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I didn’t really expect that. I just sort of assumed that 17776 would last for a ridiculously long time; probably due to all the comparisons made between it and Homestuck.

It was quite a neat and tidy ending, even if seeming a touch rushed. Like others have said before, the ideas and concepts are the important part of 17776 rather than the smaller parts - it didn’t need to be long. It gave us pause for thought and now it’s over. That said, the frankly fantastic nature of the smaller details shouldn’t be overlooked. From JUICE’s esoteric tangents to the inanity of the football games taking place it was all so good. It might come back one day - I certainly hope it does in some capacity - but what we got was an ending which made sense. Just as we began with 9 entering the ‘new world‘, we ended with them going offline; maybe the fact 9 isn’t going offline permanently could reflect 17776 not ending permanently. Doubtful, but it could be interesting. JUICE’s rushed attempt to answer 9′s questions was rather nice, as was 10′s gentle explanation of the process of recharging. It was good.

Funny as it was poignant, 17776 was fantastic. I think that, despite it’s short time with us, it’ll be remembered for years to come.

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17776 was good today. The eulogy was oddly touching, and the idea of waiting 10,000 years to achieve a single goal (which is to say, purpose rather than a trans-atlantic football pun) is fascinating if a little sad.

I have no idea where Bois is taking this, but it’s been a consistently fun interlude in my everyday life. Much appreciated!

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The thing I love most about Jodie Whittaker being announced as the new Doctor is how positive the responses have been. Sure, there’s a few hold outs for varying reasons but for the most part everyone seems to love the idea of a female doctor and they also seem to love her being cast.

I think that’s swell, don’t you?

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caw17 day 1 - favourite character I don’t have the software for gifs, nor the patience for fics (despite this primarily being a writing blog) so I decided to just write what I think for each day. That falls under meta right? The fact it’s an ensemble show makes picking a favourite Community character very difficult, especially since (for the most part) each character is given enough attention to shine. I don’t know what the parameters of the prompt are, but to make it easier for myself I’m going to narrow my choice to series regulars.

After a lot of thought (you can’t tell here, but multiple days have passed since I wrote the last paragraph) I’ve decided that my favourite character is probably Abed or Britta. Abed is the kind of character that I would historically lean toward in terms of preference; he’s smart and nerdy in a positive way. When I think more about Abed and how he’s written in a deeper manner, I like him a lot more (albeit in a different way). He’s incredibly aware of what people think of him but, despite that, he’s also still incredibly confident. Britta is more of a wildcard in my choosing her because of how oddly treated her character was you could almost claim that she was a completely different character to the one she was in Season 1 by the end of Season 6. In general, she might be the character with whom I can relate most - she wants to do good things and only has the best of intentions, but sometimes doesn’t act on them in the best way, if at all.

I don’t feel like I’ve articulated this in the best way possible, and I’ve definitely simplified what I think, but I want to get this posted at a reasonable time so I’m going to stop here. And in case it’s of any interest, this two-way tie would have been a four way tie if not for my narrowing it to series regulars (Duncan and Magnitude are both fantastic).

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caw17 day 6 - favourite end tag As a season, I think 6 had the most consistent quality in the humour of the end tags, even if some were more than a bit odd. And, of course, notable mentions are the end tags of “Comparative Religion”, “Pascal’s Triangle Revisited”, “Competitive Ecology”, “Course Listing Unavailable” and “Basic Sandwich”.

But overall, my favourite end tag is the very first end tag. The Spanish rap is a work of pure genius and I love it. I took Spanish for a few years in school and being able to independently understand (some of) it makes it even funnier to me, somehow. This is something which feels so right to me that I’m not sure I have any more to say - even if it might not be the funniest, it just is the best.

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caw17 day 3 - favourite episode Instinctively, I’d lean towards the finales of either Season 2 or 3. “Introduction to Finality” is something I touched on very briefly yesterday when I mentioned how much it influences my liking of Season 3. It feels like not only a perfect season finale, but like it could have also been a series finale. It showed the growth of all of the characters in both large and small ways. From Jeff giving up a potential future at his old law firm to the dismantling of the Dreamatorium it was a showcase of how far the characters had come from where they had begun.

On the other hand, the Season 2 two-parter finale (because I refuse to take them separately) was another fantastic character episode which was also a really good genre piece (I call it that not because I know what I’m saying, but because I do not). The war between Greendale Community College and City Community College was just enough of a shock to provide actual suspense, but since it had already been established earlier in the season it didn’t feel random. It also dealt with Pierce’s 'bad guy’ plotline that had been running through the season. I’ve never really been sure what I thought of how Pierce was handled in Season 2, but this two-parter managed to tie it together relatively well.

The fan favourite concept episodes that are typically found in best episode lists are also among my favourites but there are just too many good episodes of community to list all my favourites. I think I’ll settle with my gut feeling of “Introduction to Finality” - it might not be set in stone as my favourite forever, but it’s an episode I’ll always view as one of the best.

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caw17 day 7 - free choice Wait hold on, I get to decide. Nice.  caw17 day 7 - favourite music used on the show The show has fantastic original music and honestly it is hard to decide which is the best. I chose to talk about this though because I found myself listening to what I (now) think is probably the show’s best music. Community Medley. It might seem like a bit of a simplistic choice, but I think that the use of the music is what set the earlier seasons apart tonally from the later ones. Along with ‘Greendale is where I belong’, ‘Community Medley’ makes the entire show seem more light-hearted and fun. Also it just sounds really nice - Ludwig Göransson is a genius with music (I think, I don’t really know much about music). Overall, I can’t think of any music used on the show that was as good as Göransson‘s own.

(And as a side note, the use of Good Old Fashioned Nightmare and Daylight by Matt and Kim in episodes 1 and 2 of the first season respectively was great. Felt perfect with the vibe that had been created. Actually, Season 1 as a whole was pretty good with using music to create atmosphere.)

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caw17 day 5 - favourite quote/s I’m going to split this into as many categories as I can think of so I can acknowledge as many of my favourite quotes as possible in a structured manner. funniest quote - The back and forth between Jeff and Troy [”that’s black” “that’s racist”] in “Football, Feminism, and You”. It might not exactly be the culmination of a running joke or anything, but it was one of the earliest moments to show just how funny Community could be. most meaningful quote - It’s a tie between Abed’s piece on knowing yourself in Physical Education and Jeff’s ‘if you have friends, you have family’ in Basic Genealogy (I think? Honestly can’t remember). the best winger speech - I was incredibly close to picking Jeff’s speech from the Pilot about being a community, but I quickly googled a list of “winger speeches“ to make sure I didn’t accidentally gloss over anything and I realised how good the ‘speech’ from Origins of Vampire Mythology is. It’s short, simple, and has a damn good message.

I can’t think of many more categories and there are a fair few of quotes I feel I should have mentioned, but at least this way I was able to recognise as many as possible.