So I've been having a lot of time to think lately- doing revision for exams will do that to you- and I've finally worked out why I love reading bottom!Blaine.
It's all about stereotypes. When people look at a couple, whether fictional or in real life, they immediately assume things and stereotype the people involved. But as I love to think, things are not always as they seem.
For example. A straight couple, the man is tall and muscled and has a blue collar job where he works with his hands. The woman is small, dainty, likes to shop and pink and sparkly things. Stereotypes would assume that the big, strong, hunky man is the more dominant one in the relationship. But who knows? That girl might be practically a Domme or she might rule the home with a strong fist. Who knows. Things are never as they seem.
It's just like that with gay men and women. People see a lesbian couple, one butch lady and one more stereotypically effeminate lady and they'd assume the butch lady is in control- she's stronger physically. But who the hell knows?
And the more effeminate man in a gay relationship? Why can't he be a minx in bed and completely dominate his strong, more beefy partner? And for that matter, who ever said a body builder doesn't like taking it up the ass all the time?
We as observers never know the relationship dynamic between two people. Even if we witness it, we are seeing the public dynamic. And that could be very different to that of the private dynamic.
So. A long thought process about stereotypes that brings me neatly back to Kurt and Blaine. Yes: Kurt is the more stereotypical effeminate man and Blaine is the more stereotypical manly man (he boxes for heaven sake!). But we have no clue about their relationship dynamics beyond what we see on the show. Which has also been scrapped of any proper affection by the network but that's a rant for another day.
Of course, Blaine could be the top and Kurt could be the bottom. That's a very real possibility. But also it could just as easily be the other way around. Who the hell knows?
I reckon they switch...