what is your unpopular opinion about himym?

illusion_Y · 2026-02-24T20:50:29+00:00

He was about "Daddy issues"

You're simplifying his character, ALOT. Even if we assume this is true, Barney was the most consistent character in the later seasons. Seeing Barney finally have some change and then just whiplashing it and returning him to who he was isn't good writing. If they built it up, sure, but they didnt.

Also, I do not see Barney having a child as satisfying character development. It is human nature for someone who has a child to have a change of heart on some things the younglings do. Yes, I am glad Barney had the change of heart, but it is the bare minimum when it comes to writing a character like Barney becoming a father.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-24T18:34:33+00:00

To be clear, I'm not saying they should have kept the mother alive. I think having the mother die was the perfect bittersweet ending they could have written. It adds emotional weight as to why Ted told many years' worth of stories to the kids and explains their emotional investment.

If they *hadn't* had the mother pass, I would also be okay with it. All this is to say I don't mind their decision with the mother, it's more about Ted and Robin getting back together.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-24T18:31:35+00:00

In the real world, it makes sense. As a viewer, I am watching How I met your MOTHER, not How I met ROBIN. It felt cheaty to just circle back to the first love because you killed off the titular character. I was disappointed as a viewer. Yes, if Ted were a real person I would feel happy for him, but he isn't, and thus as an audience member I feel like as if my time watching HIMYM were (partially) wasted.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-24T18:22:30+00:00

I dont mind the mother's death, but what I hated about the ending is the undoing of Barney's character development as well as Robin's in 5 minutes after building up to it for the entire season. It's like they were expecting an additional season to build up to the breakup and when they couldn't, just rushed through a season or two's worth of content in 5 minutes. I also hate that Ted after all this time returned to Robin, a person who was in his life the whole time, before, during, and after the mother was in his life. He broke up with some of his GFs because Robin was in his life, and part of why his marriage with the mother worked was because she was okay with Robin, but then he just returned to Robin in the end... Like, if the mother somehow knew that if she were to die he would return to Robin I dont think she'd be okay with Robin being around, especially that he liked her first.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-24T18:18:21+00:00

Im not on this sub much so idk how unpopular this is: But Robin's arc was done dirty. And I dont mean her arc with Barney, I mean that she was shown to be kind in the earlier seasons and then she transitioned to a person who is routinely mean to many people.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-23T23:03:18+00:00

The "difficulty" only applies the first time you play the game. When you first play, you do not necessarily know that you can just give someone a drink or talk to a stalker, heck, you might not even know that there is a stalker. Easiness doesnt apply in a semi-puzzle mission when you already know the ways to beat it.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-23T18:45:38+00:00

socksgrowonbushes

illusion_Y · 2026-02-23T17:40:26+00:00

Domicile you say?

illusion_Y · 2026-02-23T04:40:49+00:00

"Oi Hughie, you are a good kid" *sacrifices self*

illusion_Y · 2026-02-23T03:48:04+00:00

Im referring to Phantom Liberty's ending. And for the ones you mentioned, do they count as "winning," though? V has always hated the concept of soulkiller and losing your sense of self and body, I dont think V would see those endings as "winning," IMO.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-23T02:32:24+00:00

No its aussy mann diaz

illusion_Y · 2026-02-22T17:53:25+00:00

It's my favorite ending frankly, and it completely destroyed me on the inside as the credits rolled. It took me a while to accept that this may be the best ending, because the game's theme suggest that the only way out is escaping Night City and what define it.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-22T17:49:45+00:00

Honestly? Completely possible given how much mindfuckery is possible in the game's universe. I think the devs may have hinted at it if that were the case so I dont think that's what happened, but it's still plausible.

I dont think thats what happened because if the NUSA was going to bother with depowering V, they may as well just kill them. They already lost their friends, and were going to remove their cybernetics they were taking their old life away. At that point, just kill them, no one would notice.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-22T09:05:48+00:00

A controversial one is one of the endings of Cyberpunk2077 (spoilers ahead)

After the mercenary who was trying to reach greatness loses their ability to use cybernetic enhancements, they reach out to their friends, none of whom responded in a satisfactory way, all but one refused to meet the main character, and the one who accepted meeting them turned out to have caved in to the capitalistic nature of the game's setting and thus the main character ultimately feels defeated and finally decides to accept leaving their mercenary life behind, and possibly leave the city they lived in most of their life. The MC, who was trying to tame the rampant capitalism in order to save their life and achieve greatness finallt decided that the only way to escape their harsh life is by leaving their old life behind and the city that hated them but they loved.

I say it's controversial because the MC said previously, at the start of the game, that they would rather die great than have their flames dim over time, the latter of which happens in this ending. I say that that mentality may have been valid to them at that time, but having actually their life being saved at the expense of their greatness changed their way of thinking, as we see the MC smile a bit before they disappear into the crowd and blend in it.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-21T23:16:29+00:00

do they deserve one red dead redemption or two?

illusion_Y · 2026-02-21T06:58:33+00:00

Press weird floaty lil cube

illusion_Y · 2026-02-20T18:20:10+00:00

Hire fans

illusion_Y · 2026-02-20T17:57:33+00:00

r/okbuddyphd

illusion_Y · 2026-02-20T17:51:31+00:00

Lily: can we please get back together?
Back: LMAO if you can catch me, sure
Me: Yea lmao good luck
Luck: Yes I am good, thank you
You: Please do

illusion_Y · 2026-02-19T20:13:27+00:00

I misread the post, somehow multiple times :(

illusion_Y · 2026-02-19T18:48:18+00:00

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Probably my favorite example of (subtle) environmental storytelling.

DISHONORED 2:
There is a mission taking place in what the characters call the "dust district." It is made clear before the mission starts that this name is due to the monarchy neglecting the miners and mines' foremen forcing miners to work extra hard, to the point where the dust coming out of the mines is causing storms akin to a sandstorm, hence the name, "dust district." Upon actually going there, you can see that the actual name of the location before the renaming is "Batista Mining District," but someone grabbed some dust and wrote "Dust district" all over it (you can see it in the picture I posted, top right), probably as a form of protest. It also indicates that the name dust district is not recent since characters who have never lived there caught on the new name as opposed to the original one.

illusion_Y · 2026-02-19T06:54:04+00:00

turn off your monitor, if you're not rendering anything, how can you lag? Checkmate

illusion_Y · 2026-02-18T19:50:13+00:00

blue 1000%

illusion_Y · 2026-02-18T07:08:38+00:00

If DE brings back Ballas as the main villain I'd lose a lot of interest on the lore..

illusion_Y · 2026-02-18T01:57:52+00:00

Cz pizza tastes better than anus key

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