Sheldor the Conqueror

[Toad]

Hasn't the whole purpose of the show been to have Leonard get The Girl right from the first episode? My gosh here I am complaining about the turn to romance in the fifth season+ when in actuality it was the earlier seasons that were constantly being sidetracked by filler objects like science/geekiness/comradery. How dare I miss the point! ... You're right, I think Sheldon/Jim came about as a happy accident and they had fun with him (with all the characters actually since the writing in the first two seasons was particularly strong and playful). But now's the time to pull up the bootstraps and get back to the central romance. *Calvin face* And even better they're doubly signalling that recess is over by taking away Sheldon's 'toys' (science/geeky stuff) and giving him a girlfriend to boot.

Yes, indeed. That's extremely poor wording on my part. What I meant is that I don't think TPTB ever envisioned that the otherwordly, Sheldony Sheldon would have so much rapport with Penny and could even challenge the notion of Leonard preordained as The Girl Getter. Credit goes to Jim for putting that mantis in the ointment.