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Barney Stinson theory

May 21, 2015 19:03

I wanted to share this it's quite interesting to think about especially with how this site likes to annalize over everything in this series. It points out many reasons why we love Barney most and why Ted isn't such a good guy afterall.

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deeplyshalllow May 21 2015, 23:15:45 UTC

It's an interesting theory, but I don't think it holds water massively well, as evidenced by the massive uproar when the failnale aired the kids should not have thought Ted and Robin would have fit anyway. If Ted wanted to show Barney as competition for Robin even though he doesn't deserve her he'd have cut out a hell of a lot of the romantic speeches and deeds (many of which didn't really need to be included) and played Barney as much less loving to Robin (he could have even shown him cheat on her ( ... )

foreverinlovebr May 21 2015, 23:51:38 UTC

The plays were over the top, think about it this way. The plays were just ploys to pick up women a decoy if you will for Barney not knowing what he wants out of life and thinks it's better to run these plays thinking they will work. But, I do think the plays and playbook are symbols of how Barney gets women and the big one was getting Robin back. I never thought Barney, considering his backstory and what he's been through in his life is the bad guy here, he's never been that for Robin either we know she liked/loved Barney for who he was and they very quickly clicked on everything so he isn't the bad guy in this ( ... )

unzadi May 23 2015, 18:20:35 UTC

The failnale doesn't work on any level and goes against so much of the near-decade of storytelling that came before it that one almost has to throw it out to properly analyze or even theorize the series. I do like that the article calls Robin the love of Barney's life, and the kids would know both Barney and Robin and they'd pick up on the lingering feelings between them. Sociopathic teenagers would really be the only ones on the "yeah, go bang Aunt Robin" bandwagon, because who cares about Uncle Barney being miserable, anyway? He and Ellie can go...um, somewhere and do, um...something. Who cares? They don't matter anymore, because it's all about Dad and Aunt Robin. Um, no ( ... )