Barney's Blog

[deeplyshalllow]

I've already put this on the discussion post but I think it's too important to not put here too. It literally had me smiling and crying and getting more emotional than anything else this finale has done.

Comments

[leonora68]

I dunno, I hate to put a dampener but I detect a note of sarcasm in the line about writing a new blog about being an awesome husband, which he follows up with the 'new Playbook' line. And if it's supposed to be written in real time then obviously this would be during a time when B/R were still together and happy, so it wouldn't make sense to write it any other way unless Barney has somehow built a time machine

[admiral_sab]

I think the story they thought they were telling was not the story we saw, honestly, that's the disconnect. Even if I play their game and watch the series all over again, taking away expectations, taking away shipper feelings, and just watching it for what it supposedly was, the show isn't as awesome that way. You also can't get around the bad writing of it all. The whole way it turned. It was awful. You'd think they would appreciate the fans having more respect for the show and characters. You'd think they'd be proud we care so much and thank us for our reaction because we love them enough to tell them they are wrong and strongly disagree with their interpretation of their own work.

[leonora68]

Yeah, that's never going to happen though because CB thinks he's a fucking literary genius and this was his grand opus. What an asshole. And to think I repeatedly defended their right to artistic integrity. I still feel sick to my stomach about the whole thing. I haven't dared to try and rewatch anything yet, because whenever I even think about any of the scenes that I've loved over the years, I just get an actual physical urge to vomit

[admiral_sab]

Let it all out! This is a safe space. :) And I agree about Carter Bays and his ego. I really think that's the lesson to be learned don't let your pride and stubbornness get in the way of greatness. He is so like Ted, btw. The goat with the washcloth. The kid in Purple Giraffe. He's the one that can't let go and Craig Thomas was involved and went along for the ride. He has always said he was like Marshall then that's true because Marshall was always the one enabling his obsession, but secretly hating it and just wanting Ted to be happy.

I'm angry too. I think I need to sing the Frozen song Let it Go for a bit!

[sonic_sparkle]

I've thought over it a lot the past couple days, and I think the finale would have worked quite well for S2 or 3. When Barney hadn't yet done his growth and needed a catalyst for it, and T/R was still a plausible thing (it's ridiculous to think anyone couldn't see how they obviously weren't compatible by S9).

It was very clearly scoped out that early, and the first 15 mins were designed to force them all into places which met that original scope.

But it's not the ending to the story we saw over nine years, and I wholly reject it as such. It's just what could have been the ending if the show hadn't taken off. We all know the characters well enough to know where they would truly end up.

And I like that this blog doesn't refer to the finale, it leaves Barney where we expected, to the future we know he'd really have :-)

[foreverinlovebr]

Happy Barney, I'm only thinking this is happy Barney and he's happily married to the love of his life writing a final entry telling us hey I'm happy for once and have my dream girl so suck it losers peace out. That's the way I see it and why the finale was their wedding nothing about the actual finale was canon this is in my eyes.

[windingroad4714]

This is why the finale was so unbelievable- Barney was ready to commit, despite the joking Playbook lines. He tried to fight for him and Robin and he was honest with her because that was the one thing he promised and she didn't even try to make their marriage right again. That's what I hate. He was so deeply involved in the relationship of the woman he loved for the past 5 years and they threw it all away for a baby- an idea Barney never even tried to push past Robin. Ugh.

[windingroad4714]

I loved Matt Kuhn's blog entry about Symphony of Illumination though- that was definitely some shipper writing.

[filleencore]

YUP! That letter he wrote nailed it.

[foreverinlovebr]

Loved that entry, that was a beautiful blog post it's still so sad that they had that painful storyline for Robin just to show that she's not fit to parent a child of Ted's who she never wanted kids with anyway. So how are we supposed to believe she wants to raise two teenagers with Ted and live in the suburbs and live the boring life she never wanted?