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The women long for Chicago's semi-comprehensive rail service

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i totally understand why op made this unrebloggable but it Did change my whole life

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Happy November 5th to everyone who's celebrating!

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election time in the US might be the fucking worst but it’s also when my timeline gets hilarious. what if i find out from that gay angel that we have the first female president of the united states

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When was the last time you ate something green and NO GREEN M&M'S DON'T COUNT

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picture of a cute innocent baby animal "um this is who youre being mean to btw" thats not even true man youre a straight up vampire and you destroyed my village with your dark powers

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class unity is the alliance formed between retail workers and fast food workers/baristas that work on the same street

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from hot sexy bitches with ptsd everywhere, thank you suzanne collins for introducing the concept of the “real or not real” game

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i always forget how much of a hell getting up in the morning during the cold months is until im trying to get dressed taking frost damage like ough augh ugha oagh uagh

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if you leave your laundry in a communal dryer for longer than 10-15 minutes (things happen i’m not a monster) i am exploding you with my mind.

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feeling understood in grief by members of one direction was NOT on my 2024 bingo. cause what do you mean Zayn Malik also started talking to the walls.

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adhd hyper fixation is one hell of a drug cause what do you mean i spent nearly 6 consecutive hours untangling and rewrapping yarn today?

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“enemies to lovers as a fictional trope is harmful because it normalizes and romanticizes abuse and toxicity” my brother in Christ, touch. grass. they fuck while trying to murder each other and also they use each other’s blood as lube and yeah they look hot as fuck. what are you going to do about it?

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paris geller was so real for working half a shift in food service and becoming radicalized. i remember getting a nickel as a tip for a 10 top. that shit changed me

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directors using colorful or "impossible" lighting to convey mood and meaning and beauty my beloved. directors making night scenes impossible to see for the sake of realism my beloathed.

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OKAY SO!!!!! (stream of consciousness, no proofreading, we die like men)

Let’s start with the main throuple, the show starts with Marshall, Lily, and Ted having lived together for YEARS at this point. In this polycule, Marshall and Lily would be the anchor couple. They are extremely close and know everything about each other. An argument could be made that Marshal and Lily have been in a QPR with Ted since college.

They even take a vested interest in who he dated and specifically who he brings into the group. As we see in the episode where Ted gets back with his pretentious ex Karen. Lily and Marshall explain that they don’t like Karen because she doesn’t fit into their vision of the three of them sitting on a porch playing bridge and growing old together. They consistently urge Ted to pursue a partner who fit into that idea of their future.

Let’s move on to how Barney fits into this mix. Barney is OBSESSED with Ted. Despite making fun of him constantly, Barney craves Ted’s validation over everyone else’s. He often fights with Marshall over who is Ted’s REAL best friend. So the connection there is a little skewed imo.

I believe a polycule would’ve solve one of the main ongoing conflicts in the show: Ted, Robin, and Barney’s love triangle. If Robin dated Ted (steady, loyal, and dependable) and Barney (spontaneous, exciting, and most similar to her) at the same time. It would solve all of the issues. Ted and Barney wouldn’t be betraying each other and Robin has all her needs met.

Now how does this loop back to Lily and Marshal? Lily is well-established bi-curious, if not full blown bisexual. She hints not so subtly throughout the show about wanting to kiss or be intimate with Robin. This is played off as a joke through most of the series until the last season. Where Lily and Robin finally kiss. Which afterwards Robin approaches Lily “jokingly” asking for a kiss again. Mimicking Lily’s usual unconvincing mantra of “wouldn’t that be stupid, so stupid.”.

IN CONCLUSION

Everyone except Marshall is in love with Robin.

Everyone except Ted (Questionable) is in love with Lily

If you count bromances everyone except Lily is in love with Ted.

So I think the answer to all their problems is a convoluted polycule. And I’m the only one brave enough to say it.

the how i met your mother friend group was meant to be a twisty little polycule and i’m tired of pretending it isn’t