I find that the fandom tends to make Blaine more angsty than he is on
the show. We've had this idea about how utterly unaccepting his parents
are ever since his talk with Burt in Sexy. Blaine's parents are rarely
mentioned in canon but even before Shooting Star, I've always felt like
we jumped the gun with our theories. I think Blaine's parents are more
loving and accepting than we give them credit for:
- While this could point to Mr. Anderson not accepting Blaine's sexuality, I can't help but remember that Burt bribed Kurt with a car so that he would stop wearing knee-length sweaters then took his car away when he discovered Kurt's collection of tiaras. Burt was still struggling at the time but he worked on himself till he developed this wonderful relationship with Kurt. And it didn't mean that he loved his son any less, he just couldn't relate to him at the time.
- I think that this might be the case with Mr. Anderson, he just couldn't relate to Blaine at the time. Plus, we don't even know what actually happened in this situation. What we got was Blaine's interpretation of it. The possibility that building a car with Blaine was Mr. Anderson's idea of bonding or an attempt to get closer to his son is still there, Blaine could have just misunderstood his father's motives.
- The comment about Blaine not having a close relationship with his father though makes me think that they never moved on from the initial struggle and thus, never shared the close knit relationship Burt and Kurt share. While the Hummels' struggle made them stronger and brought them closer, the Andersons' never got solved and held them at a stand still.
I just think that there are several subtext points that suggest that the Andersons are just as accepting as Burt, but they just don't know how to show it.

- They let Blaine go to the Sadie Hawkins dance with another boy.
- They transferred him to Dalton, a private school that was very expensive, to ensure his safety and to get him away from his bullies (it's unclear if that happened right after Sadie Hawkins or not considering that Blaine considered the transfer 'running away')
- They let their son accompany his boyfriend to prom.
- They agreed to let Blaine transfer to Mckinley to be with said boyfriend.
- Kurt was shown in Blaine's room on two different occasions (Because of the layers talk in The First Time and the scene in Michael) and the door was closed both times.
- They let Blaine go to NY on a whim to see Kurt
- They agreed to let Blaine transfer back to Dalton because he wanted to
- They allowed Blaine to go with Burt to visit Kurt on Christmas.
- Blaine is evidently very open about his relationship with Kurt, based on the shrine of photos he has of Kurt in his bedroom.
- Then we have the comment in Shooting Star about how they stayed up all night, crying, talking and hugging Blaine. This is pretty much a normal reaction for parents who were faced by the possibility of losing their child but the scene between Tina and Blaine evidently took place a few days after the shooting. Blaine's parents couldn't sleep because Blaine was going back to a school where a shooting took place the next day. The way it was worded and the atmosphere of the scene just felt like the show was telling us that they aren't cold or distant or anything like that.
- While this could point to Mr. Anderson not accepting Blaine's sexuality, I can't help but remember that Burt bribed Kurt with a car so that he would stop wearing knee-length sweaters then took his car away when he discovered Kurt's collection of tiaras. Burt was still struggling at the time but he worked on himself till he developed this wonderful relationship with Kurt. And it didn't mean that he loved his son any less, he just couldn't relate to him at the time.
- I think that this might be the case with Mr. Anderson, he just couldn't relate to Blaine at the time. Plus, we don't even know what actually happened in this situation. What we got was Blaine's interpretation of it. The possibility that building a car with Blaine was Mr. Anderson's idea of bonding or an attempt to get closer to his son is still there, Blaine could have just misunderstood his father's motives.
- The comment about Blaine not having a close relationship with his father though makes me think that they never moved on from the initial struggle and thus, never shared the close knit relationship Burt and Kurt share. While the Hummels' struggle made them stronger and brought them closer, the Andersons' never got solved and held them at a stand still.
I just think that there are several subtext points that suggest that the Andersons are just as accepting as Burt, but they just don't know how to show it.
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