02-22-2017, 01:49 PM
I rather adore your posts, Ratman. You have an enviable level of vim and verve. 
I'm one of those fans who never assumed Shenny would happen (I just think it's the only logical AND artistically satisfying choice for Sheldon, if he HAD to be attached to anyone. Penny obviously. Come on.), and indeed this knowledge didn't impede my enjoyment of the show one iota. I don't like romance, I like opposites relating to each other. I liked their friendship with the underlying POTENTIAL of something unsaid. It was fascinating watching such disparate personalities alternately attack and protect each other.
The actors had extraordinary chemistry and the clash of mentalities was intrinsically comedic. I felt also, overwhelmingly, that the relationship of Penny and Sheldon showed how opposite world views could co-exist, provided there was empathy and love. At which point I break out the joss sticks and put on my yoga pants, apparently...
Anyroad, I would have happily watched years of a platonic relationship, with no expectations, just pure enjoyment. But they (Molaro? BigWig Moneybags?) scuppered it by;
A) Removing Sheldon's intellect
B) Directing his remaining brain cells towards dealing with the "mysteries of romance"
C) Making the object of this romance an objectifying (like Leonard) and manipulative scold of a caricature, living out a fantasy romance (like Leonard) determined to rid Sheldon of his last vestiges of originality and independence
D) Removing well-nigh all Penny and Sheldon scenes
With a woefully diminished and buffoonised Sheldon, and an unrelenting parade of stuffy, conservative, conventional, deadening, hostage/captor-like relationships thrust upon our eyeballs in lieu of episodes devoted entirely to scientists floundering around amidst the mysteries of the universe (or at least building killer robots), I cannot even bring myself to enjoy the clever writing that remains around these deadening "ships". The couples taint everything, and life is too short to weed through dross, picking out gems.
Yadda yadda.
I'm one of those fans who never assumed Shenny would happen (I just think it's the only logical AND artistically satisfying choice for Sheldon, if he HAD to be attached to anyone. Penny obviously. Come on.), and indeed this knowledge didn't impede my enjoyment of the show one iota. I don't like romance, I like opposites relating to each other. I liked their friendship with the underlying POTENTIAL of something unsaid. It was fascinating watching such disparate personalities alternately attack and protect each other.
The actors had extraordinary chemistry and the clash of mentalities was intrinsically comedic. I felt also, overwhelmingly, that the relationship of Penny and Sheldon showed how opposite world views could co-exist, provided there was empathy and love. At which point I break out the joss sticks and put on my yoga pants, apparently...
Anyroad, I would have happily watched years of a platonic relationship, with no expectations, just pure enjoyment. But they (Molaro? BigWig Moneybags?) scuppered it by;
A) Removing Sheldon's intellect
B) Directing his remaining brain cells towards dealing with the "mysteries of romance"
C) Making the object of this romance an objectifying (like Leonard) and manipulative scold of a caricature, living out a fantasy romance (like Leonard) determined to rid Sheldon of his last vestiges of originality and independence
D) Removing well-nigh all Penny and Sheldon scenes
With a woefully diminished and buffoonised Sheldon, and an unrelenting parade of stuffy, conservative, conventional, deadening, hostage/captor-like relationships thrust upon our eyeballs in lieu of episodes devoted entirely to scientists floundering around amidst the mysteries of the universe (or at least building killer robots), I cannot even bring myself to enjoy the clever writing that remains around these deadening "ships". The couples taint everything, and life is too short to weed through dross, picking out gems.
Yadda yadda.
"WHERE THE HELL'S MY PARACHUTE?"