How I Met Your Father: Thoughts on Barney's cameo?
As much as i loved seeing Barney again,i think the way the HIMYF writers wrote him was awful. Why treating him like a rapist or something similar? It was a "sjw-style" writing of Barney,and i didnt like it at all. I get that the writers might think that modern audience would see Barney in a different way in the 2020s (altough i'm not really convinced by this. Sure,there are many controversies on the internet,but the mainstream audience still consider Barney a great character and he is still hands down the most popular HIMYM character) but,if the writers are uncomfortable in writing his womanizing actions (and also,i guess they wanted to be coherent with the finale,where its hinted he isnt a playboy anymore) just ignore that side of him,but still write Barney as the charismatic and challenge-loving person he is! Write his interaction with Sophie with him making other jokes about money or something else,and then the conversation ends up on her father. Why making him like a creep,with also a device on his leg? That was absurd in my opinion. I also got the impression that NPH didnt really know how to play this version of Barney,altough he was professional like always,but he probably knew too the writing wasnt good at all. Also,no reference at all to Robin! That was a bad thing too of course. Also because Sophie met Robin too so it would be nice if she would connect the two were friends (and something more). So really,as much as it was good seeing Barney again,i expected something better than what we got. This is probably the last time we see Barney in HIMYF,but i hope that,if a HIMYM reunion happens,they would write a better version of what a "modern" Barney should be. Because this version they wrote here doesnt work at all in my opinion!