What's your thoughts on Marshall accepting the judge job offer without consulting Lily? Many say Lily deserved that because she already left him for her dream art in San Francisco but still Marshall made a big mistake bringing that up and mentioning if she had success probably Martin wouldn't exist.
What's your thoughts on this? I love Marshall ( he's my favorite character along with Barney) but he cross the line that time and I think people are unfair when they say Lily doesn't deserve him when that not true.
Well, I need to answer this because believe it or not I just finished a rewatch of the last season (carefully stopping at the "And that, kids, is how I met your mother" because that ending is the worst thing to ever happen to storytelling).
Marshall did a mistake there but it's very clearly pointed out by the narrative. He knows he made a mistake. The problem is not really the choice that he made but the fact that he didn't talk to Lily about it. When he has that dream about the two Lilys, it's Marshall understanding that the real problem is that he did something behind her back and if he kept going on that route eventually he would lose her. The key to every healthy relationship is communication.
He wasn't fair in bringing up San Francisco, it was ancient history, but in the heat of an argument it can happen to revisit old feelings, the situations had some strong similarities after all.
Also, I won't accept any type of slander of the LilyxMarshall pairing, they are couple goals, so in tune with each other and they balance each other out so well, also they are super fun together. I love Lily and the San Francisco thing was a bad move but not really about Marshall. It was about herself and her own issues, kinda like Ron in DH now that I think about it.
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Can we please get headcanons for Marshall having to substitute for Lily at her preschool job (somehow) and him interacting with the kiddos? I love Marshall being such a wholesome dad-vibes guy.
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He was worried today was going to be a nightmare.
Marshall had no idea what he was doing.
He was stressed around one child, let alone a full classroom of them.
He just wasn’t quite sure what he was doing.
Clearing his throat nervously, he entered the classroom,
Prepping the best that he could for the upcoming flood of kids.
He gulped as he wandered out of the principal’s office,
Wandering behind her as she showed him to his classroom for the day.
But, to his surprise, when he walked in, the room was pristine.
Everything was set up perfectly,
The school’s Educational Assistant was supervising the class,
Only temporarily for the few minutes it took for Marshall to arrive.
All of the students were patiently seated in their respective spots,
Turning to spot the two entering the room.
“Ah! You must be Mr. Eriksen,” the TA said.
Immediately, she turned to the children and smiled warmly,
“Be good now, okay?”
As she went to exit the room, she gave him a warm smile and nod.
He needed the silent encouragement.
The Principal briefly explained the situation,
“Mr. Eriksen will be taking care of you today.”
She passed him the work plan for the day,
And gave his shoulder a squeeze.
“Be good,” she reminded,
Then exited.
Marshall stood horrified.
All the children sat kindly,
Watching as he stood nervously at the door.
They could smell fear.
He needed to remind himself of that.
“Hi!” He said, attempting to seem cheery.
“Good morning Mr. Eriksen,” they said in unison.
He paused, then smiled.
Of course his wife was the one to teach these kids.
They were already so polite.
“It looks like we’re starting with reading time today,”
Some of the kids grew giddy,
Turning to each other with grins,
Jumping in their seats.
He paused, smiling again.
“Can you all tell me your names before we begin?”
One by one, each raising their hands to speak, he learned all of their names.
“Uh, Amanda,” he finally said once everyone was done,
Somehow nervous now needing to work one-on-one with each of them.
“You seemed excited for reading time. Wanna read with me?”
Her eyes sparked excitedly.
“Yes!”
Quickly, he scurried to the front.
Marshall showed the book outward facing to the class,
Helping Amanda read the words in the book one-by-one.
The entire class clapped when she finished,
The little girl beaming with pride.
Then, Marshall felt like the day was going to be smoother than he thought.
When the kids did coloring, Marshall wandered past every desk,
Smiling and nodding in encouragement.
“That’s beautiful, Andy!”
“A great family picture, Laura.”
“Han, that’s a great alligator!”
Finally, as the day came to a close,
He said goodbye to the students one-by-one,
High-fiving them and smiling sweetly on their way out.
Slowly, Amanda approached him with a folded up piece of paper,
And handed it to him.
It was the flower she had drawn earlier.
The one he had complimented her on.
The one she said she might give to her Mom.
“Didn’t you make this for your mother?”
Amanda shook her head with an adorable smirk,
As though she had sneakily tricked him.
“No, I made it for you!”
Marshall paused, stunned, admiring the sweet sketch.
Quickly, Amanda hugged his legs.
“I hope you come back to visit us soon!” She beamed up at him,
Then ran out the door,
Clutching her father’s hand as he escorted her away.
Wandering into his home that night, he had a pure grin.
Lily looked up from where she was sleeping on the couch,
Giving a faint cough.
He smiled, teary eyed.
“I get why you started that job.”
He chuckled to himself.
“That was amazing.”
All Lily could do was smile.
𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 💌☕️♡
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i saw a very interesting post recently from @fellthemarvelous about how Aziraphale is often treated the way female love interests are— likely because his hobbies and emotions are more traditionally feminine whereas crowley’s style and anger are more traditionally masculine despite the fact that neither of them are gendered. the thesis of the post was essentially that because crowley is the one who fell, fans have decided that aziraphale only exists to comfort and protect and bring peace to crowley rather than be his own person with his own emotions and ambitions. i’d never been able to put this into words, but it’s like this person stole what i was feeling right from my brain and i am so thankful to their eloquence.
but it did get me thinking about the end of season 2— specifically how many fans, even people who defend aziraphale for what he did, believe that the “only” way for his choices in the finale to be valid are if he did them for crowley’s safety/well-being. i’ve seen so many arguments along the lines of “oh, he has to go back so he can fix Heaven for Crowley and make him heal from falling” or “oh, he has to go back to Heaven because if he doesn’t, Metatron could go after crowley and he needs to keep him safe”. and while both of these very popular aziraphale-defenses are valid (this is not an attack on anyone’s opinion!) and i wouldn’t be surprised if they played into his reasoning for leaving, i can’t help but think of that lovely person’s female-love-interest argument.
i don’t actually think aziraphale leaving for heaven needs to be related to crowley at all. it can, of course— and likely does— but aziraphale has gone through just as much Heaven-induced trauma as crowley has, something that many fans (and even the characters themselves, sometimes) like to forget. aziraphale knows first-hand how abusive Heaven is to young angels and humans who they deem unworthy of being saved. and so to me, it is just as valid if it turns out aziraphale going back to Heaven wasn’t “for” crowley at all, but rather a way to protect these other generations from the abuse of Heaven that aziraphale has witnessed and been victim to. is it so hard or unacceptable to think that aziraphale could make a choice that doesn’t have to do with his love life? he is not obligated—nor is crowley!— to live entirely as though he’s making something up/repaying/protecting his love interest. that kind codependency is not something to idolize. i guess what i’m trying to say here is that there are other reasons to go back to Heaven having nothing to do with keeping crowley safe, and while that is a perfectly valid interpretation, i’m not personally a fan of the widespread belief that it’s the only interpretation that makes what aziraphale did “forgivable”.
EDIT/ADDITION: i ALSO think that this is why i’m so bothered by the argument that while Crowley being “selfish” and choosing his own path at the end of s2 is perfectly valid, aziraphale doing the exact same thing is not. i do not blame either one of them for making a different choice, but in my opinion far too many people believe that crowley had a right to his own autonomy and do what he thought was best for himself, whereas somehow it was Aziraphale’s job to choose the same thing in accordance to what was most healthy for CROWLEY and not for himself/his own ambitions as regards to Heaven. people think that crowley has an obligation to do what is best for crowley, but that aziraphale’s subsequent obligation is to also do what’s best for crowley. no one seems to particularly care what may be best for aziraphale. at the end of the day, if one of them can make a self-prioritizing choice, the other can, too. aziraphale is his own person, not a love interest!!!!
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