Now I know on the surface this doesn’t seem to have anything
to do with what the basis for this blog is. The blog is an insight as to adventures and experiences I hope to have
in my life, which I can one day tell my kids and if I’m lucky enough my grandkids.
So then why the hell would I be writing my thoughts on a show that just wrapped
up its season finale and sent the social media world into a firestorm. Well
because the show in question, How I Met Your Mother, is actually a major
influence in why I started up the blog (again....for anyone who’s been here since
the early days.) The show inspired me to one day sit my children down, the same
way ted does, and tell them some of the crazy stories and adventures in my
life. Because in the end that’s all we really have, our stories.
I’ve had two days to process it all (and multiple viewings
of the finale.) Now although it seems as though many people hated, loathed,
despised, still can’t get over etc. etc. etc. the finale, I absolutely loved it
and thought it was so phenomenally done that it’s a shame how many people have
failed to realize the beauty in it. Now I come from a different breed of HIMYM
fandom, I haven’t watched from the beginning as many (including a few family
members) have. I instead started the series this past year thanks to Netflix,
and in the past few months have managed to binge watch 9 seasons and 207
episodes on my laptop and Xbox to finally catch up and be able to watch the
finale during its actual runtime. Now some may question how I can have opinions
when I just started watching this past fall. However from the onset this show
really hit home for me. All the subliminal messages about life and the bumps
along the road really resonated with me. My life, like so many others, is far
from perfect, but this show really brought to my attention that 1) I’m
obviously not the only one and 2) NO matter how bad things may seem, there
always is a light at the end of the tunnel. 3) But no matter what, you can only control so much of your life, the rest has to be left up the universe and its plan for action. So Monday night I sat down and said
goodbye to one of my favorite shows in recent memory. And for that I thank you HIMYM.
Now I understand why some people are so annoyed at the
ending. They feel cheated that for 9 seasons they have been waiting for Ted to
find the one, and when he finally does she’s gets killed off screen and the
series ends where it began, with Ted outside Robin’s window with the Blue
French Horn. But if you look into the deeper meaning and all the scenes that
preceded it, you can see the true beauty in how they did this. If you listen to Ted’s words, his actions are
justified.
“Aunt Lilly wasn’t wrong, it was
at times a long and difficult road but I’m glad it was long and difficult
because if I hadn’t gone through hell to get there the lesson might not has
been as clear. You see kids, right from the moment I met your mom, I knew I
have to love this woman as much as I can for as long as I can. And I can never
stop loving her not even for a second. I carried that lesson with me through
every stupid fight we ever had, every 5am Christmas morning, every sleepy
Sunday afternoon, through every speed bump, every pang of jealousy or boredom
or uncertainty that came our way. I carried that lesson with me. And I carried
it with me when she got sick, even then in what can only be called the worst of
times, all I could do was thank god, thank every god there is or ever was or
will be and the whole universe and anyone else I could possibly thank. And I
saw that beautiful girl on that train platform and then I had the guts to stand
up, walk over to her, tap her on the shoulder, open my mouth and speak…."
The entire basis of the show was Ted’s search for his one
true love. And his words show that he did find her and he loved her as much as
he ever could. The writers show that, Unfortunately for Ted, and so many other
people in this world, fairy tales do not exist. The world is not perfect.
People get sick, people die, things change. But the message Ted is trying to
promote is that yes these things happen, but as long as you value every minute
and every second of the time you spent together then it will forever be worth
it. The same can be said for Tracy, who lost her first love too long. Yes we
would have all loved to see Ted and Tracy live happily ever after and end up on
the porch with Lilly and Marshall, but unfortunately the real world has its own
agenda. Tracy reunited with his first love, leaving Ted the opportunity to
reunite with his,
So why shouldn’t Ted, who loved his wife with every beat of
his heart through all the good and all the bad, get a second chance at
happiness? From the Pilot up until moments before Barney and Robins Wedding
(another example that this world is far from perfect and unfortunately things
don’t work out as planned) Ted and Robin have always had a special chemistry. Unfortunately
for them, they were never in the right state to take it to the next level,
Robin was a career driven woman who couldn't have children (and didn't want them either), Ted a hopeless romantic
who couldn’t wait to have his kids on the couch hearing his stories (albeit
like the blog you’re reading.) They shared a special bond, the same way all the
characters had their own bonds with each other, and in the end the hopeless
romantic that was Ted still had the iconic Blue French Horn as was able to
continue his journey to happiness…..
