Trent crimm is the definition of gay disaster please. He waited outside the building pretending to be cool and got so caught up in his excitement to talk to Ted that he left his keys in the car 🙄
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I just have one thing to say about the finale and where this all ended.
Yes, it's a bittersweet ending. Yes, Ted's smile is one that doesn't quite meet his eyes. But there's a sense of relief there, too. He's happy with the choice he made, even if he might not be fully happy right now. Even if we might not understand the choice he made.
It doesn't mean he'll never be happy.
But also — he left the UK.
He's not banned from re-entry.
Phones still work both ways.
He's not cut off from everyone.
Nothing says he is going to be in Kansas forever. He's in Kansas for now. And to quote Avenue Q: everything in life, is only for now.
The conversation he had with Trent in the office? I don't see it as a rejection or a shut down of Trent's affections. Ted's in a space of turmoil but something Trent wrote made him laugh. (I think screenshots show it's the night of the Indian date?). Ted doesn't push him away. Trent knows that Ted isn't actually going to give good feedback if he's constantly hovering. So he leaves him to his reading.
But it's not like they're never close again. There's still the Diamond Dog scene. Later on during the match, it's the first time that we actually see Trent is in the coach's dugout. There's still a closeness to them. (And he has a front row seat to Ted knowing the off-side rule.)
I always had my tongue in cheek with all my weekly Tedependent posts — I knew we'd never get to see a queer Ted on screen. We were never going to get the kiss. We were never going to get their relationship on screen. That's the thing with slashing characters. We were lucky to get Trent declared gay canonically. I only ever expected him to be coded as queer. I'll accept my bisexual-coded Ted.
Just because he went back to Kansas doesn't mean he's living in the closet forever.
What is it that Trent said in the last Diamond Dog meeting?
I don't think we change, per se, as much as we just learn to accept who we've always been, you know?
Maybe Ted isn't ready to accept that part of himself and it's why he goes back. Ted, single, in America? It's the best ending for those of us who want to create content and ship TedTrent together.
Nothing's stopping Ted from going back to London to find the man he finally realizes he loves and left behind after he reads the love letter Trent wrote to him in the form of The Richmond Way, right down to the dedication that reads Still love our chats.
Nothing's stopping Trent from coming to America to find the gaffer he's never been able to forget.
Nothing's stopping Michelle from realizing her ex-husband is miserable and — after plotting with Trent — figures out how to move everyone back to the UK.
Nothing's stopping Ted from finding his happiness in the end.
What that happiness is? Is up for Ted.
He's on the path to finding it. And it's okay that it wasn't on the screen.
Because whatever Ted's happiness ends up being... is just for him.
And I think we should be happy for Ted.
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