07-07-2015, 08:39 PM
That article appears to be a monstrous amount of purely speculative faff.
If it has any speed it's only because certain fans with a vested interest in keeping Sheldon & Penny apart by any means under the sun, as apparently a friendship threatens a relationship (for the love of...), are running with it.
One would assume Lorre could tell what a dreadful and contrived plot device that would be if Penny were related to ANY of them, and thus won’t go near such piffle.
The whole point of the show (well ORIGINALLY) was the meeting of worlds. Between geekery and pop culture, pure intellect and street wisdom. That despite the volatile differences between the gang and Penny, they learned about each other’s universes, and became FRIENDS. Sheldon and Penny exemplified this polarity in particular, as head and heart, order and chaos, logic and instinct.
To make them related destroys the worth of this friendship, by rendering it merely a by-product of some deeper familial instinct.
Friends can become lovers without destroying the worth of the original friendship, because in such a case the friendship itself engendered the romance. Friends cannot become literal family after eight years on account of a bizarre and artificial plot twist, without retconning all their prior interactions. Explained away as mere instinct.
And to destroy the worth of the Sheldon/Penny interactions destroys the show utterly and finally, because it was built upon their relationship.
If they were to theoretically go ahead with such an inane scheme, the message of the show changes from a celebration of differences to;
A man and woman cannot be friends, nor can two very different individuals be friends. You have only your family, your spouse and gender-specific friends, and THAT’S YOUR LOT. (your dreams can fuck off too, but that’s another post)
It would be an outrageous farce if they went in that sorry direction.
Not to mention it would be casting shame upon Mary Cooper, if they made them significantly related, and not just like Howard and his second cousin…
Mercifully, as said, it’s all a bunch of hooey.
I have nothing to say about Season 9 at the moment. The whole thing depresses me beyond belief.
Where is Sheldon? Who is this sitcom boyfriend in his place? Where is his BRAIN? Where are the Sheldon & Penny scenes of yesteryear that are so beloved by the public? What is this soap opera hell we have fallen into? Questions without answers.
If it has any speed it's only because certain fans with a vested interest in keeping Sheldon & Penny apart by any means under the sun, as apparently a friendship threatens a relationship (for the love of...), are running with it.
One would assume Lorre could tell what a dreadful and contrived plot device that would be if Penny were related to ANY of them, and thus won’t go near such piffle.
The whole point of the show (well ORIGINALLY) was the meeting of worlds. Between geekery and pop culture, pure intellect and street wisdom. That despite the volatile differences between the gang and Penny, they learned about each other’s universes, and became FRIENDS. Sheldon and Penny exemplified this polarity in particular, as head and heart, order and chaos, logic and instinct.
To make them related destroys the worth of this friendship, by rendering it merely a by-product of some deeper familial instinct.
Friends can become lovers without destroying the worth of the original friendship, because in such a case the friendship itself engendered the romance. Friends cannot become literal family after eight years on account of a bizarre and artificial plot twist, without retconning all their prior interactions. Explained away as mere instinct.
And to destroy the worth of the Sheldon/Penny interactions destroys the show utterly and finally, because it was built upon their relationship.
If they were to theoretically go ahead with such an inane scheme, the message of the show changes from a celebration of differences to;
A man and woman cannot be friends, nor can two very different individuals be friends. You have only your family, your spouse and gender-specific friends, and THAT’S YOUR LOT. (your dreams can fuck off too, but that’s another post)
It would be an outrageous farce if they went in that sorry direction.
Not to mention it would be casting shame upon Mary Cooper, if they made them significantly related, and not just like Howard and his second cousin…
Mercifully, as said, it’s all a bunch of hooey.
I have nothing to say about Season 9 at the moment. The whole thing depresses me beyond belief.
Where is Sheldon? Who is this sitcom boyfriend in his place? Where is his BRAIN? Where are the Sheldon & Penny scenes of yesteryear that are so beloved by the public? What is this soap opera hell we have fallen into? Questions without answers.
"WHERE THE HELL'S MY PARACHUTE?"