A/N: You probably clicked on this as a long time follower of this, thinking that after almost 2 years, Ollie's Story was finally going to continue. To that, I have to respond: Yes. But not yet. First off, I want anyone who reads this to know a thing or two about me so that some things might make more sense to me.

I loved How I Met Your Mother. Past tense is emphasized, though. Almost five years ago, to this summer, I found my love for it watching reruns on late night tv, then binging it on Netflix when it was added. I had heard bits and pieces about the show, but it was Big Bang Theory that I followed with a hardcore passion at the time. But at the time, Big Bang Theory was on it's start to a course downhill into non stop filler episodes, unlikeable characters (Sheldon in particular) and just a boring show altogether. I think it's about time they end it before things get really bad right now.

Anyways, HIMYM became my new favourite because it had things Big Bang did not. Cleverly written episodes and characters, and a premise that I hadn't ever seen before. Plus I came to like Ted as a character in the first few seasons along with the rest of them, and was one of many fans that tore my hair out trying to figure out more about the Mother. That summer was boring so I spent the whole of it binging all I could on it. Season 7 started in September of that year, and I eagerly started watching it from there. Note that I have nothing but respect for people who watched it from beginning to end as it aired, because you showed commitment to it that I could never match.

Almost 2 years later, Season 8's finale was reaching it's last minutes, and I had a feeling where it was going. Nevertheless, I literally flipped for joy when The Mother herself first appeared in the frame and asked for her ticket to Farhampton. And thus began another Endless Summer. I once again binged the show from beginning to end, not caring how the quality of the show actually faltered around Seasons 5-6 and became actually kind of stupid around Season 7. I ignored this because I knew that there was no way that the creators would let us down with the whole ending of the show. The unbearableness of the stupid jokes and episodes after Season 5 could easily be overlooked. It was while I was watching the show that something came to mind. My all time favourite episode was the Pineapple Incident, because the enigma of where that thing came from was something that bugged me almost as much as the Mother. And it amazed me how the creators could make a goddamn piece of fruit interesting. I started to think that after introducing it in Season 1, and never really building on it again since, the creators were never going to tell us where the pineapple came from. So I decided to make my own version of how things go. So I watched the episode again, taking careful notes of the order that things must have gone down in. Then something hit me: what if the Mother and the Pineapple had both been involved somehow? I liked the idea of visiting characters like Cindy and maybe a few others. But when I first tried writing in the Mother's perspective, it didn't work. I barely knew enough about her to really write enough on her. So instead, I created a character on the fly, naming him Oliver, after Oliver Queen on Arrow (which had just had it's devastating Season 1 finale that I was eagerly waiting to get back to). Eventually, Oliver became a lot more than just an Arrow ripoff, and more of a character in his own right. Like a big brother figure to the Mother, who I called Juno not after the very excellent movie, but after the Roman goddess of family and *motherhood*! Wink wink.

I spent the whole summer writing the first part of the fic, first as just a small fic about the events of the night surrounding the Pineapple Incident, before deciding that Ollie would be a great fit as more of a side character. He could serve as another link between Ted and the Mother, and since he said he was a bartender, he would be perfect as one that worked at Maclaren's. So Ollie essentially became a sixth member of the gang late into the fic.

Then disaster struck. Scratch that: an atrocity. The series finale aired, and it was the worst episode ever. In fact, the whole season was. Every Monday night as I watched that season, I saw filler episodes of complete garbage plotlines that seemed like they belonged more in the cutting room trash can, and not airing on what had once been a top quality primetime sitcom. I mean, several times I had to check online to make sure that this was their last season, because god knows they weren't acting like it was. Why did I hate the finale? I don't think I need to say, but it's simple, really. We spent too much time building up on something that was fated from the beginning to end with divorce. I loved that Robin and Barney were together, because they were both egotistical snobs, but they brought the best out of each other. They belonged together, just as Ted with the Mother. And I would have been fine with the divorce, if we hadn't spent a WHOLE FUCKING SEASON ON IT! Here's what I wanted it to go down: the first 5 episodes (5 is generous, but it was a big weekend that I think 5 episodes would have been good for) would be spent on the wedding weekend. Then the rest of the season would play out as the series finale did, with flash forwards over the course of the years leading up to Ted telling his kids the story.

What I'm trying to say is that what we hate about the finale is the execution of it all, and how it fell flat. Killing off the Mother was something that I saw coming ever since Ted fantasized meeting her at her door, but I was hoping for more time spent on her and not a whole episode focused on Barney trying to make his parents get back together, knowing full well that his father was married to another woman. I mean, what the fuck, Swarley?! If they were to kill her off, they should have done it ceremoniously, and as if they actually gave a shit about her.

Then the kicker. I thought I had faced enough depression and disappointment from Robin and her whining as she drifted further and further from the gang. OH NO! I pushed a guy I sort of liked away because I didn't love him, and now he's married to another woman and I regret it now! Big fucking whoop! I liked Robin from the start, but then she just became too self absorbed and she became the least likeable of the gang. At first. Then it was Ted who got really annoying, and at times, even Lily. Barney was bad in the series finale, but he at least redeemed himself in the end by finding the love of his life with his daughter. That was where I thought the finale should have ended, but it kept going. And going. And going right up to the point where Ted was actually ENCOURAGED by his kids to go chasing after the one woman who he should never have been with in the first place. Sure, he doesn't have to be hung up on one woman, even though Sean from Good Will Hunting showed that for some, it's impossible to really move on from the love of your life after they are gone. But why Robin? There is nothing special about her that I could see, and I never understood why Ted loved her to begin with. I even think he's kinda reaching really far when he thinks of how he gives Robin credit for how he met Tracy. I'm sure the universe would have found a way for them to meet another way with or without Robin. I can still remember the blood in my head reaching a steaming point as I nearly smashed my laptop over my desk like in the Social Network, and screamed at the TV. Needless to say, I was not alone in this, but I had been having a really difficult time over the last month, and this was the last thing I had held my hopes onto. Even today, I don't know if I'm over it or not, though I can see plenty of people are, which I'm thankful for.

After it aired, I too was one of the many people demanding a new ending, and when I saw the alternate ending, I was even more furious. By new ending, I did not mean a quickly cut montage of everything that had happened over the course of the show! Honestly, I would have been less disappointed if they had gone out and said "no, fuck you guys! We love our finale and we want you to either love it, or shut up!". So I tried starting to write the continuation and my own version of how things ended. But it was too hard. I loved writing about Ollie as the main character, but the finale had only cut a huge slash into my love for anything remotely close to my love of the show, and writing a new ending only seemed to pour vinegar over my wound. Then a few weeks later, Once Upon a Time had it's season finale, introducing the beginning of the Frozen arc. My love for HIMYM moved to it, and I began to write about Asgeir, my Assassin's Creed character to add to the story.

I know by now I have gone on a lot longer than I had planned, but after 2 whole years, this needs to be resolved for good. I never said I quit writing it, yet that is exactly what happened, even though it was the last thing I wanted to do. I quit writing it because I hated the finale so much, and writing my own ending would have solved nothing. But lately I've been hearing a few songs I imagine Ollie and Tracy would have sung in their band, and seen a few classic episodes of the show. I want to get back to work as soon as I can find time, and write a brief finish to it. 10 chapters at max, and make a nice ending for all the gang, even Ollie as he finds his Yellow Umbrella. But the reason I haven't gotten around to it yet, is because I'm so focused on Assassin's Creed: Faith. So bottom line: I haven't forgotten Ollie, and I never will. The ending of his story is coming, but not yet. Please give me some more time! Have a great day!

-NanoBlade