"So, emporer penguins. Crazy, huh?"
I'm super late this week! eep, sorry. It was a combination of 95% of the episode being about Barney/Robin (making this picspam GINORMOUS!) and a crazy RL.
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Here, I think he's just thinking too much about how he doesn't want to be the guy that anyone turns to for deep emotional conversations, lol.
Yeah, and, to be fair, I think it IS a different situation, when it's your significant other compared to a best friend. Of course, there are also more significant consequences when you ignore your girlfriend's problems. ;)
And wtf, Lily? Ted is a wonderful guy, and definitely an amazing boyfriend on paper (even if he was wrong for Robin), but lol he's kind of the only guy she's "dated" in the last few years. What other incredible boyfriends?
Haha! Gael? That's, like, the only other guy she had any kind of long-term relationship with.
He needs to be the most awesome person at this boyfriend stuff, as he is the most awesome person with everything else in this world.
AND HE WAS! I mean, it wasn't the right move and all, but everything he did . . . like, if Robin wasn't Robin and didn't know him so well, she would've just been like, "WOW. He's a really sweet, attentive guy!"
So, Robin only said "I love you" to Ted at the end of their relationship then?
But she said it pretty much midway through season 2! Or does Ted really mean that? Does he think Robin thought it was over with way back then? Because I feel like Robin was completely committed to Ted until the end. I don't think she was going, "Okay, how can I get out of this relationship?"
Ok, honestly, I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that Barney learned more about Robin (sexually speaking) in 3 months than Ted learned in a whole year. Anyone want to disagree with that?
I'M SO DISAPPOINTED THEY DIDN'T DEAL WITH IT! I mean, even if they don't want to go to that extent, Barney's been sleeping with her ALL SUMMER. He should've at least been, "Oh yeah, I knew that" about things (actually, he should've known a lot of other stuff, too. I mean, it's not like Robin's a brand new girl he's dating. They've been close for years!).
When Ted said, "Guess Who" I immediately thought of THIS.
I LOVED THAT GAME SO MUCH! Now I want to go buy it, lol.
Again, I think Robin really does love Barney (and has for awhile) but it'd be hard to not constantly think, "Am I kidding myself?"
I think she wonders that all the time...
And I'm SO glad we finally got that out-loud wondering. And, really, this is the first time we got explicit confirmation that Robin DOES want this relationship. She wants it to work!
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hmm well maybe subconsciously Robin had already broken up with Ted in her mind by mid season 2...lol if that's even possible. I mean, going into the relationship she knew that it would only last if somehow her feelings for Ted had the ability to change what she wanted in life. And I suppose at first she could just ignore that, but after 6 months she might still be happy but then he would say something or do something to make her think, "Well, it's been six months, and I haven't changed my mind."
I think it would be pretty clear then that it wasn't going to last. But since there were no actual "problems" it would still feel sad for her to break up with him, and she might have just ignored the issue for a bit. Hence breaking up with him in her mind.
GUESS WHO IS AN AMAZING GAME! Man, I really want to buy it now too! lol
I would really love more from Robin about how she's feeling about the relationship and I love how much of that we got in this episode. I almost wish she would tell Barney or Lily or someone that this isn't really the first time these things have crossed her mind.
Because it kind of saddens me to think that there are some casuals viewers that believe what happened was that Robin just randomly slept with Barney when she was feeling vulnerable and then never thought about it again until the season 4 finale. That doesn't make much sense when you think about certain episodes, but if you're not thinking about it at all that might not occur to you. :/
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It's true! Or they'll just think Robin is kinda . . . going along with it? In a lot of ways, she really has come off as so passive when it comes to Barney. I think that's in character for her when it comes to relationships, but I can see how that might make it hard for some viewers to root for Barney/Robin. Unless you're obsessed like us, lol.
And then my mom (who I still suspect of being a Ted/Robin shipper!) said that if Ted really knew Robin that well, they probably would've ended up married. She did agree with me that if Barney doesn't already, he WILL know Robin better, but . . . my mom's a super-casual viewer, so that again makes me wish they'd done something to show how well Barney really does know Robin.
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Although, in a lot of ways that's a bit cliche in a way. You know, boy has what he thinks is unrequited love for girl, and then girl finds out and "something" happens but ultimately it doesn't lead anywhere, and then girl pines for boy for awhile.
And THEN they get together. I feel like I've seen that a million times. I mean, it works so I guess I can't complain too much, but still...
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I do hope that eventually, at the end of it all, we'll see them just be "them" in their own unique way. Because other than the premiere we haven't really seen much of that.
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Yeah, I thought they did a little last night, but still . . it was a lot more about the double date than Barney/Robin the couple.
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