I already found it horrifying that they would ever in a million years still include in the AUE Barney having a baby with a one-night stand and then suggesting that's the be all and end all of his life after they'd written Robin as infertile and all her struggles with that and made such a point of saying Barney doesn't care at all. He just loves her and wants to be with her and doesn't feel like he's sacrificing anything. To then say, 'Whoops, we were just kidding about that; actually a baby is somehow magically the one and only thing he needs', is so outrageously insulting to all women who are actually dealing with infertility in their real lives. I was already outraged at that when it happened.
But then to now know that Cobie herself was one of those woman, and the fact that her struggles were during the first few seasons of HIMYM guarantees the showrunners had to be well-aware of it simply because they must have been working around her surgical schedules makes it even worse. To go ahead and put that in there anyway shows you how misogynistic these two jerks are. Clearly they have no empathy, concern, or even regard towards women's feelings and a woman's POV. I'm certain if you brought this up to them (the whole Barney has a baby by another woman that Robin couldn't give him and that's insulting to infertile woman everywhere) they'd say "Oh, that wasn't intentional. It just escaped our notice". Leaving aside the fact that they're both known liars, I actually would believe that to be true this time - which is in many ways even more revealing because with CB/CT it's obviously not even in them to for one second consider a woman's feelings or thoughts or how something might impact her. You can tell this is the case in the way they've treated the female characters of the show, not just in the AUE but throughout the course of the series. Their issues and feelings are always glossed under the rug or downright ignored. I really do believe CB/CT are some of the most sexiest, misogynistic writers/producers working in the industry, though I don't think they even realize it themselves.
... I guess we just found out two more of the many reasons the failnale is "a lot of things" for her. You know? I've made it a point in the past that despite my display of anger and discontent with Bays and Thomas in my posts along with some slightly over the top rants - I do not wish them any physical harm whatsoever and would never consider causing them any, but with every piece of information that comes out it gets more and more difficult to remain peaceful. Can't put into words how angry those two careless jerks make me.
As much as we all hate the failnale, CB and CT wrote most of the series finale before season 3 so before the cancer sadly struck Cobie. Though of course they should have never stuck with that version.
Oh I know they wrote that before she had her cancer, but once she was diagnosed that never should have come up again. They should have 1000 percent nixed the Barney has an illegitimate baby part of it that makes his life, and they shouldn't even have done Robin's infertility at all if they weren't going to do it properly. Of course both these points hold true regardless, but even more so knowing that their actress has personally gone through this herself and how awful that must be for her to play It.
But then to now know that Cobie herself was one of those woman, and the fact that her struggles were during the first few seasons of HIMYM guarantees the showrunners had to be well-aware of it simply because they must have been working around her surgical schedules makes it even worse. To go ahead and put that in there anyway shows you how misogynistic these two jerks are. Clearly they have no empathy, concern, or even regard towards women's feelings and a woman's POV. I'm certain if you brought this up to them (the whole Barney has a baby by another woman that Robin couldn't give him and that's insulting to infertile woman everywhere) they'd say "Oh, that wasn't intentional. It just escaped our notice". Leaving aside the fact that they're both known liars, I actually would believe that to be true this time - which is in many ways even more revealing because with CB/CT it's obviously not even in them to for one second consider a woman's feelings or thoughts or how something might impact her. You can tell this is the case in the way they've treated the female characters of the show, not just in the AUE but throughout the course of the series. Their issues and feelings are always glossed under the rug or downright ignored. I really do believe CB/CT are some of the most sexiest, misogynistic writers/producers working in the industry, though I don't think they even realize it themselves.
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