#dutch boat guy

[kwistowee]

#gezellig TED LASSO 3.12 - So Long, Farewell

[tomlinfonda]

[looking-for-a-sword]

I'm sorry but we need to talk about Dutch boat guy..

because I still don't understand how people are fine with this storyline. Not even for romance's sake.

I know the whole thing with him and Rebecca was written (last minute) to have her in a different state of mind. I know she needed some time away from everyone and everything. I get that.

But I can't stop being offended on Rebecca's behalf, because I don't know any woman in her right mind, who would act like that. We're not speaking of a "first date went great, now let's hook up"-kind of situation, because they barely talked before she got on board. He could have offered her a blanket instead and help her get a cab so she can go back to her hotel room and change. Now THAT would have been a nice and cute gesture.

But NOPE the writers wanted her to have a shower on this random guy's boat, who she knows like full five minutes and who is insistent that she drinks his weird tea that's "definitely not drugged", kisses her foot and (for me at least) gives clear stranger danger vibes. And I'm not even taking into account that last line he muttered to himself, which was confusing and creepy af. She couldn't even call for help if she wanted to because she lost her phone!

I don't know how this could happen... I'm SURE they didn't want to convey this but they (inadvertently or not) did.

If they wanted her to spend the night talking with this guy, they could have let her drop her phone into the canal. She wouldn't find her way back, boat guy could be a café guy who offers her a warm drink - they have a connection whatever - she stays at his café and then he walks her back to the hotel after closing. Just.. let it happen in public and make it make sense!

but oh no this means she wouldn't see his daughters room and wouldn't be able to see the connection to Trish's predictions! oh NOW you're worried about predictions and hints - what about the fucking green matchbook

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Fighting for my life against people who make Dutch Boat Guy an asshole because they didn't understand that his "yes we did" wasn't about sex but was about them having a meaningful night of bonding with a stranger.

[georginahobart]

anyone else here ship mattbecca aka rebecca and matthijs (dutch boat guy)? i think they’re so cute. i need more gifs and fics for them pls, ted lasso fandom

[instantcaramel]

"A slight elusive chemistry which occurs only occasionally, when two people meet, always a welcome surprise, it is a sort of quick familiarity, implied permission to conduct relations at a level which is a bit deeper than the superficiality of introduction.”

- John O‘Brien - „Leaving Las Vegas“

I‘m listening to Jason Sudeikis on „Films to Be Buried With“ and he talks about this being a reference for Rebecca meeting Boaty McBoatface. And how that sometimes happens and we‘re all „too scared of each other“ and it‘s just tapping into exactly how I felt about this, especially when people were saying „oh clearly men wrote this no woman would have stayed on this boat“ yadda. Yes of course we have good reason, especially as women, as queer people, to be afraid of being harmed by strangers, but this does not negate the gut feeling you sometimes have about someone you never met before. Chemistry. It‘s a beautiful thing.

[swetergrl86]

New #mattbecca fic just dropped

[after-the-end-times]

What if Rebecca had been Bantr-ing with Boat Guy instead of Sam?

So they spend months talking and getting to know each other over the app, but they never get a chance to meet until she literally falls into a canal in front of him

They get to know each other as strangers in Amsterdam, all the while feeling like they already know each other, but since they don't share names they never make the connection

It's not until they're texting during that day she goes to the airport and then they bump into each other that they finally put in all together

In the end, it's Rebecca who gets the You've Got Mail rom-com ending

(while also giving more weight to the Boat Guy romance plot lol)

[roamwithahungryheart]

All things considered I'm hesitant to post my current fic in full on here BUT if you're reading it on AO3 please feel free to ask me anything you wanna know here! I really wanna talk about it! x

[nevsclowntown]

oh dutch you’ve got some screws loose

this incorrect quote screamed for a redraw

[kwistowee]

#gentleman TED LASSO 3.06 - Sunflowers | 3.12 - So Long, Farewell

[tomlinfonda]

Ted Lasso ships + "just having a bite to eat, you know?"

[lady-of-the-spirit]

Some of y'all are too mean to Dutch Boat Guy. Like damn if you don't want Rebecca to have a nice guy who will make sure she feels safe and comfortable, makes excellent tea and is a good cook, takes care of her and encourages her to be silly, and apparently gives amazing foot rubs, then damm I'll take him.

[thesomebody]

I think Ted Lasso is the first show that I have 10 different ships. It’s excellent for me 🥰

[getthesamovarready]

I've started my "Rebecca is happy with Boat Guy" fics and lemme tell you this boat guy I've basically completely fabricated can GET IT.

[doctorbeverlycrusher]

Listen, I fell hard and fast into the Tedbecca corner but I’m really not mad about the ending 🤷‍♀️