01-23-2014, 04:16 AM
(01-23-2014, 01:43 AM)FranEssi Wrote: Again, creative suggestions for a title for this thread would be appreciated!
Here is a thread to discuss any and every aspect of Penny as an individual. How did she come to be the way she is? What makes her tick? Why does she act the way she does? Let's delve into her psyche. You could psychoanalyze, talk about her mental and physical tendencies, limitations vulnerabilities and strengths, or about childhood influences, about her past, her future, her ambitions, her hobbies, her relationships, the important and life-changing incidents in her life, and about how all this has shaped and is shaping her into the person she is today or is going to be in future.
OK, I know this may seem like a silly way to start this thread, or like a very silly question in general, but I really would like to know what kind of pet do you think Penny might keep around, if ever. We already know Sheldon is a cat person. What about Penny? Does she strike you as, say, a dog person? Has she ever shown any interest in an animal/pet in canon at all?
I believe one of the reasons she sticks with Leonard is just to impress her father since he started to disown her a bit after she grown into a normal girl when she was still living in Nebraska. He SEES Leonard to be different from all the other guys she's dated in the past because of his career position and his harmless image. Wyatt even told him to care of his little girl so they both believe that Leonard can support Penny more than she herself ever could. I think both Wyatt and Leonard don't have much faith in supporting her dream (which may be the reason why she's so bitter) and think it's all a mistake and a waste of time so she should just stick to something SAFE and simple like waitressing. But deep down Penny realizes that she came to California for a reason and that was to pursue that dream she's always wanted as a young girl.
You know besides her family we've never gotten much insight on what Penny dreamed about being as a little girl or how she was with her mom. Anyway getting back to the point, I think she knows how impressed her father was with Leonard and easily accepted him unlike all of her other dumb exes so she wants to make her daddy proud of her in at least ONE thing. He didn't seem to be there for get as a kid so maybe she has daddy issues?? And feels more comfortable on having a guy that does almost everything for her? She once mentioned that she didn't have to put any effort into getting the men she wanted rather they all came on to her, they were the ones who'd put the moves on her and she'd go along with them.
OH and even though she doesn't seem to be responsible enough to own a pet she definitely looks like a dog person. I'm guessing a Yorkie, Labrador, or a pooch.