#! the dean

[nightcolorz]

whenever I see the occasional critic that the Dean (community) is problematic lgbtq representation I think of that scene in the last episode of the show where Britta tells her hypothetical pitch for a season 7 where she says if she made their lives a show she’d change the Dean from an insane queer man with a gender and sexual identity that is apparently so complex he refuses to explain it to anyone or identify with any particular lgbtq label to a cisnormative trans woman and cut out “all that other stuff” to make the Dean more positively representative of what most normal queer ppl r like and the Dean looks aghast and horrified as if he was just called every slur in the span of a minute bcus someone literally just casually said to his face that she would choose to make his identity and personality more palatable and easy to understand so that the lgbtq community won’t get a bed rep bcus in a show he’d be “bad representation”. Like lmfao 10/10 no notes. Community really said unproblematic lgbtq representation meant to make the community look good has so many more offensive implications then insane queer characters who don’t give a shit and that’s on period

[troybarnesbabygirlconfirmed]

people don’t even ask for a hit of your vape anymore they just look at you like this

[buryme-atmakeoutdawn]

In the community movie I desperately want every new scene with the dean to have him dressed in some other wacky outfit than the previous scene

[puppyboywinger]

happy pride here’s some gay themed community headcanons

- (in a scenario where they’re dating) britta would bring jeff to pride and treat him like a dog when he inevitably tries to flirt with gay women. “jeff! no! i’m sorry he’s like this ugh :/“

- annie sees a butch at pride and immediately feels bad for thinking they’re hot because oh no! that’s a gay guy! he’ll never like her :-( only for troy to be like “that’s a girl.” and then she has to Question Things

- mtf abed.

- chang would go to pride with the dean and flirt with every single drag queen he sees— including the dean in drag.

- pierce would be surprisingly accepting of britta coming out as bisexual, proclaiming him guessing she was lesbian to be “close enough”. but then he’d ask way too many invasive questions for comfort

- troy and abed go to pride and see a gay couple that looks exactly like them. i just feel like this would be an end credits scene in an episode if dan harmon was brave enough

- shirley hates the idea of pride month but britta eventually convinces her that people will buy her desserts at pride so she caves in and makes way too overpriced rainbow cupcakes but offers people church referrals with them

- the main gang see frankie at pride with a woman and immediately freak out and assume it’s her girlfriend. they go down a whole rabbbithole until frankie stops them and tells them it’s her gay sister. they are all disappointed.

- elroy doesn’t know what a pride month is he’s too busy living in a cave underground and having the voice of an angel

[pratchettquotes]

"This doesn't sound like Music With Rocks In," said the Bursar.

"Shut up," said the Dean. He blew his nose.

It was sad music. But it waved its sadness like a battle flag. It said the universe had done all it could but you were still alive.

Terry Pratchett, Soul Music

[pretty-little-aesthetics]

[aeshnacyanea2000]

‘So now we know,’ said Archchancellor Rincewind. ‘We’ve got to keep you just drunk enough so that Dibbler’s pies sound tasty, but not so drunk that it causes lasting brain damage.’ ‘That’s a very narrow window we’ve got there,’ said the Dean.

-- Terry Pratchett - The Last Continent

[ungoliantschilde]

some Gene Colan in Black and White.

[genderpunk12]

[troybarnesbabygirlconfirmed]

these lowkey have violent undertones im sorry idk what happened

[creampuffs-for-carmilla]

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[skyler-pog69]

I just watched this episode of community and now I have to talk about it! Like is it just me or dose this scene scream autism. They are all stimming because they are so happy they possible found some buried treasure 💀

[pratchettquotes]

"He's started catching fish," said the Senior Wrangler. "That means he'll come over all smug and start asking what plans we've got for making a boat at any minute, you know what he's like."

The Dean looked at some sketches he'd made on a rock.

"How hard can it be to build a boat?" he said. "People with bones in their noses build boats. And we are the end product of thousands of years of enlightenment. Building a boat is not beyond men like us, Senior Wrangler."

"Quite, Dean."

"All we have to do is search this island until we find a book with a title like Practical Boat-Building for Beginners."

"Exactly. It'll be plain sailing after that, Dean. Ahaha."

Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent