Comments | idioticonion: FIC: A Man's Gotta Do (1/1) HIMYM

idioticonion

FIC: A Man's Gotta Do (1/1) HIMYM

May 03, 2011 22:32

Title: A Man's Gotta Do
Summary: Barney is left alone to deal with the consequences of Ted siding with Zoey.
Rating/Warnings: Gen/PG
Word Count: 885
Fandom/Pairing: HIMYM, Gen
Spoilers: For Season 6 - The Perfect Cocktail

( Barney had no choice but to wait... )

fic: himym, chara: barney

Comments 30

otempora42 May 5 2011, 16:54:06 UTC

Poor dude! I really liked your ruthlessly efficient setting of mood in this piece. When you go for angst, you go all out.

idioticonion May 5 2011, 17:11:15 UTC

Thank you. And kudos to your choice of icon. :-)

d_an0nymouz May 5 2011, 17:45:23 UTC

Thank you for this! This somehow voices my frustration of Ted, but worded more beautifully. :) (though in my head I had Barney fired and de-friend Marshal and Ted, that's how upset I was)

idioticonion May 6 2011, 16:31:58 UTC

Well, if I'd have seen the promo for this weeks before writing this, I might have had Barney react a little more violently.

I'd love it if he defriended Ted! But I just can't see that happening. Barney is WAY too needy.

d_an0nymouz May 6 2011, 19:21:43 UTC

Agreed. I think that Barney would always consider Ted his best friend no matter how bad he's treated. Barney should have better friends!! >=/

unzadi May 5 2011, 20:19:17 UTC

:hugs Barney and feeds him cookies: This felt very, very Barney, and very, very GNB.

idioticonion May 6 2011, 16:32:13 UTC

Thank you! GNB is the evols!

cae_prince May 6 2011, 07:35:20 UTC

I was totally frustrated with how easily Marshall and Ted seem to freeze Barney out, with no concern for the guy's feelings. This fic is just so spot-on with Barney's feelings and GNB.

This line killed me: "Friendship that was false, love that was hopeless, a childhood that was little more than a series of lies." Poor poor Barney.

I really hate Zoey - she's the underlying cause for all this - and Marshall and Ted are just tools. :P

idioticonion May 6 2011, 16:33:10 UTC

Thank you! I loved that line too! It came from somewhere in my deeply disturbed brain, obviously. :-) But yes, I completely agree with you about Zoey. She seems to be particularly evil right now!

nnilann May 6 2011, 11:54:26 UTC

"Barney Stinson isn’t a quitter, they seemed to say. And even while he was cowling inside, feeling like little more than a scared kid who'd been betrayed by everyone he counted on, Barney still couldn’t bring himself to disappoint them."

"Don’t back down. Never show them you’re weak."

These sentences are Barney in a nutshell! "not a quitter", "cowling inside", "scared kid", "been betrayed by everyone he counted on" but can't disappoint them and never shows his weakness. That IS Barney!!!!! Plus (out of the blue), I don't get it how Ted or Marshal don't understand what a wonderful friend he is!!

just want to add (again out of the blue), love the mouse. Great icon! Was this episode before cockamouse? It can be the mouse part of cockamouse!!

idioticonion May 6 2011, 16:35:23 UTC

Thank you! And yes, I was so violently annoyed by Marshall and Ted's treatment of Barney that I was moved to write this very stark piece. I think Barney has a right of reply right here.

The Angst-Mouse icon is from Season 1, Milk. While Lily is plotting and going to that interview for art school, Marshall is helping Barney in his feud with Butterfield, a guy in the next building. Barney's plan is to send over a box of white mice, but the mice all escape, hence the shot of Barney with the mouse on his shoulder. :-)