With Blood On Their Hands

[redbrunja]

One of my favorite exchanges in Community, despite not liking the episode it comes from much as a whole, is this one:

JEFF* 
I just dragged a screaming, crying man out of a library with his pants down. No. Martinis are for Hawkeyes. I'm the same uptight jerk I was last semester.

ABED
Jeff, what's your favorite episode of M*A*S*H?

JEFF
The one with, uh... the army.

ABED
That's what I thought. If you'd ever actually seen the show, you'd know that Hawkeye didn't just bed nurses and drink martinis. He also had blood sprayed on his face and barked orders when the choppers came in. If he didn't, people died. He was a leader, Jeff. That's your job.

It reminded me of Joss Whedon talking about what it takes to be a leader, and that leaders are people who do the hard things that make them less human in order to make whatever needs to happen, happen. And can I just say that I love him forever for making the majority of the people who are placed in the conundrum - be worse person to be a better leader - are women? Adelle deWitt, I  ♥ you so fucking much.

*It took me an embarrassing amount of time – as in, days – to realize why Jeff was wearing a hawaiian shirt throughout "Investigative Journalism."

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