#City of Richmond

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

Original March 21, 1946 caption: "Baltimore, MD. Pictured against the familiar upper-harbor skyline is the Old Bay Line's Baltimore-Norfolk night boat, City of Richmond, first long-distance, passenger carrying vessel to install radar equipment."

#Virginia #Maryland #City of Richmond #ship #1940s #Baltimore #harbor #Old Bay Line #Norfolk #steamship

[curiouscatalog]

The City of Richmond in 1881.

From: Murphy, Daniel. Richmond, Va. : A Guide to and Description of Its Principal Places and Objects of Interest. Richmond, Virginia: J. W. Randolph & English, 1881.

F233.3 .M9 1881

#19thcentury #maps #City of Richmond #Richmond Virginia #1881 #travel #7 Hills of Richmond #libraryofva #specialcollections #rarebooks

[eyesonstars-feetonground]

Jamie didn’t forgive his dad’s abuse; he let go of the control his father has over him: Ted Lasso 3x11

Watched Ted Lasso 3.11 last night, and I really regret going on social media to see peoples’ takes before watching the actual episode. Based on some reactions, I went in scared about how bad they fucked up, and came out bewildered at a general lack of media literacy and bad faith people have in shows they profess to like?? 

Tons of people with more relevant life experience have spoken about the controversial plot line of Jamie “forgiving” his dad, but it truly did not read to me like a story of a victim forgiving an abuser and letting them get away with stuff or even inviting said abuse back in their life. His mom, who had the most significant conversation with him in the episode imo, insists that his dad won’t change and embodies the “fuck him” attitude. 

However, this episode also makes it clear that isn’t working for Jamie! He is constantly affected by the specter of his dad (looking back in the stands over and over, clearly worried about seeing him after a long gap), regardless of his dad actually being there. 

Explicitly, textually, within the show, any forgiveness would be for Jamie, not his dad. But also, nothing in the show indicates that Jamie actually forgives his dad, even after talking to Ted. 

Instead, to me, it reads far more like Jamie letting go of the control his dad has over him, despite not even being present. Before the conversation, the stands are a source of fear and anxiety for him (get Phil Dunster an emmy!!), but not only because the Man City supporters are booing him, but because he connects that to his dad (his mom literally says that his dad will be in the stands booing him, for him, all those Man City fans hating him could camouflage the larger threat of his dad).

After the talk, he taunts the crowd back, essentially letting go of that fear to better heal himself, taking control of a threat that isn’t really a threat at all. He is taking his mother’s advice to let his father out of his life, to stop proving anything to him, to stop setting himself up in opposition of his dad - hence the crucial climax of him making a “selfish”, solo goal, despite that being something his dad would want from him. 

In regards to the text to his dad at the end, it was the most bland text I’ve ever seen. There was no forgiveness or emotion to him hoping his dad would be okay, it’s like a text you sent to an acquaintance from ten years ago because you heard their dog died. Instead, this is also Jame in fact letting go of his anxiety and fear - multiple times, he is anxious *because* the last time he talked to his dad was when his dad showed up unexpectedly in Wembley, and he’s constantly paranoid it will happen again. In my mind, this is Jamie taking control of the situation while being emotionally distant in order to cut that sense of anxiety out and make the first step toward that inevitable meeting again. He is reducing his dad from a terrifying unknown to a situation he starts and can control. 

Because this time Jamie knows he will be able to handle whatever is thrown at him; not because he deserves or accepts abuse but because even if abuse is doled out to him as a result of reaching out, the rest of the episode shows how much love he is surrounded by, how much support. When the announcer says “this must be so meaningful to his family,” it is his mom + stepdad, his coaches, his fans, and his team we see first. His dad is an afterthought (though I think it is completely in character for the “forgive and humanize everyone” show to have his dad also choose to heal - completely separate from Jamie’s own journey or even his knowing.)

And that the direction he has chosen to take is in honor of that love, and for that love of his team and his real family. 

People keep saying he should have cut his dad out entirely, but he is already doing that at the start of the episode, and for this specific person and situation, it isn’t working. It isn’t contributing to his healing process, and it seems kind of one note for everyone to insist that all victims be able to or willing to cut people out of their life. Peoples’ relationships to their abusers is not black and white, which the show has already demonstrated with the fact that Rebecca and Rupert can have good times together while she still has strict boundaries and knows he was and is abusive. 

I thought Jamie’s story was a well done, nuanced take that didn’t give an inch to his father’s previous treatment of him, from Jamie or the people around him. I believe even Ted offers the path of forgiveness because he recognizes Jamie is in a place for it - an emotional place where he has moved beyond anger and spite, and a physical place where his dad doesn’t present physical danger to him. The episode was so sincere in showing how badly his dad’s abuse has hurt and damaged Jamie, and how forgiveness, for him, means choosing to let that relationship stay in the past and move on.  

Respect to everyone’s opinions though!!! I think it’s totally okay to be critical of the show, especially when some story lines are so important and sensitive. I just truly didn’t even see the biggest issue most people have with the plot line, which is a sincere forgiveness of abuse i.e. that the abuse was okay. I definitely also think him blocking his dad would be another way to get control over his anxieties, but not one I think meshes with the tone of the show.  

Anyway, sorry for the rant, but I loved the episode—though I do think next week will rip my heart out. 

#ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #ted lasso 3x11 #ted lasso: episode tag #ted lasso mom city #mom city #analysis #jamie tartt #richmond #ted lasso episode 11 #please don't message me about like how wrong I am or reply with hot takes bc this is my acknowledged opinion #i never post and will not be responding

[avenirdelight]

JACK GREALISH x JAMIE TARTT (PHIL DUNSTER)

#SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP #THEY FINALLY MET #MY STARBOYSSS🌟🌟 #❤️💙❤️💙❤️ #WE HAVE BEEN WISHING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG #sorry for cropping u out brendan #jack grealish #jamie tartt #phil dunster #man city #afc richmond #ted lasso

[implxdingthemirage]

📸 Instagram (mancity): “Great meeting you all, AFC Richmond!”

#Believe 💙

#football #jason sudeikis #ted lasso spoilers #ted lasso #man city #manchester city #brendan hunt #phil dunster #jack grealish #pep guardiola #premier league #jamie tartt #afc richmond

[sighonaraa]

and do not recognize us as we pass

(the mom city fix-it, ft. dead james tartt.)

Jamie has this dream, sometimes. It starts, and he can’t breathe, and he can’t wake up. It’s like: He’s in a car, and he’s driving real fucking fast, and for some reason it’s dark out and he can’t see for shit but he’s still not slowing down.  It’s like: He doesn’t want to slow down. It’s like: He’s in a car, and he’s driving real fucking fast, and for some reason it’s dark out and he can’t see for shit but he’s still not slowing down and there’s a cliff rising in front of him, closer and closer and closer, and he might not be able to see for shit but for some reason he can see that cliff and the empty abyss beyond it. It’s like: He knows the cliff is coming and he doesn’t want to slow down. Jamie has this dream, sometimes. It ends, and he wakes up, and he still can’t breathe. (in which james tartt sr. dies, and jamie is haunted by a ghost.)

read it now on ao3!

#[would you still love me if i was a worm voice] #would you still read the mom city fix it if it was 30k words #im so. vibrating abt this #also pls pls heed the tags! <3 #jamie tartt #mom city fix it #ted lasso #roy kent #keeley jones #afc richmond #rebecca welton #my fic #ted lasso fic

[thehauntedrocket]

Vintage Poster - City Of Lost Men

Goodwill Production (1940)

#Posters #Film #City Of Lost Souls #Science Fiction #Cliffhangers #Serials #Gabby Hayes #William Boyd #Kane Richmond #Goodwill Productions #1940 #1949 #40s

[thetarttfuldickhead]

As much as Jamie grew up a City boy, there’s no questioning his loyalty to Richmond now. He won’t trash talk his old team or celebrate when scoring against them, no, but he runs with the greyhounds now and is perfectly happy to do so, right? (It wasn’t always like that, to be sure, but these days? Oh, yeah. COYGH.)

But. When there’s a derby. When it’s City vs. United, blue vs. red, all that goes out the window, and Jamie’s blood runs the colour of the sky and he’s screaming at the telly with Georgie on the line and for a while there he’s not even a football player, yeah, he’s just a Manchester kid and the lines of loyalty were drawn long ago.

It’s not something he talks about, probably. Doesn’t want there to be questions, like, or doubt about where his heart truly lies. It ain’t like that anyhow, it really is just for the derbys. Often enough it’s a match game for Richmond too, so he doesn’t even get to watch the games and that’s fine. But when it’s not and when he can… Blue moon, baby. Rising high over the child he once were, and the man he grew up to become, and they might not have a lot of stuff in common, really, but they both know that United is going down.

#i may or may not have watched the city-united game today #and there were Thoughts #for a while i think city was a painful thing for jamie #the club he grew up with and the club he loved #and the club he had to leave several times over in spite of not really wanting to #but these days i think he’s happy enough with richmond #and who he is at richmond #that the memory of city doesn’t hurt anymore #jamie tartt #meta #meta-ish anyway? #my stuff

[lilalbatross]

AFC Richmond’s season 3 opponents

Chelsea West Ham United Manchester City

#ted lasso #afc richmond #ted lasso spoilers #tedlassoedit #these are also all away matches if that's interesting to anyone other than me lmao #city and whu were of course givens going into the season (plot wise i mean) #but i'm curious to see who else crops up #obligatory gifs tag

[lokiiied]

being a city and ted lasso fan is wild cuz i’ve got my fictional bf jamie tartt who used to play for man city and has pretty, floppy, hair contained by a little gay headband, charismatic, best player…and then i get to watch my irl jamie tartt football bf jack grealish playing alongside irl norwegian version jan maas, erling haaland and what a fun lil multiverse we live in

#ted lasso #man city #jamie tartt #jack grealish #afc richmond #erling haaland #jan maas #manchester city

[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Population: 226,610

Urban population: 1,059,150

#city poll #richmond #virginia #united states #north america #submitted

[troublegoblin]

autistic jamie tartt my beloved

#ted lasso #jamie tartt #ted lasso season 3 #s3e11 #mom city #autistic jamie tartt #afc richmond #richmond himbos

[cantsayidont]

March 1987. The thing that sustains Batman through some lengthy fallow periods and a fair amount of pure dreck is that when he's cool, he's really cool, as in this scene from BATMAN #405, the second part of "Batman: Year One."

It's been a while since I looked at the original issues, and I'm struck by how dramatically Richmond Lewis redid her color scheme for this storyline for the HC and TPB collections. Compare the above pages to the recolored versions:

Note that the reds are complete gone and the saturation is dialed back a lot; the second page is almost grayscale except for the oranges and yellows of the flambé.

#comics #batman #frank miller #david mazzucchelli #richmond lewis #batman year one #carmine falcone #gillian b loeb #gotham city #the fact that we see bruce preparing his scene #adds to its impact #he's just one guy in a costume with a couple of grenades #but his theatricality is a weapon in itself

[avenirdelight]

i was praying that richmond would channel their inner spurs and beat city

#but richmond is definitely way better than spurs right now #both in the show and in real life😪 #we actually got pep in the show but still have never seen phil and jack together?? #ted lasso #jamie tartt #ted lasso spoilers #man city #pep guardiola #jack grealish

[ardri-na-bpiteog]

one of the things that makes me sad about the US South is that it has so many absolutely stunning, walkable, transit-friendly city cores with interesting local architecture that it has completely neglected or even destroyed in favour of mind-numbing, car-dependent sprawl.

#and I obviously know a lot of it has to do with segregation and racism and redlining #New Orleans Charleston Savannah Alexandria Richmond and many other older city centers have really beautiful walkable areas #even places like Chattanooga have so much potential #to this day Savannah is one of the most heart-breakingly beautiful places I've been

[rainingmbappe]

WET DREAM

#UGH FUCK MEEEE #I honesty dont know who i need more #jason sudeikis #ted lasso #pep guardiola #man city #manchester city #afc richmond