Underrated little moment, but I love that when Rebecca, Ted and Trent - three people who have reason to think poorly of Nate - discuss the rumours of inappropriate workplace behaviour over at West Ham, all of them instantaneously say Nate would never have anything to do with it.
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if im going to ship a straight couple they must have at least one of the following dynamics:
1. the best thing a man can do is be insane and love his wife
2. woman hates the mans guts oh my god he is so annoying what the fu- oh aw wait hes the first person thats ever been truly nice to her
3. silly little gremlin boy worships the ground powerful golden lady walks on
4. me and the down to earth girl i pulled by being autistic and skittish
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how i picture colin's coming out:
isaac: it's okay that you're gay bruv
jamie: as long as it's not for zava!
sam: love whoever you want to love unconditionally
jamie: except for if it's zava
ted: whatever floats your boat
jamie: but if it's zava i will sink it.
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I drew the lineart/sketch for this Ted portrait two years ago, but never found a way to colour it a way I liked. Picked it up again today and finally finished it.
Here's to finishing forgotten WIPs!
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ted taking jamie’s “i’d tell him fuck you. and thank you.” and using it on his mom
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It’s interesting. I saw someone suggest that Nate and Ted are being positioned as foils this season, but I don’t think I entirely agree with that. At least not entirely.
I think that the character that Nate is really being juxtaposed against is Rebecca.
Because Rupert’s doing the same thing to Nate as he did to Rebecca. Remember what she said in the Gala episode, about how he’d tell her to “wear this, eat that”?
For Nate, it’s “say this, drive that”. We saw it all throughout this episode. And of course the biggest example is the car. On one hand, it’s a lavish gift, but on the other, it’s a means to control.
Nate has a lot of issues and insecurities, but one thing we’ve never seen him anxious about was that car. Even in the first episode, where it makes for that last visual joke, as Nate drives Ted to his home in that tiny tiny vehicle. Nate loves that car.
But it doesn’t look right. It doesn’t fit Rupert’s image. It’s the car that a cleaner would drive (and I love the casual cruelty of the “repercussions” directed toward that hypothetical cleaner.) So Rupert’s dealt with it. He’s dazzling Nate with praise and gifts while manipulating the poor guy into more and more extreme behaviors.
I appreciate the show for showing us how an abusive relationship can develop in a professional setting, rather than only in personal relationships.
Rebecca would recognize what Rupert is doing immediately. And notice the contrast in the way she deals with the embarrassment that Ted initially causes her. She’s mad, she expresses it, but then she lets Ted be Ted. I do think there were points in season one where Rebecca was falling into the trap of being a different kind of abusive boss herself...rather like Nate can be too, when he lashes out. Rebecca is still, however, defining her own success in relation to Rupert, which isn’t healthy either. But that’s what happens at the beginning of a storyarc. I wonder if Nate might end up playing a role there as well.
I do think there’s a lot to explore with Nate and Ted too, but it’s not a matter of direct opposition. Ted and Nate are father and son, so to speak. It’s a theme that’s been there since the beginning and it’s still here. Ted, still praising Nate even when Nate hurts him, contrasted with Mr. Shelley’s callous dismissal. And we have the nice poetry of Henry, Ted’s biological son, reminding Ted that Nate is still part of the family even though they’re separate.
Nate is lost right now, the same way Rebecca was lost in season one, and I think she’s going to end up being instrumental in him finding his way again.
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