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How I Met the Most Terrible Woman
The famous sit-com, How I Met Your Mother, reached its end finally. It's been greatly anticipated by many and is currently being hated and scorned by even more. I've heard countless negative comments on it but as most people aren't philosophers, nor particularly good at deeply analyzing films, this popular negative attitude toward the finale of the show rests on feeble limbs.
Two main groups of degrading opinions come to my mind that I've heard:
#1: It's a letdown because we've been driven to believe that Ted would finally arrive at a point when all his misery ends and his life magically becomes complete. This state could be transient but in the final episode it lasted for only a couple minutes and it served the sole purpose of building drama, which is truly not an elegant act.
#2: We've been lied to because Robin and Barney were meant to stay together. They would have been the true success-story of the show and now it's gone to smoke.
These arguments wouldn't stand the ground against strong reasoning because they aren't based on reason but on emotions and taste; and we all know the Latin proverb: "Taste is undebatable." They aren't satisfying arguments to the opposition because they are not smart ones. On the contrary, nobody can argue against them rationally because they are built upon expectations and what we expect is our own--there are no right or wrong expectations, only fulfilled and failed ones.
Shortly after watching it I was hesitant as to what it was meant to be: an ever-hopeful romantic or a disillusioned realist piece. A friend of mine said quite cleverly that it was a disillusioned romantic one. At first I thought it was a brilliant phrase but then I remembered Fitzgerald's Amory Blaine:
<"I'm a cynical idealist." He paused and wondered if that meant anything.>
There are terms that just don't make sense, even though the young egotist feels as though he's said something utterly sharp. This friend of mine is actually a lot smarter than me but in regards of this he made a mistake. A romantic, by definition, has his/her illusions.
Of course I'm not Immanuel Kant and I'm not trying to build an argument on semantics. My point with this is actually that I understand how this ending seems like something smarter than what the great contemporary romantics could dream up and yet with a stronger emotional core than what any realist could invent. It truly creates the illusion that it's a smart ending. But I find it at best average.
Smart people, who've mostly responded positively to HIMYM's finale, often argue that:
#1: It touches on the perfect imperfection of life, how nothing good lasts and yet how Good is omnipresent.
#2: It's the only way that the whole franchise makes sense, since the conclusion explains why this story had to be told in the first place.
#3: It gives us hope that something waits for everybody to make life worthwhile, even in the most surprising forms and even multiple times.
These seem pretty logical arguments to me, however, they are marred by a certain intellectual leniency--that what's smart and realistic, always promotes valuable concepts. But that's not true.
The fatal flaw of HIMYM is that it limits life to a race, where no one actually wins.
Think of Robin and Barney. They had a successful marriage that only lasted three years, what cannot be a successful marriage by definition. Success in marriage isn't depleting a cup of joys and experiences: people vow to keep together to the end of their lives, not to the end of their happiness. Of course, I understand divorces and I don't deny anyone the right to get a divorce, but they exist because sometimes the married couple fails at their promises and that means the failure of their entire marriage and failure is the antonym of success. It's impossible to say that it's a successful marriage but also a failed one. It may have had some success but not a fullness of success.
Think of Ted and Tracey. They were soulmates, destined to be together, and they had their time and they were happy. Then the story contradicts itself and Tracey dies and the concept of the one dies with her. Why does Ted go back to Robin after his marriage? It's not that I'd reject a story where two, who are not perfectly fitting, but loving and caring and willing get together and struggle to live out their love, which naturally has a number of difficulties. That's actually a good love story. But how did a perfect marriage not change Ted essentially? How come does he go back to a failed relationship?
In summary, in the finale there are 2 important points that I find problematic:
#1: Ted arrived at the point where everything started. Maybe things would work out now--maybe not. What is for sure though is that a relatively lasting romantic relationship (a marriage) and parenthood did not alter his concept of where to turn for love. He goes to the same person with the same gift as in the very beginning of the series. What it means is that Ted takes an escapist standpoint and views lived-out love as the primary value in life. Actually not the primary value but much rather he finds everything else pointless because nothing added to or took away from his life: tragedy and great happiness. Ted did not gather true wisdom--he gained nothing but a big number of memories, which hardly correlate, as they eventually take no effect.
#2: Barney's been emotionally crippled by Robin. All the characters point out that he should move on and move forward because even though divorce is a tough issue, one must be able to not become the Barnicle afterwards. What isn't recognized is that divorce is beyond human capacity. It's very nice that Barney becomes emotionally capable through finally becoming a father but the weight of him being emotionally crippled can't be put on the shoulders of a baby girl. It's not that a young girl can't be very strong and do wonders but that it's not normal and natural--it's tragic. There's not a normal way of getting past a marriage but marriages are to be saved. The story runs into a wrong moral that looks very pretty but is actually misleading.
I write this post at about two in the morning so some of my points and arguments are missing and the remaining few is also mixed up and confusing but I felt it important to write this post. Life can't be a cruel balance of happiness and grief. Life isn't a pointless circle. I say these not only because I am a christian but also because philosophically they are great and painful simplifications.
Finally working on the rest of those RWBY drawings! Here’s Weiss’s lineart • • • • •⠀⠀ • #love #instagood #me #cute #art #flowers #lily #white #artist #picoftheday #igers #girl #beautiful #instadaily #summer #weissschnee #artwork #follow #rwby #bestoftheday #happy #artists #myart #digitalart #artsy #nofilter #anime #illustration #fun #weiss https://www.instagram.com/p/B1EiTiRgPmJ/?igshid=o3kxpledxsx6
I feel like Lily Evans did ballet and I will be standing by this for the rest of my life thank you very much
You're loved more than you know.
© shelovesskiez
Lily: So you were just planning on ignoring your feelings for her and never telling anyone else about them?! Denial is first of all, super unhealthy, and second of all, very ineffective in the long run.
Lily: Okay, come with me. We need to have a serious talk about Dorcas and your “coping mechanisms.”
(Based on a post by @incorrectquotesideas)
Marlene is offline
(OOC: Thank you for all the asks!)
How come I never saw you flirt with her? You always flirt! Even with me once, to have my potions homework! -Lily
Are you okay, Mar? You’re acting a little funny.
Lily: *Snaps in front of her face*
Lily: You’ve been acting so weird all day, you don’t seem “fine.”
Lily: *Gasps* Wait, does this have anything to do with Dorcas?
Lily: *Gives her a look*
Lily: Wait, do you... do you have a crush on Dorcas?
Lily: I kind of figured.
Hey Marlene! How was muggle London? Did Lily show you anything interesting?
Green-Eyed Monster
Lily: Are you upset because... you kissed a guy?
Lily: How many guys have you kissed?! Who?!
Sirius: *winks*
(Based on a text post by ???)
Gryffindor Courage
(Based on a text post by @its-hp-bitch)
“Just a Friend”
Lily: And your first name is?
Lily: And your boyfriend’s name is?
Lily: *Gasps*
Remus and James: YOU BITCH!
(Based on a text post, but I’m not sure who it’s by. Please let me know who the author is if you recognize it!)
Bored and Lovesick
(OOC: First time ever cosplaying everyone’s favorite lovesick idiot❤️)
Real Men Wear Eyeliner
Lily: Your eyeliner is uneven.
(Based on a text post by @forgotten-marauders-quotes)
i've been wanting to make an object-head character for a long time, but i was struggling to come up with which object to use lol
anyhoo, say hello to dimidia, an anthropomorphic water lily. while the bowl on their head is not part of their biological body, they need the water in it to stay alive on land. her name is latin for "incomplete".
Sleeping Sprites animation
Made this animation in a span of 4 days, I would greatly appreciate it if you go watch it on youtube and give me some feedback! 💕
https://youtu.be/O-0wI1kmR_s
Delicada sempre.
Textile sample. Japanese, Late Edo or early Meiji era, 19th century. Textile sample with design of carnations and lily-like flowers in white, reddish-orange, dark blue, yellow, grays, and light yellow browns on a blue ground, created by the yûzen process. Provenance: William Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898. MFA
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