(With the above said, I would not be a fan of them changing outright facts that could not be misinterpreted/misjudged.)

@Lemons❤ said:

I'm completely caught up with this show now and have skimmed through all of the threads on this board. I know this has been touched on in at least one thread but here are my two cents.

There are some differences between Sheldon's recollection of his childhood on TBBT and the way it is portrayed in YS. Obviously some of that is just so that YS will be a likable show. But I think there are two more reasons that are completely in keeping with the Sheldon we met on TBBT.

1) Sheldon was known to overdramatize events for his own agenda and to get attention. For example, remember when he would get sick? Some of his recollection of his childhood may have been exaggerated for whatever his agenda was at time he was describing it.

And more importantly...

2) It has been made clear on both shows that Sheldon does not easily pick up on social cues and that he is also very self-absorbed. The world viewed through Sheldon's eyes was surely very different than how it actually was. YS is showing us how it actually was, and because Sheldon had his own unique way of viewing things, that gives the writers some flexibility.

Thoughts?

Sarcasm?

George was really a loving family man, and it's all Mary's fault that he drank and cheated on her. In the end she drove him to dead.

Mary is the only god-fearing person in the family, and is constantly worrying about Sheldon, so she doesn't have much time for George and the other children. Sheldon worships her.

Missy is almost as smart as Sheldon, but as a girl she was not appreciated. Sheldon got all the attention, so she rebelled, and decided to ditch school and have fun.

George Jr. is really ... (what Sheldon said), but still a good brother.

Meemaw is hot.

After his father's death, Sheldon felt guilty and blamed himself. He blocked out the truth and re-imagined his family. We cannot believe anything Sheldon says in TBBT. It can all be part of his confabulation to protect himself - 'shields up' - from the truth. He got along well with Beverly - Leonard's mother - because she was really writing a book - "Bazinga: Drawing the thin line between genius and insanity" - about Sheldon's psychological problems.

I'm not sure if you were asking if my original post was sarcasm, but if so, it was not.

Your theory is an interesting one, and is somewhat in line with my #1 above, his agenda in this scenario to protect himself from the truth.

We've seen though that Sheldon is extremely bad at lying and eventually blabs the truth so not sure if he would lie to everyone about his childhood and never come clean. He would have really had to block the truth if he's capable of doing so. 🤷

@Lemons❤ said:

I'm not sure if you were asking if my original post was sarcasm, but if so, it was not.

Your theory is an interesting one, and is somewhat in line with my #1 above, his agenda in this scenario to protect himself from the truth.

We've seen though that Sheldon is extremely bad at lying and eventually blabs the truth so not sure if he would lie to everyone about his childhood and never come clean. He would have really had to block the truth if he's capable of doing so. 🤷

Which his grown-up brother explained to him in the BBT episode where Sheldon finally apologized and asked his brother to be at his wedding to Amy.

But didn't Missy promise to straighten up after the tornado incident? Why would she become more rebellious now?

@Knixon said:

@Lemons❤ said:

I'm not sure if you were asking if my original post was sarcasm, but if so, it was not.

Your theory is an interesting one, and is somewhat in line with my #1 above, his agenda in this scenario to protect himself from the truth.

We've seen though that Sheldon is extremely bad at lying and eventually blabs the truth so not sure if he would lie to everyone about his childhood and never come clean. He would have really had to block the truth if he's capable of doing so. 🤷

Which his grown-up brother explained to him in the BBT episode where Sheldon finally apologized and asked his brother to be at his wedding to Amy.

First, thank you for reminding me of that scene. I just went back and watched it. I had forgotten about it. In that scene though, Georgie explains that Sheldon's perception of life after he left home is largely what it is because everyone was protecting him. It's not really supporting that Sheldon was lying or blocking anything out.

@Knixon said:

But didn't Missy promise to straighten up after the tornado incident? Why would she become more rebellious now?

I think that was something she said in the moment but it is just in her nature to be wild and outgoing, and also rebelling is a result of watching Sheldon get all of the attention her whole life. She did do some things to straighten up though. After Mary left for Germany she took over a lot of the work and organization within the house.

@Lemons❤ said:

I'm not sure if you were asking if my original post was sarcasm, but if so, it was not.

Your theory is an interesting one, and perhaps even is somewhat in line with my #1 above. Not sure if you meant that he completely convinced himself of a different childhood or if he changed the details by lying to fit some sort of agenda, such as assuaging guilt and preventing people from knowing the truth.

I meant that my post is partially sarcasm. As you know Sheldon has a problem understanding sarcasm.

@wonder2wonder said:

@Lemons❤ said:

I'm not sure if you were asking if my original post was sarcasm, but if so, it was not.

Your theory is an interesting one, and perhaps even is somewhat in line with my #1 above. Not sure if you meant that he completely convinced himself of a different childhood or if he changed the details by lying to fit some sort of agenda, such as assuaging guilt and preventing people from knowing the truth.

I meant that my post is partially sarcasm. As you know Sheldon has a problem understanding sarcasm.

Aha! 😊 And yes I knew you might have meant that your post was partially sarcasm but it was an interesting theory nonetheless.

A Big Bang Theory theory, you might say. 🤓

@Lemons❤ said:

I'm completely caught up with this show now and have skimmed through all of the threads on this board. I know this has been touched on in at least one thread but here are my two cents.

There are some differences between Sheldon's recollection of his childhood on TBBT and the way it is portrayed in YS. Obviously some of that is just so that YS will be a likable show. But I think there are two more reasons that are completely in keeping with the Sheldon we met on TBBT.

1) Sheldon was known to overdramatize events for his own agenda and to get attention. For example, remember when he would get sick? Some of his recollection of his childhood may have been exaggerated for whatever his agenda was at time he was describing it.

And more importantly...

2) It has been made clear on both shows that Sheldon does not easily pick up on social cues and that he is also very self-absorbed. The world viewed through Sheldon's eyes was surely very different than how it actually was. YS is showing us how it actually was, and because Sheldon had his own unique way of viewing things, that gives the writers some flexibility.

Thoughts?

Couldn't have said it better myself.