Comments | pocochina: How I Stumbled into Whatshername: on the romance of invisible women

pocochina

How I Stumbled into Whatshername: on the romance of invisible women

Apr 01, 2014 22:44

First a quick summary

( for those who don't want to put themselves through the episode )

Comments 25

bellonablack April 2 2014, 07:33:32 UTC

Your title summed it up.

Holy bizarro world fridge batman. that's all I have. I can't even believe it. If I had been one of those kids (lol I know but) I'd be so fucking mad at hearing that story, I AM SORRY BUT DAMN YOU ARE A PSYCHOPATH DAD.

pocochina April 2 2014, 19:22:49 UTC

Especially his daughter! What is she supposed to take away from that?

rosaxx50 April 2 2014, 08:34:32 UTC

Lil I don't even go there outside a couple of fanvids and even I'm appalled. So much for my plans to watch the show.

pocochina April 2 2014, 19:24:38 UTC

hahahaha DON'T. There have been a couple of episodes that were cute, I'm sure there's a list somewhere on the internet.

ceciliaj April 2 2014, 12:09:17 UTC

I might still be in shock. In the past, when finales have failed me, I have just repressed the knowledge of what happens (FRIENDS, SATC, The L Word, I'm looking at you), but I've read so much discussion about this one that I'm afraid I'll always remember.

pocochina April 2 2014, 19:28:18 UTC

NOOOOOO REPRESS REPRESS REPRESS!

noybusiness April 2 2014, 12:56:57 UTC

I never really watched HIMYM, but I've osmosed lots of news about it over the years, and I'm not surprised it worked out this way. Sounds unfunny for a comedy show.

pocochina April 2 2014, 19:30:13 UTC

It's had its moments of being funny, but yeah, ultimately nothing special. Except for the astonishingly comfortable misogyny, that is.

noybusiness April 2 2014, 22:35:28 UTC

I mean the mother turning out to be dead all along is a pretty opposite-of-comedy premise, and dark twists aren't good for shows that are supposed to be fluffy.

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pocochina April 2 2014, 19:40:41 UTC

it was going to be virtually impossible to end the story without giving off the impression that The Mother was an "also-ran" to Robin, the vibe that Ted had "settled" for the Mother and that he would still on some level be pining for Robin

IF ONLY that was the problem! It does serve to underline that the problem with the finale wasn't solely Tracy's death, because if the show had ended right when Ted introduced himself to Tracy, this would have been the issue.

that kind of spurious self-deluding fake "progress" rang very true to me

Ugh, exactly. That poor child is going to get the worst lessons in the world about what she's worth as a person.