The Hangout Thread: Just Chillin'

[scarscar93]

I think I'm gonna go with this one for now~

 

[TheDreamsComeTrue]

so many adorable pictures, too much indecision...

I really like the last one

 

[BK228]

so many adorable pictures, too much indecision...

The first and fourth ones for sure

 

[poohbearluver]

people are actually on my blog omg~

lol i'm one of them, i'm not even a belieber tho

I AINT EVEN MAD

 

[MickeyisBeast]

lol i'm one of them, i'm not even a belieber tho

I AINT EVEN MAD

SC0R3 <3 lol

 

[Monorail Fan:)]

so many adorable pictures, too much indecision...

I would go with the first or last one, if you really wanted to change it.

 

[scarscar93]

Hmm. I guess that'll do for now.

It'll probably get changed again shortly.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

lkfmnaslzkdn salkj I REDISCOVERED MY FAVORITE BTR THEORY EVER OMG.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

It seems as though Kendall Knight just wins at life, doesn’t it? Beating out his friends, constantly getting what he wants, consistently coming out on top…
There’s a reason for that.
The entire show is a figment of Kendall Knight’s imagination: a fantasy in which he can escape from his either physically or emotionally abusive father and distressing life.
Carlos, James and Logan are all sub-qualities of Kendall that took on their own forms and voices, and their characters provide Kendall with a much-needed sense of friendship and adoration.

 

[PlutosRHM55]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. i hate boston with a fiery passion.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

In Kendall’s fantasy (the show), he is adored and needed. He is essentially perfect; the rock.

But in reality, the Minnesota skies above a particular teenage boy are quite bleak, and this said person yearns to be loved.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

So he created a world of friendship, silliness and hi-jinks—a place of fun.

An escape.

This is why Kendall at times seems so “Mary Sue-ish”; bland—he is Carlos, James and Logan combined, and since he controls his own fantasy, he is the person he wants to be: superhuman and in a sense, too perfect.

 

[PlutosRHM55]

Alright, I'm starting to get very sleepy, G'nite!

 

[nerdylightbulb]

RGB primary colors are red, green and blue. If each boy were assigned his own color, it would go something like this:

Carlos = Red for his silliness and naive-ness
James = Blue for his self-love and degree of confidence
Logan = Green for his smarts and his cautiousness

And of course, Kendall = the center; white.

If you took a top with red, blue and green on it and spun it, you would see a white surface as opposed to individual colors. White, or the lack of colors, represent Kendall Knight. And when the top comes to a stop, the individual colors are broken into sight again.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

It is the same way with white light, just like Kendall is sometimes—a blank slate.

Now, although the show is a fantasy, or daydream, there are bouts of conflict: Wayne Wayne, Jett, an alligator—obviously, conflict is what makes the episode.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

The school bus from the pilot episode reads “New Town School District”; The title-card of Jo’s show, “New Town High.”

Kendall goes to school with Jo and Jett. Of course, in his fantasy, he and Jo are in a relationship—a rocky one. This is because it is a lie based upon other lies. And why is that? Because in reality, Kendall cannot control what Jo does, and the same goes for Jett. “New Town High” is a supernatural-esque representation, or window, of what really happens in Kendall’s reality. He and Jo (who may very well be Rachel as opposed to “Jo”) are not together, and although in his fantasy they have multiple problems (see the bulk of Season 2), he always tries to come up with a happy ending for himself.

Whatever conflicts occur in Kendall’s reality influence an episode of the show. The same goes for certain characters: one-time day-players such as Wayne Wayne, or the recurring multi-character, Camille.

Kendall’s father is nowhere to be found in the show, and yet his mother continues to be a “Mrs. Knight.” She is still, in a sense, married, because this is the only way Kendall has known his mother.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

“Papi!”

Carlos’s relationship with his father is very sweet and admirable, and makes good use of the maxim “Like father, like son.” Qualities a boy with “father issues” would find very desirable.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

Katie Knight: Devious yet helpful; the voice of reason.

Katie died as an infant (Mrs. Knight does say she never dropped Katie as a baby, not even once—maybe in reality, a dropping-related incident brought on her premature death), which is why Kendall often refers to her as his “Baby Sister.” In his fantasy, he created her personality by duplicating himself into a younger, female form.

Katie’s death may have also have had something to do with the fact that her name in reality could have been “Apple.” What do apples commonly symbolize in literature? Forbidden fruit. Maybe Katie did not have the same father as Kendall.

“Don’t forget, I talked Mom out of naming you Apple!”

Kendall’s renaming of his sister is his way of making things right.

Kendall recognizes that Katie has the power to help him out and that she will always be there and make time for him, no matter what.

In his fantasy, Katie serves as Kendall’s guardian angel. She frequently saves him with her own schemes when he’s dug himself in too deep.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

Gustavo, in a way, represents Mr. Knight. Bold and angry, he considers himself the “big dog” (BT Girl Group) and the “lone wolf” (BT Songwriters). He yells and continuously attempts to put Kendall in his place: below him, but the blond just as continuously stands up to him and holds his ground, and Gustavo cannot do anything about it.

“You also have anger management issues. Some people say I have anger management issues.”

In BT Concert, Hawk’s assistant describes Kendall as “Kendall Knight, the complete package, but strong headed; hard to control.”

Like father, like son.

 

[nerdylightbulb]

If Gustavo is a representation of Mr. Knight, he is actively paying for the abuse he has bestowed upon Kendall through Griffin’s tyranny and his own endless stream of work-related woes.

If Griffin is the devil…

Kendall has essentially condemned his father to his own G-rated hell, where he has become his own devil’s play-thing, successfully fulfilling the phrase “What goes around, comes around.”

Pictured: Logan Mitchell’s interpretation of Satan.