#I cannot keep doing this

[trekkele]

Superman isnt just an immigration story he’s specifically an immigration and assimilation story. Its why ‘Clark Kent’ is portrayed as ‘undesirable’ or ‘clumsy’ or ‘other’. Its why ‘Superman’ is ‘powerful’ and ‘noble’ and ‘kind’. Its because its about how your host culture views your cultural traits vs how you and your culture view this exact same cultural traits.

[chrollohearttags]

started solo leveling last night and I finally get the hype..

[odegoob]

okay arsenal at least you won but like. could we have good football AND a win on the weekend, please?

[moonlit-imagines]

i wish there was better merch for characters i love that aren’t just funko pops

[plusultraetc]

I really want to get better at like. Having Headcanons but unfortunately the ‘making a headcanon’ to ‘making a new wip’ slope is slippery like a cartoon banana peel and buddy I am sliding

[prettylittledevil13]

every time we get another sad defeated nico interview an angel loses its wings… and 10 years are taken off my lifespan

[the-woild-is-y-erster]

“i got an 85, this is the lowest grade i’ve ever gotten i’m literally so dumb :(“ i cannot keep having this fucking conversation

[peonyblossom]

hey guys, before i submit another job application, do any of you want to come forward and say you have an open position for me

[brilliantpines]

ok but genuinely. why would you fuck someone in a studio apartment WHILE YOUR ROOMMATE IS THERE

[thebibutterflyao3]

FYI: The Harry Potter Wiki is NOT canon!

It is a mixture of fanon and canon. Every few weeks, I see someone freaking out about the information that they pull from this site.

Is it fun and useful? Yes!

Is it canon compliant? No.

That last bit is important!

*Anyone can edit*

[garciapimienta]

I want to re-read aftg and I want to re-read the beartown trilogy and I want to re-read Harry Potter and I want to re-read the six of crows duology and I want to re-read

[becs0801]

fandom situation on tiktok is so dire right now

[westofessos]

Goddamn it, I’m forking over the $50 for WrestleDream, aren’t I?

[lizardboy66]

maybe getting diagnosed with chronic pain has made me actually consider that this is really bad actually and I’m not like “disabled lite” I’m just disabled.

[modern-day-classic]

It's been three months and I am still very much puzzled by how the creative team decided to end Ted Lasso for it's main characters. I will not be touching on tedbecca at all here cause for me that isn't why I'm left still feeling so confused and let down by decisions made. So in true me fashion I am gifting you all another essay in which I work through why this still sits as incredibly underwhelming and unsatisfactory for me.

The creatives behind the show have always been very adamant that this was a story told in 3 parts. Perfect we love that. It means they have a clear beginning (intro & initial conflict), middle (dark forest aka working through the conflict) and end (conflict resolution & conclusion). This is cookie cutter narrative structure we should be good!

If we break this down into seasons we have:

The Beginning aka Season 1: The beginning of a story should very clearly introduce the genre of the story, the main characters, the heroes (Ted and you could argue Rebecca fits this description too) the setting and then the conflict and stakes. This was done perfectly and very early on we are introduced to the conflict at the crux of the show, Rebecca's revenge plot against Rupert and the demise of his beloved football team. This is information not privy to all character and we watch as the season progresses to the point where the conflict is realised by everyone involved - in this instance the first truth bomb.

The Middle aka Season 2: Season 2 is in every aspect the middle of the story. It's not only the middle season, but the middle part of the narrative structure whereby the heroes set out to resolve the conflict (Rebecca's attempt to sink the team), it is their dark forest if you will. The middle part of the story should be where the main action takes place. We see the fallout from the conflict and Rebecca's confession to Ted. While he did forgive her instantly he is very clearly hurt by it (coupled with the demise of his marriage yes) we see Ted pull away from Rebecca and the obvious strain in their budding friendship (idk what you'd call it nothing really feels right). This is most notable in the missed phonecall and ignored voice message post Ted's panic attack. All the key pieces of the story should begin to take shape in this portion of the narrative (I'm talking all the Ted x Rebecca parallels etc (I'm not even touching on if they were ever meant to be a romantic hint that's not the point of this)) and set themself out for a nice bow to be tied closing them all out in the next part of the narrative.

The End aka Season 3: This is simply the resolution to the conflict, the portion of the story where our heroes confront their issue. At the end of the story, the narrative should be complete, characters should be settled into the new normal post conflict resolution and all loose ends tied up in a satisfying manner for the viewer. AND THIS IS WHERE THE WHEELS FEEL OFF THE TED LASSO NARRATIVE ARC.

Season 3 should have seen the carefully planted plot points come together. We should have seen Rebecca and Ted overcome the slight estrangement. We should have seen them learn of their connections. We should have seen them achieve their goal to "win the whole fucking thing". We should have seen all the open storylines from seasons 1 and 2 come to a conclusion, be it nice or not that's not the point they should be complete.

INSTEAD we saw the two main characters, the heroes of this narrative be neglected and relegated to, for the most part, periphery characters. Ted has no significant storyline in season 3 outside of the Sunflowers episode and even then it was secondary to everyone else. Rebecca was removed from a lot of the action on multiple occasions getting (this is just a guess I refuse to go watch it to figure it out for real) 10 minutes of screentime in an episode, and not appearing until 15 minutes in on some occasions. Yes we still saw her but it was mostly on her own. This isn't conducive with having the time to close out all the little breadcrumbs and storylines woven for them in the first 2 seasons EVEN WITH the extended episode run times. Rather we had a million new storylines introduced and with them an abundance of new characters. The ending of the story isn't a place for this.

The creative team seems to have forgotten the key part of an ending: the narrative should be complete, characters should be settled into the new normal post conflict resolution and all loose ends tied up in a satisfying manner for the viewer. Yes we saw a conclusion for each, but both Rebecca and Ted's endings were rushed and last minute pieces of information thrown at us. I could have walked away (yes disappointed) but satisfied with Ted going back to Kansas if that's what season 3 was showing me he needed. They instead had taken great care to show how engrained into Richmond and the football club Ted was. So how as a viewer am I meant to be satisfied with his abrupt return to Kansas. As for Rebecca, her want for a second chance at love was always a key element of her storyline. Did I ship tedbecca, yes? would I have been happy with her finding love even if it wasn't a tedbecca endgame? also yes BUT I, as a viewer needed to buy into the love interest, not just have some new character we've hardly seen supposedly be her endgame. We needed to have been brought along on the journey here and not just had it thrown in at the last second.

So what this mammoth essay has made me realise is, my dissatisfaction as how Ted Lasso ended is due to the fact that NOTHING was closed out. No storylines properly ended. No conflict properly resolved and our heroes not shown as settled into their new normal. The creative team for whatever reason didn't follow through on basic narrative storytelling framework and as a result left behind a show with no proper ending.

[ildiavoloro55o]

Me, after every Charles’ good practice sessions: It’s just free practice, let’s not get our hopes up. It doesn’t mean anything.

Also me: *proceeds to get my hopes up* *gets disappointed real quick*

Repeats the same cycle again. And again.