nowishforwings:#either i’m god or the truth is relative #six seasons and a movie #but but but guys w
nowishforwings:#either i’m god or the truth is relative #six seasons and a movie #but but but guys we need to talk about this because! #someone replied to that post saying that jeff winger is the ‘lead’ #here’s a really crucial distinction/definition: jeff winger is a lead deconstruction#jeff winger is what the ‘lead’ would be like in real life #because that character archetype would actually need to be a anxiety-riddled manic insecure mess #in order to function at at that level of careful narcissism all of the time #because when jeff winger says ‘if crazy people can’t be at greendale’ he says ‘where else are WE supposed to go’ #jeff winger knows he’s crazy because he’s learnt to be brilliant at the things he’s brilliant BECAUSE he’s crazy#jeff winger KNOWS he’s a mess #jeff winger is jeff winger AS A CONSEQUENCE OF BEING A COMPLETE AMORAL HYPER-MANIC MESS #and it matters that jeff winger is on my television because of two entirely interlinked things: #jeff winger starts taking psychiatric medication and is honest about it to his friends #but it also doesn’t change the fundamentals of who he is! he’s still an amoral bastard #HE’S JUST AN AMORAL BASTARD ON BEHALF OF OTHER PEOPLE #he’s perf. from a character construction point tbh -- source link
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