TBBT and HIMYM
Okay so I haven't done any of my anglophile weekend reaction post/reviews yet but I guess I'm feeling the need to do a Monday Night Comedy bit also known as...
My unpopular opinions, let me show them to you
Okay, on The Big Bang Theory I don't really have a ship (in itself a little unusual, for me and for fandom) and I don't really think this episode was pro any ship really. The last few weeks have really been about how much like the guys Penny has become, which is great. She's not going to be going in full costume to ComicCon any time soon, but she's a lot more like them than she was at the beginning.
This week's was probably funnier than last week's but I think I liked last week's better; but they're really great taken together.
So...HIMYM. This is more where the unpopular opinions come in. It was cute and fun and funny and everything, but I do think they're pushing Barney/Robin too hard by having Marshall say they'd be perfect together. Encouraging it I can see, thinking it could work sure, but "perfect" I think is a bit much.
Sure I'm not completely sold on Barney/Robin yet, particularly not long term, but I did actually respect Ted pulling out of the semi-relationship in "Benefits" for Barney's sake, I didn't think that was pushing too far. I find the fact that now everyone (including probably several people at the bar) knows except Robin kind of sad but funny. I even *like* watching Barney squirm with this. But...I still don't really feel the ship, so having other characters, main characters, claim it would be some perfect wonderful thing just rubs me the wrong way.
In the spirit of full disclosure though, I think I have to consider myself a Ted/Robin shipper (even though I *know* it's never going to work out) and do think Robin's still half in love with Ted. So while I can appriciate Barney's feelings for Robin, I have a hard time seeing her returning them. Yes I do recognize the irony of supporting a canonically doomed ship but refusing to get on one that at least might work out just because *I* don't think it will.
Also, I really identify with Ted here, in fact I probably I identify with him more than is good, because his explanation at the end bears a *lot* of resemblance to my own lack of job situation
My unpopular opinions, let me show them to you
Okay, on The Big Bang Theory I don't really have a ship (in itself a little unusual, for me and for fandom) and I don't really think this episode was pro any ship really. The last few weeks have really been about how much like the guys Penny has become, which is great. She's not going to be going in full costume to ComicCon any time soon, but she's a lot more like them than she was at the beginning.
This week's was probably funnier than last week's but I think I liked last week's better; but they're really great taken together.
So...HIMYM. This is more where the unpopular opinions come in. It was cute and fun and funny and everything, but I do think they're pushing Barney/Robin too hard by having Marshall say they'd be perfect together. Encouraging it I can see, thinking it could work sure, but "perfect" I think is a bit much.
Sure I'm not completely sold on Barney/Robin yet, particularly not long term, but I did actually respect Ted pulling out of the semi-relationship in "Benefits" for Barney's sake, I didn't think that was pushing too far. I find the fact that now everyone (including probably several people at the bar) knows except Robin kind of sad but funny. I even *like* watching Barney squirm with this. But...I still don't really feel the ship, so having other characters, main characters, claim it would be some perfect wonderful thing just rubs me the wrong way.
In the spirit of full disclosure though, I think I have to consider myself a Ted/Robin shipper (even though I *know* it's never going to work out) and do think Robin's still half in love with Ted. So while I can appriciate Barney's feelings for Robin, I have a hard time seeing her returning them. Yes I do recognize the irony of supporting a canonically doomed ship but refusing to get on one that at least might work out just because *I* don't think it will.
Also, I really identify with Ted here, in fact I probably I identify with him more than is good, because his explanation at the end bears a *lot* of resemblance to my own lack of job situation