viva mexico tbh

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[mexicangela]

what have i to look forward to anymore if not my himbos and their weird little midwestern coach and his strange tall posh boss?

[mexicangela]

a three year long relationship and his daughter doesn’t even speak to rebecca directly during their video call. like have you ever seen a child around an adult they are comfortable with? they just say shit. i’m open to seeing their dynamic but we’re not off to a strong start.

[mexicangela]

okay so ted lasso

i had pretty much come to terms with the possibility that i would never think or speak critically about ted lasso again but here we are! this is a long post. i really enjoyed this episode. it was so fun to see ted in his hometown and leslie, keeley, and rebecca having to acclimate to it. it's very clear that they missed ted and love him purely based on the fact that they traveled so far to even see if he would go back to richmond. no guarantee. just a leap of faith. would it have been more impactful to see a more emotional reunion? maybe. but we have to remember that this is a group of people that hasn't seen each other in three years, apparently hasn't even kept up with each other (despite rebecca's attempts). what we've been given is a ted that is struggling, and has been struggling, to figure out who he is (in my opinion). he decided to leave coaching behind to be a dad to henry, but it's obvious that being a coach was such a significant part of his identity. in college, i met a professor who so clearly had a passion for teaching. it was like he was born to do it, like i couldn't imagine him as anything other than an educator. he loved knowledge but more than that he loved his students. and he was a dad. he was an incredible dad and i couldn't imagine him not being a dad either. of course, he was a dad first, then a teacher but those two things made up so much of who he was at his core. my point being, ted can be a dad and he can be a coach but to force himself to only be one of those things has caused him turmoil, which is kind of what we saw in s3. he was trying to balance being a dad and a coach but i don't think he felt he had all the tools to do that successfully. long tangent about ted but i am writing this as a flow of consciousness so let me bring it back to the dynamic between ted and rebecca: of course it's different. they've been apart for three whole years. so much can change in that amount of time. surely they've grown apart emotionally. that's only natural. their connection has to rebuild and i'm so excited to watch it happen under different circumstances. and then: matthijs. he is an uncomfortable reality. i did not enjoy the video call between him and rebecca. it was awkward and clunky and it went in an unnecessary direction. and i do take umbrage with the fact that they've been together three years and there are no tangible plans of further commitment. yes, yes, he's a pilot and he has a daughter but if we're going that route then we can argue the same we did when ted decided to go back to kansas for henry. are they just meant to be long distance until jelka goes off to university or how do the logistics work here? i don't hate the dutchman but he hasn't given me reason to like him. i'll end this here but overall i am excited to see what this new season will bring.

[sexchangedotcom]

my beautiful baby who i'm naming untitled document

[sexchangedotcom]

i can't seem to find my baby

[mexicangela]

in honor of the return of ted lasso i will be walking into the ocean

[energyprison]

honestly having a brother is a lot like just knowing some guy

[sunfortune]

[segamascott]

accidentally forgot to lock in for the past 43 months

[xelayxes]

Born to don't wanna. Forced to gotta

[sunsbleeding]

[butterflypeaflowertea]

i keep spending money. i should be killed

[mexicangela]

omg did you see the tracy interview where she said that rollins dated and heather thought she’d never see robby again but she got matched to the ptmc. like that is everythingggg to me

i did!! it's making me think so much harder about timeline and logistics with the current fic i'm writing like i'm having to google things like the timeline of covid and medical school and residencies because of this show and when i came from the ted lasso fandom?? it's definitely a big shift 😭

[mexicangela]

is there a rollins discord? if not would anyone be interested in one? i need people to talk to specifically about them 😭

[mexicangela]

his job is Yearn

[helcnsharpe]

“So [our characters' chemistry] wasn't something that we ever actually talked about. Maybe that adds to it because maybe it is something they actually haven't actually talked about."

• Tracy Ifeachor on US Weekly

[mexicangela]

robbycollins fic ideas

robby gets buzzed or drunk and calls collins post season finale because the shift from hell is hitting him full force and he just wants to hear her voice (don't remember at this very moment if he has the next four days off after this shift but if not then i still think this could work even without the four days off being directly after the shift)

robby shows up at collins’ doorstep post season finale apologetic but reaching out for her so he doesn’t have a full breakdown now that he isn’t distracted by work

collins asking robby out, their subsequent first (covid- safe) date

robby starts going to therapy and, honestly, he hates it. he really fucking hates talking to someone about his thoughts and feelings and traumas. it feels like a fucked up humiliation ritual to him. but he does it. and he talks to collins about it and she encourages him and he yearns for her and hopes that maybe, maybe, when he’s further on this whole healing journey thing then she’ll give him another chance. so he keeps going

collins can’t get the conversation they had in the back of the ambulance off her mind. maybe she calls him and tells him the words she couldn’t before because it’s easier to say it over the phone instead of face to face

maybe adamson didn’t approve at first; all the longing glances and sneaky smiles. of course he noticed. there wasn’t a thing that could happen in his ER without him noticing it. a flirtation between an attending and an intern couldn’t happen and wouldn’t end well. but dana can sense his distress and she talks to him about it, says, “aren’t there bigger things to worry about right now? besides, i got $20 on them coming to you in a two weeks. care to make a wager?”

these are just a some silly little ideas that have been swimming around in my noggin. don't know if i'll commit to any of them but i like thinking about them. i'm working on my first rollins fic at the minute so i'm just havin a fun lil time

[mexicangela]

starting the show i did think there would be more robby x collins love but i haven’t seen many posts about them. i’m chill with all the other ships but this one is consuming me 😭