Re: Chris Colfer Appreciation Thread!--part 3

[fantastica]

Chris is one of us - he's the biggest Kurtsie, isn't he? We all think alike.

It's not surprising that Chris doesn't think having sex w/ a "hot" boyfriend is an achievement, otherwise he would still be stuck in Clovis dreaming about his prince charming one day. Chris is more like Carson - only death can keep him from pursuing his dreams.

I think Kurt being an all-time loser might have prompted Chris from working harder than ever on his side project. Even though Kurt has no wins, Chris is all about productivity and success. He's the true inspiration.

Talking about inspiration I saw several weeks ago some article interviewing Naya about her playing a "lesbian role model". This is nothing against Naya but Santana is NOT a lesbian role model. She is a super bitch and sometimes even does evil things (like intentionally give Finn the mono). I think our lesbian audiences deserve a much better character as their role model. Hay, not all gay/lesbian characters are automatically role models!

[Divalicious]

I agree with lesbians deserving a better role model than Santana. I think they are more leaning towards, at least we got a role model, I am waiting for them to say, but we deserve to have a nice one. Being a bitch is only sexy to guys, I think. And then they complain when they get one. Whatever.

[sahhar]

“Kurt really did nothing but lose last year, so I’d like to see him win something. He didn’t get the school play, didn’t get president, and didn’t get into his college. He didn’t get anything. So I’d like to see him get something that makes him happy.”

—	Chris Colfer [x]

We're with you on that one all the way Chris.

Further proof that he's only in this show because he needs it. I can't imagine what emotions he goes through when he reads the scripts every week. Sigh.

[Buenos]

ColferInspired wrote:“Kurt really did nothing but lose last year, so I’d like to see him win something. He didn’t get the school play, didn’t get president, and didn’t get into his college. He didn’t get anything. So I’d like to see him get something that makes him happy.”
— Chris Colfer [x]

It's a criticism. It may be couched in general terms , but it pretty clear that Chris doesn't like how the character has been treated. He's previously been quoted as saying he's tired of Kurt always crying, that why can't someone find Kurt attractive, and that he would handle things "Clovis style" in response to Kurt's passivity to some of the things done to him by other characters including Sebastian.

What is amazing is that if one of the lead actors can notice this about this character's season long arc, the writers who gush about how Kurt is such a fascinating character in their hubris and arrogance will probably just skip this over.

BTW, I do think in this case Chris is shading the whole Klaine dynamics in that he doesn't think that should be the sole focus of the Kurt character.

[brisallie]

“Kurt really did nothing but lose last year, so I’d like to see him win something. He didn’t get the school play, didn’t get president, and didn’t get into his college. He didn’t get anything. So I’d like to see him get something that makes him happy.”

—	Chris Colfer [x]

THX for posting this.

I don't know exactly what to say because I'm agree with Chris that Kurt did nothing wrong to deserve that... that finale season ¬¬ or probably his mistake was got the love from viewers, but sadly he's not the lead star of the show so that's not so good to some of the writers As always I said I just want the BEST for him. Still waiting that RIB listen my prays.

[BlueJazz]

You was a bad girl I saw your Klaine avatar some days ago but I forgot to ask you what was the reason behind that pic o.o So it come to my mind that secretly you like them but you haven't told to anyone or if you did, I didn't know lol

My previous avi is not a Klaine pic actually, it's a fan-made CrissColfer pic. Which made me look even worse No worries, I won't ship CrissColfer or Klaine unless I hit my head and lose my mind.

Regarding the Chris flawless commet about Kurt, I think he deserves the title, "King of Kurtsies" And I suspect that it might be his subtle way of saying the following to Glee:



Never change, Chris

More press:




YES to TLOS, BIG NO to Glee S4 Tbh, I don't get why people keep asking him about Glee S4 in interviews, he may even know less than us since he didn't attend the comic-con.

[brisallie]

My previous avi is not a Klaine pic actually, it's a fan-made CrissColfer pic. Which made me look even worse No worries, I won't ship CrissColfer or Klaine unless I hit my head and lose my mind.

Regarding the Chris flawless commet about Kurt, I think he deserves the title, "King of Kurtsies" And I suspect that it might be his subtle way of saying the following to Glee:



Never change, Chris

More press:




...

Just in case, always try to wear a helmet :p

Love both pictures the first one is funny and accurate to what some part of the fandom think about Glee and the second one is ADORABLE. In general I like that pose of the finger over the mouth.

[tanita_mors]

[Kurt Hummel]

So cute!

[fantastica]

here we go again:


I need to find out who is behind all this and how do I get "Let's donate some $$ to Kim" trending too...

[Delight]

I need to find out who is behind all this and how do I get "Let's donate some $$ to Kim" trending too...

You'll probably need to put up your bank account details for the donation to happen though

[Delight]

More press:

Can I admit to a bit of creepiness here? I really want to touch that hair. It looks so soft and shiny...

[sjonnepon]

More press:

Can I admit to a bit of creepiness here? I really want to touch that hair. It looks so soft and shiny...

i want to touch his hair too,,,,,,and the rest of his body

[Jellyrolls]

Just an FYI, I just cut all of the Land of Story Stuff from today into a seperate thread for all of the tweets, articles, etc. that are coming out today. We'll keep the seperate threads for the the interviews on the appreciation board, though But feel free to post them in the other thread too, if you want.

You can find the new thread here

[fantastica]

Has it been posted yet?

Chris Colfer Vents His 'High School Frustrations' In 'Struck By Lightning'

The Huffington Post | By Carolyn Gregoire Posted: 07/17/2012 11:56 am Updated: 07/17/2012 1:14 pm

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the nerds, wallflowers, freaks and misfits who occupy the borderlands of the high school social landscape generally turn out to be the most influential, creative and successful individuals in the real world. Observing this law of nature at his 10-year high school reunion, director Tim Burton noted: "There seemed to be some sort of catharsis about growing up and being alone that made you rely on yourself."

Perhaps no one illustrates this dictum better than Chris Colfer, a former high-school outsider who, at the age of 21, is at the pinnacle of an already-legendary Hollywood career and has been named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People In The World. And his roster of work is only growing -- with his originating role as Kurt Hummel on "Glee," a critically-acclaimed new film that he wrote and starred in, and another screenplay in the works, the young artist shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon.

But Colfer overcame awkward and often painful high school experiences on his way to mega-stardom. Now, the "Glee" star's memories of teenage wasteland are the creative fodder for "Struck By Lightning," a film that he wrote and starred in that premiered at this year's TriBeCa Film Festival and was recently picked up for wider theatrical distribution. In the film, Colfer plays Carson, an overly-ambitious high school senior who blackmails his classmates into joining the school's literary magazine, which he founded to boost his chances of getting into college and escaping his small-town blues.

Colfer says of Carson and the literary magazine: "He’s doing this for himself, but it ends up helping everyone along the way." The same could be said of Colfer himself, whose work, both on and off the set of "Glee," has encouraged a young generation to refuse to apologize for being who they are -- whether they're gay, straight or anything in-between.

After the New York premiere of "Struck By Lightning," HuffPost Teen sat down and chatted with Chris Colfer about surviving high school (hint: you'll need a partner-in-crime) and turning his pain into art.

1. Find A Sidekick. "I was President of the writers club of my high school, I had a friend like [the character] Mallory -- me and my friend Melissa were totally that. She’s my partner in crime-slash-sidekick. We tried running the school paper, and God, we ran with it until it just died."

2. Don't Be Afraid To Try (Or To Let Go When Something's Not Working). "When I was a freshman, I joined the writer’s club. It had all these really cool seniors in it and it was a really cool thing to be a part of -- but then they graduated and it was just me left in the writer’s club. Kids don’t want to write unless they have to, so it wasn’t an easy club to recruit people for. I tried, and we did a literary magazine to raise money every year and no one ever bought it. I did that sophomore year and junior year, and then senior year I finally gave up. I was like, ‘I should probably just do homework instead of doing this b*tchwork.’"

3. Find Your Voice. "I think so many people are afraid of writing because they’re afraid to find their voice, or they think they have no reason to. But absolutely, that’s the point of Carson. He’s doing this for himself, but it ends up helping everyone along the way to find their own voice."

4. Get Inspired: "[The lightning metaphor] is like the way a good idea comes to you –- you’re sitting there and you’re thinking and thinking and all of the sudden -- boom! An idea hits you and you’re obsessed with it. It’s like electricity! It hits you and your body is consumed with it until it ends up killing you. An idea is the same way –- it will kill you unless it gets out somehow."

5. Chill Out. "Oh Gosh. CALM DOWN. Oh God, Don’t be afraid to be human –- you’re human, you’re going to have emotional days. You’re going to have days when things suck and then some days when things are great, but don’t feel guilty because you’re experiencing that. Don’t feel guilty from being human."

6. Keep Your Eye On The Prize. "As long as you have a goal, the struggle will just make you a better person along the way."

7. Don't Be Afraid To Let People In. "Much like Kurt, I internalized everything in high school. I didn’t let people know what I was thinking or feeling because I was afraid that someone would use it against me. [My sexual] orientation was completely internal -– no one knew and if people would think of me in any other way, I would panic. I didn’t want anyone to have that hold over me. I didn’t want anyone too close to me. Where I grew up, everyone was called the f-word, everyone was called gay negatively, because that was just the worst thing you could be.... [Sometimes] I think I’m still in that mentality –- I don’t think it ever leaves you. It’s one of those traumatic high school scars that I’ll carry with me."

8. Turn Those High School Scars Into Your Creative Inspiration. “[The film] started as a way for me to vent about my high school frustrations. I thought it was really funny and I thought to myself, ‘I’ve got to make this into a movie if I can someday.’ And then I got on 'Glee' and I found myself in a position where it was possible to get it done. So I did, and got the right people attached, and here we are."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/23/chris-colfer-vents-his-hi_n_1447311.html?utm_hp_ref=teen

[fantastica]

I am totally confused as to where to post what, so please help moving things around if necessary:

http://chriscolfernews.tumblr.com/post/27417696386/glees-chris-colfer-branches-out-into-writing-x

[Jellyrolls]

I am totally confused as to where to post what, so please help moving things around if necessary:

http://chriscolfernews.tumblr.com/post/27417696386/glees-chris-colfer-branches-out-into-writing-x

Why the confusion? It's not that difficult--you're just used to having everything in one big jumbled mess, but it's a lot more useful and easier to refer back to if you put it in an .

If it's an article about SBL, put it on the SBL discussion thread. If it's an article about LOS, put it on the release Frenzy thread.

If it's a significant article with lots of pictures or a video of a significant interview, feel free to start it's own thread here on the Chris Colfer appreciation board.

Honestly, probably the only wrong place to put endless links to articles and stories is in this thread because then we're back to having a big jumbled mess with no easy way to find them again for future reference.

This thread is more for small stuff like a random picture that was tweeted or appeared in a magazine, and general fangirling and discussion. But articles and videos are much better elsewhere.

[fantastica]

I have a jumbled messy brain. also too many clicking to find the right thread. well, mainly because you mods get to do some big work.

[fantastica]

Chris Colfer Saves Beached Stingray

Chris Colfer to the rescue! When the Glee star came upon a beached stingray during his morning run in Pismo Beach, Calif., this weekend, he did what came naturally. First, he screamed, then he reached out to help. “I thought it was dead at first,” he tells PEOPLE. “I see it start breathing and moving, and I’m freaking out. I immediately start screaming, ‘Help, somebody help! There’s a beached stingray!’” Though he feared that the barbed fish might try to hurt him, Colfer, who was alone on the deserted beach, jumped into action and cleverly fashioned seaweed into makeshift gloves in order to move the stingray off the sand. “I immediately wrapped my hands in seaweed and began flipping him like a pancake back into the water,” he says. “And eventually he got to a deep enough part of the beach where he swam away – so I saved a stingray. So that was rewarding.” Colfer, who shared a photo of the fish on Twitter that day, knew he had to do something to help the stranded creature. “I was the only one on the beach,” he says. “Only one besides seagulls – and they were not helpful.”

http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20612542,00.html

i know we all saw his tweet about the stingray but i just realize that Chris was on the beach and that was a rare event!

[ColferInspired]

Chris Colfer Saves Beached Stingray

Chris Colfer to the rescue! When the Glee star came upon a beached stingray during his morning run in Pismo Beach, Calif., this weekend, he did what came naturally. First, he screamed, then he reached out to help. “I thought it was dead at first,” he tells PEOPLE. “I see it start breathing and moving, and I’m freaking out. I immediately start screaming, ‘Help, somebody help! There’s a beached stingray!’” Though he feared that the barbed fish might try to hurt him, Colfer, who was alone on the deserted beach, jumped into action and cleverly fashioned seaweed into makeshift gloves in order to move the stingray off the sand. “I immediately wrapped my hands in seaweed and began flipping him like a pancake back into the water,” he says. “And eventually he got to a deep enough part of the beach where he swam away – so I saved a stingray. So that was rewarding.” Colfer, who shared a photo of the fish on Twitter that day, knew he had to do something to help the stranded creature. “I was the only one on the beach,” he says. “Only one besides seagulls – and they were not helpful.”

http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20612542,00.html

i know we all saw his tweet about the stingray but i just realize that Chris was on the beach and that was a rare event!

Love this story, but I wish they hadn't said which beach it was and that he goes on morning runs. Now fans know and the paparazzi know where they can find him.

[ladydianab]

Yep, not alone any more. Wish they had used more discretion. He does deserve some privacy. Wish I could see him running, though.

[ChrisColferFan1]

Yep, not alone any more. Wish they had used more discretion. He does deserve some privacy. Wish I could see him running, though.

I agree.

[Struckbycolfer]

Another tweet trending





Can I post it here?Or should I move it to the TLOS thread?

[tanita_mors]

I think it's Ok here, but maybe a copy in the TLOS Frenzy tread isn't out of the question.

As for the beach thing, while I understand a morn the possible loss of privacy for him if he continues to go there, we may get some nice pics of him from there. Mainly with less things on.

Also, aren't sting rays like super dangurios. Didn't one kill Steve Irwin - the Crocodile Hunter. Chris should be more careful.

[brisallie]

Love this story, but I wish they hadn't said which beach it was and that he goes on morning runs. Now fans know and the paparazzi know where they can find him.

Agree. The story is lovely but they shouldn't have written the name of the beach. Now I can see and probably I'm overreacting, some stalkers jogging in the same place every morning o.o lol

Also, aren't sting rays like super dangurios. Didn't one kill Steve Irwin - the Crocodile Hunter. Chris should be more careful.

I thought the same. I'm sure it was a stingrays that killed Steve Irwin. So isn't dangerous to take it? Anybody knows?

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