#Jamie's Growth

[tarttygoodness]

Ted's expression in this scene as Jamie turns around and realises they've all come over to listen to him. It's like "finally, our boy is a team player". It's a beautiful thing. I had never noticed it before.

[kentray]

Chapters: 5/7 Jamie, the Voice of Reason

Fandom: Ted Lasso (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Keeley Jones/Roy Kent, Keeley Jones & Jamie Tartt, Roy Kent & Jamie Tartt Characters: Jamie Tartt, Roy Kent, Keeley Jones, Georgie | Jamie Tartt's Mother, AFC Richmond Players (Ted Lasso) Additional Tags: Male Friendship, Male-Female Friendship, Personal Growth, True Love, Realization, Happy Ending, POV, Roy Kent Swears, Friendship, Self-Denial, Second Chances, Canon Compliant, Post-Season/Series 03, Roykeeley, Reeley, Jamie's POV Summary:

Inspired by an interview Juno Temple gave after the series where she hoped that Jamie would eventually tell Roy to "Go and Get Your Girl". Mostly told from Jamie's POV (but for the last chapter). It's rated for General Audiences but as with all Roy Kent fics, he swears (as do Jamie and Keeley).

[toxicroyjamie]

You have to admit it's extremely funny that Ted Lasso broke up their beloved power couple at the beginning of the season and, rather than having their romantic leads work on themselves separately so that they could reunite stronger and healthier at the end of the season (like literally everyone predicted they would), they had their leading man spiral so far into codependency with their leading woman's ex boyfriend that they both became completely insufferable and off-putting to her

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Roy + Jamie + Growth

[lunar-years]

Something something Keeley doesn’t ask how the match went, she asks him how he’s doing, and all Jamie can do is rapid fire list off his stats in the game. It comes across as arrogance, showing off a little about his performance to try and get back in her bed. But it’s actually a sign of how poorly he’s doing in Manchester, because the sliding scale of his well-being has become entirely dependent on how many minutes he’s getting and how well he plays during those minutes. You know. Something something.

[skulandcrossbones]

1x02 | 3x12

[nikolaj-costerwaldau]

“Hey Coach, there’s been a mistake. I got me.”

[everyday-is-uncle-day]

two very different flinches

[thetarttfuldickhead]

Still not over this episode and still not over how Roy’s love language might be shouting (I mean, it’s quality time, but okay) but the effort he makes to speak Jamie’s language and accommodate Jamie’s needs in the boot room? Ungh. That’s love, baby. And growth.

The moment Jamie starts crying Roy immediately trails off and switches from shouty love to asking what’s wrong. He nods along as Jamie explains the issue. He lets Jamie squish his face and when Jamie clings to him Roy lets him do that too and immediately moves to put an arm around him. And yeah, it’s very much awkward guy pats, but there’s no hesitation. When Will walks in, Roy doesn’t use that as an excuse to extricate himself from the hug, isn’t at all embarrassed to be seen like this, and once Will leaves there’s no indication Roy’s planning on breaking this up before Jamie is ready to let him go.

Roy is clearly not comfortable in this situation, but I think that his discomfort, much like his heartfelt “fuck”, has more to do with him really not knowing how to handle this than anything else. At a loss, he settles for giving Jamie what Jamie’s asking for, feeling woefully inadequate but staying there, being there. Meeting Jamie where Jamie’s at, and doing the best to be what Jamie needs him to be.

Compare with 3x02 when he reflexively pushed Jamie’s attempt at a hug away – and sure, part of that is probably him still being more comfortable caring for others than being cared for, but part of it is growth; an openness to vulnerability that he very much has picked up from Jamie throughout the season, and now is prepared to deal it. (And part of it is just him being damned fond of Jamie and done trying to deny it, but whatever, no big deal, that’s not driving me insane or anything.)

[tarttygoodness]

This episode means so much. Beyond my VIVID imagination. It was the episode that confirmed - like for real confirmed - that Roy and Jamie are something. Roy was in anguish and didn't know where to put it (I mean personally I'm sure he knew exactly where he wanted to put it... boom). But it wasn't until Jamie expressed how excited he was to spend a wild night in Amsterdam that Roy acted.

Maybe it was a bit of jealousy at the thought of Jamie getting drunk and hooking up with someone. Maybe all their early morning training sessions taught Roy that Jamie was the right kind of person to spend time with when you're emotionally distraught. Maybe he just wanted Jamie all to himself and faked a training session to get him off the bus so he could spend that night with him without all the others.

But Roy and Jamie had some honest moments of connection together. Roy allowed himself to be vulnerable and let Jamie teach him something for once. Jamie became the Dad figure and the Coach and then destroyed all our hearts with that traumatic reveal. These - even the awful things - were beautiful, beautiful moments that - like everybody else's moments - transcended sex. The beautiful moments between Rebecca and her Dutch guy. The connection between Trent and Colin. The team finally having their pillow fight, y'all. Ted, connecting with all the reasons he needed to go home to his son (and accidentally inventing Total Football 45 years after it was first invented).

Don't get me wrong. I love the episodes that show us AFC Richmond on the pitch, doing their thing, and I love the episodes that bring it back to soccer but this episode lives in my heart and it will always be my favourite.

PS - did Dani ever see his tulip?

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

1x10 | 3x11

[moonlitdark]

I think half the time, I do like to push. I've always liked to question myself and my world around me and how I operate within my space. I don't know why. I think it's that constant pursuit for self and truth.

That makes me happy. There's no greater feeling in the world than when we push ourselves into these spaces, into an uncomfortable space, and it goes well.

~ Jamie Campbell Bower, Rock Sound (Issue 314)

[charles-edgar-cheeserton-iii]

2x02 // 3x10

Parallels.

[bibastibootz]

1x06: Jamie opening up about acting all tough so his father wouldn't call him "soft" again 🤝 3x09: Jamie happily says he's flattered that his teammates think he might be gay

[everyday-is-uncle-day]

Environment, mental health & support make all the difference❣️

[reinvent-and-believe]

okay but actually i’m dying because i just realized

roy taking jamie to get kebabs after the fight...from his kebab place

his kebab place that we saw in the rom-communism episode. where the owner has roy’s picture up on the wall but still makes him pay for his kebabs. where ted asked him to come coach richmond and roy was just horrified that his hideout had been discovered. where roy got super offended about the owner chatting it up with ted. where roy got VERY defensive about “my kebab place” and “well, this place is ruined now” after ted knows about its existence

even after a knock-down-drag-out fight, this idiot still takes jamie to *his* kebab place