#see also: the sexism of male writers lecturing a largely female fan contingent about what they should want

[elizabethactual]

This isn't a new or unique thought, but something that drives me absolutely bananas about the Ted Lasso writer response to Ted/Rebecca shippers being this condescending stance that it's so common and basic to do a romance between m/f leads and we've all just been ~socialized~ to want this, is that it actually ISN'T COMMON AND BASIC to see a romance between, first of all, two solidly middle aged people full stop, and two solidly middle aged people who are laden with grown-up, real-life baggage and whose relationship would have begun as a hard won and deeply authentic, joyful, and healing friendship, and probably a million more components that I'll think of after I post this. They of course were not legally obligated to do a romance but I absolutely beg of them to stop acting like Ted/Rebecca would've been dime a dozen because it would not.

#my kingdom for there being 500% more messy middle aged slow burns in this world #see also: the writers quiet quitting their onscreen relationship in s2&3 whether romantic or not #see also: the sexism of male writers lecturing a largely female fan contingent about what they should want #see also: rebecca plotting against ted for an entire season is Hot actually so can we enter that into evidence please #okay time for bed good night #ted lasso #gettin' meta #writing #ted x rebecca