#ted and rebecca

[owlsomee]

“[Their height difference] wouldn’t bother Ted. It doesn’t bother me”

#ted lasso #Rebecca Weldon #ted and rebecca #hannah waddingham #jason sudeikis #height difference

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#screaming #the growth #its so good #started from the bottom now we're here #tedbecca #ted x rebecca #rebecca x ted #ted lasso #tedlassoedit #ted and rebecca #rebecca welton #hannah waddingham #jason sudeikis #love #gif #gifs #gifset #im not crying you are #1x1 #3x5

[your-mums-nuts]

The thing I love about Protective!Ted in relation to tedbecca is not the whole ‘caveman angry because someone upset his woman’ but rather, how his anger and dislike for Rupert, and the way that he handles it, signals to (a very mistrustful) Rebecca that his charm and his kindness is not some farce he shows absolutely everybody.

Over time, we learn that Rupert started out charming. He told Rebacca all he wanted was to talk to her, he made her feel special. So when Ted comes in every morning to bring her a batch of homemade biscuits and just, hang out with her. She’s understandably hesitant, because that’s how Rupert got her, and she doesn’t yet understand the difference between charming and nice.

But when Ted faces off against Rupert (eg the gala, playing darts) his responses to her being insulted, belittled and spoken down to, all reveal a level of uncontrollable, genuine care.

Rupert would’ve easily brushed off any insults towards his wife with some charm and good natured teasing, he probably even joined in, the fucking guy. Meanwhile, Ted’s reactions to Rupert insulting Rebecca are always abrupt and defensive. He loses his cool, he says something he’s not supposed to, he reveals something he’s not supposed to, he becomes a guy that even we, the audience, are not used to. But his protectiveness never comes from a place of typical, masculine possessiveness or jealousy. (Okay, maybe a little jealousy. A girl can dream)

In the charity-gala episode, Rupert causes immediate stress for Rebecca. So Ted, not even knowing the full extent of it yet, visibly dislikes this guy from the moment they meet. Even when Rupert’s charming the pants off the crowd and raising charity ‘for the children’ Ted continues to react uncomfortably in his presence, no matter how friendly he is.

Then, when he does get the extent of it, (Rebecca crying, Rupert being the one to cancel the musical guest) he lets that dislike out, openly taking Rebecca’s side. Which isn’t surprising, but is still very sweet.

In the dart episode, Rupert reveals he’s gonna be in the owners box everyday. Ted doesn’t like this at all, but he doesn’t go off his own reaction, he observes Rebecca’s reaction to gauge her feelings on the matter. Rebecca is clearly unsettled and uncomfortable, and you can kind of see Ted mentally go, ‘yeah no, she’s not cool with that, that’s not happening.’

And then even before they play darts, first and foremost, Ted checks if Rebecca would like to leave. Now, we know his character hates conflict, especially after his train-wreck marriage, so we know that he would like to leave. But when Rebecca decides to remain in a bar with her horrible ex-husband, his child-bride and a room full of people who adore him, which is a little masochist-y even for me, he doesn’t even hesitate.

Her reasoning is very English. ‘Make yourself suffer out of obligation to polite society’ type shit. But instead of making her feel silly or ridiculous or forcing her to leave, Ted goes out of his way to ease Rebecca’s suffering and make Rupert leave her alone, even if it causes him discomfort.

Now, I know that Ted is a very caring character and a lot of this can be chalked up to him being a good friend. But with the way they present Ted and Rebeca’s relationship (he calls her boss, she calls the shots, she’s more authoritative) To see him take over for her, without thought, whenever Rupert upsets her, reveals more intimacy and depth to their relationship than we previously understood. And to have her be grateful, and in some instances, downright delighted by this display of care and protectiveness, reveals something else entirely.

Anyway I read twelve protective!Ted tedbecca fics last night and this is what’s left of my brain.

#can you tell I like italics #and commas #Ted lasso #Ted lasso essay #tv essay #in this essay i will #rebecca welton #apple tv #tedbecca #ted x rebecca #protective!ted #fuck rupert all the homies hate rupert #the Ted lasso team may not understand tedbecca but I do #I’m mostly joking #this can be taken platonically too!! #but know I mean it romantically #ted and rebecca #soulmatism #character essay #Ted lasso character study

[rosie-tyler]

#🫠🫠🫠🫠 #tedlassoedit #ted lasso #ted and rebecca #ted x rebecca #rebecca welton #jason sudeikis #hannah waddingham #tedbecca

[filmmarvel]

Ted Lasso Finale Pros and Cons

PROS:

Nate telling everyone about Jade :))

Their performances in the final match, including Isaac kicking the ball THROUGH the net

Barbara’s scenes, and her continuing to work with Keeley!

Rebecca selling her shares and getting a happy ending with Boat Guy- just because it isn’t the ending I wanted doesn’t mean I’m gonna let it ruin the whole thing for me.

The shares going to the fans!

Even though I disliked the Jane thing, it made sense that Beard wanted to stay in England, he was always better acclimated than Ted. He seemed natural, and he had a home and community there.

Sam going to the Nigerian team!

Fun moment with Zava and his avocados

The ussie guy, and a bunch of other fun nods to the first episode

The fine thing at the beginning of the episode

Dr. Sharon finally appearing!

Women’s football happening?

Of course, the believe scene was really sweet

Colin being one of the few characters to get a satisfying arc!

CONS:

Unresolved storylines

The entire Roy/Jamie/Keeley situation? It was really unnecessary to bring Jamie back into the mix this late in the game. Plus that weird bar scene? Not to mention how they had really teased Roy and Keeley getting together for awhile (their whole arc this season was all over the place). Roy was being pretty immature, which kinda undid some character development. And I felt pretty unsatisfied by the lack of resolve there.

The fact that they’re still implying big moments that happened and not actually showing them!! There were a lot of big moments that we never saw- super unsatisfying (ex: Sam deciding to go to the Nigerian team).

Deliberately teasing Tedbecca like that:( The opening scene, her pouring her heart out and him saying NOTHING, her literally buying a first class ticket just to say goodbye to him. I’m not saying Tedbecca HAD to happen for it to be a good finale, just that all that was kinda cruel and irritating for the writers to mislead people like that.

Ted being uncharacteristically unresponsive to a lot of stuff, not talking a lot and joking like most other episodes.

Nate not really having any super impactful moments this episode after a long arc this season (and no Jade scenes). He’s one of the few characters this season who’s really gotten a fulfilling emotional arc, so for him to not really have any big moments this episode felt a bit like whiplash. Not to mention that we didn’t really get any indication of where he’s going from there career-wise? He’s still the wonderkind, so to have him back as a kit man was fun for the episode, but I expected a bit more for his future (at least a tease or something).

Beard marrying Jane (and Ted not being there??)

Ted’s whole ending, the way we have no reason to believe he’ll be at all happy there. I’m glad he’s back with his kid and everything, but what the hell. Like it’s one thing if we had been able to see his friends visiting and staying with him or something but nope! He’s just alone, in a place and with people who have caused him significant unhappiness throughout the show. I feel like they could’ve set it up better, maybe having him discuss things with Dr. Sharon or SOMEONE (just to see his perspective and understand what he’s thinking a bit more) but instead it’s just yet another example of not showing the important moments here.

Not getting any resolve about Jamie’s path in life, future plans, etc and instead only using this episode to make things weird with him and Keeley. They were fine as friends.

I’m not a Ted/Trent shipper (I feel for you guys), but Trent deserved at least one nice scene, a goodbye with Ted, something!

So in conclusion, despite how fun certain parts of this episode were, I was pretty unsatisfied with the lack of resolve among a lot of these storylines and characters, not to mention some poorly justified plot choices. As I mentioned below in my initial reaction, this whole season was so poorly planned out. I assumed that they would’ve at least planned for the finale, but it’s clear now that the whole thing was all over the place. They should’ve decided what they wanted in the finale and then spent the season setting it up. For example, when they decided it was going to end with Ted going home, they could’ve chosen to spend the season slowly working through this decision leading to an ending that would’ve felt justified (and they could’ve spent time setting up a way for him to be happy there). But instead, they introduced it in one of the last episodes. And I could use any number of examples here- Sam going to the Nigerian team, Beard staying, anything with Jamie, etc. This just felt rushed and random.

#ted lasso finale #Ted lasso #Ted lasso spoilers #ted lasso season 3 #Ted lasso pros and cons #Ted lasso review #Ted lasso opinion #rebecca walton #Ted and Rebecca #Tedbecca #colin hughes #trent crimm #Keeley jones #Roy kent #jamie tartt #dr Sharon #coach beard #Nathan Shelley #Ted lasso finale reaction

[gloriousfemaleworrier]

oh. OH.

#theodore lasso #you are an idiot #it was at that moment that Ted realized: #he was screwed #I have never seen a better representation of #oh. OH. #before in my life #and I have read so much fanfic and romance books and watched romcoms out the wazoo #and yet here we have jason #saying “platonic” soulmates #like this scene doesn't exist #god damn it jason sudeikis #ted lasso #tedbecca #ted x rebecca #rebecca welton #ted and rebecca

[sneaky-salty-bitch]

Ted Lasso + text posts - Tedbecca

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#jason sudeikis #ted lasso #hannah waddingham #rebecca welton #tedbecca #ted x rebecca #ted lasso tv #ted and rebecca #jsuds #sneakysaltygifs #sneakysaltyposts #tedlassogifset #tedlassogifs #tuserliliana

[starrynight29]

#ted lasso #rebecca welton #tedbecca #ted and rebecca #ted x rebecca #idiots in love #soulmates #the eyes say it all hehe

[daydreamgoddess14]

Ted Lasso / Rebecca Welton Masterlist

FULL MASTERLIST

Tumblr & AO3 links included throughout.

* = Complete

🔥 = Smutty

Media Relations*

CH 1 | CH 2 | CH 3

Rebecca has an interview with a high profile magazine, some comments she makes about Ted and the accompanying photoshoot go viral around Richmond AFC.

Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton, fluff & humour, general rating (language)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46196269/chapters/116299447

Home Time*

11 Hours on a bus home from Amsterdam gives Rebecca and Ted some time to catch up.

Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton, fluff & humour, general rating (language)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46653061/chapters/117492853

Coming Clean*

From a @lilacmermaid25 prompt.

Roy decides to have it out with Rebecca about Ted, just as she decides to go and yell at him about Keeley. They meet in the middle for a very public argument.

Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton, romance, idiots in love, general rating (language)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47382097

Run*

A kind of 3.12 fix it of sorts. The team decide they have to stop Ted from leaving.

Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton, angsty humour, fluff, general rating (language)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47397514

Enough*🔥

CH 1 | CH 2

Rebecca tries to get over Ted's departure but struggles.

Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton, post 3.12 fix it, angst with a happy ending, MY FIRST SMUT! 🙌, mature rating (seeexy tiiiiimes!)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47562343/chapters/119870686

Seeking Advice*

From a @lilacmermaid25 prompt.

5 times someone in Richmond needs Ted's advice, 1 time Ted needs some advice from Richmond.

Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton, post 3.12 fix it, romantic fluff, general rating (language)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47643454

We lie awake in love and fear*🔥

CH 1 | CH 2

From a lilacmermaid25 prompt.

Ted walks into Rebecca's kitchen after the gas leak. He sees more leg than expected and short circuits his brain.

Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton, set during 3.12, no happy ending for this fic - he still gets on the plane! But there will be smut in chapter 2 and a sequel is already planned 😊. Romantic fluff and angst, general rating for chapter 1 only (language), mature rating for chapter 2

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47691727/chapters/120213994

My bad habits lead to you*🔥

CH 1 | CH 2 | CH 3 | CH 4 | CH 5 | CH 6

Sequel to We lie awake in love and fear.

Taken from a lilacmermaid25 prompt: 5 times Ted comes back for a wedding, one time he comes back just because.

Ted Lasso/Rebecca Welton, post 3.12, cheating, smut, one night stand. Mature reading (sexy times, language)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47758657/chapters/120390469

The Syndicate*

Everyone in Richmond is shipping Ted and Rebecca long before there's anything to ship...

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48212014

Poker Face*🔥

Rebecca is in a terrible mood and only Ted knows why...

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48356254

Shaping Minds

CH 1 | CH 2 - coming soon!

TedBecca - obvs! Headmistress Rebecca Welton gets ready to welcome back her favourite year group for their last year of school, alongside new teacher, Ted Lasso.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48427027/chapters/122147269

Rebecca Welton's F*** You, Ted Tour*

Ted watches Rebecca try to move on with her life. Sort of.

Came outta nowhere, random funny & fluffy fluff.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48494932

Tedbecca Prompt Party 2023

Main link to the series on my AO3: HERE

Entry 1: Serenade - a karaoke night changes everything.

Entry 2: Making Prog-mess - Rebecca and Sassy talk about Sassy turning Ted down.

Entry 3: Not a Couple (no, really!) - 5 times someone mistakes Ted and Rebecca for a couple, and the one time someone didn’t believe that they actually are...

Entry 4: Matchy-Matchy - Henry needs to propose to Rebecca, she is going to be his stepmother after all!

Entry 5: Through the Window - Jamie accidently catches Ted and Rebecca in a retelling of the My Eyes scene from Friends

Entry 6: So Long... As You Love Me? - Rebecca tells Ted she loves him, but he doesn't want to ruin their friendship

Entry 7: Sing Your Own Kind of Song - Soulmate AU - you get stuck in your head the song your soulmate is singing. Who's singing what in Nelson Road?

Entry 8: The Name’s Welton, Rebecca Welton - Ted starts to think he might be seeing Rebecca everywhere - because he is!

Pt. 1 | Pt.2 - coming soon!

#ted lasso #ted lasso tv #ted lasso fanfiction #fanfiction #masterlist #fanfic #tedbecca #ted and rebecca #rebecca x ted

[sosoffete]

Rebecca trying to sabotage Ted but falling in love with him instead

#rebecca welton #ted lasso #ted x rebecca #ted and rebecca #tedbecca #hannah waddingham #jason sudeikis

[fuckyeahhannahwaddingham]

I’m manifesting the FUCK outta this Emmy nom and win for her this year!

Reblog to manifest with meeeeeee

🕯️🙏🏻🕯️🙏🏻🕯️🙏🏻🕯️🙏🏻🕯️

#hannah waddingham #rebecca welton #ted lasso #ted x rebecca #tedbecca #ted and rebecca #I need her to get this because season 3 finale did my girl dirty and she still left in style 😎

[bisexualgrilledcheese]

If you were disappointed by the Ted lasso finale and you shipped Ted and Rebecca

Watch this

If you were disappointed by the Ted lasso finale and you shipped Ted and Trent

Watch this

I'm not saying my skin is clear and my crops are flourishing but nature is healing and Jason sudeikis is definitely a huge Kevin Kline fan.

#jason sudeikis #ted lasso #tedbecca #tedependent #tedtrent #ted and rebecca #kevin kline #in & out #dave #hannah waddingham #sigourney weaver

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#Idiots The Both Of Them

#i love my two favorite idiots #soulmate things #love #tedbecca #ted x rebecca #ted and rebecca #ted lasso #tedlassoedit #rebecca welton #hannah waddingham #jason sudeikis #gifs #gifset #gif #3x2

[owlsomee]

My twitter tl is trying to kill me

#THEY’RE TRYING TO KILL ME #hannah waddingham #jason sudeikis #Hannah Waddingham and Jason sudeikis #ted lasso #Rebecca Welton #ted and rebecca

[rosie-tyler]

SO RUPERT GOING TO THE CLUB TO SWEET TALK REBECCA INTO GOING ON A DATE WITH HIM VS TED GOING TO REBECCA'S OFFICE WITH HIS BISCUITS BEING GENUINELY SWEET TO HER WITHOUT ANY INTENT BECAUSE HE TRULY WANTS TO GET TO KNOW HER PARALLEL HUH

#tedbecca #ted lasso spoilers #ted lasso season 3 #ted lasso #ted and rebecca #rebecca welton #ted x rebecca

[jenniferbie]

Help me make it make sense…

Serious question for my fellow Tedbecca friends. WHY ARE WE SO UPSET? I don’t mean this in a snarky way. I am genuinely interested in hearing your theories. Personally, I’ve never struggled with this level of heartbreak over a ship. This cut feels almost too deep, and I’m struggling to understand the alchemy of it.

#tedbecca #rebecca x ted #ted and rebecca