𝙸 𝙲𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚜

𝚂𝟺𝙴𝟷𝟸: 𝙷𝚊𝚣𝚎𝚕 𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚄𝚜 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚂𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝙹𝚊𝚣𝚣

Inspired by Community S6E8: "Intro to Recycled Cinema."

Piper POV

In Taylor Swift's 2010 hit song, "Mean," she states, "Someday, I'll be livin' in a big old city and all you're ever gonna be is mean," implying that bullies always get their karma while nice people are bound to be successful.

Never has such an icon been so wrong. If Dr. Taylor Alison Swift could see the way that things turned out here at New Rome Community College, she'd be beyond embarrassed.

Piper's speaking about Octavian's newfound success, of course. Ever since the latest season of Cocomelon dropped on Netflix, all anyone's been able to talk about is Octavian's role as Uncle Henry, who is the baby's uncle apparently, and as it turns out, the baby's name is not Cocomelon. That's just the name of the show. Piper does not know the first thing about this show because she is twenty-two years old and does not spend her pastime consuming children's media. Actually, she hasn't been spending her free time consuming any media at all; she's been pretty busy between working on political science term papers and locking into some opportunities for after graduation because that's just around the corner.

But she digresses. Octavian sucks and he does not deserve to become an internet sensation.

"I don't understand why you're letting this bother you so much," her fiance Jason says, holding the door to the study room open for her. "I mean, he isn't even popular for the role. He's just a TikTok sensation because the one scene he's in is a meme. Our enemy has turned into a meme."

"But-"

"And no, this is not worth comparing to 'Mean' by Taylor Swift."

Piper pouts as she takes her seat at the study table.

Leo turns his computer so everyone can see. "This is so stupid, guys, watch."

And then he shows them that video of Octavian that everyone on campus has seen by now. Hell, he's not even in the video. He just voices Cocomelon's weird uncle, and no, Piper does not care that the baby's name isn't Cocomelon. She just decided that.

"Imagine how much the footage of Octavian we got for that commercial is worth," Percy says.

"Woah, bro," says Jason. "Sore spot."

Leo slumps back in his seat. "I lost the raw commercial footage in the Robert Pattinson Batman incident of last year."

Piper remembers the Robert Pattinson Batman incident of last year, and no, she will not be elaborating. It was traumatizing for all parties involved. She's not sure she'll ever be able to hear Nirvana the same way again.

"You know what I do have though," Leo says, typing away on his laptop. He continues to type away.

"Don't leave us hanging, man," Frank says.

"Sorry, I was sending an email. Might have a job offer."

"Congrats?"

"Eh, factory maintenance probably isn't for me," Leo says. "Something to fall back on."

"Oh."

Piper rolls her eyes. She knows all about the factory maintenance thing. "Leo, what's the thing you have?"

"About three minutes of Octavian footage from this New Rome safety PSA that got scrapped."

"No way," says Hazel. "There was a safety video and I wasn't asked to be in it?"