It Can Still Work

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Do not continue reading if you haven't watched last night's Glee episode "Theatricality".

It was revealed to Mr. Shue that Shelby is no longer able to have children and part of why it was so hard to give up Rachel was because she always wanted a daughter.

I was upset at first when I was watching this unfold. But then I got to thinking a little and here are some suggestions on how I can still be woven into the Glee universe.

1. Shelby could have been lying to Mr. Shue to garner sympathy from him. After all, he was concerned that Shelby was going to use her new found mom status to mess with Rachel's head, thus messing with New Directions and their chances of beating Vocal Adrenaline at regionals.

2. Shelby could have given birth to my character, but resented her for ruining Shelby's chances at stardom and disowned her from the beginning. Then it makes sense for Shelby to be saying she's always wanted a daughter.

3. It's likely Shelby has sons. My guess is they will set up a situation where Rachel falls in love with her half brother. Totally awkward(!) but would make for a great storyline.

4. I could play Shelby's slightly younger sister.

Actually, maybe that's the angle I could and should pitch. I could be Rachel's super awesome nice aunt who becomes the mother figure for Rachel that Shelby refuses to be. And that could set up a wicked (pun intended) dynamic between the three of us.

Hmmm.... I think I may have to change the title of this blog now.

Rachel's Mom

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Do not continue reading if you haven't watched last night's episode of Glee called "Dream On".

It was revealed that Shelby, the coach of Vocal Adrenaline, played by the amazing Idina Menzel, is indeed Rachel's mom!!! Oh it was such a delicious and wonderful scene.

That now creates a teeny problem for my idea of playing Rachel's sister. I may look a little too old to play Idina's daughter. She's only 4 years older than me in real life. The time line would have to go like this:

1970: Shelby is born
1986: Annie Jenkins (my character) is born to a teenaged Shelby, ruining her dreams of Broadway
1993: Rachel Berry is born to Shelby

Here's a visual. Maybe I don't look too old....