#abed nadir community

[youhavethesun]

*britta voice* I love me some Abed <3

[nightcolorz]

Abed isn’t just autistic and quirky and mentally ill he is also explicitly intrinsically aware of the laws and reality of his universe in a way that no character can comprehend and I think that goes pretty unrecognized.

Every time Abed makes a self aware comment about how they live in a show tv and everyone goes “no abed this is real life!! Tv and real life aren’t the same!!” It is meant to be understood that within the context of their worldview this is indeed real life and not a tv show, but the crazy thing is is that everyone is wrong. Abed literally lives in a tv show and I am watching him on my screen right how. How am I meant to believe that Jeff is more reasonable and in touch with reality then Abed is when he tells him that his life isn’t a show when I am sitting here watching that show right now.

It would be like if the office was a documentary filmed without the characters consent or knowledge and every episode Dwight would go “Michael I feel the cameras on me! They’re making a show about us!” and everyone would be like haha no Dwight ur so paranoid!! And it’s literally never acknowledged in anyway that isn’t implicit that obviously Dwight was right the whole time bcus I am watching the office as we speak. That’s trippy!! That has creepy and existentially terrifying undertones, in my opinion, and it deserves to get some credit!

u may be thinking that this is just a natural paradoxical consequence of having forth wall breaking be a massively integral aspect of a piece of media and that I am reading too much into smth that was never meant to be that deep, and I raise you the last scene of the entire show: https://youtu.be/lMW58MiSLe0?si=4DFqMIBInotA8Lzi

This scene starts as a parody of an advertisement featuring a voiceover done by creator Dan Harmon where a stock family plays a “community board game”, and the scene soon divulges into this family coming to the horrific realization that they don’t really exist and were only created as a one off gag in a sitcom, rendering there lives literally meaningless and basically, nothing. The scene ends with Dan Harmon’s corny advertisement voiceover feverishly ranting in the style of an add’s quickly listed out medical disclaimers about how the show isn’t as good as it could be and he’s sorry and also he’s mentally ill and hates himself.

The fact that this is the scene that they chose to end the show with is nuts!! and very telling and supportive of my theory that community isnt about 7 students at a community college getting into lighthearted and wacky sitcom hijinks, it’s actually about derealization and the existentially horrifying implications of being a character in a TV show. Actually it’s both, but hear me out.

[kittybugz]

I would like an episode of each show where these two switch places with no explanation.

Spencer would be hanging out there on his twentieth degree, randomly info dumping while Abed would love playing a detective and would correct unsubs on what their next lines should be in interrogations.

[bas1c-lup1ne-ur0logy-66]

Remember when Jeff trauma dumped on Abed so hard that he fixed his brain. Cause I do. Alot.

[axle-hates-zucchini]

Since I’ve gotten so much overwhelming support for my last community doodles post, soI decided to draw Abed for y’all! I hope you guys like it, ignore the bad hand proportions and weird hair coloring lol, thanks for everything!

[riddlerbrandautism]

Abed Nadir stimboard

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[This one was so hard to make that I had to redo it over and over, for hours. I wish I could find more good nerdy stims that fit the color pallete of this post. Anyways,I hope y'all enjoy!]

(Like most of my posts,links are not in exact order)

[your-fav-has-autistic-rizz]

Abed Nadir from Community

Abed Nadir from Community has Autistic Rizz!

[die-o]

SOMEONE started watching community (like a month ago) (finally drew abed) (as a giraffe) (didn't plan for it but it happened)

[carricfisher]

Community Basic Intergluteal Numismatics | 5.03

[brokenyouth]

they're the only ones who get it

[jolteonmchale]

It's a really good show.

[nightcolorz]

That one comfort character trend with The Vampire Armand and Abed Nadir (my two favorite characters of all time. They happen to be the same guy in polar opposite pieces of media)

[troynabed]

02.06 | epidemiology

[fireopals]

[dummydino]

just a normal spanish study group

(art from 2020)

[iggypiper-blog]

it's supposed to be just silly sketches but god knows i'll kill for them