fanficfanattic

[fanficfanattic]

The thing about occasionally brilliant people is that you never know which one you’ll get until it’s too late.

[fanficfanattic]

Night drive, daffodils.

[fanficfanattic]

Okay but what about a Wembley where James comes into the dressing room and starts acting up, but when he gets around to asking to see the pitch-

Jamie agrees. He’s got the words “I’d rather them not” stuck in his throat, but he stumbles on turning them into air and sound. He’s not achemist who can turn stones to gold or sound into boundaries or his dad into someone who doesn’t make him flinch instinctively when he gets too close

So instead he does the job he is good at. He gives a tight nod, says, ‘yeah, alright’, and moves to grab his stuff, already planning in his head to cut things short with the excuse that he needs to get back on the bus, whether or not it’s just him warming the seats for a bit

While he packs, his father continues to be a dick, making disparaging comments about the team, but mostly about Jamie. Jamie packs in record time, and when he’s ready he’s still in his kit with mud on his socks, but it’ll do for now — he’s just got to get his dad out of here before he’s made an impression. Before it gets to be that when his teammates look at him they see his dad.

His father throws a companionable arm around his shoulder when they leave, and as keyed up as he is Jamie’s body reacts with a hard flinch, a loud crack in the ice of the room

“Hey now,” his dad chuckles, giving Jamie a rough shake. He reaches up with his other hand and pinches Jamie’s ear, hard, like he’s still some half-measured brat needing a lesson in respect from his elders. “Like I said, no need to be a little bitch, junior. The chips were always gonna fall where the did. Least you could do to make it worth my while is show me and the lads a good time - after all, we’re not the fucking losers here, are we?

You could drop a pin in the room right now and it’d sound like a bomb going off.

“Coach?” he stops to ask when they get to the door. He doesn’t think it’ll be an issue; Ted’s a stickler for the post match speech, but he always makes exceptions when someone’s got family in town for the night.

Jamie can’t look at him - can’t look directly at any of his coaches right now - but the strangled noise Ted makes and the way his head bobs just out of the corner of his vision sound as close as a yes as he’s gonna get. He doesn’t wait around for more

He leaves the dressing room trapped under his dad’s carelessly possessive arm, and no one stops him

[fanficfanattic]

I HAVE POSTED A NEW FIC

BET YOU THOUGHT I'D STOPPED POSTING

Nope!!!! My yearlong writers block has finally eased up as I work through my wips in what I am calling "Finish Your WIPs November". So have a new Ted Lasso fic from yours truly!!!! I'm very proud of it, Jamie is SO fun to write. And to make miserable. Sorry, Jamie. Thank you @mblogs for betaing!! seems to be an old recurring theme

[fanficfanattic]

Trying to decide if I should finish and post my (abridged) history of immigration issues from 2016-2020. (Fun fact, there is a solid chunk of pre-2016 history needed. Fair warning).

From here.

[fanficfanattic]

Yellowstone (2018-) cr. Taylor Sheridan / Unknown / Kieran Culkin / Jenny Han / Brother, Sister, Rival, Friend Joshua Krisch / Where Things Come Back John Corey Whaley / Antigone Lewis Galantiere

[fanficfanattic]

Oh, today is gonna be one of those days, huh?

[fanficfanattic]

People who think Ted and his advice/ approach are infallible and always in the right are not doing the depth of his character justice

[fanficfanattic]

Jamie: Mate, I think I got your lunch.

Jamie: *holding up a note that reads "I am very proud of you. Best, Ted."*

Sam: Yes, I didn't think this was for me.

Sam: *holding up a note that reads "Be Good, for the love of God be good"*

[fanficfanattic]

[fanficfanattic]

honestly it is sort of charming to me that the ATLA fandom has been hung up on the same imaginary teenage love triangle for fifteen years...personally I feel like it is NOT my business if Katara and Aang want to get married too young and have like a million children. godspeed to them, or whatever. but Sokka and Suki should definitely absorb Zuko into whatever they've got going on, mostly because I think it would be hysterical for two non-benders who can pass for straight if they do not open their mouths to have a regular third who is the hereditary monarch of the fire magicians. can you imagine. there's just a king in your house sometimes, rummaging half-naked through your fridge for snacks and complaining about how people keep trying to have him assassinated, and you can't tell anyone about it. hilarious dynamic.

[fanficfanattic]

It will forever haunt me that they lost the piece of paper that had the list of books Ted gave each character

[fanficfanattic]

today i woke up thinking about jamie going back to school, maybe working towards a qualification or a degree not because he has to but because he wants to, like he knows a degree is not a requirement and he already has enough money to live off the rest of his life so i think it'd be more of an interest thing (and taking some kind of pressure off footballer being the only thing too maybe) and i thought it cute if georgie mentioned that once upon a time she had thought about it for herself but degrees aren't everything and she decided to focus on working at the time and so they end up signing up together maybe to this online degree (or part online for georgie who does attend some lectures in manchester) and they have study sessions and maybe her and simon come stay at his house in london the few weeks of the assessments deadlines so they can support each other even more (and if you want the counter parts are around to provide meals and snacks and 4am training)

and and and jamie wearing reading glasses and a cozy hoodie!!!!!!! (insert roy kent screeching in horniness)

and when they graduate? imagine the adorable jamie & georgie pics in the gowns (he'd 100% kiss her cheek and spin her around and shout how proud he is of his mummy and gift her a gigantic bouquet of flowers)

also i know we think he didn't do well in school but I do think he's actually quite very smart (he is very strategic in football) and that it was more of a lack of support (possible dyslexia too) while he'd do quite well with support and encouragement and especially when studying something he is interested in + not having to be stuck in a chair at school so many hours listening to things he doesn't care about

[fanficfanattic]

Jessica Rabbit

[fanficfanattic]

Ted Lasso Rewatch | The Hope That Kills You 1.10

[fanficfanattic]

I only have one older sibling, all the rest are younger, and he is…a raging asshole. He’s wickedly funny (almost all of us are thank god). And he can, sometimes if like the fucking stars align, be kind. He provides help, but at a cost, and is the weirdest mix of conservative & liberal. He doesn’t make sense on paper or in the real world.

And for a reason absolutely none of us know, he’s started sending us all birthday cards with $5 in them. All his siblings (except one of our brothers who refuses to tell him his address lmao, see above about wicked+funny). And all of the many, many niblings we have.

Which brings us to my sister asking me to send her husband a late birthday card with $5 in it. He already got the one from our brother. This is a second, baffling one. I signed my name, crossed it out with a different color ink, and signed my brother’s name with a 2.0 on it. Spelled his name wrong, made the card upside down, used the wrong number of years on it.

I have no idea if he’ll think it’s funny. He probably will. But you know who had a really fun time? My sister. (Also I got to see the baby, so it’s win-win-win).

[fanficfanattic]