The rest of Season Grate (Eps 8.07-8.15 and 8.17)

[Louise]

One of the most incisive and on-point posts of this new year.

That some people can't tell the difference between "I enjoy discussing XYZ" and "I fully expect and demand to witness XYZ happening on my TV screen" continually has me dumbfounded.

The entire concept of "What if?" is lost on these people. Remember, there's "an infinite number of Sheldons in an infinite number of universes."

Personally, I might posit that Season 3/4 onward is AU fanfiction of the first two seasons...and OOC AU fanfiction, to boot...

Nothing that plays-out on the screen can alter my personal feelings, beliefs, and interpretations about the characters. Nothing. I'm not anxiously waiting for instructions from TPTB.

I expect *nothing.* The canon only has the power to upset me in the sense that they keep dragging our beloved characters through the mud. I have zero interest in whatever the specific episodes or plot-lines or outcomes are, because they're invalid to me.

As someone with a tendency to prefer secondary/supporting characters over main ones, I'm pretty accustomed to the fact that a show (any show) is not going to cater to my particular interests.