#Mother Georgie

[everyday-is-uncle-day]

The absolute sweetness, patience and tenderness Jamie gets from his mother.

The intimidation, pressure and bullying Jamie gets from his father.

and how Roy sees it all coming thru with Jamie.

masterpiece character development

“could I change it if i wanted? can i rise above the flood?”

[paper-lilypie]

did somebody say ball pit girls

[kvetchinglyneurotic]

My hot take is that it should have been Rebecca, not Ted, who talked to Jamie about his father in 3x11. Here are my reasons:

1. So much of Rebecca's arc is about recovering from an abusive relationship while her abuser is still, somewhat unavoidably, part of her life. Her experience with Rupert and Jamie's experience with his father aren't identical, but she knows better than anyone else at Richmond how it feels to have someone like that turn up at her place of work, and how stressful their planned encounters are, even when they're just in the same large stadium and don't need to directly interact.

2. As the owner of the club, Rebecca almost certainly knows what happened at Wembley, and she's not only well-placed to make practical arrangements like getting James banned from the match (since none of them knew he wouldn't be there) but also, as of 3x10, has come to terms with with her relationship with Rupert — both the good parts and the many, many bad parts — in a way that enables her to interact with him when necessary without massive emotional distress, while also keeping very firm boundaries in place. Basically, she, unlike Ted, could offer advice based on relevant personal experience.

3. Jamie could finally find out that Ted didn't have him sent back to Man City — while it would be nice for Ted to say it, Rebecca is better placed to give the full story, and she and Jamie have a lot in common when it comes to expressing their hurt in a way that leaves a lot of collateral damage.

4. Explains why they're hugging in the finale.

[toohottohoot]

i just started watching Young Sheldon and?? all the Cooper siblings are so?? cute??

they’re all little demons but LOOK AT THOSE INNOCENT ADORABLE FACES

MISSY’S LITTLE ANGEL FACE

SHELDON’S BABY CHEEKS

GEORGIE’S ROUND FACE

I AM NOT NORMAL ABOUT THEM

[everyday-is-uncle-day]

When Ted’s mother shows up unexpectedly ❗️ > Jaws 🦈 theme music 🎶

When Jamie shows up unexpectedly and his mother’s reaction ❣️

> Baby Shark 🦈theme music 🎶

[bartonbones]

if i said i just watched an episode of television wherein a young man grieving his recently deceased father is trying to balance his new family life taking care of his wife and young daughter and his old family taking care of a nervous mother and reckless sister to the point where he’s so anxious he goes to the hospital thinking he’s also having a heart attack but ends up being told that it’s a panic attack due to the amount of stress he’s under u probably wouldn’t think that that television show was a spin off of a spin off of the big bang theory but it was

[toxicroyjamie]

I'm bet Georgie felt bad that she couldn't get Jamie braces sooner.

I'm sure :( Mom guilt is killer

But I think Georgie probably has a lot of memories of Jamie's childhood where she feels like she wasn't enough and wishes she could've given him more where Jamie feels the complete opposite and would never even think to blame her, and I think that's probably one of them

[lunar-years]

what are your headcanons about tartt sr’s abuse? did it start when jamie was a teenager? was he always physically violent with jamie and maybe georgie too?

the s3 the finale is so disrespectful to georgie now that i think about it

Hi! This ones not super easy to answer because i think the show leaves the specifics largely up for interruption. My own thoughts on it are all over the map (and often change). I can basically see a lot of different avenues to getting to what we see play out in Man City, and I've seen a lot of differing thoughts on this topic; to be honest I find myself nodding along to most all of them even though all of them could definitely not coexist in the same universe, lol. So this is far from set in stone in my mind but here are my (once again quite long oops) general thoughts on how it might have gone (obviously TW for discussion of abuse below the cut):

the abuse canonically did start when Jamie was a teenager, because we know the Amsterdam trip happened when he was 14; whether the abuse also took the form of physical violence at that age I'm less certain, but I lean towards the bulk of that coming later. At this stage James was still in his "Stand Up Father" routine

I think the early relationship when James Tartt Sr. first came back into Jamie's life would've been a lot of false promises and the "Fun Dad" shtick Jamie describes when talking about Amsterdam. We also know James tried to get Georgie back at least once, and the way I interpreted the tone in which that was said was that the trip was neither the first nor the last time that happened. I kind of headcanon that James was in and out of rehab during that time, swearing to do better, making the same mistakes, rinse and repeat

Jamie's thoughts on James were a jumble of juxtapositions. James could always sweet-talk getting them an extra scoop of ice cream for free at the shop, he took Jamie to City matches and showed up all the time with cool or expensive gifts his mum could never afford - official kits and the like. He taught Jamie "life skills" like picking locks and petty crime tricks that, to a 12 year old were fucking cool! On the other hand he was also taking Jamie to pubs and making him try beer when he was like, 12 or 13. He made Jamie hang out with him and his friends - who were crude and brash and kind of scary. He arranged for Jamie to lose his virginity in Amsterdam because it was "past time for him to grow up and be a man."

All of those latter things made Jamie at best uncomfortable, but they were always balanced by the fun stuff. The good stuff. The problem was he never knew which version of his dad he was going to get on any given day, so he could never prepare for it.

I think the physical violence started off "small" - shaking his shoulder aggressively, keeping an ironclad grip on the back of Jamie's neck, etc. When he hit Jamie the first time he showed up the next day with a grand apology. He always used "getting too drunk" as his excuse and said "it won't happen again" and Jamie always believed him until the next time, because it really didn't happen that often, and anyway the bruises were never anything he couldn't keep hidden from Mummy and the teachers at school.

there were maybe one or two "Bad Times" when James "lost control" (in his own later words) and got Very Violent with Jamie whilst he was still a teenager. These are the times when Jamie learned how to hide substantial injuries and bruises from his team, his coaches, etc. and stared at his Roy Kent hoping by some miracle for the man to come out of it and save him.

I also think this is an instance where a young Jamie might have ~fought back~ and/or purposely said things to provoke his father, only to then have the resulting beat-down framed as a "punishment" by James, which scared him shitless (because canon Jamie does not seem afraid of most anything, but he is definitely terrified of his dad and that came from somewhere) and effectively prevented him fighting back in future. These occasions very much stand out as formative in his memory because the violence was so not constant at that time; the biggest thing to me is that James was incredibly inconsistent and that was part of his manipulation. Jamie started wondering if he was somehow at fault for the abuse, if it was his failure to be good that caused his dad to hurt him.

"say goodnight son..." when he goes to kill Beard with a lead pipe sure says a lot. I think that level of beating on Jamie and physically abusing him really began when Jamie was an adult playing for Man City. Both before he comes to Richmond and after he is sent back to Manchester in s1. He "restrained" himself during the season, to keep Jamie fit enough to play. But the off season has been a historically bad time for Jamie.

this is the timeframe where I think Jamie has a very tense relationship with his mother and isn't really talking to her about anything, let alone James. The distance between them started when he was teenager keeping secrets, worsened when she began things with Simon, and are by this point at an all time low, and he's fallen back on his father, spending more time with him than ever. He's essentially isolated himself from any support system and this is when things are really very Bad.

As for Georgie -

yes, i do imagine she also suffered from James abuse, though I don't think the abuse would have looked exactly the same for her as for Jamie

I think the bulk of it was emotional/verbal abuse. I can very much see James yammering on about he'd "never hit a woman." meanwhile he's spewing constant vitriol about her, calling her a bad mother, calling her slurs, and of course beating on their kid. But (in his warped brain) slapping Jamie around isn't the same as slapping Georgie around, because Jamie should be "able to take it" and "be a man." Just all kinds of ickiness exuding from that man.

"your father is never, ever going to change" is definitely the consensus (to me) of a woman who has been deeply manipulated by James in past and let down herself by his false promises. i would not be surprised if she HAD gotten back together with James once when Jamie was a teenager and he was on a longer sobriety stint from rehab.

I do think Georgie knew on some level that Jamie was being abused but I also really believe she did not realize the full extent. Jamie kept secrets from her (Amsterdam included). Georgie sensed there were secrets, but didn't poke into them, in part because of her own james-related trauma and in part for paralyzing fear of what she'd find if she looked deeper. It was easier to believe Jamie was still telling her only truths. So she comforted him the best ways she knew how, and she did her best to limit the time Jamie spent with James, but Jamie adamantly always wanted to see his dad, and she had to work so often and couldn't always be around to monitor him, and what was she to do, in the end?

Jamie does tell Georgie all of it after they repair their relationship circa/post s2/s3, and the resulting bond is stronger than ever.

[theweirdgoodbyes]

luztoye amvs save me....... luztoye amvs...... save me luztoye amvs....

sooo beautiful i'm dying 10/10 im gonna go lay down on the FLOOR bestie this is insaneeeeee i barely even have any words

your tags on the amvs literally mean the world to me I read them and kick my feet and giggle but for real bro idk what it is but I cannot stop editing them they. Just. GET ME. Two minutes of screen time together and I’m milking that shit for all its worth

[cuppachar]

Update

So, I just wanted to give my readers who enjoyed A Hole In The Heart , a little heads up - I will be doing a companion piece to this, likely after I have updated my other Jamie fics and some of my ST fics (or sooner if the vibe feels right).

It wont be a sequel, but different exploration of Jamie and his relationship with his mum (and by that, I mean there will be angst, tragedy and a lot of Roy and Ted comfort) and a comparison with Jamie's relationship with his dad.

All I will say for now, is that this is heavily influenced by my two recent trips to Norfolk, Jamie gets sad, Roy, Ted and and the lads get worried, and there will be seals.

[frosty-studios]

Made pfp because I'm bored-

More soon!

[capsensislagamoprh]

They met him at the airport, all smiles and lip gloss. Christophe chirped happily at the soon to be wed couple as they gathered his luggage, a familiar steel box among the sleek, fashionable cases.

"Is that..?" Victor asked, eyes twinkling with mischievous joy.

"As if I'd leave home without it," Christophe chuckled. "What would a party be if I did?"

"Bring what?" asked Yuuri, his soft eyes flicking between the two as he gathered and stacked the cases.

"The ultimate party accessory, Yuuri!" Christophe grinned with sincere admiration.

"It certainly is the reason for the occasion," Victor returned, trying to keep his laughter contained. Yuuri looked between them, confusion waring with suspicion for supremacy. Victor lost his battle with murth, a great merry sound escaping him as he threw his arms around his fiancé, wiggling him back and forth. "Worry not! It's going to be great, right, Chris?"

"Oh, absolutely," Christophe winked.

Victor kept a steady stream of conversation as they made their way to the car, brightly chattering about the details of things to come. It was a pleasant trip back to the onsen. Christophe learned a select few would stay there, while the others reside at rentals in town, choosing to use the occasion as an excuse for a vacation. Given it was the off season, and there was an ice rink nearby, not even coaches could really complain - though a few did demand evidence of unshirked practice via video.

Christophe was pleased to be honored with a place at the onsen. He'd be sharing a room with Phichit who was arriving tomorrow. The Swiss man was delighted to have a conspiratorial partner to his shenanigans so close at hand. After all, they were both planning bachelor parties that needed their attention. It was going to be marvelous.

What he did not expect to see when entering the onsen was Yuri standing on Otabek's shoulders, the blond changing light bulbs as the darker man steadied him with a firm grip. Mari glanced over, fresh lightbulb in hand, cigarette dangling from her lips as she muttered a casual, "Hey," like this was something one saw every day. Christophe did not envy those shoulders come morning. Having someone stand on them was one thing, but Yuri was close to en pointe, all his weight pressing on two key junctures of Otabek's rotator cuffs, his shoes arched in a way Christophe knew would not alleviate the digging sensation in the Kazakh's muscles. Muscles that would hate him for days when they got free of the numbing press of a figure skater perched on him.

"What's with that?" he murmured to Victor as they put his bags in the now cleaned storage-come-guest suite.

"What? What's with what?" Victor, decidedly displeased that he could have possibly missed anything gossip worthy, craned his head out the door looking up and down the halls for information. When Christophe motioned at his shoulders, fingers flicking up and down to indicate what he meant, Victor looked blank for a moment, then lit up when he caught on.

"Oh that! Yes! Delightful, isn't it."

"Okay, so I need all the details. You cannot hold back on me. I must know! Ah, young love!"

"I don't know if that is quite that," Yuuri said calmly as he eyed the steel case.

"Nonsense!" Victor cooed. "Oh, my darling Yuuri! Why else would he listen to him! He doesn't even listen to me and I'm his idol!"

"Are you now?" Yuuri smiled, mischief on his lips. "Last I knew, it wasn't you he was threatening the life of, if they dared to retire."

Christophe smiled, lips firmly closed as he watched this adoring power play. Ah, to be so in love! Oh, how glorious! Everyone should feel this good. He certainly did.

MASTER POST

[rainbowgod666]

In s1ep13 of Big Bang Theory howard wins a physics trophy with no help from sheldon.

H o w e v e r he then proceeds to validate sheldon's "i wasnt there so it doesnt count" by behaving like a dumbass. Like i get it the entire point of BBT is "sheldon is unsufferable" and Young Sheldon seems to put more fuel to that fire but come the fuck on

[jopzer]

some of the takes on this webbed site. good lord you people will not be seeing the pearly gates

[frozen-fountain]

The spice is definitely not flowing with this dumptruck ass stuck on top of it.

[everyday-is-uncle-day]

Like Mother / Like Son

Georgie’s sleeveless shirt when no one else is dressed that way

Jamie in sleeveless shirt when nobody else is dressed that way