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carebohe · 3 years

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so the rilke reference.

“Our deepest fears are like dragons guarding our deepest treasures.”

what’s odd is that as far as i can tell, it’s not a real rilke quote

which means one of two things- either someone fucked up (always possible! but here? unlikely)

or it's on purpose, and is one of those things ted lasso writers like to throw in just to deepen the text (much more likely) (i would bet a lot of money that jason has read letters to a young poet many times) (bill wrubel wrote this ep and i am CERTAIN he has read it)

so the fact that keeley REFERENCES the book in her joke, leads me to assume it's the latter- that it’s on purpose and it’s meant to make the joke funnier and more interesting as a character reference-

so- in universe- it's rebecca’s anonymous suitor is googling things to sound smarter- or has heard the quote misattributed before from someone else- and it works! she’s impressed, [because she thinks she should be! although if she’s getting two picture dicks then even a wrong rilke quote is pretty gasp worthy] and doesn’t look any deeper. it’s of no consequence whether it's true or not, just that it has the desired effect.

and in our world- it’s this year’s ‘be curious not judgemental’ which if you didn’t know is a misattributed walt whitman quote.

the essential point here is about quotes like that- if they serve their purpose to inspire or impress, does it really matter who said the words? walt whitman never said that, but ted has built a whole life philosophy out of it that really works for him.

[so it being a misquote! and sounding like something like ted would say! means rebecca’s bantr match is either ted or could be someone who spends a lot of time with ted, and listens to ted’s quotes! or is a rando and literally nobody but me was ever gonna make this connection...]

but the real reason i wanted to put this in long form is that i actually think that rilke’s 8th letter [honestly the whole book is amazing, highly recommend] and specifically the real part of it that is where the dragons misquote comes from has immense resonance for season 2 as a whole:

“How could we forget those ancient myths that stand at the beginning of all races, the myths about dragons that at the last moment are transformed into princesses? Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”

sounds a little like ‘do the right thing even if you lose’ to me.

rilke’s 8th letter is about sadness, about grief- but it’s more about being solitary- allowing yourself the solitariness that sadness requires to do it’s work. allowing yourself to change through not just the positive things that happen to you, but ALL the things that happen to you. to literally ‘be curious and not judgemental’ of YOURSELF. (seriously go read it, it’s incredible- i had forgotten how much life lives in that man’s words)

loneliness and solitude is a key theme between ted and rebecca- it’s something that their arcs share.

i mean this part is... literally ted:

“So you mustn't be frightened... if a sadness rises in front of you, larger than any you have ever seen; if an anxiety, like light and cloud-shadows, moves over your hands and over everything you do. You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall.”

and this feels like where we’re headed, towards a healthier version of ted, of rebecca- once they have dealt with their griefs and had their solitude.

“But only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another person as something alive and will himself sound the depths of his own being.”

#rilke #ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #2.05 Rainbow #ted lasso meta #i'm gonna say it again i recommend reading that letter!#and all of them #but specifically that one re: ted lasso #rainer maria rilke #jason sudeikis is a romantic godammit i trust him #that tag just keeps on keeping on

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carebohe · 3 years

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Several Lasso reviews now have mentioned a romantic pairing nobody will see coming and my brain is in overdrive guessing 😂 Ted + Rebecca definitely wouldn’t fall into the ‘nobody saw it coming’ category but they have the potential to be the most amazing slow burn

i wanna take a mo and remind the whole lasso troupe, shippers or not, that this is act 2! and we gotta let it be act 2-

what i mean by that is that we know this story is 3 seasons: 3 ‘acts’, they’ve been incredibly clear about this, and therefore is sort of like a very long movie, or even a novel- and is structured thusly. act 2 is when All The Shit Goes Down- so all this stuff you read about in reviews is… not going to tell us much about the true endgame for the characters!

act 2 is for growth, for twists, for deepening character understanding- so buckle up and let the show take you on the ride, you’ll enjoy it more- i promise!

(also lemme all remind you that none of the reviewers i’ve seen have seen eps 9-12, and if you remember how jam packed eps 7-10 were last year… yeah, don’t worry about a thing guys)

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carebohe · 3 years

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I'm not really a TV show person, haven't watched TV since Futurama, but I'm head over heels in love with Ted Lasso, it's so fun! I just wanted to ask y'all, do you think there is actual seedings of a potential pairing of Rebecca x Ted, or am I overthinking it? The whole time I felt the 'will-they-are-they' suspension but I don't know if it's because I'm rooting for both of them. [Part 1]

[Part 2]. Like, I feel there is seedings there. Rebecca already wanting to move on, Roy telling her she shouldn't settle for 'fine' and what she wants in a guy, sounds like it's Ted being described. The writers also let Ted get divorced, so I don't see the point of that, if they weren't thinking of pairing him with either Rebecca, or somebody else. Then Sassy sleeping with Ted, and Ted wanting to tell her, but didn't, and the guys saying no. What do you all think?

hi, i forgot to answer this but correct! there are seeds!!

I direct you to episode 7 if nothing else, the two characters share an incredibly intimate emotional release together (karaoke, panic attack) and then proceed to have their post-divorce one night stands on the SAME NIGHT.

That in literary circles and everywhere else is what we like to call a big fucking hint.

I have my theories about when this will happen, but i 100% believe they'll be together when the finale ends, or will chase jason down the street with a large

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