How I Met Your Father Fans Theorize A Unique Twist For The Distant Finale – Looper

Amongst the fun of speculating about who the father will be in “How I Met Your Father,” one fan took to Reddit to lay out their theory — u/MASOTTS thinks that the father will likely be Ian, but that Sophie will end up with someone else. They continued, “If it wasn’t too close to the HIMYM ending, I would say that Jesse (if you consider him like Robin and Ian as the mother) is going to be the love of Sophie’s life.”

Most other fans in the comments ultimately agreed with the more unconventional theory. One fan, u/loverink, wrote, “One night stand? Coparenting only relationship? Accidentally getting in vitro with your [friend’s] anonymous sperm at a clinic? True love? It’s all on the table.”

Further, u/LubieDobreJedzenie declared that they’re just about sure that Sophie won’t end up with the father of her kid. Another user, u/peon2, used a visual clue from the series to speculate further: “My theory, in part due to her not having a ring, is that she asks one of her friends to be a sperm donor. Whichever that turns out to be, he is their father, but Sophie isn’t in a relationship with him.”

However, some fans were less convinced by this theory because of its similarities to “How I Met Your Mother” (which saw its protagonist end up with someone who is not the kids’ mother). One user, u/Potchoka, wrote, “I think the question is: are they willing to go down the same path? I [had] that same thought you have. But now, I find it too predictable.”