03-05-2014, 12:10 AM
Good points all around. I've started some fanfic's with 'the mystery of Sheldon's deal' just to have Penny play detective. It was kind of fun because I got to explore some of the beliefs (sexual and celibate/uncomfortable with intimacy vs. asexual/grey-asexual/demisexual etc.) from Penny's point of view. And since I'm a shameless Shenny shipper, I was going to have them end up together at the end of it, but that's kind of where I got stuck. I am surprisingly just as satisfied with the idea of a romantic-asexual Sheldon having a queer-platonic romance with Penny, versus a demi-sexual Sheldon having a more 'conventional' relationship (I was leaning demi-sexual just to write some smut).
But on that note, I can surprisingly see Penny as Aromantic-sexual? It's a bit of a stretch until you remember that her concept of romance is basically kinky sex. I know she's had some long relationships, and showed a lot of hurt from her break up with Kurt(Which you could actually blame on cutting off her only support system in LA), but her way of dealing with that was to have a few 'flings'. I don't know, I could totally see Aromantic Penny and demi-sexual Sheldon having an awesome queertypical relationship...
But on that note, I can surprisingly see Penny as Aromantic-sexual? It's a bit of a stretch until you remember that her concept of romance is basically kinky sex. I know she's had some long relationships, and showed a lot of hurt from her break up with Kurt(Which you could actually blame on cutting off her only support system in LA), but her way of dealing with that was to have a few 'flings'. I don't know, I could totally see Aromantic Penny and demi-sexual Sheldon having an awesome queertypical relationship...