Yay, I jumped and squeed when I saw this update <3
GADHGASDJH, SO MANY ~FEELINGS~ or rather STABBING ME IN THE ~FEELINGS~ the sweetest torture, love it.
Aww, my heart went all to Annie, wondering what did she do wrong, my poor bb. Little details revealing the depth of her longing like her being upset she won't get to gratuitously feel his arms around her during an obligatory hug are just always a sucker punch to my shipper gut.
“It was very strange. If this was a sitcom, I'd say that we were having the same conversation but about different subjects.” Hee, and you pulled it off awesomely :D
Jeff, you are such a drama queen, I love you, but to think all the heartbreak you are feeling and unknowingly causing Annie could have been avoided if you'd just had one proper conversation, like adults do *shakes head* the situation is as absurd as it is heart-breaking, which makes it soo perfectly Community,hehe. I'm just enjoying myself immensely.
Though he had to admit to himself that it felt like there wasn't much that he didn't feel
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Aww, my heart went all to Annie, wondering what did she do wrong, my poor bb. Little details revealing the depth of her longing like her being upset she won't get to gratuitously feel his arms around her during an obligatory hug are just always a sucker punch to my shipper gut.
Yeah, Annie has a tendency to blame herself for things she shouldn't, I reckon. I always want to get little details like those in, because I find there's nothing worse than reading a story and being left cold by the relationships, because they're so vaguely defined. Sometimes, I have to force myself to edit stuff out, though.
Jeff, you are such a drama queen, I love you, but to think all the heartbreak you are feeling and unknowingly causing Annie could have been avoided if you'd just had one proper conversation, like adults do *shakes head* the situation is as absurd as it is heart-breaking, which makes it soo perfectly Community,hehe. I'm just enjoying myself immensely.I guess 30 years of resolutely not talking about
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You bet I'm enjoying it, this is the kind of angst I've really missed since elsiesnuffin stopped writing. It's usually what makes me feel the most ~FEELINGS~, because I don't care for actual drama of car crashes and deaths and cheating and violence and pathos and I avoid all of that like a plague. Internal angst is best
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Yeah, big moments and things they are the bone structure of the story but little things are the flesh on those bones. Romances that have only big pathos-filled moments are just plain obnoxious and seem like they came out of nowhere. IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE SHIPPING WHAT IT IS. They make the big moments seem earned.
Exactly. Unfortunately, that's why I'm often guilty of writing several thousand words without the plot moving forward more than a few inches. But no biggie, because characters are always more fun than plot, I find.
In this fic she has had renewed hope and to have it crashed for no apparent reason must be so much more painful because her heart never really healed from Jeff-induced wounds in the first place, my bb *squishes Annie*
I've a feeling that she will find the resolve to confront him about it before too long. In this story, at least. I just need to figure out where that scene is going to be set.
Ooh, for instance?Well, really I just mean that I have a tendency to over-egg the pudding. To throw every
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This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, really. I don't like how easily characters admit to loving someone, especially in fanfiction. I've never liked the convention on television that characters have to be completely head over heels in love before they can even kiss (the 'will they, won't they' genre is particularly bad for this). I guess everyone's mileage varies on what the term actually means, but to me love is not something that happens often, or spontaneously.
So I don't see either of them as being in love with each other, and I think that by this time, Annie will have matured enough to understand that it's not love. Not yet. But to believe it could become love? Well, that's more than enough reason to take a few risks.
And here, of course, Abed is going off television conventions, so that's what he thinks the appropriate question would be at this point. If I was to write an Abed fic, I think I might use that idea as the core. The way the real world differs from what television and movies present as reality.
Yeah, his timing sucks, but where would the drama be if it didn't, right?
I didn't plan on that moment, with Abed comforting Annie and Jeff walking in, though. This stuff sometimes just gets away from you a little. It felt a bit too clichéd at first, but I figure that clichés become what they are because they work.
I didn't plan on that moment, with Abed comforting Annie and Jeff walking in, though. I think the moment is great, just for the irony of the situation (Jeff walked in on Abed comforting Annie about Jeff-induced heart-ache and that prevented him from actually revolving the problem) and how Jeff sorta dug that hole for himself,lol, because Abed comforting Annie about Jeff would not have taken place if he had not started avoiding her, I love how angst just piled up on itself *gg*
Oh, Jeff. Just a simple question and all your pain would end. Usually this scenario feels contrived, but Jeff is exactly the kind of guy who would take what Pierce said, along with his own misconstrued observations, and come to not only the wrong conclusion, but avoid dealing with it right away. And when he finally does decide to say something, he sees Annie and Abed in a position that could be one between two lovers, or just good friends.
And I think Jeff's reactions are in character here, too. He's also the type of person to deny his feelings until he's faced with a situation that so completely throws him he just can't respond appropriately. Very well done.
I'm really loving this. Can't wait for the finale!
Heh. If ever there was a character better suited to this sort of trope than Jeff Winger, I've not seen them.
He strikes me as the type of person who will always deny they've been hurt, who thinks that letting people see that is a weakness. So of course he wouldn't actually talk to Annie, that would be far too much like weakness. And also far too easy.
I'm glad you find him in character. He's tough to get right, with that blend of cynicism and bitterness, but at the same time the sweetness he's capable of showing (not that there's been much opportunity for him to show the latter so far in this fic).
He strikes me as the type of person who will always deny they've been hurt, who thinks that letting people see that is a weakness. Yeah, he denied being hurt when Michelle dumped him and then ended up crying about Glee of Pierce's shoulder (transference meet Jeff Winger) xD
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GADHGASDJH, SO MANY ~FEELINGS~ or rather STABBING ME IN THE ~FEELINGS~ the sweetest torture, love it.
Aww, my heart went all to Annie, wondering what did she do wrong, my poor bb. Little details revealing the depth of her longing like her being upset she won't get to gratuitously feel his arms around her during an obligatory hug are just always a sucker punch to my shipper gut.
“It was very strange. If this was a sitcom, I'd say that we were having the same conversation but about different subjects.”
Hee, and you pulled it off awesomely :D
Jeff, you are such a drama queen, I love you, but to think all the heartbreak you are feeling and unknowingly causing Annie could have been avoided if you'd just had one proper conversation, like adults do *shakes head* the situation is as absurd as it is heart-breaking, which makes it soo perfectly Community,hehe. I'm just enjoying myself immensely.
Though he had to admit to himself that it felt like there wasn't much that he didn't feel ( ... )
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Aww, my heart went all to Annie, wondering what did she do wrong, my poor bb. Little details revealing the depth of her longing like her being upset she won't get to gratuitously feel his arms around her during an obligatory hug are just always a sucker punch to my shipper gut.
Yeah, Annie has a tendency to blame herself for things she shouldn't, I reckon. I always want to get little details like those in, because I find there's nothing worse than reading a story and being left cold by the relationships, because they're so vaguely defined. Sometimes, I have to force myself to edit stuff out, though.
Jeff, you are such a drama queen, I love you, but to think all the heartbreak you are feeling and unknowingly causing Annie could have been avoided if you'd just had one proper conversation, like adults do *shakes head* the situation is as absurd as it is heart-breaking, which makes it soo perfectly Community,hehe. I'm just enjoying myself immensely.I guess 30 years of resolutely not talking about ( ... )
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Exactly. Unfortunately, that's why I'm often guilty of writing several thousand words without the plot moving forward more than a few inches. But no biggie, because characters are always more fun than plot, I find.
In this fic she has had renewed hope and to have it crashed for no apparent reason must be so much more painful because her heart never really healed from Jeff-induced wounds in the first place, my bb *squishes Annie*
I've a feeling that she will find the resolve to confront him about it before too long. In this story, at least. I just need to figure out where that scene is going to be set.
Ooh, for instance?Well, really I just mean that I have a tendency to over-egg the pudding. To throw every ( ... )
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This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, really. I don't like how easily characters admit to loving someone, especially in fanfiction. I've never liked the convention on television that characters have to be completely head over heels in love before they can even kiss (the 'will they, won't they' genre is particularly bad for this). I guess everyone's mileage varies on what the term actually means, but to me love is not something that happens often, or spontaneously.
So I don't see either of them as being in love with each other, and I think that by this time, Annie will have matured enough to understand that it's not love. Not yet. But to believe it could become love? Well, that's more than enough reason to take a few risks.
And here, of course, Abed is going off television conventions, so that's what he thinks the appropriate question would be at this point. If I was to write an Abed fic, I think I might use that idea as the core. The way the real world differs from what television and movies present as reality.
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Yeah, his timing sucks, but where would the drama be if it didn't, right?
I didn't plan on that moment, with Abed comforting Annie and Jeff walking in, though. This stuff sometimes just gets away from you a little. It felt a bit too clichéd at first, but I figure that clichés become what they are because they work.
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I think the moment is great, just for the irony of the situation (Jeff walked in on Abed comforting Annie about Jeff-induced heart-ache and that prevented him from actually revolving the problem) and how Jeff sorta dug that hole for himself,lol, because Abed comforting Annie about Jeff would not have taken place if he had not started avoiding her, I love how angst just piled up on itself *gg*
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Oh, Jeff. Just a simple question and all your pain would end. Usually this scenario feels contrived, but Jeff is exactly the kind of guy who would take what Pierce said, along with his own misconstrued observations, and come to not only the wrong conclusion, but avoid dealing with it right away. And when he finally does decide to say something, he sees Annie and Abed in a position that could be one between two lovers, or just good friends.
And I think Jeff's reactions are in character here, too. He's also the type of person to deny his feelings until he's faced with a situation that so completely throws him he just can't respond appropriately. Very well done.
I'm really loving this. Can't wait for the finale!
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He strikes me as the type of person who will always deny they've been hurt, who thinks that letting people see that is a weakness. So of course he wouldn't actually talk to Annie, that would be far too much like weakness. And also far too easy.
I'm glad you find him in character. He's tough to get right, with that blend of cynicism and bitterness, but at the same time the sweetness he's capable of showing (not that there's been much opportunity for him to show the latter so far in this fic).
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Yeah, he denied being hurt when Michelle dumped him and then ended up crying about Glee of Pierce's shoulder (transference meet Jeff Winger) xD
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