
Darren Criss is many things. To his long-term fans he is an amazingly talented actor and musician; he played Harry Potter and then continued to wow us time and time again with his beautifully written songs and his unceasing charms. When those first chords played and the screen faded from black in Act 1, Part 1 of A Very Potter Musical we knew we we witnessing the start of something really special. For those who’ve known of him since the early days of Starkid he feels like an old friend, someone we conceit ourselves into thinking that we personally discovered. It’s easy to feel possessive of something like that; we saw him first, so how dare all those noob Gleeks out there claim to love him even a tenth as much as we do?
But Darren said it best in a tweet corresponding with his first appearance on the show: @DarrenCriss: StarKid fans, meet your new baby brother GLEE. We’re all family now, so play nice ok? Remember, this doesn’t mean that I love you any less.
You heard it straight from the man’s mouth; or at least his twitter account. Play nice. Asking him to choose would be like asking Tina Fey to choose between Mean Girls and 30 Rock. Nobody wants that. Both are brilliant, and both are worthy.
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