Blaine vs Finn: who needs more help?

There are a lot of different opinions on how the show dealt with both Blaine’s and Finn’s post break up feelings.

While I agree that it’s not fair to disregard what Finn is going through, I did find the focus on him to be a bit ridiculous. There is no denying that Finn is in a very bad place right now. He lost his girlfriend, he couldn’t make it in the army, he’s back in his hometown while the rest of his friends are moving on with their lives and he has no idea what to do next. Finn’s feelings of inadequacy and worthlessness have been prominent in season 3 and they just multiplied in season 4. Also, he tends to make his life revolve around Rachel so losing her left him a mess. 

Then you have Blaine who is still dealing with his feelings of loneliness and not being a part of Mckinley. Add that to his heartache over the break up, his guilt and Kurt’s refusal to talk to him, and you get a very emotional Blaine on your hands.

Both of them are depressed and they need help. The only difference in my opinion is the way their friends reacted. For Finn, everybody had been supportive. Artie wanted him to direct the musical with him and kept encouraging him, Mercedes and Mike flew from Los Angeles and Chicago respectively to lend him a hand, Will wanted him to take over Glee, hell even Beiste gave him a pep talk and a boost of confidence.

Blaine, on the other hand, was basically ignored. The only thing he got that resembled help was his talk with Sam. Even that wasn’t helpful at all because Sam basically told him to suck it up because “everybody had been there”. Then when he turned down the lead in the musical and broke down, Artie’s reaction was that “he never saw him so master piece theatre”. I mean, I get Finn’s reaction to the break down. He’s dealing with his own problems and Blaine is the guy who cheated on his brother after all but really, Artie?

So yes, it’s not fair to say that Blaine is hurting more than Finn or that he deserves help more. But the fact remains that Finn is actually getting the support he needs while Blaine is digging himself deeper in his depression with no help from anyone.