Hunting the Unicorn: Difference between revisions

* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Blaine, so much.

* [[Love Hurts]]: For Blaine, romantically and otherwise.

** [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]] in ''The Princess'' and ''The Harpy.''

** And ''The Cat.''

* [[May-December Romance|May-September Romance]]: Besides Kurt, at least two of Blaine's past love interests are older. Jeremiah's [[Vague Age|older]], Terry works for UPS while Blaine's still in school, and the guy in ''The Princess'' is implied to be older since Kyle puts so much emphasis on Blaine being sixteen. {{spoiler|Alex is older, too.}}

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Not exact echoes, but:

'''Blaine to Kurt:''' Would you want to stay with me?<ref> He's asking if Kurt would stay with him at Dalton, given the choice.</ref> ([[Foregone Conclusion|Kurt wouldn't.]])<br />

'''Blaine:''' I wanted him to stay with me.<ref> The reason {{spoiler|he slept with the first guy he dated.}}</ref> [[Break the Cutie|(It didn't work.)]] }}

** [[Played With]] in ''The Princess''--after Kurt talks about how crazy [[Papa Wolf|Burt]] would go in Blaine's situation, Blaine's mother ''doesn't'' take {{spoiler|Blaine losing his virginity}} very seriously.

* [[Nakama]]: The New Directions. The Warblers are also close-knit and [[Shipper on Deck|care a lot]] about Kurt and Blaine's relationship. When Blaine implies that his situation with Kurt has happened before (with even worse consequences), they're rightly pissed.

** They also set up [[Hero Secret Service|a buddy system]] to keep track of Blaine once David {{spoiler|realizes Blaine is getting stalked.}}

** Wes and David {{spoiler|''force Alex to kidnap them'' because they won't leave Blaine alone}}. The other Warblers are {{spoiler|helping the police look for them.}}

* [[One of Us]]: A lot of readers are tropers, and some have read ''[[The Last Unicorn (novel)|The Last Unicorn]]''.

* [[Papa Wolf]] / [[Mama Bear]]: Greg, Burt, and Carole, in a strong contrast to Blaine's parents. Emphasized in ''King Haggard,'' where Luke asks Greg why he didn't find out {{spoiler|Blaine got kidnapped}} until hours later.

* [[Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality]]: Obviously Kurt, but David reveals that Blaine has "chivalrous panic attacks" about pushing Kurt too much. Both are (un)motivated by a host of insecurities, played for dramedy. And we've found out that {{spoiler|Blaine's not a virgin, which makes all of the jokes sound horrible now.}}

** Later, we see Blaine get uncomfortable listening to [[Spring Awakening|"Touch Me"]]. He also takes ''lots'' of [[Shower of Angst|cold showers]] to deal with his feelings, and he can barely talk about it to anyone.

* [[Sex Equals Love]]: [[Reality Ensues|Not necessarily]]. [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]] if you try to ''invoke'' it.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: ''The Warblers,'' dear god. We have Wes to thank for "[[Duet Bonding|Candles,]]" by the way.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Jeff and Nick. They're almost always together, there's a reference to Jeff and Nick being the subject of Warbler bets, and considering Nick got hauled into counseling and won't tell anyone ''why''...

** In ''The Butterfly,'' a stoned Nick accidentally falls in the swimming pool and somehow mistakes Jeff for [[Batman]]. [[Lampshade Hanging|Nick then remembers his last name is Grayson.]] [[Subverted Trope|And worries that "Bruce" will whoop his ass for cursing so much.]]

** The Warblers are actually somewhat calm in Nikos, considering {{spoiler|three of their members got kidnapped.}} It's only when Kurt finds out that the [[Mass "Oh Crap"]] is unleashed.

* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: The Warblers, who use a profuse amount of [[Precision F-Strike|Precision F Strikes]].

'''David:''' According to what I learned in Psych, inexplicable crying means that something's been fucked over! }}

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: {{spoiler|Alex, from ''The Butterfly'' onwards.}}

* [[Two Scenes, One Dialogue|Three Scenes, Two Dialogues:]] ''The Princess'' jumps between three different scenes (denoted by '''then, now,''' and '''later''') and two dialogues. The first scene is what happened to Blaine a year earlier, while the second and third scenes are about Blaine telling Sarah and Kurt about it.

* [[Title Drop]]: In ''The Hunters.''

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Blaine, physically ''and'' emotionally.

* [[Twofer Token Minority]]: Blaine is a gay hapa<ref> half-Asian</ref>. Terry Hanari is also a gay Asian.

** They try to change Kurt's ringtone to a "[[The Power of Love|Love overcomes all]]" song ([[Aqualung]]'s "Brighter Than Sunshine"), but accidentally change it to a sad song (Augustana's "Boston"). Kurt's just confused.

** They hack Blaine's Facebook to send Kurt a marriage request and [[Refuge in Audacity|a five-page poem]]. As gay marriage is still largely illegal in the US, it's a sore spot for Blaine.

** They lock Kurt and Blaine [[Ten Minutes in the Closet|in the closet]]. Their motive isn't even recognized, since it's such a standard prank.