#ted lasso commentary
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moon0fairy · 2 years ago
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Ted Lasso 3x08 commentary aka me suffering:
Jamie as Richmonds talisman aww and him and Rojas making a goal hehe
Yes Rupert suffer
Ted :(
Wait is his full name Jake Jacob ??
Akwaard~
Uhh Jacks tattoos
Girlfriends
Preparing myself for the bad news
Not a Nate scene I expected, he‘s so awkward hdgsjs
Look not to judge anyone by their looks but Jade gives of queer vibes
Oh no Keeley :(
Loved the whole locker room scene. Trent + his rainbow cup, Beard and Roy just watching behind the window, Beard agreeing with what Trent said
Roy asking if he wanna talk about it, look at the growth !! And immediately regretting it haha
Omg Trent is about to experience the diamond dogs for the first time he ain‘t ready
Trent experiencing a cultural shook hdjsks he looks so confused
Trent: 🤨
„You can‘t worry about something that hasn‘t happened yet“ (good advice bestie, still won‘t take it)
the amount of time I need to recover from Trent‘s „woof“ is embarrassingly long
AND WE DIDN’T EVEN SEE TED’S REACTION
Not Nate thinking Rupert would come over 🫡
Trying to recreate his own Diamond Dogs oh boi, bro really needs someone to talk
Those are terrible tricks and I hope this one guy burns this book and never speaks of it again
Noo not Ted learning Oscar Wilde is dead 😭😭😭
Knock on wood
Keeley don‘t read the comments :(
That‘s a terrible statement oh wow
Damn Jamie thats an impressive collection
Oh no Colin bestie what are you saying, that‘s too much and completely inappropriate
Thank you Isaac!! Thank you Jamie!!!
Bumberbatch, I wanna know your secrets
You would think Colin would be extra careful
Pain suffering… are Roy and Jamie gonna try to comfort Keeley ????
What did Jamie see…
The look Isaac gave Colin, fearing for my life right now
Isaac you just gave a whole speech about not looking at photos without permission😭😭 the pure panic and fear in Colins face
Suffering, only suffering (predicting a Colin and Trent talking about it scene)
Not even a word, this hurts so bad
I hope that teacher rots in jail wtf
Now I‘m scared that Jack will release the statement against her will (People are making me doubt her and I hate it)
Roy… why would you ask that …
Yeah Jack you should have asked :(
Look if I didn‘t know better and you just gave me that scene, I would 100% believe that Ted and Beard are a gay couple with their son
Not the west ham match🤡 Beard you‘re iconic for that
Damn Henry really loves Nate huh
„Friend“.. didn‘t you say in the beginning you wanted to show everyone your „girlfriend“ ?? (Not that she has to be out to everyone but this felt different)
Mae being petty love that for her
„Cause my dad does.“🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
Rebecca asking the real questions, chapter Michelle is over!!
„You need to stop letting yesterday get in the way of today“
Jack…..
Jamie apologizing 🥹 being accountable matters !! Whoo
The whole scene about his password was hilarious jsksks
Henry ignoring Jake, that‘s right
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supermarket-goblin · 1 year ago
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Look, I know I literally just finished Ted Lasso but I already have thoughts about TedTrent. Specifically surrounding the scene where the talk about sport as a metaphor and a nickname and then Ted calls Trent Sport as if sport itself isn't something that is means so much to themselves as a concept. Like we know that Ted has a been a coach for most of his adult life and Trent has been writing for the sports column for years! 'Sport' is an important thing in both of their lives and then Ted uses the nickname 'Sport' for Trent, maybe, just maybe, it means Trent is one of the important things in Ted's life too.
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starghost-fics · 3 months ago
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fanfic master post
this is new era only; anything not listed here is likely on my AO3 as a historical curiosity from the olden days.
sometimes i use the actual summary from AO3, sometimes that's too long or I don't want to use it here. no rules, only fic
under the cut: OCTOPATH TRAVELER OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH TED LASSO DEEP SPACE NINE
OCTOPATH TRAVELER
As a preface, I would personally like to invite you to play this video game because I found it delightful, but also because I'm inordinately proud of some of this fic, and it's a little fandom.
in the near-dark
AO3
length: 3 chapters, 9100 words
summary: The group travels through Orsterra, and Therion is bad at sleeping, except when he isn't.
my favorite tag: oh no tenderness
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a little sleight of hand
AO3
length: 1 chapter, 1500 words
summary: Therion has a strange habit of squirreling away food when he thinks no one is looking. Tressa worries about it.
my favorite tag: even my fluff has class issues
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the stars above
AO3
length: 4 chapters, 9100 words
summary: After their journeys are complete, Therion moves to Atlasdam, and discovers Cyrus's new (and dangerous) avenue of study.
my favorite tag: someone is pining
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untitled octopath fanfic
AO3
length: 1 chapter, 900 words
summary: It is a wretched day in Bolderfall, and Therion is a horrible goose. (of course it's a crossover with untitled goose game!)
my favorite tag: no beta we honk like geese
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series: divine intervention (god shit)
series summary: in which I spend nearly 100k words exploring Cyrus and Therion's relationship, among other things.
if the gods should touch you
AO3
length: 13 chapters, 60,000 words
summary: Spanning roughly from various chapter 2s to chapter 4s, the group travels, changes partners, faces fears, gets blessed, and oh also the scholar and the thief kiss.
my favorite tag: get in loser we're healing from past trauma and changing our negative coping mechanisms
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as shadows gather and gods move
AO3
length: 7 chapters, 32,000 words
summary: time loop? time loop. time loop!!! only Cyrus is aware and the solution is not what he thinks it is.
my favorite tag: the powers of a god are inexplicable but also annoying
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OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH
not a fic: a two-part essay/analysis on character weakness and desire
part one: stede bonnet and self-doubt
part two: edward teach and self-loathing and also applying this to writing
not made of glass but flesh and bone, which is worse
AO3
length: 6 chapters, 10,000 words
summary: Post s01e05, in which we diverge from canon so that Ed and Stede can go spend a night on a deserted island.
my favorite tag: a little light blasphemy
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what's a stab wound good for, anyway
AO3
length: 1 chapter, 1500 words
summary: After the (s1) duel, Ed has several thoughts, then ignores most of them.
my favorite tag: love a stabbing
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TED LASSO
And the Songbirds Keep Singing
AO3
length: 1 chapter, 4700 words
summary: Trent has a bad day and then Ted makes him dinner and they listen to records.
my favorite tag: Princess Grim Reaper (the cat)
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The Closest You Can Get to Flying
AO3
length: 1 chapter, 3600 words
summary: Trent learns to ride a bike, then he scrapes his knee and definitely needs someone to play doctor.
my favorite tag: biking is so great
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someday soon we all will be together
AO3
length: 2500 words
summary: Everyone is at Rebecca's Christmas party, and I do mean everyone. Also: heavily influenced by that one scene in The West Wing when Danny comes back.
my favorite tag: fancy pens as flirting
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real long distance
AO3
length: tk words (6 chapters total)
summary: Ted gets a land line, calls Trent more than anyone else. All-dialog, all the time.
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SERIES: a work excuse
in which i overwrote the main fic and felt like posting the other bits.
Lafayette Comes to America
AO3
length: 24 chapters, 53,000 words
summary: Trent goes to America with a tenuous work excuse and has a lot of Tension with Ted Lasso. Then he goes home and has a lot of moping, before everyone comes to their senses.
my favorite tag: warning: i love a loooooong paragraph
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beverages and conversation
AO3
length: 3 chapters, 3900 words
summary: Ted has one or two conversations that he is not entirely prepared for over a beverage. (Ted's side of things during a few of the later chapters.)
my favorite tag: give me the slightest provocation and i WILL sketch out a midwestern life for you
the intolerable evocation of emotion via art
AO3
length: 1 chapter, 363 words
summary: Texts between Trent and his ex-wife about a playlist she made him. (Makes no sense divorced from Chapter 18 of Lafayette Comes to America, probably.)
DEEP SPACE NINE
keep a bower quiet for us
AO3
length: 11 chapters, 20,000 words
summary: Julian Bashir goes on vacation, and ends up stuck on Earth, in the past, with Elim Garak. Things could be worse, probably.
my favorite tag: we run on vibes not plot
tumblr commentary: to come!?!
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evendumbo · 1 year ago
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I wonder if those who wanted Ted and Rebecca to remain platonic friends because “we need more representations of platonic male/female friendships on tv” genuinely believe that Ted and Rebecca’s relationship delivered this to them. I wonder if a fan could describe what was unique about their friendship.
How did these character’s’ relationship re-define platonic intimacy? What insight did we gain about the value of male/female friendship? Rebecca and Keeley would hang out regularly and explore issues of gender, media, business, power, sexuality, and love, including for each other. Of Ted and Rebecca’s brief non-work conversations, they were almost exclusively about divorce, one or two about dating. How did these conversations expand our ideas about how friendships between men and women can be uniquely useful in processing these issues?
When we look back on iconic male/female friendships on tv, do people really think that Rebecca and Ted will be on the list?
The most nuanced, interesting m/f friendship on tv that I can think of is Frasier and Roz. Their conversations spanned a wide variety of topics. They were there for each other when things got bad for each of them. It was clear that they knew each other well. They’d tease each other, advocate for each other, argue with each other, challenge each other. They had a complicated and interesting intimacy. They were friends.
It’s not totally a fair comparison bc Frasier is an old school show and had a zillion episodes. My point is that I deeply learned from their friendship. I honestly can’t think of anything interesting to say about Ted and Rebecca if limited to a context of platonic friendship, or even platonic “soulmates,” except it’s spooky that traumatic things in their childhoods happened to them on the same day, and it’s very nice that divorced people give each other pep talks sometimes.
Is that what folks are out here celebrating? Because…🥱
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madelinetess · 10 months ago
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Wouldn't it be nice?
“There are only ten minutes remaining till the end of this match and Richmond players seem to be in quite the pickle.”
“You are right Arlo, it does appear to be a dangerous situation for the greyhounds. As of now the score is 1:1 but Chelsea’s in possession and it looks like they may score the winning goal after all.”
“A beautiful pass from number 11, getting through Richmond’s defence, the only thing between the Chelsea Striker and leaving the match victorious is Richmond’s goalie, Zoreaux, who seems to be having a tough day today.”
“The greyhounds are relying quite heavily on their defence players today… What’s this? A beautiful kick by the Chelsea attacker! It’s soaring through the air and… By God, Arlo, did you see that?”
“If you are referring to the brilliant dive by Richmond’s number 13, then yes, I most definitely saw it. We simply have to look at it again, the way he got in there just in time to kick the ball right back into the stands, simply marvellous.”
A slow motion replay of Jan’s desperate save displayed on the screen accompanied by the cheers of the fans in the stands and the live commentary by both Chris Powell and Arlo White.
“The Dutchman did it again. He has definitely been the backbone of today's defence, foiling most of the scoring attempts. But back to the game, it is now time for Nelson Road residents to either try and keep the ball for the remaining four minutes, or to shock us with some clever closing play.”
“You never know what to expect from them, and they’ve been continually pulling all kinds of tricks from their sleeves. Chris, what do you think is going to happen?”
“It remains to be seen, Arlo, we’ll just have to wait.”
“Bumbercatch passes to Montlaur, Montlaur goes in to score, but no! It was a feint and it’s Jamie Tartt now with the ball. Tartt passes to Rojas who gets through Chelsea’s defence and gets the ball straight to number 12 and it’s a goal! A beautiful play by the Greyhounds mere seconds before the final whistle! Richmond winds up victorious with two goals from Tartt and Hughes respectively.”
“A beautiful display of teamwork indeed. It’s games like this one that truly highlight the unity of the Nelson Road Team, the famous ‘Richmond Way’ a term coined by Trent Crimm in his best selling book…”
The commentary was now fading away as the team exited the pitch, still euphoric after the win. Jan walked feeling exhausted but hyped up and was now heading to the locker room to celebrate along with the entirety of the team. The coaches were already there, waiting for them. 
Everyone got seated and the room fell into silence, awaiting Roy’s words. 
“Allright, I’ll make it quick. Good job Jamie, Colin,” He nodded at each respective player but then turned towards Jan “Jan Maas. You are the main reason we didn’t fuckin’ lose today!” Excitement in their manager’s voice crystal clear. 
Dani was the first one to cheer, but soon everyone joined in and the whole locker room was once again filled with excited footballers. Shoulder pats and bear hugs were exchanged once again before Roy had to shout to get them to settle down and listen to the announcements.
“Oi! You have fifteen minutes to celebrate here, and after that I expect to see you all on the bus, ready to head to the hotel.”
With that Roy left to support Rebecca handling the interviews, and both Beard and Nate followed him out of the room, probably to settle some other matters.
The team changed quickly and it wasn’t even twenty minutes later that Jan sat next to Richard on the way to the hotel. The Dutchman pulled out a well loved book that was given to him for his birthday by the man sitting right next to him out of his bag. Richard himself could never read while in a moving vehicle, so as usual he opted for listening to music and looking out the window, completely zoned out. 
The ride itself was short, and soon enough they all stood in the hotel lobby waiting to get their keys.
“Listen up people!” Coach Beard could be heard over the general ruckus “You get settled and then at 8PM sharp we meet in conference room 3 for our movie night! Jan Maas, today you get the honours of drawing the movie from our box of suggestions.” 
A collective choir of whoops and whistles filled the foyer.
The movie night tradition became a thing when Ted was still their manager and it was one of the many things that stuck around even after he didn’t. Of course pillow fights also kept on happening, but the clean-up after a movie night is undoubtedly easier, and watching a silly movie is definitely a great way of winding down after a difficult match. 
The box of suggestions though, was Phoebe’s idea that Roy decided to implement. At the beginning of the season each player got to write down one movie name on a post-it and put it in a purple glittery shoebox. Then, every movie night someone from the team would draw a piece of paper from said box and whatever it said, that was the movie they were going to watch. 
The suggestions were obviously restricted, to the disappointment of both Moe and Richard. Richard’s, because almost everyone voted no, on classic French cinema, and Bumbercatch’s for reasons unspecified. The only other rule was no one was supposed to know who suggested what.
So obviously Jan and Richard turned into a game to see if they could guess who wrote down which movie. So far they were pretty sure that Dani suggested Night at the Museum and Sam was definitely the one who pitched Ratatouille, as for the other ones they were based purely on speculation. Both of them were pretty positive that Thierry picked How to lose a guy in 10 days. Richard kept disagreeing with him about who suggested Baby Driver, it was a tie between Jamie and Isaac, but for some reason the same disagreement also occurred while debating who picked Ocean’s Eleven.
Some other movies they watched included classics such as Jojo Rabbit, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Legally Blonde, The Greatest Showman, and Knives Out. The jury was still out on all of these. 
They agreed not to disclose what movie they themselves suggested, to keep the game more interesting. 
Jan however knew exactly what Richard picked. He remembers the first practice of the season, he remembers the weather outside, and the exact button up shirt that Richard wore that day. 
Why does he remember that? Well, because he spent the entire after-practice meeting staring at the four undone upper buttons, and not thinking about what movie he should put down as his suggestion. That in turn meant he caught a glimpse of Richard’s post-it and the two titles written in neat handwriting. Duplex and 50 First Dates sat right there being deeply analysed by the Frenchman struggling to pick one. That’s when Jan decided, whichever one his friend doesn’t pick, he was going to write down.
The jangle of the room keys brought the Dutchman back to Earth. Richard has already gone and picked them up from coach Beard and was now motioning for Jan to follow him to their accommodations. 
Most of the team roomed on the same floor, but the coaches made sure to get themselves settled the furthest away from the rest of the team. The rooms were nice enough, with a small balcony, two beds, wardrobe, a table with some chairs and an adjacent bathroom. Enough for a one night stay. 
Richard immediately threw his things onto the bed by the window and sat down on it. After dozens of times sharing a room at away games Jan already knew that the Frenchman loved being woken up by the sun. 
The Dutchman took the other bed and unpacked some of their bathroom things. There was no use taking two tubes of toothpaste, so they both agreed beforehand who was going to take one, same with soap and shampoo. Neither of them trusted the ones provided by the hotels.
After they were done unpacking they headed down to the dining room to grab some dinner before coming back up to their room to get changed into some sweatpants and comfy t-shirts and whatnot. Then the only thing left was to locate conference room number 3. 
On the stairway they were joined by Colin, Isaac, Moe and a couple of the reserves. They already went up a flight before Reynolds stopped them to ask a question.
“Hold up, does anyone know where we are supposed to go?” 
“Conference room 3, duh” Colin answered.
“Yeah, but do any of you actually know where that is?”
Everyone stopped in the middle of the stairway and shook their heads.
“Then where the hell are we going?” Goodman piped up.
“O'Brien, didn't you say that your roommate stayed back to ask the receptionist about it?”
“Yeah, he did.” Tom turned around as if to locate said roommate and didn’t seem to find him. Then he turned around again, hoping for a different result. That clearly didn’t seem to help. “I forgot Bhargava!” he yelled out and dashed down the stairs back to the rooms.
“Do you guys think he just locked him inside their room?” Colin asked, looking after the goalkeeper.
“Maybe he just forgot to tell him we were going already..?” Isaac supplied. 
“Nah, he totally locked him in,” Richard laughed heartily and looked at Jan smiling which he reciprocated.
“Isn’t there a floorplan somewhere maybe?” Jan asked no one in particular. The Dutchman looked around trying to find something that would tell them where to go. While they were still standing around on the stairs they all heard O’Brien shouting.
“Lads! We got to go downstairs, not up!” A chorus of groans lasted a good ten seconds it took them to get downstairs and back to the lobby.
Once they finally reached the conference room Roy looked at them, then at his watch, and then back at them. 
“What took you so long, you got fuckin’ lost, or something?” 
“Well, what matters is that we are all here now.” Reynolds said after a beat of silence.
“That is the bare minimum, we said at 8, it’s 8:20”
“Actually, it’s only 8:17 so it’s closer to…” Goodman started but one look from their former captain turned manager shut him up.
"We need to learn how to appreciate the little things, like finding our way, or Richard…" Jan said, throwing an arm around his friend, who was standing right next to him.
The Frenchman was not amused, and rolled his eyes pointedly exaggerating the movement.
"Laugh all you want, I'm not the one that had to ask the hotel desk to get another duvet, because I didn't fit under the one that comes with the room."
“Fuckin’ hell… Enough of that, get inside, sit down and get ready to watch the movie.” Roy stopped them before they could drag the conversation out even longer. “Jan, come with me to pick the movie.”
Inside the conference room a projector was set up, along with a few rows of nice cushioned chairs to sit on. Roy stood in front of the chairs waiting for the footballers to settle down on their seats. 
“Today's match was hard,”Roy began his speech. “but we pulled through. And we fuckin’ won!” Here Roy paused, waiting for the cheers to die down. “And we owe it not only to the ones scoring the goals, but to our defence as well, especially to Jan Maas over here, so Nate,” Here Roy turned to the shorter man, “Bring in the Box!”
Nate approached with the glittery shoebox and dramatically opened the lid before turning to Jan waiting for the Dutchman to pick out a post-it note with the title of today’s movie.
Jan covered his eyes and reached into the box pulling out a piece of paper folded twice, handing it to Roy and walking off to sit down on an empty chair next to Richard that the shorter man saved for him.
“And the movie of the evening is… 50 First Dates!”
Some people whooped, some looked around confused. Richard turned to look at Jan grinning. Jan returned the gesture for the second time today and turned to the screen waiting for the movie to start. He has never seen it before, but since Richard enjoyed it, then it must be nice. 
The snack bowls were passed around, the light turned off, and the movie put on. Jan held onto the popcorn he was handed. For the next hour and a half every now and then the Frenchman would nudge him to get the bowl within his reach.
From time to time someone would snicker at some joke, Jamie definitely winced at the scene where Lucy beat Henry up, Thierry pointed out the fact that the dolphins were named Mary Kate and Ashley and Dani shot up during the diary burning scene to exclaim that it’s almost like that time when they were getting rid of the ghosts from the treatment room. 
They all bawled their eyes out at the break up scene, and tissues had to be passed around during the final one. Jan ended up liking the movie and judging by the fact that by the end most of the players were trying to hold back tears, so did they. 
Once the light came back on the coaches gave them ten minutes to tidy up, and get back to their rooms. Isaac and Sam stayed the longest to make sure everything was back to how it was beforehand, which meant Colin was stuck outside the doors waiting for his room key that his best friend held on to, Jan and Richard decided to keep him company. 
“How’d you like the movie?” the Welshman asked, noticing how the two of them decided to wait around with him.
“I liked it” Jan simply answered “And you, Richard, you’ve seen it before, right?”
“Yeah, but I still find it enjoyable.” 
“Yeah? Is it because Henry reminds you of… well, you?” Colin laughed
“Why? Because Dickie here is a shameless flirt, or actually a softie that cares a lot about penguins?” Colin joked as Isaac joined their group while Sam was locking up the conference room.
“I’ll have you know, penguins are actually great animals.”
“Yeah, and they are also the best secret agents in the world” the Nigerian finally joined their tiny circle, and they were able to start moving towards their rooms. 
They all stopped in front of Sam and Dani’s room to talk a bit more before retiring for the night. Jan couldn’t help but notice how short Richard looked standing next to them all, well, maybe not next to Colin, but the rest of them towered over the Frenchman a little. 
After about ten minutes of idle lounging around Colin yawned loudly prompting their discussion to halt.
“Need your beauty sleep?” Isaac asked.
“Better not, because he would need a lot of it.” Richard quipped.
“And remember, we have to be up early tomorrow.” Jan replied without missing a beat.
Colin flipped them both off as they bid the group farewell and took off in the direction of their room. 
Back in their room they got ready to sleep taking turns in the bathroom. Richard went in first so when Jan exited after his own shower he was surprised to see his friend still up clearly waiting for him. As soon as the Frenchman noticed Jan was done in the bathroom he motioned for him to join him on the bed, so Jan did.
“So, who do you think picked the movie? I’m pretty sure both Dixon and Goodman recognised it but I’m not sure any of them would have picked it as their one choice.”
“How about Tommy Winchester?” Jan suggested trying to seem oblivious.
“Nah, that’s also not it…Maybe Reynolds?” the shorter man continued to speculate.
“How do I know it wasn’t you?” It might have been a bit of a risky move there, but it wasn’t unsound to assume that. “After all you did know the movie and I remember you mentioning something about liking Drew Barrymore romantic comedies…”
“It does make sense, but let me tell you a secret. I wanted to put that one down, but ended up picking a different movie.” Richard winked at him and it took all the self control Jan had to not reveal to him that he knows. “Also, you remembered that comment about Drew Barrymore? I didn’t even remember it until you mentioned it.”
“We are friends, I remember things about you. Things like your favourite actress… Maybe not the French cinema ones, because most of them I’ve never heard of, but you know… other ones…”
“Give French cinematography a try, you may end up liking it. We could put a film on during our next charcuterie night?”
“How did you end up liking it? I didn’t think goat farms had access to a lot of fancy French cinemas.”
“Well, my maman had a big city soul and I got it from her. She never did get out of the farm, but I did and have been living with splendour for the two of us ever since. Never looked back…”
“You never talked about her before… She sounds like a lovely woman.”
“She was… She was the only one who would get my father to dance with her. He was the most stern man you’ve ever met, but when she put on an old record and asked him to dance he would, just like that… Bought them an Adele record for their 20th wedding anniversary with the money I earned in my first job because that was the only new release at the local store. Père and I listen to it every time I visit him back home.”
They were now both lying down, propped up on the big pillow and looking at the ceiling, Richard leaning on him.
“What is your family like? I don’t think I ever heard you talking about them either…”
“Well, I have a brother and a sister, both older than me, and my parents own a small corner shop…”
Jan woke up in the middle of the night disoriented. He looked around and noticed someone lying on top of him. 
Richard’s rhythmic breaths and the rise and fall of his chest calmly brought Jan back to Earth and stopped him from panicking lest he wake up the smaller man. They must have fallen asleep whilst talking.
The Dutchman looked back at his friend and smiled softly at how the other man curled up into him. He made a move to reach for the blanket at the foot of the bed without stirring the Frenchman but was unsuccessful in his attempt as the other man stirred awake.
“Morning… Well, not morning, but there isn’t really a greeting for the middle of the night…”
“Hello to you too… Can we go back to sleep, or are you gonna move some more?”
“I… Well, uh… Sure, let’s, let’s get back to sleeping.” Before lying back down Jan draped the blanket over the both of them and spared one last look at his best friend. He waited before Richard’s breathing slowed down again before speaking.
“I was the one who put down that movie… Because I saw you struggling to pick one, and I decided to pick the one you wrote off.” He was now absentmindedly tracing patterns on Richard’s right shoulder and arm while spilling some stuff he’d be too scared to admit in the daylight. “I couldn’t stop looking at you that day… And many days before and after that. It’s been a thing for quite some time. And now I’m thinking that I’d like to buy a gramophone so that we could get a vinyl of some Adele album and dance to it, and maybe visit your dad on the farm… You could show me the goats. I've never touched a goat before… And maybe we could grow older together, but not as friends… As something…”
“Just so you know, I’m not asleep yet…”Richard whispered softly as Jan's face dropped. “And I think I would like that too, but maybe we could talk about it more in the morning?” Jan’s face went from horrified to touched to happy as he hugged the man lying next to him.
He pressed a soft kiss to the top of Richard’s head and burrowed his face in his hair. Richard in turn kissed his neck before turning to find a comfortable position and go back to sleep.
“Goodnight Richard”
“Goodnight Jan”
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trentcrimminallybeautiful · 2 years ago
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sometimes when im bored i imagine various ted lasso characters on taskmaster and that cheers me up
#i imagine for one of the new years specials or a charity thing or something#so many golden opportunities. trent would be so fucking funny#whatever cool steady reputation he had is gone thoroughly imploded#[mulan meme] now all of england knows you're a dork#hard to seem cool and collected when everyone's seen you do a team task with ted lasso and utterly fail#but (covered in mud and hair a mess) ridiculously crumble into giggles at the end#(depending on the team task they'd either do extremely well or extremely badly lmao)#and tedependent brain aside also just like. literally any of the characters#except beard he'd be too good at it he'd inexplicably do it all and face the taskmaster down with no facial expression change at all /j#but like. roy. GOLDEN#dani? BEAUTIFUL. completely immune to cutting commentary. even greg daivies is charmed.#JAMIE? FUCKING JAMIE? CAN YOU IMAGINE?#jan maas. beautiful.#BUMBERCATCH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE#THERE'S SO MANY GOOD FUCKING OPTIONS#and i need the 'everyone tied their dicks together' thing to come up. please#hang on wait also now i had the cursed thought of someone comparing led tasso to The Taskmaster but that makes beard alex horne which is#the worst thought i've ever had#or would that be boach ceard?#oh my god fucking. rebecca. can you imagine rebecca on taskmaster. i think someone would die#there are just endless good options here#ted in general outside of the ted/trent context too my god it'd be so good#it's all so funny i love this thought exercise#ted lasso#ted lasso tv
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Rewatching Ted Lasso part 20: once again, this time on TV, Roy Kent lets us know that he’s never been normal about Jamie Tartt lol
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yepthatsacowalright · 1 year ago
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Baffled and pissed that Ted Lasso doesn't have a physical release either. No blooper reels?? No deleted or alternative scenes?? No insight into the story structure shift from a half-hour to an hour over the course of the series (a wild change for a show to even be allowed to do)?? This show won awards. It's nominated for more. They really think not enough people will care about it to physically buy a copy with extra stuff on it?? I hope there's at least a YouTube video or podcast out there somewhere, but why do I have to scour the internet crossing my fingers for something that an officially released physical copy of it could easily provide? Studios want film & TV production dead, is what it really feels like. How do you pass along knowledge of how an industry works, how do you inspire future generations to learn more about and pursue it, if you suck the energy of current workers in it dry and slam the door behind them so no one else has a way in?
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rebeccasbiscuits · 2 years ago
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Have to add in random episode thoughts, I was laughing so much about Rupert's ridiculous evil villain office. The window! They really said with him 'everyone on this show has some sympathetic backstory... except this guy. No yeah he's just fucking evil.' And then fully commit to that on every level. I love that for them.
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moon0fairy · 1 year ago
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Ted Lasso finale 3x12 haha:
„That was a crime“ „Speaking of which.. Rupert Manion“
…. They really know how to subvert an audience, they reallyhad me there for a sec…
This poor cleaning lady
Judge Mcadoo damnn
Dani whuuut he‘s innocent your honor!!!!
Aww Jamie putting more money in
Expensive dinner huh
Is Roy and Keeley scaring each other gonna be a running gag now
„Stuff“ (Jamie)
Beard for the love of god leave this woman
TRENT🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹
Beard already underlining (just to make Trent nervous)
So everyone already knows about Ted leaving…
„Whatever you guys want“
Oh god
KEELEY TRENT INTERACTION
Keeley and Jamie hugging and you see Roy between them oh boi
Are we finally getting a Trent and Ted scene
„I just want you to like it“
Royoo🥹🥹
Me seeing Roy and Jamie fight: please just shut up and kiss
Now they‘re just idiots
If you go I go
Not them both showing up beaten up by Keeley
„You should just pick“ (if she says why do I have to pick when I can have both I‘ll scream)
Yeah honestly better choice
Ohh finally the Ted and Nate talk
They should paint „Believe“ on there honestly
MICHAEL OMG
Well Dr Jakobson that was rude (the look between Henry and Michelle)
ROY
Trent raising his finger every time he wants to speak
TRENTS HAIR IS PERFECT
Nate can finally talk about his girlfriend🥹
Damn that‘s a big avocado
No more Van Damme!!
This video sucks I don‘t want to cry already (apparently they had the same problem)
(Spotted Trents hair behind Ted)
Zorro literally blocked every score last game what‘s going on???
Awww all got a believe piece
Also that was the book Ted gave Jamie in the first season wasn‘t it?
Getting a new one would be easier but it‘s for the ~symbol~
ISAAC LETS GO
Huh???
Not the guy😂😂😂 (Barbara having the time of her life)
Rupert and his stupid villain coat
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Sassy also having the time of her life
TED KNOWS THE GAME
Jamie is doing the thing !!! From season one !!!! So many throwbacks!!!!
🥳🥳🥳🥳
COLIN !!!!!
So Rebecca didn‘t sell the club?
Ussie guy !!!!
Beard please leave Jane (also Ted please leave too and run into Trents arms)
NOOO WE GOT BEARDS NAME
Nooooo go with him😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
BOAT GUY OMG
TED WOULD NEVER MISS BEARDS WEDDING WTF
Also Dani giving us the poly representation ok!!
The ending was just me crying so no comment on any of that even tho I have thoughts but I need to stop crying first 🤣
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izzyspussy · 1 year ago
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In TATG when you had Jamie thinking he “broke the first rule of good sex he ever learned” and it was already GREAT and then you circled RIGHT BACK in Keeley’s point of view with her thinking she’s “fucked the rules right out of his head”… I get what you mean about them being natural soulmates.
They made each other for each other. <- the one and only Ship Dynamic
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starghost-fics · 5 months ago
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I should have posted this already, but for a minute I completely forgot about everything other than sewing and [redacted writing project].
Chapter 21: In which Ted comes over to talk to Trent, and some cookies are completely forgotten. Sorry—biscuits.
commentary below the cut
(slaps lid of this chapter) this bad boy can fit so many abridged conversations about emotional issues in it
throughout this fic, there have been moments when i picture an expression on ted's face and think "god damn you, jason sudeikis, how am i supposed to put that look into words"
those puppy-dog eyes, those eyebrows
how is trent supposed to argue with a man with big, brown eyes? that is why he didn't want to let Ted come over. whatever you say, beautiful.
to repeat, because it's that important: the book that Ted mentions, about deserving, is Ursula K. Le Guin's The Dispossessed, which I adore more than most other books.
one might say i'm forcing this particular reference
but i can so clearly see one of the library ladies (mentioned in the Ted side-scenes) handing him a stack of Le Guin, maybe after he mentions A Wrinkle in Time
and Ted latching onto that particular idea so hard that it becomes part of his being
it takes him quite a long time to apply the idea to himself, but for now he's very busy making sure everyone around him knows they are free of deserving or not deserving
anyway they're all kissy-face now! what could the next chapter possibly hold
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ditheringkestrel · 2 years ago
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i’m actually okay with international break being 63 minutes long even though, as someone on Twitter so succinctly put it, “a sitcom having 67 minute long episodes is something that should prompt congressional action” because 1) sunflowers was the best episode of the season so far and that was the same length and 2) I admittedly care less about this particular episode being “““good””” than I care about seeing Sam and Jamie and Dani play for their respective national teams and for my own sanity I must believe that more minutes = more likelihood of this happening 3) sam richardson
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heartsbreaking-migrated · 2 years ago
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this is me, climbing into my clown car because im 99% certain that roy/keeley/jamie will be canon next week and if not it'll be canon in my heart.
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lunar-years · 2 years ago
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Okay phew I’ve got other thoughts but they’re mostly the boring ones like yeah oof feeling bad for Ted that is quite the blow?? The MARRIAGE COUNSELOR??? Also very intrigued by Rebecca’s psychic plot but I need more data. Also the Jane and Beard relationship is so toxic it makes me actively uncomfortable to watch on screen if he does not leave her this season—
Anyway. Back to Jamie Tartt a man of many layers!!!
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bethannangel · 1 year ago
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I cried so hard. It was like a sob fest. So happy where everyone ended up
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