#capslock anon

[oh-saints]

OH MY GOD PT4 IS COMING AAAAAAAA CAN'T WAIT

IT'S HERE ANON IT'S HEREEEEE hope you like them!! <3333

#anon asks #oh-saints answers #oh-saints writes #martin odegaard #martin ødegaard #capslock anon

[character-selecton]

I THINK YOU ALL NEED TO BECOME ASCENDED ANONS!

— CAPSLOCK ANON

YES

#epprbcu #not rpg #character select #select speaks #ask tag #capslock anon

[jamiesfootball]

What are your thoughts on Ted? Is it good he went home?

These are two separate answers but I'm gonna try to combine them into one thought bubble (bear with me).

My short answer regarding Ted's ending is that you can't create a fully fleshed out character for 2-3 seasons and then in the final hour decide he was Mary Poppins all along. The Mary Poppins is meant to be strange, not-quite of normal ilk. She's the static character who leads the change in others, the one who inspires. You don't usually see the inner thoughts and workings of a static character.

From the very first time the audience meets Ted, we understand that this is not a static character because he is literally one of our starting POVs. We see his uncertainty about flying across the globe to go teach a sport he doesn't understand. We see him turning to Beard for reassurance. We see him stick his hand out where it isn't wanted while he tries to find common ground with people in a new country. We see the beginnings of a panic attack at the press conference.

That is is episode one. He is not a static character. He is not a strange and unusual person impossible to understand. He is inspiring, yes, but that is because of his humanity- his kindness.

He is not a Mary Poppins.

Ted is at his most interesting when he is a complicated, struggling, but ultimately kind man who tries his best to show genuine empathy and compassion towards others. The fact that this same trait doubles as a flaw is equally intriguing.

Ted can reassure Sam that Jamie won't be coming back, or Ted can reach out to Jamie when he's struggling and ask him to come back. Both are acts of kindness. He can not do both.

Ted can show Rebecca empathy and understanding for her trying to sabotage Richmond, but it ties his hands on being honest to Jamie about why he was sent away in the first place.

In trying to balance kindness, Ted struggles to be direct. He struggles to come right out and tell people how he's feeling about situations. Despite encouraging other people to talk about their feelings, he dances around his own and avoids awkward confrontations. I think that is the flaw that Ted most needed to explore. At the same time, I hesitate to say he could have learned too much given how he was struggling to process his own trauma with his dad and how it effected his relationships with those around him. (Put a pin here, I'll be back for it in a later.)

Pivoting back to Ted's purpose in the narrative, unfortunately as the show ran through season three, it became too near-sighted on The Message and in turn lost sight of making sure the characters had fulfilling interactions with each other. This especially becomes apparent when it comes to Ted, whose motto in season one is 'be curious not judgemental.' I maintain that season three was a low point for Ted emotionally, and if I were to assign a reason in-universe as to why Ted seemed so off from his usual self, it would be that in his depression, he no longer had the energy to realize he wasn't being curious. One indication of this would be how many times Ted casts assumptions on people in season three, compared to his hey-do-you-think conversational openers from earlier seasons. Some examples would include:

-never trying to figure out what makes Zava tick (this is a big one to me. I think season one Ted would have been all over trying to crack Zava like a nut)

-assuming he already knows why Jamie is upset about Zava joining the team and brushing it off

-assuming that Dr Jacob would propose + assuming that Michelle would say yes instead of trying to ferret out whether

-his assumptions about Henry being bullied (the knee-jerk reaction as a parent to protect your kid is understandable, the lack of delving into the situation and why it happened are more what I mean here)

-his whole conversation with Jamie about his dad. Other people in more succinct words have pointed out how it feels like he fully projected what he needed to hear onto Jamie's situation, and I think that's fairly accurate. This was not a 'talk to me and tell me what's going on so I can better understand how i need to help you' conversation. This was a 'oh that's whats going on? how about you do this? that work? alright then' talk.

So the finale struts back around and Ted has made a decision. He's going home. And it's meant to feel like closure. They play the Cat Stevens song and it's supposed to feel like Ted has finally made a step in the right direction (which is certainly one take on those lyrics but I digress). He's going back home. He's going to be with his son. He's letting go of the damage his father leaving did to him. He's giving up on something and he's finally okay with that. He left Richmond better than he found it and that's what matters.

Everyone else can cry but he's not crying. He's finally with Henry again.

So here's my two cents. And this is definitely just my opinion but-

THAT'S FUCKING STUPID.

Because the only way that Henry OR Richmond exists is in a false dichotomy wherein the two cannot possibly coincide, despite the fact that there are MANY KIDS' SHOWS ABOUT CHILDREN MOVING TO NEW LOCATIONS EVEN NEW COUNTRIES because that is a NORMAL THING THAT HAPPENS IN THE NORMAL WORLD ALL THE TIME.

Like holy shit that is. That is just the plot of a Disney channel show. 'My dad the football coach moved to england to coach the other football.' That is just the plot of a Disney channel original movie with a $300 budget that magically gets a sequel. Is that what I'm supposed to say 'oh no, that could never happen' over? Because I"m already watching a TV show. You can put a show in another show- I'm fine with that.

Remember that pin above? Time to pull it out. Because you know what would have been a more narratively satisfying conclusion?

If Ted had actually asked Henry and Michelle if they'd liked to move to London to be closer to him. If he had actually expressed his fucking need to have both his Kansas family and his Richmond family close to him. Maybe they would have said no, maybe they would have said yes, but you know what? It would have at least opened the door to the discussion about what Ted might need as a person moving forward, whichever way the chips fell. At least he would have done the one thing we didn't see him do all show:

Ask for something for himself. Because he wants it. Not for the good of his family, or the team, or anyone else. Just for Ted.

I am not saying his son isn't the most important thing in his life. I am saying as a goddamn adult person, you can NOT mold your life around your kids. You can't. Full stop. It is not healthy. You put your kid's needs above your own, but as a parent your needs have to come second. You have to take care of your own emotional health so that you have the bandwidth to give them support. You have to set the example of what healthy boundaries and taking care of yourself looks like.

Could Ted make new social connections back in Kansas? Well that's the thing isn't it- season one Ted could have. Easily. Season three Ted? The one who's checked out and looks tired all the time and isn't even following his own motto anymore and didn't even cry like he'd miss his friends when he was leaving? I'm not sure about that Ted. I'm worried about that Ted. I'm worried he's going to put himself in a situation where for the next 9 years of his life his only priority is going to be keeping Henry happy by giving Henry the attention he never got from his own father. And after that? Henry's an adult. Henry has to go live his own life.

And Henry's going to be able to tell, by the way, if his dad is struggling. Whatever Ted's emotional health is like, Henry is going to pick up on it. This isn't a one way road. Kids notice.

Ted untangled himself enough to admit that what he wants is to be close to Henry. I commend that. But then he decided that there was only one way to do that, and he didn't look any further than that. The narrative didn't look any further than that. For a show that itself raises the topic of mental health, it feels tone-deaf to pretend that Ted moving away from his entire support group is a happy ending. He doesn't even have Beard!

So to summarize: what do I think about Ted? I think he's a fascinating character. I think he has a genuine kindness to him that is rare. I think he is flawed, and a little bent up on the inside, and he's got a lot of issues to work through. And I think the show did him a disservice by painting him going back to Kansas as a sign that everything was going to be okay.

#that's my very long take! #sorry! #and yes i am a 'how dare the found family break up at the end' type of person #but I can usually give props to canon if they at least made the reasons satisfying #lotr for example gets a pass on this #here tho? not satisfied #love ted; not satisfied with where we left him #would've preferred to run him through the washer a few times and see what happens #ted lasso #ted lasso meta #complaining about the finale #adding this to my 'i guess i'll fix it myself' pile #i am so sorry anon i just looked back at your ask and it was just two innocuous questions #and i busted out the capslock #mea culpa

[muzaktomyears]

HWY DOES EVERYONE TALK ABOUT JOHN’S FOOT FETISH?? IT ISNT EVEN TRUEEEE

presumably because of the 'sniffing Yoko's shoe' vid? otherwise I've no idea

#other than the top and tailing OBVS #thanks anon your capslock made me lol #asks

[bruneburg]

A rat. A powerful rat. One might even say, the most powerful rat of all time.

Omg IT IS YOU

OF COURSE

#was the plague rat ask from you aswell? #anon #or not so anon #Ratte #response #answer #ask #asks #capslock #nonsense #im feeling bamboozled

[whales-are-gay]

PLEASE NO THE ORCAS CAN'T BE STRAIGHT. WEEPING AND WAILING

no, it's true

#capslock #i should probably make an ask tag #anon #april fools

[otomelavenderhaze]

I hope Adam is not really dead though, I mean, if pen died and went to heaven does that mean Adam would go to hell???

I hope he is. To be honest, it was one of the most satisfying moments of the show, if anyone deserved to be wiped out by an angel's weapon was that asshole.

Sir Pen died not by a holy blade, he was not exorcised; there for he got to reroll, I guess??? We don't know the whole process of how a soul really really dies, however, Adam was an ANGEL he was killed by an HOLY BLADE, by the show's own logic he died, he was EXORCISED.

If he didn't really got his soul destroyed, it would undermine THE WHOLE POINT of figuring out how to kill angels.

Also I just wanna say, Veggie running around without wings and an eye and SHE NEVER EVER was like "huh, I thought I was invencible but actually that holy blade fucked me up, MAYBE WE ARE NOT UNKILLABLE???" made me so mad, yes, I loved that we got more of Carmilla the overlord that killed the exorcist, but damn girly, you didn't even considered it??????? That was frustrating to watch.

Also, I don't think we need Adam anymore, not with Sera and Lillith in the bays and Alastor and the Vs promising really good villains for next seasons, who needs an insufferable dickhead like Adam????? Like I am sorry if he's your fav, I am really really sorry, but I don't think he should live and that's for the sake of the plot.

I also thought that Adam would fall in the end, but damn, see him dying was far better after all the small dicks energy jokes and all the fucking, male chauvinism, patronizing, ignorant, genocide lover phrases that he had in the whole show I was like "fair, satisfying, good job, Vivis, I am ready for the next villain please".

Adam's sacrifice is something I am in support to be made so the show can move on and not break it's own rules, therefor, not ruin the plot.

#personal #ask #I capslock to highlight my thoughts #like I am not mad at you anon #but Adam is not a character that I look fondly of #yes I know rich from someone that likes Alastor I know I know #even if adam had a mortal soul and was not an angel the holy blade is used by angels called exorcists for a reason #they surely destroy souls

[captainseamech]

…I mean, you’re a boat. This is potentially a land race.

             “AND YE THINK I’M NOT ALREADY AWARE OF THAT FACT?! THE FRAG DO YA THINK I AM?!”

#🚢 | inside the ship / ic #✉ | better be important / asks #🕶 | grayface? / anon #capslock tw #[ aaaaaand he sNAPPED ] #[ he is VERY aware he's slow on land no need to nudge him with a pencil- ]

[stormyoceans]

talay is so affectionate in the teaser, just like we predicted... sobbing

I WAS SO SWEPT UP BY PUENTALAY BEING DADS THAT I DIDN'T GET TO TALK ABOUT THIS YET BUT WHEN I TELL YOU THAT IT TOOK ME PAUSING THE PREVIEW APPROXIMATELY 53 SEPARATE TIMES BEFORE I WAS EVEN ABLE TO GET TO THE KID PART AND 27 HOURS LATER I STILL CAN'T REWATCH THE FIRST 10 SECONDS OF IT WITHOUT BEING SANCTIONED UNDER THE MENTAL HEALTH ACT AND GETTING INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED LIKE

ARE WE SEEING THESE ARE WE ALL SEEING THESE THE HUG?????? THE UNEXPECTED CHEEK KISS?????? THE HAND HOLDING?????? TALAY NUZZLING (FUCKING NUZZLING!!!!!!!) PUEN'S HEAD?????????? IM PRINTING ALL OF THESE OUT IM PUTTING THEM IN MY WALLET IM SHOWING THEM TO EVERYONE IM INJECTING THEM INTO MY VEINS AND LETTING THEM SCOOT THROUGH MY BODY LIKE BLOOD CELLS IM SEARING THEM ONTO THE INSIDE OF MY EYELIDS SO I CAN LOOK AT THEM AT ALL TIMES!!!!!!!!

AND WE KNEW TALAY BEING MORE AFFECTIONATE WAS GONNA HAPPEN!!!!!! WE DID PREDICT IT BECAUSE THAT'S A PART OF HIS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT THAT THE SHOW DID TOUCH UPON!!!!!! BUT STILL!!!!!!! GETTING TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT JUST HITS SO HARD THAT'S THE MAN WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE IN LOVE!!!!!!!! WHO DIDN'T LIKE PINK AND WASN'T INTO ROMANCE!!!!!!!! WHO WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH BEING HUGGED!!!!!!!! AND NOW HE'S CONSTANTLY SHOWING HIS AFFECTION TO THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE BY TOUCHING HIM AND HOLDING HIM AND KISSING HIM!!!!!!!!! EXCUSE ME FOR A SECOND AS I GO HAUNT THE INTERSTATE WITH THE SOUND OF MY WAILING AND DISAPPEAR INTO THE NIGHT NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN

#FEELING FAINT FEVERISH AND ON THE VERGE OF FRENZY IF THIS WERE THE 19TH CENTURY DOCTORS WOULD HAVE ME ON SOME HEROIN TONIC BY NOW #AND IM SORRY IM REALLY SO SORRY FOR CONSTANTLY SCREAMING AND HAVING THE CAPSLOCK ALWAYS ON BUT LIKE. THEY'RE EVERYTHING TO ME #ALSO THANK YOU FOR SENDING THIS AND GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT ANON #('talk' she says. more like 'be insane') #vice versa #our skyy 2 #puentalay #m: ask

[aercnaut]

2023 slightly unhinged aercnaut moments i think i should honor here on this fine day because i think about each of them every three to five business days:

"your blog is a l.mm jumpscare"

the female ocs anon

"stop using capslock" anon

the monsterfucker permit

scoresby sauce

the lin meme stash volumes three and four (because i can't find one and two and frankly i didn't even know there WERE volumes one and two????)

#*001. ham is my jam // out of character. #{specifically the capslock anon sticks with me bc what the fuck was that????}

[oh-saints]

GIRL WHEN R U POSTING THE NEXT PART

GIRL IT'S HERE I'M SORRY I KEPT YOU TOO LONG

#capslock anon #anon asks #oh-saints answers #sweetest devotion

[character-selecton]

HEY, CAN I JOIN THE CLUB?

— CAPSLOCK ANON

OMG

#epprbcu #not rpg #character select #select speaks #ask tag #capslock anon

[we-dont-talk-about-potato-nonono]

help I can't stop thinking of my grandmas tiddies.plz pass me holy water , I need to be forgiven

plz also if I sneeze in the holy water that is how you bless it...*you know bless you*

go with Christ my child or Buddha or Santa (; BTW I'm on Santa's naughty list js if you want to buy my bath waterb*wolf whistle woot woot

aye son

#I KNOW WHO SENT THIS #I won’t reveal your identity but I know who this anon is #tw capslock #shitposting #thanks for the ask <3 #ask #anon

[kithtaehyung]

ryen i haven't watcched the MV yet but with everything in my timeline.............. 🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️

i will risk it all for min yoongi🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️

starry

starry…… did you watch it…………. bc i’m begging to know what you think👀👀👀

#it’s the pseudo in all lower case for me💀 #past the point of capslock i get that #🌌 anon #club myg #haegeum #mailbox💌

[cursedchildofchaos]

I HATE @drsquared with a ripe passion, my mortal enemy. And yet, they are my dear beloved emo child ​and I love them despite my resentment of their stupid (wonderful) existence 

#tw capslock #you all shoud send @drsquared anon hate #moots #friends

[whales-are-gay]

9. Best month for you this year?

JUNE. JUNE WAS INCREDIBLE.

🐏end of the year asks🐏

#capslock #*cue that aria joie song* #i should probably make an ask tag #anon