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But then you backtrack to "are we being punished?" when Ted first said he wanted to tell them the story of how he met their mom. Sure you're a teenager and everything is lame, but you would think that when your dad wants to tell a story about your deceased mom, your attitude would be a tad different. Did C&C think they were being funny with that? Ugh...My main concern is that we didn't get the time between 2024 and 2030. The 9 seasons of hath show were Ted's journey to become the man he needed to be in order to be ready to meet Tracy. But now that we know Robin was endgame (still ugh), what about Ted's journey between those six years where they started to fall in love again? That time is so pivotal to making the end believable. Without it, I just can't buy how it end. Exactly—Ted was happy for Robin and Barney, and let her go. She couldn't be happy for him. Like you said, she didn't seem to want him back because she loved him, but rather he was more "husband material" than Barney, and looked good on paper.

Haha. For real, BoogieBurns. I don't care if this is what C&C had in mind from the get-go. If that was the ending they were so hell-bent on, they should've structured the series a whole lot differently. Speaking of which, I was actually wondering: would've it been better if Ted shared from the pilot episode that Tracy was dead? Maybe in a, "Kids, it's been six years since your mom's been gone. I miss her as much as you two do, every day. So I thought I'd share with you an amazing story: the story of how I met her." I feel that if that was shared in the beginning, the whole show would've had a bittersweet tone, and while the viewer would be anticipating the eventual meet-up between the two, they would've known already, sadly, that they'd only have a short amount of time together. But I feel, in that instance, the viewers would've been rooting for Ted to find love again, and him getting back together with Robin (ugh) wouldn't have been such a hard pill to swallow. (Of course, they would also have to have not made Barney and Robin such a convincing couple in the process, as well.) Anyway, I was just thinking about it, and the whole ending just made me sad. So I wanted to vent a bit, and share my thoughts. (This is wounded from TWOP, btw, whoever's out there.)