8.06 The Expedition Approximation (Oct 20)

[Idle Miscreant]

My disappointment and sense of loss are every bit as real and painful as that of the Sheldon Purists. I'm not just sad because there's no more tattoo sleeves or whatever. I thought people already understood that.

This is of course completely understood dear fellow! I'm troubled you have to question that. It is an identical scenario to that of Sheldon's alteration. It's just less blatant to those who don't study the character of Howard as intently, which is why your comments are on the topic are so invaluable and illuminating. We're seeing the same situation repeated in a separate character.

We even get the same idiotic assumption-making criticisms.
You get;
"You just want Howard to go back to being creepy and pathetic and lonely."
Purists get;
"You just want Sheldon to go back to being a mean selfish arsehole."

All those WILDLY presumptuous comments reveal are what those particular people think of the characters. And anyone who thinks Vintage Sheldon is a "mean, selfish arsehole" is not someone whose opinion I'd give a flying fornication over.
Every Sheldon fan I've met dislikes the new Sheldon precisely because he's BECOME a mean, selfish arsehole.
Vintage Sheldon was a whimsical delight.

Don't let them bother you mate.