Meme of Shipping

[misssara11]

'cause everyone else is doing it and I haven't done in meme in AGES

Comment with any ship (romantic or platonic or maybe even non-existent!) from a fandom that you know I have some knowledge about, and I will rant about aforementioned ship. This may be incoherent gushing or exclamations of disgust, depending on your ship of choice.

Things what I watch/know about: Doctor Who, Community, Robin Hood, True Blood, Glee, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Game of Thrones (though I still don't know all the characters fully yet), The Borgias, How I Met Your Mother, Mike & Molly, Cougar Town, 30 Rock, SNL, Green Wing, Ashes to Ashes, Being Human, Lost in Translation, Phantom of the Opera, Moulin Rouge, Lost, Buffy, Harry Potter, and other stuff that I can't think of at the moment, but really isn't that enough?

Comments

[misssara11.livejournal.com]

Jeff/Annie: The New Obession

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...)

[jedi_of_urth]

I think you do have a different perspective than a lot of us. And I definitely think the ship is still there in s2, just...now TPTB clearly know it's there but still aren't sure what to do with it.

Part of that works with the characters, Jeff's hesitance to do anything about the feelings there between them, his commitment phobia, and all that. So some of it feels character tentative and some of it feels writer tentative.

I honestly never even considered the age difference until I got into fandom (if I'd waited til this year the show would have brought it up), I just don't notice these things. And even when I do, I don't care.

If I ever am willing to spend the money and get a paid account with more icons I totally want some Community ones.

[misssara11.livejournal.com]

now TPTB clearly know it's there but still aren't sure what to do with it.

I think that could be a good thing. This means they wouldn't want to mess it up. That would alienate a good portion of their viewing audience and with a show with the ratings it currently has, that would nto be a good thing. Dan Harmon has said he was about the group dynamic over the potential pairing. And I think this was another case of chemistry being unexpected. Listening to the commentary from the S1 DVDs, he just couldn't ignore it and it hasn't gone away.


If I ever am willing to spend the money and get a paid account with more icons I totally want some Community ones.

I have a paid account and room the icons. It's just a matter of finding them. I don't know what I want for the J/A one but I know my Magnitude one must be a animated "Pop, Pop" gif because, he's a one man party. And I just love Pavel though I couldn't tell you why. I just do. I get really excited when he shows up.

[eva-aftagrl.livejournal.com]

I love that you think Jeff and Annie are the only viable ship that can happen.

I agree with the whole season two. Even though we didn't get any kissing we got true emotions from them along with a whole lot more looks.I feel like these two have come a long way from the premiere to what they are now. I do believe that they understand each other better than anyone else in the group, and even though Troy and Abed are the best pairing Jeff and Annie are a close second.

The best times are when they are alone together because that is when they reveal who they really are IMO. They let down their shields.

Right now I believe they are probably not on the best of terms after Paradigms but the are mending it slowly and I can't wait until they make-up in Season 3. I just want Jeff's eyes to be opened more and quit dennying that he does have feelings for her.

[misssara11.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I went into the show without intentions of shipping and I finished being all about Jeff and Annie. The combination of Joel and Alison's performances and the writing just made it work for me.

The stuff in S2 was almost more signficant because it wasn't just about physical attraction. There was something more there. There was the Annie of it all! And Jeff saw her more as a woman as much as he tried to deny it.

I think Paradigms did a couple of things, one of which was, in my opinion, kill the Jeff/Britta ship dead. I don't dislike Britta, I just don't like who she and Jeff are when they are with each other. And clearly their hook ups weren't serious as they both persued other options quite blantantly. And I'm almost fine with it because they didn't do it to hurt anyone else. They kept it secret and ended it once the secret was out. Though Annie (and most of us) doesn't see it that way, Jeff hasn't completely connect love and sex. Sex is mostly physical for him, not emotional.

Things I think progressed quite nicely in Fistful. He turned all protective!Jeff early on by sending Abed to get her. And when he saw the wanted poster, he asked Annie about his forehead, basically saying, "Annie, tell me I'm pretty." And did that often anytime the Black Rider was brought up. Annie turned to Jeff when she needed a new gun and he gave it up without a second thought. In A Few More, Abed essentailly became Jeff and he even acknowledged that fact. I will be very surprised come next season if it doens't pan out that Annie's still flirty with Abed until he tells her she was only attracted to the character he put on. A character that Jeff naturally is. And Jeff has already proven to get jealous over any guy even sniffing around her.

Also, I remember a tweet to Dan Harmon saying, "Annie turns 21 this year. Can she have Jeff for her birthday?" and he replied, "I'll see what I can do." He knows what the people want and he only pokes fun becuase he loves. I don't think he's ever been cruel. I mean, come one, Milady's? He could have just said he went to a bar and posted the picture. He made it a point to say it was a J/A bar.

That wasn't half a ramble was it?