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He was definitely spiraling downward and pulling anything and anyone down along with him. People who get that low will try to drag others down with them (even unintentionally) because misery loves company. And Ted is clearly so far gone that he has no concept of how terrible he's being to his long-time best friend and the person who loves him more than anyone else.  Gosh, the more I discuss this the more heartbreaking it gets. And as a Ted girl, I absolutely hate seeing him that way. |
Ted lost himself completly. It wasn't him anymore, just addict person and if he could then Emmett would go down with him. Like it was said, he always had this weakness in him by not feeling worth and someone who deserved being loved and happy.
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I'm a little confused, are you saying Brian's cancer was shown too fast? (I realized this wasn't a season discussion thread so it probably doesn't need to be in spoilers...oops  ) I agree it wasn't a super realistic timeline, but I personally am SO relieved it's not longer than it is. I can barely make it through those few episodes.  It's almost like that part of the story doesn't even exist to me, because I don't like to acknowledge it, I never go to those episodes for random rewatches, and they're my absolute most hated part of the entire show. |
It's hard episodes but it was so fast. It's not realistic and when writers wants to show something, even or because it's so difficult and painful topic, it should be realistic. For me it wasn't, it's not so quickly in real life. For me they wanted some actions and drama but they needed it only for few episodes so they did it but they forgot that it's a real life issue. It's something you can't pass just like that and removed, it takes time - months.
Not that I like to see Brian in pain and being sick. If I could choose, I wouldn't write it for him - and it's not because I don't want to see him so lost, fragile and helpless. But they put him through this sh.it so I would want to see it all, not just some part.
It's the same was with Justin and bashing - the difference is that cancer takes time but with bashing they didn't need to write that Justin was so traumalized and then he was so quickly fine - it was too unreal.
Getting better it's a process, not marathon. You can't skip some parts, it's not a victims or sick people choice.