I've been rewatching season 6 of Glee (because I enjoy pain, I guess) and I keep fast-forwarding through the Schue and Rachel scenes that don't have any of the characters I love in it, but I fucking forgot about the Samchel storyline this season which means my love for Sam Evans is forcing me to watch so much Rachel and I hate it.
They really did Sam dirty by shoving him in a relationship with Rachel and not letting him just be with Mercedes or actively wooing her the way Kurt is wooing Blaine. And it makes me stand even more strongly by my statement that Samcedes is the only straight ship on Glee that matters.
(Finchel included because it would have been Endgame)
Brittana: Yes I love them unconditionally and no I will not apologize for it. Pure love in its truest form (no I won't be taking criticism stay mad💁🏾♀️)
Sue/Sue: The best ship, no questions asked. Also means Sue won't subject a romantic partner to her toxicity which is a surprising amount of (probably unintentional) responsibility from her
Samcedes: They're cute. I know they're not "officially" endgame but it's implied they get back together eventually right? I really liked their healthy communication in season 6 even if they did break up afterwards
St. Berry: Soulmates frfr. Jesse's a prick, but outside of season 1 treats her so well and always pushes her to be her best. I think Rachel really taught him how to love. Also just so much chemistry
Wemma: Only reason it's not ranked higher is because Will doesn't always do right by her (like when he let her ableist parents make him doubt his relationship with her😐). They're a pretty solid couple overall though
Finchel: They have their cute moments, but it's hard to get into them when they have so many issues, a lot of which were never addressed. Finn only pursued her when he couldn't have her *cough* when she was with Jesse *cough* and otherwise complained about her constantly. Rachel was more likeable when she wasn't with him tbh (like in the majority of season 2)
Artina: Why even have them get back together? They broke up in season 2 when he treated her like garbage and then she was happy with Mike for years only for the writers to break them up for no reason. Tike was cute and so off to the side that they could have kept it and nothing would have made a difference. Why did the writers hate Tina?
Klaine: To be fair a lot of this ship's failings came from how inconsistently and downright terribly Blaine was written. But still, when he proposed it felt like Kurt wasn't even happy. And it only felt like they got married because everyone pushed them to. Nothing about this ship was ever enjoyable to me, not even in season 2
Quick: Why'd they do Quinn like this😭 I get Puck had changed and that's great but she said to Rachel in season 3, "I can't imagine my past dimming the bright lights of my future." And then she gets with Puck😐 They should have kept her single tbh, her learning to love herself without a man involved was meant to be her whole arc (I also headcanon her as ace, but that's just me🤷🏾♀️)
And he doesn’t know why. Doesn’t know why it’s her face that pops into his head. Doesn’t know why her smile is burning into his mind after all these years. Doesn’t know what is compelling him to say her name instead of one who might actually take pity on him.
“Mercedes Jones.”
He recites all ten digits of her phone number that he somehow still remembers. Sam’s never been good with numbers or letters or any of that. But for whatever reason, he can’t forget hers.
The phone rings. And rings. And rings.
A story of hurting and healing, of messing up and being in love, of reliving the past and embracing the future.