#This performance is so fucking intense #It has overtones that I’m not sure Glee is even prepared to explore #This is not about sex—this is about power and attempting to dominate someone #Sebastian attempts to dominate Santana #Both Sebastian and Santana have made their ‘careers’ using sex as a means to intimidate subdue and influence their peers #but in this situation? Neither of them has a sexual interest in the other #so the sex of this all becomes about something else: it becomes about power #Sebastian moves like a predator #He attempts to dominate Santana with his movements his voice and even the lyrical content of the song #But she won’t allow herself to be dominated #She sees what he’s attempting to do—just look at her face #in those first few gifts as she sizes him up—and she #refuses to respond to it in the way that he wants. #She isn’t intimidated; she returns his aggression full-force. #The power politics of this scene are incredible. #Santana stands up to Sebastian blow for blow. #This is a strong independent woman everyone. #Santana negotiates the space in the room and the dynamics of the song to perfection; she stands #her ground. And in the end? She fucking wins. #A million points to Santana Lopez. #Who run the world? GIRLS. #This scene has everything to do with power and nothing to do with sex.
(Source: brittany-santana, via thedisassociation)
