TMC
07-13-2022, 08:54 PM
https://www.looper.com/926690/the-big-bang-theory-fans-agree-this-character-had-the-most-tragic-backstory/
Sadly, Leonard takes the most traumatic backstory award
In a post on the r/BigBangTheory (https://www.reddit.com/r/bigbangtheory/) subreddit, u/Logical_Department62 (https://www.reddit.com/r/bigbangtheory/comments/vstqmo/which_of_the_characters_have_the_saddest/) started a discussion thread titled, "Which of the characters have the saddest backstories?" Quite foreseeably, most of the fans gravitated toward Leonard. One comment by u/kmkmrod (https://www.reddit.com/r/bigbangtheory/comments/vstqmo/comment/if3du0z/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), in particular, won the most upvotes: "For the others, their torment stopped. Leonard's mother continued experimenting on him well into adulthood."
Other fans who replied to the comment appeared to widely agree with it. For example, u/DiscombobulatedLuck8 (https://www.reddit.com/r/bigbangtheory/comments/vstqmo/comment/if59rqq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) drew attention to the fact that Leonard builds a hug machine in his childhood to make up for the lack of affection and warmth he receives from his family. During his childhood, Leonard's mother, a leading psychiatrist, treats her son as a lab rat, leaving him on the receiving end of numerous psychological and neurological experiments.
In fact, in Season 12, Episode 17 ("The Conference Valuation"), she even confesses to adult Leonard that the experiments have not yet ended. Her many experiments and her constant disapproval of her son's numerous accomplishments directly lead to Leonard's lack of confidence and a slew of other issues that plague the scientist well into his adulthood.
Sadly, Leonard takes the most traumatic backstory award
In a post on the r/BigBangTheory (https://www.reddit.com/r/bigbangtheory/) subreddit, u/Logical_Department62 (https://www.reddit.com/r/bigbangtheory/comments/vstqmo/which_of_the_characters_have_the_saddest/) started a discussion thread titled, "Which of the characters have the saddest backstories?" Quite foreseeably, most of the fans gravitated toward Leonard. One comment by u/kmkmrod (https://www.reddit.com/r/bigbangtheory/comments/vstqmo/comment/if3du0z/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3), in particular, won the most upvotes: "For the others, their torment stopped. Leonard's mother continued experimenting on him well into adulthood."
Other fans who replied to the comment appeared to widely agree with it. For example, u/DiscombobulatedLuck8 (https://www.reddit.com/r/bigbangtheory/comments/vstqmo/comment/if59rqq/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) drew attention to the fact that Leonard builds a hug machine in his childhood to make up for the lack of affection and warmth he receives from his family. During his childhood, Leonard's mother, a leading psychiatrist, treats her son as a lab rat, leaving him on the receiving end of numerous psychological and neurological experiments.
In fact, in Season 12, Episode 17 ("The Conference Valuation"), she even confesses to adult Leonard that the experiments have not yet ended. Her many experiments and her constant disapproval of her son's numerous accomplishments directly lead to Leonard's lack of confidence and a slew of other issues that plague the scientist well into his adulthood.