#and nobody said roykeeleyjamie wasn't a thing

[olivieblake]

Okay bestie I know you watch Ted Lasso…how you feeling after the finale? I have thoughts but I don’t want to put them here nice in case you haven’t watched it yet because I don’t want to spoil anything by accident

you know, I definitely have a lot of narrative criticisms, but I feel like all the thinkpieces on what ted lasso should have done or how its characters were wronged are just... robbing me of my joy, you know what I mean? I fight too hard in my daily life for the moments of happiness I got to have while watching. I like what the show has to say about masculinity, and that if you give people space to honor their feelings, the space itself creates a cycle of kindness and sincerity and the belief that human beings can always become better versions of themselves. I had the thought the other day while I was scrolling twitter that as much as I do think the nate storyline was undercooked at best (at BEST) and the keeley storyline was so thin I couldn't actually say what it even was, ultimately I felt aware of my heart every time I watched the show, and I want to hold on to the way it made me feel. also I remember reading that the episode with keeley's video leaking was actually written by the woman keeley was named and modeled after, so maybe some of the writers knew it was their last chance to say something important and they just wanted to let those things be said. while I think the season was not as strong or narratively consistent as it should have been, I'm going to choose to hold the things I loved in my head and hope that the people who wrote and portrayed those characters I loved so much get a chance to do something worth loving again