04-05-2015, 05:55 AM
Sheldon hasn't changed organically though, has he Ricardo. He's been completely rewritten.
His essential character has been retconned to make way for a "relationship" which Vintage Sheldon would have run screaming from.
I also doubt people "change immeasurably" over 8 years under normal circumstances (ie barring warfare, atrocities, alien invasion etc). A quick scan over the 30 or so people I know well enough to judge, shows that those who've gone from their twenties to their thirties have merely mellowed a little, but are otherwise the same people, and those who were over thirty to begin with haven't altered a JOT.
People may slightly alter their opinions on certain ephemeral matters, or change their academic ideas, possibly, but they don't change their core identity and value system, and they CERTAINLY don't change their mannerisms and vocal patterns...Not unless, as we've said, they've suffered a head injury or have been brainwashed.
Changing as Sheldon did below, rapidly, from Season 4 to Season 5, simply doesn't happen in reality. The loss of IQ particularly.
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What I don't understand, is that Lorre seemed to love Vintage Sheldon dearly, and was protective of his odd, alien qualities. Why did he allow this character, his masterpiece, to be destroyed?
His essential character has been retconned to make way for a "relationship" which Vintage Sheldon would have run screaming from.
I also doubt people "change immeasurably" over 8 years under normal circumstances (ie barring warfare, atrocities, alien invasion etc). A quick scan over the 30 or so people I know well enough to judge, shows that those who've gone from their twenties to their thirties have merely mellowed a little, but are otherwise the same people, and those who were over thirty to begin with haven't altered a JOT.
People may slightly alter their opinions on certain ephemeral matters, or change their academic ideas, possibly, but they don't change their core identity and value system, and they CERTAINLY don't change their mannerisms and vocal patterns...Not unless, as we've said, they've suffered a head injury or have been brainwashed.
Changing as Sheldon did below, rapidly, from Season 4 to Season 5, simply doesn't happen in reality. The loss of IQ particularly.
What I don't understand, is that Lorre seemed to love Vintage Sheldon dearly, and was protective of his odd, alien qualities. Why did he allow this character, his masterpiece, to be destroyed?
"WHERE THE HELL'S MY PARACHUTE?"