#maybe i do ship them a little. but its purely because theyre sooo funny and i looove dysfunctional relationships yayyayayyaya

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i dont ship ellen and ted but i think they got something funny going awhn ngl............

they have a very amusing and deeply frustrating dynamic where ted continually takes her kindness for granted whilst insisting everyone hates him because he has a raging victim complex and is a paranoid shithead but thats completely am's fault.

Ellen is long suffering and deserves someone wayyy better than ted but hes soo pathetically in goopy puppy love with her. like at least in the game he is,, the book and audio drama is a different story lol.

While I do think Ted is in love with ellen, in a way he's also in love with what she represents?? Ted is a playboy and his view on women is pretty warped from manipulating lonely rich single women for years and suddenly being placed in what is essentially his own personal hell for over a century. He would desperately crave and cling to his previous life. Ellen, being the very last woman on earth would be a sort of reminder of what he lost and what he can't get back, which would translate into a deep resentment for her whilst also yearning for her. He's also kind of an incel (see his twisted perspective on ellen and benny's relationship).

Ellen's whole deal is that she's endlessly compassionate and understanding and everything Ted ISNT. and he sucks and i hate him. Ellen, despite her trauma, offers sex to Ted and the other survivors even though they do nothing to repay her kindness ever, emphasises this boundless empathy she holds. Ellen being forced into this caretaker role is so frustrating and is sort of its own kind of horror when looking at it from the perspective of how women, especially women of colour are treated societally. Ellennnn. ELEENNNAAUGH

Ted's anger is also kind of situational?? like i think his hatred of ellen stems more so from the fact that he's never going to have a relationship with her outside of the torture and ellen never argues with him because she knows he isnt well.

ted is so very mentally broken its obvious why he lashes out but i KNOW for a fact he cares deeply for ellen because he literally saves her in the end hhrrrgggahshhd. i hate these two i hate them so much and what they do to me.