03-05-2016, 02:13 AM
Two things here from me-
One I've said before, Sheldon lacks appropriate socialisation at a peer level. He was unable to connect with kids, and was some kind of sideshow for adults. His template for (marital) relationships was his parents, which, even before the stereotyping and retconning, sounded difficult. Then, his source for social cues in later life consisted of a lech, a mute and a desperate scraping of Oedipal wreckage, all of whom seem to regard getting sex as a life goal. No wonder he backed away from the idea of relationships, all the ones he has been exposed to are dysfunctional and unhealthy.
Two, Amy Farrah Fowler is meant to be a disgusting figure of fun. She's a nasty stereotype anyway, the plain brain desperate for sex. She could have been sympathetic, rather than just pathetic, but she lacks any charm at all. Licking people's belongings is not cute. Witholding medication to get your own way is not cute. Torturing things in a lab whilst making sexual innuendos is not cute. I could go on, but... The character is deliberately dressed to be unappealing. That is the whole 'joke'. It's offensive, misogynistic, anti-intellectual, and made significantly worse by the inner nature of the character. Nobody is meant to find her attractive.
The combination means that the punchline of this entire clusterfuck is, essentially, 'smart won't get you laid, so however brilliant your career or achievements, it means nothing, haha' - and validating some horrendous behaviours in the process. Sheldon has been encouraged, bullied, in fact, by everyone around him to engage in ways he finds confusing, uncomfortable and distasteful. No wonder he's regressed to licking toys and can't find his way out of buildings.
As a personal note, I think he is actually a perfectly normal male who lacks experience or comprehension of certain social situations. He's attracted to Penny, but the peer group have wrecked his self-perception and confidence, he's been told not to trust his instincts. He's not attracted to Amy, who is deeply unappealing, but everyone is telling him to give in. He's one lone individual, who has had his unique self damaged and battered until he's broken. Originally, he had confidence in his originality, but that's been taken away from him. All he has now is drab, stunted, boring and disgusting.
One I've said before, Sheldon lacks appropriate socialisation at a peer level. He was unable to connect with kids, and was some kind of sideshow for adults. His template for (marital) relationships was his parents, which, even before the stereotyping and retconning, sounded difficult. Then, his source for social cues in later life consisted of a lech, a mute and a desperate scraping of Oedipal wreckage, all of whom seem to regard getting sex as a life goal. No wonder he backed away from the idea of relationships, all the ones he has been exposed to are dysfunctional and unhealthy.
Two, Amy Farrah Fowler is meant to be a disgusting figure of fun. She's a nasty stereotype anyway, the plain brain desperate for sex. She could have been sympathetic, rather than just pathetic, but she lacks any charm at all. Licking people's belongings is not cute. Witholding medication to get your own way is not cute. Torturing things in a lab whilst making sexual innuendos is not cute. I could go on, but... The character is deliberately dressed to be unappealing. That is the whole 'joke'. It's offensive, misogynistic, anti-intellectual, and made significantly worse by the inner nature of the character. Nobody is meant to find her attractive.
The combination means that the punchline of this entire clusterfuck is, essentially, 'smart won't get you laid, so however brilliant your career or achievements, it means nothing, haha' - and validating some horrendous behaviours in the process. Sheldon has been encouraged, bullied, in fact, by everyone around him to engage in ways he finds confusing, uncomfortable and distasteful. No wonder he's regressed to licking toys and can't find his way out of buildings.
As a personal note, I think he is actually a perfectly normal male who lacks experience or comprehension of certain social situations. He's attracted to Penny, but the peer group have wrecked his self-perception and confidence, he's been told not to trust his instincts. He's not attracted to Amy, who is deeply unappealing, but everyone is telling him to give in. He's one lone individual, who has had his unique self damaged and battered until he's broken. Originally, he had confidence in his originality, but that's been taken away from him. All he has now is drab, stunted, boring and disgusting.