Sitting Down with Gleekobsessed

"Sitting Down with Gleekobsessed" is the 4th episode of The Wiki View.
==Summary==
Edie Rothwell fan7 interviews Wiksteria Lane star, Gleekobsessed.
==Plot==
Edie Rothwell fan7: OH. MA. GAWDESS!! Has it been a minute or what?! How are you girlfriends?!
(The frumpy housewives who fill up the seats at the studio cheer enthusiastically)
Edie: Never fret, the hostess with the mostess is back! And we're here today with everyone's favorite actor, Renaboss!!
(The crowd goes CRAZY!)
Edie: Nah, I'm just messing with y'all, it's Gleekobsessed.
(Crickets)
Edie: Let's just get this over with. Oh GLEEEEEEEK!!
(Gleekobsessed enters the set; the sound guy plays a tape of roaring applause to make him feel good)
Edie: Sit, baby, sit. No, not on the chair, on my lap. Just kidding, stay there, I use pepper spray for deodorant so nobody can get too close, I got intimacy issues.
Gleekobsessed: Well, uh, thanks for having me, Edie. I'm honored.
Edie: I'm... something, too. Now, hun, tell us, what's coming up for your character on Wiksteria Lane?
Gleek: Oh, you know, some big stuff.
Edie: (pause) Riveting. Just riveting. Look, darling, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it: you and I both know all too well that your character has been poorly received on the show. What's your take on that?
Gleek: Well, um... I've actually been over this with Rena, so I feel at liberty to say this, I think it's alright. Look, the idea for Gleekobsessed was an interesting one on paper. It had been established very early on in the series that there were other wikis besides Wiksteria Lane, so Rena wanted to have at least one series regular who led a story in another wiki, to shake things up. But it turns out I was the kind of character no one really asked for, and when I was originally written in a less than sympathetic manner, people failed to warm up to me. We were going for the kind of anti-hero with emotional baggage, him being a closeted homosexual in a sham marriage, put in a position of power, but the execution was less than stellar.
Edie: Why do you think that was? Cos been there, done that?
Gleek: Honestly, I don't think that was the problem, because, unfortunately, in this day and age - and keep in mind it's been years since that story started - it does still feel contemporary to have a person in the spotlight hiding their true sexual orientation. It shouldn't have to be like that, but it is. I think the biggest problem came with the way the character treated his wife. The fact that she became a fan favorite overnight didn't help to it. People started rooting for Prima, which came to my detriment.
Edie: That's actually an interesting take. I remember you slapped her once, I gasped and said "nuh-huh, not cool" to the screen.
Gleek: Precisely, scenes like that were kind of what turned the fandom against me. For shame, really. People tend to believe that we were promoting domestic violence in some way, when we weren't. We just weren't being preachy about it either. We weren't endorsing it, nor condemning it, I guess, we were just, I don't know, reporting it. Using it. It's a story. I get people being emotionally invested in the characters to the point of not taking lightly the bad things that happen to them, and I think that's a good thing. But there's a bit of a double standard associated with these things, these awful things that the characters do. Lynettefan and Villain fan have literally murdered several people each, and the fans are always fascinated by their roles and looking forward to seeing what gruesome thing they do next. The most awful thing Gleek ever did was probably slapping his wife and he was immediately shunned for that.
Edie: To be honest, sweet mugs, the biggest complaint I've ever picked up on is how boring your character is.
Gleek: Which I believe came from Rena's need to play it safe in the following season. Gleek was made to be more heroic, more redeemable, which actually led to him not doing much of anything, for fear of being further villanized. And on a show like Wiksteria Lane, if a character isn't up to shady business, they're just not interesting. 
Edie: Tell us that's about to change.
Gleek: I wanna believe so, yes. I think Gleek will be at his most multidimensional in season 5. He'll be more relaxed, more fun, now that all of his secrets are out in the open, but he'll also carry the burden of having a stigmatized disease. He'll also take on, yet again, a more active role in fighting the good fight, alongside Rena and company.
Edie: Yeah, he better step up his damn game. So, another thing everyone is curious about: what's coming up in the musical episode? 
Gleek: Oh, God, I'm honestly so excited about that one! Rena is pretty anxious, he'd never admit to it, but he is. He feels like it's gonna be hit or miss, no in-between. I'm leaning towards hit, it's so great!
Edie: Do you get a song?
Gleek: Yes! A solo. I was so excited!
Edie: Come on, come on, give us the 411!!
Gleek: Well, it's a country number, but a fun one, it's not like a blue song or anything. I mean, not blue like in sad. If you're thinking blue humor, yeah, it's definitely more up that alley.
Edie: Sing a little bit!!
(He blushes)
Gleek: No, I couldn't...
Edie: Come ooooooonnnnn!!!...
Gleek: Please, I didn't prepare, I'm gonna be off-key...
Edie: Waddaya say, girlfriends, do we want Gleek to sing or what?!
(The women all stand up and cheer him on)
Gleek: (clears throat) Alright, alright, um... I can't do the chorus! I'll uh, I'll just sing the beginning I guess...
♪ "AIDS be damned, I'm getting laid
This very day
Fuckboy comin' over and I ain't gotta pay" ♪
(He stops; the women all cheer)
Edie: That it? That all we get?
Gleek: Don't miss the episode. (smiles coyly)
Edie: Well, that snippet already made me excited, in all sorts o' ways. And the episode itself, will it matter for the series as a whole? Cos it seems a little gimmicky. Like a ratings nab.
Gleek: Well, that's what you get with a show that's been pretty much cancelled twice over. Gotta keep the viewers hooked somehow. But no, it's an important one as well.
Edie: So it's not a filler?
 
Gleek: Let me put it like this: there is not one, but two major game-changers in it, that will set the course for the remainder of the series. One is more understated, the other one is perhaps the biggest thing that ever happened. Seriously. Jaws will drop.
Edie: My panties already dropped, I'm so fricking excited!! 
Gleek: (laughs) That's the spirit.
Edie: Does your wife get a song? (turns to the audience) In case y'all didn't know, Gleek and Primadonna Girl are married in real life!
(The women woo)
Gleek: Of course! Hers is gonna be an immediate favorite, I just know it. It lives up to her name, it's Primadonna at her most Primadonna-est.
Edie: Goin' back to that talk we were having before, was it hard shooting those scenes in which you argued with her? 
Gleek: Honestly, it was so much fun! This is gonna sound mean, but it almost felt like venting out! (chuckles) Nah, we just had a blast getting to be mean with one another. But now Gleek and Prima are kinda besties and it's honestly one of my favorite things about their journey on the show, how far they've come from where they stood before and how much they get one another now. It just feels more natural to be my wife's best friend rather than her worst enemy, know what I mean?
Edie: Of course.
Gleek: And there will be a lot of Gleek and Prima in season 5.
Edie: Can't. Wait. Alrighty hun, that's all we've got time for. Thanks a hella bunch for stopping by, this didn't suck half as much as I thought it would. (to the audience) Join us next time as we go Sitting Down with Cat5sparkles!!
(Women cheer, Edie twerks, Gleek sits and smiles awkwardly)