The Nice Guy thing is definitely a problem. He feels entitled to other people being attracted to him. In the last episode, he straight-up admitted to Penny that he was only ever nice to her as a getting-into-her-pants strategy.
All his getting-into-people's-pants strategies are off. He's apparently cast himself as the normal one/straight man in the hopes of appealing to non-geeks. But no matter what your specific interests are, would you rather date a guy who no-holds-barred genuinely enjoys whatever it is he enjoys, or who makes a big production of it being stupid and childish while still secretly longing to do it? With all his sighing and eye-rolling, he just comes off as a boring, unfun stick-in-the-mud. AT BEST. At worst, he is actively mean to his friends. Why do they like him?
Since season one I've been waiting and waiting for the rest to give on on Leonard and embrace Penny in his place. She lacks Leonard's extensive background knowledge on, say, Warhammer, but she's a better sport.
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All his getting-into-people's-pants strategies are off. He's apparently cast himself as the normal one/straight man in the hopes of appealing to non-geeks. But no matter what your specific interests are, would you rather date a guy who no-holds-barred genuinely enjoys whatever it is he enjoys, or who makes a big production of it being stupid and childish while still secretly longing to do it? With all his sighing and eye-rolling, he just comes off as a boring, unfun stick-in-the-mud. AT BEST. At worst, he is actively mean to his friends. Why do they like him?
Since season one I've been waiting and waiting for the rest to give on on Leonard and embrace Penny in his place. She lacks Leonard's extensive background knowledge on, say, Warhammer, but she's a better sport.