poor aristocrat, rich peasant

margo. historian & trent crimm enthusiast. follows from fairmanor.

[hotporridgepot]

fan artists who make character-themed tarot cards are the backbone of society

[fairmanor]

It’s our physical destiny. Period pains, sore boobs, child birth, you know. We carry it within ourselves throughout our lives. Men don’t. They have to seek it out.

[hotporridgepot]

when mumford and sons said love; it will not betray you or enslave you and when mumford and sons said keep the earth below my feet, for all my sweat my blood runs weak and when mumford and sons said i wrestled so long with youth and when mumford and sons said there'll be no comfort in the shade of the shadows thrown and when mumford and sons said i had been blessed by a wilder mind and when mumford and sons said i'm worried i blew my only chance and when mumford and sons said take all the courage you have left and waste it on fixing the problems you made in your own head

[hotporridgepot]

I love the cute names everyone gives Trent's daughter in fics but come on we all know it'd be something like Clementine Xanthe Astraea Eurus Fraser Wallis Levine

[your-ace-cousin-clover]

Listen, I’m calling her Beena *insert pretentious middle name* Crimm (because one, that’s how he honours his mother’s Indian heritage and two, he gets to call her Bee, Bea and maybe Biscuit, after Ted gives her a biscuit obsession)

(also do I think that the middle name would be something from a famous queer poet because listen, if I ever have kids I’m gonna do that)

[hotporridgepot]

Beena Audre Crimm 🥺

[hotporridgepot]

I love the cute names everyone gives Trent's daughter in fics but come on we all know it'd be something like Clementine Xanthe Astraea Eurus Fraser Wallis Levine

[hotporridgepot]

okay now i'm really projecting but also i'm imagining trent with a couple of neuro issues like intrusive thoughts or OCD or non-verbal Tourette's/tic disorder

& writing makes him feel safe bc he can control what he puts out into the world and can easily curate the perception of him held by others

so when he quits his job it freaks him out bc he's never been without his shield

but everything he's learned from ted in the past two years of listening to his press conference wisdom helps trent to make peace with the parts of him he considers unsavoury or unlikeable

bc he's all for being "trent crimm independent" but it's actually quite a scary thought without the safety net of a career you were brilliant at

but with someone as open and accepting as ted in his corner it doesn't seem all that bad

[hotporridgepot]

trent is the biggest sagittarius my gOD

[hotporridgepot]

i don't see enough media representation of those families that are like. on the brink of the upper class but grew up in some farmhouse somewhere in the middle of nowhere so they don't have posh accents and any modicum of aristocracy is offset by your crunchy hippy parents and the seven years you spent at the local state school because there was no other school near enough, and occasionally you dig up some old family crest from your mouldy attic because your house is cold and falling to bits with age but it's still super cosy and there are wellies lined up in the hall and out of your dad's two best friends one went to Harrow and the other is a builder and you're generally just a bit scrappy and muddy round the edges with a sense of identity and pride in your lineage that's hard to explain or maintain because you grew up so normal yet so not normal at the same time

[hotporridgepot]

The signs for Trent leaving his job were there even when he was in the thick of it. Small signs, but they were there.

When we're introduced to Trent he's set up as a career-hardened man, the stereotypical journalist. Smarmy, invasive, not worth the time of day. Even as we warm to him over Season 1 he's still a pretty minor plot vehicle, a springboard for Ted's monologues.

It's in Season 2, specifically Do The Right-est Thing, when we start to see a hint of something more. See, Trent always resorted to the easy digs in the first few episodes. Is this a fucking joke? Can you explain the offside rule? But when it comes to one of the most serious stories to come out of AFC Richmond, Sam's Dubai Air campaign pullout, something in him changes, fundamentally. It's a difference that is somehow both microcosmic and palpable.

He starts with another of his easy questions, cheaply linking the campaign to the team's loss. But then Sam says, very simply and firmly, that he's not here to talk about football, and look at Trent's face.

That's the face of a man who's found the kind of thing he's been missing. This has nothing to do with Ted, who is pretty much the only person we've seen him talk to before. This isn't Trent laughing at Ted, or Trent charmed by Ted. This isn't Trent as Ted's plot device. This is the real him, deep in his element, hooked onto what's probably the best story he's heard in years.

Sam goes on, and Trent's still utterly intrigued. He's not looking for an easy answer, so he doesn't ask an easy question. It's exactly the kind of different he claims to be looking for later in the season. He's doing what he likes to do, deep down: he's rooting for the underdog, advocating for awareness surrounding things that matter.

Once he gets his answer from Sam about the Nigerian government, you can just tell he's going to have an absolute field day tonight. He understands it all better. He understands the team, specifically the team Ted's curated, and he understands himself. Coaxing someone to openly accuse a government of corruption is a far cry from where Trent started. He's not looking for cheap shots and easy laughs anymore. As we saw, it still wasn't enough to save Trent for his career - his morals won out in the end, which makes for extremely promising character development in Season 3 - but the same principle stands: Trent's looking for exactly the kind of things Ted has been promoting from the start. Hope, insight, curiosity, justice. Depth.

[leupagus]

I still say he quit because he realized that if he was gonna wife Ted he’d need to get another job but this is also a very compelling argument.

[hotporridgepot]

oh oh oh i did a fic on this! a very loose version of this mind you, but still. In which Ted & Trent immediately jump each other when they have the chance but it doesn't go quite as planned. https://archiveofourown.org/works/36661120

[hotporridgepot]

The signs for Trent leaving his job were there even when he was in the thick of it. Small signs, but they were there.

When we're introduced to Trent he's set up as a career-hardened man, the stereotypical journalist. Smarmy, invasive, not worth the time of day. Even as we warm to him over Season 1 he's still a pretty minor plot vehicle, a springboard for Ted's monologues.

It's in Season 2, specifically Do The Right-est Thing, when we start to see a hint of something more. See, Trent always resorted to the easy digs in the first few episodes. Is this a fucking joke? Can you explain the offside rule? But when it comes to one of the most serious stories to come out of AFC Richmond, Sam's Dubai Air campaign pullout, something in him changes, fundamentally. It's a difference that is somehow both microcosmic and palpable.

He starts with another of his easy questions, cheaply linking the campaign to the team's loss. But then Sam says, very simply and firmly, that he's not here to talk about football, and look at Trent's face.

That's the face of a man who's found the kind of thing he's been missing. This has nothing to do with Ted, who is pretty much the only person we've seen him talk to before. This isn't Trent laughing at Ted, or Trent charmed by Ted. This isn't Trent as Ted's plot device. This is the real him, deep in his element, hooked onto what's probably the best story he's heard in years.

Sam goes on, and Trent's still utterly intrigued. He's not looking for an easy answer, so he doesn't ask an easy question. It's exactly the kind of different he claims to be looking for later in the season. He's doing what he likes to do, deep down: he's rooting for the underdog, advocating for awareness surrounding things that matter.

Once he gets his answer from Sam about the Nigerian government, you can just tell he's going to have an absolute field day tonight. He understands it all better. He understands the team, specifically the team Ted's curated, and he understands himself. Coaxing someone to openly accuse a government of corruption is a far cry from where Trent started. He's not looking for cheap shots and easy laughs anymore. As we saw, it still wasn't enough to save Trent for his career - his morals won out in the end, which makes for extremely promising character development in Season 3 - but the same principle stands: Trent's looking for exactly the kind of things Ted has been promoting from the start. Hope, insight, curiosity, justice. Depth.

[hotporridgepot]

now i'm not saying ted lasso is built like a tank underneath those cutesy collared sweaters, but. come on. the man's entire life has been about american football since college. the man is built like a tank.

[hotporridgepot]

Imagine some random indie singer with 4,000 monthly listeners on Spotify searching up their own songs to see if there are any lyric websites that have them and finding a 100k ao3 fic that's titled something like "when the morning stars are true (i'll give them back to you)" and it's tagged FWB Enemies to Lovers Heavy Angst Canon Divergence Werewolf AU Magical Realism ABO Male Pregnancy Illness Mental Health Fluff and Smut Size Difference Piss

[hotporridgepot]

me to my comfort character: i do this because i love you [gives them all my problems]

[hotporridgepot]

i want to see more tedtrent headcanons that aren't grumpy/sunshine because while it is completely true, they ARE that trope, i also have it on good authority (source: my brain) that trent is simply a clingy baby behind closed doors (source: throws away his entire career for a man who isn't even his coworker) and would absolutely be the one who literally trips over himself trying to impress ted

[your-ace-cousin-clover]

any tedtrent hcs?

Woo hoo, this is a loaded question, let's buckle up.

A lot of this is borrowed from popular Fanon so don't be surprised if you see common elements here from.

1. First of all, Ted would def go to the US for some reason or the other, and Trent would fiercely miss him, leading to Trent's Dad (who I chose to believe is a nice person, for now at least) makes the iconic "Trent Crimm. Co-Dependant." (joke cred goes to @axmxz who also made a list of hilarious jokes yesterday)

2. Second, my Headcanon is Trent is half-Indian, Maybe Bengali? (from his mother's side), but his spice tolerance is terrible. (Hence running away from the restaurant in 1x03) But Ted's not that bad with spice and has built up his tolerance by going to Ollie's place too many times and being treated like family. So when he does sit down to have a meal with Trent's family, he and Trent's mother keep teasing Trent about his poor tolerance.

3. This comes out of talks with @viceversawrites recently. We talked about how Ted would def take Trent to a fair and Trent would be soooo disgusted and horrified by the fact that he actually enjoys typically fair food like deep fried Oreos or something.

Also Ted starts winning all the stuffed toys for Trent and the kids, so by the end of the day, they have so many, that they have to give some away.

4. And in the same chat, we talked about how confused Trent would be with American sports and would probably spend the entire time googling whether the team they were supporting was winning or losing. (Also, lots of condensing tone regarding what counts as "real football")

5. Aww, this is a short one, but Ted has to call Trent "Darlin'" with his sweet accent and Trent def calls him "Teddy".

6. Also Trent probably has a thing for "enemies to lovers" so it is any surprised to people who know him that the American he was bitterly complaining about is the same one he's dating.

7. Probably there's a betting pool going on with the press room reporters about whether Trent has a crush on Ted. (Because hey, "I cannot help but root for him") That's basically a softball from the great Trent Crimm.

8. Ted cooking barbecue and holding a Fourth of July party in London; More likely than you think.

So yeah, these are the ones currently in my head. If anyone has any other Headcanons I'd love to hear them.

[hotporridgepot]

no you don't understand i would WALK THROUGH FIRE to see Ted host a July 4th barbecue and for Trent to call him "Teddy"

[hotporridgepot]

trent in season 3 deserves to just hang around. he's had his stressful 9-to-5, now it's time to spend the ascent of his middle age swaggering around the pitch with his hair up. what's he even doing all day? no one knows, but he's getting paid somehow. he's a richmond roadie. a WAG.

[hotporridgepot]

there aren't enough time traveller shows set in the future. what are you afraid of? being wrong? embarrassing yourself? yawn, snore. it's high camp. look at back to the future 2. they didn't get a single thing right and it's a fucking smacker of a movie. a classic. making overdramatic assumptions about the future is exactly the kind of unapologetic kitsch that's been missing from cinema since the mid 2000s