Unununium272

As someone of a similar age now who is also a high functioning aspie, can I just say that both the writing for, and your portrayal of, Abed's character is one of my favorite things in any form of media in the past few years. The complexity, humanity, and humor of that character is astonishing. I've seen plenty of 'nerds' and 'Generic Autistic Kid' characters over the years, and they've always been portrayed as one dimensional caricatures, but Abed is the first time I've ever encountered a character on TV that I genuinely identify with as a person.

One of the most powerful things about Abed in my mind is that the show plays on his strengths as much as--if not more than--his weaknesses, which really is a first. Normally they'll have the aspie kid be somehow generically Smart, but that's the extent of it, whereas Abed is presented as a genuinely insightful outsider and a subtle, complete person. Not to get all melodramatic, but it's incredibly rewarding, validating, and just damn entertaining to finally have a character that one can truly identify with. So thanks for that.

And on a completely unrelated note, all my polish friends got a huge kick out of your impersonations on the Nerdist.

PS: If you ever come by New York you should come out to the Rocky Horror Picture Show in Chelsea. A lot of the cast are huge Community fans, and it's always a good time.

1. I love your writing, actually. You have a casual grasp of metaphorical and symbolic language that's far better than most English speakers. You described this really beautifully.

2. A question... I've occasionally heard that the expression "Mussolini made the trains run on time" originates more as an ironic joke than an actual affirmation, something along the lines of "even the fascist couldn't get the trains organized." Is this accurate?