im a pessimistic tedbecca truther especially lately so i made a list of all the ted and rebecca stuff that keeps me grounded because i absolutely cannot think of a platonic explanation for them (in chronological order) (ish)
"ted lasso, my god" when she looks him up and down with her eyes bugging out of her head + she was talking to a guy before she turned around and saw ted but after she pulls that shit he gives up and turns away lol
the rickshaw that passes them outside the gala having their stand ins sitting together in it
the comparisons between ted and rupert being so deliberate and exact ("i must say i do love that dress" vs "you are wearing the heck out of it" / "not too much champagne now" vs "oh hell you crushed that" / "its just worth it being here to get to know you" / "he told me eat this, wear that")
that stupid fucking look he has on his face during the first truth bomb scene after he says "i mean thats nuts" and sighs
that stupid fucking look he has on his face during the first truth bomb scene after she pulls away from the hug. my guy was prepping for a kiss
that stupid fucking look he has on his face when he watches her sit down across from him after saying "youre not going anywhere because we have work to do next season" because why the hell would they frame it like that if theyre strictly platonic
we KNOW ted likes blondes thats just a confirmed fact and they have rebecca looking exactly like his celebrity crush? ok
the stand-ins again looking cosy asf in the cafe as rebecca looks around at people that reflect her love life while breaking up w john
the way they look at each other in "carol of the bells" when rebecca is talking about how awful the first christmas post-divorce can be. she looks at ted and then looks away just as he goes to look at her and then they both look at each other all shy and shit like are you kidding they are teenagers
the rom-communism. "its a show about football!" ok then why are there 9000 parallels to all these famous movies where the leads fall in love. oh wait yeah thats right because its like "IF NORA EPHRON WROTE A SPORTS FILM" (also "what if you had a crush on your boss" ??? fuck you sudeikis)
the elderly couple sitting in the crowd at a game recounting how they got together; he snuck into richmond games which we know now rebecca and rupert did once. "she insisted that i should stay and then we fell in love" and then later we get "no ted stay" and if teds truth bomb is that hes leaving and she helps him realize that he has to stay...
THE. BANTR. FAKEOUT. fuck you sudeikis
the way he watches her walk away after the 2nd truth bomb like yes the skirt believe me i get it but sir you are not fooling anyone esp when you leaned over to try and catch another glimpse through the window
tishs prediction: the matchbook rebecca picks up that has a "k" with a lightning bolt, teds green match book that he writes notes and football plays in, the matchbox soldier, said soldier being in the background along with the biscuits as rebecca studies the matchbook sam gave her aka literally ignoring whats been there all along because "the right idea is just sitting behind a couple of the wrong ones", MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW TED IS ALSO CARRYING THE OLAS MATCHBOOK, THE SOLDIER BEING KEPT IN THE MATCHBOOK IN HER PURSE ALL THIS TIME AND THE SCENE WHERE SHE LOOKS AT BOTH IN HER HANDS. insanity. all of it. especially the last two because why on earth would they do that if tedbecca isnt real
tishs prediction pt 2: "shite in nining armour" -> "i believe some folks call it white knighting" because if not that what the fuck does this part of the prediction even mean and dont say jamie gtfo with that shit
the entirety of the office talk scene where rebecca oklahomas him for the first time: she remembered a detail of what he told her more than a year ago, all the looks and glances whether shared or not, "'am i a mess?' 'of course you are thats why we get along'" in contrast to how everyone else in that episode is just saying yeah youre a mess shes saying youre not perfect but nobody is and you dont have try to be for me to love you + shes using oklahoma to honestly check in with him because she knows he struggles with really opening up when hes not okay vs how im assuming michelle used it in therapy out of frustration and as a strategy to get him to say what he really means, but for her benefit not his
THE HALLWAY SCENE!!!!!! please just read this
gezellig: boatguy shows rebecca that a relationship can be based in emotional connection and not just physical. rebeccas closest circle of people she feels most comfortable and herself around consists of keeley, leslie, sassy, and ted. only one of those is a viable option for rebecca to be romantically involved with (sapphic rebecca is real to me but atp in the series i do not think theyre gonna develop that in one episode)
"this thing didnt happen to me it happened for me" vs "this job you gave me has changed my life. it gave me the distance i needed to see what was really going on"
ummmm rebecca welton recognized a kenny rogers song even in a different language how much is she listening to him for that to happen and also why would she be listening to him that much and also the song is literally "she believes in me"....
the line "remember to let her into your heart" from hey jude playing just as rebecca calls ted
the way she's gazing at him throughout the "heart bent" scene is so not platonic sorry idc how much you love your friends i love my friends so very much they have quite literally saved my life but i still do not look at them like im imagining our whole lifetime together ahead of us and like i want to crawl inside their skin because anything less wouldnt be close enough and otherwise just so fucking enthralled
that stupid fucking look he has on his face during the "i want to win for us" scene
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