Re. 2. OH GOD YES EXACTLY. I loved Tracy as a character but I don't think I would've thought the ending was totally wrong if it had included her death but not all the other stuff. I recognise that I am not entirely rational when it comes to this show - I am the exact same age as the main characters, and I over-identify with Robin AND Ted AND Barney, so - but it did feel in many ways as if the finale were deliberately shitting all over everything they had painstakingly built up over nine seasons. All the stuff with Robin saying no to Ted again and again and again, his finally letting her go, Barney's character development - I don't know, and this is entirely down to my over-identification but it does strike me as a rather bleak vision of the future, not to mention entirely trampling over Robin's agency. SHOW! *shakes fist* (I initially typoed that as *shakes fish* which is a rather arresting image.) All of which is to say please DO write your big rant, I would love to read it!
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on 2014-10-13 06:53 am (UTC)And thank you for the vid, it is lovely.