#anti tedbecca

[saywhatyouwillbut]

i’ve been trying to put my finger on why idea of sydney and carmy never becoming canon rubs me so wrong where ted and rebecca never becoming canon felt like breath of fresh air, and i gotta say, i think it has a lot to do with how played out the whole white man x white woman coworkers-to-friends-to-lovers / will-they-won’t-they thing is. i didn’t want to see hannah waddingham and jason sudeikis do it, but yes, actually, i would like to see heartthrob-of-my-childhood jeremy allen white play a pathetic little man who makes the most insane puppy eyes at ayo edibiri please

[church-of-lilith]

You shouldn’t compare Hannah Waddingham’s cruelty towards tedbeccas to James Lance’s statement in that interview. Hannah was unfairly cruel and that’s not something to celebrate

in all seriousness please miss me with this bullshit. i’m not trying to start ship wars in the year of our lord 2023, i’m just celebrating a very rare W for the tedtrent shippers.

[saltyoaktree]

honestly I might make theories and joke around, but at this point the thing I want the most from Ted Lasso regarding relationships isn't even tedtrent. It's platonic tedbecca! Like I respect the ship, but I think they work so much better as besties. I can't see a semblance of romantic chemistry

[brookezilla]

Lmao the jokes on you because it's not gonna be Tedbecca endgame either. Your boring, uninspired, cishet ship isn't gonna be canon. You're just as delusional as you think we are. And you're a total fucking condescending bitch.

Good morning Anon! Did someone wake up on the wrong side of the bed today?

Hun, I genuinely couldn’t care less whether you agree with Tedbecca or not. I also never once criticised another ship, so someone is //projecting//.

In fact, if you looked at my posts, you’d note that I’ve frequently commented about agreeing with other ships!! So if you’re a tedtrent shipper then you’re way out of line when I’ve often commented about liking their dynamic.

You also realise you are being a hypocrite right? Calling me a “total fucking condescending bitch” while also saying Tedbecca is a “boring, uninspired cishet ship”.

Literally what is wrong with it being a heterosexual ship? And baby I’m QUEER so this isn’t even about being homophobic.

Aggressive, petty and frankly immature comments like this is what gives shippers a bad name.

Next time, don’t hide behind being Anonymous. You’re just being a pathetic bully, ruining a positive debate within the fandom.

[roughroadhaley]

the September 13th thing is kind of how I feel about the whole "oklahoma" thing. Like didn't that start out as a negative thing with him and his wife? And why would Rebecca say it ESPECIALLY now that she knows Ted is dealing with said therapist in his personal life again? IDK. felt kind of off.

the oklahoma thing was cute in s1 because it was just in a scene for a comedic reason. it never should’ve become ~their thing~

i have alot of mixed feelings about Ted and Rebecca’s relationship looking back tbh. Like it was so great in s1, no matter how you like them, and then it gets super confusing as the show goes on. they barely interact or share plotlines anymore but somehow they’re supposed to be cosmically tied and be the person that changed the others life. I can see completely how Ted changed Rebecca’s life because Rebecca has an arc. Ted unfortunately doesn’t really have much of an arc so it’s hard to say Rebecca changed anything for him. Considering how pathetic he was about Michele in season 3 it also completely removes the positive changes Rebecca did help Ted accomplish at one point.

[lunar-years]

💛

💛: What is a popular ship you just can't get behind, and why?

I'm kind of permanently baffled that Ted is this fandom's Most Shippable Guy and is one half of 2 of the top 3 TL ships on ao3 (and before r/j took off in s3 the leap in numbers between ted ships and everything else was even more egregious, lol). I simply...do not think about him like that and do not want to, lol.

So... TedRebecca & TedTrent. and pretty much any other Ted ship, though none of the others are very popular. all the love to tedtrenters though who are by and large super lovely people :) glad you guys are having fun

Unpopular Opinion Asks

[goldfish-or-smthing]

tedbecca makes no sense to me. like i understand that they have chemistry but i really cant see the show going that way. it's cliche and exactly what everyone expects- the main man and main woman always get together, right? but tl is a show that usually avoids cliches like this. the writers obviously know this is what people expect, especially w/ their hinting in S2 that ted was who rebecca was texting on bantr.

speaking of bantr... sam? although i dont think theyre gonna end up together the writers wouldnt put that in and leave it open ended if tedbecca was going to happen. it would seem weird for rebecca to date sam then move on to date ted.

ted and rebecca have such a valuable platonic relationship that is so rarely seen between men and women on tv, and i think the writers understand the value behind that too.

to be clear- if tedbecca does end up happening in s3, i wont be upset bcs i trust that theyll be able to do it well. i just dont think its likely to happen. feel free to debate w/ me/ refute my points btw!

[tedtrentconspiracy]

turns out the secret third option was worse than anyone expected

[k-chips]

Aaaall right

Let's add Focalette/Neuvifuri to the "Annoying toxic shippers you can't talk with" list with Sylkies and Tedbeccas

Edit: to be clear, if you’re not one of these annoying shippers, you shouldn’t feel attached or upset about this post, since I’m not shitting on the ship itself 🤷🏻‍♀️

Except for Sylki. In that case I’m also shitting on the ship, which is horrendous and disgusting :D

[struckbyfuckinglightning]

THE WAY I WILL FORGIVE ALL THE HORRORS OF SEASON 3 IF THEY GET RID OF BOAT GUY

[church-of-lilith]

have you ever experienced something so CRUEL as an actor not agreeing with your ship sdfghjklf

WHAT WORLD ARE THEY LIVING IN 😂

RIGHT?

and like I’m sorry but do NOT come for hannah waddingham because you’re upset that the writers didn’t take tedbecca the direction you wanted them to. she’s been made to feel uncomfortable by some shippers in the past and I do feel that’s part of why she spoke about tedbecca the way she did. calling her cruel is taking things much too far.

[saltyoaktree]

I agree with I want Ted and Rebecca stay platonic but everyone keep saying romance would undermine their relationship is so?? Why? Why is romance became suddenly a thing that makes relationships worse? Maybe it's me but I've been best friends for many, many years with my fiancee before we got together and I don't think for a second that romance got our relationship less meaningful.

To me personally, it would undermine their relationship because everytime I would rewatch the show and see their scenes I would be like "oh they become a couple later :/" instead of "FUCK YEAH PLATONIC SOULMATES". Just a matter of preference really

Also I'm very happy for you and your fiance. That's lovely

[your-mums-nuts]

Me, a tedbecca shipper: aw so she doesn’t end up with Ted (I got spoiled when I started the show) I guess she’ll have some other great love interests then, right?

Ted lasso writers: oh don’t you worry, she dates an employee twenty years younger than her and there are a lot of pedo jokes😉

Me: mm okay… but at least the guy she does end up with is lovely, right?

Ted lasso writers: definitely! They meet when she’s stranded on his boat with no phone and a lot of female-violence and rape jokes ensue😉

Me: right… and why didn’t anyone consider Ted, again?

Ted lasso writers: ugh they’re friends that would’ve been so weird

[roughroadhaley]

💛 ted lasso

💛What’s a popular ship you just can’t get behind? And why?

probably tedbecca. thought the idea of it was really cute but they just weren’t flirting or jealous of each other or really anything i look for when wanting a romantic plotline.

[based-and-rinpilled]

You were disappointed in the finale because Tedbecca didn’t get together, I was disappointed because Jamie and Beard allowed their abusers back into their lives. We are not the same.

[wolfes]

something that kind of irks me is the fact that people have been talking about tedbecca and saying “they did x for each other how can you say they don’t end up together” which is like... there’s no threshold to loving someone. you can love someone and it doesn’t have to be romantic?? it’s fine to be disappointed your ship doesn’t get together or whatever but it feels really disrespectful to their platonic bond to assign this arbitrary ceiling to how thoughtful a gesture you can give someone before it crosses this imaginary line from platonic to romantic, because platonic is not in fact lesser. it’s just different