Tea and a Tale

Wordy with the tags. I write mostly about Steggy. I talk about figure skating & Tessa Virtue.

[teaandatale]

The Best of Worst Mistakes

A very Happy Steggymas & New Year to @theawkwardterrier. It has been an absolute honor to be your Secret Santa this year.

This was not in the forefront of my mind at all, and tbh I was a little resistant to starting it because I wasn't sure I could pull it off. But the muse picked it up and refused to let go. I hate sharing wips that aren't finished but this one has sort of run away with me, so please enjoy Part 1 while I promise to keep this at the front of writing queue.

The Best of Worst Mistakes - a Ted Lasso inspired Steggy AU

Summary: In the aftermath of an ugly breakup and uglier divorce, Peggy finds the best way to celebrate is by plotting the perfect revenge on her ex: take control of his beloved football club and sink it to the ground with the help of a clueless American football coach. But even targeted revenge creates collateral damage. Besides, the best payback is moving on to live your best life.

A Steggy AU inspired by Ted Lasso, with a few twists. Though you need to have NO knowledge of Ted Lasso (or football), if you are sensitive to spoilers of any kind, this does incorporate from both seasons of the show.

[Read Part 1 at AO3]

[anxietyproblem]

[edderkopper]

Today I learned that cuttlefish experience REM sleep, and that it makes their skin flash random colors. This is the cutest thing ever.

[blackbearmagic]

The electric eel at my aquarium has a voltmeter attached to his tank, and whenever he pumps out a burst of electricity–either when he’s navigating his tank or getting fed–the meter lights up and makes noise. Sometimes, I’ll walk past him when he’s snuggled up and totally motionless on his log, and see the voltmeter going crazy.

I am left to assume that he is dreaming, and is sleep-zapping at the things in his dreams.

[arachnospooky]

I am absolutely delighted to learn that electric eels dream of kicking ass.

[targuzzler-deactivated20180224]

[my-dailydreams]

[warmfigure]

i am massively overdue for a very very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[unlettered-heathen]

reblog to give prev a very good week where not a single bad thing happens and everything is easy

[teenievel-deactivated20180103]

Middle-Earth meme:

[1/3] heroes - Aragorn 

I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will not let the White City fall, nor our people fail. 

[steggyfanevents]

Steggy Week 2026 - dates and themes!

It’s that time of year once again: help us decide the dates and themes for Steggy Week 2026.

✅ Vote in the poll! ✅

Votes will be tallied June 6, and themes and dates announced shortly after that!

Please share this post to give everyone a chance to vote!

[mikerickson]

I do enjoy when a very old classic Tumblr post (like literally a decade old at this point) comes across my Dash and I click on OP's account and their last post was like, 30 minutes ago.

[depsidase]

[fake-guns-blazing]

they should let me listen to music while looking out the window of a train for my entire life

[seashellronan]

guys i’m so sorry to say this but exercising and indulging in hobbies rather than scrolling on your phone for 200 hours actually does improve your mood and overall mental health, this has deeply upset me more than anyone

[acecroft]

Nikita | 1x01 Pilot

[teaandatale]

i’m just a girl resorting to Tubi in the year 2026 to rewatch my comfort assassin/spy show Nikita instead of watching any new TV I haven’t caught up in the last few years.

[cassercole]

THIS WAS THE FIRST EPISODE!!!!!!!! 

[chick-it-out]

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

[thegirlinthebyakko]

@ marveling-cg  and I were wondering about mini-steve and peggy growing up together….

Bucky has his hands full

[ellipsus-writes]

Shoutout to everyone who’s been valiantly escaping the AI-riddled hellworlds of Google Docs and Microsoft Word, hauling hundreds of thousands of docs over to Ellipsus with Markdown import (or good ol’ copypaste).

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