12-11-2014, 09:58 AM
Quote:Unfortunately, this 'growth' has been more of a tumor than a pair of wings
I'll never forgive them for the way they've made Howard so helpless and stupid and lacking in self-respect. As we've all said many times, the characters haven't "grown", they've regressed. If they had grown, they'd be more independent, more confident. B. is more controlling than his mother ever was. I don't think we've seen Real Howard since S4/S5.
They added some female bodies to this show just for fake gender-balance points. B. is a non-character. I can't even get super-angry about her because it's hard to take her existence seriously.
H & R have become such useless, redundant characters, at this point. Nobody actively ships H/B or Raj/Whoever, they're just...there.
If I had to choose, I'd much rather have H & R be just recurring characters, and remain unchanged, than have the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
I will be miffed if they eventually give SH an Emmy for some "Howie loves Bernie and babies and puppies and rainbows" episode...
Howard's story has been over from the moment they introduced a permanent girlfriend for him. Now it's just the Lenny and Shamy deathmarch to the end. Nobody cares about H&R, except for the possibility of *babiez*...
ETA: I realized this is prob. off-topic for this thread, I'll move it if people want me to. I just get frustrated, sometimes...