10-22-2014, 05:20 PM
Once again, the writers have lost sight of the fact that Classic Howard was child-like, not child-ish, and you've all heard my opinions on the difference between those two adjectives. (the same is true of Sheldon.)
Howard arguing with his mother and asking for chocolate milk and such was funny and almost cute. That stuff was a *part* of his personality, not the whole of it.
Once they'd amputated the flirty/sexual/outrageous part of Howard's character, there was nothing left but the Mama's boy, so they had to ratchet that up and exaggerrate it and over-emphasize it.
Howard becomes MORE childish in S4/S5 once the H/B storyline begins. That is a fact. Because once you've pruned away the other parts of his character, only the weaker qualities remain.
I've always believed that if something happened to Howard's mother, or if she just suddenly refused to keep taking care of him, he'd be forced to adjust pretty quickly, and he *would* adjust, he wouldn't spend the rest of his life being lazy and helpless, because he's not stupid. It's *natural* for people to want to be independent.
Do I believe he's somewhat spoiled and self-absorbed? Yes. But people don't remain that way unless you let them, and if that's the only way he's ever known, and nobody taught him any different, then how can he be blamed, really? His dependence on his mother is *situational.*
That's why I think that watching Howard adjust to life outside his Mom's house, even temporarily, would've been such a cute and funny storyline.
Howard shouting with his Mom in "The Bad Fish Paradigm" was downright cute, compared to this bullsh*t...
I just cannot fathom these writers anymore. They are *obsessed* with pedophilia and infantilization scenarios. They're sadistic and they hate their own characters. It's like that Goya painting, "Saturn Devouring his Son."
How's *that* for a gory reference, huh? The Halloween season is doing weird things to my mood...
If there were a BBT episode named after me, it would be called "The Infinite Rageface Recurrence."
Mrs. White expresses my hatred beautifully:
Howard arguing with his mother and asking for chocolate milk and such was funny and almost cute. That stuff was a *part* of his personality, not the whole of it.
Once they'd amputated the flirty/sexual/outrageous part of Howard's character, there was nothing left but the Mama's boy, so they had to ratchet that up and exaggerrate it and over-emphasize it.
Howard becomes MORE childish in S4/S5 once the H/B storyline begins. That is a fact. Because once you've pruned away the other parts of his character, only the weaker qualities remain.
I've always believed that if something happened to Howard's mother, or if she just suddenly refused to keep taking care of him, he'd be forced to adjust pretty quickly, and he *would* adjust, he wouldn't spend the rest of his life being lazy and helpless, because he's not stupid. It's *natural* for people to want to be independent.
Do I believe he's somewhat spoiled and self-absorbed? Yes. But people don't remain that way unless you let them, and if that's the only way he's ever known, and nobody taught him any different, then how can he be blamed, really? His dependence on his mother is *situational.*
That's why I think that watching Howard adjust to life outside his Mom's house, even temporarily, would've been such a cute and funny storyline.
Howard shouting with his Mom in "The Bad Fish Paradigm" was downright cute, compared to this bullsh*t...
I just cannot fathom these writers anymore. They are *obsessed* with pedophilia and infantilization scenarios. They're sadistic and they hate their own characters. It's like that Goya painting, "Saturn Devouring his Son."
How's *that* for a gory reference, huh? The Halloween season is doing weird things to my mood...
If there were a BBT episode named after me, it would be called "The Infinite Rageface Recurrence."
Mrs. White expresses my hatred beautifully: