I Shall Have A Birthday Cake.

[rionaleonhart]

I tried to tell my mum what happened at the end of Waterloo Road 7.30 and ended up laughing myself to tears. IT'S JUST SO STUPID. Never change, Waterloo Road. (For the curious, here is what happened in Al Bhed: Waterloo Road fyc lmucat tufh, cu drao taletat du suja dra ahdena clruum du Scotland! Yht drao fana uh dra luylr drana! Yht drao ymm kud uid yd dra puntan vun y bruduknybr! YHT DRAH DRAO FANA YMM RED PO Y MUNNO.)

NO, IT'S ALL RIGHT, DON'T RUN AWAY, THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T A WATERLOO ROAD ENTRY.

Because I have been watching the first series of Community (I'm up to 'Basic Genealogy') and really enjoying it! Although it took me a while to rearrange all the erroneous impressions I'd formed prior to watching. From what I'd gleaned from the Internet, I was expecting Community to be in essence the Nerdy Adventures of Troy and Abed; I was convinced that they were the centre of the show. I was vaguely aware that there was a Britta somewhere. I'd never even heard of this Jeff guy. TURNS OUT THIS JEFF GUY IS QUITE IMPORTANT. (Come to think of it, I don't think I knew that Annie, Shirley or Pierce existed either.)

I didn't really have any interest in romance between the study group members for the first few episodes, but then 'Debate 109' suddenly had me 'shipping Jeff/Annie with my entire being. I would not have expected this pairing to hurtle into my heart, but I'm not about to complain. ADORABLE. And now every episode has me shouting 'GUYS. BE TOGETHER, GUYS' at the screen. Every time they interact my heart tries to force its way out of my chest and out of the window and up into the sky. (This deranged metaphor, in case it is not clear, means that they are really cute.)

Please don't tell me whether they do actually get together or not. The narrative seems to be leaning towards Jeff/Britta, which doesn't really interest me, but I'm holding out hope. Really, though, I've no idea what's going to happen relationship-wise. For all I know Britta could end up with Abed, Troy could end up with Pierce, Jeff could end up with Shirley and Annie could have a terrifying romance with the Greendale Human Being.

I don't much care for Pierce, I have to say, but I'm fond of all the other central characters. In particular, I really like Jeff. I was wary about him at first, but by this point I've fallen for him. Always had a bit of a weakness for jerk-with-a-heart-of-gold characters. Also, you know, it was sort of hot when he was punched in the stomach and then elbow-slammed to the ground in that episode with the bully. Just saying.

Comments

[wanttobeatree.livejournal.com]

YES COMMUNITY YESSSS JEFF/ANNIE YESSSSSSS

and now with a more appropriate approval icon.

[rionaleonhart]

!!!

HAVE I ACTUALLY GOT INTO SOMETHING PEOPLE ON MY FLIST ACTUALLY WATCH? THIS IS SO EXCITING

AND PEOPLE 'SHIP THE THING I 'SHIP? THIS NEVER HAPPENS.

[wanttobeatree.livejournal.com]

YES, WELL DONE! I THINK COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY THE MOST POPULAR SITCOM ON THE INTERNET RIGHT NOW SO YOU'VE MANAGED TO GET INTO SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCH

AND THEO SHIPS JEFF/ANNIE TOO! HOORAY!

[halotolerant.livejournal.com]

I *love* Community! I really do *g* Any show that is that funny and meta whilst also making me ridiculously involved in the emotional lives of the characters gets my vote. Plus, I'm not keen on stories about teenagers particularly, but I do like school tropes = COMMUNITY HAS ALL THIS SOLVED \o/

[rionaleonhart]

I was not expecting to become invested! I started watching it thinking 'oh, it's just a silly comedy, it'll be fun to watch and then I'll forget about it afterwards', and then SURPRISE YOU CARE.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

...What.

At Waterloo Road, not the Community thing. A LORRY?
WHAT?

[rionaleonhart]

I wish I were joking.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

AND THERE WAS A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL HAHAHAHAHAH.

[rionaleonhart]

THIS IS VERY SERIOUS HIGH-QUALITY DRAMA, DRACO, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD LAUGH.

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

Well, at least we know how the crossover with Top Gear happened.

"Jeremy, it was an entire class of schoolchildren."
"SCOTTISH schoolchildren, no one will care."

[emmzzi.livejournal.com]

to maintain the status quo neither watching nor shipping!!

[lotus0kid.livejournal.com]

XDDD Aw yeah, Community. You have so much to look forward to. Like the Dungeons & Dragons episode, and the clip show episode where all the clips are from stories we've never seen, and the claymation episode. SO MUCH.

Man, I have a Community icon, but it's kind of spoilery, so I will refrain.

[loz]

When Community hits for me, it really, really hits. :D :D

[mir8lle.livejournal.com]

Yes!

I support your new found penchant for Community and would like to encourage it whole-heartedly.

(I also love Jeff/Annie)

[tabimendou.livejournal.com]

re: Waterloo Road. OH MY GOD WHAT. *watched the video* That's amazing. It's like it turned into the opening ten minutes of Casualty.

[ruthi.livejournal.com]

O, Waterloo Road! I watched the linked video and laughed and laughed. So amazing.


Yay community! I think Jeff is awful but the show agrees, when he's awful the show doesn't think it's okay.

Dean, Dean Pelton is awesome. And I love that it's about a group of people and the show explores different relationships and dynamics! It's not all about, say, Jeff and each of the others. It's about Shirley and Annie (together, they fight crime!) It's about Troy and Abed! It's about Pierce being so awful that everyone can comfortably hate him.

[rionaleonhart]

the show agrees, when he's awful the show doesn't think it's okay.

Yes, exactly! I think that's part of the reason I'm able to like him so much; his awfulness would probably frustrate me if it went uncommented on, but as it is I can enjoy it as part of his character. I was pleasantly surprised in the first episode when Britta went 'actually, making a pretty speech doesn't negate the fact that you've been an arsehole and I'm not going to go out with you'. And I also love the fact that it explores dynamics all over the place.

[rionaleonhart]

Oh, Waterloo Road: the only programme with no supernatural elements I've ever watched in which the same character has committed suicide twice.

[anewcitylife.livejournal.com]

RE: Waterloo Road - are you shitting me.

But, you know, Community! I am glad you are watching it. It is great.

[yumiboo.livejournal.com]

Yes! You're watching Community! :D

Everything you wrote about Jeff/Annie is all of my feelings about this show. I love all of the characters in this show - especially the principle. Oh, and the Greendale Human Being XD

[elfinblaze.livejournal.com]

I shipped Jeff/Annie from that episode too, up until the end of the second season and now I ship Annie with someone else, but I won't spoil that for you. Even though I spend every episode wanting to punch Jeff! And Pierce. And Chang.

I do love Shirley, Annie, and Abed though.

Somehow the show sucked me in too.