How i Met Your Mothers ending was utter S**t (spoilers obviously)

[eFKac]

naruball said:

eFKac said:

naruball said:

eFKac said:
Agreed, didn't like it at all, I wonder how did they come up with it and when, cause well the show wasn't about the mother at all so they had to explain it somehow, right? Anyways it felt like the last two episodes should have been explained season-long, cause you know when an almost entire season is about Barney and Robin getting married and the preparations, just for them to get divorced in the next episode is just idiotic on so many levels...
I wonder what the alternative ending will be.

You mean how they made a huge deal about the locker with Barney not givinga crap and playing lazer tag and Ted trying to recover it like crazy by even jumping in a river? And Robin asking him if she's marrying the wrong guy before the wedding or asking everyone to tell her that marrying Barney isn't a horrible idea?

I don't understand what does it really have to do with my post, but I'll bite.

Sure Robin had cold feet before the wedding, Ted tried to get her back, to the last second. And that's the thing. He tried the last 3 seasons, doing all kinds of extreme, romantic stuff, and yet Robin rejected him EVERY SINGLE TIME. She told him she doesn't love him time and time again, last time on the beach.

Sure maybe the pendant or whatever that was made a huge impact on her, but when Barney told her he will be always honest with her, and admitted Ted found it, not him, she passionately kissed him, was in heaven. Didn't go back to Ted, stayed and got married with Barney.

One episode later, they divorced (after a season long devoted for preparation to the wedding lol) and Robin is back in love with Ted suddenly! Sure Ted was with Tracy then, and we know Robin always wanted what she couldn't have (lobsters) but that's just ridiculous.

And Barney...you say he is a Womanizer. Sure. So why did the writers tried so hard to change his personality throughout 3 last seasons which he spent in relationships with Robin, Karma (don't remember her name), Robin back again until he was married. Him wanting desperately to have kids, etc. They butchered the awesome Barney we knew in the first seasons, just for him to realize in the last two episodes that it turns out he likes bimboos more than Robin.

Bolded is the part i was replying to. They explained it very well.

What Robin got from Barney was momentary satisfaction, that was enough for the moment but there was no substance. He was a player who could convince with words any girl  to sleep with him. He had no problem convincing Robin to marry him right before the wedding, because he was good with words so he knew exactly what she wanted to hear. But that doesn't mean that there was something strong enough between them to keep them together. 

As for Barney. Again I disagree. His character was in some ways very realistically written. He is a wominzer who thinks that he's met the one! But the initial excitement can only last so long. Just look at young couples. They are crazy for each other at first and then they divorce. It's excactly the kind of love that Barney and Robin shared. Someone who has slept with probably thousands of girls can only be satisfied with one for so long. 

So the only explanation you/writers in your opinion have is the locker? That was the event changing moment, disregarding everything that happened previously, or the Ted - Robin meet up on the beach which supposedly should have put their relationship chance to rest? 

And you don't have a problem that a counter weight to a whole season is one episode and.Barney and Robin getting drunk? Don't you feel there is a huge balance problem here?

If the Robin/Barney relationship was so momentary without substance as you say, why devote so much time to it? Why was Robin getting back to Barney all the time, expressing her love, when Ted was just around the corner, always the same, always in love?

Yeah with Barney it seems we'll have to disagree. You see it as realistic, I see it as lack of vision and inconsistent, out of character writing, or lack of 1 season like I said in the first post. Writers seemed to try and convince us that Barney has changed. Reasons I've brought up, Banana brought up, all point to that. For us it looks like they wanted desperately convince us Barney wants to settle down, it wasn't just Robin, he was engaged to Karma. Why all the romantic hassle if it wasn't really what he wanted? You only point to the laser tag, I can point to broken engagement, "The Robin" from The Playbook, the ice skating.

And another thing. Why did Robin want to get married (and Barney with her) when she still wanted to be a Worldwide news presenter? Didn't they talk about it before? How did they think it would work out?

I don't have a problem with them divorcing per se at all. Couples divorce all the time. My problem is the lack of balance that I was talking about before. Getting married - full season -> getting divorced one episode.

And you never adressed my point why Ted and Robin was a no go all the time before. Was it the locker again?

That's not to mention the way they handled Tracy's character, which I will adress later.