i find it interesting how the dean being gay is rarely, if ever, used a punchline in the show. unlike the troy x abed relationship, which is often met with gay jokes made at their expense throughout the show, the dean's open queerness isn't. i guess it must be due to the speculativeness of troy and abed. they aren't ever confirmed to be more than friends, so they're made fun of due to the closeness of their "friendship". however, the dean is openly and confirmed to be queer. the limited jokes at his expense made for this aspect of himself is most likely due to this fact, that his identity isn't something that could be seen as "silly straight man does a gay", so it would be less funny if the joke is instead "look at gay man isn't it funny that he's gay".
idk i'm just yapping












