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@Princess-dn7mj

4 жыл бұрын

Please analyze Killing Eve!

@trinaq

4 жыл бұрын

Please do a Mondler video, or break down the Romantic False Lead in rom coms! ♥️

@stephenlongfellow4950

4 жыл бұрын

Please analyze Killing Eve and Shameless

@imapastelcutie1137

4 жыл бұрын

please analyse barney stinson and marshall erikson

@Luxis97

4 жыл бұрын

Please do a video on Community

I always preferred Marshall. He truly cared about everyone and was so in love with Lily. Moral of the story: get yourself a Marshall.

@Lauren.E.O

4 жыл бұрын

Be the Marshall you want to see in the world 🌎

@tylerlasarow

4 жыл бұрын

Marshall was literally EVERYTHING and his family was freaking cute. Get yourself a Marshall.

@Fernando31611

4 жыл бұрын

Moral of the Story: If you are a Marshall, avoiod Lilys like the plague.

@zimzimzalabim

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah right those do not exist

@SunflowerFromDeath

4 жыл бұрын

@@Fernando31611 what lily did?

There is a theory that Ted exaggerated Barney's actions and downplayed his own

@mary5203

3 жыл бұрын

I always seem to forget that Ted's narration is unreliable but this theory actually makes sense

@mohamedbaradji7504

3 жыл бұрын

Makes sense, i just started watching the show all over again a few weeks ago and I’m surprised how terrible of a person Ted actually is. In all honesty he could be making everyone seem worse than what they were to make himself seem like a saint. Lily kinda proved that when she told the REAL story about what happened when Ted saw the Captain at the art exhibit.

@ChatPOPPAT

3 жыл бұрын

@@mary5203 OK.. So what do u trust in the show then if you don't trust the narrator? May be Lily was criminal, an art thief, that's why he keeps telling about Aldrin justice where she keeps stealing expensive stuff.. Barney's mom was actually a stripper and he used to live in a strip club rather than visiting it and became a prostitute thats why he was ashamed to tell about his job and was able to sleep with 250+ women and Robin eventually found out and they got divorced? May be Marshall was a violent guy and a bully who made sure that Ted made him a nice guy in his stories and that's why Ted warned his kids to never get into a fight with him.. Point is, u can't cherry pick parts that u don't like and attribute it to a untrustworthy narrator..

@mary5203

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChatPOPPAT there is a huge difference between "the narrator is unreliable so there are some inconsistenses and exaggerations" and "the whole narration and the whole show is a lie". Come on man, im just saying that the narrator isn't fully reliable so we should take things with a grain of salt, not create our own scenarios. Also, why respond to me? Im not the one who came up with that theory

@ChatPOPPAT

3 жыл бұрын

@@mary5203 U made a comment on a public platform and I responded to you.. That's how things work on internet.. And all said was some sarcastic rubbish to make the point that U can't cherrypick points that u don't like about the story and attribute it to "unreliable narrator" especially character arcs which are the foundation of a show.. I understand exaggerations from silliness.. That means u at the least have to accept the character arcs as real unless explicitly told...

I would have liked for them to include a comparison of how Barney treated Robin when they were dating. Barney really loved and respected her. He helped her achieve her dreams, loved her for who she was, not his fantasies.

@steveharrington7986

2 жыл бұрын

oh yes thank you. If I were one of Ted's friends I would've slapped him and asked him to look for a WOMAN not a FANTASY

@holydevil5087

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveharrington7986 But he didn't wanna settle for any less. He is kinda guy either he have it best or blue don't have it.

@lavidaesunviaje5169

2 жыл бұрын

But he couldn't commit. That is what will doom any long term relationship

@thebabylonian109

2 жыл бұрын

Also worth noting the difference in actor qualities here. Ted was written to be a hopeless, desperate romantic and Josh Radnor accomplished the feat like a typical worker does his job without asking too many questions (maybe he should have asked more, as this video shows). Marshall is written to be the nice married gentleman, and again Jason Segel performs his feat in a rather straightforward manner. Barney was always written to be a cartoonish level misogynist villain (the 'devil' on Ted's shoulder to pair with Marshall's 'angel,' so to speak). Yet by the end of the show Neil Patrick Harris had delivered a character that we routinely condemned, but at the same time sympathized with and gradually even started cheering for in certain situations. A complex, deep character with an entertaining backstory whom gradually developed through time. That is what I call good quality acting. Also people need to learn the difference between a 'good guy' and 'cordial guy.' There are a lot of the latter out there, not many of the former. Ted's character is definitely not a 'good guy' in any sense of the word, although his cordial actions can be interpreted as such on occasion.

@comealsolito804

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebabylonian109 I agree that Neil is the best actor, but not because of what you just said and I absolutely disagree with Ted and Marshall "just doing a good job". Every actor was the best choice in every way possible, it's just that Barney had the most complex character development of the gang. Then, of course Neil is ridiculously great but what you said just shows that the writers had different intention with his character. The last statement, I agree there's definitely a difference between the two terms, but Ted is definitely a "good guy" that cares for others. It's actually the opposite of what you said, Ted is a good guy who on occasion becomes "the nice guy". Big difference.

Barney is a nice guy who pretends he isn't. He loves his family and friends. He is afraid to be vulnerable. He wants what Marshall and Lilly has but feels he doesn't deserve it.

@radicalsis6679

Жыл бұрын

uuhhh that would be true if he didnt lie to get laid still a king tho love barney stinson but would hate him in real life

@sss-bp3td

Жыл бұрын

Right? Barney is a nice guy and not at all an asshole who manipulates women in order to get laid, love that guy.

@radicalsis6679

Жыл бұрын

@@sss-bp3td the only reason why i love batney is bc of neil patrick harris lololol

@HarperBizzare

Жыл бұрын

​@radicalsis do keep in mind this was told from Ted's point of view, which could mean he may have overexaggerated Barney's womanizing tendencies. For all we know, Barney may have been a player, but without the psychopathic tendencies shown.

@arunmenon8294

Жыл бұрын

​@@sss-bp3td well , don't forget he wanted to be in Peace Corp and start a family until the woman he loved cheated on him and turned him into this maniac. I mean the guy was already messed up with a broken childhood and daddy issues and then when he thought he was about to have something great he got betrayed. I'm not saying manipulating women to bed is justified but he had problems so he chose to be in denial. And we also saw how he kept scores on banging 200 women for some bet he made in school. He had trust issues because of a woman and so the guy chose not to trust any other

Ted: Wolf in sheeps clothing Barney: Sheep in wolfs clothing Marshalll: sheep

@anna2188

4 жыл бұрын

this is so true omg

@evrrsage

4 жыл бұрын

s h e e p

@HASHlRAMA

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, Barney is objectively worse than Ted, the only difference is that Ted is expected to do good things and often does bad things and Barney is expected to do bad things and often does good things. But to say Barney is a sheep and Ted is a wolf is a bit of an exaggeration.

@metube6506

4 жыл бұрын

In my theory. Barney: Knows that he himself is a wolf and he never tried to hide that fact in front of his friends. Ted: Thinks he is a sheep, but actually a wolf. Barney knows deep down Ted is a wolf like him, That is why he wanted Ted as his wingman in the first place.

@mekoraisjusthere7666

4 жыл бұрын

MeTube Wellllll

Never realized “How I met your mother” was just “500 days of summer” but drawn out into the form of a show.

@malikphillips4794

4 жыл бұрын

Probably because I never even finished the first season. But I heard it is pretty good up until the end.

@MariaHidalgo-dq8uk

4 жыл бұрын

Haha thats the first thing i thought when i saw this tittle

@MariaHidalgo-dq8uk

4 жыл бұрын

@@malikphillips4794yeah a show that you can watch over and over again i mostly skip the last season

@hegluj6796

4 жыл бұрын

Malik Phillips yeah, it’s like a what if version of the movie where Tom did ended up with summer and it sucked

@tamararhymeswithcamera6539

4 жыл бұрын

Great comparison!

One of the episodes that made me realize how delusional Ted really is is in the episode Trilogy Time where Ted imagines where he will be in 3 years. In one of the scenarios Robin is pregnant with his baby and she says that "I've never been into the whole marriage and kids thing but Ted made me change my mind." It really highlights how Ted loves the idea of Robin as opposed to really loving everything about her.

@childofvenus3781

2 жыл бұрын

The most ridiculously ironic thing is that he broke up with Robin cause she didn't want to get married! like... i mean... isn't the entire point of marriage to be with the person you love? So how the f**k does it make sense to separate from the person of your dreams for "getting married"?

@obabo6792

2 жыл бұрын

Funny thing is, we all do that at some point, its part of growing up realizing this, honestly, Ted is not a monster or a villain, he needs therapy lol

@timonfischer6515

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but after Robin breaks up with Barney she realizes that shes in love with Ted and that "hes the guy im supposed end up with". Thats one of the reasons she abandons the group. I believe deep down Robin wants a commited relationship with Ted and even children with him.

@pinkpingu1189

Жыл бұрын

@@timonfischer6515 na its just bad writing

@pipexchl

Жыл бұрын

Is just his imagination bro. In the real story, they break up to archieve their dreams

Wowza it’s actually disturbing how Ted is obsessive. In reality he would have at least one restraining order. I always liked Barney. His character development is amazing to watch.

@thomask4538

Жыл бұрын

@_oblivion_ To add on he uploaded Robin's music video without her permission on my space and up until that point he though it was going to be a porno staring Robin, one of his closest friends. I love Barney character, but if I was a girl or met a guy like him in real life I would not want to talk him and worry about the stds.

Ted: Do you love me? Robin: No. Ted: Do you see yourself married in 5 years? Robin: no. Ted: Oh, we're destined to be together.

@kwikwi3005

4 жыл бұрын

Ugh it’s so true Ted is such a doof

@cyanplums4406

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! They want completely different things in life from the very beginning and never changed during all those seasons! Why did they end up together???

@az21bob666

3 жыл бұрын

because at that point in their life they wanted the same thing,

@niilarobertson412

3 жыл бұрын

@@kwikwi3005 Just because he thinks of her as his dream girl doesn't mean that he thinks she thinks of him as her dream boy

@imnotblonde670

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve met guys who reflect their idealized concept of a partner on me and it’s exhausting, they don’t see you for what your are they’re focused on themselves they create a “magical chemistry” that’s just not there

i think the only thing we can agree on is that Ted shouldn’t have ended up with Robin

@trinaq

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed, the Take even summed it up best with their video on Robin a few weeks back. She and Barney were clearly the better match! 💘👫

@joecarom391

4 жыл бұрын

Or honestly, her just being happy as a reporter doing her job, no need to be coupled up

@dodson43

4 жыл бұрын

Well the ending with Ted and Robin is bullshit

@brianas6906

4 жыл бұрын

@@trinaq Barney wanted kids but didn't want to broke up with Robin,She has happy as Ellie 's father

@silentsaturn7604

4 жыл бұрын

@@brianas6906 Barney didn't want kids. He just got one by accident.

And that's why tracy was the actual one , in the scenes that they date they show that ted is actually just satisfied with tracy not pushing her to marry him and never really doing something overdramatic like he did with so many women that was his growth of letting go of his idea of love and realizing love is not like in movies but suddenly the show ending took him back to square one

@jt1761

Жыл бұрын

U clearly didn't understand the show at all

@physicsrox184

Жыл бұрын

@@jt1761 I think he did.

@jt1761

Жыл бұрын

@@physicsrox184 well then you didn't either.

@physicsrox184

Жыл бұрын

@@jt1761 I don't need a certificate of whether I understood the show or not, so piss off.

@jt1761

Жыл бұрын

@@physicsrox184 Well you didn't understand it. Stop making incorrect statements and/or aggreging with said incorrect statements. So no, you piss off.

Ted: Nice Guy™ Marshall: genuinely nice guy

I have never understood why Ted was the one labeled as "the good guy" when clearly the only genuinely good guy in the show is Marshal. Ted is more like a wolf in sheep's clothing.

@evalongwe8629

4 жыл бұрын

And barneys the comedic relief we all need

@greeninferno1339

4 жыл бұрын

Crying crocodile

@Mothman1992

4 жыл бұрын

Barney and Marshall were there for contrast. Ted tries to be like Marshall but he's more like barney

@miaurakimchi7349

4 жыл бұрын

Well Marshall is the good guy and Ted is the "nice guy"😬

@holyshit2528

4 жыл бұрын

So in real life women who are like Ted are Villain? Interesting.

For me the most important line Barney ever say's 'I love everything about her and I'm not a guy who says that lightly'. How many times do we have to hear Ted saying a girl is 'perfect', 'special' 'the one' 'made for him how many girls does he say I love you too with no thought of what it means or if he really feels it. This speech is a once in a lifetime declaration. Barney feels this way about one woman. He waits until he is completely sure. The finale was the worst ending of any show I have ever watched.

@athenajaxon2397

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't even watch the show and I was mad after my friend ranted about it

@caro2233

3 жыл бұрын

i didn't like the ending either

@john-olivierlukama1548

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't like how they killed off the mother, broke up Barney and Robin, and basically shoehorned Robin into Ted's perfect world for no reason than it was originally planned.

@saumyapandey7253

3 жыл бұрын

they were locked in an ending because they shot the finale with the teen kids very early on. which is why it doesn't match with the character growth of any of those characters.

@JackieD318

3 жыл бұрын

Barney cared more for Robin than Ted ever did. Ted only cared about himself. Barney is just one of those guys who hides his pain and insecurities with his "playboy" persona.

I think it was pointed out that nobody in the show was perfect Lily was manipulative and greedy, Ted was obsessive and could be cruel, Barney was Barney and asshole at best and should be in jail at worst, Marshall held grudges from college to Lily for years (justified or not), Robin was violent and callous and put herself above others constantly. They all had bad parts but they all had good too I always saw the show as how good people can mess up or just be people they didn’t have to be good or bad exclusively they were just people

@beerenmusli8220

Жыл бұрын

Finally someone who doesnt jump on the "Ted is shit and the others are all great" bandwagon.

@cholaco1101

Жыл бұрын

i think the video exaggerates a lot, like ted 'not being able to apologise' and they use the example where he was angry at lily for dumping marshall for san francisco for months, smashing his heart. ted sucks and is defintely a 'nice guy' trademark but he isn't really a villain either, he kinda just sucks

@magnadelusor4249

Жыл бұрын

@@cholaco1101 I think Ted was overall better than he was bad and cared a lot about his friends even to his detriment. But he could just also be condescending and had other flaws. I think all of them (except Barney who rewatching should definitely be in jail) were decent people

@cheapshot3286

Жыл бұрын

Was about to comment this myself. Ironic how a video talking about how the narrator is manipulating the story to seem like something hes not, is using said video the manipulate the story and turn him into something he's not. He's just a flawed dude. Not evil, not great just a normal ol flawed human doing his best

@kjeldkaj

6 ай бұрын

Yes, everyone had flaws, except Tracy. That is why i do not like Tracy - she is basically a she-Ted. Too perfect

Ted Mosby is perceived as good guy because he is the narrator of the story. He is telling the story of how he met his wife from his point of view. That's why he is always shown as romantic, pragmatic, intelligent and charming because in his mind Ted would think himself to be one with all of these qualities. While telling the story to his children, maybe Ted exaggerated a bit. Maybe Barney is not that womaniser; Robin is not that selfish & so on. There are some incidents where Robin curses herself for dumping Ted. Maybe Ted wanted to convey to his children that Robin was the culprit in their failed relationship. Same with Barney! Barney is portrayed as womanizer, creepy and complete non-believer of romance; let alone marriage. If Barney was against marriage, why did he tried to patch up Lily & Marshall? Barney married Robin despite knowing that she could not bear a child. He supported her career. He parted with her when things were not working out. Not like Ted. Ted was just constantly trying to get Robin back. Actually, Barney is the unsung (or untold) hero of this story.

@bjam89

2 жыл бұрын

Added to that, if this is how he acted when he told the story, whats the real way he acted. And why did Robin and barney break up, was there perhaps someone they both trusted wispering to them

@samiraghostin

2 жыл бұрын

That’s just a stupid theory cause with this you’re throwing tje whole show and everyone’s character as a way of ted being the villain… gosh did yall actually watch the show..

@cypher160manny2

2 жыл бұрын

@@samiraghostin I saw the show recently never watched it prior and ted always seemed like a douchbag to me like couldn't be freinds with this guy

@TheSnake1123

2 жыл бұрын

@samira yeah, I just watched “I Heart New Jersey” and saw Ted trying to force Stella to uproot her daughter from the life she built for them just to move to New York to be with Ted when she clearly made several valid points as to why it made better sense for Ted to move in with them after they were to get married

@comealsolito804

2 жыл бұрын

@@bjam89 Bleah! Worst fan theory ever.

The simple truth is that Ted is not a good guy, he's a Nice Guy.

@jasonmighty3328

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, too true!

@davidrosensin7985

4 жыл бұрын

You forgot the 'TM', homie.

@carlathedestructor2454

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, he's such a douchebag I can barely watch the show. I have to remind myself it's fiction and told from his POV but man, he treats women so bad!

@JeffRiyasat

4 жыл бұрын

I thought that before I watched this video Now I think he is just a terrible person.

@legendarytoby

4 жыл бұрын

I always liked Barney more because at least hes honest about his intentions rather than using "niceness" to manipulating and abusing the women in his life.

Barney and Robin should have ended up together... :/ aaand just a follow up, Ted is the narrator of HIMYM so he could possibly made Barney and Robin to be as horrible as possible together.

@Norimarisu

4 жыл бұрын

They did. Second ending is the only ending.

@user-nv2op8tr8u

4 жыл бұрын

In my headcanon they are. And that is why Ted starts his story when he starts it: not because it was the day HE met Robin, but because it was the day BARNEY met Robin. And that is actually important to the story of how he eventually met Tracy.

@danielle-jg3ee

4 жыл бұрын

They still are. Given the fact that the finale was written and filmed very early on in the show and the writers were too lazy to change it, I don’t consider any of it as canon. Swarkles forever!

@hihello207

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-nv2op8tr8u I'm so annoyed that that wasn't the angle the show went with. When it was revealed that Ted meets the mother at Barney and Robin's wedding, I thought "oh, that's why he started the story with meeting Robin. Because if he never met Robin, he would have never met the mother." What a waste of a plot point.

@h.b.2003

4 жыл бұрын

@@hihello207 Exactly. They were so determined to keep that dumb original ending that they didnt consider how the characters had developed over the years. The last season should never have happened

I think a lot of "romantic sitcoms" were written by "nice guys" trying to cope with their rejections. So they craft scripts where guys who act like stalkers or guys in the friend zone eventually wear women down. But IRL it has to be mutually reciprocated. 💯

@Fthepatriarchy

Жыл бұрын

💯

@az21bob666

Жыл бұрын

he was never the nice guy he was a good man, she like him at the start he went a little to fast and then they go together, this idea that ted was a stalker is just stupid.

@Johenz

Жыл бұрын

Ahh yes Ted the stalker imagine moving into your stalker apartment. Imagine dating your stalker.

@nekocat4730

3 ай бұрын

@@JohenzI know this makes sense and is valid but, Joe Goldberg from You 👀

Ted: There's a woman who wants exactly the same as I do and is amazing Everyone: She's in a relationship Ted: I'm a nice guy, she should be with me

@formanga8871

8 ай бұрын

But he got her in the end didn't he?

@LilyRose8959

4 ай бұрын

​@formanga8871 Depends on which ending you go by. Personally I prefer the alternate ending.

@divinelangene6813

3 күн бұрын

​@@LilyRose8959same

Why is no one talking about how he all of a sudden fell in love with Robin again when he learned she and Barney got engaged, it’s clear he’s jealous of the fact that robin was ready to get married to her actual soulmate and that soulmate isn’t him

@dhruvakoranne3465

4 жыл бұрын

Robin pretty much did the same when Ted was marrying Stella When Ted was about to marry Stella, Robin asked Lily 'Why isn't Ted Marrying me?', implying she still had feelings for Ted. She even asked Ted not to get married to Stella because she wanted him as a back up option, like seriously?. You want a guy to cancel his marriage so that you can place him on the hook?

@abeermujtaba3544

4 жыл бұрын

hout about any time ted or barney find happiness Robin starts having feelings for them....exhibit stella and tracy and victoria for ted and nora for barney....Robin is the worst character

@onepotatotwopotato8920

4 жыл бұрын

In the series its clear that they still love each other even after the break up but they just hide it because in their head they arent meant for each other, they think that being with each other equals to disaster.

@omarahmed-nc9cm

4 жыл бұрын

is that why she was ready to run away from her wedding with ted ?

@hegluj6796

4 жыл бұрын

omar ahmed she had a mental breakdown an wanted to run, ted just happened to be there. If is she wanted ted then she wouldn’t have returned to the wedding nor kept running even though ted told her that he won’t escape and she wouldn’t have reacted to Barney’s vows as she did

If sitting down his kids to supposedly tell them the story of how he met their mother, only to focus on how he dated half of New York City, and his pals' wacky shenagians, with the purpose of getting back together with his ex after his wife dies, doesn't scream "Ted is secretly a creep", then I don't know WHAT does! 🤣🙄

@tanisha5709

4 жыл бұрын

Right?? I thought the point of the show was to show how he became the kind of person their mother would want to meet, and what not to do when you're dating people, and the ending just completely ruined it. Some episodes did a good job of that and some didn't.

@johnypanta6208

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately i agree with this...

@zack6012

4 жыл бұрын

It just further proves he's a narcissist. tells a story about how he met his wife but hardly mentions. I don't think he really loved her. she just completed an image he wanted so badly. I've seen it a lot and believe that's why some people stay in unsatisfying relationships. they know from the outside it looks picture perfect and people envy them and they want to keep that.

@AirQuotes

4 жыл бұрын

I do like the theory that this happened in 2020 so they were in quarantine so he was just dragging out the story. Either way Ted still sucks

@Norimarisu

4 жыл бұрын

Did Ted kill his wife?

To be honest, I feel like Ted gets villainized too much while the person who I adored throughout the most part of the show and who tremendously disappointed me seems to be just as (actually, in my eyes, much more) villain-like. Robin. Here's why: - She called Ted at 2 am, asking to come to her place under some strange pretence when in reality she had a hard day that made her realize she may have wanted a relationship. Yep, it's Ted who's responsible for his relationship with Victoria. But Robin acted so innocently when she learned they didn't break up. Girl, what did you think you were doing asking a guy, who you repeatedly rejected, to come to you at night because you're in a special mood when he already has a girlfriend? - She asked Ted literally on his wedding day to not marry because one day she may change her mind and want a family. Ted had every right to be pissed off. She literally asked him to cancel his wedding, which was already happening, and be her plan B. - She catched feelings for Barney once again when he had fallen for Nora. But when they actually decided to reunite after cheating on their partners, she backed off. It was so unfair to both Barney and Kevin, to whom she never even said the truth. - No surprise, Robin once again falls for Barney when she sees how he dates Patricia. Even though she rejected him right before that! And, no surprise, she decides to tell him about her feelings when he's proposing! Yep, it all was Barney's plan (he knew her too well) but she didn't know that at the time and she would pull off the same shit if Barney was really in love with someone else. - Then she decides to crush her own wedding and ask Ted to run away with her. She didn't even care that she asks him to leave his best friend heartbroken on his wedding day, basically cut off the friendship, because she feels like Ted is ready to do anything for her at any time and she wants that. Not to mention that she wanted to break Barney's heart in front of all his friends and relatives when he did nothing wrong. - When Ted finally moved on with Tracy, she has the audacity to tell Lily that he should have ended up with her. Girl, you rejected him multiple times, now he's happily married, what are you talking about. Luckily, she didn't act on that but in the deleted scene when she meets Ted and his daughter and they have lunch, she tells him that she misses him and he's more than a friend to her. And he says he's happy right now. Basically, she wanted to reunite, testing the grounds for how much he wants it when he's married😭 And just one more thing that kinda pissed me off. When she sleeps with Barney, Ted is mad only at Barney. When Barney sees that she and Ted are holding hands in the park, he's mad only at Ted! Even though it was her, who took his hand. Well, Barney probably didn't see it but still. Robin is never called out for the shit she did to Ted, Barney, and Kevin and that sucks.

@DannyDJ1205

8 ай бұрын

Excellent points my friend ... Ted feels the most human out of all in my eyes, his mistakes are made for a reason, while others' mistakes are felt more like forced drama (lilly leaving marshall before the wedding as an example)

@starlightnight5593

8 ай бұрын

I totally agree. Although Ted is in love with the idea of love, he and Tracy are perfect. I know Robin is funny and I love cobie, but Robin always wanted Ted and Barney when they moved on from her. She always wants them when they are not available. And the audacity to calling Ted her backup. God,she is so indecisive. She only loves them when she realises she can't have them. I hate the ending.

@themillennialfalcon8407

8 ай бұрын

Actually everyone hates Robin. She was a Vulture that went away when Ted was Happy and came along when Tracy was out of the picture as much so that his children called her "aunt Robin"

@psychoamerican

4 ай бұрын

Yes but somehow her toxic ass was the best choice for Barney and Swarkles forever ~❤ 🤮🤣 like no she was toxic to both. Barney deserved to end up with either Norma or Quinn or even Patrice (I know it was fake but first time watching it I was hoping he was serious because Patrice deserved the best especially after putting up with Robin's toxic ass when she was only nice to her). Like Robin needed a lot of work and even Barney tricking her into marrying him was clearly not enough. They should have given him someone else and even given Robin someone else because Tracy was the best for Ted. Ted is way too villainized.

@theredqveen

2 ай бұрын

So make your own video about it lmao this is about how Ted is a scumbag

I’ve always thought of Ted as being painfully villainous! He plays heavily into the insanity, absurdity and narcissism of the “nice guy” trope.

@LadyDoomsinger

Жыл бұрын

I think a lot of people forget, that Ted is the one telling the story - and everybody is the "hero" of their own story.

@az21bob666

Жыл бұрын

he never come close to the nice guy trop

@denisablaskova3269

Жыл бұрын

I mean the ex of Stella literally made a movie and portrayed Ted as the VILLIAN of the story. 😬

@az21bob666

Жыл бұрын

what you think he going to make himslf the villain i mean even he said he was wrong.

I think we can agree that Barney had more character development than Ted ever did (until they practically reversed the whole thing in the last episode)

@alexandriaceballos1938

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, despite his shady nature when it comes to being a player, at least he isn’t a washout denier like Ted.

@Design____ByS

4 жыл бұрын

Ehm Barney should have ended up in prison for sexual assaults. THEN we cal talk about character development

@therealneal3034

4 жыл бұрын

laboomerang he never assaulted them. He just got their consent in really shady ways. Like, he never coerced or raped anyone. He just convinced them that his penis grants wishes if you rub it hard enough.

@lookatthiscutekittyc2903

4 жыл бұрын

@@therealneal3034 He did that? Oh god...it may not be ilegal, but it still is shady as hell...

@emmadenton1826

4 жыл бұрын

@Hannah Selig For the story, Ted wasnt there for that conversation and is a very unreliable narrator. The worse Barney looks, the better he looks in comparison. From the real life perspective, it always felt more like a joke for the audience. Obviously they wouldn't be able to get away with a joke like that now, but I think the vast majority of people were okay with it then.

Don't be like Ted, who has an unrealistically high expectations of finding true love. Be like Marshall and Lily, who, like many couples, have troubles in their relationships and deal with it like adults....for the most part at least.

@Angi3_6

4 жыл бұрын

Even when they have been together for over 9 years, Lily and Marshal still allow themselves to learn and grow as individuals and from each other.

@GirlDo3

4 жыл бұрын

Lily was terrible tho

@PrincessSybilla77

4 жыл бұрын

Lily is manipulative

@Enzo-si1it

4 жыл бұрын

He doesn't have unrealistic high expectations though he just wants a moderately good looking who has a good personality and isn't weird is that too much to ask for?

@animationfan957

4 жыл бұрын

Sure, be like Lily... the woman who dumped her boyfriend for selfish reasons, then hid away, sabotaged all his dates and made it impossible for him to move on - and then demanded for him to take her back. Oh, and she steal stuff, bullies her students, and takes on huge debts that Marshall is then forced to pay. She sure seems like a stable and wonderful person.

Im convinced Ted only hangs out with Barney because it makes him feel better about himself. He's a textbook self absorbed "nice guy", trying so hard to frame all of Barney's extroverted social antics as negative, even when they're not. Because if Barney is a good guy too, then that means Ted isnt getting unlucky because he's nice; he's getting unlucky because he's BORING.

I don't think Ted was in the wrong for calling Lilly a "Grinch" when she left Marshall and when he wanted Marshall to stop idolising her. He was there for his best friend. And it's true Lilly left him too without saying a word and then came back expecting everything to be the same. Lilly was the selfish one. Not just for leaving Marshall, but also in that episode. She knew how much Marshall was looking forward to winter wonderland yet she still removed everything from the apartment out of spite for Ted. Once again she only cared for herself, like she did pretty much throughout the whole damn show.

@schoo9256

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. He knew she was a grinch because it takes one to know one. 😄

@Dianeon

2 жыл бұрын

Also in that same episode Ted conffesed that by leaving Lily also leave him, she also hurt him and at that time she had not apologize for ir yet

@samiai8905

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing justifies calling someone an offensive slur

@875User

2 жыл бұрын

@@samiai8905 omg it's a show, and a lot of things justify calling someone something offensive.

@Dianeon

2 жыл бұрын

@@samiai8905 Well i must say that if u had never say an offensive slur u are like ...a god or something. I don't particularly use bad words but sometimes when i was really mad i had insult someone. Is not about justify or not is just that this kind of words are around your head when u are mad one can come out

Ted: "She's not getting rid of the dogs!" Barney: "Even I wouldn't do that." Everyone watching: Oof.

@danielherschel2926

4 жыл бұрын

@Jolene Jellybean who cares

@lismarcel

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielherschel2926 You do, apparently 😀

@nervousbreakdown711

4 жыл бұрын

My fiancé was allergic to my dog so she took allergy meds until she got used to him and now he’s basically her child

@elijahalexander1926

4 жыл бұрын

Denise F am I the only that thought it was weird that a lot of Robin’s exes gave her dogs in the relationship like who gives a dog as a present in a non serious relationship

@prt2383

4 жыл бұрын

No its legot. Its not ok but its legit. U still should have understanding for that behavior otherwise u clearly lack of empathy ;)

Also, the time where he berates Robin because she was too independent for his liking, and how he never felt like she "needed" him. In contrast, Barney is the one who recognizes this is a great quality Robin has, but the writers still thought she'd be better off with Ted smh

@RachelAnnPotter

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, she should have stayed with Barney and Ted's story should have been a tale to memorialize his dead wife instead of the creepy it ended up being.

@yoda5436

4 жыл бұрын

RachelAnnPotter or his wife could’ve just not died

@Lauren.E.O

4 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking this! The show always shames Robin for being unfeeling and afraid of intimacy when she’s really just a strong, career focused woman who wants to take time getting to know a guy before committing the rest of her life to him. I’d say she has a MUCH healthier take on love than Ted.

@charlierussell2094

4 жыл бұрын

@@yoda5436 what are you doing here yoda

@hotsforselena

4 жыл бұрын

Some people like to feel needed. Marshall and Lilly were a super dependent couple (sometimes to a fault, like the road trip to Chicago with Lilly), but they still had a very healthy relationship. I do agree that Barney really was able to recognize and appreciate her independence. But I don't think this made Ted less of a character, it's just another difference between Ted and Robin. I personally have no preference about who Robin should have ended up with, but by the very end of the show I can easily see why Ted and Robin would get together, they both got what they wanted out of life (Ted:wife and kids)(Robin: successful career) and they're single. It is unfortunate that Barney and Robin get divorced and that Tracy dies, and it all definitely could have all been paced better in the last episode, but that's life sometimes, things like that happen and himym was never scared to tackle the heavier aspects of life.

It’s not a secret. Every character in how I met your mother is morally grey. Though, some more than others, that’s part of what makes the show so great. The characters are human. They have good and bad in them.

@jeanrose1627

Жыл бұрын

Most of them are grey Ted's black af

@oexw4884

Жыл бұрын

yes but ted is the worst. dude is always acting like he's the perfect one

@eriktatos

Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH @Makuu …if the characters were PC then the show would be bland and unfunny….

@Agent_Ste

Жыл бұрын

Marshal was a pretty good guy

@theredqveen

2 ай бұрын

Name me one thing Marshall did wrong in the show ever >:(

You know “You” is kinda like what himym would look like if it was a thriller

The three worst thing ted did on how i met your mother 1. Teach his son to turn a no into a yes 2. Cheat on Victoria with Robin 3. Told Robin to get rid of her dogs.

@elizabethhurlbut1475

4 жыл бұрын

What's worse for Robin is that in the finale she has new dogs which Ted (who unlike Barney hasn't changed at all) will probably again ask her to get rid of.

@juliajozsa2724

4 жыл бұрын

I always feel the need to point out that Ted's actor has a dog allergy, and that's why they had to write out the dogs. They could have come up with a better way to do it though

@moonie3866

4 жыл бұрын

@@juliajozsa2724 I don't think that the real world excuse matters because the way it was written into the show reflects so badly on his character.

@robinisomaa

4 жыл бұрын

Now I'm sad. Both for Robin's new dogs and for Josh Radnor.

@ThePaulalv

4 жыл бұрын

1. Did the daughter live the room? 2. He recognized that he did a bad thing and he paid the prize 3. Robin told him to get rid of every object that was a present of former girlfriends. Of course I'm not saying a dog is a equal to an inanimated object, but all of you seem to forget that she started it

If Ted's character were a woman everyone would be calling her crazy

@tyrant-den884

4 жыл бұрын

As if to prove your point, they add a crazy woman who's main job is to make Ted looks less crazy.

@Peecamarke

4 жыл бұрын

I thought they said he was suppose to represent women in romantic comedies, what do you think would have made him more of a romantic comedy female lead?

@tyrant-den884

4 жыл бұрын

@@Peecamarke less pick-up plays.

@Norimarisu

4 жыл бұрын

There is a show like that. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

@doggytheanarchist7876

4 жыл бұрын

@@Norimarisu 😅👍 except Crazy Ex Girlfriend is actually a good show. Subverting tropes instead of reinforcing old ass stalker Romance tropes.

I recently started rewatching HIMYM and Ted now just strikes me as a typical Nice Guy. He builds up these ideals about women and if one doesn't quite fit into it exactly, he always blames her and doesn't really take the time to explore the idea that he might be wrong. He also has serious problems with respecting boundaries and taking no for an answer. It's actually funny that he is the narrator too because he's also supposed to be the main character of the show so he's essentially a narcissist justifying his own actions and pushing his own agenda and rarely considering how he affects others around him. It also means we can never truly trust anything that happens in the show, even the way the other characters are, especially Barney, since he could very well just be exaggerating or embellishing to make himself look better.

@LadyDoomsinger

Жыл бұрын

The only thing we can "trust" is the ending, which was not told by Ted himself, where his kids urge him to go out with Robin and he shows up with the blue horn on her doorstep (again). And this is why that ending ruined the show; because up to that point, we could've assumed Ted was telling an unreliable story, with bad facts and exaggerations - but his ending up with Robin in the finale kind of validates everything he's said and done through the entire show - as the "happy" ending he deserved because he was "the protagonist".

Ted and Robin are a key example of an anxious-avoidant relationship.

@Chuck_EL

7 ай бұрын

It's scary how many people I know that are in relationships like that

The sad part is that the last season actually deconstructed Ted's delusions and had several people call him out on his unhealthy attachment to the narrative of "The One" and how he would make every girl he was interested in "The One". This would have actually made the show one of the smartest sitcoms ever... And then the writers threw that all out for an ending the show had outgrown.

@armanhammer18

3 жыл бұрын

Amen! Thank you! That last sentence is it.

@kamjohn5418

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t have said it better myself!!

@SM-qd7po

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, wouldnt the ending with Ted and Tracy reinforce the idea of "the one". Tracy really was the one, she had so many things in common with Ted, she was pretty, smart, funny, talented, charming, personable and very kind and how many times had they cross paths together and seem to be connected by fate. The theme I got from their relationship is what if Ted just let life play out naturally, everything will fall into place and he will eventually find the girl he was looking for, instead of trying to force something to fit. That is why I think the ending kind of does a disservice to Ted. Yes he was called crazy for constantly looking for "the one" yet he still held on to his beliefs but learned to let things play out (an example being letting Tracy go home instead of trying to force her to stay and eventually she called out for him again) and eventually he found her, but the ending made him go back to another forced "soulmate".

@SexyBeamShooter

3 жыл бұрын

...That's actually a hell of a point. Well done! I'm changing my original post.

@Telimency

3 жыл бұрын

because the show made the point, that all of these reasonable advices were just obstacles on Ted's fate, and that delusion will get you there! Honestly, it's like a movie, where MC wants to break a stone with his head, says it's his destiny, where everybody advices that he shoudn't, man kinda dangerous and stupid, only for him to do it and find diamond inside.

looking at it objectively it’s actually insane how obsessive he is and how it’s played off as hopeless romantic.

@tedmosby616

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't that subjective? Robin played my game and was ok with it. It's all a matter of perspective...

@az21bob666

3 жыл бұрын

i dont thing you understand what obseeive, it all about what the other person want, remember ted goes after robin, she say NO he leave her alone SHE goes back after him.

@blacklightaura6777

2 жыл бұрын

@@tedmosby616 this is the funniest thing I have ever seen 😂

@karaleigh_eva

2 жыл бұрын

I mean the course of the show kind of deconstructs it and he unlearned it, learning from lilly and marshall He’s always trying to force destiny, and then when he finally lets his guard down, let’s robin go, he finds Tracey The show would have so amazingly perfected that character growth for him if the last episode hadn’t thrown it out the window

@az21bob666

2 жыл бұрын

remember the reason ted and robin broke up he wanted kids and she wnated to see the world, they are now in there 50s he has kids and she seen the world.

To be fair, with regards to Robin, there was a cut scene in the last episode, where they were having lunch and she professes all of her feelings onto him. Which he shut down with zero interest, because of his love for the wife. Would have been nice if they left that in there, so it would make more sense that his kids nudged him toward her and he knew the door was open... instead of completely out of the blue, making it seem like Tracy was just a placeholder.

17:26 - While it's true, that Barney often shows deep acts of kindness, I would disagree that Ted never does that... You named a few negative examples, but there are indeed MANY positive examples aswell (The acceptance of Robins and Barney's relationship, the fact that Ted is a strong emotional support for Robin especially in the later seasons, his attempts to hold the group together) - I think it is a massive exaggeration that Ted never does kind and selfless things. He is not perfect, but quite often he is indeed a good guy

@sangeethashankar5075

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thoughts 💯

@iyin1050

Жыл бұрын

Are we going to define acceptance by a ludicrous, maniacal, vindictive pursuit of an anklet as a final push to sabotage his best friend’s wedding

@abcdefghrfgs

Жыл бұрын

@@iyin1050 what makes you think he wanted to sabotage her wedding ?? He just wanted to make Robin happy !!!

The blue French horn and the yellow umbrella were a great metaphor of how he had to stole it and force himself in robins life (and pretty much in the life of every girl he dated) while he just happened to found the yellow umbrella and things happened naturally, not him forcing his way again into her life nor being obsessing. Also most of these things could be seen as his immaturity in his youth since future ted always said stuff like “don’t force what doesn’t work” “let the past go” but the ending completely undid that sadly

@Norimarisu

4 жыл бұрын

Up until the episode before the last it was a good show about life journeys and not forcing things ... even if Ted was an ass who went after women he shouldn't have. The stealing the blue french horn versus just finding the umbrella was perfect. WAS.

@VoodooChildYTP

4 жыл бұрын

This four lines comment is a better, more intelligent commentary on HIMYM than the twenty minutes long video.

@somethingcooliguess

4 жыл бұрын

In a literal sense, it really bugged me at Ted and Tracy’s meet-cute that Ted insisted that it was HIS umbrella. Tracy literally purchased it and knows it.

@CrisValentina88

4 жыл бұрын

well, doesn't it kinda make sense, that Tracy and his relationship was natural, and when she died he would seek back into the same unhealthy spiral that would be Robin? It was what he had done for most of his life.

@Mike-Beyond_Productions

4 жыл бұрын

Heg Luj Wow. HIMYM is my favourite show. I've given it hours and hours of thought but I never thought about what you said about these metaphors. This is so wonderful. Thank you!

ted is exactly the kind of guy who would always be saying “nice guys always finish last :(“

@tedmosby616

3 жыл бұрын

But they finish the best.

@bruuh0_0

3 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough Chandler said that once And he's the furtherst thing of a nice guy

@Coffeetime110

2 жыл бұрын

@@bruuh0_0 Do you mean he's a real nice guy or a r/niceguy? Because Chandler is an absolutely awesome human being

@olganicole8021

2 жыл бұрын

@@bruuh0_0 wait- are there people who dOnt like chandler bing? 🙀

@bruuh0_0

2 жыл бұрын

@@Coffeetime110 I meant as a r/nice guy, but he's not a normal nice guy either, he's a prince with a golden soul

I never thought of Ted as good or bad. He’s the Everyman. We all believe we are the good person, but do bad things along the way because we are inherently a bit selfish. It’s a part of life and growing. I also find it interesting that he says he’s looking for the “one” and often sabatoges himself. He has dichotomies within himself that we all have.

@LadyDoomsinger

Жыл бұрын

No offense - but I sincerely hope Ted's behavior is *not* what "every man" acts like. He is a borderline stalker (sometimes literally), he refuses to take no for an answer, manipulates and lies to women to seduce them, disrespects and dismisses their opinions or lifestyle in favor of what he wants, and is generally just an awful person - even colored by the fact that the show is told from his own perspective as an unreliable narrator, he is in no way an example of what a "romantic" should look like, and it is deeply troubling that we live in a world where people think this kind of behavior is not only normal, but acceptable.

@Johenz

Жыл бұрын

@@LadyDoomsingerthere’s a borderline between stalking and romantic remember that.

@LadyDoomsinger

Жыл бұрын

@@Johenz Borderline meaning "too close for comfort" here. If you're "borderline psychotic" you're not mentally stable - if you're "borderline impoverished" you don't have a lot of money. It's like saying "kinda pregnant" or "a little dead" - If you're getting close enough that the term "borderline" applies, you are too close. In my humble opinion "I'm only sort of stalking" is not a valid defense.

@Johenz

Жыл бұрын

@@LadyDoomsinger those are two different things. The difference between creepy and romantic is how the other view it. In hs I dated a girl we got into a fight and when we made up I made a joke “what you wanted me to do, come to your school with flowers” and she said “yes that’s super romantic way to make up” someone else might think thats creepy. So rather something is romantic or creepy especially a big romantic gesture depends on how the other person sees it. Another example is if I’m talking to a girl and I remember her weekend schedule, and one day I decide to give her roses everywhere she goes. She goes to the gym and one of the members give her flowers, go to Starbucks the counter give her flowers, go to the supermarket samething. She can either think it’s super creepy that I know her weekend schedule and think I’m obsessed w her or think it’s super cute that I pay attention and find it to be super romantic.

@LadyDoomsinger

Жыл бұрын

@@Johenz Yeah. That is super creepy, dude. Not "illegal creepy" maybe, but definitely creepy. Hence "borderline". Also, there's a difference between knowing the schedule of a partner you've been with for several years and showing up at their place with flowers - and doing it with a girl you've only recently met. If you can't tell the difference, I don't know how to help you.

Ted helped stela, despite the fact that he owed her nothing While he did stupid mistakes, robin was what ted wanted with every other guy she dated (she chose don or w/e his name is over a dream job, she married to barney, she got upset when she found out she can't have kids,etc ) Dude is clearly the most human out of the whole show with both the good and the bad ... A villain is a stretch

I see the male caracters as different archetypes of male maturity. Ted being the naive entitled who hides his fear of rejection behind his “romantic intentions” ; Barney being the confident asshole who hides the same fear behind meaningless sex ; and Marshell finally representing the confident and mature man who still fears the same thing but is aware of it and does his best to improve himself and not let it hurt those around him.

@syarskandar8527

4 жыл бұрын

Marshall is a simp though

@FeministCatwoman

4 жыл бұрын

@@syarskandar8527 Imagine calling a happily married man with a faithful, attractive, funny wife "a simp". On a scale of Barney to Ted, just how much of an incel are you, chump?

@alyc6014

4 жыл бұрын

I would happily marry a Marshal and be bestfriends with a Barney, because both were great characters who actually got character development

@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254

4 жыл бұрын

Wow they are a literal "Fuck (Barney), Marry (Marshall), Kill (Ted)" test

@StealthGamer37

4 жыл бұрын

Barney’s fear isn’t rejection, it’s abandonment. He always breaks up with, ghosts, abandons, or - in one case - sells the girl before she can abandon him like his father did. His fear of abandonment and inability to commit came from that one simple act.

Ted is the unreliable narrator of the show and exaggerates Barney’s sleaziness and I suspect Marshall’s wholesomeness as well. It’s easier to tell a story and label people as archetypes instead of looking at the gray areas. Also, I suspect Ted really calls out Barney’s flaws because he has them and hates that about himself. So his perspective of Barney is so misogynistic and promiscuous to make Ted feel better. As a narcissist, he still can’t see his flaws. In his stories to his kids, he doesn’t realize how he’s painting himself. I just realized how much more heartbreaking it was when Robin rejected Barney (slow motion shaking head no after the work cruise) vs rejecting Ted (flatly saying no to loving him). It’s because Robin and Barney had decided TOGETHER that they would be together, while Ted imposes this decision on her. And when he said he could love her without being able to have children? Yeah right!

@simonakatsman974

4 жыл бұрын

Marshall is also an asshole. Not as much as the others but he definitely also has his moments of misogyny.

@ziglaus

4 жыл бұрын

Were there signs tjat he is an unreliable narrator? Because you cant just throw that out there and expect it to stick

@emilyjfreer2895

4 жыл бұрын

ziglaus maybe unreliable is the wrong word, maybe more of a bias narrator. Just as anyone would be about telling a story about their own life especially to their kids.

@villano37

4 жыл бұрын

Like Ziglaus said, there's no hint of Ted being an unreliable narrator, we as viewers can believe him to be unreliable, but the series doesn't offer it up.

@somethingcooliguess

4 жыл бұрын

In Zoo or False, Barney is unsatisfied with how the story ends and says he’ll tell the story better with a more exciting ending. Then suddenly the monkey does a King Kong re-enactment and Bob Saget voice says “it really happened.” There’s the time he can’t remember why Lily and Barney are fighting so they just say “I’m still mad at you for that one thing”, which shows his control over the show. Also, they eat “sandwiches”. There’s ways Ted is forcing the narrative.

This is such a one-sided summary, where specific examples are handpicked to support the narrative. Every person has good and bad sides, so did Ted. He was not realistic and perfect, but calling him a villain is just exaggeration.

I just rewatched the show all the way through, and even though people shit on Ted a lot these days, I think they're all pretty bad (except Marshall). Lily is mean and obsessed with Robin in a weirdly sexual way. For most of the show, Barney is a shitty guy who just wants to sleep with girls and doesn't care how he gets it to happen. Robin is self-absorbed and constantly talks about how hot she thinks she is. Also she's horrible to the sweetest person ever, Patrice. I love the show and the characters, but they're all messed up in their own way. Again, except Marshall, who is wonderful and doing his best.

Here is the explanation: Ted tells the story from his own perspective.

@bea3guima

4 жыл бұрын

And still he is a douche, in his own stories told by him. I couldn't imagine what happened for real 🤣🤣

@jigsaw_fallingg

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, like how does he know what happened there if he is not there? how did he know what they were thinking? maybe some people just never liked him haha

@heretic1157

4 жыл бұрын

@@bea3guima My own dad's told me stories of his youth where he did stupid shit for stupid reasons. I imagine it's meant to be like "don't do the stupid shit I did."

@MrGaboPR

4 жыл бұрын

@@bea3guima jaja watch Ross in friends.. prob like that

@akuroatomostointernet3577

4 жыл бұрын

yep.

This makes the whole premise of the show so much worse. He's normalising his behaviour to his kids. His son will learn this as appropriate behaviour towards women and his daughter might expect men to treat her the way her father treated women. It's really quite bad.

@trinaq

4 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's quite an enlightening point you've raised! That thought is pretty terrifying, and I hope that they don't repeat the exact same process with their own children! 😨

@LaMenteOpen

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly it’s what happens in real life (ironically this is legit a line that the writers used to justify the shitty ending lol).

@dvdv8197

4 жыл бұрын

Inappropriate*

@kuivia

4 жыл бұрын

depends on how easily manipulated you are, my dad has done some idiotic things and has tried to justify them at times but i call him on his shit, i love the man but everyone has faults and you can't be blind and have to use your own brain

@somethingcooliguess

4 жыл бұрын

I did not even think of this! Hopefully, their eye rolling makes them see his flaws? Maybe if they were younger kids it would have more impact.

Ted was confused and that just hurt so many people he got himself involved with. Marshall, Lily and Barney knew who they were and stuck with it. Robin, for the most part, knew who she was, but got screwed over by a few people along the way because she had her moments of weaknesses.

@impetuoso4622

Жыл бұрын

I mean Robin Just change ,there Is no "corruption" by anyone ,She Just change along the story , because She Is a human ,i mean at the start of the series She was so afraid to be in a long relationship with someone ,and at the end of the story we can see her getting married with Barney

@formanga8871

8 ай бұрын

Burh that called character development, People change throughout their life.

The moral of the story based on the ending if you stalk, berate and wear down a woman who doesn't want you and has made it clear she doesn't want you, she will magically then want you. It's unrealistic, creepy and borderline stupid.

The Take: *can find the good in practically every piece of media, even Riverdale* Ted Mosby: The Take: no

@ShaferHart

4 жыл бұрын

Contrarian. That's where the views are.

@chevoool7827

4 жыл бұрын

Because is a white straight cisgender guy(just a joke)

@TheMossification

4 жыл бұрын

@@chevoool7827 I am afraid not, the whole video is screaming that your example is pretty exact about their views 😁

@PrimeofPerfection

4 жыл бұрын

@@chevoool7827 I mean, that HAS been something of a trend with all their trope videos...

@Hila2205

4 жыл бұрын

@@PrimeofPerfection they also sang the praises of Marshall, who is also a white cisgender male.

Ted is what we call an "untrustworthy narrator"

@tedmosby616

4 жыл бұрын

I never said that I'm trustworthy.

@yashtiwari6702

4 жыл бұрын

@@tedmosby616 you're a creepy guy stay away from my Robin you sick sick person

@vprince1173

4 жыл бұрын

It just seems simpler to call him a bastard

@awittv5302

4 жыл бұрын

@@tedmosby616 No can dosville baby doll.

@berg1066

4 жыл бұрын

This Video is what we call an untrustworthy narrator. They twist every example here to make a point with random scenes without context

The irony of saying Ted only lives in his own delusion when this video only lives in the one sided anti Ted delusion

I totally disagree. Apart from maybe Marshall all others have done very immoral things throughout the series. There is no villain. The characters are realisitc and therefore have flaws. Furthermore i feel a lot of the "negative traits" of Ted aren't even negative traits. It is completely normal to think someone is the love of your life and soon after a break up realise you were wrong.

@harshmitghuman4305

Жыл бұрын

So true , these ppl will literally talk on any dumbshit for a video

"When you love someone, you don't stop, EVER". That's a big yikes for me dawg.

@FilmOptix

4 жыл бұрын

Not a bad thing, thats called unconditional love lol look it up.

@ellieb.1231

4 жыл бұрын

@@FilmOptix That's called stalking, and you need help. It's a VERY bad thing. If the other person in a relationship tells you it's over, IT IS OVER. No means no lol look it up.

@bebbibabey1246

4 жыл бұрын

@@FilmOptix it is if the other person has actively rejected you and DOES NOT want a relationship. Then it's just a stalker lol look it up

@redxronnie4226

4 жыл бұрын

@@ellieb.1231 Well that depends, if he's actively stalking her, then yea he's a stalker...but If he just shows her unconditional love whenever he sees her, it's not really stalking

@FilmOptix

4 жыл бұрын

Ellie B. Thank you for pointing out the obvious but if you actually read into what the director was going for it was unconditional love. Look it up

Ted "Robin is my absolute soulmate and no other woman can compare to her" Also Ted "Robin, I hate that you're nothing like my ideal woman and you have to change for me"

@dhruvakoranne3465

4 жыл бұрын

Ted confesses to Robin that he loves her and can give up the idea of having kids for her. This happens in Season 7 around episode 17. What more change do you want?

@tedmosby616

4 жыл бұрын

No Can Dosville Baby-Doll

@SamantaGothic

4 жыл бұрын

Robin sucked too

@user-bg1cr5fe4x

4 жыл бұрын

Dhruva Koranne like when he said that he hates her being independent but barney actually praised her for it????

@rnathanielryaan2034

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-bg1cr5fe4x barney is a legend

I think the show realized this on and off during its run that Ted was the bad guy. The reason he and Tracy were a match wasn't because she was perfect for Ted (she was way too good for him. Although, we can never know because Ted is an unreliable narrator) but because he let go of that idealistic ideas that screw the women he dated over (he says so in the episode about Tracy and his first date that four years ago he'd make a speech that scare her off but now he wouldn't) by the time he met her. There's numerous examples of this: how he said she wouldn't have liked him back in Saint Patrick's Day, how Stella made him less of an idealistic which was why she was an important part of the story. Ted's character development was to become LESS of the main character who gets what he wants just cause. Sure, he could still act like a jerk in later seasons and his idealism was what made him more and more unhappy in the late years, but I still think that was how he was meant to develop. Which is WHY the ending sucks so bad because it reverses all that relative development and has Ted screw up Robin's life again.

@ab98888

2 жыл бұрын

Getting together when they’re 50 and already achieved most of their “check-list” goals in life is not the same thing as them getting together in their 20s/30s, so the ending did not “screw over” either of them

@herrylaw3196

Жыл бұрын

Woah dude I like that line. "Ted's character development was to become less of the main character." Never even thought of it like that. You should be a philosiphizer lol

This is such an underrated perspective. I didn't start realizing this until I rewatched the whole series recently.

For me, the French Blue Horn represents the obsession of a man who tried to force destiny. He didn't need to steal a yellow umbrella, just came to his hands. Destiny~ Kiki Em

@BLaccnt

3 жыл бұрын

He very much did steal the yellow umbrella. St. Patricks Day

@nispruhashah4974

3 жыл бұрын

OMG yesss!

@erenssister.5535

3 жыл бұрын

Doofenshmirtz evil inc

@michaelscofield3287

3 жыл бұрын

hows agent p

@christianevik3854

3 жыл бұрын

he stole the umbrella

I think everything would have been fine if Ted had grown and realized his mistakes. I thought that's where they were going with his arcs in season 4 where he was kind of an ass but the gang called him out, and he said something about how he's glad he didn't meet the mother then, because she wouldn't have liked him. It would have been a much better story if the mother wasn't the perfect ideal who checked off every box on his list, but instead had the same values and goals and a compatible personality. Someone quirky and fun but also practical, who doesn't put up with his shit, and hey maybe she's a cat person and she thinks scotch is gross, but he learns to be okay with that, because the reality is better than the ridiculous thing he imagined. And of course, if he actually stayed with this real person and didn't just chase after Robin again. They could have done all that in just the last season or two but they fucked the whole thing up and nothing had consequences.

@Cloverfr

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this, I always had this feeling that Ted fall in love of the ideal she represented rather than see her as a person, they had their moments tho, when she let go of her past love for example. I'm still bitter for the end tho.

@ellie8574

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Love isn't about giving you what you want, more about helping you realise what you need. And I can't stand the constant talk of "the one" in this show.

@somethingcooliguess

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I rolled my eyes that she had driving gloves, a coin collection, and Renaissance faire garb. The little things fit TOO perfectly when realistically she’d have some traits like in Spoiler Alert.

@ladywhistledown8024

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thats it. The last season ruined their grownth. Ted, Robin and Barney.

@ellie8574

4 жыл бұрын

@@ladywhistledown8024 my favorite scene from that season was when he finally let Robin go, and they ruined it!

I think that you do cherry pick the few good things that barney did and also deliberately left the good things that ted did out, so you can reinforce your thesis about ted (classic case of confirmation bias: you start with a thesis and pick the evidence that better fit with that). I can give many examples of ted sacrifcying himself and being good (that you left out), like when he drove robin to the roof for her to stop barney proposing patrice. Also, when he helped robin find the digged old thing in central park and he encourages her to still marry barney, even though that she said that he cared more about her than barney. And also, when he broke up with victoria because she didnt allow him to be friend with robin, and he never told robin that, because if he was such a piece of shit as you say he is, he would have used that as a tool to get robin. Oh, and you describe Stella as the good one and poor inocent victim, even though she left him in the altar.

@eriktatos

Жыл бұрын

Facts 🙏🏼

I wish the writers did a spin off of Tracy's life her character and the actress were beautiful Tracy's my favorite one even though she was only in a couple episodes she stole my heart

That moment when Ted made Robin give away her dogs is a really big red flag for me.

@kittylovesfilms

4 жыл бұрын

Right! HUGE!

@nightshadepurplebroom3516

4 жыл бұрын

@Happy Dude Dogs are not "things". They are living beings who form deep emotional bonds with their humans.

@tedmosby616

4 жыл бұрын

I'm allergic to dogs. "No Can Dosville Baby-Doll"

@esraongun8044

4 жыл бұрын

Six Gargoyles its not like Ted was asking her to kill them she probably was gonna bring the dogs to a shelter or give them to a friend

@JohnEusebioToronto

4 жыл бұрын

Esra ONGUN She loves her dogs and they love her. It’s one step below asking her to give up the kids she had with an ex.

Ted, and many "Nice Guys" and "Nice Girls" need to learn the difference between actions and intentions. You can have great intentions, but if your actions are actively hurting other people then you are not the nice person that you think you are, and perhaps need to reevaluate your intentions.

@LissaSouza1

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! It’s something I’m tryin to put it on my life

@maddyjoh8488

4 жыл бұрын

"Best laid plans of mice and men often go astray" - Robert Burns

@tedmosby616

4 жыл бұрын

I never thought of being nice. I'm a fucking douche and don't give a damn about it.

@LaDyLuCk2900

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! They tried to touch on this with "the Doppler/Dahmer effect" but they completely missed the point and like everything else in the show Ted used his own interpretation to fit his needs/views

@dinoburre9826

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! It's a reason for the saying "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" :)

If ‘Friends’ was narrated by Ross xD

The last season calls out Ted obsession with Robin and I still hold that the last episode is a bastardization to everything how I met your mother thought us about growing up and understanding what true love means.

Ted generally means well, but he does some TERRIBLE THINGS in pursuit of “The One,” and he rarely suffers the consequences in any meaningful way.

@louis-stephane1391

4 жыл бұрын

None of the main cast ever do.

@Lauren.E.O

4 жыл бұрын

Louis-Stéphane LOBE LOBAS I don’t know, Lily had a rough time after abandoning Marshall. Yes, he eventually took her back, but she also had a horrible, soul crushing time trying to pursue her art and Marshall even attempted to move on with another woman before they got back together. Plus, his trust issues with her lasted for years AFTER they got married. Now that I think about it, Marshall was also forced to take a job he hated because Lily had put them so deeply in debt as well... Every bad thing that happened to Barney as an adult relates back to losing his girlfriend and deciding to spend his life pursuing revenge and essentially becoming the man who hurt him, which could mean losing his first fiancé and eventually losing Robin could be a result of his obsession. Marshall...was actually the best of the main characters. The worst thing I remember him doing was accepting the judge position without asking Lily, but it did lead to a big fight and Marshall being terrified when Lily left the hotel (even though it was less to leave him and more so she could get that pregnancy test) Robin. 🤔 Well, she didn’t do that much that could invite karmic retribution. She did give up her dogs for a man who she failed at having a relationship with multiple times, leaving herself more lonely and prone to going back to him (especially because she allowed his friends to become her entire social circle as time progressed). She lost the love of her life after being unable to prioritize her new marriage. That’s...about it?

@Altzar2011

4 жыл бұрын

Like every Nice Guy

@louis-stephane1391

4 жыл бұрын

@@Lauren.E.O About Lily, yes but no. Lily sabotaged Marshall's date and they got back together easy and maried at the end of the season. Years later she still almost ditched him again AND blamed him for not getting over the fact that she did and still got her dream job. I would agree about Barney but what happened with his first girlfiend is his backstory so it doesn't really count. Even so, he still sold a girl for a car and tricked over 200 women to sleep with him. Yet when he want to settle down we have to look at him in a sympathetic way. He didn't lose Robin because of his obsession but because he didn't have a purpose. Hence why having a daughter to take care of was the best thing that could happen to him. Marshall still got the job albeit later. Most of the bad stuff that happend to him were due to Lily anyway. Robin could have taken her dogs back after her breakup so this is a non argument. The fact that Ted friends were her friends too is her own choice. And she did get back with Ted at the end of the story. Ted got his ass kicked by a girl he ditched on his birthday (for the second time). He lost Victoria because he cheated and because he choosed Robin. He got ditched the day of his weeding and had a movie about him that portrayed him the negative way by the couple he brought back together himself. Got his appartement blown up. And was basically depressed by the end of the serie. He messed up several times and ultimately things turned out good for him but it wasn't that much better than the cast.

@Lauren.E.O

4 жыл бұрын

Louis-Stéphane LOBE LOBAS About Lily: She tried to sabotage his date, but then gave up and seemingly accepted that she couldn’t force them to get back together. Marshall took her back and they eventually got married. While I absolutely blame Lily for the pain the entire group felt when she ditched them, it is Marshall’s fault when he brought it up YEARS later for the sake of winning a point in an argument. If he couldn’t forgive and trust her, he shouldn’t have married her, and if he DID forgive her, he shouldn’t have said it. Barney...with Ted as the narrator, I wonder how accurate some of those details are. Like, do we really believe the same man who’d nearly die trying to get to Ted’s hospital bedside and would travel to California to beg Lily to come home would be involved in human trafficking? Robin. I’m not saying Ted planned to cut her off from the rest of the world and make her reliant on at least being around him, but that IS kind of what happened. Lily and Robin weren’t friends from the start. Ted kept making excuses to get Robin to socialize with him and bonds eventually formed. Later on, it made it really tough for Robin to date anyone else, because Ted had constant access to her partners and kept insisting they were destined for each other, which the others did not do enough to cut back on. The dog thing was just an example of how her life outside him shrank over the years. It was her call, but he brought it up in the first place, and it was one of the prime examples of how he tried to change her life to better suit his image of their future marriage.

My ex boyfriend was like Ted. He had this idea of a perfect woman and perfect, calculated life. Turns out he wanted to change every single thing about me, and control everything I did. Dumped him, and he still plays victim.

@sabrinac8453

4 жыл бұрын

You dodged a bullet sis. And so did I.

@tyrant-den884

4 жыл бұрын

I remember once showing a woman "Somebody that I Used to Know" (the Walk Off the Earth cover video where they all play one giant guitar in one long take) and she freaked out about how accurate it was to her life.

@kaapplegate4989

4 жыл бұрын

@@sabrinac8453 do or don't want men to obsess over you

@sarahroddey2937

4 жыл бұрын

I had a boyfriend like that in HS, he wound up cheating on me with another woman and then blamed me for not being a better girlfriend

@darleneorm5593

4 жыл бұрын

The worst thing about these men is that in the end, you end up being the unworthy, undeserving bi*ch and they're always the victim. When in reality they're the unaccepting toxic one who tries to change you. Sis, we've dodged bullets.

To be fair, the show was critical of Ted's behaviour and actions a lot of times, via the other characters and also by making his obsessive behaviour the punchline. They could have taken it further and written a deconstruction of his obsessive idealism into his journey but the makers just went back and forth on it so many times. After a point, I was fed of the number of times Ted was 'giving up on Robin'. And then they gave us that ending 🤷

Ted is exhausting. He could be cute and genuinely romantic if there were isolated cases, but knowing that he's done all those things, makes him annoying. I had a friend that loved me and was in love with me for 8 years. Always with love confessions at the most random moments, trying to make me fall for him, even making me feel guilty. It got so bad towards the end, I was so guilt tripped that I started thinking that I liked him. He even threatened to moving cities if I didn't date him. Obviously Ted is not that bad, but he's bad enough 😪

@az21bob666

Жыл бұрын

TED did NONE of those thing, he date robin they bork up he stay her freind SHE wnat after him she told him she love. you acting like he was chaseing her nad then she keep saying NO that is not what happen and he never tried to make her feel bad for not dating him.

HIMYM would have been a far better series if its later seasons shown Ted maturing and having learn from his past mistakes. In particular, the last season should have been about the first year of his relation with Tracy, showing her as not being the perfect woman Ted idealizes, but as an imperfec person who he loves for real. Even the original finale where Tracy as since passed away and Ted is gonna attempt an new relation with Robin would sound a lot bettr that way, as we know Ted as changed for the better.

@StealthGamer37

4 жыл бұрын

HIMYM was a really good story. It may have seemed crazy for a while, especially with not seeing the mother that much, but we got an answer in season 8. It’s not the story of HIMYM, it’s How I Became The Man I Am Today, Before I Met Your Mom. But HIBtMIATBIMYM is not a good title. As far as the ending: Tracy should’ve been as you said, an imperfect woman who he truly loved and wanted the best for, and Barney and Robin should’ve stayed together, adopting a kid (I’ll get to why in a moment). As far as Tracy dying, the writing was on the wall for a while (I didn’t see it, but, looking back, it was there), so I don’t know whether I’d change that or not. A dad recounting the story of how he met their dead mother to his kids is a heart-wrenchingly beautiful story, so I’m good with the unhappy ending. We definitely should’ve gotten more episodes with them together, maybe a season 10 with their relationship building. As far as Barney and Robin, I see their characters this way: - Barney had one fear hammered into him through his dad’s and Shannon’s abandonment. His fear of abandonment and inability to commit created the “awesome” Barney as he refers himself. The perfect arc was there for him. He accepted his father’s mistakes after getting to know him and had him teach him the most important lesson of his life: that the playboy lifestyle won’t last, and that he will find the perfect woman for him. Barney knew in his heart it was Robin. - So, the logical conclusion to Barney’s story: a boy from a broken home, with a lying mother and deadbeat dad, was to create an unbroken home for himself. You could even take the symbolism of rescuing a kid from a broken home with the adoption angle. - Next is Robin. Her arc was simple, learning to love herself. Her fear of abandonment (proven through her therapy) and her intense insecurity stem from her monster of a dad. She learned to love herself and finally find room for a loving relationship, even putting her relationships first occasionally. She should’ve stayed with Barney in the end, showing the scared, insecure little girl that happiness and everything she want’s out of life are possible. - As far as kids for Robin. People may say (and she may say) that she didn’t want kids, but I think the episode where she learns she can’t have kids is really telling. She wants kids, but she always forced herself not to want them. Ted even said that she changed her mind about kids as she became Aunt Robin, being a pseudo mother figure to the kids who lost their mother. Her adopting kids with Barney would’ve made all the sense in the world, teaching her that she could be a better parent than her terrible dad and distant mom. I understand that some people don’t want kids, and that’s fine, but Robin definitely seemed like she wanted them.

@gerrybaum6643

4 жыл бұрын

but Ted tells the story. Tracy is probably not perfect, but he loves her, so in his story, she is.

@ibtiago18

4 жыл бұрын

@@gerrybaum6643 I know. What I meant was that the series should have shown that. It would have improved the character of Ted quite a lot.

Can you do a video on how Barney's character development was completely destroyed by the ending?

@trinaq

4 жыл бұрын

Seconded, after all of the character development that Barney went through because of his love for Robin, it's rendered null when he simply reverts back to his womanising ways after he and Robin get divorced. 😾

@PrimmyRosie

4 жыл бұрын

I really think that Barney came a really long way. I love the scene where he held his daughter and said ‘you are the love of my life. Everything I have and everything I am is yours forever’. So I don’t think that his character development is completely destroyed. I would love if Barney ended up with Robin, but I just love how that quote actually makes sense for his character. I don’t think that a woman would fill a hole in his heart, but I think a daughter would.

@thekage100

4 жыл бұрын

yeees! they have to! at this point I feel like its a most!

@silentsaturn7604

4 жыл бұрын

@@PrimmyRosie That scene left me stone cold as its totally unearned. I get that having kids changes you but this was just so lazy. Here's a baby - OH MY GOD IM A CHANGED PERSON THIS SECOND! No build up no real context, just a quick fix. It also implies that Robin could never make Barney happy based on her not wanting/not being able to have kids. The show keeps punishing her for it over and over again.

@tyrant-den884

4 жыл бұрын

@@trinaq but he does so as a response. You can tell there is a hollowness and desperation that wasn't there before. Not every bit of character development is skin deep.

Ted isn't a bad guy, he has good intentions but is immature when it comes to love. When you see him and Marshal (a stabile man whos mature with who he is and his love life) it contrasts greatly. Marshal almost acts like a foil to Ted throughout the show. The first few seasons show how immature Ted is, and how his viewpoint of a relationship is unhealthy. He tells Robin he loves her without knowing who she is, he makes huge showy displays of affection, he lives in denial when serious red flags pop up, and he even imagines Robin in his ideal life (married with children) despite Robin telling him she doesn't want either of those things. We see that once he let's go of Robin he matures and becomes much more stabile, especially in the scenes with Tracy. He doesn't have to make grandiose displays of affection or try so hard, because their relationship is organic rather than forced.

What made me angry with Ted was when he got angry at barney for sleeping with Robin. But the same time he was with Stella. Yes barney is his friend and there is the bro code or whatever but It doesn't make sense, how can you move on but your ex can't. Actually how can you "move on" with someone else but still limit your ex to who they can date or whatever. Yes ted was toxic.

The entire group of friends in HIMYM are pretty flawed characters. That's even commented on pretty directly in that one episode where Robin dates a psychologist.

@fernandoterra4108

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. It's called be human.

@warrynfullagar745

3 жыл бұрын

Fernando Terra 👍

@irehoutsold287

3 жыл бұрын

marshall is not flawed

@juantsu2000

3 жыл бұрын

@@irehoutsold287 What? No!! Marshall is incredibly clingy and dependant of Lily (who in turn is incredibly controlling and manipulative). Plus, he's kinda sexist when it comes to women's sexual freedom. Honestly, I think the better people in the group are Barney and Robin. Especially Barney as funny as that sounds

@irehoutsold287

3 жыл бұрын

@@juantsu2000 omg i didn’t realize that😭😭 he was my favorite character

When Jeanette said How long have you been hung up on Robin?! 8 years!? And you still fetch dumb little trinkets for her Thats when i woke up and realized that Jeanette was more emotionaly stable than Ted

@orangegreen3769

3 жыл бұрын

When she said that line it woke me up too like, DAMN 8 fucking years?! Stuck on someone who has stated and spelled out that they're not interested for 8 fucking years? Jesus Christ dude you gotta move on. Find someone who likes you back. It just seems even ridiculous to think about being stuck on someone for that long, how painful for that person too...clearly not gonna find happiness anytime soon.

@SlayQuinn08

3 жыл бұрын

@@orangegreen3769 Robin was clearly Ted's backup.. coz u see when Tracy died who he eventually end up wid?? Robin! ,

@az21bob666

3 жыл бұрын

and how many time did robin go back to TED it was her idea, stop acting like he like her and she did not like him.

@SlayQuinn08

3 жыл бұрын

@@az21bob666 well she loved Barney too but..

@the-ironclad

3 жыл бұрын

She was just a mirror to show how deluded Ted is. But still, I wouldn’t touch or go near her, even with a ten foot pole

Barney really grew on me and it’s hard at first but he really is a wonderful dude with issues and some horrible things

To be fair I think if Ted had been a well adjusted as opposed to hopeless romantic the series couldn't have believably gone on for that many seasons.

Wait a minute.. TED IS THE MALE VERSION OF CARRIED BRADSHAW!.. and Robin is Mr. big

@dschmidt1162

4 жыл бұрын

YESSSSSSSSSS. ITS NEVER BEEN SO CLEAR. CARRIE IS THE WORST.

@SurahOnline

4 жыл бұрын

**MIND BLOWN!!!**

@ThePaulalv

4 жыл бұрын

Carrie didn't want to have kids and she also was scared of getting married so I don't think so

@porcupinesauce3872

4 жыл бұрын

@@dschmidt1162 but wasn't mr. Big a big dik as well using and toying with Carrie and her emotions? I can see the same with what robin did to ted.

@lolsous

4 жыл бұрын

@@porcupinesauce3872 I was going to say the same! Mr Big is a big ass, Robin is not.

Remember the episode in which everyone realises something obvious about someone else and glass shatters, this video was that for me.

@sophie7456

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly!! XD

@christianevik3854

3 жыл бұрын

Omg yes

@vinodkpgowda

3 жыл бұрын

"Spoiler Alert" 😂

@AbiiQuero

3 жыл бұрын

OMG, I was thinking the same.

@garcias7032

3 жыл бұрын

Omg! Yes !

I seriously just finished watching, and I know this is 3 years later, but I always thought robin was the bad guy. She led Ted on for what felt like the whole show, and I know he have some minor obsessions but she never truly shut him down. Then she leds Barney on, cheats with him, then tells him to leave the girl he loves, and can’t leave the man she’s with. Ted couldn’t get over her, because as he said, “there was still a chance he could end up with her. Even in the end she says that she should be with him. She also was always putting her career first. Which is fine, but you can’t seriously expect someone to just be fine that you are never there and can’t make compromises. I always felt she was selfish and a home wrecker

You wouldn't notice these things right away when watching the show. Sort of an interesting perspective on his character even though I don't believe that's what the writers intended.

I gotta say, the moment I got out of the “Ted” mentality my romantic life got way happier. I always wanted to be a good boyfriend to the dream person I like, but I realised I can be a good boyfriend to anyone that loves me back, and that is infinitely better.

@XimenaConstanza

3 жыл бұрын

But that would mean that ANY girl had a chance with you. I think it's good to have standards.

@tedmosby616

3 жыл бұрын

@@XimenaConstanza Word to that, bro. Lowering your standards is like lowering your self worth. I waited for Robin and I got her in the end. Listen to the universe and search for signs.

@slevinchannel7589

3 жыл бұрын

Hashtag Nice Guys. And thats also where all the Dislikes come from.

@EmilyCarrollCello

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like one could split the difference between these two extremes and end up in a good relationship.

@ericstorm6582

2 жыл бұрын

That's still Ted's mentality

Tracy (the mother) is the female incarnation of Marshall.Such caring and loving wife.

@michaelnelson1270

3 жыл бұрын

Notice how long it took Ted to actually marry Tracy--terrible way to treat such a lovely lady.

@marykaycarroll1215

3 жыл бұрын

I just finished rewatching. Tracy is Ted, Marshall, and Lily all rolled in one!

@BruceWayne003

3 жыл бұрын

@@marykaycarroll1215 Did you like that show?Especially the ending

@marykaycarroll1215

3 жыл бұрын

@@BruceWayne003 Yes, I love it. I just finished rewatching! And I do like the ending. If the story was truly about the mom, it wouldn't have revolved around Robin. I always thought Robin loved Ted but didn't want to take his dreams away from him nor did she want to give up her dreams. In reference to this video, I think Ted did a lot of bad things but I don't think he was "bad" he was flawed, he was human, and he was selfish. No one is free from mistakes.

@az21bob666

3 жыл бұрын

people forget whey ted and robin broke up she did not want kids and wanted to see the world. the end she like 50s, so yea he has his kid she seen the world, so it make sence. and remember this was like 7 year after they mom died.

Robin was always the real “Barney” of the show, never wanted kids and was never going to settle down, but Ted just could never accept that, because he was obsessed with being in love with Robin.

@az21bob666

Жыл бұрын

robin wanted to settle down i dont think people remember she WENT after ted

@mattlarrubia

11 ай бұрын

she wanted to settle down, did you even watched the final seasons??? She rejected a job to pursue her love life one time, and got dumped.

Ok so I started watching HIMYM now - like two months ago - and although very entertained, I could NOT help but notice how similar the patterns between Ted and Joe from you were - the narration, the "i'm the nice guy persona", the stalking...At first I was appaled by both Barney and Ted, and then, the more I watched, the more I was like "ok, Barney's a douche, but he's, at least sorta, honest with himself and his douchey persona and not pretending he's someone he's not" plus his backstory explains a lot. But there was this one episode where Ted speaks about a girl - I honestly can't remember which one of "ThE OnE" and says something like she said no but it actually meant yes and BARNEY OF ALL PEOPLE says "no means no". Since that moment Ted is definitely Joe in my mind. Now I'm like : you should marry a Marshall, you can have fun with a Barney and maybe even a serious relationship - Barney was WAYYYY more accepting of his girlfriends' persona that Ted would ever be, we all know that Ted would never date a stripper and pressured Robin on her job etc...- but you should avoid Teds of the world AT ALL COST.

Marshall is man goals. Caring, sweet, but still has some fire.

@vvecna

3 жыл бұрын

sounds more like sheep goals to me

@13AndreFalcao666

3 жыл бұрын

And heavily judgemental of women with sexual freedom. Barney's the dude.

@13AndreFalcao666

3 жыл бұрын

@Alex Cyriac Actually, you can't be too sure of that, since everyone of the characters is as told by Ted, who's trying to make himself look better. Barney is the face of many predator anecdotes? Yes. But he's also the guy who's always trying to do the right thing. There is a 40% chance Ted has just painted him as bad as he possibly could.

It's extremely telling that the "Nice Guy" trope is steadily dying down, and more of Ted and Ross' actions look extremely creepy, clingy and invasive through contemporary lenses. 😁

@maggiemcfly5267

4 жыл бұрын

I even like Ross better than Ted, in Friends at least the characters are aware that Ross's behavior is not healthy and we also get a clear explanation (not excuse) for it, he used to be carefree and trustful until Calor cheated on him(yes, she cheated on him! People always seem to forget that) and his father imposed a very toxic masculinity on him even though Ross was cuddled by him and his mother(specially his mother), which also spoiled him. I still condemned the writers for not closing his redemption arc(if he ever had any, to me it starts when he accepts Rachel and Joey as a a couple) by letting Rachel pursue her dream job in Paris. Ted just plain sucks! 🤣

@unlikelyspore1406

4 жыл бұрын

Make you think: Barney is way better person than Ted.

@chiefpurrfect8389

4 жыл бұрын

About time tbh, so many young men in real life have that similar whiny "I'm a nice person and I know I would be the perfect bf, silly women just don't know what's best for them and go after the wrong men" mindset. They don't feel whole and they think a partner will make them whole, spoiler alert: they will not. If you aren't a whole person before you get into a relationship the relationship won't change that, it will only magnify it. There are some cases in which you work through your issues with your partner's help and get to salvage the relationship, but that would imply you have the self-awareness to see the problem and you are willing to put in the effort to change it. Sadly that happens rarely.

@chiefpurrfect8389

4 жыл бұрын

@Manophere. com I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you asking me. I'm not even sure *if* you're asking at all.

@TheDuffcat

4 жыл бұрын

I never get why Ross is made out to be such a bad guy. He is obsessive and petty with rachel, but she does similarly bad things back towards him. Together, they are a toxic couple. Outside of rachel he actually is a pretty measured person. He walks his ex down the isle at her wedding. How many people would ever do that, especially if she cheated on you? He also trys to be cool with joey and rachel, even though it makes him breakdown. Id say ross is just the classic shy nerd not a "nice guy". He isnt perfect but he's nowhere near as bad as ted

I have literally only watched like 6 episodes of this show and I could not continue because I hated Ted from the beginning, loved Barney and Marshall and Lily and Robin but Ted was the mc and as such a majority of the show follows him and his narration and it just pissed me off. Everyone in my life who watched this show called me insane for hating Ted but it was my knee jerk reaction to him, just a shitty "nice guy". This video makes me feel so validated XD thank you.

@gt362gamer

2 жыл бұрын

I think you should try to keep watching it.

@nomski4852

2 жыл бұрын

For all his flaws it was his idealism that made the show fun(for me atleast). Reality has a lot of bone breaking restrictions.Ted Mosby was pretty fun in ignoring that.

I just wanna say that i think it was okay that Ted didnt apologize at first to Lily for calling her a grinch. Like what he said about them being friends and her having left him too without so much as a goodbye? People say bad things in anger and I think Lily should have apologized first. Losing a friend like that does hurt a whole damn lot and being angry about it is understandable. I agree with a lot of this video tho.

@az21bob666

Жыл бұрын

i know the way lilly left broke up, like would make him questin if they were ever freind to start with.

I still can't get over the fact that even his kids reacted like "WHAT?!" when he told them that he told Robin he loves her on the first date like, Who does that?

@garushkahn5857

4 жыл бұрын

haha... so freakin normal between teenagers i gues and the way we interact ..some ppl meet the first time but know each other over the internet or what ever reason xD do think some one must be or doing what ppl think is normal .. is abnormal

@MechaJutaro

4 жыл бұрын

I still can't get over the fact that even his kids reacted like "WHAT?!" when he told them that he told Robin he loves her on the first date like, Who does that? A society overfilled to the brim with men who really believe the crap they've seen in Disney movies and flicks like The Girl Next Door

@Lauren.E.O

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve known guys like that. CREEPY.

@fatoumatacisse3796

3 жыл бұрын

CREEPY WEIRDOS

@chibibeingchibi3197

3 жыл бұрын

my 2021 self: actually, I was freaked out when a guy told me "I love you" after a month knowing each other, now imagine after a day

I'm still mad about the ending...

@trinaq

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, 6 years later, and the ending still enrages me to this very day, and likely will for many years to come! 😠

@AxxLAfriku

4 жыл бұрын

GAGAGAGAGAGAGA I just saw something very unpretty! I looked in the mirror! GAGAGAGAGAGAGA!! But I am the cool KZreadr with two hazardously hot girlfriends so IT is all good! Thanks for you attention dear susie

@EustachyKonik

4 жыл бұрын

@@trinaq I still love to watch HIMYM, even the last season (as i kinda like it). I just NEVER watch the last episode.

Great analysis. I never managed to wrap my head around getting to like the main protagonist of this show. Which felt VERY weird! I knew we were supposed to like him, but... nothing. Meanwhile, many - many - of the other characters were relatable. Thanks for this post.

@jackfrosty4674

2 жыл бұрын

bad stuff ... Baby medical kidnap by hospital. USA is a video. see now. 2022. Yesterday Idaho Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin appeared on the Stew Peters show and said that she had reached out to Governor Brad Little to intervene in the Baby Cyrus medical kidnapping case, but that he refused. Due to parents not taking the clotshot they took him away from his breastfeeding mother and are trying to give baby to a foster family. Baby healthy and trying to give it away. The hospital in Boise, Idaho doing this. Child trafficking ring. Think for safety of own children.

I especially disliked him being "so deeply in love" with so many women in always just a short time. Like, him totally loving Robin but also titally falling in love with Victoria the next day. Or telling Robin she has always been the only one but also falling in love eith Tracy the next day, as if he never even thought of Robin. I mean, it CAN happen that you shortly find a new love interest but for Ted this was the norm, and it just got pathetic how quick he forgot the last "love if his life"

He is the villain because he forces his children to listen to his pointless stories not related to meeting their late mother.

@raunjisto2925

4 жыл бұрын

It’s even worse since he tells his kids about the numerous women he slept with before meeting their now deceased mother.

@johnwalker1058

4 жыл бұрын

You could argue that Ted's a villain because as his stories go on, the overall narrative shifts from being a story about how he met their true mother to how he just wants to date Robin after the mother died, while telling about all the fun times and memories they shared so the kids would be more sympathetic to this motive. It's not necessarily that he never loved Tracy, but only that he loved Tracy as much as he could possibly love any woman other than Robin. Once he hyper-fixated on Robin as "The One," he never let go of that idea, and pursued Robin relentlessly, tried to use other women to get over Robin, but couldn't, and even after spending a good portion of his life with a really great woman who became the mother of his children, still ran back to Robin not long after she died.

@kidlitfanful

4 жыл бұрын

@NIVEA yes, but that makes it a bad concept, at least once they get past the first season. When they realized that they were going to have more than a couple of seasons, they filmed all the scenes with he kids ahead of time. This forced them into Ted ending up with Robin, even though the characters developed into people who weren't remotely right for each other. They proposed "How I Met Your Dad," from Tracy's point of view, which would have been fun except it couldn't be a light romantic comedy once we knew she'd die.

@wokie.3204

4 жыл бұрын

Nah he's telling them the story during the quarantine

@upyourasteriod4494

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnwalker1058 no, if that's the case the ending wouldn't had happen ted gave up on robin and has happy with his wife and didn't go back even tho robin threw herself at him

Good lord, having a date say he’s falling in love with you on the first date who then arranges three days of parties only to get you to attend, that alone would scare me off a person forever

@orangegreen3769

3 жыл бұрын

Red fucking flags right there! Dude even the showing up at her house with the string quartet she even says "sweet in theory but isn't it also kind of crazy" like... Robin is clearly turned off by that

@davestevens6283

3 жыл бұрын

"Love" and "Falling in love" are words that can have various meanings to different people depending on their circumstances, upbringing and vocabulary. What really matters is what they actually mean - is it "you're cute fun and attractive, and thinking of spending time with you makes me happy\giddy"; "Let's get married right now"; or something else?

@az21bob666

3 жыл бұрын

She keep calling him saying sorry. I wish it was tomorrow

@cristir3463

3 жыл бұрын

If it wasn’t a show and a real story instead, it would be extremely creepy and weird. I’d be afraid too, Robin should have stayed away tbh

Dude not just ted everybody's had their grey shades on this show but still made us love the show, there are times we definitely hated each of them at different times but still it's a show they're people. Over all their stupidity and meaningless obsessions they friendship took over. That's it!