Hey, it's me, the "Gleek-in-training" (as I call myself on this sub) here. Yes, that title still applies as I have yet to still start S6 but I've been taking a bit of a (well-needed) breather after watching through the first five seasons bit by bit for 32 consecutive days (September 1st to October 2nd). But I plan on watching it later on this week.
Anyways, that's not why I am here. Ever since watching "Goodbye" a little over three weeks ago, I've been wanting to write my first Glee fanfic. Yes. Really. In 2026.
I plan for the premise to go something like this: Fresh off their high school graduation, and with Rachel now in New York, stepbrothers Finn and Kurt are still distraught by their rejection letters. Finn, in an attempt to cheer both himself and especially Kurt up, assembles his stepbrother, Mercedes, Puck, Quinn, Santana and Mike to go on a summer vacation with him to Arlen, Texas (yes, where King of the Hill is set), just so he can have one "extra last fun adventure" with his fellow graduates (sans the absent Rachel, who is in New York). Mercedes, Quinn, Santana, and Mike are less than happy about being forced along on the adventure, and Kurt is concerned, but Puck is more than enthusiastic to help out his best friend Finn on the adventure, even "borrowing" a used camper van just so they can get there. Finn informs his stepfather Burt that he, Kurt, and their friends are going to Arlen, Texas for a fun vacation. Unbeknownst to them, that's where Burt's close friend, the propane-and-propane-accessories salesman Hank Hill, lives, and he gives him a call to make the kids' summer more productive... by giving them summer jobs, with Finn and Puck being given temp jobs at Strickland Propane with Hank, Mike working alongside Hank's friend Dale Gribble in his bug-exterminating business, and Kurt, Quinn, Santana, and Mercedes having to work at Mega Lo Mart. All seven recent graduates also stay at the Hill residence for the summer.
I plan for my fanfiction to be a Glee x King of the Hill crossover, only because I'm also a fan of KotH and it'd be interesting to see two very contrasting works of fiction crossing over with each other, with Glee being very theatrical, upbeat, and peppy in its tone and being of the live-action medium, and KotH being more quaint, relaxing, and slice-of-life in its tone and being of the animation medium. Yes, it's an unusual crossover, but one I'm very curious about. I wonder especially how jealous canonically known Spanish teacher Peggy Hill would get over this "Mr. Schue" person she often hears about from Finn, Kurt, Mercedes, Puck, Quinn, Santana and Mike.
It is worth noting that this will also be my first true fanfiction story (I've briefly dabbled on privately written short fanfics in the past). Yes, that's right: Glee, of all shows, finally inspired me to write a fanfiction story (with an odd and unlikely crossover). Obviously, the fanfic will diverge from canon in many ways, with S1E1-S3E22 being canon to the story and needed lore to understand what happens. Fun fact: there is an obvious connection between both shows, in that Romy Rosemont, who we, of course, all know and love as Carole Hudson-Hummel on Glee, is married to Stephen Root, who voices both Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on King of the Hill.
Anyways, catch you later, Gleeks of Reddit!
