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Description This is a commentary-drawing on what Glee has done to Quinn's character..

In season 1, Quinn was the total mean girl, she was beautiful, she was popular in school, head cheerleader and is in a relationship with the quarterback of the football team... her sole purpose of joining the glee club was destroying it from within.. she was one of the villains in the show, yet she maintained to be quite like-able.. it's just impossible to hate Dianna Agron.

then, she became pregnant, she lost her position in the Cheerios, lost her home when her parents found out.. and even lost her boyfriend when he found out that the baby she had was with his best friend.. as her world kept tumbling, we get to see more and more of Quinn's personality, that she's more than the regular mean girl we see in other shows, and although she was the "popular girl", you can see that she exerted so much effort to attain her position.. Yes, her obsession with being popular was quite freaky.. but we all know how fitting-in is so important in high school.
As the episodes continued we can see her grow into a confident teenager.. she now realized that being popular is not important and that there are other much important things in life. She also realized who her real friends are and valued the glee club, just as her co-glee clubbers valued her. She even became close friends with Mercedes and helped her in her struggles in life just as Mercedes helped Quinn with her own. With all of the problems Quinn encountered in her life, she was able to learn valuable lessons and grew up into a woman who was full of self-worth. She was no longer the Quinn Fabray we had earlier in Season 1!

And then Season 2 came.. she returned to the Cheerios after saying that she no longer needed Cheerios in her life, she became obsessed in returning to her old popular position. She fell in love with a boy, but cheated on him with her ex-boyfriend, knowing that her chances of being the popular girl was much more likely when she was with him.. she no longer sees her fellow glee-clubbers as valuable friends.. and acted as if her friendship with Mercedes never existed. And then finally her obsession came, her obsession of being Prom Queen.. her obsession was no longer "quite freaky", but beyond freaky.. in fact it was quite absurd. From the character development she had in the end of season 1.. she turned into this desperate lunatic.

So that's how this drawing came-up.. I was so frustrated and disappointed about how the show was portraying Quinn (among other things) that I felt like drawing this to release my pain.. In this drawing she's actually in those psychological help groups.. you know, where they say those lines "Hi, I'm ______ and I'm a ________" It was just a silly idea that I just thought of...

and then the whole Lucy Kaboosey came.. and the show just ruined such an amazing character.. In the end of season 1, I actually hoped that they would make her a leader of a feminist group in school, full of strength and confidence, and instead made her this crazy wackjob.. it's just sad..

anyway I hope in Season 3 they do a better job in their writing, because I no longer feel the same way about Glee as I did back then (the thing about Quinn was just one thing BTW) although on a good note.. they've done such a big improvement ever since the Born this Way episode that I really hope their flow will continue on in Season 3, and even until the end of the show. But for now, I hope you guys will enjoy this Prom Quinn drawing!

Wow.. that was a long Introduction.. sorry about my ranting..

<----Me
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Comments: 31

SparklingWaterBabie [2012-05-18 15:51:30 +0000 UTC]

And it proves just as true for Season 3. xD

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pokopoko14 In reply to SparklingWaterBabie [2012-10-08 14:16:31 +0000 UTC]

I knoooow right! Sorry, I know it's an old comment, but I felt like I HAD to reply! lol

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Tokiogirl21 [2012-03-18 07:45:30 +0000 UTC]

Sorry Quinn, but I'm afraid the crown is mine.

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pokopoko14 In reply to Tokiogirl21 [2012-04-14 16:10:10 +0000 UTC]

LOL good think Quinn's done being a prom queen addict.. :>

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moonlightgypsy1912 [2012-02-22 17:07:13 +0000 UTC]

When I first saw this, I thought it was Princess Peach from the Super Mario Brothers games :3 good job on the dialogue

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pokopoko14 In reply to moonlightgypsy1912 [2012-04-14 16:09:31 +0000 UTC]

LOL Someone said the same thing haha but thank you!!

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frankie-iero-my-hero [2011-09-04 16:21:55 +0000 UTC]

i hate what they did to her on the show....but i still love glee!<3

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pokopoko14 In reply to frankie-iero-my-hero [2011-09-06 15:13:06 +0000 UTC]

so far.. with all the promos they're releasing.. I'm not liking what they're doing to her next season But yeah! I can't help but still love glee too.. at least for now

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frankie-iero-my-hero In reply to pokopoko14 [2011-09-06 23:14:55 +0000 UTC]

arnt they making her punk...i think that'll be cool though....for me anyways

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pokopoko14 In reply to frankie-iero-my-hero [2011-09-08 12:04:30 +0000 UTC]

haha! I find it kind of redundant though... since they have this so called punk girl with Tina or whatever Although I would kinda like an angry feminist with Quinn.. I think it'll suit her more. You know those types who get angry at men when they open doors for them since they think it's a bit sexist..

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frankie-iero-my-hero In reply to pokopoko14 [2011-09-09 19:28:27 +0000 UTC]

ya exactly!you get it so well!

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cloverclover2 [2011-08-29 18:20:53 +0000 UTC]

Yesterday me and a friend were discussing the same. Actually, it broke my heart what they did to Quinn's character. Back in season 1 she was my favorite character. Now, i dont know. She isnt the Quinn i used to love.

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pokopoko14 In reply to cloverclover2 [2011-08-30 13:15:59 +0000 UTC]

Yeah! What's more frustrating is she only has one more year to be lovable again... stupid Ryan Murphy... why does he have to that 1 season = 1 school year thing

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PyroTay [2011-08-14 18:07:06 +0000 UTC]

I hate the writers on the show but some how I can't stop watching...

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pokopoko14 In reply to PyroTay [2011-08-16 17:06:07 +0000 UTC]

LOL I feel the same way! For me though, I got so attached with the characters and the actors that play them.. which I think keeps me from watching

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PyroTay In reply to pokopoko14 [2011-08-16 17:57:10 +0000 UTC]

Yea me too, I love the performances too. And even though I hate the writers I love some of the storylines even if they are badly done.

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pokopoko14 In reply to PyroTay [2011-08-30 13:58:07 +0000 UTC]

yeah... we have to admit, some of them are pretty good, most have a good idea, but really sucky delivery! I'm not really sure, but I think they hired more writers now.. hopefully that's going to prevent the storylines from sucking more..

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PyroTay In reply to pokopoko14 [2011-08-30 16:18:19 +0000 UTC]

Yea agreed. Yea hopefully, I really really really really mean I hope. I want to be one of the writers so I can give the people what they want!

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Sean9118 [2011-07-02 08:42:09 +0000 UTC]

Quinn's sure addicted to popularity.

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pokopoko14 In reply to Sean9118 [2011-07-03 10:47:14 +0000 UTC]

I know right! This just has to change!!! haha

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rachelkpoulain [2011-06-20 04:21:18 +0000 UTC]

Agree, Quinn has completely changed. The whole prom queen thing was weird.

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pokopoko14 In reply to rachelkpoulain [2011-06-24 14:57:13 +0000 UTC]

I know right! I really hope they fix things next season!!

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Torimber [2011-06-16 04:46:45 +0000 UTC]

I think they took Quinn in a different direction than most people expected. Season 1 set up Quinn to have become stronger because of her pregnancy, but in reality I think that her portrayal this season may still be reasonable for the character.

Even though Quinn learned some valuable lessons during her pregnancy, she was completely miserable. It was a low point in her life. She came out of it wanting everything to go back to how it was before when she was "happy" - or at least what she remembered as happiness. So she rejoined the Cheerios. She very quickly gave up on her vow to stop dating and got the popular jock boyfriend. Eventually not even that was similar enough to her former life, so she went for Finn again.

And none of this made her happy. Sam was perfectly wonderful to her, and she constantly made him prove himself to her, only for her to ditch him on a whim. With Finn she was constantly arguing and being paranoid about Rachel and lusting after the prom queen crown... She wasn't happy, but she was convinced that having Finn and the crown and living out their simple Lima Loser life would make her happy in the end.

She had this idealized (but in reality shallow and unfulfilling) life planned out, and then her pregnancy screwed that up, and Quinn's eventual breakdown in the finale came from a combination of rampany insecurities and her inability to reclaim what she believes she has lost.

And when Quinn does finally lose it and goes off the deep end, what does she say? "I just want to be loved". She's completely pathetic. She's placed her self worth in the hands of others. She needs a guy in her life to feel good about herself. She's that insecure.

So honestly, I think the pregnancy ended up leaving more scars than it did strength. Of course, in the long run it was a good thing because it knocked Quinn from her illusion of happiness equaling popularity. And now she's hit rock bottom. I can only hope that the writers are planning to start from there to finally develop Quinn in the third season, to address the pregnancy and her loose ends with Puck, and to have her progress to the point when finally she will be able to stand on her own two feet and be proud of herself for who she is.

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pokopoko14 In reply to Torimber [2011-06-16 17:09:56 +0000 UTC]

Yay for long comments!!! And I think you actually make a very good point! I still don't like how they screwed her character up though.. but the idea that the pregnancy giving her more scars makes it a bit better..

I agree with your comment about Season 3 though! Quinn's storyline has so much potential, and it's just a matter of how the writers are going to handle it.. sadly, for some reason I think the writers are unable to escape from realtime and are not that creative enough to stretch things a bit... I hate the way they do it, how that one season is equivalent to one school year. While on the other hand, they can always make 2 seasons for just one school year, and even have a season involving the summer break! That way, they could have the opportunity to add more storylines for all the characters and give them more development!

I also don't like how they're forcing all those storylines in just one episode! For example, Sue's sister Jean's death would have been more emotional if they actually gave one episode of her having fun with Sue, one episode of her getting weak, and maybe even an episode of her bonding with the Glee Club members.. that way we could have had a deeper connection with Jean.. but sadly, that's not what they did. Quinn's been a victim of this too, don't you think how it's weird that she just got over Finn like that? How about more episodes of Quinn planning to sabotage the Glee club, seeing as they were going that route.. or more scenes about her getting frustrated about life, for us to be able to understand her more! At this rate, Quinn's storyline might receive the back seat for next season.. or maybe even the trunk of the car! Especially because of how Ryan is obsessed with Celebrity guest stars, and focusing so much on Kurt that the other characters aren't getting the focus they deserve!

It's also really sad how next season might be the last for some of the Characters, including Quinn! We might not even get the Quinn development that we want.. or she might develop, but at the same awkward pace as she is in right now.. I definitely hope that won't happen! Sorry about the rant BTW, it's no longer so much about Quinn, but on how the writers are handling the whole show already!

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ans-pencil [2011-06-06 13:27:27 +0000 UTC]

lol awesome idea, i feel like her character really needs to scream i agree she has the most inconsistent changes (i liked her a lot better when she was screaming in new york)
but i thought her prom queen needs were natural if she wanted popularity (and seeing as glee is generally over-the-top... haha), and she was never confident unless she was popular really... i like to think she's just a bit misguided but she always valued glee club and did genuinely like finn

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pokopoko14 In reply to ans-pencil [2011-06-06 14:12:28 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Glad you like the idea! I like her screaming in NY too.. I actually mimic her "I don't care" line out of random things.. just for the heck of it

anyhoo.. It's her inconsistencies that really irk me.. I would've been okay if she remained hungry about popularity.. if only she never realized how unimportant popularity really is back in Season 1.. it was funny how she came from "I know who my true friends are" and then all of the sudden back to being.. "Hey! I want to be popular again"..

although her value about the Glee club changed drastically.. remember how she said "I like being here, but my relationships come first" in Rumours.. and then there were deleted scenes about her wanting to leave glee club, and in the last episode she wanted to get Rachel and Kurt in trouble.. but I agree with how her feelings about Finn were pretty genuine. Especially her tears, when Finn broke up with him.. my heart broke when that happened but again.. I felt kind of frustrated how she can get over that with just a haircut..

anyway here I am again lol sorry for the long reply! Anyway, I'm glad you liked the artwork!

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ans-pencil In reply to pokopoko14 [2011-06-06 22:50:17 +0000 UTC]

haha the haircut, yep it felt like they cheated, twice, the preview she's saying 'we have to quit glee club' and had 'big plans':C
and don't worry, i like long comments C:

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marykate3000 [2011-06-05 22:29:28 +0000 UTC]

On another note, she kind of looks like Princess Peach, and I agree with you.

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pokopoko14 In reply to marykate3000 [2011-06-06 10:58:10 +0000 UTC]

Oh yeah!!! Did not notice that at all! Oh well... glad that you agree with me! Does this mean you read my whole rant? yay!

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marykate3000 In reply to pokopoko14 [2011-06-06 11:41:34 +0000 UTC]

Indeed i have. And i agree with it! And the princess peach thing is cute!

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pokopoko14 In reply to marykate3000 [2011-06-06 14:30:36 +0000 UTC]

Yay! The princess peach thing was never intentional.. but if it's cute then Yay! again!

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