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After getting caught up with HIMYM now, while I'm not as annoyed with Ted as I was in the beginning, he's still not a favorite by a very long shot. I'm still sort of annoyed, just to a lesser extent. It probably doesn't help that I've known Teds in my life.

The Teds of the world make everything into a Big Frickin Deal. There were several times when something well-intentioned by one of his friends would go sideways, and Ted, naturally, would throw a hissy fit. I can never quite figure out why Marshall and Barney are always fighting to be his "best friend." Or why women stay with him. He's whiny, needy, manipulative and selfish as hell. It's always about his feelings, ideas and emotions, and he's got this inflated sense of self worth. Like when he was stunned that Barney flew out to San Francisco to get Lily back for Marshall. It never even occurred to him to try something like that, and instead he just badmouthed Lily as his way to "help" Marshall, because Ted was too personally wounded, or some such shit.

I. DO. NOT. LIKE. TED.

It does help to laugh at him. I'm pretty sure I laughed out loud when Robin actually called him a douche. MWAH.

But the other characters save the show for me. Forget "how I met your mother" (which has been a 4-year-long let's-drag-this-out-for-as-long-as-we-can boring story), the real story is "how Barney and Robin met." Not as catchy, but oh well.

Barn-man and Robin.

Robin was slowly becoming my favorite, but when she was sleep eating ribs on the kitchen floor, she got the title. She's a gun-toting Canadian and is fairly awesome. (We'll call the year she went out with Ted a minor lack in judgment.)

Barney is...Barney. Here he's telling Ted his Gremlins/Dating theory. (HEH.)

A Barney in love with Robin is hysterical because he acts so unlike Barney. (Like punching a guy.)

But still acts very much like Barney. (Like hiding after he punched.)

Lily is the number one Barney/Robin OTP shipper. XD

Seriously. It's hysterical!

She even locks them in a room when they refuse to define their relationship. I've felt like doing that to characters before. XD Anyway, Puppet Master Lily is AWESOME.

Marshall eventually smokes them out with use of bacon. Every show should make better use of bacon.

A Robin and Barney high-five after agreeing to lie about the terms "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" with each other, to get bacon.

Ted's cynical about the whole "boyfriend" and "girlfriend" thing, but Lily knows better.

Even if Robin and Barney don't.

Oh, and in this last episode there was another plot about Ted's first day of teaching, but honestly I fast forwarded much of that. Ted + embarrassment humor = CRINGING.

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I couldn't have said it better myself. Agree with it all.

Let's not forget Marshall's "NOT GOOD ENOUGH!" I need that in gif form.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!! XD I loved how he was dragged along by Lily.

BROTP FTW!!!!

ETA: Slap Bet, best thing ever. Y/Y?

Robin Sparkles, second best. Y/Y?

(Along those lines, I own Slap Bet Commissioner and Robin Sparkles Mall Tour t-shirts.)

Edited 2009-09-27 21:57 (UTC)

The Slap Bet! BWAH!! I can't wait for more Barney slaps! :D

And Robin Sparkles was perfectly cracktastic! XD

barney and Robin make everything better. And I agree with you on that being what the show is really about now. ^_____^

I just really really really don't care about who Ted hooks up with. All I care about is if Barney and Robin stay together.

I have watched this show the exact same way -- it's the Barney/Robin show, only they're too awesome in the future to have the time to narrate their past, so Ted is doing it in the hopes that some of their awesomeness will rub off on him in the retelling and make him actually appear as a cool dad to his kids. (Personal canon, yeah.)

Agree with all of your points above. :)

HA! I like that thought!

I was emailing earlier today about Barney and Robin's future life together. I could picture them on some safari, where Barney's wearing a white suit and looking cool, while Robin's gleefully big game hunting. XD

Ughhhhhhhhh Ted is SUCH A DOUCHEBAG. The only thing I liked with him about the most recent episode was when he didn't know how to spell "professor" and the girl in the class was shaking her head at him. The rest was, yes, cringe inducing and not very funny for me.

Fortunately, the other characters are so beyond awesome that they more than make up for his boringness.

Ughhhhhhhhh Ted is SUCH A DOUCHEBAG. The only thing I liked with him about the most recent episode was when he didn't know how to spell "professor" and the girl in the class was shaking her head at him. The rest was, yes, cringe inducing and not very funny for me.

That's where I started skipping ahead.

Fortunately, the other characters are so beyond awesome that they more than make up for his boringness.

TOTALLY. Marshall, Lily, Barney and Robin make the best group ever!

Barney/Robin! :D It's kind of unusual for me to ship a show's second pairing rather than its first, but Ted/Robin lost due to being icky.

I was so excited/nervous for the S5 finale, but it went really well, so I live with a tiny bit of hope. :D

You mean the premiere, not the finale, right? Just making sure! I messed up on this once already. I didn't realize that S4 had 24 eps - I thought it only had 22. So I was really confused when I started up 5x01 after watching 4x22. :D

Er, yes, the premiere.

Ha! I probably should have warned you. XD Also, it would be really sad to miss "The Leap." I laughed so hard when Robin tried to Mosby Barney.

YES! The funny thing is, I didn't realize what she was doing at first either. :D

Barney and Robin get together? I may need to start watching again.

Yup! It's pretty entertaining too. :D

Heh, but you have to admit, Ted trying to spell "professor" on the board was pretty funny (in a painful sort of way.)

I'm impressed by how fast you got through HIMYM!

Here's some HIMYM vid recs. (Mostly B/R)

Trouble - Never Shout Never
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLD2yZT-r3E&feature=channel_page
Video by Lostaway

Lovestruck - V Factory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9UfDJFTIWA
Video by omgzzkarray

You Found Me - The Fray
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF5OYGkpolY
Video by chuckblair50

Accidentally - Counting Crows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERwWPPG8lmc
Video by Louise1552

She's so Lovely - Scouting for Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KALphIwHRTA&feature=response_watch
Video by fabaa

So Contagious - Acceptance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6v0Y4QctZE
Video by oktoberskies

What I Like About You - Romantics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkSGXW5Sp2Y
Video by dollsome

Iris -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHEli6Qc4y8

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This one's just a Barney video but it's awesome so I included it as well.

Let it Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9qm4cS-O5Q
Video by moosegravey7
Video by NELLISZ1

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Yeah, I have a lot :-D More actually, but I just got back in town and have unpacking and stuff to do :-P

oops, the Iris vid is by NELLISZ1. The Let it Rock vid is by moosegravey7.

Ooh, thanks!

YAY! I'm so glad that you like the show! WHEE!

I lurve Puppet Master Lily, she broke up Robin and Ted! She and Marshall try to sit on the same side of the table so Robin and Barney have to sit next to each other! She enacts her own brand of Aldrin!JUSTICE.

Also, Marshall is wonderfully detail-oriented and a singing, environmental lawyer! I love that he really catches the details in someone's stories to the point of almost single-mindedness ("Dammit Trudy, what about the pineapple!") and we saw that again with "If you're not going to wear the hat, I'm taking it back" in response to Ted's nightmare. Like, the stories have points that he JUST IGNORES once he latches onto a detail!!

YES to Robin calling Ted a douche! Although, he deserved it for telling his intern to 'listen to the city'! I love College!Ted, "Excuse me, my parents live in Ohio. I live in the ~moment~." and then he protested the student's meal plan for being racist, like, WHAT?! AHAHA!

I think one of my favourite Barney moments is when Lily confronts him in his apartment and he doesn't want to be her BOYFRIEND, he just wants to be with her. All the time. He wants to hear about her day and tell her about his. He wants to hold her hand and smell her hair.. (HIS LEEEEEGS!!)

I LOVE that Lily broke up Robin and Ted! HA! I didn't pick up on Marshall's single mindedness. That's so true!

And yes and yes! That scene is HYSTERICAL!!

I agree with all of this.
I was honestly surprised when the premiere started and Ted started talking about teaching. I was like "whut? who cares?! what happened with barney and robin?!"

I really,really,disliked Ted making such a huge deal of Barney sleeping with Robin, when he'd broken up with her ages ago and moved on. Ted can be such a
bastard to Barney

*nods* Ted can be a bastard to everyone. Whine whine whine.