12-19-2017, 03:48 PM
(12-17-2017, 01:06 AM)TJenger Wrote: It's interesting that Penny understood him within a few months of knowing him. Whereas the Boys still don't completely understand him.
I (and others) tried to explain on the other fansite that Sheldon was deliberately regressed emotionally and intellectually to accommodate the mainstream audience. They also set out to remove his charisma with Penny which made Leonard virtually disappear into the backdrop and then when that wasn’t enough they emasculated him and stuck him with Amy. But of course, by that stage, we were communicating with said mainstream audience and they shouted us down. They were all invested in the removal of Leonard’s biggest rival; Sheldon. Because tptb never intended him to be the hero of the piece. They then set out to make him as ridiculous as they could muster. And Amy was positioned to keep reminding us of that fact. To deny that he was ever that autonomous but make him out to be some half-man who needs to be trained like a friggin monkey.
Jenger’s point about how flimsy Lenny is also spot on. He didn’t do anything to win her.