Ode to Optophobia (6A)

[veryspecial0ne]

Title: Ode to Optophobia, or: Ten Men That Loved Annie Edison (11/19)
Author: veryspecial0ne
Rating: R for the whole series, to be safe.
Word count: ~2000 for this installment, ~28,900 for the series thus far.
Disclaimer: I have now been tweeted by both Dan Harmon and Alison Brie. I'm pretty sure that's the closest I'll ever come to having any

Comments

[na_thalia]

I wasn't sure if this was going to be Annie/Abed (which I wouldn't have minded, as a sidenote, since I've read it done well in fics) but it was this lowkey quiet look at the group, at Annie, at Abed.

I know you mentioned finding it hard to write the Study Group but I think you did a pretty good job considering Abed seems like one of the hardest characters to write out of all of them.

I really, really hope you keep up with your proposed blitz - I am quite excited to have a chapter to come home to each day!

[veryspecial0ne]

I hope I keep up with it too! I just got home from work and after I reply to reviews I'm gonna take my best shot at cranking out the second half of this chapter tonight. And thanks so much for the complimentary note about my Abed!voice.

[x_avecia_x]

I ADORE this perception of the Abed/Annie relationship.

Although I'm hardcore Annie/Jeff I do still think that Annie and Abed would make a cute couple and I reckon she gets him a little more than the others (except maybe Jeff, and or Troy but their relationship sometimes is just plain weird!)

I'm really interested to hear Abed's take on the engagement :)

x

[veryspecial0ne]

I think there's maybe an aspect of Abed that everyone can understand -- it's why he's one of the most popular characters. And Annie definitely relates to his feeling of loneliness, which I think is one of the reasons we sometimes see them so affectionate with each other: holding hands on the way out of the bar on Troy's birthday, snuggling after the dance, etc. That, and because Alison and Danny are clearly like BFF, which I find hilarious because they're the two actors that are playing characters so drastically different from who they actually are, haha.

[x_avecia_x]

Yeah I agree. It amazes me how well they are actually able to pull off these characters when they're so far removed from their own personalities - Danny in particular.

Well done, really enjoyed this.x

[__barelyalive]

you're back! yay! loved the chapter as always!

[veryspecial0ne]

Thank you! I'm so happy people are still excited about this story, haha.

[sowritesauds]

Every time I see a new chapter of this story, this HUGE SMILE just works its way across my face. I love it! Your take on Annie and Abed's friendship is stunningly sweet. I love that they're affectionate and tactile without being full of sexual tension and angst. It's as unclear to me reading this as it probably is to the two of them what their true feelings are -- and that's actually plus. Real life is so like that -- even when we take the time to tell the people we care about that we love them, we never really try to explain exactly why. I really can't wait to read more!

[veryspecial0ne]

Yay, thank you! ITA about how real life is like that -- just the other night, in fact, I got to spend time with one of my best guy friends from high school who now lives in another state with his girlfriend from college. The lines between us have always been kind of blurred, since our friendship started out with him having a crush on me, but now we've been friends for eight years so we still have a very easy physicality and a somewhat intimate rapport. A relationship between us would never work in a million years, but sometimes you just want that connection, and if you can share it with someone without complications, then bravo.

Of course, Annie and Abed do now have their complications...possibly. When I was mapping out this story I did consider trying to tackle this past summer for this chapter, as in the weeks following the Han/Leia kiss, but the whole thing scared me too much, haha.

[veryspecial0ne]

Ugh, you guys, I'm sorry. The second half isn't quite done and I'm totally wiped from my 5K this morning and work tonight, and I can't keep my eyes open much longer. The first half of the next chapter is already written though, so I still might be able to pull this off. Keep your fingers crossed for me!