<![CDATA[Shenny HQ - The Geniuses and their friend Howard]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/ Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:15:51 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Bernadette's bizarre pregnancy]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=593 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 20:32:53 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=593 Okay, so maybe this has come up somewhere else on this forum (if so, please tell me where), but does anyone else find the whole idea of Howard & Bernadette having a baby absolutely ludicrous?  Not to mention, the introduction of an infant is usually a pretty good indication that a show has jumped the shark (like we didn't know that for five years already).  So here are my issues with that storyline:
1) In the show, we found out several seasons ago that Bernie hates kids.  Not just dislikes them, but loathes them.  She never wanted any of her own.  At the time, she was dating Howard, who did want kids, but from his upbringing probably assumed that their mother would dote on them and do everything for them.  Bernie was clearly not the woman to fill that role.  After some discussion, she reluctantly admitted she might consider having kids someday if Howard would be willing to put his career on hold to raise them.  Of course, he was appalled at the idea, and that put an end to the conversation.
After the actress who voiced Howard’s mom passed away and TPTB decided to have Howard’s mother die in canon as well, I can understand that Bernie might have had something of a change of heart.  After all, her husband probably now felt very alone, even though he since found out he has a brother, not to mention his countless cousins.  My problem with that theory is that it was never mentioned at all on the show.  Bernie never said or indicated that she had changed her mind about kids.
2) So how did Bernie "accidentally" get knocked up?  With no concrete proof that Bernie softened at all about having kids, why the hell are she and Howard still using condoms as birth control?  It makes no sense.  Not only is the experience better for both parties without condoms, but if you’re sure you don’t want to get pregnant, do you really want to use a form of birth control you have to think about every time?  Not only that, but then we are offered the unbelievable story line that the condom broke, but Howard was somehow unaware of it and Bernie didn’t tell him, leading to the ridiculous scenario of “Oops, the condom broke and now we’re pregnant.”
3) Neither Bernie or Howard are ready to be parents. Bernie is an extremely reluctant, disinterested mother and Howard is a lazy, irresponsible father. It's like they want this poor kid to be damaged for life. Howard has shown no interest in holding up his end of the bargain and staying home with the baby, and all Bernadette cares about is how this is going to affect her career and how she is perceived in the workplace. Does anyone really want to watch this storyline play out?  It would have been much better if they had just never introduced the idea.  I don’t think any of the characters are anywhere near mature enough to raise a child.]]> Okay, so maybe this has come up somewhere else on this forum (if so, please tell me where), but does anyone else find the whole idea of Howard & Bernadette having a baby absolutely ludicrous?  Not to mention, the introduction of an infant is usually a pretty good indication that a show has jumped the shark (like we didn't know that for five years already).  So here are my issues with that storyline:
1) In the show, we found out several seasons ago that Bernie hates kids.  Not just dislikes them, but loathes them.  She never wanted any of her own.  At the time, she was dating Howard, who did want kids, but from his upbringing probably assumed that their mother would dote on them and do everything for them.  Bernie was clearly not the woman to fill that role.  After some discussion, she reluctantly admitted she might consider having kids someday if Howard would be willing to put his career on hold to raise them.  Of course, he was appalled at the idea, and that put an end to the conversation.
After the actress who voiced Howard’s mom passed away and TPTB decided to have Howard’s mother die in canon as well, I can understand that Bernie might have had something of a change of heart.  After all, her husband probably now felt very alone, even though he since found out he has a brother, not to mention his countless cousins.  My problem with that theory is that it was never mentioned at all on the show.  Bernie never said or indicated that she had changed her mind about kids.
2) So how did Bernie "accidentally" get knocked up?  With no concrete proof that Bernie softened at all about having kids, why the hell are she and Howard still using condoms as birth control?  It makes no sense.  Not only is the experience better for both parties without condoms, but if you’re sure you don’t want to get pregnant, do you really want to use a form of birth control you have to think about every time?  Not only that, but then we are offered the unbelievable story line that the condom broke, but Howard was somehow unaware of it and Bernie didn’t tell him, leading to the ridiculous scenario of “Oops, the condom broke and now we’re pregnant.”
3) Neither Bernie or Howard are ready to be parents. Bernie is an extremely reluctant, disinterested mother and Howard is a lazy, irresponsible father. It's like they want this poor kid to be damaged for life. Howard has shown no interest in holding up his end of the bargain and staying home with the baby, and all Bernadette cares about is how this is going to affect her career and how she is perceived in the workplace. Does anyone really want to watch this storyline play out?  It would have been much better if they had just never introduced the idea.  I don’t think any of the characters are anywhere near mature enough to raise a child.]]> <![CDATA[TBBT and Harry Potter]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=518 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 18:56:29 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=518 <![CDATA[RIP Leonard Hofstadter]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=493 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 09:03:41 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=493
I held and still do hold that if the writers had abandoned the Lenny pairing, Leonard wouldn't be so hated. I understand the hate, I do! I feel it just the same. But in episodes where he wasn't desperately trying to be Penny's boyfriend, he was one of the funniest characters on the show. And I love Johnny Galecki and I think his expressions and physical comedy did have quite a hand in my affection for the character. I think that Galecki's onscreen charm is the only thing keeping EVERYBODY from hating the character.

My SO is not a shipper but even he says the show got worse after Leonard and Penny got together. Indeed, there is a definite shift where Penny goes from being the failed actress/waitress to Leonard's Girlfriend with no more substance than one of his flings. And Leonard went from dork to Poser Who Is Ashamed Of Who He Is And His Friends And Is A Scumbag.

When I casually mentioned that a lot of people believe Sheldon belonged with Penny (casual so as not to let on how big a raving fangirl I really am), he said, 'yeah I can see that. They make a lot more sense.']]>
I held and still do hold that if the writers had abandoned the Lenny pairing, Leonard wouldn't be so hated. I understand the hate, I do! I feel it just the same. But in episodes where he wasn't desperately trying to be Penny's boyfriend, he was one of the funniest characters on the show. And I love Johnny Galecki and I think his expressions and physical comedy did have quite a hand in my affection for the character. I think that Galecki's onscreen charm is the only thing keeping EVERYBODY from hating the character.

My SO is not a shipper but even he says the show got worse after Leonard and Penny got together. Indeed, there is a definite shift where Penny goes from being the failed actress/waitress to Leonard's Girlfriend with no more substance than one of his flings. And Leonard went from dork to Poser Who Is Ashamed Of Who He Is And His Friends And Is A Scumbag.

When I casually mentioned that a lot of people believe Sheldon belonged with Penny (casual so as not to let on how big a raving fangirl I really am), he said, 'yeah I can see that. They make a lot more sense.']]> <![CDATA[Greatest Sheldon Moments - A Poll, not a Macaroni Diorama]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=289 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:19:19 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=289 Be they Parsons' finest contortions and vaudevillian hat-tips, or Sheldon's most iconic moments, pick 10 from this list of 24 or substitute your own. I shall add more interfrastically. Ideally, in this very unideal universe, we shall arrive at 10 Iconic moments, potentially the foundation of a new feature, when Dr Cooper truly was "FTW".
Peace out.


1) The Flash
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2) The Ballpit
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3) The Speech
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4) “There there”
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5) The Tall Man From Cornwall
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6) Valium
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7) The Cushion
[Image: 91.gif]

8) The Acoustic Sweet Spot
[Image: 49_2.gif]

9) The Smile
[Image: tumblr_inline_ngyqh02BU11qf17wq.gif]]]> Be they Parsons' finest contortions and vaudevillian hat-tips, or Sheldon's most iconic moments, pick 10 from this list of 24 or substitute your own. I shall add more interfrastically. Ideally, in this very unideal universe, we shall arrive at 10 Iconic moments, potentially the foundation of a new feature, when Dr Cooper truly was "FTW".
Peace out.


1) The Flash
[Image: sheldon_flash.gif]

2) The Ballpit
[Image: tumblr_m7abf59Hvv1r4tp8ho1_500.gif]

3) The Speech
[Image: tumblr_mnietdXrlV1ryl0eto1_500.gif]

4) “There there”
[Image: sheldon-conforts-penny-o.gif]

5) The Tall Man From Cornwall
[Image: tumblr_lq38df6wnq1ql9vilo1_500.gif]

6) Valium
[Image: 174.gif]

7) The Cushion
[Image: 91.gif]

8) The Acoustic Sweet Spot
[Image: 49_2.gif]

9) The Smile
[Image: tumblr_inline_ngyqh02BU11qf17wq.gif]]]> <![CDATA[The Human side of Sheldon]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=273 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 13:54:32 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=273

There's been a lot of talk about the humanization of Sheldon Cooper over the recent years, so I thought I'd create a thread to discuss his inner nature from an early season perspective. I'm concentrating on his beginnings because this period is almost completely absent from the discussion. Sheldon Cooper was an already fully formed creation which required only minor tweaking. He was hilariously arrogant, cocksure and perfectly autonomous. Being factual to a fault made him funny and his inability to comprehend the inner workings of others gave him an innocence which made him utterly charming.

There is a belief amongst those who prefer the later seasons that the humanization of Sheldon is a recent event but this is an extremely selective viewpoint. Sheldon was a solitary creature pre-S5, his reliance on others appeared to be little more than convenience but his emotions ran deep. From as early as the third episode, it is revealed that his relationships are infinitely more emotive than any other character on the show.

Sheldon was never a robot. This thread is for early sightings of this complex human side...

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There's been a lot of talk about the humanization of Sheldon Cooper over the recent years, so I thought I'd create a thread to discuss his inner nature from an early season perspective. I'm concentrating on his beginnings because this period is almost completely absent from the discussion. Sheldon Cooper was an already fully formed creation which required only minor tweaking. He was hilariously arrogant, cocksure and perfectly autonomous. Being factual to a fault made him funny and his inability to comprehend the inner workings of others gave him an innocence which made him utterly charming.

There is a belief amongst those who prefer the later seasons that the humanization of Sheldon is a recent event but this is an extremely selective viewpoint. Sheldon was a solitary creature pre-S5, his reliance on others appeared to be little more than convenience but his emotions ran deep. From as early as the third episode, it is revealed that his relationships are infinitely more emotive than any other character on the show.

Sheldon was never a robot. This thread is for early sightings of this complex human side...

[Image: tumblr_lgu41gfILe1qavqhqo1_r1_500.gif]]]> <![CDATA[Penny's Acting/Alternate Shenny Universes]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=248 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 03:49:33 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=248 So i was thinking there could be this episode where Sheldon and Penny are married and host a Halloween party and the theme is Universal Monsters; so Sheldon and Penny host as The Phantom of the Opera and Christine Daae, Howard and Bernadette attend said party as the Wolfman and Gwen Conliffe, Raj goes as The Mummy, etc...
Any other ideas for the other characters or as to how this episode would play out?

I just love the Universal Monster franchise and the ShennySmile
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RE: TBBT and Universal Monsters

Ahoy ShennyShipper!

That's a very entertaining notion. To avoid having too many threads though, and confusing my poor overheated brain, do you think we could just have one thread with ALL alternate universe episode ideas in it?
We already have "Wishful Thinking" which is for more "philosophical" (*cough*) thoughts about the show, and the "Homo Novus: Where is he now?" thread which details what happened to him after the arctic (brain eaten by a parasite which took over his body and turned him into the Pod Sheldon we have now etc), and tends to get a bit mad, but we always meant to have an "Alternate Episode Ideas" thread.
Would you like to either start one, or change the name of this thread to include other scenarios?

The same for your threads about all Penny's alternate roles. If they could just go in one thread (say, "Penny's Acting") it would be easier for us to keep track of them, and contribute. I never know which one to add to. You're very prolific with your new threads!
Big Grin]]> So i was thinking there could be this episode where Sheldon and Penny are married and host a Halloween party and the theme is Universal Monsters; so Sheldon and Penny host as The Phantom of the Opera and Christine Daae, Howard and Bernadette attend said party as the Wolfman and Gwen Conliffe, Raj goes as The Mummy, etc...
Any other ideas for the other characters or as to how this episode would play out?

I just love the Universal Monster franchise and the ShennySmile
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RE: TBBT and Universal Monsters

Ahoy ShennyShipper!

That's a very entertaining notion. To avoid having too many threads though, and confusing my poor overheated brain, do you think we could just have one thread with ALL alternate universe episode ideas in it?
We already have "Wishful Thinking" which is for more "philosophical" (*cough*) thoughts about the show, and the "Homo Novus: Where is he now?" thread which details what happened to him after the arctic (brain eaten by a parasite which took over his body and turned him into the Pod Sheldon we have now etc), and tends to get a bit mad, but we always meant to have an "Alternate Episode Ideas" thread.
Would you like to either start one, or change the name of this thread to include other scenarios?

The same for your threads about all Penny's alternate roles. If they could just go in one thread (say, "Penny's Acting") it would be easier for us to keep track of them, and contribute. I never know which one to add to. You're very prolific with your new threads!
Big Grin]]> <![CDATA[TBBT and Universal Monsters]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=247 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 03:24:10 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=247 Any other ideas for the other characters or as to how this episode would play out?

I just love the Universal Monster franchise and the ShennySmile]]> Any other ideas for the other characters or as to how this episode would play out?

I just love the Universal Monster franchise and the ShennySmile]]> <![CDATA[Penny on Broadway?]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=227 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 01:08:32 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=227
Hypothetically speaking, what other Broadway productions could u see our favorite Cornhusker starring in? A low-rent production of Annie perhaps? lol.......
What Broadway shows could u see Penny starring in?]]>
Hypothetically speaking, what other Broadway productions could u see our favorite Cornhusker starring in? A low-rent production of Annie perhaps? lol.......
What Broadway shows could u see Penny starring in?]]> <![CDATA[Fave Howard Moments...]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=207 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 03:45:55 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=207 <![CDATA[The Sweater Vested Metrosexual]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=69 Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:39:53 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=69
[Image: 2uptf1w.jpg]

In between checking his email and cocking up Wikipedia, our resident astrophysicist managed to discover a planetary body, 2008NQsub17. Also known as Planet Bollywood. Also known as a stupid little clump of cosmic shmutz.

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He's found his voice around women but has simultaneously lost what little confidence he had to start with. Perhaps this is a good thing if it spares him the indignity of being shoehorned into a boring, ego-shattering relationship?

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He's the loveable foreigner, the reluctant Aquaman, and the one they don't call Brown Dynamite for nothing. Although I strongly suspect no one's called him that. Ever.

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[Image: 2uptf1w.jpg]

In between checking his email and cocking up Wikipedia, our resident astrophysicist managed to discover a planetary body, 2008NQsub17. Also known as Planet Bollywood. Also known as a stupid little clump of cosmic shmutz.

[Image: mhsr2b.jpg]

He's found his voice around women but has simultaneously lost what little confidence he had to start with. Perhaps this is a good thing if it spares him the indignity of being shoehorned into a boring, ego-shattering relationship?

[Image: 295bhqe.jpg]

He's the loveable foreigner, the reluctant Aquaman, and the one they don't call Brown Dynamite for nothing. Although I strongly suspect no one's called him that. Ever.

[Image: i3xkpl.jpg]
[Image: 308i1vt.png]
[Image: t04wo7.jpg]
[Image: 2n7ntqx.jpg]]]> <![CDATA[Penny Blossom]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=66 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:43:27 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=66
Here is a thread to discuss any and every aspect of Penny as an individual. How did she come to be the way she is? What makes her tick? Why does she act the way she does? Let's delve into her psyche. You could psychoanalyze, talk about her mental and physical tendencies, limitations, vulnerabilities and strengths, or about childhood influences, about her past, her future, her ambitions, her hobbies, her relationships, the important and life-changing incidents in her life, and about how all this has shaped and is shaping her into the person she is today or is going to be in future.
OK, I know this may seem like a silly way to start this thread, or like a very silly question in general, but I really would like to know what kind of pet do you think Penny might keep around, if ever. We already know Sheldon is a cat person. What about Penny? Does she strike you as, say, a dog person? Has she ever shown any interest in an animal/pet in canon at all?]]>
Here is a thread to discuss any and every aspect of Penny as an individual. How did she come to be the way she is? What makes her tick? Why does she act the way she does? Let's delve into her psyche. You could psychoanalyze, talk about her mental and physical tendencies, limitations, vulnerabilities and strengths, or about childhood influences, about her past, her future, her ambitions, her hobbies, her relationships, the important and life-changing incidents in her life, and about how all this has shaped and is shaping her into the person she is today or is going to be in future.
OK, I know this may seem like a silly way to start this thread, or like a very silly question in general, but I really would like to know what kind of pet do you think Penny might keep around, if ever. We already know Sheldon is a cat person. What about Penny? Does she strike you as, say, a dog person? Has she ever shown any interest in an animal/pet in canon at all?]]> <![CDATA[Sheldor the Conqueror]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=65 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:37:42 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=65
Just to get the ball rolling in this thread, I quote Dsnynutz's post from the other thread again as well as my reply to it. Hope that's OK.

(01-21-2014, 12:27 AM)Dsnynutz Wrote: Some food for thought. If this was a real show, and not the farce it's become, you could have some very serious psychological discussions on Sheldon's regressing to childish behaviors again and none of them would be good news for canon or TPTB.

Regression, according to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, is a defense mechanism leading to the temporary or long-term reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling unacceptable impulses in a more adult way. The defense mechanism of regression, in psychoanalytic theory, occurs when an individual's personality reverts to an earlier stage of development, adopting more childish mannerisms. Psychiatrist Joel Gold suggests that careful use of "ARISE" (Adaptive Regression in the service of the Ego) can sometimes yield creative benefits. To the extent that one is handling thoughts and impulses less like an adult, ARISE involves play, appreciation and primitive pleasures, and imagination.

Not that this was the intention of TPTB, but I always felt the childish actions (putting trains in his mouth, etc) Sheldon was displaying was signs of regression. A lot of people with OCD will regress to a time in their life when things made sense to them (more structure/less chaos), and children of abuse if feeling threatened can regress back to a point in childhood where they felt safe. So I think it pretty safe to say that Amy between grooming him for sex and trying to change him has made the character regress to the point of childhood where he felt safe...

In other words, "One way of looking at the show is that we've been watching a slow mental disintegration of one man when the core of his identity is stripped away from him", as SpaceAnjl put it perfectly.

These are actually very good explanations as to what has indeed happened to Sheldon.

Anyway, I personally don't think Amy alone is the cause of the regression and the mental disintegration. I think it's been a chain of factors and events over the years that has put Sheldon where he is now: there is the Arctic incident; the peer pressure in general; the constant mocking and the invalidating of his feelings and his POV by the gang; his own mental and physical tendencies and vulnerabilities as an individual; and yes, of course Amy and her efforts to groom, manipulate and change him and to make him "grow up".]]>
Just to get the ball rolling in this thread, I quote Dsnynutz's post from the other thread again as well as my reply to it. Hope that's OK.

(01-21-2014, 12:27 AM)Dsnynutz Wrote: Some food for thought. If this was a real show, and not the farce it's become, you could have some very serious psychological discussions on Sheldon's regressing to childish behaviors again and none of them would be good news for canon or TPTB.

Regression, according to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, is a defense mechanism leading to the temporary or long-term reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling unacceptable impulses in a more adult way. The defense mechanism of regression, in psychoanalytic theory, occurs when an individual's personality reverts to an earlier stage of development, adopting more childish mannerisms. Psychiatrist Joel Gold suggests that careful use of "ARISE" (Adaptive Regression in the service of the Ego) can sometimes yield creative benefits. To the extent that one is handling thoughts and impulses less like an adult, ARISE involves play, appreciation and primitive pleasures, and imagination.

Not that this was the intention of TPTB, but I always felt the childish actions (putting trains in his mouth, etc) Sheldon was displaying was signs of regression. A lot of people with OCD will regress to a time in their life when things made sense to them (more structure/less chaos), and children of abuse if feeling threatened can regress back to a point in childhood where they felt safe. So I think it pretty safe to say that Amy between grooming him for sex and trying to change him has made the character regress to the point of childhood where he felt safe...

In other words, "One way of looking at the show is that we've been watching a slow mental disintegration of one man when the core of his identity is stripped away from him", as SpaceAnjl put it perfectly.

These are actually very good explanations as to what has indeed happened to Sheldon.

Anyway, I personally don't think Amy alone is the cause of the regression and the mental disintegration. I think it's been a chain of factors and events over the years that has put Sheldon where he is now: there is the Arctic incident; the peer pressure in general; the constant mocking and the invalidating of his feelings and his POV by the gang; his own mental and physical tendencies and vulnerabilities as an individual; and yes, of course Amy and her efforts to groom, manipulate and change him and to make him "grow up".]]> <![CDATA[Homo Novus: Where Is He Now?]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=56 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:59:32 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=56
We can dream. *snivel*]]>
We can dream. *snivel*]]> <![CDATA[and BAM! Howard Wolowitz]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=32 Sat, 04 Jan 2014 19:04:08 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=32
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[Image: 1zyc32p.jpg]]]> <![CDATA[Queen Penelope]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=24 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 15:26:42 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=24
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[Image: 23sw80l.gif]]]> <![CDATA[More Ticks Than a Lyme Disease Research Facility]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=23 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:47:52 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=23 Start.

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[Image: sheldon.gif]]]> <![CDATA[Homo Novus – Near Extinction – Recent Sightings Of]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=9 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 05:01:33 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=9 In late Season 4, Homo Novus spun a cocoon out of Flash comics and mint-in-package action figures, and emerged early Season 5, a boorish, twanging, goofy, redneck, homily-spouting, mean-spirited fool, who subsequently went through a two year spasm of betraying all his principles. As Vintage Sheldon occasionally eyeballs through his current papier-mâché pantomime mask, and manages a brief fling at reassembling his dignity, we ask that you report any sightings of such events to this thread.
To begin with;

[Image: BewareTheWrathOfSheldonFast2.gif]]]> In late Season 4, Homo Novus spun a cocoon out of Flash comics and mint-in-package action figures, and emerged early Season 5, a boorish, twanging, goofy, redneck, homily-spouting, mean-spirited fool, who subsequently went through a two year spasm of betraying all his principles. As Vintage Sheldon occasionally eyeballs through his current papier-mâché pantomime mask, and manages a brief fling at reassembling his dignity, we ask that you report any sightings of such events to this thread.
To begin with;

[Image: BewareTheWrathOfSheldonFast2.gif]]]> <![CDATA[The Sheldonian Orientation]]> https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=2 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 17:00:37 +0000 https://shennyhq.co.uk/dir/showthread.php?tid=2
I THINK The Adhesive Duck Deficiency is when I really sat up and took notice. I think. Or that might be the episode when I became besotted with Jim. Sigh. It's all so confusing to me now. To this day though I can't get over how he transforms in the scene where Sheldon is "comforting" Penny. The way he cocks his head to the side and grimaces out his comfort-words, he literally changes in appearance. It's a truly stunning performance.

So, since I'm so unsure of the genesis of my own adoration for Sheldon, I'm always fascinated to learn where it all started for other fans. Anybody?]]>
I THINK The Adhesive Duck Deficiency is when I really sat up and took notice. I think. Or that might be the episode when I became besotted with Jim. Sigh. It's all so confusing to me now. To this day though I can't get over how he transforms in the scene where Sheldon is "comforting" Penny. The way he cocks his head to the side and grimaces out his comfort-words, he literally changes in appearance. It's a truly stunning performance.

So, since I'm so unsure of the genesis of my own adoration for Sheldon, I'm always fascinated to learn where it all started for other fans. Anybody?]]>