#oh richmond...

[eugeniedanglars]

the way i see it, colin has three options for handling the repercussions of kissing michael on the pitch in front of everyone:

gatekeep: by some miracle no one caught the kiss on camera so colin's sexuality is kept between him and any fans who happened to be on the pitch near him. the safest option.

girlboss: keeley gets the pr challenge of a lifetime handling the story of the first active premier league player to come out as gay. rebecca is tall and powerful and intimidating in the press room making it clear that richmond stands behind colin one thousand percent. the most realistic option.

gaslight: straight-up blatantly lying. not because he's ashamed or because he thinks he can actually convince anyone that the kiss didn't happen, but just because he refuses to let it be a big deal. acts like he has no idea what anyone is talking about if asked anything related to his sexuality. he doesn't claim to be straight, mind you, he just pretends to be extremely confused about why they're asking because he never kissed anyone in the middle of a football pitch at the end of an internationally-televised game? when presented with photo and video proof of the kiss he says that was some other richmond player named hughes who wears a number 12 jersey. you don't know him, he goes to another school. the funniest option.

[elloras]

timestamp roulette + ted lasso | the strings that bind us

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

i have this really stupid idea in my head that im frankly a little obsessed with and the idea is this: trent crimm doing a drunk history episode on ted lasso's first tenure at richmond. is that how drunk history works? i don't think so. do i care? absolutely not. it's a special episode who cares because this image is not only hysterical to me but treasured. i treasure this image. i hold it close in my heart and also laugh and laugh and laugh.

[nafohcnis]

UMM NEXO KNIGHTS LINEUP + JESTRO who was only added last night in a rush so i could finally post this.

[etoile-gracieuse]

afc richmond (and associates) as troubled birds: 3/?

[jaypilled]

sorry for not posting y'all I've had like absolutely no motivation. so as an apology here's a ton of traditional art for various lego shows, mostly stuff from class

explanations in order from top to bottom, macy, macy again, izzy and fletch realness, macy and aaron queerplatonic moment, lavaria, The Horrors, my dream world izzie redesign because I think it should've been more mary sue self insert oc coded, red son I never digitized, zane, and a kind of old nya

[jamiesfootball]

❔

❔Choose a random WIP and talk about it.

So I've got this random wip that's been sitting in my drafts that is basically:

Roy and Jamie stick around after the gala talking to each other and having a surprisingly great time about it

'Give him an inch and he'll act like it's been three weeks' Jamie then shows up the next day assuming him and Roy are like. Best friends

'Takes 5 to 6 months to process things' Roy Kent is like fuck no. You're an awful person.

Jamie: *shocked pikachu face*

Roy: *does not want to feel bad about it* *does not want to feel bad about it* *the prick did it to himself* ........ *FEELS BAD*

Roy: be less of a dick and then we'll talk

Jamie: .......how much less of a dick?

Roy: what?

Jamie: like, 20% less?

Roy: No.

Jamie: 30%?

Roy: At least 90% less of a dick than your current levels of dickishness

Jamie: Can't go that high, I've got an image to protect. 75%

Roy: 80.

Jamie: Deal. FIFA at my place?

Roy: the fuck did I just agree to

What takes place after that is a slapstick level of antics as Jamie attempts (fails) (succeeds while failing?) to be exactly 80% nicer, which to him means that for every 4 '''nice''' things he does, he gets to cash in 1 free coupon to be a dick and Roy can't get mad at him for it. He's turned being nice into a points system.

"At least the good outweighs the bad?" Ted suggests when Roy tells him, which tells Roy that Ted isn't taking this seriously.

And the nice things he does? Somewhere between 'confused but he's got the spirit' and 'I guess that technically counts but I'm not happy with it.'

Nate - Compliments his hair every time he sees him. “Well I’m talking up, yeah? So his perceived value will seem higher than it actually is. Technically this should count as two since he's clearly insecure about it - I mean, why else would he keep dying it all the time. He isn't fooling anyone.”

[Isaac is now convinced Jamie is gay and in love with Nate. Colin is dying inside because when he tries to correct Isaac, Isaac acts like Colin is being homophobic. Jamie has no idea. Nate's self-esteem grows exponentially fast.]

Sam - Steps over him. Gets yelled at by Roy for not checking on his teammate. Points out Sam isn't actually hurt. Roy tells him it's still his job to back Sam up. Jamie backs Sam up by going at the guy who tackled him and gets yellow carded off the field.

This is not what Ted intended, but it's not...not the kind of behavior he wants from Jamie?

The entire team is just confused. Roy doesn't know how this became his problem.

Jamie is... confused for other reasons. Because he only did all this stuff, yeah, because there's this stupid bit inside him that he can't seem to shut up that's always been hurt that Roy Kent seems to hate him. And now Roy seems to (mostly) like (tolerate) him, and it's a little terrifying how fucking starved he is for that now. Not just from Roy either. Somewhere along the lines the other players on the team have warmed up to him too, and Ted looks pleased with him lately, and it all just way to much positive attention and validation for someone who's been starved for it for so long.

To his horror, the whole being nice thing is becoming a reflex. He hardly notices now when he tosses out a compliment that Nate's looking sharp today. He cashes in a point to tell Sam his passing was shit, then follows it up with a 'but you're looking faster out there' so he can start working up to the next point. Sam smiles at him like he never ever said the first part.

Sometimes Jamie catches himself being nicer and realizes he forgot to count it towards his points at all.

The more confused Jamie gets, the more concerned Roy finds himself about this whole weird situation. Frustratingly, he finds he actually likes Jamie. When he's not going out of his way to be a pain in the ass, Roy actually enjoys his company. Plus, now that he's tolerable to be around, Roy can stomach passing to him, and Richmond is starting to play well?

Then Jamie gets sent back to City : )

[stillabookworm-ifonlyinspirit]

AFC Richmond 2024-2025-ish kits (vague) concept

these little drawings are really nothing to write home about, and i think the colours are at least a bit off, but the idea spawned in my head and it would not let me study, so. here we are

There's a Jamie one and a blank one + some versions with badges i think our himbos would wear, in addition to the 'no room for racism' one

if you are wondering why jamie's has a 10 on the back: some time ago i read a lovely ff (i'll link it in the notes) about jamie being offered the number ten shirt after playing playmaker for a while, and now its CANON TO ME

[tallymarkbrothers]

As a welcome to the family two I will give you a Richmond Harrison plushie hooray

[plutotides]

Heaven Knows I've Tried

I love this show and I might squeeze out more art

[pineappical]

HELP I THOUGHT THAT WAS LESLIE HIGGINS FROM WHEN REBECCA FIRED HIM AND HE HAD FACIAL HAIR😭 I have permanent lasso-goggles this is the 3rd time I’ve seen someone’s art and mentally attributed it to a Ted Lasso character when it wasn’t AGGHHH. They don’t even have to look similar at this point, my brain will make the leap and attribute every piece of art to Ted Lasso in some way and it’s getting to be a problem 🥲

welcome to nelson road, dr. darling

[contactlessdrivethru]

season one begins and ends on a close-up of rebecca because she’s the one who changes the most and goes through the biggest emotional arc of that season. she receives love and kindness and wisdom, from ted, from keeley, from sassy, and she gets better.

season two begins and ends on a close-up of nate because he’s the one who changes the most and goes through the biggest emotional arc of that season. he gets catapulted to a position of power without working out his issues with the team and with himself, and he gets worse.

season three just began with a close-up of ted. where the fuck are we gonna go from here.

[raayllum]

Tracks for S5 begin around Track 29. The Beacon, with 1-28 for S4. Nothing majorly spoilery, IMO, but your mileage may vary! Look at at your own risk

[inspjavert]

ᵇᵘᵗ ᵗʰⁱⁿᵍˢ ʲᵘˢᵗ ᵍᵉᵗ ˢᵒ ᶜʳᵃᶻʸ,

ˡⁱᵛⁱⁿ ˡⁱᶠᵉ ᵍᵉᵗˢ ʰᵃʳᵈ ᵗᵒ ᵈᵒ

ᵃⁿᵈ ⁱ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ᵍˡᵃᵈˡʸ ʰⁱᵗ ᵗʰᵉ ʳᵒᵃᵈ

ᵍᵉᵗ ᵘᵖ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵍᵒ ⁱᶠ ⁱ ᵏⁿᵉʷ

ᵗʰᵃᵗ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵈᵃʸ ⁱᵗ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ˡᵉᵃᵈ ᵐᵉ

ᵇᵃᶜᵏ ᵗᵒ ʸᵒᵘ

ᵗʰᵃᵗ ˢᵒᵐᵉ ᵈᵃʸ ⁱᵗ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ˡᵉᵃᵈ ᵐᵉ ᵇᵃᶜᵏ ᵗᵒ ʸᵒᵘ

sᴜɴᴅᴀʏ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ - ᴍᴀʀᴏᴏɴ 𝟻

[justsomefunshit]

I’m really curious to see how the show will deal with Roy’s aggression (and aggression in general). Like, just two episodes ago we saw Jamie flinch and recoil away from him, because he slapped a fork out of Jamie’s hand.

Last episode he (and beard) encouraged the rage inside the himbos against the west ham players. I know intention is more important than causation, but you cannot tell be that if Roy was still a player he would have head butted every single one of those west ham players (who did nothing wrong).

This episode he was just so fucking psychopathic that Trent dropped his mug and even beard looked freaked out. He’s scaring grown men in they’re workplace. That’s just fucking harassment. Trent doesn’t know him. They’re not close.

It’s been really disconcerting to me how much more aggressive this season is. How haven’t we seen the aftermath of the last game? What the fuck did ted say to the himbos? What will be the breaking point? WHAT happens to make it inexcusable anymore?

[trentcrimminallybeautiful]

listen maybe this is just because i've always been a slut for pov outsider fics anyway but i desperately want some on our dork trent crimm. like. the character development??? his softness and dorkification???? i need someone to be like just. what do people think about this. like whether it's a random richmond player, a random reporter trent worked with, someone from trent's personal life, another rando in the sports field who's used to trent crimm, the independent, ruthless reporter, or whoever, just. random people watching trent crimm go from "ah yeah that asshole reporter who specifically has a reputation for being a ruthless cutting bitch" to "openly excitable dork who clearly cares so goddamn much and is visibly softer and has he just secretly always been like this??"

it would probably have to be someone who's close enough to him or richmond now to like, be able to see the change, but i just. am obsessed with this. and that's not even getting into considering the angles of his possible ex-wife/divorce + if non-audience-members can tell he's madly in love with ted or not, because i'm not sure if it's funnier if they're like "trent crimm is a huge dork now and we have no idea why????? i guess this is just the lasso effect fucking bending reality again??" or if they're like "hey fucking WILD that that one journalist specifically known for being a huge asshole apparently fell so ass over teakettle in love with that weird cowboy miracle worker of a gaffer that he divorced his wife, exploded his job, and had a radical personality shift via apparently deciding to be emotionally vulnerable. and all of this after writing a pretty fucked exposé on him?? why does no one talk about this more"

and while all the possibilities mentioned are great in their own ways, it could even be one of the other main characters whos just not generally involved in his storyline like. what does sam think of all this. what is jamie thinking when trent becomes their emotional support journalist dork. what does keeley think.