Fic: You Forgave, and I Won't Forget (8/20)

[cgkm2099z]

Title: You Forgave, and I Won't Forget
Author: cgkm2099z
Pairing: Jeff/Annie
Spoilers: S5
Rating: PG-13
Warning Language
Word Count: 4,714
Disclaimer: I do not own Community. Community, and its characters, are the creation of the great Dan Harmon. I think it's still owned by Sony Pictures Television, but after the hack, I'm not so sure. The title

Comments

RE: Jeff Winger, Attorney at Law

[cgkm2099z]

Yeah, the show is kinda sketchy on those points. They said he faked his undergrad degree, which of course is his whole purpose for going to Greendale, but there's no mention of his law degree. I didn't like that line he said in S5, where he said he wasn't a real lawyer, but that's what I was playing off here. I get the feeling that the way the show intends it is that Jeff doesn't really know the law side of being a lawyer because (like you said) he wouldn't put in the work to learn it. But he's exceptional at arguing and talking circles around people. And the examples they gave in the show demonstrate that the defenses he's used are not actual legal defenses, they're just BS Jeff made up and managed to convince the jury of because of his silver tongue.

I suppose you'd have to ask Dan about the law school thing though haha. But there are some things we just aren't meant to look at that closely. I mean, I think if someone did what Jeff did, they wouldn't get their license suspended, they'd get it revoked. So it seems like a bit of a liberty they're taking on that point, but it's fine for the purposes of the show.

RE: Jeff Winger, Attorney at Law

[bethanyactually]

True, all true. I guess it's one of those things that really requires willing suspension of disbelief. :-)