Ted X Robin - Tumblr Posts
I gotta say my ADHD brain loves the backwards and forwards storytelling and misdirects of How I Met Your Mother
i love himym but the way it punishes both its leading women for wanting to pursue their careers over their relationships is very unsettling.
when lily leaves marshall for san francisco nobody seems to handle the situation properly (except for barney) and nobody seems to understand her motivations behind that action. not even career woman robin.
lily knows that leaving marshall for san francisco is a mistake but she says it herself that its a mistake she needed to make. it would probably haunt her for the rest of her life if she hadnt. that 'what if' scenario may even have caused rifts between their marriage if she hadnt closed that door before starting a new chapter with marshall. it sure would have been nice to see robin sticking up for her and convince them that if she truly loved marshall she would definitely come back for him.
and don't get me started on robins 'fairy tale ending'. oh god. no. its so bad.
it essentially hammers in the idea that any woman who might be ambitious enough to sacrifice romance is doomed for a lonely pathetic life. as if single and child free is a nightmare for women all around the world and the only way they can be happy is to sacrifice everything they worked for and decide to play second fiddle to a man.
Haaaaaaave you met Ted ??
"Kids, after Aunt Robin and Uncle Barney's divorce Aunt Robin decided being journalist isn't really her thing, so like every normal human being she changed her name into "Maria Hill" and found herself in S.H.E.I.L.D working as agent and second-in-command of Nick Fury."
