Fic: Day of Silence, Will

[puppetdumbly]

Prompt: Kurt gets the Glee club to participate [in Day of Silence]. Day of Silence, for those unaware, students going all day without speaking to memoralize/draw attention to others in the past who have been bullied, judged for their sexuality, or generally never had their voices heard. Would love to see how the gleekers are affected by the

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[alter_alterego]

I was revisiting your lovely page to check for updates and did a doubletake--did I really forget to comment on this? Shame on me!

To be honest, canon Will gives me fits. I alternate between absolutely adoring his character and wanting to throttle him but good. Your Will falls firmly on the "adoring his character" side.

This chapter really played up the best about Will's personality, and how much he cares about others. His brother, the kids... he doesn't give a second thought to helping them. That's why it hurt so much to see Sue's venom directed at him: if there's one thing he wouldn't deliberately do, it's to mess around with those kids.

(Is it wrong of me that I love how you snuck in the "Sneaky Gays" phrase, though? "Sue Cs it" for the win!)

[puppetdumbly]

Thanks for commenting! And Kurt's part has been taking me forever because it's so long. Finally got it all finished today. :)

And I'm so glad you liked Will in this. I want to smack that man with a wooden spoon most of the time, so I like writing him in a way that makes him more of a caring, fatherly type educator.

[alter_alterego]

I want to smack that man with a wooden spoon most of the time

Well put! :)

[jedishadowolf]

I love the way you write Will! His relationship with his brother (I'd love to see that in canon) and how he tries to make the Day of Silence go smoothly but Sue of course knows exactly what buttons to push. Canon Will fluctuates wildly between awesomeness and douche but your version I think will stay on the awesome side of the fence. :)