09-14-2015, 01:33 AM
Why is Shenny so hard to destroy? The answer lies in ff. Sheldon is a ghost and Alice in Wonderland and a pirate and a space captain. Penny is a Cheshire cat and an astronaut and a dimension-hopping rescuer and a smartphone OS.
Shenny is firmly in the imagination because that's the place it was born. And the imagination is limitless. Shenny is the exact opposite of Shamy in that the show has never forcibly pushed the Shenny agenda forward into the mainstream and in ff the Shenny stories have come from all walks of AU. Both Lennys and Shamys argue that ALL Shennys are AU since Shenny never existed on the show. Maybe not THEIR show, but for the millions that tuned into the syndicated shows and fell in love with the Sheldon and Penny dynamic, the Shenny bond is just as real as any other relationship on the show. Perhaps even more so as there was never an agenda for Shenny. They were high notes of creativity and zaniness. They were unapologetically FUN. Shamy and Lenny were built with an agenda in mind. Shenny just came into being and danced to its own beat.
While I don't expect a resurgence in Shenny ff, I still see life in what is being written. The craftsmanship in details. The passion. All of this stems from an imagination rich in Shenny Lore.
So if I were a Lenny or Shamy I wouldn't blink just yet.
Shenny is firmly in the imagination because that's the place it was born. And the imagination is limitless. Shenny is the exact opposite of Shamy in that the show has never forcibly pushed the Shenny agenda forward into the mainstream and in ff the Shenny stories have come from all walks of AU. Both Lennys and Shamys argue that ALL Shennys are AU since Shenny never existed on the show. Maybe not THEIR show, but for the millions that tuned into the syndicated shows and fell in love with the Sheldon and Penny dynamic, the Shenny bond is just as real as any other relationship on the show. Perhaps even more so as there was never an agenda for Shenny. They were high notes of creativity and zaniness. They were unapologetically FUN. Shamy and Lenny were built with an agenda in mind. Shenny just came into being and danced to its own beat.
While I don't expect a resurgence in Shenny ff, I still see life in what is being written. The craftsmanship in details. The passion. All of this stems from an imagination rich in Shenny Lore.
So if I were a Lenny or Shamy I wouldn't blink just yet.
Let's go exploring!