I think because I watched all the episodes within a month, that I have a different view point on them than a lot of other. I've seen several folks take your view point of S1's relationship being so much better than S2 and I don't see it that way.
As I streamlined the series, to me, by the time I caught up, Jeff/Annie were the only viable ship that could happen. Maybe that's down to Joel and Alison's choices as actors, but I think it's there in the writing too. That they are going to happen.
Add to that things said by the showrunner and the actors themselves, I really don't see it any other way.
As my main ships before these were a Time Lord and a 19/20-year old shopgirl, a 1,000+ year old vampire and a 25 year old waitress that can read minds, Jeff and Annie's decade and half difference does not phase me in the least. It's just a crutch for Jeff so that he doesn't have to face how he feels. Slater I think really screwed him up and he doesn't want to that to Annie. Which is honorable but he's hurting himself there. She's proven to be his conscience more than once.
And Annie, I think, has taken off her hero-worship goggles of Jeff and still like what she sees. Let's face it, Annie has lived quite a bit in her 20 years. And she still hasn't lost her idealism.
They make each other the best they can be. They've proven they are a natural team. More so than any other duo in the group with the possible exception of Troy and Abed, and I don't see anything romantic about those two.
For me, Jeff and Annie are it. (And I need an icon of them...and Magnitude...and Pavel...)
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Date: 2011-05-25 01:08 am (UTC)I think because I watched all the episodes within a month, that I have a different view point on them than a lot of other. I've seen several folks take your view point of S1's relationship being so much better than S2 and I don't see it that way.
As I streamlined the series, to me, by the time I caught up, Jeff/Annie were the only viable ship that could happen. Maybe that's down to Joel and Alison's choices as actors, but I think it's there in the writing too. That they are going to happen.
Add to that things said by the showrunner and the actors themselves, I really don't see it any other way.
As my main ships before these were a Time Lord and a 19/20-year old shopgirl, a 1,000+ year old vampire and a 25 year old waitress that can read minds, Jeff and Annie's decade and half difference does not phase me in the least. It's just a crutch for Jeff so that he doesn't have to face how he feels. Slater I think really screwed him up and he doesn't want to that to Annie. Which is honorable but he's hurting himself there. She's proven to be his conscience more than once.
And Annie, I think, has taken off her hero-worship goggles of Jeff and still like what she sees. Let's face it, Annie has lived quite a bit in her 20 years. And she still hasn't lost her idealism.
They make each other the best they can be. They've proven they are a natural team. More so than any other duo in the group with the possible exception of Troy and Abed, and I don't see anything romantic about those two.
For me, Jeff and Annie are it. (And I need an icon of them...and Magnitude...and Pavel...)