#virtual systems analysis

[yeahbrittasinthis]

A Thought I had while re-watching Virtual Systems Analysis

When Annie is talking to Dreamatorium Troy and she gives him the truth serum, all the word-vomit truths "Troy" says are actually just things Abed knows/believes are true about him, because it's actually Abed speaking. Just to recap what some of these truths are:

cried during About a Boy, because of the soundtrack specifically

stole a pen from a bank (was Abed there? or was Troy so genuinely bothered by that that he told Abed about it later?)

"can see why women find Clive Owen attractive, to the point where he may as well be attracted to him"- not a very straight thing for your best friend to know about you hmmm

more turned on by women in pajamas than in lingerie (he just wants to know they feel comfortable!!!)- I have to know when they discussed this/how Abed found that out

likes butt stuff (this is just common knowledge by season 3, seeing as it's a running gag, but still)

didn't get Inception, and is intensely bothered by that?? (I'm assuming they watched it together)

It's also worth mentioning that Abed's Dreamatorium version of Troy is easily the most natural/accurate of the study group members to the point where, at least in this monologue, it just feels like it's real Troy speaking. Like- THEY KNOW EACH OTHER SO WELL I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS

[conanssummerchild]

i've been autistic my whole life, i've even known i was autistic for several years but i have never, ever in all that time felt as seen and understood as "it's a metaphorical locker, it's a place where people like me get put when everyone's finally fes up with us." "i've run the simulations, annie. i don't get married,"

[buddivorce]

remember when annie literally talked to annie!abed and came to the definite conclusion that she does not love jeff, never really has, and really only needed the feeling of being loved, creating the seeming end to a three-season arc, then immediately backtracked in the next season about fifteen episodes later by getting giddy like a child when a hotel thought she was jeff's wife.

I Remember.

[milogoestogreendale]

the writers of virtual systems analysis really gave us “not stupid. just less able to see what i see,” and “this time you’ll never get out,” and “we’re inside a locker. it’s where i spent a lot of time in junior high,” and “it’s a place where people like me get put when everyone else is finally fed up with us,” and “we’re just in love with the idea of being loved,” and “you’re afraid you don’t fit in, you’re afraid you’ll be alone. great news, you share that with all of us. so you’ll never be alone and you’ll always fit in,” and more all within the span of a few minutes and expected me to just go about my life as normal afterwards

[priorityregistration]

oi theh govnuh.. quantum spammuh… up an’ attem innit’…

[defectivegembrain]

The fact that Abed used to spend eighteen hours a week using the dreamatorium to try and predict what might happen in his future particularly with his friends though. Like bestie that's not logic and objective observation that's a clinically significant level of anxiety resulting from past experiences of repeated rejection. The dreamatorium's engine is a goddamn rumination machine

[lesbianwithchainsaws]

Virtual Systems Analysis really is the greatest episode of all time. It's got heavy Troy queercoding (Troy calling Annie to check up on Troy. Abed's Troy impression admitting he's basically attracted to Clive Owen). It's got Annie's "we're in love with the idea of being loved" speech. It's got the most heartbreaking and life changing scene in all of human history "It's a metaphorical locker. It's a place where people like me get put when everyone's finally fed up with us". It's got "You're afraid you don't fit in. Good news, you share that with all of us. That means you'll never be alone". It's a tad too relatable. It's got the ability to break my heart and then put it back together. Episode of all time

[sparklingspidey]

Sometimes a guy relates a little too much to a fictional guy