This is the third installment. I hope you guys like it. This is centered around the episode 5x19, "Zoo or False". I don't own anything i suppose. Thanks for reading.
It's a distraction, and he's so grateful for it, you don't even know.
Since the whole Robin thing, and then the whole Anita/Robin thing, and then the whole Barney/Hudson River thing; he's begun to put his life into a new perspective.
Obviously he can't keep going the way he is. Not only is it severely self-destructive, but also he doesn't want to keep the charade up. He doesn't want to keep telling his friends what he's always told them about his personal life and hope to God that they don't look any deeper.
That's why he so grateful for this distraction. He knew it was horrible. Marshall getting mugged. Not good. Of course, Marshall getting mugged by a primate was albeit, hilarious. It's still awful.
Right now Barney's amazed. Today he saw something he never thought anyone else could pull off.
A mask.
Some one in their tight-knit little group had on a mask.
Marshall.
Usually, like Ted, Marshall wore his heart on his sleeves for everyone to see. On any given day, it honestly took more time to ask Marshall if something was wrong, as opposed to just looking at him and see that something was not right.
But today, Barney could see a mask. Firmly in place on one of his best friend's faces. And it worried him.
Marshall had on a mask that no one but him could see. Or so he'd like to think. Despite the seriousness of the situation, Barney still couldn't help but put himself in the place of the forlorn superhero that can sense when something was a miss, but surprisingly be the only individual in the story who could do so.
Marshall never hid anything. While this statement seems untrue and ridiculous. It literally could not be closer to the honest to God truth.
For one... Lily.
As all good couples know: Honesty is the best policy. Lily and Marshall take that to a whole new perspective. There are rare times when one of them is doing something that the other doesn't know about. And that's like Jurassic Park rare.
And for two... there's the gang.
Ted, Robin, and Barney. Despite there utter lack of poise whenever they see Marshall and Lily doing something all lovey-dove and romantic. They probably could not function without those two being so... like they are.
So this is what Barney sees. Marshall with a mask on. One of his masks. Marshall did not ask if he could take it. It is not his. Barney is not being possessive about not being the one with the mask on, but without something to hide who he truly is he feels exposed... naked.
That's why he loves the fact that this distraction has come up. If you remember back to what just occurred you would realize that Barney was not the main character in this chapter of his story. Why? Because that's what distractions are designed to do... distract.
It won't last long, and he won't like it when the distraction fails and his mask will be back in his possession, but that doesn't mean that he can't enjoy this little vacation away from himself.
Distractions... are key.
And that's the third. Thanks again for reading, and please do not hesitate to review. I appreciate it. Bye.
