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jopzer · 1 year ago

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okay. i have finally finished my rewatch and i think i've finally made sense of my thoughts vis a vis ted and jamie's relationship.

i think it's very interesting that the exact moment ted pulls away from being directly involved in jamie's development is when he realizes that what jamie needs is a father. like in season one and arguably the first half of season two he is very hands on in trying to get jamie to realize his potential/the error of his ways but like. things are noticeably different after he sees him and james through the door, and then after wembley they do not really interact again in a meaningful way until mom city. roy literally picks it up as ted sets it down, like. he can't be what jamie needs he doesn't Want to, he can barely even handle what he feels for henry like we see in mom city, he's not picking up a bonus son you know

i really do think it's a very interesting way to handle their relationship specifically. they're so so intertwined in their character arcs and they're constantly setting each other's off but they can't really meet in the middle because ted can't/won't connect with him on that level. they're a son without a father and a father without a son and they can't click into that relationship because ted pulls away from him the minute it becomes clear that's what jamie needs, and we see it come full circle and see why in his monologue during mom city

#beebles #ted lasso #jamie tartt #idk it FASCINATES MEEEE #i think it's also very meaningful that we see ted give jamie dog shit advice about his dad in this same episode #because ted hasn't engaged with jamie much and he Doesn't know the extent of james' fuckery #and ted's own daddy issues are clouding it too like #he spent so long with sharon learning how to forgive his father for what he did #why Wouldn't jamie benefit from that same forgiveness you know??#but we are all in agreement that it was dogshit advice.#and it was dogshit advice precisely because he won't engage with jamie on that level #and i think whether or not jamie even wants ted to fill that role is very debatable #i love their weird relationship #they're not father and son to me they're mother and daughter #and the tying jamie and henry together was also fucking fascinating btw #like when they interact in s1 whatever that episode is #and then in we'll never have paris when henry is playing with them it's him and jamie that are celebrating together first #and he's wearing jamie's number???#so jamie gets to haunt ted for the rest of henry's soccer career?????#fascinating stuff. fascinating stuff.#you'll literally never get away from the sound of that boy who loved you ted.#because that's exactly what they do they haunt each other's arcs

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