#and no i don't think they're like sheldon and amy at all. and i don't think either of them would say that. but i really don't care so.

[livvyofthelake]

the internet is literally filled with a vast array of multi-dimensional people wow. just saw a ******* incorrect quote post that was a quote from the big bang theory. sheldon and amy if you're curious. never did think i'd see something like this wow

[fort-cozy-mcblanket]

The more I think about that detail from the Young Sheldon finale about Sheldon's t-shirts "mysteriously disappearing" because of Amy, the less sense it makes.

Amy never acted like she had a problem with how Sheldon dresses prior to this, and it's not like Sheldon refused to ever wear anything else. We've seen him dressed up nicer for date nights and work events and things. I don't understand why she would suddenly take issue with it now. And if she for some reason did, why wouldn't she just talk to him about it? Even if we're saying she didn't throw them out and she just hid them, having her take his shirts without telling him is such a Leonard-and-Penny move. They're better than that.

And even setting aside the why, when would she have done it? How would she have managed to take his shirts without him finding out? It would make the most sense for her to do it while they were moving to their house, because things get lost in moves all the time, but then how would she have gotten literally all of them? Presumably he would have at least been wearing one during the move. Did she wait until he was in the shower and take a few at a time gradually until they were all gone? Why wouldn't Sheldon have investigated that? And why wouldn't he just go buy more t-shirts?

I get that they wanted Sheldon to look more mature in this scene, but I think they could have just done that without trying to explain it. He was in his bathrobe like half the time anyway. They could have removed that line, it wouldn't have mattered.

[titleknown]

Do you think Section 230 is pretty much going to be passed? I've been thinking about leaving the internet completely over this.

...Well, like many things, the answer is "It's Complicated,"

Firstly, for the most part, efforts to screw up Section 230 aren't direct repealing all of it so much as carve-outs that majorly weaken it, in ways that could still deeply screw up free speech.

The recent Kids Online Safety Act/EARN IT Act is being pushed for, and while it's not in committee, given the former was sent to the Commerce Committee last time and the latter to the Judiciary Committee, they're probably gonna send it next time, and you're probably going to want to call your senators if they're in said committee to tell them to kill those bills.

The membership of the Commerce Committee:

Maria Cantwell, Washington, Chair

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota

Brian Schatz, Hawaii

Ed Markey, Massachusetts

Gary Peters, Michigan

Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin

Tammy Duckworth, Illinois

Jon Tester, Montana

Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona[a]

Jacky Rosen, Nevada

Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico

John Hickenlooper, Colorado

Raphael Warnock, Georgia

Peter Welch, Vermont

Ted Cruz, Texas, Ranking Member

John Thune, South Dakota

Roger Wicker, Mississippi

Deb Fischer, Nebraska

Jerry Moran, Kansas

Dan Sullivan, Alaska

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

Todd Young, Indiana

Ted Budd, North Carolina

Eric Schmitt, Missouri

J.D. Vance, Ohio

Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia

Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

The membership of the Judiciary Committee:

Dick Durbin, Illinois, Chairman

Dianne Feinstein, California

Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota

Chris Coons, Delaware

Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut

Mazie Hirono, Hawaii

Cory Booker, New Jersey

Alex Padilla, California

Jon Ossoff, Georgia

Peter Welch, Vermont

Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, Ranking Member

Chuck Grassley, Iowa

John Cornyn, Texas

Mike Lee, Utah

Ted Cruz, Texas

Josh Hawley, Missouri

Tom Cotton, Arkansas

John Kennedy, Louisiana

Thom Tillis, North Carolina

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee

So yeah.

I may as well add, If you've got the misfortune to be calling a Republican, be sure to bring up how KOSA will be used as a way for Big Government to spy on people via mandated age verification, and how EARN IT will be used to censor conservative speech.

That'll get the bastards attention. And no matter what you do, don't shut up about it, because silence means the fuckers win, just look at FOSTA/SESTA...

...Tho, in better news, the questioning in those Supreme Court suits tackling Section 230 seem to show that the justices are at least reluctant to try and do much to 230, very specifically because of how much it could fuck up.

Which begs the question, if even these fucking demons know why fucking with Section 230 is a godawful idea, what excuse do these senators have?

Point is, the efforts to undermine it aren't all at once so much as gradual and insidious. Call your senators folks, and stay vigilant.

[clouds-of-wings]

All TBBT episodes after the middle of season 6 are unfamiliar to me - that's where I must have jumped off when I first watched the show - and I am now in season 7. It's an... interesting experience. Sometimes the characters exhibit a level of character growth and maturity that is insane compared to the early seasons, sometimes they actually act worse than in the beginning of the series.

The character that has definitely grown the most is Howard, who is actually likeable to me now. He was a huge creep in the beginning, but these days he's leaning into a side he was, I think, bullied into suppressing earlier. He's getting back into "magic" illusions, writing music, showing a talent for impressions, his jokes aren't as mean as they used to be. Really an example of what arriving in adulthood can look like.

I find it sweet that Sheldon seems much happier than in the beginning, more aware of how people perceive him and more capable of managing his own emotional states. His "little child" side comes out more often in a playful and innocent way rather than in an obstinate and selfish way, which I see as a sign that he's healing from all the misery he's been through. He can explain now why he acts the way he does.

Amy is also becoming more well-adjusted and more in charge of her emotional states, more sovereign in her self-presentation, although in her case I almost don't like it. She's fireworks in season 4-5 and I love her brand of weirdness. They're toning it down a little now. But it's hard not to like her developing confidence and emotional intelligence.

Raj is really growing into his "mom friend" role, which I love for him. It seems like he's embracing that his masculinity will not be strictly traditional, that he has a lot of "feminine" interests and traits. I also see both him and Amy as clearly bisexual and wish the show would lean into that more.

Weirdly, the main characters Penny and Leonard seem to have changed the least? I can't blame Penny that much, she's still in her 20s, but the other characters should be 34 now, it's a bit strange that Leonard still acts the same way as in the beginning. He was the most mature one in season 1, but he hasn't grown much in the meantime. Maybe one problem is that while the others have grown through their romantic relationships in large part (even Raj got over his inability to talk to girls by dating someone even more anxious for a while), Leonard and Penny are a couple that has nothing to keep them together apart from sexual attraction and drama. What do they even talk about when they're alone? We only ever see them express their lack of understanding of the other's world, which often escalates into a fight. But then Leonard gets to grovel and beg, which he loves, and Penny gets to be groveled and begged to, which she loves, cue sex scene, happy end. It's spicy and they clearly live for the excitement, but it doesn't really encourage growth, at least not the way they're doing it.

And Bernadette? Hmm... idk, she's weirdly one-note compared to the other characters. I don't even know any hobbies of hers. It seems like she's only interested in her work and Howard.

...Anyway, and then sometimes the show just throws all of that out the window, has the characters behave in the most clueless and mean way imaginable, and I am painfully reminded that I'm watching a sitcom.

[eroticfriendfictions]

shamy

Oh you're about to regret asking me this . . .

I don't think I ever really talked about it on tumblr, but I have a complicated relationship with The Big Bang Theory. I actually hated it for a long time. And then I ended up meeting the director, which caused me to feel bad because A) he was nice and B) it didn't seem fair that someone like me got to have that experience while there are tons of fans who would have killed for it. So I started to think maybe I should give the show another chance. And then sometime after that I finally saw an episode with Amy in it.

Now I don't believe in love at first sight unless we're talking about with a fictional character, because that's exactly what happened to me here. Amy was my favorite from the instant I saw her. It was like a trap, like she was specifically designed for me to love her, and I fell right into it. I still didn't really even like the show, but I loved Amy, and by extension, I loved her relationship with Sheldon. And all that love eventually won out over any other feelings I had on the matter.

I've kept quiet about this for a long time, but back in 2016 I very nearly became obsessed with Shamy. I'm actually still really not sure how I avoided it then. I had been working this tedious wfh part-time freelance job and often left TBS reruns on in the background so I had something to listen to while I worked, and it got to the point that I started looking up fanfiction for them. But then the job ended and somehow I suppressed all that until like, I don't know, this past February?

It was just such a joy to see these two characters who started out so, so similar to one another push against each other and slowly grow together through their interactions. I think it's interesting, too, to watch characters who have dedicated their lives to logic and the pursuit of pure knowledge suddenly have to grapple with questions of love and fate and the chaos all of that can bring.

Additionally, I really appreciate this story of finding your first love later in life. I feel like that's pretty rare to see in TV shows and it makes Sheldon and Amy feel really special. Like they're so different from the other couples on TBBT. They're so sweet and innocent and the other characters make fun of them for it, but they have the most stable relationship out of any of them. Even when they broke up, it only ended up making them stronger. Especially after that, I really get the sense that theirs wasn't some blind infatuation or a settling for one another, they genuinely chose each other and were committed to bringing out the best in each other.

Sorry this is getting long. You didn't give me a number so I'm just here gushing. I'm going to close with some of my favorite Shamy moments.

#1 The Blanket Fort

I cannot even talk about this episode without crying. I'm actually crying right now. This encapsulates everything I love about them. For the uninitiated, Sheldon was upset because he wasn't invited to this symposium he wanted to go to and spent a large part of the day complaining about it. He was still complaining about it on Date Night, where he finally asks Amy, "Do you think there comes a point in life when it stops feeling bad to be left out of things?" Amy answers, "Probably not." When Sheldon goes on to say it reminds him of when he was younger and his siblings would build forts and not let him in, Amy offers to build a fort with him now. And so they do. And it is glorious. And the way they smile at each other here is just so pure it makes me ache.

#2 The Proposal

Possibly my favorite moment of the whole series. Loved watching Sheldon's silent journey from his office to the cab to the airport to the flight to New Jersey to another cab to Amy's temporary housing in Princeton to wind up here. Excellent.

#3 The Reunion Kiss

After what was it? Like ten episodes of them broken up? God this was so satisfying. Time to go listen to some Beach Boys.

#4 The Nobel Prize

Ugh this whole exchange. Again, for the uninitiated, Sheldon and Amy are up for a Nobel for the discovery of super asymmetry along with these two other scientists from Chicago. Since only three people can share a Nobel, the guys from Chicago suggest cutting Amy out of the nomination. Knowing that winning the Nobel is Sheldon's dream and that this might give him the best shot, Amy tells him to do it. Spoiler alert, the next day he adamantly refuses to go through with the plan.

#5 The First Kiss

This also ranks up there as one of my favorite studio audience reactions ever. I really don't understand how people can claim to hate "laugh tracks," I genuinely love them. I enjoy feeling like I'm part of a shared experience, the reactions can add a lot to the moment, and I think the presence of the audience really pushes the cast and crew to perform their best. Anyway, as I was saying before, the absolute shocked gasp from the audience here is one of my favorites (plus shout out to the one person who whistled). Aside from that, they weren't even a couple here and it's so cute how Sheldon just closes his eyes and kisses back. He could have tried to move away, but he didn't.

I could really go on and on about these two, but I'll stop at 5. To sum up: Shamy 10/10 otp. :')

[captainshadowgirllostfan]

A lot of people complain that Sheldon going to college was a horrible decision in part of the creators of Young Sheldon but the thing is him going to college had to happen sometime though.

Idk when tbbt states he went to college. I know he graduated with his PhD at 16 so the timeline is probably correct.

Personally I'm just upset about the missed funny opportunities the show choose to ignore that was stated in tbbt like Sheldon making a fool of himself at his valedictorian speech hence his fear of public speaking (though his speech to Missy was so sweet!).

Tbf the show might show his making a fool of himself once he graduate college so all is now lost haha.

But when will is show the death ray and the easy bake oven misshap. I feel like those opportunities are passed.

We might see his father fighting a bobcat for liquorish (doubtful though. I do love George Sr in Young Sheldon but he is BORING compared to how he was described in tbbt. I might someday write a negative post about this later)

We might see Mary and George's hilarious fights about their marriage and how they get back at each other (it kind of reminds me of an extreme form of how Penny and Sheldon went back and forth after Sheldon banishes her after 3 strikes and for touching his foot. Panty pinata, shooting up Mary's China. No wonder Mary was so angry at Sheldon. Though maybe what Sheldon did was worser as hanging out someone's underwear out in the open is humiliating. China plates though can be replaced though it'll be expensive.). Except currently their fights are just melodramatic and not at all funny. Mary actually kind of reminds me of a female Sheldon...or maybe Amy.

Okay so Young Sheldon's George Sr sort of reminds me of an older Sheldon and Leonard put together. Heckled by his wife and unappreciated by everyone else and hating his life that whenever he talks about it he whines about it. I don't have a problem with it. He's suffering depression but I guess because this is supposed to be a comedy I was expecting more humour especially since how he's described he sounded like the most funniest person in the family.

I wouldn't mind Sheldon going to college if Lorre stuck to his original story instead of turning PG13 into just PG to make it family friendly because then there's more opportunities to make it funny.

What's wrong with telling a story about a family living in a tin home or trailer home atop of pavement rocks? Keep the family poor, not middle class.

At least in the current show there might be good episodes with Georgie and George Sr as it seems George Sr cheating on Mary might happen (maybe? Who knows with this show.)

Sheldon might still have a funny moment when he tries to figure out a way to get free electricity for the neighborhood which I think he tried to do when he was 12.

Also hope to see him do his stair experiments, that's never too late.

And his interactions with Linkletter and Sturgis are always sweet and funny. They're like his old uncles.

So there's still opportunities to make funny episodes with Sheldon in college ...

[1mechanicalalligator]

I know Sheldon Cooper isn't good anything rep, because the writers on The Big Bang Theory seemed to think the best way to flesh out his character was just to make him a massive jerk who almost never learns his lesson and inconveniences everyone around him without a care and rarely grows at all as a person. And that's very, very frustrating.

That said, there are a few scenes scattered throughout the 12 seasons where Sheldon does give us a peek behind the huge walls he's constructed around himself, and those are some of the best moments on the show, and I want to mention two of them.

Until I got to season 12, my favorite was this: When Howard and Raj are trying to figure out what Sheldon does in an empty office every afternoon, he refuses to give them an answer. It becomes a whole big thing until Sheldon finally says,

"You may not realize it, but I have difficulty navigating certain areas of daily life. You know, understanding sarcasm, feigning interest in others, not talking about trains as much as I want to. It's exhausting. Which is why, for twenty minutes a day, I like to go down to that room, turn my mind off, and do what I need to do to recharge."

I find this to be incredibly honest and also incredibly relatable. I love the moments when Sheldon is willing to admit that he struggles, and this is the most explicit one in the series, I think. It's as close as we really get to making Sheldon a real human with real feelings and self-awareness. I would have liked to see more of that version of Sheldon. Vulnerable Sheldon.

And then last night I got to season 12, where Sheldon and Amy are on their honeymoon, discussing intimacy in their marriage. Up until this point, their general agreement has been to have sex once a year on Amy's birthday, and now that they're married Sheldon brings up the option of doing it more often. Which leads them to this (slightly abridged) interaction:

Okay, I'm not saying Sheldon is great ace rep, but this! This was not only relatable, but helpful to me, as a married ace person who constantly struggles with the fact that my husband doesn't like to plan when we're going to have sex, but if we don't, I don't even think about it and then it never happens unless he's the one to initiate it. It never even occurred to me to plan it and not tell him, so he feels like I'm being spontaneous and I can make sure I both remember and am up for it.

This may not seem like a huge thing but...it is kind of a huge thing for me, to be honest. My marriage relies on mutual respect and understanding and compromise, as does Sheldon and Amy's and, I hope, most marriages. I love that this show sort of let us get into that for a second, a brief second, and recognize that just because people express their love in different ways doesn't make it any less valid. This is one of the very few times we address Sheldon and Amy's relationship without making a joke out of how rarely they have sex.

I'm just saying, Sheldon could have been a great example of ace rep, and his and Amy's relationship could have been explored in a really unique way if it hadn't just been played for laughs. If their friends hadn't constantly made fun of them but instead tried to understand and respect Sheldon and Amy's boundaries, and if Sheldon and Amy were given more space to discuss their boundaries and figure out what works best for both of them, I think this show could have been kind of groundbreaking.

(Unfortunately, they didn't, and it's not, and it's a huge disappointment and a missed opportunity. But I'll take whatever small moments I can get, I guess.)

[captainshadowgirllostfan]

Because Shamy was pushed on as just like Amy was pushed on Sheldon. Superficially they make sense but they way they act towards each other leaves much to be desired. I honestly don't find sitcom romance romantic. The only ones I've ever liked to a point was Monica/Chandler and Barney/Robin but those couples never made me feel like the way Sheldon/Penny. Shenny is fun and enjoyable to watch. There's no drama and hell there's no forced romance. They just fit! They're just good friends. And I guess I'm just the type that believe the best romance is the one that starts with friendship.

Also idk if Sheldon is asexual, it's been hinted that he was, as well as the fact he has traits of Asperger's. I heard people with Asperger's are uncomfortable with touch and I imagine intimacy and sex is a big thing for them. They aren't comfortable. So yes you have to go slow. In Shamy they dramatize this slowness and make fun of it to the point that you see Amy blowing up when she doesn't get the kiss and sex she wants and worse she doesn't hide that she wants it which obviously puts a lot of pressure on Sheldon. This isn't touching. This is made for humour. You're supposed to laugh at Sheldon and Amy, the freak couple. Amy, the nerd girl who always wanted to get laid but never did because she wasn't attractive enough and it makes you wonder if that's the reason she sticks with Sheldon because Sheldon is the only guy who gave her some attention. And then you have Sheldon, whose asexuality is used as a joke and is mocked at; he's a robot because he doesn't want to have sex like normal. This couple embodies everything disgusting about Big Bang but which Big Bang is actually about. It's a show that mocks nerd culture and people who are different. It doesn't celebrate it. And the moment you point that out is the moment people claim you are ruining the show for them because Shamy superficially seems perfect, certainly moreso than Lenny, and apparently an asexual man deciding to have sex and get into a relationship for the first time is considered character development. He can only find it with this nerdy girl because he can't feel sexual desire or attraction and he appreciates her for who she is. It is beautiful when you think about it on Sheldon's end because I do think he appreciate Amy in his own way though he has trouble showing. But when you see it on Amy's point of view, it's clear she's settling with Sheldon because he's the best she can do which is why it infuriated me when she tells Sheldon that she is the only girlfriend he could ever get and HIS OWN MOTHER agreed. Please! That man has attracted MANY WOMEN! More so than the other guys have what with how it's implied that the grad students are apparently crazy about him! And then there was also Lalitha and how Raj was successful in getting only because he had Sheldon as a wingman! He wouldn't get that much action with Leonard and Howard as his wingman as shown, but with Sheldon he got to make-out and possibly have sex with Abigail while Martha was googly-eye for Sheldon. You're the one whose getting the real deal, the package Amy! Sheldon could get another girlfriend if he wanted too. The point is he didn't and that does not make him abnormal at all. It's more sad to be settling due to insecurity then it is to appreciate someone for who they are and if Amy reciprocated instead of going on about woes about high school, I'd be all for the Shamy.

I know, this is what Sheldon said about the kiss between Penny and Leonard. But it’s something he said. This is what he thinks. Jaws clenched and no tongue access are a bad sign. And that’s exactly what happened for him when Amy kissed him (and I insist on that point, she kissed him.) I never liked these one-way kisses because she imposed that on him and you can see that Sheldon is not comfortable. And it really pisses me off how the writers want to have an Amy-in-big-need-for-love. Just for this reason, they don’t match. They are learning what being in a relationship means, Amy has a lot of needs, she wants the love no one gave her before. And let’s be honest, Sheldon can’t give her that.

In the first episodes of TBBT, Mary told the group: “He’s like a baby deer, you gotta let him come to you.” And she’s absolutely right. I always felt that towards him. If you wanna have Sheldon, let him come to you. And Amy never let him come to her. Everything was imposed on him. Sure, he was worried when she didn’t answer his messages. But he went to her flat with Leonard, he heard her moping and wanted to go back home but Leonard knocked on her door and left Sheldon there. He had to deal with something he didn’t want to. When he asked Amy to be his grilfriend, it was the same. He was afraid of losing her (if she dated Stuart, would she still talk to him and have time for him?), and I think the talk he had with Penny pushed him to move forward his relationship with Amy. (“Amy, will you be my girlfriend?” with an annoyed look on his face, how romantic… [sarcasm])

Let’s go back to the “You gotta let him come to you”, will you? This is what Penny does. She let him and he comes to her. He always comes to her. He hugged her twice. He asks her for advice. She is the one he’s going to when he doesn’t understand the social paradigm of a situation. And I like a lot the fact that Penny let him do his things at his own pace. And she’s always here for him. I won’t repeat the things you’ve already said, fellow Shenny shippers. You all know how perfect they are for each other.

For me, it’s a new thing. Days are passing by and I realize all the things I’ve missed, making me wonder why I shipped the Shamy at first.

[fort-cozy-mcblanket]

What if Amy and Sheldon hadn't stayed in contact? How do you think the series would turn out? Would Sheldon had ever won his Nobel?

You mean if they hadn't stayed in contact after their first meeting in the coffee shop? Because in that case I think they would have just met again later, there are a number of other opportunities. They could meet again at a conference like that one in Big Sur where they're all inexplicably on the same panel together, or one of the times Amy visits Caltech for work like when she had to pick up those mad cow specimens, or even later when she goes to work at Caltech herself. We've also seen Amy going to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory before having met Sheldon, so that's another possible reunion point.

If that happened then that potentially shifts their relationship development later, but I think we could still assume the major stuff could still happen although maybe at a later date, including their Nobel Prize-winning idea.

And if this is meant to be the bad timeline where Sheldon and Amy somehow just don't ever interact again, then maybe Sheldon wouldn't win the Nobel but I think Amy still could though probably not for physics. But we don't think too much about the bad timeline here.

[fort-cozy-mcblanket]

What if Sheldon and Amy actually got to go on that Mars mission? Do you think they'd back out or go? Would Amy use it as an excuse to have kids by having them on Mars?

I actually have this on my list of possible fanfic ideas to someday write, although it sounds like it would involve a lot of research that I don't really feel like doing. But I do like the idea of Sheldon and Amy going on a huge adventure like that together, especially one that will involve a lot of forced proximity. And they totally would have those Martian babies.

But okay, real talk, if they actually had been picked for that Mars mission, I think they'd end up turning it down. It's one thing to talk about doing something like that in theory, but once it actually becomes real and they're faced with all the things they'd be giving up on Earth, I think they'd decide to stay. But it is still fun to think about. :)

[fort-cozy-mcblanket]

Hi! How do you think Amy used to cope with the girls getting a new year kiss every year and not her? Like, I could totally see her sitting on the couch while everyone celebrates, and her desperately waiting for Sheldon to make even the tiniest of moves… it makes me feel bad for her

This is one of those things that probably should have been a kind of a big problem but the show got around it by just not ever mentioning it. So let's go season by season.

Season 4

We actually got a New Year episode this season, so we know the guys plus Penny spent it at Stuart's comic book store dressed as the Justice League. Amy wasn't there because she didn't like to wear costumes at that time. This was also before she and Sheldon were dating and they hadn't kissed at all yet. This year was not a problem.

Season 5

Sheldon and Amy were boyfriend and girlfriend by this New Year, but they had only just started dating in November (there is only one episode between the one where they start dating and where New Year would fall). At this point the biggest change they had made to their relationship was just the label, things had not progressed much yet. Also Penny and Leonard were not together during this New Year. If the group had decided to celebrate together, I don't think Amy would have felt too hurt or left out without a kiss for this one. Still not a problem.

Season 6

This is the first year where I think it might be a problem. This is the season where Amy starts to push their relationship a little. They've had their second anniversary, they're holding hands, trying to do couples costumes together, and he recently took care of her while she was sick. I definitely think Amy would be expecting a New Year's kiss this time. I would like to think that while Sheldon does not allow a kiss, maybe he will allow a different gesture of affection. Maybe he slips his hand into hers while the ball drops and they share some intense eye contact, maybe so intense that Amy doesn't see the other couples kissing around her.

Season 7

And it's a problem again. They've gotten closer in the past year, had simulated intercourse via Dungeons & Dragons, spent a summer together without Leonard, now share a workplace, and Amy's riding high after finding out Sheldon put her picture in his screensaver. Again, she's definitely going to expect a New Year's kiss and he's not going to give her one. I actually think this could be the moment she starts plotting their Valentine's Day train trip, like that's how she copes this time. If he won't kiss her now then she'll just manufacture a situation where romance is inevitable. You gotta hand it to her, it worked.

And then I think once we get past The Locomotive Manipulation and into Season 8, Amy will finally get her New Year's kisses. Sure, Sheldon's not big on public displays of affection, but they're kissing on date nights by now and it is the social convention, so I think he'll allow at least a peck. So put into perspective it's just those 2 years of yearning really. Thinking about it still makes me feel bad for her too, but Amy's resilient, she makes it through.

[captainshadowgirllostfan]

Tbh all shippers are crazy in general so... Not fair to point the blame on one type.

And I agree on the Shamy fandom. Lots of trolls get into Shenny fics just to post how Shamy relationship is better than Shenny or whatever. I don't mind actual criticism of the fics (BC tbh I find Penny and sometimes Sheldon to be OOC and Leonard is relegated to cartoon villain at times when he's actually a nice guy with a tragic backstory when you take him away from Penny... actually is what brings out that tragic backstory and vulnerability, it also turns him into a total spaz taking advantage of her as his girlfriend as a boost to his self-esteem. I do admit he makes an interesting villain but I don't think he'd go too far only because of the pedestal of the "nice guy" he puts himself on... I don't really mind the villainizing of Amy though again sometimes she comes off cartoonish, and waaaay creepy then I believe her counterpart in the show is...though Amy is pretty creepy with her sexual remarks. Shenny fics also seem to romanticize cheating and it's okay to betray you best friends if it's true love. It doesn't really wrap up the friendships very well and leave them broken and big bang is a sitcom about friendship or at least it's supposed to be. Not all Shenny fics are like this. Just there are a decent amount that seem to be like this. Don't get me wrong I like Big Bang because of Sheldon and Penny and if the show was only about them I wouldn't mind but the other characters at least Leonard, Raj, and Howard do bring something. They're the main cast and to me despite how the focus centered on Sheldon, Leonard to me is the true main character of Big Bang Theory.) Anyway there seems to be a huge hatred against Shenny in Big Bang fandom it seems. People think your disgusting to ship them because apparently they're like brother and sisters even though they're not.

[fort-cozy-mcblanket]

Okay, we know Amy's birthday present. Everyone does. But after they're married, considering Sheldon’s distaste for gift giving, do you think she'd receive the same gift for their anniversary?

And, for the sake of knowing all your little shamy thoughts; if it isn't coitus, what would he get her?

Oh, god, I'm so bad at coming up with gift ideas. 😭

I think they could have coitus on their anniversary, but I don't know if it's like a tradition for them. They could do other romantic things like go out to a nice dinner, or maybe Sheldon makes a nice meal for her (not frontier food) or gives her a massage or something. Sorry, I know you're probably looking for more with this answer but this feels more like a borderline fanfic prompt and I don't really have it in me right now.

[fort-cozy-mcblanket]

Hi! Hope you’re doing fine :))

There’s a detail which is bothering me: how could Sheldon think about proposing to Amy when merely two episodes ago (i don’t know the time lapse: a few weeks? Months?) he was ready to leave her for Mars?

What’s your analysis on that?

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So I honestly don't think Sheldon viewed going to Mars as a reason to break up with Amy. Like genuinely, I don't think he saw being on different planets as a deal breaker until Amy got mad at him about it. He even mentions making the "long-distance thing" work when they're fighting about it. Or, I think it's possible too that he was just filling out the application and thinking they'd only have to decide how to proceed if something actually came of it, because he does also say "all I did was fill out an application" to her. As if perhaps he knew he was unlikely to be picked, or that he might still choose not to go even if he was picked.

Additionally, if we assume the original episode air dates are approximately when the events of said episodes take place, there's about two months between the Mars thing and their 5th anniversary where we find out Sheldon has a ring. I think this conversation about their shared future together and also their first sleep over in the fort episode (which was a little less than a month before their anniversary) could have been the catalyst for him to seriously consider proposing. I think there's enough of a time lapse between these for that to be reasonable.

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Hi Michelle! I hope you’re good.

Do you think Sheldon and Amy ever had a “good fright” about contraception? Like, she forgot one time to take her pill or the c*ondom broke and they were worried they might be pregnant?

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Hello! Hope you're having a good Sunday as well!

Honestly? No. At least not any time during the show's run.

I headcanon that Amy goes on the pill soon after she becomes friends with Penny and Bernadette just to help regulate her cycle. (Remember in one of her early episodes she says she wears feminine hygiene products all the time to avoid surprises?) Amy isn't the type of person who would just forget to take it, especially not after she moves in with Sheldon and has him there to remind her as well. And I think it's likely that Sheldon would also want to use condoms to reduce the potential mess, so they'd be double protected. And they're just not doing it that frequently anyway. I don't realistically see there being any pregnancy scares.

But that being said, I do like the idea of at least one of their kids being a surprise. Leonard I think was probably planned, but after him. I think at that point they would maybe forgo the condoms and be less careful. Sheldon having super sperm seems to be a somewhat popular take and nothing is 100% effective anyway. It could happen then.

I posted Shamy baby headcanons a few months ago and they're probably buried kind of far back in the blog now, but I had this idea that their fourth kid would be the surprise baby and then that's it. Sheldon has a vasectomy and Amy forbids him from reversing it.

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It definitely didn’t satisfy me as a finale and I don’t think it’s G&M1M’s fault cause I think this was always the intended plan for an ending spinoff or not. I particularly didn’t like seeing Amy back cause I’m not a fan of giving her actress work considering she’s pretty staunchly a Zionist. What I did like was Mandy trying to be a sister to Missy, Georgie trying to step up (and I don’t fault him for his rose colored glasses on his situation with his dad since it seems like he’s intentionally trying to be more mature), Mary and Connie relating to each other and Sheldon agreeing to do something he doesn’t like for his mother cause he believes in her. I’m really hoping Missy does come back in the new spinoff after Raegan is done with her sapphic book tour and gets a role in a drama like she wants because I want to see her happier.

With many of the things that happened it was less the events themselves that bothered me and more that the show portrayed them as good, nice things when they seemed a lot darker to me. Funerals are of course the ultimate occasion for people to don their rose-coloured glasses and it's totally in character for the kids to act the way they do in order to please their parents. I just don't think it's necessarily a good thing - to some degree it's natural and good for kids to want to please their parents, of course, but in this family they have a role reversal where the kids take care of the parents emotionally way more than the other way around. Again, not unrealistic and not out of character - just kinda messed up and the show sugarcoats it.

Btw I just realized today that Mandy is only like 8 years younger than Mary! And yet their difference in attitude makes them seem like they're from different generations. Wild to consider. Just something that came to mind thinking about all this.