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

[wallows]

Awww...I love this. Annie and Abed do have this special relationship, a deep friendship separate from the study group which you've captured nicely. I also did wonder how Abed felt about the events post running-in-the-rain because he was partly responsible for that and must have had some sort of agenda. I love the basket of hearts on rings, that would be so cute and something Annie would love to wear. And ooh glad you're back!

[veryspecial0ne]

Thank you! The ring thing, actually, was only partially my invention. In the actual episode when we see Annie and Abed snuggling right before they get the Jeff message, it actually does look to me like Abed's slipping a little heart ring off of his hand, and my Community-fanwank-brain just filled in the rest for me, haha.

[stephanierb]

Really sorry to hear about your computer. I hope you didn't lose anything.

I'm thrilled to see more of this, and even more thrilled at the prospect of getting a new chapter every day. And I doubt anyone is going to be disappointed by length when you're giving us nineteen chapters of pure awesome.

I enjoyed this section quite a bit. Abed, to me, is the most challenging to write when you're not just feeding him pop culture lines. Getting a grasp on him emotionally has always struck me as particularly difficult, and I think you did a great job here of conveying his affection for Annie in a very subtle way. I found his attempt to undo the damage of his comment about Jeff's feelings for the group to be especially touching.

So looking forward to reading the rest of this. Glad to have you back!

[veryspecial0ne]

I lost plenty, actually. But LUCKILY I had saved some of the story in my LJ account already, including the installment I'm about to post in like a hot second.

Also, I read this comment this afternoon when I was working on the second half of this chapter, and you liking Abed's attempt to undo the damage had kind of an influence on it, so thanks for that!

[stephanierb]

Oh, that blows. I'm really sorry.

Also, I read this comment this afternoon when I was working on the second half of this chapter, and you liking Abed's attempt to undo the damage had kind of an influence on it, so thanks for that!

Wow! My pleasure! I feel kinda special right now. :-)

[musicandhistory]

Yay! Annie/Abed friendship is my favorite! I love that this is an extended look at the Valentine's episode. That scene is one of my favorites, and I definitely noticed how close Annie and Abed were sitting. I think it just came from Alison and Danny's close friendship, but I'm glad you put it in the context of the show. Your characterization of Abed was just spot-on. I like that he had to remind himself to tell Annie that he loves her too. I can't wait to read about Future Abed.

[veryspecial0ne]

As I wrote above, I did think about using the summer between S2 and S3 for this chapter, but it scared me and this scene was just lying there like a little gem, with Annie and Abed all snuggly and that wonderful smile on Annie's face when she reads Jeff's text. Alison and Danny have made it so there's something so easy about their friendship, something that makes it totally natural for them to do things like hold hands on the way out of the bar on Troy's birthday or snuggle on the couch. There are social cues that Abed still has to remind himself about but that never seems to be a problem around Annie, which I really like.