Community 101

Community Mood Theme

tifa — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:10:35 GMT

trobed

dr_feel_good_md — Sun, 27 Dec 2015 01:07:30 GMT

On A Cold Winter's Night (2798 words) by MercuryandMoonlight
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Community (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Troy Barnes/Abed Nadir
Characters: Troy Barnes, Abed Nadir, Annie Edison, Britta Perry, Pierce Hawthorne, Jeff Winger, Shirley Bennett
Additional Tags: Trobed, Romance, First Kiss, Humor, Drama, Fluff, Holidays, Love Confessions, troy's superpowers save the day, pierce gets claustrophobia and goes crazy, everyone is a sore loser, Mutually Unrequited
Summary:

The Study Group gets into a heated game of Jeopardy at Greendale during a storm and get snowed in. As always, when they're stuck together in dire straits, secrets come to the surface and they grow closer together.

Youtube

perfectpudi — Mon, 17 Aug 2015 03:24:47 GMT

Did you used to have a youtube channel called communitytvlj? If so is there anywhere else I can watch your videos? (For example there was the video titled *SPOILERS* Behind the Scenes - Animated New Community (Part 1) and then the second part, and I really wanted to see them, as well as any other videos you may have posted of the cast).

#sixseasonsandaficathon

fluffyfrolicker — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:32:48 GMT

I hope it's okay if I post here, I started a free-for-all Community ficathon to celebrate the show, motivated by the end of season 6. Click on the picture to go to the ficathon! Prompt, read, write!

A Community comment ficathon
[click on the picture]

Is anyone still here?

author_by_night — Sun, 22 Mar 2015 00:17:56 GMT

Just posted on my own LJ about the past two episodes, then realized I hadn't seen anything here.

Does anyone still watch the show? I actually wasn't so pleased with the last two episodes. But I'm hoping it'll pick up.

91 multifandom icons

marishna — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 03:16:50 GMT

20 x Community
21 x Reign
50 x Teen Wolf

See them all here at rockstar_pink.

FIC: Thinking of You

so_many_otps — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 22:51:27 GMT

Title: Thinking of You
Author: http://www.wattpad.com/user/crazy_fangirl123 (me)
Rating: 13+
Pairing: Troy/Abed, A little Annie/Jeff
Spoilers: Through the end of season 5, set about 9 months after (SPOILER) Troy leaves.
Summary: The pain, longing and loneliness for Abed after (SPOILER) Troy's trip continue in this story full of twists and turns.
Author's Notes: I'm still working on it, so don't expect a whole lot right now... But I'm working on it actively, so stay with me!

Disclaimer: All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original material and not for-profit, it constitutes fair use. Reference to real persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and are not intended to be libelous, defamatory, or in any way factual.

Community Season 1 - Season 5 Screencaps

raiindust — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 12:56:55 GMT

Gallery | Listing | Zips available in the listing.

A Fist Full Of Paintballs/ For A Few Paintballs More Icons

clockwork_hart1 — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:52:33 GMT

Preview:

Fake Cut to my lj here!

(Snag away, just give credit!)

Community_Fic Livejournal Update

indirrr01 — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 05:19:22 GMT

Along with recent news of Community's Sixth Season, I just became the new maintainer of Community_fic. I'm just here to announce that I will be trying to make it more active than in recent months. So to all fic writers here, you can post your community fics on the link here: http://community-fic.livejournal.com/. All ships/AU/Crossover/Smut/Songfic etc. are welcome and will not be removed unless it has nothing to do with the show. Thank you for your understanding and #sixseasonsandamovieisreal

Livejournal poll

author_by_night — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 12:18:22 GMT

I've created a poll/discussion about the declining popularity of LJ (or supposed, depending on your POV), and I'd be interested to hear what you guys think. (Mods, I hope this is okay to post.)

fic: Saving Greendale

ammorgan21 — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 02:03:35 GMT

Title: Saving Greendale
Author: ammorgan21
Summary: Annie had hired experts to get rid of the ghost haunting the cafeteria, hijinks ensue
Rating: pg to be safe
AN: I heard the line in Community season 5 and had to do the crossover.

As they stood watching the fire on the lawn of the small community college somewhere in Colorado, on a request relayed through the usual channels (or so Dean says), Sam sighed with the satisfaction of an easy job well done.

Taking a quick side glance at Dean, he motioned to go back to the main building on campus to tell, what's her name, Annie that the ghost terrorizing campus was gone, the missing hand caused by a weird food court accident was salted and burned and thus had severed all ties to the campus.

It was good, and Sam could tell Dean was content as well, until...

Someone, or something, bizarre ran past, all white and ghostly and well, weird. Dean startled and without looking back, ran after it.

Before Sam could react properly, he saw Annie streak past screaming, "No, wait, that's just our mascot!"

Fistful of Philanthropy is up and running!

reddfawks — Mon, 12 May 2014 21:22:36 GMT

Hey everyone! I deleted the old post of the "pitch" for this, and now that I've cobbled together a more substantial site, I figured I'd post it up.

(It's not great, but I threw it together in ten minutes.)

If you want to contribute merch, or art/fic requests, feel free to sign up! If you have the means, try to get the word out about this!

If you'd like to make some "advertising" graphics to help link people around (it doesn't even need to be from the "Fistful of Paintballs episode".) Go nuts! Heck, grab a fox off of Google images, stick a piece of straw in her mouth and bam! That's our mascot, Four of Diamonds.

Money talks, and showing prospective picker-uppers that we raised x amount of dollars for a good cause will really put us in the good books! Also, it's good to help. That's the most important part.

A masterlist of ways to help Community get picked up

nevr0s — Mon, 12 May 2014 00:41:16 GMT

I made a masterlist post of ways to help Community get picked up over at the savegreendale. Check it out here so you can help support the show, share your own ideas, and get campaigns started. Let's do this.

Time to work on saving Greendale again.

indirrr01 — Sat, 10 May 2014 11:34:06 GMT

Joel McHale at the 2014 White House Correspondents' Dinner

starbucksweetie — Sun, 04 May 2014 13:58:26 GMT

Applied Tactics to Urban Combat - part 7

liberty_stewart — Fri, 02 May 2014 09:58:04 GMT

Title: Applied Tactics to Urban Combat

Franchises: Judge Dredd, Community, 90s Batman movies, 007 James Bond, Heroes, Star Wars EU and a few other surprises

Characters: Pretty much everyone from the above franchises

Rating: 14A

Summary: With complete access to fictional worlds, one person decides to venture in for the purpose of making his own personal action film. The real question though is who he selects to play the roles.

Chapter 7
http://archiveofourown.org/works/769513/chapters/3294344
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9223830/7/Applied-Tactics-to-Urban-Combat

Help Save Community With Social Media

tilie12 — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 23:27:46 GMT

Hello again! Since my last post about a Save Community Fan Campaign me and some other fans have gotten more organized and have created these social media groups: Tumblr & Facebook
If you could please LIKE the facebook page, follow and reblog the tumblr posts, and join the list of supporters on tumblr
Please spread the word to any and all people you know you who watch community about these social media sites
And let me know if you would like to get involved in the SAVE GREENDALE COMMITTEE
THANK YOU AND SPREAD THE WORD!

The cast also urges that if you have twitter then you tweet #sixseasonsandamovie at 12pmPST everyday of this week
Additionally, someone also put out a petition so that we can get a 6th season, please sign it here

Screencaps: 5.11 - 5.13

raiindust — Sun, 20 Apr 2014 03:05:38 GMT

Sorted • 1080p • HD & logoless • jpg
5.11 | 5.12 | 5.13

help get our sixth season!

tilie12 — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 14:35:21 GMT

haven't posted in here in a while but i still always remained a lover of the show, which is why i'm concerned about the less than steady ratings which have occurred this season. I fear that due to the decline in ratings this season we will not get our sixth season (and a movie). I'm not here to be a debbie downer, i'm actually here to see if we can rally together and make a difference!
After seeing the Subway sign many times in the finale it made me think about how Chuck fans rallied together and all went to Subway together with the demand of an additional season of their beloved show--it made me wonder if us Community fans could do the same thing before NBC makes their renewal decisions (it did take them forever to decide last year). I'm not sure how we would do it--if someone could find out how the Chuck fans did it then that would certainly help--but I know that that rally to Subway actually made a huge impact on NBC when they were deciding to cancel or renew Chuck.
I know it may sound silly but if a very large group of Community fans all went to Subway together like the Chuck fans did then I think we might have a chance of helping to save Community! What do you guys think?

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fandom_forever — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:48:32 GMT

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Review Roundup for 5x13, "Basic Sandwich"

jheaton — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:41:59 GMT

Good morning, Communies, and welcome to the last review roundup of the season! And possibly the last one ever? Let's hope not, because I don't want to be killed by an asteroid strike. But let's not worry about that right now; let's look at some reviews instead.

Gabrielle Moss, TV Fanatic:
The two-parter's (alongside Community Season 5 Episode 12) Goonies-meets-an-existential-crisis vibe presented the show in its most unadulterated form - creating a solid bedrock to send off for the Greendale...wait, are they back to 7? (4.7 / 5)

Tim Surette, tv.com:
All told, I think both episodes comprised a very funny hour that didn't go as far off the deep end as many Community episodes do, yet still stood out from the rest of the comedies on network television.

Eric Goldman, IGN:
In an episode jam-packed with great meta moments, nothing will beat Abed’s line near the end. “We’ll definitely be back next year. If not, it’s because an asteroid has destroyed all of human civilization. And that’s canon!” (9.2 / 10)

Alan Sepinwall, HitFix:
If this winds up being the actual end (more on that in a moment), it felt appropriate that we would go out with an episode that was so acutely and vocally aware that it could be the last episode of a low-rated but beloved sitcom. And if Jeff thinking warmly about Britta, Annie, Abed and even Dean Pelton to reboot the computer wasn't a surprising character moment at this point in the series — even he long ago stopped pretending that he'd rather be rid of this place and these people — it was still a touching one.

Todd VanDerWerff, A.V. Club:
But its big emotional climax also involves Jeff trying to trick an ancient computer into feeling intense passion because of his love for his friends, and it features Chris Elliott at his Chris Elliott-est. Neither of these is unworkable, but the whole thing sort of feels thrown together at the last minute so everybody can head out for summer break. (B / season grade B+)

Matt Carter, cartermatt.com:
“Basic Sandwich” was not a revolutionary episode of the show that we’ll go back and watch a dozen times, but it was still an enjoyable romp [and] we still enjoyed it enough that we’re left chanting “six seasons and a movie” all over again. (A-)

Randy Dankievitch, Sound on Sight:
On some level, I have to think this is the point of “Basic Story” and “Basic Sandwich”; the stories are so absurd and superficial, it’s as if they’re designed to fall apart under the slightest scrutiny. Whether it’s devilishly clever writing, or just a mix of laziness and exhaustion from the end of a long production season, it makes for an interesting – if not slightly disappointing – interpretation of “the journey is more important than the destination.”

Aisha Harris. Slate:
“Even if we do save Greendale, which Greendale will we be saving?” Annie wonders. It’s a question worth asking, especially following last week’s filler episode in which the premise was that there was no premise to speak of (at least until the final moments). It was a little too on-the-nose, even for Community. But this week’s episode, and most of the other ones from this season, suggest that the show still has life in it.

Polar Bear, Polar Bears Watch TV:
“Basic Sandwich” is certainly a satisfying end to the uneven fifth season. The concept behind it is a bit shaky, consisting of a trip to a computer lab underneath Greendale, complete with the creator of the school and his emotion-lacking computer. However, the actual interactions we get are effective. (B+ / season grade B)

Tim Morse, Morse Code:
This show has always been ridiculous. But the story idea of a treasure hunt kind of takes the cake. But it allowed them to have a ton of fun in this episode, as they always seem to do. (9.0 / A)

Damon Houx, ScreenCrush:
Abed spells out that this might be a possible finale as his way to understand what’s going on, which straddles the line between clever and obvious, but it works in the context of the show. This season has been a little more aware of itself than usual, or perhaps is less afraid of embracing its more out there ideas, but this also ties into the show’s existentialism.

Joe Matar, Den of Geek:
The first part of Community’s two-part finale, “Basic Story,” was really rather a mess that felt like several disconnected plotlines and underdeveloped concepts tossed together. It did have those brief moments where it felt like possibly the show was returning to a familiar, good place ... Well, the second part, “Basic Sandwich,” gets rid of all the complicated stuff, but even the few good bits get thrown out with it. The episode is even less funny, more emotionless, and at times feels so comically unfamiliar; it’s like if the Farrelly brothers made a Community movie.

Brian Collins, Badass Digest:
For a season/possible-series finale, it's pretty grounded compared to other season enders, with minimal use of the supporting cast and not much of a resolution for anyone's attempts at a degree. I assume it was for budgetary reasons that the regular co-stars don't appear in an episode about saving Greendale, but it's still kind of a bummer - Magnitude should have been around to offer up a "Pop, pop!" during the celebration, instead of a bunch of random anonymous extras.

Laurel Brown, zap2it:
"Community" Season 5 has nothing to lose and everything to gain in its finale, "Basic Sandwich." That's probably why the episode essentially dares NBC not to renew it for a sixth season (and a movie).

Untempered Television:
If you’re a sucker for Abed’s meta commentary, “Basic Sandwich” was essentially Mecca and I happen to be such a sucker so his musings threading through the entire half hour were just so perfect that the lack of any sort of meaningful depth was easily forgiven.

Nick O'Malley, masslive.com:
Somewhat lost in the dense fog of the meta-commentary of the episode is the fact that "Basic Sandwich" was really funny. Starting off with a good comedic lead-in with the "buried treasure" bit, the writers clearly had a good bit of fun with having the characters pull off a cartoonish "Scooby-Doo"-esque caper in the bowels of Greendale.

Lauren Stern, Pop Break:
The last review I wrote for this series was the Dungeons and Dragons episode, which was classic Community just by the theme alone. I’m happy that I got the opportunity to review this season’s finale, as it was classic in that it one of the most meta Community episode ever produced.

Jennifer Marie, Just About Write:
I expected more from this season because of Harmon’s return. I expected a central theme that progressed the characters. I expected them to learn and to evolve, not to merely circle around the same themes and plots from years past like a hamster on a wheel or a person on a gym treadmill. So if “Basic Sandwich” is the series finale of Community… what did I think of it, exactly? I thought it was a decent farewell to an okay season but that it was – when it boiled down to it – reminiscent of a hamster on a wheel.

As always, thanks for reading, not just this week but throughout the season. See you next October 20, whenever it happens!

Episode Discussion 5.13, "Basic Sandwich"

htbthomas — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:08:58 GMT

THE STUDY GROUP DELVES INTO THE LEGEND OF DISGRACED FORMER GREENDALE DEAN RUSSELL BORCHERT – SUBWAY MAKES PLANS TO TAKE OVER GREENDALE – CHRIS ELLIOTT GUEST STARS – The group learns the history of Greendale’s first Dean, Russell Borchert (guest star Chris Elliott, “Eagleheart”), a reclusive, wealthy genius who disappeared amid a personal scandal in the 1970s. Once Shirley and Hickey locate the school’s blueprints, Annie and Abed lead the search for Borchert’s old computer lab, which was sealed off years ago. Subway returns to Greendale with plans to take over the campus for a Subway University and they enlist Chang to secretly keep tabs on the study group. Meanwhile, Jeff and Britta make a grown-up decision about their futures.

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fandom_forever — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 22:47:43 GMT

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Review roundup for episode 5x12, "Basic Story"

jheaton — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:07:20 GMT

Good morning, Communies! Well, I thought that was a vast improvement over last week. And I was happy to see Subway cast as the villain (sort of) because I work for a different chain of sandwich shops. Let's see what others with less pronounced conflicts of interest thought:

Eric Goldman, IGN:
All of which is to say, I raised an eyebrow at Jeff and Britta not only reconciling at the end of this episode (with a sweet nod to how this show began), but saying they were going to run off and get married. Now actually, I’d endorse this – I like those two together (sorry, Jeff/Annie shippers). But with one more episode left, something tells me a curveball is coming. And I do wonder how Annie might end up involved… keeping in mind Jeff ending up with her as a season finale surprise would harken back to Season 1. (8.8/10)

Britt Hayes, ScreenCrush:
Jeff and Britta getting married is just about the worst idea since Britta and Troy hooking up or Changnesia. But as a segue for the big buried treasure declaration and the juxtaposition of where Jeff and Britta are versus where the rest of the gang wants to be, it was cleverly done. I just wish the rest of the episode clicked as much as that moment.

Alan Sepinwall, HitFix:
So if Harmon's hedging his bets against the show ending next week by having the two of them get together in a more substantial way, it makes sense, even as I imagine any remaining Jeff/Annie 'shippers will be most displeased by the news. But even though Joel McHale and Gillian Jacobs played the scene sincerely, it's clear that he's proposing and she's saying yes — or, rather, "Okay, yeah" — out of desperation rather than a belief that they actually want to do this.

Todd VanDerWerff, A.V. Club:
Really, having one of the central tensions of the episode be “Jeff and Britta want to get married now” shouldn’t work. The two have danced around the question of their coupling so many times from so many different angles that it’s difficult to find a new way to pick up that particular ball unless the show is going to give it some new meaning. And yet I found myself enjoying that moment more than almost any other in the episode (and this was an enjoyable episode overall), because I think it spoke to Abed’s insistence that everybody was in the middle of a story, even if they didn’t want to admit it. (A-minus)

Gabrielle Moss, TV Fanatic:
But the episode's explanation of its own narrative workings--a lifting of the hood, so to speak--offered some excellent insight into the role narrative plays not just in our favorite TV shows, but our own lives. Why decide to get spontaneously married to someone you've run pretty hot and cold to over the course of five years (or seasons...whatever)? On this show and in life, it's all about the forward-momentum of narrative; it's why the study hall gang does dumb things, and it's also why we do dumb things. Crisis is movement, and though we're loathe to admit it, it feels better than just laying around. (4.7/5)

Brian Collins, Badass Digest:
It's hilarious to me that a show like Lost will end without getting around to answering some of its bigger questions, but Community will go out of its way to dedicate 15 seconds to explaining a harmless mistake from 5 years ago.

Tim Morse, Morse Code:
Jim Rash, as always, makes me almost die of laughter (3 or 4 times this episode). But the last scene of him with Abed and Annie freaking out over the treasure map was absolutely hilarious. Also, a treasure map story. What the hell? Random and ridiculous. It’s Community, I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Jennifer Marie, Just About Write:
That’s all well and good, but the motivation for Jeff’s proposal is anything but good. It’s rooted in the exact same selfishness and desperation that led him to try and get into Britta’s pants in season one. This time, though? This time she’s just a rebound from his recent break-up with Greendale. The most jarring thing to me about this scene was the moral it imposed on us, as viewers. The final part of Dan Harmon’s notorious story circle is that a character returns to a familiar situation “having changed.” But… where is the change in Jeff Winger, exactly?

Joe Matar, Den of Geek:
But then, like so much modern Community, it got all weird and wayyyy too much up its own butt. And I know this is a show that’s often up its own butt, and since us fans are usually up there along with it, we have fun exploring that butt like it’s a Community History Butt Museum or something, pointing out all the things we remember from earlier in the series that are paying off now. But(t) listen, it’s possible to go too far up a butt.

Nick O'Malley, masslive.com:
Most of the episode's best moments were a result of timing. Whether it was Abed (Danny Pudi) saying “Let’s let the lack of story...” before waiting a beat and walking off the screen or Prof. Hickey's (Jonathan Banks) threat (“If I come over there, there are gonna be two sounds: Me hitting you... twice.") the best lines were a result of great comedic timing.

Nick Hogan, TV Overmind:
I can’t say enough about Jim Rash as Dean Pelton. Not only is Rash a fantastic writing talent (Rent The Descendants if you haven’t seen it), but he REALLY commits to everything he does. When the board and the new ownership found him sobbing in his office in his underpants, it lasted all of two seconds, but I laughed the hardest I’d laughed all night. Just perfect.

Randy Dankievitch, Sound on Sight:
With no resolution (often Community‘s strongest quality), it makes the entire episode feel incomplete, a series of scenes tough to disseminate (beyond their obvious thematic allusions and connections) without the perspective of knowing what happens. The drama isn’t in this episode – something Abed goes way out of his way to point out – but in what is to come, making this entire half-hour feel inconsequential in the short-term.

Jason Bailey, Flavorwire
For a show that spends plenty of time playing in the meta sandbox, this week’s episode represents a continuation (after last week’s “G.I. Jeff”) of the idea of pushing beyond inside jokes and self-awareness, and genuinely exploring (and exploding) the very nature of fiction.

Daniel Cohen, Pop Break:
To be honest, Abed just hasn’t been that strong this season. I don’t know if it’s a no Troy thing, but something about him just seemed pathetic all year. This storyline encapsulated my feelings on Abed perfectly. The whole “Avoiding a story/Not avoiding a story” thing just did not work for me. They also shoehorned in the bearded Abed, which felt very season four-ish.

Tim Surette, tv.com:
As a string of individual jokes, I thought "Basic Story" was one of the best episodes of Season 5. As a complete episode, not so much. But it's too hard to tell at this stage, because a lot of it can roll into the second half of the finale. Until then, it was a funny episode that didn't entirely work as a whole.

Ryan Schwartz, The TV Page:
After making Jeff a complete and total ass, and dumbing down Britta to a point of almost no return, Harmon made it a priority to dig these characters out from the wreckage created before and during his absence. Harmon has always leaned away from letting romance drive the show in any one direction, and there’s no reason to believe he’s about to start now, so it’ll be interesting to see how this plot proceeds.

OK, I've got to go to work so that'll do it for now. See you next week for the season finale. And JUST the season finale, right, NBC?