[ SECRET POST #4688 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4688 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's easy to focus more on the how the ending ruined Robin's character, but I'd argue Ted was also done a great disservice. During the show's run, he blindly ran back to Robin every time he suffered a big break up or other devastating event. He used her as a reason to not move on and grow up. She was a crutch for him as Victoria wisely pointed out. That's why Ted letting Robin go via balloon metaphor in season 9 was such an important moment for him.

A proper ending for Ted would have shown him no longer having an ounce of romantic feeling for a woman he simply never fit with. His late 20/30 year old self thought love was enough but his 40/50 year old self should have come out wiser than that. Love doesn’t magically change people. "Love" doesn't make a person want kids, stop being self sufficient to a fault, or keep them from putting their career before anything else. A couple needs to have the same life goals in order to be successful. I know some people like to think that love just fixes everything but it doesn’t. It’s a naive and even harmful idea in some cases. But who cares about logic? French horn of destiny! Yay!

[philstar22]

This is very true. But honestly I disliked Ted by the end of the show and didn't care about his fate as much as I did the other characters. But you are right, the ending did him a disservice. Did everyone a disservice really.