I AM SO SORRY that his is so late! I was having a crazy week, more than in the most i am working on currently but yeah I meant to respond to this since five days ago D:
The thing with Jeff/Annie shippers is that all we ever expected were breadcrumbs. Never once did we expect Annie to be in the running for endgame. NEVER. Even though it makes complete sense to us based on their dynamic, we just never expected the show to defy convention and go there. So last night was definitely a game changer for us. But most are still expecting Jeff/Britta to be the show's OTP, because that's just what TV has conditioned us to expect.
I think you have a very valid point there. I wasnt looking at it that way, but you are right, Anne/Jeff defies tv convention and even I didnt see this coming. I also agree that it didnt come out of nowhere by any means. I think it had been building but again because of tv conventions none of us really expected to actually HAPPEN. We never expected to see payoff to all that UST. I like that they changed up the game and let Annie/Jeff happen. Like I've told others at TWOP though, while I think they are cute together, I am a bit squicked by the age difference. While the actress is older than Annie she's still a heckuva lot younger than Jeff, that said the real issue for me is how cutesy and childlike Annie seems sometimes. I think she's adorable and I think her crush on Jeff is adorable. But unless they have any mature alot in the coming seasons, this pair will always make me feel a little uneasy. That said, they do have a shit load of chemistry. Oh show, why do you make me feel so dirty! ;_; I am not deadset on Jeff/Britta happening, though I'd like it to in the long run, but even if Jeff ends up paired with Annie, a new person or hell no one, I will be cool so long as they make it convincing and real.
I agree also that Jeff has always been a hot commodity in Greendale, even the dean wants him! But I always thought that was Harmon having fun with Joel's classically handsome looks. That anyone with eyes could see, I dont know where people got the idea that he was Harmon's stand in. Wtf they act nothing alike!
In interviews he seems to talk about her with the most affection out of any of the characters See I havent seen these interviews and I have no problem believing this because to me his affection for Britta shines through the screen. I mean that scene where Britta talks about the prank she wants to put on chang? the scene where she does the "snake"? ADORABLE. Way too adorable for a character Harmon supposedly despises or looks down on. Also can you give me a link to the interview you mentioned so I can show it to the other people?
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Date: 2010-05-28 12:28 am (UTC)The thing with Jeff/Annie shippers is that all we ever expected were breadcrumbs. Never once did we expect Annie to be in the running for endgame. NEVER. Even though it makes complete sense to us based on their dynamic, we just never expected the show to defy convention and go there. So last night was definitely a game changer for us. But most are still expecting Jeff/Britta to be the show's OTP, because that's just what TV has conditioned us to expect.
I think you have a very valid point there. I wasnt looking at it that way, but you are right, Anne/Jeff defies tv convention and even I didnt see this coming. I also agree that it didnt come out of nowhere by any means. I think it had been building but again because of tv conventions none of us really expected to actually HAPPEN. We never expected to see payoff to all that UST. I like that they changed up the game and let Annie/Jeff happen. Like I've told others at TWOP though, while I think they are cute together, I am a bit squicked by the age difference. While the actress is older than Annie she's still a heckuva lot younger than Jeff, that said the real issue for me is how cutesy and childlike Annie seems sometimes. I think she's adorable and I think her crush on Jeff is adorable. But unless they have any mature alot in the coming seasons, this pair will always make me feel a little uneasy. That said, they do have a shit load of chemistry. Oh show, why do you make me feel so dirty! ;_; I am not deadset on Jeff/Britta happening, though I'd like it to in the long run, but even if Jeff ends up paired with Annie, a new person or hell no one, I will be cool so long as they make it convincing and real.
I agree also that Jeff has always been a hot commodity in Greendale, even the dean wants him! But I always thought that was Harmon having fun with Joel's classically handsome looks. That anyone with eyes could see, I dont know where people got the idea that he was Harmon's stand in. Wtf they act nothing alike!
In interviews he seems to talk about her with the most affection out of any of the characters
See I havent seen these interviews and I have no problem believing this because to me his affection for Britta shines through the screen. I mean that scene where Britta talks about the prank she wants to put on chang? the scene where she does the "snake"? ADORABLE. Way too adorable for a character Harmon supposedly despises or looks down on. Also can you give me a link to the interview you mentioned so I can show it to the other people?