I often wonder why it’s easier for people to gloss over all the harassment and bullying a character like Puck did towards Kurt, then it is to get over Dave’s equally atrocious behaviour towards him.
Is it simply that people think what Puck did to Kurt wasn’t as bad? Because it seems pretty clear that Puck had been bullying Kurt like this since they first started high school, whereas Dave’s focused bullying of Kurt only occurred for a few weeks/a month or two in their Junior year, not to say that either are worse than the other, both are equally bad regardless of how long it was going on for.
Is it because people think Dave’s behaviour was worse? Does Dave giving Kurt a false death threat automatically erase the fact that Puck had been throwing him into dumpsters daily, slamming him into lockers, throwing slushies at him, urinating into balloons and then throwing them at him, taking the time to go to his house and nail his lawn furniture to his roof, as well as probably other bullying standards?
Is Puck ok to forgive rather than Dave simply because he’s in glee club? Because he’s considered more attractive? Because people enjoy his singing voice? Does that excuse his behaviour and the fact he never apologised or made it up to Kurt? The fact that his behaviour towards him was simply dropped and never acknowledged again?
I’m not against Puck, I like his character, but is it not somewhat disgusting that characters like Puck are automatically forgiven, no matter what their actions? That they have their actions are glossed over and swept under the rug, while a character like Dave is still demonised?
What’s the real difference between them? Their actions towards and treatment of Kurt were equally horrendous.
Has Dave not changed for the better? Has he not reformed himself? Apologised? Earned Kurt’s forgiveness? Why are we still demonising him? The character he harassed and bullied has forgiven him, so why are we still hung up on it? It is not our life, it is not our experience (though many have gone through similar situations), it is not our decision to make whether or not Kurt would or should forgive Dave and move on, the character of Kurt has already made that decision for himself, it’s time to accept it and move on – It’s time to actually look at the character Dave is now.
Bless every single thing this post is.
(via kidenagain)
