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neoheros · 3 years

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it’s storming.

one of the worst storms atsumu's ever had the misfortune of ever experiencing, and it's now, quite literally, raining down on his parade.

now, for it to storm randomly on a very normal tuesday is one thing, but for the storm to hit right during as he's stranded in an empty bus stop? that felt personal.

it was as if the universe itself decided to just let rain start pouring down on his town to deliberately piss him off today.

"screw miya atsumu's feelings!" it's not as if everyone hasn't been doing that already anyways.

so he sits here — cold and damp from the pouring rain — cursing himself over and over again for being two minutes late for his stupid stupid bus.

but as luck would have it, just as he was about to decide on running all the way home, a yellow taxi pulls up on the spot just before him.

the door swinging open as it stops, and in addition to the universe’s game today — it’s you.

"atsumu!" you call to him, your head slightly ducked outside the taxi door to let him see you more, and you say, "get in!"

you don't have to tell him twice.

putting his bag over his head to shield him from the heavy rain, he hops into the cab, letting you move further in so he can sit next to you, and the second he sits, he makes sure to shut the door close to keep the rain outside.

his hair slightly damp, the edges of his shirt wet and soaked, but the smile on his face easily reaches his eyes as he sits back on the comfortable car cushions that promises to keep him away from the menacing rain.

at some point, you tell the cab driver to continue driving, giving them a whole new set of directions to where he easily recognizes as his place.

"oh my god," he breathes out a huge sigh of relief, his shoulders falling with his chest as he looks at you, "you're a life saver."

you wave him off with a smile, "what the hell were you doing out there anyways?"

now, atsumu miya has done a handful of idiotic things in his life, but for him to be stranded in a bus stop, with not even a single shred of an umbrella? that's probably the stupidest thing he's done yet.

"i went to check on samu, ran long, and lo and behold, that's the last time i'm ever missing my bus." he keeps his head against the headboard, letting the rest of his headache melt away.

but for a second, he sits up quickly, turning his head to look at you with a big grin, "so it was really good that you saw me when you did."

it was kind of embarrassing for him to let you see him like that— stranded, hopeless, and wet— but he still can't shake off the stars in his eyes as he realizes that of all the people in the world he could be sharing a cab with, it really just had to be you.

it takes him an entire second to shake away the jitters of being here with you, and it takes him a second longer to properly take a good look at you today.

and to no surprise at all, you look really good.

but not the kind of "really good" you'd be on a normal day-to-day basis, it was the kind of "really good" that'd only be noticeable in important events like galas, or parties or —

"were you on a date?"

the question is out from his mouth before he could stop himself, and suddenly, for the first time all day, that once cozy cab is suddenly feeling very small.

"what?" you smile, raising a brow as you look at him, and when all he does is look back at you, slightly pointing to how you’re dressed today, you won't deny that that smile slightly turns into something more bashful.

your shoulders rise, "oh this? no."

and you only start to laugh when atsumu fixes how he sits, inching a bit closer to you, and tilting his head slightly as he looks at you unconvinced.

"it was just coffee." you shake your head, making it a point to look the other way.

and atsumu asks, "with omi-kun?"

so you say back, with a timid smile on your face and a roll of the eyes, "yeah — but it’s whatever."

oh.

remember when atsumu said something about the universe personally beating him down today? yeah. apparently, it just keeps on piling up.

first, it was the rain, then it was you seeing him soaked from that said rain, and now - now, he finds out that the person he's been dying to ask out all year has went on a coffee date with one of his closest friends.

there’s a groan at the back of his throat.

"ah." he keeps the grin on his face, leaning back into the seat as he moves away from you.

"what?" you raise a brow, your head tilting slightly as you look his way, "what is it?"

and atsumu tells you, in a gentle teasing sort of way, "you were on a date with omi."

"i was not." you scoff, shaking your head as you wave him off.

and he tells you, nodding his head, "yes, you were."

"i was not." you say again, your voice firmer this time, but you can't help the laughter starting to mingle with your words.

so atsumu tells you again, the grin still plastered on his face, "yes, you were."

he's not really sure why he keeps pressing onto this matter.

heck, he wants you to tell him that you weren't on a date with omi, so why is he being so insistent on getting you to admit that you were?

"it wasn't a date, okay?" you sit back gently, the remnants of your laughter still tracing through to your smile, "and it started storming so he couldn't make it anyways."

okay, knowing that sakusa asked you out before him? hurts like a bitch. but sakusa not being able to make it to said date because of the storm? definitely hurts a lot way less.

you look at the window, "it wasn't a date."

"it wasn't a date." he repeats, the smile on his face slightly widening, and he's suddenly very glad that you have your head turned away from him right now.

"do you remember the first time we ever shared a taxi?" he asks you, partially to strike conversation, and partially to, well, hear your voice.

a smile comes onto your face the second the memory hits, and you beam, "hinata's welcome party!"

that party was almost a year ago today.

bokuto had suggested to throw a party for his old high school friend, hinata, since he was joining the team, and oddly enough, atsumu had offered for his place to be where its hosted.

how he managed to share a cab with you that night when it was at his place that the party was set, is still a mystery to you, and you're not really sure if you wanna know why or how that ended up happening.

"it was really nice of you to lend your apartment for that." you smile, patting his shoulder lightly.

"nope. it was a terrible mistake." he immediately tells you, the smile on his face falling into a thin line as he quickly shakes his head, "i broke two windows that night."

and you cross your arms, "i think that's what you get for inviting the entire msby team over to your place."

"didn't you just say that it was really nice of me to do that?" atsumu scoffs, dramatically turning his back away from you.

"yeah, but," and you laugh, "i never said it was smart."

to be honest, atsumu can't remember the last time he's spent a decent moment with you. it feels as if every chance he's gotten to see you this past month has been an awful attempt in one-upping sakusa.

so to have you here with him now, just the two of you, (and an awfully slow cab driver), it really does get him thinking about just how much he's missed you.

"do you remember the other thing that happened that night?" he asks, the edges of his ears starting to pink up.

and you look at him, head slightly tilted, "the other thing?"

the other thing.

atsumu isn't lying when he says that he's been in love with you for over a year now. even back then when msby was just starting out, he only ever really did see you.

and that night, at that party, when he had you to himself in the corner of a room, chatting and laughing like the two of you are doing now, he won't deny that what he felt for you then is exactly the same as what he feels for you now.

that's why he almost kissed you that night.

and you're both pretty sure that it would've actually ended up happening if it wasn't for that phone call that interrupted the whole thing.

"oh," your face feels hotter than before, "that."

atsumu laughs, but it doesn't come out as his usual smug ones, the laugh that he lets out now is nervous - shaky, "yeah."

you brush the embarrassment off, shoulders rising as you laugh with him, "can you believe we almost -"

"i know." he laughs with you, cutting your sentence off short.

this cab ride feels longer than it should.

you sit back on the seat behind you, watching as atsumu does the same, and it doesn't take a full second for both of you to notice and ignore the deliberate amount of space between the two of you.

atsumu looks to your side, "good thing we didn't."

and you smile, "yeah."

the cab really does feel a lot smaller now, and you'd move inches away from him, but you don't want to make it seem like you're bothered with how close the two of you have gotten.

"i’m pretty sure if we had kissed that night we wouldn't be as close as we are now." you say, a small smile on your face as the tiresome day finally starts to kick in.

"yeah." atsumu nods, his shoulder hitting yours as a grin comes up on his face, "it would've been awkward."

"and silly." you add, your own grin starting to show.

atsumu has known you for a very long time now, and he's pretty sure that he can confidently say that he's loved you for about most of that duration.

but tonight, as he tells you about how relieved he is that he didn't get to kiss you at that party when he's had the chance - this is probably the first time he's ever lied to you.

"disaster averted." you tease, nudging his side.

and he nods, "definitely."

your shoulders are touching, and the cab is still making its long way down the road to its destination.

"it would've ruined everything if we'd been all like-" and atsumu laughs, making ridiculous kissing noises as he looks at you, eyes closed, and puckering his lips jokingly as he goes "mwahmwahmwahmwah".

laughter bubbles in your chest, and you watch him stop making the weird kissing noises to catch his breath to laugh some more.

your head turns to him, and you laugh, "yeah, especially if we were like -" and you vocalize your own version of ridiculous smooching noises, blurring your voice as you make something that resembles, "ahlalalaahlalalalala."

"what the hell is that?" atsumu scoffs, his laughter coming from laughing with you abruptly turning into laughing at you. "kissing goes like 'mwahmwahmhwa' not 'lalalala'."

"atsumu miya." you scoff, crossing your arms over your chest, "are you telling me that you can make better fake kissing noises better than me?"

and he mocks, "pretty sure anyone in the world can make better fake kissing noises than you."

"no - see - ahlalalalala is cute!"

"no! its 'mwahmwhamhwa'!"

"ahlalalalala!"

"mwamwamwah!"

and somewhere between both of you making those weird fake noises together, laughing and smiling, and only slightly scoffing every once in a while, it doesn't take long for atsumu to realize how close the two of you have gotten to each other.

so before he thinks about it, before he lets him psych himself out, he doesn’t waste another moment to decide that in the chance that you had to pick between him and sakusa — he would make you choose him.

and he kisses you.

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passivenovember · 3 years

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J, X, Z!!!

Jones Hi!! ((this is a thing now lmao))

J: Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr.

I feel like my bby @hartigays is gonna hate this, but I didn’t think there was a fandom for Law & Order? That just came out of left feild for me but I Olivia Benson was one of my queer crushes as a child so I’m not mad at it. ((also never realized how big star wars is as well. Sorry @verified-villain-fxcker ily))

X: top 5-10 characters who are yoUR PRECIOUS BABIES AND YOU WILL DIE DEFENDING THEM:

1. Billy Hargrove (stranger things, shocking i Know)

2. Robin Scherbatskey (How I Met Your Mother)

3. Hank Hill (King of the Hill)

4. Rosalind Walker (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)

5. Anya Jenkins (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

6. Faith (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

7. Miranda Hobbes (Sex and the City)

8. Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

9. Daria Morgendorffer (Daria)

10. Montana Duke (AHS: 1984)

Z: Ramble about fandom stuff.

SPOILERS FOR HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER AHEAD. if you plan on watching the show, don’t read!!!

Don’t have to tell me twice. I’m gonna talk about How I Met Your Mother because while some of the things about that show (i.e., many of the things Barney Says though he’s meant to be an asshole who turns into a better person & the way Lily was clearly bisexual but never got explore that side of herself) that show is a fucking masterpiece.

I really, really, really fuck with the design aspects. As someone who gets paid to have an eye for visuals, I love when a show is cohesive in its style and creates something unique, specifically with its use of color.

It’s one of the reasons why Stranger Things season 3 is my favorite, and it’s one of the things I love most about HIMYM; its use of color and how it promises that something better is always coming.

Ted Mosby is a romantic. He, like all of us, is searching for someone to complete him and while he is telling the story of how he met his children’s mother, it’s really a lesson about friendship and finding happiness within yourself. The way they section parts of his life by using color is breathtaking.

It’s well known that Robin, arguably his greatest love, is represented by the blue french horn (which ted steals from the wall of a restaurant on their first date), and the mother is represented by the yellow umbrella (which ted snatches from a hook ups house, not realizing it’s the mothers umbrella all along.

Those colors and that symbolism follow us through the story.

One of the things that sets HIMYM apart from other sitcom shows, one of the things that makes it undeniably special, is the heart ache at the center of the story. The tragedy that follows Ted through every twist and turn on his journey toward finding love. During important moments we see the colors grow in intensity (i.e. intense rain under a blue street lamp, or Robin telling Ted she doesn’t love him on the street outside the bar, where yellow light is shining through the window behind them).

It’s absolutely heart wrenching.

They also tackle really intense issues with such grace. Specifically the episode “Last Words,” in season 5. Marshall’s father passes away and as someone who had a very loving and sweet relationship with his father, he obsesses over the last words his father said to him; “rent crocidile dundee 3, i saw it last week and it totally holds up.” We eventually find, after a heartbreaking scene at his father’s funeral where Marshall breaks down over losing his father, that his dad actually left him a voicemail. “I loved seeing you. Your mother and I are so proud. Love you, son.”

I especially love the growth that happens and the representation they were able to include for the time. Barney not having a father and his promiscuousness being a tool he uses to hide his trauma. Lily leaving her 9 year relationship at the end of season one in favor of figuring out who she is before settling down with someone for the rest of her life, Marshall being a sensitive yet strong man who isn’t afraid to love Lily and his friends with everything he is, Ted being the eternal optimist--through being left at the alter and abandoned time and time again, desperately clinging to memory and storytelling as a way to cope and eventually understanding that time presses on whether we like it or not. Robin realizing that you can be a powerful woman and still want love.

The message that the greatest thing we can do in life is love another person, that’s. That’s what gets me.

If you’ve never seen how I met your mother, please. Watch it.

(that was so long but you said ramble so hunny I did!!)

#how I met your mother #fandom

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beckythesooh · 4 years

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On the HIMYM Finale + Deleted Scenes (rewatch)

On my hate of Ted’s relapse in season 7:

Rewatching HIMYM and of course, I’m sad again at how much I loved it sans Ted’s suddenly thinking he’s in love with Robin again after Drunk Train. It pisses me off so much, and which there were comments on how it made sense because Ted was just so down on himself that he had stooped so low as to try to get girls on the train and be so far away from his goal—I would have believed that but the ensuing episodes definitely show this wasn’t the case. Drunk Train was season 7 episode 16. They broke up at the end of season 2 and only had a heart to heart about how difficult the break up was a few episodes later, and casual sex along with screaming and anger mid season 3. Never once in between does Ted actually like her again except when Barney wanted her and he read his letter—which I’ll account for as him being down and logically and/or nostalgically thinking they would work again, rather than current feelings. I would have wanted him to be depressed because being around happy people or people that he’s jealous of or something, because that’s relatable and understandable. But him being upset that Robin was marrying someone that wasn’t him when she never expressed being in romantic love with him for the past 6 years just makes me despise Ted. And I don’t despise him, but when I take a step back, that act makes me really hate him. And like.... Ross in Friends was a horrible human. I cannot vouch for him in that he wanted to be a good human—Ross thought he was a good human when he wasn’t. But Ted really did want to be a good human. And it upsets me that this is where the line is drawn, where he believes he deserves Robin more than Barney, more than anyone, when she never showed interest in him again.

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A brief touch on my hate of Robin’s character in love:

I don’t hate Robin as a human or a character in general. But I severely hate how she was the writers’ ultimate princess on a pedestal and never thought about how she’s not a prize, but she needs to work for happiness. Never once does she work for any of her relationships. She’s incredibly selfish—and hey, that’s fine because I am and all humans are to a degree, but she’s not allowed to stay selfish and get any and every happy ending. That pisses me off to no end. I agree with the people that say Robin didn’t deserve Ted—but in reality, it was more that Ted deserved better. She never made any grand gesture for Ted or Barney when they both tried to give her anything and everything they had. I’m unsure if in any relationship she put herself on the line. I think after Don, she stopped. I think Don got the best of her, but Don didn’t quite treat her well. Kevin was the best match for her because he helped simmer her crazy and he could be a little crazier with her, but really she didn’t offer anything consciously.

She was unwilling to compromise in season 2, and she never changed throughout—she only revealed parts of her that she kept hidden. The writers made her sane and insane, kind and cruel, and every other paradox so she could fit into anything they wanted and seem rounded out even when she wasn’t. The writers kept her as this ideal girl and never understood that girls can have character development too. (Not that anyone besides Barney really had character development—which is also why everyone was rooting for him, not Ted.) The things she’d give up for Barney, she never cared about. The dogs she gave up for Ted in season 2 were her only attempt at dipping her toes in the water, but then the writers just never made her swim again (not that she should have given away her dogs for Ted). As the series progressed, it felt like she didn’t care about anything. That’s why she was consistently able to swing into a new relationship on the same day after a breakup. Because they made Robin sane enough, no one had to doubt her love and she never had to prove it. But now it all seems like a desperate girl who is afraid to be alone and has no idea what she wanted (continued in next section).

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On the deleted Robin x Ted lunch finale scene in 2020 and how it impacts the ending:

Josh Radnor said he hoped the writers kept that in the finale because it showed that Ted wasn’t always pining for Robin when he was with Tracy, and that Robin loved and was thinking about Ted as much if not more. I agree with the first part, definitely not the latter.

Before I discuss how I interpreted that scene, here is how I interpret the two endings of HIMYM vs the ideals of the fans (from my perspective).

The ending where Tracy dies and Ted gets with Robin at the end:

Pros:

The fan theory that maybe this is a happy ending because Tracy gets to be with Max in Heaven, Ted and Robin (and Ted got the kids he wanted and Robin got her career), and Barney and his daughter.

I guess the writers get to use their original footage, but like that doesn’t really warrant a number.

Cons:

Like Josh Radnor said, it makes it seem like Ted was in love with Robin even when he was with Tracy.

Season 8 and 9 were a total bust and a LOT of the footage and most meaningful and dramatic scenes (absolutely EVERYTHING WITH TED) were a WASTE of viewer emotion. Like I legitimately regret giving any fucks about Ted’s emotions, that lying sonuvabitch.

If it is meant to be like Robin and Ted are soul mates and belong together, the ENTIRE SEASON 3-9 made the fans believe that either 1. NO THEY’RE NOT, or 2. soul mates are STUPID and a LIE and not as amazing as Lily and Marshall made it seem. And if not, then it perpetuates that soul mates aren’t a thing.

It makes it seem that if a guy pines after a girl enough, he’ll fucking get her eventually. No one on the face of at least Democratic America wants white guys to get that message, wtf.

By perpetuating Pro #1, it further makes Tracy to be a vehicle for Ted’s children and not really anything else. Kinda ties into Con #1.

The ending where Tracy is alive (actually this doesn’t matter to me) where Robin and Ted don’t get together at the end:

Pros:

The hope and dream and ideal that a soul mate (Tracy) exists at the end of the suffering—the thing that made Ted such a good protagonist—lives on. And is finally accomplished. And we can be happy for Ted, while believing in love and life ourselves. (This is the main fucking point, in contrast to Con #3 of the previous end.)

The reassurance that even if you think you’re in love now and it’s not working out, one day, you’ll GET THE FUCK OVER IT

The hope that all the love you give out will be reciprocated (this is different than #1 for me simply based on Tracy’s personality, rather than the fact that Ted ended up with someone that wasn’t Robin. Because Tracy was kind to him and wanted to make Ted happy. Robin never tried to make Ted happy, she just rolled with the punches.)

The fact that the drumroll, the build up, the suspense of the story led to actual grandeur and a happy end, and not a fake out like the other ending. (Different from the above because this is simply the storyline, and how this way wouldn’t be like a “haha, [the ending] was in front of you the entire time!”)

Cons:

No footage of the kids?

No non-sappy way to end that doesn’t make everyone hate the writers?

No reason why Ted is telling this story to his kids?

Like honestly, while sappy, there is no con to a happy ending

Now, let’s retrace the first betrayal ending with the dinner scene:

Pros:

Yes, it does look like Ted loved Tracy / didn’t pine after Robin in his head. And yes, this was something that killed everyone in the finale and thus was a big thing.

If Ted x Robin occurs, you still get the Pro #1 fan theory.

Cons:

It doesn’t look like Robin was in love with Ted even if she admits to thinking about him. It instead just looks like she regretted her life and selfishly wanted him because he treated her well, even when she never had any intention of giving him what he wanted.

Also the awkward thing about Robin kinda trying to get him back when he has a family and alive wife at that point in time.

If this continued with the Robin x Ted thing, it doesn’t really make it seem that Ted was head over heels magically in love with Tracy during this time. His quote, “Happiness is when you stop thinking about the ifs,” would instead be interpreted as if he settled and didn’t want any risks. And, considering he met her after Robin was married, and had kids with her while Robin was still married, this would further incriminate that thought. Happiness is not love, but the stability of knowing that this relationship... is stable. Ted, despite having cheated on Victoria when she was in Germany with Robin, has never struck me as a cheater. He has always struck me, even in the lowest and crappiest and sleaziest of times, as someone who wanted to treasure the people around him. The fact that he was unnerved by Robin’s confession because he had Tracy and his family did not feel to me that it was because he loved Tracy, but because it was stable, it was his, and he had stopped thinking about Robin when she wasn’t there.

If Ted x Robin get together still, a la Con #1, I cannot be happy for them. Why? What the writer showed us in the original is that Ted has always pined for Robin. This lunch scene was supposed to dispose of that. But, then, it becomes that Robin wants Ted and Ted is like “I always cared about her and it’s been 6 years and I’m lonely.” And yes, this is much better than the original betrayal ending. But it’s still not a happy ending. Ted gets with her because he’s lonely, not because she’s the “one” anymore. And no one cares about that (and it’ll always be overshadowed by the ANNOYANCE OF TED IN SEASON 8-9). Robin gets together with Ted because she’s lonely, regrets many things in her life, and she knows Ted would treat her well (despite never self-reflecting that she doesn’t offer him anything because he always blindly accepted everything about her). That’s not a happy ending, nor an ending worth giving my feelings for, though admittedly more satisfactory than the original.

Overall, the show is supposed to be about how he meets the mother. How he meets his wife. How he falls in love with her. The audience is wanting to watch him fall in love. And after so many seasons of him being alone, the build up becomes grander. We want to believe that at the end of the tunnel is salvation. That this relatable, kind character will be blessed with happiness and love equal or greater to what he’s given. We like the character, and we want him to be happy. And he was never happy pining after Robin. We want to relate to his struggles, but we want him to be rewarded. We want to believe we too will be rewarded. The original ending didn’t do that. I can’t understand how anyone doesn’t understand the backlash after properly watching the show (and being a sane romantic, which should be the prime audience of this show).

So no, I will never forgive that ending.

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And just because I’m ranting,

On what I think about Robin and Barney.

I honestly don’t care if they stayed married or not. Married doesn’t solve problems between a couple. I don’t like them getting divorced from a conservative perspective, but I also don’t see them doing well in the construct of marriage (which also goes for Robin and Ted, but Robin was always portrayed as sane when with Ted. Though really, she would suck at marriage and kids. When she was with Ted, it was literally just sex. And her being his roommate showed that all non-lust side was incompatible. But I digress).

But, I dislike that the finale gave Barney a daughter as a band-aid and made it seem all right.

I can imagine Robin and Barney always fighting. I can imagine it going as far as a divorce. But I can’t imagine it getting to a point where Barney stops trying and stops caring. Because he tried throughout the seasons and he couldn’t. Why, when he gets her, would he stop. Robin never tried, and I can see her falling out of love because she’s incapable of loving (at least for everyone after Don), only of accepting love and using them as a crutch. But Barney really tried and season 8 showed it in tangible measures. While I understand that a one-way street will eventually reach a dead-end (actually I don’t think that’s true, but for the sake of a lack of a better metaphor), the fact that at that point Robin didn’t step it up makes me hate any ending that would end up with her and Ted even more. Yes, Barney was a pig. But he was able to win over the audience into making us believe that he is capable of loving someone. And Robin never did.

I can imagine Barney giving Robin space if she asked, which includes the divorce. But to try to convince us, the audience, into believing that he stopped loving her and stopped showing it in his side glances and gentle grins pisses me the fuck off. I don’t need them married, I don’t need them constantly together. But they’re a couple where I trust Barney to keep going back to as home.

Also that daughter thing—while cute in theory, Barney had an episode about his previous wing bro having knocked up a girl and being a father and it destroying his personality. I can really only imagine this as being how it winds up. I do think Barney would be a good father. And I do think that if Barney is with Robin, he would not have that chance. But I also think that Barney would always love Robin more than enough to be willing to give that up. Unlike Ted, I believe Barney if he said he’d be willing to give it all up without regretting it for the rest of his life. I hate that Barney wasn’t allowed to remain the metamorphosed character at the end of all of his character development. They had to revert all the things to give him a daughter. They didn’t even give him some sort of back story to how the hell he could fuck up the protection when he had sex with over 200 girls without issues. Yeah I’m salty about the shitty and inconsistent writing/storytelling.

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On whether I care if Tracy dies:

Not too much, because I understand that things happen. It does make me sad if we are made to think she and Ted are soulmates, only for her to die early. While I do agree that her early death and making Max her soul mate does sound cute, I refuse to believe for eternity that Robin was Ted’s soul mate, so leaving Ted without a soul mate would also piss me off about this story and basically Ted would be equivalent as Barney knocking up someone, but with a nanny that happens to be the mother of the children. So the answer is no because then we need to destroy the concept of soul mates. So this is why I would like Tracy to live, though I’m not mad at her dying.

Obviously from a storytelling perspective, it would be weird for Ted to tell his kids his whole dating history just to finally skim through his meeting with the mother and she is still alive. But really we gave no shits about why Ted was discussing all these pointless things to his kids, so that continuity isn’t needed if it destroys our hopes and ideals.

If she’s alive, it makes more sense for Ted to talk about the courtship with the mother. If she’s dead, the only reason for him to discuss all his courtships with all the other women would be..... well, in theory it makes sense to show that he’s always loved Robin, too bad that didn’t properly translate in the actual show post season 3 (like really, Robin would have needed to interfere in every relationship Ted had for it to be relevant to the betrayal ending, but that stopped after Stella and there would need to be a time skip to Victoria with inbetweens of Barney x Robin, but ultimately most of Robin’s love life could be omitted. Seriously, if that was the reason Ted was telling the story, then his storytelling skills are shit and he should be at least 65 and retired because his mind is going). And to tell the story just to be like “I wanna date again” is also nonsense. Basically, all routes are nonsense. Shoulda just scrapped the purpose of Ted telling his sordid past into just him telling a story. Also, getting the kid actors as adults is still hilarious so I think people wouldn’t mind the kids’ continuity over a better ending.

#himym #himym thoughts #ramblings

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whataplottwistyouwere · 4 years

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My thoughts about “How I Met Your Mother” finale

The Mother:

Despite her short amount of screen time , I loved mother. When the season started my biggest fear was : not learning much about mother. But I loved her anyways!! Of course I would prefer seeing her more but it didn’t make her less lovable. Right now I’m going to talk about her death (I will talk about her relationship with Ted later on)I understand why they killed her because their goal was to make RobinXTed from the very beginning. But I don’t think Robin and Ted is a healthy relationship ( I will detail it later on ) Because of these reasons I was so sad when she died but I understand why they did that. She had to die in order to make RobinXTed happen. But I think mother is one of the best characters in HIMYM ever and I never thought I could love someone with that amount of screen time

Robin and Barney

Ohhh here we go ... Robin and Barney. So first of all I want to say that ,in my opinion best relationship for Robin was Barney. And as many others my biggest problem in this season was that an amazing relationship like RobinXBarney being rushed. Okay so I want to talk about Barney and Robin’s impact on his life. We all know that Barney never thought about a serious relationship and never loved anyone; until Robin. Was this relationship %100 perfect ? No. But I still loved them anyways. Barney truly loved Robin. And some people say he never loved her as much as Ted but everyone has their different ways of showing love . And watching 9 seasons proved me that ; Barney truly loved Robin more than anything and anyone . But they rushed their realtionship. For example when they first started dating they showed them as fat couple and this was basically saying “ they aren’t good for each other” then they acted like nothing happened (but it’s not only in BarneyXRobin , Ted and Robin continued like nothing happened too) but during the time they dated Barney loved her more. We saw him watching Robin and trying to accept that he loves her . But nothing like that happened in Robin ,which makes me really sad because Barney and Ted was the lover and Robin never loved them that much . Okayy so they broke up , continued like nothing happened , they literally said they had bad impact on each other and Barney continued being a playboy . Then Robin realized she loved her but that wasn’t love : that was jealousy. Cause at the time Barney was with Nora and after Robin ,he finally found another serious relationship . And we see Robin being jealous. Okay then proposal ; it was so rushed -at least for me- Robin was never sure of her emotions and then when I saw Barney on the rooftop I thought he was going to ask her out. But out of no where ; MARRIAGE. I don’t think Robin was ready for it , i don’t think Barney was ready either but Barney truly loved her so that wasn’t a big problem for him. Then their relationship was rushed ; I mean I wished we saw more of their relationship as fiancées. But despite everything being rushed ; I still loved them cause I know how much Barney loves her . Anyways the last season : THE WEDDING. Okay disclaimer #1: I actually loved that the whole entire season was dedicated to a weekend. I loved watching it from different POVs and I think it was a great concept . But during the wedding what Robin did was to doubt doubt doubt and doubt . She never thought when she said “yes” and she never realized how much Barney loved her . So when the time came she was like “ I should’ve marry you Ted” (I’ll come to that in a minute) and then she tried to run away but Tracy stopped her. But some people say “ anyways they got married so it doesn’t matter” . Okay let’s go with that , everything is fine cause they got married. WE WATCHED 9 seasonS TO SEE THEM TOGETHER AND AFTER THE EPISODE THEY GET MARRIED THEY GOT DIVORCED!!!!!!!!!!! Okay so I know time was a problem but rather than making them get divorced AN EPISODE LATER you could’ve made the wedding earlier . To be honest, I don’t know but that’s not Barney deserved . Ohhh and why did they got divorced : BEAUSE OF ROBINS WORK. Look what I’m saying is if Robin TRULY wanted to make this relationship work she could’ve . ( for example : Robin declined a work offer FOR DON FRANK [ his co-host ] ) She did that for Don but couldn’t she do it for Barney???Barney tried so hard for this relationship and I’m so so sorry for him. The only thing I can say is everyone deserved more than wedding episode followed by a divorce episode

Barney

Okay I talked about Barney in the other section but there are some more stuff I want to add. First of all they turned him into a playboy after the moment he divorced with Robin. I’m not against it but he literally turned what he was in season 1 ( I’m not saying he was bad in season 1 but after everything happens ; divorce,marriage... he could’ve looked for something more serious) But in this horrible writing of RobinXBarney the victim is clearly Barney and I’m so sorry for him. He deserved so much better. Barney is an amazing character and he didn’t love someone as much as he loved Robin. So in the end of the season we learn that he has a baby. I really cried at that scene because it was so emotional. Barney never cared about anyone except robin ( and of course his friends) but in this episode he starts to care about someone else more than anyone : his daughter. Of course these scenes were so emotional but as the rest of the season it was incompleted. We should’ve seen the mother because Barney probably will try to work things out with her , for his daughter . So yeah we could’ve seen the mother , but if they showed her , there would’ve been more explanation that should be made and we have no time so I kinda understand that. Long story short : he deserved better, but in the end I’m happy that he is happy with her daughter

TedXRobinXTracy

Okay so this will be 3 parts. I will first talk about RobinXTed then TedXTracy then Ted himself and who is better for him and why

A) ROBINXTED

so I want to say SOMETHINg; when I started HIMYM I knew that robin and ted was going to end up together and for the first couple of seasons it made sense. Even though they broke up and came together ; they were meant to be. Ted never forgot about robin and loved her in a way no one did . So it made sense to me. Until I realized ; “ no this is a toxic relationship “. Okay so let’s look at these ; Robin never loved Ted the way he loved her and she even admitted that. Ted’s love for robin was something else . And the only thing robin did was to make Ted jealous. He brought 278181 boyfriends when ted dated someone. Her main goal was to make him jealous. And when we watched more seasons he never cared about Ted the way he did. He choose other boys over Ted over and over again:Another sign that this relationship was toxic. But ted never un-loved her which effected his relationship with other girls. She left them for Robin while Robin didn’t care that much. And I think it was just so weird that they stayed as friends . I know ted didn’t want to lose her ....but anyways. Okay so let’s come to the wedding. First of all I just want to say that Ted is just a wonderful person. I never appreciated him that much. But he is so self sacrificing. What he did for Barney in the first seasons even though he loved Robin. What he did in order to get them engaged. It’s just so incredible. I always believe that “ If you truly love someone than you let them be happy with someone they love; even though that person isn’t you” ( that’s why i hate snape [HARRY POTTER] but anyways) and ted lived up to that rule. And robin saying ted “ I should’ve been with you” is just so annoying and selfish : you are about to get married and the person who will marry you loves you so much , and now you say this to their best friend. Also you know that Ted loves you and now you are confusing him. Robin loved the attention Ted gave to her; Finding her necklace, stealing the blue French horn, making it rain for her...... But this relationship wasn’t good for ted. And in the end : they ended up together ; and I fully understnad the reasons , but don’t forget that Tracy and Ted were soulmates. Yes , ted always had something for Robin but he still loved Tracy more. So you can ship Robin and Ted but robin wasn’t good for ted , she should’ve been with Barney ( she wasn’t good for Barney either but...) !!! ted x Tracy >>>>

B) TedXTracy

Okay let’s talk about the best relationship in the series ( the best relationship is either them or Lily X Marshall idk) Ted has always been the chaser in the relationship. He cared more , he loved more . But in this relationship he finally wasn’t the chaser. Tracy loved him as much as he liked her. Even though he has feelings for Robin that will never go away. He never thought about Robin romantically when he was with Tracy ( I posted something about that you can Check it out) Also it was destiny. The yellow umbrella and everything. Their relationship proves that they are great for each other , they complete each other and they are soulmates. This is the relationship that made Ted truly happy. They both believed in “ the one” and “soulmates” and they finally found it. I don’t think anyone dislikes them cause there is no reason to. He made ted stay in New York and even Lily said “ this one is different” . Also Tracy was everything ted ever wanted. I understand why people ship him with Robin but If you truly care about ted’s happines you can understand that he was truly happy with Tracy.

C) Ted

So looking back to everything I wrote it’s clear that Ted is best with Tracy. All these seasons he talked about how he wanted someone that will love him, understand his obsessions and Tracy is the one . Everyone should agree on that. I just think it’s so good cause he always thought that “ Robin is the one for me “ but actually he never focused on anyone besides than robin , when he met Tracy he understood that his only chance wasn’t robin. For 9 entire seasons the only relationship that made him genuinely happy was With Tracy. I think he deserves Tracy and Tracy deserves him. Even after the finale TED will never love Robin as much as Tracy. I think at this point we should leave our favorite ships aside and think what makes him happier. And I’m so glad that Ted spent his years with Tracy

Robin

After all I wrote you may think that I hate robin ; but I don’t . I think she DOESNT deserve ted or Barney . But that doesn’t makes her a bad person . I wish she didn’t upset them , but even after all these years I don’t think she will be ready for a relationship or being loved. She loves being loved so much that she thinks she loves them too. I’m so sorry for Barney and ted but I don’t hate her

The group

As you see I didn’t mention lily and Marshall . Because this isn’t my opinions on HIMYM this is my opinion on The finale . The one thing that upset me is that they didn’t stay close or will stay close . Okay listen to me ; I’m sure lily ,Marshall,ted and Tracy stayed close but we can’t say this for Robin and Barney . Robin was traveling so much she didn’t have time for her husband how could she have for her friends . And now Ted Marshall and Lily can stay close friends as usual, but now TED and robin are dating for the 3838282th time and Barney divorced with her ?? I know they are used to these “awkward situations” but all of them have families rn and this is just so uncomfortable. I know Robin and Barney are okay. But you can’t say Barney isnt sad that Robin didn’t make any effort to keep their marriage alive

OVERALL

I wrote A LOT so my overall opinions: Barney and Robin should’ve been the endgame or at least they shouldn’t have divorced right after they got married. Robin didn’t deserve Ted nor Barney but I don’t hate her . Ted was happiest with Tracy .

I WOULD LOVE TO DISCUSS IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING TOO. I know I wrote a lot so thank you if you read this far.

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