01-31-2015, 07:53 PM
- I think the reasons for the whole character assassination are that originally, H/B was going to be the beta couple, the Barney and Betty to the Lenny's Fred and Wilma, as it were. Only Sheldon got popular, and some idiot decided that what worked once could work again, if they did it longer and louder. And so the Dunwich Horror was foisted on us, which rather left H/B in the wind. A better and more balanced way of working with the scripts and the A/B plots would be to have a main triangle, S/P/L and a secondary supporting pair, R/H - none of which need be romantic, but would generate decent plots.
Sadly, the need to have everything conform to a neat, pastel, suburban existence has kicked the original premise in the face very heavily.
Sadly, the need to have everything conform to a neat, pastel, suburban existence has kicked the original premise in the face very heavily.