Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Lima, Ohio (Glee, PG-13, Kurt, gen)

[sin_fin]

Title: Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Lima, Ohio
Warnings: Kidnapping and impersonation, implied dubcon/noncon, and generalised S3 issues up to and including 3x14.
Rating: PG-13 for content.
Word Count: 2414
Summary: Aliens made Kurt do it. They have, in fact, been making him do it for a while.
Notes: Title from the Sufjan Stevens song,

Comments

[themillersson]

You should probably know that, while this entire thing is really creepy and you did a fantastic job of setting up an atmosphere of maddening helplessness, the thing that tips it over the edge into utter horror is the fact that there's a choose-your-own-adventure ending. I'm still staring at the three links but can't bring myself to click.

[narie]

Hahaha I'm sorry! I must say that when I first tossed off the idea while watching the episode it seemed like a lulzy joke more than anyhing else, but as I wrote it the creepiness of the situation mounted steadily until the point when I had successfully horrified myself too.

As for the epilogues, I promise one of them is happy-ish enough, one of them is somewhat ambiguous and one of them is just plain wrong. But I'm sure you can guess which one the last one is!

[sparklegemstone]

This was certainly a very interesting way to reflect on Kurt's season 3 behavior. I have to admit, I was expecting on-the-spaceship!Kurt to actually be an alien that had absorbed Kurt's memories and believed he was Kurt, watching actual Kurt do his thing on Earth, and therefore functioning to provide a Kurt perspective outside and removed from actual events on Kurt's behavior.

[narie]

Thanks for commenting!

I confess, there was a paragraph in an earlier draft that was all about how Kurt wasn't even sure it was his body up there in the space ship, but I took it out because it was too horrifying; I preferred the old-fashioned alien abduction where they just take your body up. And besides, in hindsight, it is hilariously more meta when you think of Kurt watching himself do things on a screen and not really knowing where they're coming from. :) I didn't set out to write this as a meta story (it was born from a casual comment on my tumblr), but halfway there it became undeniable, and I decided to milk it for all it was worth.

[chocolate6969]

This is flawless. It's pretty creepy and made me go /o\ D: at points (The night West Side Story opened had been the only one he'd cried himself to sleep. ), but flawless nonetheless.

[narie]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! I totally creeped myself out while writing it, so I'm perversely glad that came across, haha. :)

[werewolfsfan]

You not only have a superb imagination, you've created your tale with great skill!

[peachpai]

How bad is it that I lol'd at all of the endings? I'm a terrible person, or something.

Creepy and oh so plausible at this point. Wouldn't that be amazing if it suddenly turned out to be true?