Sheldor the Conqueror

[Wisp]

It's hard to discuss Vintage Sheldon without becoming angered by Current Sheldon. This is the equivalent of what they've done to him:

I lost my shit the first time I read about this.

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While I am all for criticizing the writing, the show and even the characters, and while I understand that remaining positive about the show is hard these days (most of my own posts are rants anyway!), I thought on this website we were supposed to celebrate our favorite characters and the reasons we came to love them too. But in the past few days/hours, Sheldon has been called malicious, a loud mouthed sob, an annoying dick and a freak. With fans like us, he doesn't need haters! lol!

So let's try and take this thread into a more positive direction. Let's discuss why and how we came to become a Sheldon fan. What aspects of him did you/do you like or admire most? What aspects of him did you/do you relate to on a personal level? I know some of us have already tackled these questions in other threads, but I still think it will be fun to have a more thorough discussion here in his character discussion thread. So please join if you feel like it.

Despite what my name suggests, I'm all in favour of a more positive approach to the ghastly, horrible….er…somewhat disappointing mess the show has become. I mean, Vintage Sheldon still glowers through his imbecile mask now and then, Helberg as Wolowitz has moments of brilliance, as ever, Cuoco's showing off a whole new level of crapulence and cynicism as Penny, (and crapulence doesn't mean what it sounds like), and personally Stuart has become my favourite character. And to paraphrase Penny, ISN'T THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT SAD.
The problem, FranEssi, I think, is what FlyingMonkey so succinctly said; they had a masterpiece in Sheldon, and they decided to paint over it.
Consequently there's a lot more rancour towards New Sheldon than there would be had he just stumbled in from nowhere. Or rather, to continue the original thought, we hate the modernist painting BECAUSE it conceals a Rembrandt.
If it was just a modernist painting on its own…well, we'd probably still dislike it, but not with the same sense of despair, and consequent vitriol. In fact, we probably wouldn't have noticed the painting at all…

That said, I do concur with your sentiments. Just trying to explicate the relentless river of WHINE that flows out of us….

Hm, same here. I never used to notice Stuart, but now I find him more agreeable than current Sheldon. In more stable circumstances I would say Stuart is underused, but I don't trust the writers anymore...

I was thinking just before that had I discovered TBBT circa season 5 onwards, I would not have taken any notice. I would have regarded it with just as much indifference as How I Met Your Mother or Rules Of Engagement. (I CAN'T STOP THE MOANING. I CAN'T FIND THE OFF BUTTON.) I do apologise, FranEssi, for turning your thread into a rant-fest I think I've spent so much time ranting I've forgot about what made me love Sheldon in the first place...