01-31-2015, 08:06 PM
"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."
Yes. I've said several times that I almost wish H and R had been minor characters, but what I mean is that I'd rather have them be minor characters, than be *ruined* characters.
I always tend to be more drawn to the supporting characters than the starring ones, and I think it's because there's less information about them and therefore they're more mysterious and there's more room for speculation and headcanon, etc. (and sometimes their personalities are more exagerrated and colorful and eccentric than those of the main protagonist.) That mystique goes away when they start giving us the character's entire life-story, in a very heavy-handed way.
Howard has been brought to the forefront in all the wrong ways. I'd rather that H and R *never* had a story-arc of their own, than have a poorly-done one.
I do not like *any* of Howard's major storylines: the Bernadette relationship, the outer-space thing, or the long-lost Dad. Out of those three, I think I could've liked the long-lost Dad thing if it were handled better.
Ironically enough, I think this show performs best when it doesn't over-think things. As much as I love H and R, I think they've been over-exposed and are more impactful in small doses.
ETA: maybe TPTB aren't as Machiavellian as I think they are and I'm reading too much into things. But my main point is, they make bad decisions and then they come up with pretty-sounding justifications, after the fact. It's "The dog ate my homework."
Yes. I've said several times that I almost wish H and R had been minor characters, but what I mean is that I'd rather have them be minor characters, than be *ruined* characters.
I always tend to be more drawn to the supporting characters than the starring ones, and I think it's because there's less information about them and therefore they're more mysterious and there's more room for speculation and headcanon, etc. (and sometimes their personalities are more exagerrated and colorful and eccentric than those of the main protagonist.) That mystique goes away when they start giving us the character's entire life-story, in a very heavy-handed way.
Howard has been brought to the forefront in all the wrong ways. I'd rather that H and R *never* had a story-arc of their own, than have a poorly-done one.
I do not like *any* of Howard's major storylines: the Bernadette relationship, the outer-space thing, or the long-lost Dad. Out of those three, I think I could've liked the long-lost Dad thing if it were handled better.
Ironically enough, I think this show performs best when it doesn't over-think things. As much as I love H and R, I think they've been over-exposed and are more impactful in small doses.
ETA: maybe TPTB aren't as Machiavellian as I think they are and I'm reading too much into things. But my main point is, they make bad decisions and then they come up with pretty-sounding justifications, after the fact. It's "The dog ate my homework."