rebecca welton blog disguised as a ted lasso one

my little ted lasso thoughts diary - expect many words and very little coherence

[rebeccasbiscuits]

one of my favourite things about rebecca welton is truly how casually unhinged she is. water bottle gift baskets, tea spitting, biscuit obsessed. the whole setup of the show is her flopping at cartoon villain vibe plotting. deranged queen.

[rebeccasbiscuits]

the real question is. do i care

[madeofstarrynights]

I have many thoughts about last night’s episode but the main one is I need someone to make an edit of siegfried’s dash to the train station to the instrumental section of iris by the goo goo dolls STAT

[madeofstarrynights]

UPDATE EVERYBODY I MADE IT MYSELF

here it is!! I'm so proud of it!! it's my first edit and I love it so much!! I hope everyone enjoys xxx

[rebeccasbiscuits]

I’m thinking so many thoughts after that episode, which was wonderful and hilarious, but something I’m very much thinking about is where someone on twitter pointed out the contrast between Rupert going to the club every single day for six weeks to wear Rebecca down vs Ted coming to her office every day for biscuits and genuinely wanting to get to know her. I’m especially thinking about how this adds some more context to Rebecca’s point of view on that as well. We see her disparagingly calling him ‘relentless, and nice’, and her desire for her love of the biscuits to not make her dependent on him providing her with something.

The moment I’m thinking about most is the one at the end of episode 5, where Ted storms in after finding out she sent Jamie away. The biscuit reveal at the end has always felt crucial in this way, but even more so in this context. Her experience has been with the relentless interest and charm until the other person pulled back the layer of charm and showed that this charming nature wasn’t genuine, and in a way I think here, as Ted yells at her, it lets her feel a bit vindicated, or at least secure, in her belief, or lack of belief, in the nature of other people. But then Ted continues the biscuits, and the extension of kindness they represent, no matter how angry he is, and not only that but reveals he has been (without having told her) baking the biscuits himself. His only deceit was hiding an extra kindness he didn't even seek self serving credit for, despite knowing how much she liked the biscuits. Obviously this works so interestingly as another anti-Rupert parallel in a Ted/Rebecca sense, but I love it even just generally in the context of how it’s visible that this is what shakes Rebecca in that scene, because it shakes the view she has of how people treat people after her abusive marriage and isolation, which is allowing her to go on with the plan that will hurt so many of them. It disarms her because even when she has done something bad, and Ted is expressing legitimate annoyance about it, he will not stop extending this relentless kindness and generosity to her, even when he has not got what he wanted, the way she experienced Rupert doing once he had got what he wanted. Ted’s not only relentless, not only nice, he’s also sincere.

[madeofstarrynights]

UPDATE I JUST FOUND OUT THIS IS FROM MY DEAR FRIENDS SIDEBLOG AND I DIDNT EVEN KNOW HEY GIRL

[rebeccasbiscuits]

very flattering to know ur irl best friends aren't just pretending to enjoy your tv show meta

[rebeccasbiscuits]

just remembered rebecca's storyline ended with the implication she would be the stepmother to the child of her kind love interest who travels between England and his country of origin. u have to giggle. year ago me would have been so pleased to read that sentence, poor innocent soul.

[rebeccasbiscuits]

long term long distance low commitment casual soulmates

[rylandsgrace]

#Explain this to me Jason.

[rebeccasbiscuits]

The pause after Rebecca says she was thinking of travelling abroad, after Ted has said that he is definitely going. The pause where he's surely meant to say- The obvious thing she's looking for him to SAY there is. What about a visit to Kansas? I can't read that pause as anything but an open invitation from Rebecca for Ted to just ask.

[rosie-tyler]

-insp.

[rebeccasbiscuits]

That finale truly was mad though, because I'd spent so long absolutely dismissing (and often actively disliking, for various reasons based on how I view Rebecca and her arc) the fandom's idea of Rebecca goes to Kansas. But. There were moments in that finale I could truly truly have believed that was what was happening in some form. And I think that's what stuck with me about it, that I was ready, and frankly expecting, at the beginning of season three, at the beginning of the finale even, to be shown that ted and rebecca was not on the table. But the show seemed to keep it there until the very very last second. This isn't even offering an opinion on the matter, just kind of wild that the finale in some ways implied the possibility of things I didn't even imagine could happen.

[rebeccasbiscuits]

I haven't done fic writing in ages, but I've been very tempted to do some tedbecca/rebecca fic, so if anyone has any prompts for the ship or just rebecca in general (any friendships or her personal stuff) then do feel free to put it in my ask box and I'll maybe do some!

[mjwatson]

put “top 5” anything in my ask and i will answer ok go

[mrgaretcarter]

Sassy was The realest character on ted lasso

wanted to fuck ted on sight (and did)

hated rupert until the end (correct)

raised a great kid (nora is so cool)

did not wanna date ted (smart, never over his ex)

insulted rupert at every opportunity (dream)

loves rebecca (same)

forgave rebecca no questions asked (true friend)

loves keeley (same)

had a bad feeling just before rebecca met boatman (visionary)

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

Tedbecca + Compliments

[rebeccasbiscuits]

ted lasso au it's all the same but Dr Sharon is presented like this with no explanation

[mrgaretcarter]

sure, your coworker and friend moving to another country is comparable to being widowed, that checks out

[gilliandersons]

"I will love you no matter where you go and who you see. I will love you no matter what happens to you, and no matter how I discover what happens to you. I will love you until the chances of us running into one another slip from skim to zero, and until your face is fogged by distant memory. That is how I will love you even as the world goes on its wicked way." — Lemony Snicket, "The Beatrice Letters"