I did not particularly care about Blaine even when I finished the series for the first time. Then, I re-watched the entire show, stumbled at this song, then at some point, I just became obsessed with his talent - he's a masterpiece created by God magnificently.
ive rewatched glee five times and my favorite episodes at least 10. this is defiantly one of my favorite episodes and I cry every single time. i love dave so much he's such a complex character even though he's barely in the series. he defiantly has so much character development and he's just so awesome and seeing this episode broke me.
Blaine said “this years theme is inspiration, and I have a song that may fit the bill.” Just what did he he think it was inspiring? It’s a sad song in my opinion. And the background suicide scene was…. Inspiring?
The line _Life's too short to even care at all_ ? For me the whole song says 'Yeah, life sucks, but it gets better, just hang in there'. Not inspirational, rather depressing, admitting that it does suck, but the intention was nice I presume.
In my opinion the tv version was better because its paired with great visuals like how i prefer watching people like us karaoke scene from doom patrol instead of listening to it on spotify.
This scene physically hurt to watch. Like, I got very uncomfortable watching it. Cough Syrup is a beautiful song, and Darren did the song all the justice it deserves. But the fact it has to be paired with David Karofsky making an attempt at suicide makes this song very hard to listen to for me. I can't hear this song, without seeing this scene in front of me, and cry. It has all to do with how powerful the scene was played out, and how well everything fit well together. Karofsky has always been one of those characters who I had a very hard time hating, because you could tell that there was somehing on his mind. The moment he kissed Kurt, was the moment where everything started to come together, and he was shown to become more and more hostile, but at the same time, more vulnerable. He thought he was mentally ill, he didn't know what he was feeling, and eventually, when the whole school finds out that he's gay, all hell breaks loose on him. And within a matter of minutes, I went from being conflicted about him, to feeling absolutely terrible for him. From what I understand, there are some people who think that Karofsky is overreacting. And to that, I highly disagree. Depression and suicidal thoughts are different from person to person. Some people can handle them better then others. Some of us are more vulnerable to this kind of thing then others. Kurt was able to handle it better, but he mostly had his friends alongside him to support him. Which helps a lot more then you might think. Karofsky didn't have that at the school he was at. Making this a lot more difficult for him, then it already would've been. Leading him to this moment on screen. Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen any show portray depression and suicide as well as this very scene did. The emotions shown here, the actions that are taken, and the song that's being played, make this scene feel far more real then anything that I've ever seen. It cracks me up every time I watch it, and I have nothing but respect for the actors, and everyone who worked on it. It's scenes like this that make going through this show, which tends to have some very bad moments, worth while
