"My problem is that my plans got as far as actually going to Dalton. Now that I'm actually here, I realize that I've made absolutely no plans as to what I intend to happen to me here. Fortunately, I have Blaine, David and Wes to, for better or worse, lead me to some direction."
—Kurt
Dalton is a popular Glee fanfiction written by CP Coulter. It focuses on post-Furt Dalton Academy, straying away from canon from that point onward. In a month, it's already attracted over 6,000 reviews and 200,000 views and might be the most popular fic in the Klaine universe. Now has it's own wiki. The fanfic itself can be found hereThis fanfic provides examples of:
Reed resembles a very young Benedict Cumberbatch, when he had his natural red hair.
Actually, Reed is much shorter and has longer, curlier hair; finding a fancast for him was extremely hard, and this was the best that the wiki administrator could come up with after hours of searching. This is also why Reed has been replaced with fanart.
Apparently, Blaine used to have a huge crush on Tom Felton.
Character Development: Lampshaded. When Kurt goes running out of his room singing with Reed, everyone points out how he's now a true Windsor boy.
Chekhov's Skill: Dwight's obsession with the paranormal comes in handy when Shane goes missing.
Women Are Wiser: Merril seems to be one of the sanest people at Dalton.
Crazy Enough to Work: Lampshaded when Dwight defends himself from Adam by squirting holy water into his face.
Dwight cried out, ducking as he sprayed him in the face. Adam cried out, dropping the bat to the ground and wincing, covering his wet face with his hands. Dwight looked up with a gasp, unable to believe it—it worked? It actually worked?
Down the Rabbit Hole: Lampshaded by the Alice in Wonderland nicknames given to all of the characters by the twins, although it does make you wonder what they called everyone before Kurt appeared.
Actually, the Twins have referred to themselves as the Tweedles since childhood. They met Logan in middle school and he titled himself as the Knave - the whole thing kind of snowballed from there.
Evan: When our White Rabbit appeared to you and showed you a glimpse of Wonderland, you followed and fell all the way down here with the rest of us.
Drives Like Crazy: Finn nearly got arrested driving to Dalton to save Kurt.
"What's a little pain to you, Danny…?" Adam snarled. "You like pain anyway, don't you?" And he kicked him straight in the face.
The Klutz: Reed. Tripping into fireplaces, cutting himself on soda cans, choking on Skittles...
Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Played with, as there is many a Noodle Incident at Dalton, such as Blaine's arrival; also, the fact that Blaine and Logan were exes, but this becomes averted later when Kurt is told of how they met.
Limited Social Circle: The main characters — Wes, David, Kurt, Blaine, Ethan and Evan, Reed and Dwight — seem to do everything together, even New York.
Parental Abandonment: Kurt's mom is dead, Logan's mom and Dwight's dad have nothing to do with their sons, and Merril's parents have essentially disowned her unless she acts like a boy. These kids have parent issues.
Plethora Of Mistakes: Happens to Dwight, Laura, and Adam in chapter 26. Oddly, Adam's plan going wrong just made things worse for the heroes.
Real Life Counterpart: The actual Warblers actors on Glee have read this fic. One, Aaron Page, has "claimed" the part of Logan. It's in his Twitter bio.
Rule of Funny: The story often abandons logic and plausibility to get laughs. Kurt, ordinarily reserved and decorous, now runs through the hallways singing and flinging clothing everywhere.
The Windsor boys find Kurt's cookies extremely desirable, to the point that they're fighting each other for them. Naturally, they're also willing to give each other the bowl to try one. Yet, as CP has declared, they really ARE just regular cookies.
Sadist Teacher: Murdoch, particularly to members of Windsor House.
She's Got Legs: Since Merril's the only girl, and very pretty, she gets attention when she wears skirts.
Some of the side stories, particularly Cat's Sleeping, are this for Julian and Logan.
Single-Minded Twins: Ethan and Evan Brightman. Blaine even says that it's best to think of them as one person until you know them.
Single-Target Sexuality: Reed and Shane are both here, but for different reasons. Reed hasn't ever really had romantic feelings for anyone until Shane showed up, while Shane is gay, and has had at least one boyfriend, but is now only interested in Reed.
Uke: Julian isn't quite the typical uke, but he is very much a diva, along with the fact that he's both more emotional (at least internally) and shorter than possible love interest, Logan. Then there's the recent revelation that he always bottoms when he's with a boy, which is pretty important.
Reed fits this trope very well. He's clumsy, easily flustered, and both shorter and more "baby-ish" than his boyfriend, Shane, even though he's a year older.
Uncle Pennybags: The boys at Dalton are very well off and see no problem spending a great deal of money on Kurt.
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