03-04-2014, 08:17 PM
I believe demi-sexual would fit just as well as asexual would. The writers have established that Sheldon's has minimal interest in sex, whether male of female. Maybe there is a threshold he needs to hit emotionally for him to want to further intimacy with a person.
Do I think its with Amy? No. Their romance seems so forced, and the writers have had Sheldon express that he feels pressured by her. If he were demi-sexual, I would think that it would make him back away from getting more touchy-feely with Amy. How can he trust her intentions when all she has is an ulterior motive of self satisfaction? It doesn't seem like he has a sexual interest in her (or at least from what the writers show, SIck or not). If tptb want the non believers to get on the Shamy bandwagon (or at least stomach the fact that they are together), whatever they are doing now is not the way to go.
As a Shenny fan (reformed Sheldon purest), I think tptb were on the track to having them more emotionally connected. He seemed to be the most trusting with Penny with physical contact and hasn't shown a distain about being around her, touching her or her touching him. Do i think they could have eventually lead to more? The shenny in me says yeah, but I think Sheldon would have been just as fine without a romantic relationship.
Hell, it could have been with anyone (male or female) and if written right, it would have worked for me.
But in the world of this new Big Bang, sex=growth and unless Sheldon is giving it up he will not "grow"
Do I think its with Amy? No. Their romance seems so forced, and the writers have had Sheldon express that he feels pressured by her. If he were demi-sexual, I would think that it would make him back away from getting more touchy-feely with Amy. How can he trust her intentions when all she has is an ulterior motive of self satisfaction? It doesn't seem like he has a sexual interest in her (or at least from what the writers show, SIck or not). If tptb want the non believers to get on the Shamy bandwagon (or at least stomach the fact that they are together), whatever they are doing now is not the way to go.
As a Shenny fan (reformed Sheldon purest), I think tptb were on the track to having them more emotionally connected. He seemed to be the most trusting with Penny with physical contact and hasn't shown a distain about being around her, touching her or her touching him. Do i think they could have eventually lead to more? The shenny in me says yeah, but I think Sheldon would have been just as fine without a romantic relationship.
Hell, it could have been with anyone (male or female) and if written right, it would have worked for me.
But in the world of this new Big Bang, sex=growth and unless Sheldon is giving it up he will not "grow"