I wasn't that much of a fan of the whole "Barney being who he is because his heart was handed to him on a platter by his first love", but NPH makes it *work*, you know? The cliches are moot when you have an awesome actor playing the part. And Barney and Robin really are quite similar in behavior. Which, of course, isn't always a good thing, but I want to see how TPTB make it work.