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Another whole reason why I believe in my heart that Sid is Sophie’s baby daddy is the fondness they both have for each other.

When adult Sophie tells the story about the father, she has so much fondness talking about him. Ruling out Charlie since he’s confirmed to be out of the game, we can say that she has fondness for Jesse too. However, if you look into it a lot closer, her fondness when talking about Sid is different.

Do I sound like I’m reading into this? Perhaps. But I major in communication arts where film is also tackled so bear with me.

We are watching the show in the perspective of Sophie narrating. In stories about her relationship with Jesse, Sophie had negative quips on the situation. Whereas with stories about her friendship with Sid, Sophie didn’t have something bad to say about him. Take for example the episode where Sid was almost gonna meet with Taylor after going into a state of emotionally cheating on Hannah, instead of Sophie telling her son something negative (like how mad she was when Jesse kissed Meredith and got back together with her), she emphasizes that Sid is not that type of guy. That he wouldn’t purposely cheat on Hannah like that.

On another note, Sid himself as the story is narrated has some sort of fondness for Sophie. It feels less obvious right now, but the way he banters with Sophie, smiles at her antics, and goes along with her crazy ideas is something. I got my friend to start watching the show, and she says that Sid really reminds her of Ted (but honestly Sid is more lovable LMAO). I started looking into her statement after that and I did pick up things like Sid owning Ted’s room, him a romantic, and having some similar quirks. And you know? This could all be coincidental. BUT the entire “How I Met” franchise is built upon the legend of the red string (what TikTok calls the “invisible string theory”). And based on what we have from the show so far, only Sid really fits that category as being invisibly tied to Sophie as he had the poster of Sophie’s mom that was taken while pregnant with Sophie.

Don’t get me wrong, it is hard to actually say if my analysis is correct (because it could be wrong). A part of me still thinks that the father could be Jesse, but I’m set on betting Sid.

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Alright. I’ve been seeing others say that Sid is gonna overthink what Hannah said and develop a crush on Sophie BUT HEAR ME OUT. HEAR ME OUT!!

Instead of that situation, what if we have Sid brush it off and build-up throughout the show that he is unknowingly developing feelings without the questioning part first? So that later, when Sophie and Jesse break up, we can get moments of Sophie and Sid together being friends and everyone noticing something different about them. This then leaves Sid to tell Sophie about Hannah’s accusation and it is Sophie who overthinks it.

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Hints from father candidates that can be applied to Sid

This was a new realization as I was wandering around Reddit. So I’m fleshing this idea out here.

As we know, all father candidates have a specific niche that helps us identify who the actual father could be. Whether that be in object, mannerism, career, or traits. Compared to all father candidates, however, I had come to a realization that only Sid’s niche isn’t as specific or fleshed out.

You would think: hello M? The bar!! But here’s the thing… The bar is a background or heart of all the events. Sid is a bartender but at the same time we know there’s more to him.

Here are the hints that I picked up from father candidates that can be applied to Sid:

Firstly, Ian. He is in a STEM career and we know Sid went to med school. A cherry on top is that he’s the only other candidate (thus far) that is a person of color.

Secondly, Jesse. He is a music teacher who wishes to be a successful musician. As hinted, Sid is also a fan and lover of music. I’m still unsure if Jesse being the teacher parallels something to Sid’s life, but it’s fine that we don’t have it since I believe the final contenders are gonna be Sid and Jesse.

Thirdly, Drew. We know that Drew has a thing for sophistication. He’s an academic and a people pleaser. Parallel to Sid, the show makes it a point to show off his tidbits of knowledge, love for reading (the books in his room), and how he blatantly admitted that the one thing he always works for is to please his loved ones. We also have the connection to Hannah as a hint.

Finally, Charlie. I didn’t want to include him initially since he’s confirmed to be out of the running as of S2 finale. However, I’ll mention one hint applicable to Sid since he was still a candidate who threw us of—that hint being family issues. Charlie has a bad relationship with his parents, and while Sid definitely has it better, it’s been implied that he and his father have a difficult time bonding.

Those are just some of the things I picked up. Hit me up on replies or ask if you have any thoughts!