03-14-2014, 06:44 AM
I love MeeMaw. Actually I find the hints we get about how close Sheldon was to his grandparents to be very charming. The letters he hides under his pillow, and the grudge nursed against Santa Clause well into adulthood. I mean it's kind of process of elimination, since Sheldon has a presumably 'normal' brother, and sister, he would have seen his parents as closer to them, whereas older people, while not entertaining to most children, would have been great company for someone like Sheldon. He could have easily claimed them as 'his'. Witch makes Pop-pop's early death all the more heartbreaking, actually.
From what we've seen from the show, Sheldon's parents did try to make him 'normal'. Making him watch football so he could get to do his homework, bowling with Jesus, giving him a dirt bike for his birthday, etc. I'm not saying that it was wrong of them, or claiming I would known how to have handled a child genius any better. But I imagine that kind of thing would have made him cling even harder to MeeMaw. I could actually write a fluff piece about Sheldon and his MeeMaw on that premise alone
That said, I wouldn't want to see the writers wreck my precious head-cannon. I mean there are so few things they haven't already ruined for me. Sheldon's 'homo novus' mentality, his confidence, etc. Penny's possible booming social life, the mechanical skills, Junior rodeo- I could go on, but I'd rather get off my soap box and simply state that I don't trust them not to ruin one of the few things about the show that still makes me happy.
From what we've seen from the show, Sheldon's parents did try to make him 'normal'. Making him watch football so he could get to do his homework, bowling with Jesus, giving him a dirt bike for his birthday, etc. I'm not saying that it was wrong of them, or claiming I would known how to have handled a child genius any better. But I imagine that kind of thing would have made him cling even harder to MeeMaw. I could actually write a fluff piece about Sheldon and his MeeMaw on that premise alone
That said, I wouldn't want to see the writers wreck my precious head-cannon. I mean there are so few things they haven't already ruined for me. Sheldon's 'homo novus' mentality, his confidence, etc. Penny's possible booming social life, the mechanical skills, Junior rodeo- I could go on, but I'd rather get off my soap box and simply state that I don't trust them not to ruin one of the few things about the show that still makes me happy.