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Jealousy is a common theme in Troy and Abed’s relationship. They both see themselves as occupying a unique and important part of each other’s life, and will feel threatened by anyone else trying to fill that position, whether their intentions are platonic or romantic. One of the first examples o...

did i write an essay about troy and abed being jealous of anyone who gets close to each other? yes. will you read it? i hope

#trobed #troy barnes #abed nadir #thinking about this ALWAYS

hdjwjdjehs-deactivated20230917

how come abed had a episode based around how he cant mess with people and then spent the rest of the show dunking on everyone? he does something weird and everyone tries to teach him that its strange and then he keeps doing it to see how socially inept everyone thinks he is. like in Physical Education, the MOMENT troy goes ‘this is a once in a lifetime opportunity’ JUST LOOK AT HIS FACE! he spends the rest of the episode fucking with em and at the end goes ‘sorry guys im actually very cool’. whatta chad. love this show

#jhgfhjk he tried messing with people once and then decided he loved it and would never stop

notwithoutmystudygroup

Headcanon: In s01e10 "Environmental Science", while Jeff is secretly hanging out with Chang for homework passes, Abed is doing the exact same thing but Abed's much better at hiding it.

Evidence:

Abed never actually complains about the workload

Troy and Abed are canonically several days behind on their Bio lab, for which Abed is responsible for the majority of the work due to Troy's fear of rats

When Abed peeks into Chang's office looking for Fievel, Chang greets him with a curt "Abed" and Abed responds with "El Tigre", as if reassuring Chang that they're still cool

notwithoutmystudygroup

Further evidence: Chang and Abed have already watched movies together prior to s01e15 "Romantic Expressionism", but Troy seems surprised when he arrives (implying that Chang is Abed's friend but not Troy's friend)

#interesting...

A quiz to help you out if you're questioning your sexuality, while on a trip around the world with a celebrity

hey so... this is a uquiz and also a fanfiction. kind of messing with different mediums here. check it out if you’re interested?

(warning: geothermal escapism spoilers)

#trobed #troy barnes #abed nadir

freakkduo

How Community Accidentally Made a Gay Story Gayer by Making it Straight

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acompulsiontocomeback

#seriously this is so good... My Eyes Are Open...#i'm so glad that what i wrote could help inspire this 😭😭😭

thekidkelly

do you know the one thing (of manyyyy) i hate about post-Geothermal Escapism? we never get to see the group really coping with troy leaving. they were a family, and one of their members just left to sail around the world, and they don’t know if they’ll get to see him again or not, and the writers just dismissed it like it was nothing. (yes, i know troy left because donald had to go and be successful, but troy is not donald.)

he left shirley, his built-in school mom, someone he trusted and looked to for guidance and somebody he made the effort to include in group activities because everyone else only saw her as the christian mom who couldn’t have fun. remember his 21st birthday? “we’re on your team, relax, sit down.” he immediately felt bad about finding her pictures, and he just wanted her to be there. and we don’t see her missing her boy?

he left jeff, his mentor and someone he genuinely looked up to and tried to model after. every paintball episode, every time that it was just the boys, every time troy was confused and lost, and jeff was there to subtly guide him while appearing to be aloof. “i hope i make you proud.” and we don’t get to see jeff grapple with the loss of troy like he grappled with the loss of abed and annie, when he was just as important to him as anyone else?

he left britta, who he thought was the best, somebody he had a genuine love for and had a deep connection with. their breakup brought them closer together, because their love for one another was there, but it wasn’t romantic. “you’re not the worst, you’re the best. and i love you.” and we don’t see britta almost mourning the loss of one of her greatest loves, someone who brought out the best in her and gave her reassurance and confidence to be herself, something he struggled with for so long?

he left annie, someone who he ended up growing extremely close to when he dropped the jock-prom king-persona and became his true self. someone he ended up living with and caring for and learning every little thing about her. “you’re a fierce competitor and a sore loser, and you expect everybody to be better than who they are and you expect yourself to be better than everyone. which is cool.” and we don’t see annie feeling lost without troy being there to talk to and go to for comfort?

and he left abed. do i even need to say anything about this? his best friend, his soulmate (either platonic or romantic), and his confidant. the only person who ever saw him for who he really was and helped him get there. the only person who made troy hesitate to go. “i’m not leaving, okay? just…i promise. just, the floor’s not lava anymore. just give me your hand.” and we don’t see abed grieve over the loss of the only person who has ever taken the time to know him and not leave him? and then he did?

i will forever be upset that we didn’t see the group mourn over troy’s leaving. because it makes it seem like the group didn’t give a shit whether troy left or not. he just disappears into smoke after Geothermal Escapism and we never address how the group handles his leaving.

#yeah...........

ham0705

The T-shirts meme with trobedison!!!!!!

They always get themselves trouble but it’s fine cuz it’s fun!!!

#aww <3

bhostgusters

Do u like it?

I’m not good at art but I can make this

#!!!!!#i could read entire books of their notes

androidbrittaperry

Abed’s Spanish 101 notes

#you WILL look at this

thekidkelly

i think a lot about the fact that troy was insecure around abed in all facets (physicality, intelligence, etc.) when they first met and how over time abed made him feel comfortable in his own skin with no pressure to perform like he probably felt his entire life and that makes my heart so full knowing how well they complement each other.

#cries

buzzkiller-deactivated20230821

I'd like to point out something I noticed: in Conventions of Space and Time, Toby says that he thinks he and Abed are “soulmates”; now, we know that's not true, but we also know that Toby represents some sort of "bait", that's supposed to lure Abed into leaving his study group and going to England — and he tries to accomplish that by pretending to be a substitute for Troy in Abed's eyes; that leads me to believe that Troy and Abed are soulmates, and when Abed realises that, Toby's plan fails (it's not a coincidence after all that Toby says that just before locking him in the booth, because Abed has realised he's lying).

we can affirm that Troy and Abed actually are soulmates, at least in the storytelling perspective because of what the narrative is trying to tell us: Toby pretends to be what Troy really is in order to manipulate Abed (in a cautionary tale kind of way, one could argue, where Abed would be a sort of "damsel in distress"), so when Toby claims to be Abed's soulmate, the story is telling us that Abed's real soulmate is Troy by contrast. in this essay I will