Fic: Becoming (PG-13, 2/9, gen, HIMYM)

[bananacosmic]

Title: Becoming
Author: bananacosmic

Author's Email: bananacosmicgirl@hotmail.com
Author's Home Page: CosmicUniverse.net

Fandom: How I met your mother
Word count: 22 700
Chapters: 8 + epilogue
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Family, friendship, angst
Characters: Barney, cast
Pairings: None (previous Barney/OFC, Barney/Robin)

Warnings: None
Spoilers: Up to 5x17 "Of

Comments

[idioticonion]

First, brilliant.

Second, IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF BARNEY'S MOM!!! She probably told Barney's Dad that she didn't want him in Barney's Life! And Barney has MASSIVE DADDY ISSUES! Wow, there's so much scope for exploring Barney's psyche in this story. You genius, I'd never even have thought of going there. That was masterful to have Marie reject him.

Lastly, the whole "Barney gets drunk in atlantic city" plotline reminds me of another himym fanfic, but one written back in the classic era, I'm talking season 3! I can't for the life of me remember which one but I really want to recommend it to you to read now. It's nothing to do with babies though.

[otempora42]

I think Barney got drunk in AC in "Best Imitation of Myself", didn't he? But it was still totally awesome here.

[idioticonion]

Link? (Can you believe, that one's not on my rec list)

[bananacosmic]

Thank you :)

And I think she probably did scar him. Normal people don't react with a complete personality when dumped (even if Barney thought she was his soul mate). Living with a mom who according to canon seems to never have been home must have done a number on him... Neglect seems like the word of the day (at which point I feel it's necessary to point out the stupidity of the "kid photo" of Barney in the latest ep... although I'm writing it off as Barney re-writing history, or something).

It's funny how much a baby!fic opened up the possibilities to explore his character :) I didn't know where it'd take me when I started, but yay for you liking!

Like otempora42 said, it's "Best Imitation of Myself". Excellent fic :) I hope it wasn't copying though - it was one of the first HIMYM fics I read, but that was a while ago now. I know he went to AC in that too, but I hope this wasn't the same. It just seemed like a Barney thing to do, with his gambling history.

[idioticonion]

Yes, I'm absolutely sure that the kid photo is bogus. Plus, we know barney takes a bad photo (in the CREDITS TO THE SHOW f'christ sake...)

And yeah, I wasn't saying that your fic is the same as Best Imitation (if that's the one - I don't have a link) but something of the tone reminded me of it. Maybe it was just because Barney burned himself out SO badly in your fic and he was so pathetic.

[bananacosmic]

*g* I thought exactly that today (the show was on at the gym where I work out ^^).

Best imitation of myself. 's on my rec list. *sigh* I wish it was completed :(