09-18-2014, 06:11 PM
The point is not that I think all of these characters would stay single forever and ever. I think all of them except Sheldon would eventually want some type of ongoing relationship with someone. The point is that I don't need to watch it on TV. I don't need to watch the characters going through all the typical milestones of an average life any more than I need to watch them eat and sleep.
I also think they're young enough that this should be a non-issue. There is absolutely nothing weird, sad, or alarming about being single in your late twenties & early thirties. Are we supposed to think that time is running out, for these people? Again with this bizarre Amish message that you need to marry ASAP. Life expectancy nowadays is 80 or greater. Chill out, Raj.
Canons accuse us of wanting the characters to be isolated and lonely, with loveless lives and no human contact. Like there wasn't joy and friendship in the early seasons.
I am fine with the idea that some or most of the characters would eventually form those types of bonds. (After all, I *am* the future Mrs. W
) I just have no desire to watch it happening. That was not the theme or premise of this show. That is another story for another day, and better left unsaid, or explored in fanfic.
It should be left up to the audience to imagine what happens next, at least to some degree.
Contrary to what the Canons claim, nobody here is arguing that nerdy people never get married or have children. We're just pointing out that it's optional, not mandatory, and that TV shows can focus on other subjects than romance. Other genres exist, for crying out loud. Can't we have more than one genre in our entertainment landscape??
Canons say we want the characters to be reclusive friendless hermits, and that's a strawman argument, just like all of their arguments are strawman arguments.
We're just asking to see more than one genre and more than one lifestyle depicted on TV. Apparently that's very subversive and asking too much.
I also think they're young enough that this should be a non-issue. There is absolutely nothing weird, sad, or alarming about being single in your late twenties & early thirties. Are we supposed to think that time is running out, for these people? Again with this bizarre Amish message that you need to marry ASAP. Life expectancy nowadays is 80 or greater. Chill out, Raj.
Canons accuse us of wanting the characters to be isolated and lonely, with loveless lives and no human contact. Like there wasn't joy and friendship in the early seasons.
I am fine with the idea that some or most of the characters would eventually form those types of bonds. (After all, I *am* the future Mrs. W
) I just have no desire to watch it happening. That was not the theme or premise of this show. That is another story for another day, and better left unsaid, or explored in fanfic.It should be left up to the audience to imagine what happens next, at least to some degree.
Contrary to what the Canons claim, nobody here is arguing that nerdy people never get married or have children. We're just pointing out that it's optional, not mandatory, and that TV shows can focus on other subjects than romance. Other genres exist, for crying out loud. Can't we have more than one genre in our entertainment landscape??
Canons say we want the characters to be reclusive friendless hermits, and that's a strawman argument, just like all of their arguments are strawman arguments.
We're just asking to see more than one genre and more than one lifestyle depicted on TV. Apparently that's very subversive and asking too much.