Wishful Thinking...

[Wisp]

I think TBBT used to be celebratory of difference, but it lost its way come season 4... like I said, now it's ambiguous. I don't know who the joke is on, but there shouldn't be a joke on anyone. They're constantly pulling at the characters and trying to bend them around the writing, rather than letting the characters shape the story. Sheldon's "feelings" for Amy are not believable to me (And indeed probably everyone else on this forum) because they've just slotted in this notion out of nowhere that Sheldon would be bothered about a physical relationship, thus unravelling everything about the character that had been set up previously.

Totally! Everything is ambiguous but not in an intriguing way, like in Community. It feels to me as thought one half want to go all out slushy romance but the rest want the show to be unique and the disunity leans to nothing ever being convincing. I think someone hit the nail on the head when they said they don't seem to care about the characters.

Aaaah! Abed

I'm sort of in love with Community at the moment. It's managing to do everything TBBT has failed at. They're handling their "delicate character" (Abed, and yes, I am purposely duplicating this gif) beautifully. So far. Dan Harmon understands his own characters. But I am NOT joining any forums for it, because god knows what sort of twats (among the good people) like Community...

Though I sense that the fanbase won't be quite as divided as TBBT...

I've said many times that I just don't care about the TBBT characters anymore. Because of what's happened with the earlier seasons, I don't enjoy watching the old ones anymore because it depresses me. I sit there thinking Oh, Sheldon. Little do you know what they will do to you. Relationships will no longer baffle and repulse you... I CANNOT BEAR SUCH HEARTBREAK...