#Ted Lasso post S3

[kentray]

Chapters: 7/7

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).

[pineappical]

sometimes for the worse, sometimes for the better

[lunar-years]

What do you think is the most character accurate fic you've ever read??

Ever read? That's an impossible question lmao. I have been reading fanfics since i was twelve. I have read fanfics I don't even remember 🫡

Obviously it's a subjective question to begin with but part of the fun of fanfic to me is exploring different avenues for characters according to different author's preferences and putting blorbos into incredibly un-canon Situations. But in a lot of those settings what is "in-character" is even more thrown asunder because it's so far removed from anything that would even remotely happen in canon.

I guess what I mean by that is a lot of the fics I read and love don't necessarily align with my personal ideas of/headcanons for a character, yet still remain "character accurate" in my esteem, if you will (I'm thinking, for example, of that one Gay!Roy fic which is EXCELLENT and incredibly in-character imo and yet I still don't personally think Roy The Character is gay. But even though that's generally not how I think of his sexuality I still liked exploring that alternative verse and still recognized that story's Roy as Roy. Does that make sense?)

ANYWAY. going to veer off the specific question and instead just list some miscellaneous recent(ish) favs (or at least ones I think were published after I made my last rec list):

Paperwork by @pghumfort (Roy/Jamie)

Tits Out! also by @pghumfort (Jamie/Keeley)

if anything could fall (it's the world that falls away from me) by scarlettroses (Roy/Jamie)

i came prepared for absolution (if you'd only ask) by scarlettroses (pre-relationship Roy/Jamie); I've definitely recommended this one before but it's SO good on character exploration, especially for Roy. really really complex and meaningful look into his brain. I love it.

I should know (what turns you on) by Dancey96 (Roy/Jamie/Keeley)

It's Fine With Me (if you wanna stay the night) by @shortcuts-make-long-delays (pre-relationship Roy/Jamie/Keeley)

screaming crying throwing up by @morethanslightly (Roy/Jamie/Keeley)

that four letter word by @izzyspussy (Roy/Jamie)

5 Times Phoebe Meddled in Uncle Roy's Love Life... by darkesky

An Invitation by Laurasaurus (Roy/Jamie, Roy/Jamie/Keeley, Roy/Keeley)

Not exactly Cyrano by @destinationtoast (Roy/Jamie/Keeley); I may have recommended this before but now it's finished!! go back and re-read it if you haven't finished it yet...it's so worth it!

Also the Gay Roy one I referenced earlier is so afraid that time will take it all from me by LikeAMovieIOnceSaw. Really such a lovely fic 💕

as always please read the tags and story descriptions and ratings before diving in to make sure they are right for you and your needs etc.

[thelassoway]

Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso Season 3 » Casual Sweaters/Jumpers

[relevance-is-overrated]

AFC Richmond GAYHOUNDS

[aceoflights]

Cause I've seen some people say it. Colin has zero reason to think that coming out to the team would be safe for him.

[youwillfindilluminating]

liesmyth's gonna take on the world someday has me in a chokehold.

it's only halfway done, but it's so good that it's melting my brain 😩

[ohdeargodwhy]

no thoughts, only Crimm

[thechargrey]

Since Colin's playing in this next match, this will be the episode where Colin get's outed (s3e5).

They've set up the parallel with Rupert's secrets coming to light at the same time (suggesting 0 public outcry) and since Richmond's down 3 players they NEED Colin out on the field unlike in a normal game where they might be able to hide a player during bad press. The juxtoposition of Colin wanting desperately to play again and simultanously not wanting to be seen (in a match where HE is the player everyone will be watching/judging). He can't be a chameleon anymore.

It's a perfect setup for him to be forced onto a pitch at a moment he'd rather hide...

[wewillbehappyagain]

i had to pause the episode cause jamie’s look of realization when he looks up and sees the entire team lined up behind him, listening to him… full on crying about it

[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).

[addieisnotawriter]

Daddy’s home — Ted Lasso S3 (edit by me)

this man- hello?!?!

[lunar-years]

In all seriousness when is Roy bringing back this hair because he’s genuinely never looked hotter

[thelassoway]

Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso » Ted Lasso 3.01 Smells Like Mean Spirit

[if-i-look-straight-look-again]

Rewatching Ted Lasso part 66:

“ah, yes. Many posters have come and gone over the years. Henry, Gerard, Ronaldo. But Roy Kent always remains.”

[aceoflights]

Alright, so, exactly one person said that I should do a long post about my thoughts on this scene. And that's literally all I needed. So, here I go, I guess. I'll try to be coherent.

This scene (and honestly Colin in this episode in general) really hit something deep in me as a queer person. I think it touched on something that I haven't seen a lot of media touch on in that way, but that I and a lot of other queer people have experienced

So, let's get into the scene, specifically Colin's reactions to everything.

I couldn't find gifs for everything I'm talking about, so here's the scene.

At first they're just talking about how cool Zava is and how much they admire him. And everything is fine. Until Richard calls Zava sexy, and Isaac's response is "Sounds a bit gay, bruv". And yeah, he's not saying "I hate gay people". But look at him and how he acts. He says it with a laugh. In a "you're being weird" way. Now, my point here is not to say that Isaac is homophobic. He is however referring to being gay as kinda weird, funny and almost a bit absurd. Y'know, the kind of jokes straight people make when they think there are only other straight people in the room. This is what closeted people live through every day.

I'm actually gonna put some tags from one of my other posts here. Because, yeah, exactly.

#I watched a few cishet reactions to the episode and #the way they Did Not understand the locker room scene #like that wasn't a funny 'joking with the gay guy' moment #that was a moment of 'we are all straight and the joke IS a gay guy' #like Colin is living in that liminal space of #okay maybe they aren't outright homophobic but they sure aren't openly accepting #and any change to that status quo may potentially make things Very Dangerous #so he just Isn't going to challenge that at all (@king-kal)

#stop acting like its all okay #this is exactly what makes it terrifying to come out #and what gaslights people into believing thier pain isn't real #because yes theres more blatant and explicit homophobia out there #but this does real damage too #and its fucking hard to know where youll be safe when the people around you give no indication that theyd accept anyone queer (@not-a-cheese-thief)

#however much they love him there has been absolutely nothing about them in relation to queer people that indicate they’d be #supportive and accepting #you really just never know which is partly why coming out is so terrifying (@theoneandonlypigeon)

Now, let's have a look at Colin. As soon as Issac says that, he has Colin's full attention. He turns his head, his eyes are on Isaac. And he looks kinda scared. Anticipating. He's listening intently.

When you're closeted, and the topic of queerness is mentioned, especially if someone who matters is around, like a friend, you pay attention. You pay attention to what they say, to how they react. To figure out what they think about queer people. What they would think about you if they knew. Would they treat you differently? Would they start to dislike you even? Or would they maybe be supporting?

As a closeted queer person you can never be sure if you're safe. As some of the tags above have pointed out, nobody is saying anything overtly homophobic here, but nobody is saying anything to indicate they would be supportive either. So really Colin doesn't have any more information about how they would react to him coming out than he did before.

Then Richard says "Well I'm gay". And everyone turns around to him and is like "huh?". Except for Colin. Colin doesn't turn around. He actually turns more forward. He tilted his head in Richards direction when he started talking. But when he finished his sentence Colin looked straight ahead. And imma be honest here, I'm not really that good at analysing facial expressions, and this might well be me overanalysing. But the way I'm reading what's going on here is the following. Colin actively faces forward to not seem that interested in Richards possible gayness. his eyes also widen and then tart around for a second. Which to me reads as, like, "wait, what? could there actually be another queer person on the team?".

I'm not gonna get into Richard actually being possibly gay. Here's a post about that, if you're interested. (Not saying that's what I believe necessarily, but I saw the post and felt it necessary to include)

Then, of course "for Zava". And Colin laughs. But holy shit it's such a fake laugh. Like, I'm serious, watch that scene again and pay attention to Colin's laugh. It it so fake.

While they're talking about "men with charisma that transcends orientation", nothing all that interesting happens.

And then, Colin's joke.

Immediately after he finishes his sentence, he looks anticipating again, in a slightly different way. A short moment of "should I not have said that? Could it give them a hint about me?". Then the others start to laugh and Colin smiles along. He's accomplished his mission. He's blending in. He's a chameleon.