Hate Shamy?

[wellplayedpenny]

To me, Shamy reflects how little the writers understand what it is they created when they came up with Sheldon Cooper. To them at this point, Sheldon is a whack job, stubborn, egocentric. But he is also imaginative, loyal, his own man. Two sides of the same coin. Amy in season 4 saw Sheldon's qualities as beneficial to who he was. The viewers also approved, as could be seen by his break-out character power over the show. Then someone flicked a switch and Sheldon's strengths--both personally and in the broader context of the show's humour--were flipped to become negatives. Amy in particular has been nothing more than a sledgehammer employed by the writers in order to reconstruct Sheldon. She has lost all insight into Sheldon--a reflection of the writers, perhaps?--and is instead shaping him to be someone he isn't. Because he is easier this way--subservient to Amy, and a cinch to write. Shamy signaled the start of comedic laziness. One that has gone on to poison the rest of the characters, and the show, itself.

But more dangerously--to me, at least--Shamy signaled a switch in communal/situational humour to stinging personal attacks. It became open season to target Sheldon. Yes, early season Sheldon was often obtuse when it came to other peoples' feelings, but the difference is that his comments aren't personal. Like he told Howard, he has every respect for Howard's abilities as an engineer--he just doesn't think engineering is worth two beans.

Amy's deconstruction of Sheldon reflects her desire for normalcy above all else. Give up your dreams, your hobbies, your eccentricities if you want a partner, children, love. What a horrible lesson! Forget the fact that there are plenty of real life eccentrics who are happily married, there are also those who are comfortably single. I also think they provide a much wider net for comedic moments. Something which the show is in sore need of.