01-08-2016, 02:45 AM
Hello all! JELA here.
I’ve been lurking for a couple of weeks finally decided to jump in.
I started watching Big Bang Theory with the first show. More because the hubby wanted to watch, but I said ‘what the heck it’s got that guy from Roseanne’.
While Johnny Galecki’s character seemed even more pathetic in this show than he did in Roseanne, I was drawn in by Sheldon.
I’ve always been a fan of the insufferable genius, so Sheldon just added to the list of cynical characters with big egos that had the brilliance to back it up. (Holmes, House, Dr. Cox, Tony Stark, Loki) I imagine because I identify with them. Even as a child my mother told me I didn’t suffer fools (and I still don’t.)
In the early seasons, I thought maybe tptb would soften Sheldon while sharpening Penny, with each other. While that did occur a bit, their writing forced a relationship that was not emerging from the natural character development. I assume tptb thought from the Shenny murmurings, that we wanted Sheldon to have a relationship, but he wasn’t allowed to have Penny, so we got AFF.
At first, her shtick was amusing, but it quickly made me turn off my TV.
I became interested in the show again because of fanfiction. I stumbled upon a Shenny written by a Harry Potter author a year and a half ago. I hate to admit I don’t remember the author, but I remember it had Penny going to the Arctic with Sheldon. I searched for more and came across Paladin Protocol by SpanceAnJL and remembered why I loved the show.
I’ve tuned in sporadically since then. I was hoping after Sheldon’s train ride, he would have an epiphany and we’d get a better show, but instead it got progressively worse. I haven’t watched a complete season since 5 and haven’t not watched any of season 9. It sickens me to even read taping reports and reviews.
While at this point Sheldon and Penny don’t seem compatible (hell, they are such a mess they couldn’t be compatible with anyone) I can’t help but feel ‘Anyone but Them!!’ about their current matches.
I believe, I hang on simply to finish a fanfiction I started in Oct. 2014. Though it has an older setting, it became hard to write because of the current climate. Maybe when I’m done with it, I will have a funeral for them all and completely divorce myself from the show. Probably not, those plot bunnies are quite fruitful and persistent, even if they never see the light of day.
So that’s me and how I got here. Sorry for the length-this is short…for me.
Jela out…
I’ve been lurking for a couple of weeks finally decided to jump in.
I started watching Big Bang Theory with the first show. More because the hubby wanted to watch, but I said ‘what the heck it’s got that guy from Roseanne’.
While Johnny Galecki’s character seemed even more pathetic in this show than he did in Roseanne, I was drawn in by Sheldon.
I’ve always been a fan of the insufferable genius, so Sheldon just added to the list of cynical characters with big egos that had the brilliance to back it up. (Holmes, House, Dr. Cox, Tony Stark, Loki) I imagine because I identify with them. Even as a child my mother told me I didn’t suffer fools (and I still don’t.)
In the early seasons, I thought maybe tptb would soften Sheldon while sharpening Penny, with each other. While that did occur a bit, their writing forced a relationship that was not emerging from the natural character development. I assume tptb thought from the Shenny murmurings, that we wanted Sheldon to have a relationship, but he wasn’t allowed to have Penny, so we got AFF.
At first, her shtick was amusing, but it quickly made me turn off my TV.
I became interested in the show again because of fanfiction. I stumbled upon a Shenny written by a Harry Potter author a year and a half ago. I hate to admit I don’t remember the author, but I remember it had Penny going to the Arctic with Sheldon. I searched for more and came across Paladin Protocol by SpanceAnJL and remembered why I loved the show.
I’ve tuned in sporadically since then. I was hoping after Sheldon’s train ride, he would have an epiphany and we’d get a better show, but instead it got progressively worse. I haven’t watched a complete season since 5 and haven’t not watched any of season 9. It sickens me to even read taping reports and reviews.
While at this point Sheldon and Penny don’t seem compatible (hell, they are such a mess they couldn’t be compatible with anyone) I can’t help but feel ‘Anyone but Them!!’ about their current matches.
I believe, I hang on simply to finish a fanfiction I started in Oct. 2014. Though it has an older setting, it became hard to write because of the current climate. Maybe when I’m done with it, I will have a funeral for them all and completely divorce myself from the show. Probably not, those plot bunnies are quite fruitful and persistent, even if they never see the light of day.
So that’s me and how I got here. Sorry for the length-this is short…for me.
Jela out…