game celebrities around today, and I’m very privileged to have had a chance to work with him.”
There’s a two week period after Matty’s first grade class goes on a trip to a farm that the six-year-old declares himself a vegetarian or rather…
“You want to be a what?” Kurt asks as he helps Matty up the rock wall on the play structure.
“A vegetasmian.” Matty says around a grunt as he finally makes it up to the top.
Kurt chuckles, “You mean a vegetarian?” He asks.
Matty nods, “Yeah, that!” He says.
“And why do you want to be a vegetarian?” Blaine asks as he swings across the monkey bars lazily behind Lizzy.
Matty sits down on the edge of the play structure, “The animals are so cute and then Johnny says we kill animals to get meat, so I want to become a vege…” He looks at Kurt for clarification.
“Vegetarian.” Kurt supplies, patiently, and Matty nods.
“So you’re okay with not eating meat anymore?” Blaine asks.
“Totally.” Matty says with a decisive nod.
It only lasts two weeks because one night, when deciding what the family should have for dinner, Matty suggests they have chicken fingers.
“I thought you were a vegetarian.” Lizzy reminds with a quirked eyebrow.
Matty nods, “I am.”
“Then that means you can’t eat chicken fingers because they’re made from chickens. You know…meat.” Lizzy says with a duh expression.
Matty’s eyes go wide, “Chicken fingers are meat?” He exclaims, looking back and forth between his parents.
Blaine nods, “‘Fraid so, buddy.”
Matty pouts his lips before shaking his head, “I’m not a vegetarian anymore. I want chicken fingers.” He says before walking out of the room.
“But he just learned to say it.” Kurt says, sadly, gesturing after him and Blaine and Lizzy laugh.
Kind of hoping this “new thing” Ryan Murphy is cooking up with Cody Fern, Darren Criss and Finn Wittrock is something other than American Horror Story, but something new, extremely creative and unique.
I read a lot of scripts. A lot. From professionals to aspiring writers to complete newbies. Features and pilots. Specs and treatments.
And 8 times out of 10 the fan fic that I’ve read over the last, oh, 15 years is leagues better than this stuff. It’s more inspired. It’s more compelling. It’s genre bending and creative and heartfelt. It’s well-paced and intense and funny and sexy and meaningful. It’s smart and thoughtful and good. It’s novel-quality. Better than, sometimes.
Rare is the script I don’t want to put down, but how often have we stayed up until 3am to get to the last chapter of a 100k fic? And it’s not even a fan fic author’s day job. This is what they do on the side. In their spare time. For free.
So my point is, fan fic authors, you’re good. You’re good writers and great storytellers. I know it doesn’t always feel like it, especially if you’re one of the authors who’s not a BNF and doesn’t get the notes/hits that a few do. And because some people still view fic as “not real writing.” You guys know the shit that gets made into movies. You’re better than that. So be better than that. If writing is what you think want to do, then just know you’re already doing it. You’ve already started.
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