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I love How I Met Your Mother and I would rate "Slap Bet" and "Arrivederci Fiero" as two of the best episodes (if not the two BEST; Sandcastles is up there, though, along with Slapsgiving, World's Greatest Couple, Miracles). However after watching them both yesterday one after the other I noticed that they both have odd little transphobic moments.

Barney: How's the Fiero?
Marshall: She's still in triage.
Ted: She? I thought it was your little boy?
Lily (sympathetically, rubbing Marshall's shoulder): Oh, it goes back and forth. It's sort of a tranny car.
That's... that's really not what that means. Possibly this is some kind of transgender/transmission joke, but it doesn't work.
In Slap Bet, Barney advises Ted that it would be better to find out any dealbreakers with Robin sooner rather than later, and Ted imagines standing at the altar on his wedding day and when he pulls back the veil Robin says, "I used to be a dude." That's the worst thing he can think of. That's the worst thing he can think of, given that even in this hypothetical scenario he's been friends with, dating, and sleeping with Robin and he hasn't noticed. It's a cheap shot, and not even character-driven.

It's a small moment, but it's really noticeable because otherwise "Slap Bet" is notable for being a remarkably tight episode: not only does it contain the best scenes/gimmicks (the slap bet, Robin Sparkles), but also a lot of the best incidental dialogue ("Porn--wait for it!--ography." "He went there for business!" "I'm not afraid of Sasquatch. I just think we should all be on alert" etc.)

In general, HIMYM is great when it's great and it's usually pretty good on gay stuff (the episode centering around Barney's gay brother has nothing to do with him being gay, for example), so this is just weird to notice.

I've never participated in

yuletide before, so I don't know if this is normal, but due to what I can only assume is a Christmas miracle and/or clerical error, I have been gifted with no less than five (5) stories! AND THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN.

Electioneering, Baby-Sitter's Club, Gen - Takes place in high school! I love seeing the BSC girls age. :)

As Though The Strings Were Thine, Merchant of Venice, Antonio/Bassanio - I seriously can't believe I actually got this! An extremely valid and delicious "Bassanio fucking Antonio for money" reading.

I Should Assume It's Still Unsteady, How I Met Your Mother, Barney/Robin pre-het (? is that a term?) - Robin deals with some emotional fallout w/r/t her father's feelings about her and Barney's apparent coldness masks surprising sweetheartiness - i.e. things I love in HIMYM.

It's Magic, How I Met Your Mother. Barney is MAGIC. Seriously. How did this writer know about my NPH/unicorn OTP...?

Waiting, How I Met Your Mother, as Barney/Robin as the show. Could it be... a new Sparkles video? :) A sweet holiday tale with great, funny one-liners.

I want to thank all of my Yuletide writers - this was an awesome haul! I really appreciate all the work everyone put in. All the stories came out great and I adored reading them.

to write the unwriteable wrong

Entries tagged with himym

WHAT IF TED IS THE MOTHER!

I have so many yuletide treats!!!

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