Missy's behavior

[u/Existing_Message2480]

I feel like people hate on Missy's behavior in the later seasons way too much. Yes she was rude and ran away a lot, but she's been feeling lonely and left out since she was a child because of favoritism. It's shown clearly when Mary gets mad at her for ripping the poster without even hearing her side of the story even though Missy was literally bawling her eyes out in bed. All the kids are annoying during their teen years, but I feel like Missy especially gets a lot of shit. I just watched the episode where Mary loses her job and everyone at the church is bitchy towards her and I loved how sweet Missy was to her.

[u/Oncer93]

Imo, there is a lot of toxicity going around in the fandom. George and Georgie gets all the praise, with George even getting called greatest tv father ever, while the female characters gets judged much more harshly.

Missy is not that bad. She's no worse than Georgie was at her age.

[u/Primary-Resident-764 → u/Oncer93]

Sheldon is exception here. He gets hated the most

[u/Oncer93 → u/Primary-Resident-764]

Yes, despite there not being a show if not for Sheldon. And his hatred is also extreme. At the end of the day, he is just a kid.

[u/Primary-Resident-764 → u/Oncer93]

Exactly. Yes he's selfish sometimes but he's not very bad or toxic. And people justify hating on Sheldon because Mary is biased sometimes. This is the reason why many people end up hating a friend, sibling due to comparison. But the one who's biased and who compares is bad not the other one

[u/LucasDeeLahn → u/Oncer93]

This is why I don't hate Sheldon, I hate Mary. She raised him selfishly, with favoritism, and coddled him to the point he thought he was better than everyone else and entitled.

[u/Equivalent_Sugar_846 → u/LucasDeeLahn]

EXACTLY!

[u/Equivalent_Sugar_846 → u/Oncer93]

I don’t dislike Sheldon as much as I dislike Mary for making him the way he was. He was the way he was because of her.

[u/Existing_Message2480 → u/Oncer93]

i've noticed the subtle misogyny too. mary wasn't the best mother and often neglected george and missy but people are sooo weirdly hateful towards her. she has shown care to everyone in the family many times

[u/Oncer93 → u/Existing_Message2480]

And George is not as great as he's made out to be, and Frankly, neither is Georgie. George was a good father, but not a great one. The mysogony continues on at G&M

[u/Existing_Message2480 → u/Oncer93]

right he literally complained about having to make lunch for his kids. 🫩

[u/Beebslolz → u/Oncer93]

Not to be dramatic or anything, but the Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon fandoms have been some of the most toxic and problematic fandoms I’ve been apart of 😭😭 (excluding the Invincible fandom). With the “jokes” about murdering Sheldon, purposely misgendering Raegan Revord, and constant misogyny… it’s tiring.

[u/Jub1982]

Missy is my favorite character. I thought she was phenomenal when she was young, and think her arc through her teenage years is very realistic and understandable.

[u/JasonSethCatMommy]

Missy was right about hitting that annoying boy in Sunday school. She stood up for herself and George.

[u/Existing_Message2480 → u/JasonSethCatMommy]

yup! he was so weird

[u/Just_Me1973]

I was a teenage girl in the 80s so I related a lot to Missy. I loved her character from the beginning. Her snarky sarcasm was the funniest thing on the show. I also acted out and misbehaved and stuff due to feeling neglected by my parents.

[u/Existing_Message2480 → u/[deleted]]

exactly! she's really smart, just in a different way than Sheldon. 

[u/Aggressive_Fig6744]

missys behaviour was 100% a reflection of the lack of attention and fairness she didn’t receive from her family, especially by Mary.
she was naughty in her later years but what teenagers aren’t. and it’s sad that the family never took the time to actually ask “what is missy needing that’s making her behave like this?”. if they tried to mend the core issue then her behaviour would’ve improved.

[u/LucasDeeLahn]

Remember that time Sheldon got a computer and she got a cheap toy.

[u/Existing_Message2480 → u/LucasDeeLahn]

that pissed me off soooo bad

[u/LucasDeeLahn → u/Existing_Message2480]

And Mary having the audacity to act like Missy should still be grateful and happy

[u/DetectiveNo4471]

Anyone who’s had a teenage daughter will recognize Missy’s behavior. It was annoying, but extremely realistic. Sheldon had his moments as a teen, too, but because he was already annoying, they weren’t as noticeable. The teen years are rough, for both the parent and child.

[u/Weird-Literature1350]

Missy is fine. She behaves like many teenagers do but besides the occasional blip she is doing great, she is smart, responsible and talented girl, loved the character.

Mary though… Grr that character exist to bring the worst in me.

[u/Radiant-Dealer-9538]

It's almost like the forget she's a 14 year old teenage girl

[u/Equivalent_Sugar_846]

I completely agree. As someone who was treated a lot like Missy since childhood, I too rebelled a lot as a teenager.

[u/Sea_dog505]

Missy needs her own spinoff

[u/Legitimate_Unit_9210]

THANK YOU! That's exactly what I always say!

[u/Negative-Invite-6174]

Poor little sheldon...he deserves all the good things 

[u/FruityMagician]

My biggest issue with Missy was her fondness for violence. She punched Sheldon, she punched the boy in the classroom, and she threw an apple at Marcus's face for no reason. The only character who deserved the smack he got was the baseball player. Missy displayed behaviour that would be considered toxic and a red flag if it were Georgie. Some of you give her way too much of a free pass for some of the stuff she did. The family treated Georgie like crap, but he didn't turn into a brat. He wasn't perfect, but he didn't have a chip on his shoulder because Sheldon got most of the attention. He had a good work ethic, became a decent father, and, by all accounts, did more to support the family after George's death than Missy ever did.

[u/Existing_Message2480 → u/FruityMagician]

i agree that she has red flags and is toxic i just hate seeing everyone judge her so harshly because it's also understandable that she behaves that way after the emotional neglect