#failnale

[milespenning]

The whole PLL fandom after watching the finale.

[agnethil]

I loved the season finale of HIMYM... they were meant to be together. Every thing throughout the show led them back together. No matter the tough situations that were sent in their direction, they were always there for each other.

Theres a difference in the character being forcibly WRITTEN back together, and the characters naturally being led back together. I am not going to try to tell you that they were not supposed to get back together from a writing stand-point. It was made very clear that Ted and Robin ending up together was originally the plan. However as the show went on, the character developed and became well-rounded, real characters. If they had still been the same Robin and Ted from S1, sure, I’d be all for them ending up together. But thats not the case. Robin and Ted, in my and many other’s point of view, ended up working out better platonically, at least as their characters grew more. So when they were written to be put together with a hint of romantic sub-plot going on, it felt very forced. Robin worked so much better with Barney, and Ted even had some good relationships after Robin. So putting them back together time to time just did not work as well as it was supposed to.

No matter the tough situations, they were always there for each other. But thats what friends do. You can have a platonic relationship like that, you know. Its also somewhat hard to look at that friendship as being strictly platonic, as Ted is still in love with Robin. But really, after they break up, ROBIN IS NOT IN LOVE WITH TED. When Robin dates Barney, ROBIN IS NOT IN LOVE WITH TED. In S7, No Pressure, ROBIN IS NOT IN LOVE WITH TED. Once more with feeling: ROBIN IS NOT IN LOVE WITH TED.

Most of the show, Robin isn’t still in love with Ted, which is why I wanted Ted to move on so much. The viewer is supposed to want Ted to move on, you want him to be happy right? So why would you want Ted to continuously be heartbroken about being in love with someone who doesn’t love you back? I’m not sure if you’ve been in a situation like that before, but it does not make you feel good. Not at all. When I watch HIMYM, I want the best for Ted, I don’t want him to be hung up on a girl who doesn’t love him, which can only cause him pain. The point of the show is to meet The Mother, and you know that if you are still hung up on one person, in this kind of pain (even if he doesn’t fully acknowledge it until later), he’s not going to meet The Mother. If he’s still hung up on Robin, he’s never going to be able to marry and have kids and be happy (they made this point in Sunrise, S9). Its why we wait nine years to meet The Mother.

 I just don’t understand how its supposed to work. If Ted needs to get over Robin in order to meet The Mother (and we need to meet The Mother because the show is cALLED How I Met Your Mother), then why does Ted end up with Robin? On what world does that make sense? The only way to make it make sense is to say that The Mother didn’t mean much to Ted, if Robin is the real thing he wanted. That Barney was never enough for Robin? That even while they dated other people and had a very textbook platonic friendship, that Robin and Ted were actually still feeling romantic and sexual attraction towards each other? 

I seriously could write so much more about this, but seriously, the whole thing makes no sense to me. It was a planned outcome, and it was supposed to work. But things change in nine years, and just because you plan on doing something doesn’t mean it should still happen. And if its difficult to make two characters finally end up together (forcing a divorce, killing off a character, making one say that they never really got over the other when all evidence points to the contrary, etc, etc) maybe they shouldn’t end up together. 

[swarkles-is-otp]

One year after the failnale and my feelings towards it haven't changed a bit.

[agnethil]

I don’t need April Fools Day, the biggest joke of all time happened when the HIMYM finale aired a year ago.

[supremeforcebond]

Now, everytime I watch a finale, my heartbeart and breathing increases and I expect the worst. Thanks, Carter & Craig.

[jesseejones]

What annoys me about the writers using the "well we shot the ending 8 years ago and had to stick with it" excuse is that there are so many ways they could've worked around it. They didn't have to use the full scene they shot. They could have shot more than one scenario, or short, generic clips of the kids that could've been used in multiple scenarios... A lot can be done in an editing room; they didn't need a full clip from 8 years ago. It is literally so simple to cut together a few short clips of dialogue to manipulate a scene into pretty much whatever.

[swarkles-is-otp]

"the How I Met Your Mother finale flipped the entire viewing audience the bird" Yes it did, actually Carter and Craig did.... Anyways, this quote is so true

[swarkles-is-otp]

Biggest TV-fail of 2014.... No big surprise