08-19-2015, 06:31 PM
Very much looking forward to it. With all my embittered, husk of a heart.
Firstly, it's a brilliant idea from a marketing perspective. It will interest the bulk of the audience, as Sheldon/Penny scenes are always the most popular, and the media were also very keen on an S/P romance once upon a time.
Secondly, it's a lovely thing to do for the Shenny fans, who form a good third to half of the "obsessive fans" (and used to form a hell of a lot more), and who have been around longer than ALL the damn ships, and have written the bulk of FF, art, websites etc.
Indeed the concept of Sheldon/Penny would have been inspired from an artistic perspective. But they didn't choose to go in that direction, and alas they probably won't be able to this late in the day. I'd be bloody impressed if they did though!
However, I presume this is all a preamble to the inevitable reconciliation of Sheldon and AFF. Who still appears to both loathe Sheldon and want him to be Mr Normal-Britches. Which doesn't really endear me to her any further.
Which is why I shall CERTAINLY be watching 9.02, featuring an increasingly rare Sheldon/Penny interaction (and good lord, WHAT an interaction!) but shall stop watching as soon as Saint Amy returns.
But in the meantime it's now canon (O that word we've been beaten over the sconce with so many times) that Leonard's subconscious is worried about Sheldon/Penny, and that Sheldon apparently doesn't consider it a stretch either.
So any "shipper" that has repeatedly felt it quite acceptable and unbollocky to call another type of fan "delusional" can stick this interesting development up their obnoxious, smug behind. If it in any way reduces the level of patronising entitled gloatiness that radiates from certain areas of the TBBT fandom, I shall count it a considerable triumph.
Bring on 9.02!
Then we shall quietly exit, pursued by a bear.
Firstly, it's a brilliant idea from a marketing perspective. It will interest the bulk of the audience, as Sheldon/Penny scenes are always the most popular, and the media were also very keen on an S/P romance once upon a time.
Secondly, it's a lovely thing to do for the Shenny fans, who form a good third to half of the "obsessive fans" (and used to form a hell of a lot more), and who have been around longer than ALL the damn ships, and have written the bulk of FF, art, websites etc.
Indeed the concept of Sheldon/Penny would have been inspired from an artistic perspective. But they didn't choose to go in that direction, and alas they probably won't be able to this late in the day. I'd be bloody impressed if they did though!
However, I presume this is all a preamble to the inevitable reconciliation of Sheldon and AFF. Who still appears to both loathe Sheldon and want him to be Mr Normal-Britches. Which doesn't really endear me to her any further.
Which is why I shall CERTAINLY be watching 9.02, featuring an increasingly rare Sheldon/Penny interaction (and good lord, WHAT an interaction!) but shall stop watching as soon as Saint Amy returns.
But in the meantime it's now canon (O that word we've been beaten over the sconce with so many times) that Leonard's subconscious is worried about Sheldon/Penny, and that Sheldon apparently doesn't consider it a stretch either.
So any "shipper" that has repeatedly felt it quite acceptable and unbollocky to call another type of fan "delusional" can stick this interesting development up their obnoxious, smug behind. If it in any way reduces the level of patronising entitled gloatiness that radiates from certain areas of the TBBT fandom, I shall count it a considerable triumph.
Bring on 9.02!
Then we shall quietly exit, pursued by a bear.
"WHERE THE HELL'S MY PARACHUTE?"