Not that Kind of Web-Show
by: muaaimoi
The really messed up part is that not all the comments are crazy. Or at least, not Penny and Sheldon belong together crazy. These are people, this is Youtube, technically this is nothing Penny isn't familiar with. They're just, well, Youtube comments.
Can't believe this guy knows such a hot blond.
Oh my god! When he went open your legs! I *DIED*. Why aren't the rest of these this funny?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
Fuck Flags! Live for ANARCHY!
This is so fucking stupid man who cares about flags. This dude is a total fag. Id show the hottie a good time
Love the chicks sarcasm.
lol
FUCK YEAH NEBRASKA!
That's why it's so incredibly jarring when she reads something that means real people out there took one look at her and Sheldon and decided they had something like chemistry.
Those two compliment each other so well, love this new girl more than the other one, hope she appears more often.
It's not even opinionated and obnoxious. How is Penny supposed to get mad at a comment like that? It's just someone being nice. Crazy, because Sheldon doesn't compliment her at all. No matter how well they work together when they have a common goal. They argue too much and she doesn't get him at all. He thinks she's stupid, and she knows he's an arrogant bastard ninety nine percent of the time. The idea of being paired with Sheldon is offensive.
Did anyone else notice halfway through her left hand just itching to reach for his leg and when he opened up at the end, totally checking out the goods. You go Girl get you some Robotic Flag man ass
And when people make comments like that? It's only natural for her to take offence. And its so much easier to be offended when people think they get to have opinions like that. Yes she's aware Sheldon's packing heat. The flash costume is a little tighter around the crotch than Penny thinks it should be is all. It's not like she actually spends time checking! It's just kind of hard to miss. Especially when compared to Leonard... And that is not the kind of thing a good girlfriend thinks, so Penny goes back to reading the comments.
Swear that Sheldon was indirectly making a pass at Penny..i don't think he knew it tho (but, boy she sure did. Did ya see that look on her face? *PRICELESS* ;)
She doesn't even know how to react to some of them. Some comments live in this grey area where Penny can't form a coherent opinion on them. This kind of thing makes her head hurt. Sheldon wasn't hitting on her. Hitting on people is something so far removed from Sheldon's skill set it might as well be on another planet. It had been awkward, that was all it was. Sheldon taking her advice and twisting it into something that didn't make sense to anyone else. Kind of like the people who watched the video seemed to twist the actual content and turn it into something completely different.
OMG! So cute together. I almost never RPS but! These two tho! New OTP!
Like that. She had to go on urban dictionary to look some of these up. No way in hell was Sheldon part of anyone's One True Pairing. Not even Amy's since she seemed willing to share him, and man could Penny not wrap her head around that. It actually pissed her off on Sheldon's behalf. What kind of girlfriend was Amy really? If she just saw Sheldon as a means to an end? It wasn't right.
Yeah. Her look of disgust and horror during Fun with Flags really lends to a believable Romance. Rewatch the episode and watch Penny's face. She was disgusted and horrified. You should be embarrassed.
Finally! Sanity! Someone who got that Sheldon could never even function with someone that way. Certainly not Penny. Even if the idea that someone thought Sheldon disgusted her made her kind of mad. Why did the lone voice of reason sound so hateful? First and foremost Sheldon was her friend. He'd weirded her out once or twice, but he had nothing on the oceans of creepy Howard and Raj inspired. And he'd always been so unapologetic about being himself. Some part of Penny admired that. It was hard not to. It was just such a rare quality in people. Especially among their friends.
Leonard just tried a little too hard. Or rather way, way too hard. Stealing her mail, always willing to lend a hand, quick to offer up anything he thought would get him into her good graces. He was kind of a doormat. But he was her boyfriend. So she was careful when she stepped on him now a days.
She was a lot nicer to him that Sheldon was to Amy at least. He kind of just bulldozed over her. What little ground Amy made she did with fast science talk and near worship. If not outright worship. Only the knowledge that nothing could actually make Sheldon's ego worse kept Penny from attempting to interfere with that relationship. If that's what Amy wanted in her boyfriend, well Penny couldn't really judge.
Glass houses and all that. Penny didn't know what she was doing with Leonard most of the time. She tried not to think about it because it was one of the longest relationships she'd ever managed. And Penny really didn't want to think about what that said about her track record. It was just so much easier to stay with Leonard. That was the truth of it, he was such a good friend. And it wasn't like she had to worry that he'd ever dump her or cheat.
Penny sighed, turning her attention back to her laptop screen. She really didn't like to think about it. Then her eyes caught the user name JazzyStacy83:
Gawd, Sheldon is soooo adorkable! Knew I wasn't the only hot blonde that would hit that! Fuck the whole awkward genius thing is so sexy! Go Penny, take that sizable equipment for a ride!
Penny just kind of gawks at the comment a little. It's got four likes.
The Hell? This is what had Amy convinced she was ready to jump into the sack with Sheldon. What? But before the outrage can properly sink in, someone is knocking frantically at her door and some part of Penny just knows it's Amy. Her eyes flicker to the clock as she gets up to open the door. Amy's early, but that's a good thing. Penny's got plenty of yelling to do.
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Thanks for you guys that commented! It really helped a lot! Also this has been extended to a four part fic.
That said, if you ship Shenny, just ignore this bit:
Okay, Shamy shippers, this rant is for you. So canon bends over backwards to support you. Good for you. Now will you please stop telling me to go watch the show? Of course I watch the show! I'm writing fanfiction for it, hello?
And you know what? As Penny's originally fiery, bubbly, confident, and self-possessed character is slowly eroded and she becomes this jaded, cynical, alcoholic with a dying sense of self-worth; it get's harder and harder. Don't even get me started on what Amy does to Sheldon, Ok?
You guys may see a meeting of the minds, and a logical relationship. But I can barely get over the lack of chemistry between the actors, let alone the bit where they make each others characters worse in nearly every way possible.
If that's love to you, and you can't get enough, then go read some Shamy fanfiction and do you. Stop reading the stories I, and other authors and fellow Shenny shippers, helpfully tag with Shenny right there in the summary. You know, the summary? That thing your supposed to read before clicking on my story and reading the bitch? That.
I get that canons all about the Shamy, trust me. I do. Writing and reading Shenny fics is how I cope with this knowledge that hurts me somewhere suspiciously near my soul. So quit leaving me flames! There is this happy bubbly anticipation I get every time I see I got a review, and having it be your bs is fucking up a wonderful thing.
If you really feel the need to attempt to convert me to your world view, I welcome you to log in and PM me. I have yet to meet a real discussion I didn't like. And I will only be too happy to argue you into the ground.
Rant over, thanks again to all of you who submitted your comments! And reviewed! I hope you enjoyed the chapter and apologize for the tirade. But I needed to get that off my chest. And wow, this might be the longest A/N I have ever posted. Ever.
Sorry about that. Let me know what you think? Please and thank you!