Of weddings and 'fake' couples
*So, I have been watching How I Met Your Mother season six, and oh my goodness, Jason Segel. This is definitely his season.
Then - this fact didn't catch up to me when I first watched the finale- midway through the season, Robin asks Ted to do something for her...
Robin asks Ted to BE HER BEST MAN! This has to mean something, right? Right?
There's still this little seed of fear that makes me think that Nora is the one Barney's marrying. Which, I like Nora, but I do not want her as Barney's endgame. And it would make no narrative sense to marry off your legendary casanova to someone who's only been in a few episodes, so.
And it all just fits together in the grand arc of Ted's story: he meets his true love at his best friend and ex-girlfriend's wedding!
Cue massive flailing. I'm not worried that it'll be out of character for both Barney and Robin. Season six has so beautifully brought us to it's final flashforward - Barney! Getting married! -without breaking character for Barney at all. Now Craig Thomas has been teasing that S7 is “very Robin-centric” and ahhh, it makes sense, right? I’m just extra happy that we’re finally getting an entire season of Robin’s point of view!
It annoyed me way back in season five when Bays and Thomas said that they broke up Barney and Robin to ‘preserve Barney’s legendary status’ (or something like that), but now it occurs to me that maybe they were just being coy. You can’t exactly say “we broke them up so we could get them together at a time when they’re both more ready for it” without, you know, spoiling everything.
And finally, there’s a sign outside the church where the wedding is taking place“To everything there is a season.” To me, that’s an incredibly apt description for Barney and Robin’s relationship.
* I’m reading Cotillion, a regency romance by Georgette Heyer. It is so delightful, and it’s making me think about how much fun a certain romantic trope can be. Two people pretending to be a couple for convenience’s sake, and then falling for each other anyway. It all gets (a good kind of ) sticky when they start to wonder if they’re taking the charade too far. When they can’t tell which is real and which is pretend anymore. And then comes the realization that they’re no longer pretending with their feelings, and they get together anyway! So much fun when done right!
Then - this fact didn't catch up to me when I first watched the finale- midway through the season, Robin asks Ted to do something for her...
Robin asks Ted to BE HER BEST MAN! This has to mean something, right? Right?
There's still this little seed of fear that makes me think that Nora is the one Barney's marrying. Which, I like Nora, but I do not want her as Barney's endgame. And it would make no narrative sense to marry off your legendary casanova to someone who's only been in a few episodes, so.
And it all just fits together in the grand arc of Ted's story: he meets his true love at his best friend and ex-girlfriend's wedding!
Cue massive flailing. I'm not worried that it'll be out of character for both Barney and Robin. Season six has so beautifully brought us to it's final flashforward - Barney! Getting married! -without breaking character for Barney at all. Now Craig Thomas has been teasing that S7 is “very Robin-centric” and ahhh, it makes sense, right? I’m just extra happy that we’re finally getting an entire season of Robin’s point of view!
It annoyed me way back in season five when Bays and Thomas said that they broke up Barney and Robin to ‘preserve Barney’s legendary status’ (or something like that), but now it occurs to me that maybe they were just being coy. You can’t exactly say “we broke them up so we could get them together at a time when they’re both more ready for it” without, you know, spoiling everything.
And finally, there’s a sign outside the church where the wedding is taking place“To everything there is a season.” To me, that’s an incredibly apt description for Barney and Robin’s relationship.
* I’m reading Cotillion, a regency romance by Georgette Heyer. It is so delightful, and it’s making me think about how much fun a certain romantic trope can be. Two people pretending to be a couple for convenience’s sake, and then falling for each other anyway. It all gets (a good kind of ) sticky when they start to wonder if they’re taking the charade too far. When they can’t tell which is real and which is pretend anymore. And then comes the realization that they’re no longer pretending with their feelings, and they get together anyway! So much fun when done right!