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State Of Mind: "'Community': Why I Love One Of The Most Frustrating Shows On TV"
Upon the request of a friend, I watched the entirety of the TV series "Community". It was amazing, and I am now a full-fledged fan. However, there are still certain things that bug me about the show...
The show follows a study group (nicknamed the Greendale Seven) as they come together to take classes at Greendale Community College. This group is made up of seven people (hence the nickname): Jeff, the not-as-apathetic-as-he-seems leader; Britta, the incapable and overenthusiastic rights activist; Troy, the fallen high school football star; Abed, the odd and media-absorbing savant; Annie, the tightly wound, yet sugary sweet, heart of the group; Shirley, the devoutly Christian and secretly rage-filled mother; and Pierce, the racist, homophobic, and cruel old guy.
What makes this show great is that these seeming disparate characters grow together over the course of the three (going on four) seasons. Though each may seem like a cardboard character trope, they grow out of their molds rather quickly. "Community" may seem to be too cool for school on the surface, but its characters always provide a window into its big, warm heart. However, it is these same characters that cause me to have issues with the show. I'll give each character of the Greendale Seven their own section (along with an extra two sections for the incompetent Dean Pelton and the outright insane Ben Chang) to explain my grievances.
Jeff Winger: Jeff is supposed to be the straight man on the show. He's supposedly too cool to be bothered with the problems of the rest of the group, but we all know that, deep down, he cares. The issue is that he keeps regressing to the point that it seems as though the lessons he's supposedly learning at the end of each episode are pointless. Because he's the straight man, he also sometimes ends up being the least interesting (though not the worst) character on the show and the one that it's hardest to get emotionally invested in. I actually don't have many problems with Jeff beyond his occasional blandness and inability to learn lessons, though.
Britta Perry: I may stand in a minority here, but I love Britta. That may come down to Gillian Jacobs jumping through flaming hoops to make the character great, but I just can't bring myself to dislike her as much as the characters on the show (and certain portions of the fanbase) do. I do, however, take issue with her characterization. She started the show as a smart, capable woman who could see right through Jeff's crap. She was the original heart of the group, as well as it's voice of reason. As time went on, however, she got significantly less capable and more idiotic. It didn't make her any less funny, but it did make it harder to take her seriously. She had suddenly become the buffoon character, and she can't do almost anything without messing it up. I still like her, but I do wish that they'd bring back a bit of that intelligence and cunning that made her so appealing to Jeff in the first place.
Troy Barnes: Troy is probably the character I have the fewest issues with. He's funny and ditzy, but he's grown significantly since the series began. If I do have an issue, it's that sometimes Troy just becomes Abed 2 as opposed to staying his own character. That's been becoming less and less the case now, though, as Troy is growing to realize that he has to grow up, not only for his sake, but for Abed's as well. Other than that, though, I don't really take issue with Troy, even if he's not my favorite character on the show.
Abed Nadir: Abed is the resident "meta-guy", the one who points out all of the hackneyed plots and tropes that the Greendale Seven go through. My main problem with him is that he can be kind of a dick. I understand that he has some issues, but, at the same time, he still sometimes recognizes the bad consequences of his actions and continues with them anyway, hurting his friends in the process. The show has begun to address this more, which I like, even if it does seem to be making a bigger deal out of Abed's condition than it was in the first two seasons.
Annie Edison: I really like Annie. She's sweet and tightly wound, which makes her great for certain comedic set pieces. I also really like Alison Brie, who does a great job with this character. My issue with her, though, is that the show kinda forgot what made her great for a bit in the middle. She became not much more than someone to stare at Troy and later Jeff. As with Troy, however, she's begun to grow back out of this through he moving in with him and Abed and her positioning of herself as the heart and matchmaker of the group.
Shirley Bennett: I think Shirley is really underrated and underused. I love Yvette Nicole Brown, and I sometimes feel as though she's being underutilized. That's not my issue with her, though. My issue is that she is probably the least fleshed out of these characters. She hasn't gotten a chance to branch out too much beyond the Christian mother stereotype she started with. The show has gotten slightly better with this with the foosball and marriage episodes, but she stills feels a bit underdeveloped, especially when surrounded by other characters who are as rich and rounded as these characters are. Hopefully, the show will give her a bit more rounding in the coming season.
Pierce Hawthorne: Pierce is in a two-way tie for my least favorite character on the show. He's hateful and villainous and has almost no redeeming qualities. That's my problem with him. His jokes are almost completely one-note (yeah, we get it, he's old and bigoted), and this is despite numerous episodes fleshing him out. To be perfectly clear, he's not a flat character; he's just an extremely annoying and almost infuriating character. He also got a bit better in the third season, but I still don't like him nearly as much as I like the rest of the Greendale Seven.
Dean Craig Pelton: I used to dislike this character a lot more than I do now. The zombie episode almost pushed him off the deep end for me, but he managed to claw his way back into my heart. My issue with him used to be that he was so stupid that he was putting people in danger (and also his one-note jokes, but, for some reason, it never bothered me as much with him as it did with Pierce), but that seems to have been evened out a bit as time goes on. By the time the second fake clip show with the therapist rolled around, I was rooting for him to make it out okay. I even started to like his different outfits after a certain point.
Ben Chang: Here's my other pick for least favorite character. I don't quite understand why this character exists. I almost never find him funny, and he doesn't fit in with the rest of the show's universe. When a character is too crazy for a world as ridiculous as the one created by "Community", you know something is very, very wrong. By the time he was living with Jeff, I had basically decided that this character was pretty much beyond me liking him, and this is one case where the third season probably made him worse in my eyes.
Beyond the characters, this show's writing is impeccable. It mixes intelligence with heart and never talks down to its audience. I know that "Community" is known for its high-concept episodes (and, trust me, "Epidemiology", "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons", "Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas", and "Remedial Chaos Theory" are possibly my four favorite episodes), but I think the show is just as good when it has its feet firmly planted on the ground. I like when the show calms down a bit and really puts its characters under a microscope. For as crazy as this show can get, it's the realness of the characters that keeps you coming back for more.
The reason that the title of this article is what it is is because this show really does frustrate me sometimes. I know that it's capable of so many amazing things, so when it kinda half-asses an episode or does something that was obviously meant to appeal to a wider audience, I just have to shake my head. I understand that it needs more viewers, but I'd honestly prefer a shorter show that was great the whole way through than a show that compromised its ideals for a few more episodes that ended up being only mediocre. There's also the occasional character moment (or character in general, in the case of Pierce and Change) that I just can't get on board with.
For now, though, I'm glad it got a fourth season. I'm interested to see what happens with the Greendale Seven. I'm a bit worried that Dan Harmon is around anymore, but I'm confident that the show can still stay good. While I don't know if the show can (or should) make it to six seasons and a movie, I'll enjoy it while it lasts. "Community" is an experience that should be had by everyone. I can't count the reasons I should stay.
Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Brad Bakshi/Reader Characters: Brad Bakshi, Reader, Poppy Li, Ian Grimm, CW Longbottom, Jo, Rachel (Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet) Additional Tags: gender-neutral reader, Office Comedy, Fluff and Smut, Eventual Smut, Manipulation, Danny Pudi - Freeform, Chaptered, ill get to the porn just give me a sec Summary:
This job seemed like the dream going into it, I get to use my degree in phycology, my training in therapy and work in a video game development company. I am a therapist brought on by HR when they saw the need for “extra help”, I thought it would be an easy ride, little did I know just how fucked up with office would be. Everyone here has some problem and I can pin them all down to something but not Brad, he is a mystery I intend to solve.
Brad all the while is thinking similar thoughts, he has nothing on you and that has to change. so what you are all he can think about, it's just because he does not know you, right? Either way, he needs to figure you out and you him, but what does the mean when therapy appointment is turned in to a showdown, turned in to a confession.
Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet (TV) Rating: Explicit Relationships: Brad Bakshi/Reader Characters: Brad Bakshi, Reader, Poppy Li, Ian Grimm, cw longbottom, Jo, Rachel (Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet) Additional Tags: gender neutral reader, Office Comedy, Fluff and Smut, Eventual Smut, Manipulation, Danny Pudi - Freeform, Chaptered, ill get to the porn just give me a sec, Smut, Light Dom/sub, Light Bondage, Light BDSM, Rough Sex, Drinking
In this chapter, the reader goes on their first date with Brad and finds that even though they won last time, it is his playing field now, and he is very good at what he dose.
Suprise! its chapter two of my fic and yes it is over 6000 words because I am a god, damn masochist. This does have smut in it but it also has a lot of really sweet stuff and some charter development. I really hope yall like it and if you do then please share it! it would mean a lot!
Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Brad Bakshi/Reader The next chapter is out! I hope you all like it. It is about the next boring and just sort of explores the relationship farther, in other words, lots of fluff to set up the next chapter. Enjoy!
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Hello my friends:
Can you just read my life story i know I'm annoying you with that
If you think I deserve to donate and participate, I will be happy to do so. If you don’t think so, I will be happy for you to read my story.
I am Abdul Shaer, 30 years old, married for 7 years. I was unable to have children due to an illness and took many treatments to be able to do so, but this is God’s will. My wife and I used to live in our beautiful home with my mother, brother and sister, which is now a pile of rubble.
This is our house before the war.
This is our home in war
We were displaced five times during the war and now we no longer own anything. We lost everything we owned because of the war. We are now living in a friend’s tent that is not ours either.
For me, I was a football player, I played goalkeeper, I used to wake up to go to training and matches.
Now wake up to search for food and search for water if we can find it.
So I hope you can help me get out of Gaza and save my family and myself from this disaster. Thank you for reading my story.
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I want a relationship as good as Troy and Abed’s friendship
My Opinion: Trobed is The Best depiction of friendship
On one hand we have Troy: former popular football player who couldn't play because he did a keg flip (and that too as a way to escape the surmounting pressure to achieve a sports scholarship), someone who still has a childlike view on things, does not understand "adult" things sometimes (and I mean adult as in taxes, income, rent kinda adult), possible (unconfirmed because I relate to this character and in some sad need to equate myself to this character I refuse to conclude because I don't know if I have) ADHD, stereotypical jock archetype. On the other hand we have Abed: television connoisseur who views the world via the frameworks of televised tropes as a method to understand human relationships, uses his understanding of human trends to support a group of friends he accidentally landed into, acutely aware of flaws and even is able to replicate/produce personalities if he wanted to but actively chooses not to, probably (definitely) ASD, stereotypical nerd archetype. The way these two characters are complex in and of themselves despite still managing to play around their allocated stereotypes and how this complexity forms a unique dynamic is a testament to how each friendship formed in one's life possesses many facets that fleshes out and gives life to it. This is evidenced simply by Troy's fascination for "adulting" pairing well with Abed's fascination of his adult friends, and their mutual childlike demeanor forming a beautiful common ground (even during the blanket fort vs pillow fort war). Even their conflicts are resolvable, and their willingness to communicate is beautiful. From something as simple as having a personal handshake to something as big being able to construct a Dreamscape in their apartment, this duo manage to encompass what a true friendship built (perhaps initially) off superficial things such as movies just being in the same place at the same time can blossom into a strong bond. I love that. All that said, I'm still salty Troy left on that goddamn boat.
Jeff, on one of his long motivational monologues: Say, why do we pay interest on loans?
Annie: Because of the time value of money?
Britta: So now time is under capitalism's control?
Troy: Wait... does this mean...
Abed: That time is money-
Troy: And the only difference is that we own it-
Troy and Abed together: so let's stop time and enjoy this moment!
Jeff, handheading: No, you idiots, time value of money is not a Pitbull reference, it is a finance concept that we'd know if we spent our time studying for the gODDAMN FINANCE TEST!
Headcannon #1 (Trobed shippers and non shippers alike this is up to you how you wanna interpret this)
Troy returns, experienced but not particularly more wise. He apparently has not travelled the world like Pierce wanted him to, realising halfway that perhaps it's no use running around giggling without someone to giggle with, no use searching for his place in the world if it means sacrificing his comfort and tearing away from where he had sunk roots in. In a way, Pierce's boon felt like a bane, and so he made his way back to home, to Greendale, to Abed. His return was an emotional one to most. Annie cried and embraced him, her sobs genuine this time, her clear voice wavering uncharacteristically. Shirley had just flown down to see everyone again, and Troy's appearance was a surprise that delighted her endlessly; the mother hen pecked at him with happy tears welling in her eyes as she enquired about his wellbeing. Britta was gleeful, but her enthusiastic greeting was quelled by a "Shut up Britta!" To be fair, she did just say some absurd things about Troy finally being there to help relieve the burden of being the funny one in the group. Jeff had dashed over once he had heard, but will not affirm it, choosing to step into the group study room with a smirk as he spouted off some cool tagline. Troy fistbumped him, telling him how cool that was, as the nostalgia began to flood his system. However, just one person was missing. Troy looked around, hiding his disappointment as he looked around the blue walls of the study room. Everything was as it was, just slightly different. The table had more scratches, the chairs were slightly different, the Dean was chuckling off to one side, a hand on Jeff's arm that Jeff has not swatted away yet. As he looks to Annie for more details, Annie winks at him and mouths "they're not together that way, but Jeff is.. bi." Troy's eyes widen as his jaw slacks. All that does not change the fact that Troy still was missing someone. Someone he had formed an inseperable bond with, who had yet been torn from him by everyone, from the Air-Con guys to Pierce. He gave up. After all, if Abed wasn't still here after Britta's obnoxious Twitter post, perhaps he did not know, or perhaps he did not care anymore. He decided to say his thank yous to his friends and embark on a journey to see just how much Greendale has been saved from ruin when- "TROY!" "ABED-" A thin frame stood in front of him, dressed in a comfortable long sleeved shirt and a sweater vest, his shoes seemingly new. Brown eyes met black, and an unspoken pattern arose. Four hands rose up in the air, and one of each thudded against each chest, whilst the other connected in the middle twice, a resounding echo each time the two met. The rest could only stare in unbridled wonder as the two continued to stare into each others eyes, appraising the other for any signs of distance. With none, arms wrapped around each other, Abed stood in silence as Troy's eyes finally gave way to the emotions that had been threatening to flood out of him. "I thought you'd have forgotten me." "Never. Not when the Dreamscape is there to remind me of what I had lost every single day." Together, their voice echoed as they sung. "Troy and Abed Back Together~"
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Abed's ability to read people is something I'm definitely envious of. How'd he get so good at it?
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