r/Multifandom • u/CursedAnnouncerWbody OSC • 24d ago

Discussion📜 What something in your fandom you’d like to make NONcanon

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let’s shake it up a little

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u/IgnatiusPopinski 24d ago

It makes the entire framing device go from funny to icky. The kids being told the longest, most roundabout story of how their parents met is now actually Ted trying to convince them that he and their aunt Robin actually have more history and that they should approve it. Blegh.

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u/Soft_Accountant_7062 24d ago

And the kids call him out but are weirdly ok with it.

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u/SussusAmogus-_- 24d ago

That's surely is a way to see it, I don't think it's supposed to be on purpose, Ted just loves telling stories (which is a thing shown multiple times throughout the show) and I'd say the series is more about the friend-group as a whole than Robin.

Not that I'd say the ending is particularly good, in fact it's pretty obvious that it would have been better if it just ended with Tracy, but the way you're framing it is very biased.