tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post2472109092847603202..comments2024-03-24T03:19:39.745-04:00Comments on Just About Write: In Defense of Annie EdisonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post-72336551853288263522014-12-30T08:50:12.556-05:002014-12-30T08:50:12.556-05:00I'm sorry, anon, I'm just really confused ...I'm sorry, anon, I'm just really confused as to why you thought you might find a post about Britta Perry or Jeff/Britta by clicking on, reading, and commenting on a post literally titled "In Defense of Annie Edison." Clearly if you still feel that Annie is "vain, petty, and two-dimensional," you either a) didn't read the post or b) still disagree. As I said above, my goal is to never try and convince you that Annie should be your favorite character, just to... well, appreciate her. But I can see you already went into the post NOT liking her anyway.<br /><br /><i>I don't understand why anyone feels the need to come to the "defense" of a character that most viewers of the show unanimously seem to like.</i><br /><br />......... I think your entire comment just proved WHY people who are fans of Annie need to defend her and why this post was written. So thank you for that!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11696902354009598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post-68874350027745375952014-12-30T03:51:52.051-05:002014-12-30T03:51:52.051-05:00I don't understand why anyone feels the need t...I don't understand why anyone feels the need to come to the "defense" of a character that most viewers of the show unanimously seem to like. Personally, I am more of a Britta fan, if only for her as an individual character. That being said, I actually feel that the Britta/Jeff pairing is exclusively physical. As for Annie/Jeff, well that's just a pair that for some reason I simply can't get on the popularity bandwagon for! I find Annie's character vain, petty, and two-dimensional. The comedy feels forced every time she is on screen. I honestly feel like I am watching a slightly older iCarly or some other girl that teens and tweens look up to on Nickelodeon or the Disney channel. If it were not for my love of the story and the enjoyment I get out of every other character on the show besides her, then I would have already given up watching it. Unfortunately, it seems as the series progresses that Annie has become a focal point to the story, as well as the stunted relationship that she and Jeff have developed at a sickeningly slow rate. It's become less like "Community" and more like "Unity". Of two, that is. Not the show I started watching, that's for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post-63966448073480565062014-06-17T13:06:14.027-04:002014-06-17T13:06:14.027-04:00I came across this beautiful blog post and it made...I came across this beautiful blog post and it made my day. I have been a Jeff Annie shipper since the kiss at the debate and can never really let go - even now when Community is well and truly over. This post captures Annie's spirit so well and I love how you have paid homage to one of the few TV characters that I truly relate to, someone who tells me its okay to be 26 and be a "hopeless romantic" and maturity and romanticism are not mutually exclusive! Thanks for this. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post-31826182781151619832013-08-06T21:41:11.072-04:002013-08-06T21:41:11.072-04:00I have been kicking around my own idea for an Anni...I have been kicking around my own idea for an Annie Edison essay; you've covered much of the material I've been planning on taking on.<br /><br />"I feel that it all boils down to a kernel of truth that finds its way into every Annie-centric storyline: uncertainty."<br /><br />"But why are maturity and romanticism mutually exclusive? Can’t Annie be a dreamer, but also intelligent?"<br /><br />These points really cut to the heart of the matter. Even some Community fans who aren't so dismissive of Annie that they would refer to her romantic feelings as "schoolgirl crushes" see her romanticism as unbecoming. But her hopeless romanticism is an integral part of who she is, just as much as her ambition. It is not going away, nor should it.<br /><br />And let me take something a bit further. "Schoolgirl crush" can be offensive, but what about "hopeless" romantic? Like you, and Annie Edison, I too am a romantic, unapologetically so. And what is hopeless about that? I think believing so firmly in love is actually quite hopeful. (Though, I suppose, "hopeless" in the term "hopeless romantic" doesn't necessarily refer to the romantic him- or herself but the situation, i.e., it is hopeless to think that that person will ever stop being romantic.)Jeffrey Malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01130415212277056421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678481478994191244.post-15218146290496718102013-08-06T16:59:47.736-04:002013-08-06T16:59:47.736-04:00This is one of the most heartfelt and honest inter...This is one of the most heartfelt and honest interpretations of Annie Edison that I have ever seen. Your affections for her really show, as well as your deep understand of her character; I think that anyone who watches Community, including Annie stans, should read this because Annie's development doesn't get nearly the attention that it should.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com