SargeantFuzzyBoots

Ah, the king and queen! (Side question: what's above Leonard's shoulder in his king card?) But gah, that's adorable!

And there's actually only four votes against 11 right now (and it hasn't been twenty-four hours since the round started), so it's still in for the time being.

WeBuiltThePyramids

I'll go recruit some fourteen voters!

SargeantFuzzyBoots

Unfortunately, I think 11 is now officially out.

1. The Bad Fish Paradigm - Eliminated in Round 18
2. The Codpiece Topology - Eliminated in Round 12
3. The Barbarian Sublimation - Eliminated in Round 8
4. The Griffin Equivalency - Eliminated in Round 4
5. The Euclid Alternative - Eliminated in Round 3
6. The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem - Eliminated in Round 2
7. The Panty Pinata Polarization - Eliminated in Round 17
8. The Lizard Spock Expansion - Eliminated in Round 7
9. The White Asparagus Triangulation - Eliminated in Round 1
10. The Vartebedian Conundrum - Eliminated in Round 14
11. The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis - Eliminated in Round 19
12. The Killer Robot Instability - Eliminated in Round 11
13. The Friendship Algorithm - Eliminated in Round 6
14. The Financial Permeability
15. The Maternal Capacitance
16. The Cushion Saturation
17. The Terminator Decoupling - Eliminated in Round 10
18. The Worksong Nanocluster - Eliminated in Round 15
19. The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition - Eliminated in Round 16
20. The Hofstadter Isotope - Eliminated in Round 9
21. The Vegas Renormalization - Eliminated in Round 5
22. The Classified Materials Turbulence - Eliminated in Round 13
23. The Monopolar Expedition

My vote is now for 14.

So ... how 'bout that promo, huh?

WeBuiltThePyramids

I vote 14 as well.

I'm going to be so amused by this episode.

SargeantFuzzyBoots

I know, right?

And LP Santa hat at Christmas consistency continues!

WeBuiltThePyramids

Whoo hoo! I'm excited for the real-time L/P stuff, bound to get subtle cuteness based off what we saw in the promo!

SargeantFuzzyBoots

Oh, yes, definitely. Like there's a split second in the promo where she looks like she's about to touch his back before it cuts to something else. If she doesn't actually end up doing so, then this is gonna be really sad. But I'm sure there'll be other cuteness to make up for it.

WeBuiltThePyramids

She'd better touch his back! (Look at us getting worked up over this little stuff, with all the big stuff we've gotten!) But yeah we already got that plus she smiled really sweetly at him so we're bound to be happy!

SargeantFuzzyBoots

It's the small things that hold us over until the next big things.

And I feel like a bad fan now because I'm totally blanking on what this sweet look is.

But back to the back touching thing quickly, I feel like we see Leonard touch her back a lot, like in Love Spell Potential among other times, but she does more arm/elbow touches, so I'm excited if we're getting a slight change up there ((yes, I'm excited about that).

WeBuiltThePyramids

Maybe there will be another knee touch for you to get overly excited over.

zhalen565

My vote goes to 14 this round

BlackWhiteRose

My vote also goes to #14

SargeantFuzzyBoots

Aw, don't get my hopes up.

And more vote and 14 is out!

WeBuiltThePyramids

We are into the final three! I vote 16. It pains me, but I'm doing it.

1. The Bad Fish Paradigm - Eliminated in Round 18
2. The Codpiece Topology - Eliminated in Round 12
3. The Barbarian Sublimation - Eliminated in Round 8
4. The Griffin Equivalency - Eliminated in Round 4
5. The Euclid Alternative - Eliminated in Round 3
6. The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem - Eliminated in Round 2
7. The Panty Pinata Polarization - Eliminated in Round 17
8. The Lizard Spock Expansion - Eliminated in Round 7
9. The White Asparagus Triangulation - Eliminated in Round 1
10. The Vartebedian Conundrum - Eliminated in Round 14
11. The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis - Eliminated in Round 19
12. The Killer Robot Instability - Eliminated in Round 11
13. The Friendship Algorithm - Eliminated in Round 6
14. The Financial Permeability - Eliminated in Round 20
15. The Maternal Capacitance
16. The Cushion Saturation
17. The Terminator Decoupling - Eliminated in Round 10
18. The Worksong Nanocluster - Eliminated in Round 15
19. The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition - Eliminated in Round 16
20. The Hofstadter Isotope - Eliminated in Round 9
21. The Vegas Renormalization - Eliminated in Round 5
22. The Classified Materials Turbulence - Eliminated in Round 13
23. The Monopolar Expedition

EDIT: Whoops, I thought you said "14 is out." Well I vote 16 once the round starts.

SargeantFuzzyBoots

Ha, yeah. I mean, I'm sure it's gonna go anyway, but, yeah, one more vote needed.

Also, quick new topic, but it's something I've vaguely been wondering for a while: we can consider Bernadette's star necklace and Penny's heart locket similar in the sense that they received them before their men went away for a significant amount of time. Now, Penny wore hers all the time Leonard was gone, and then the episode he came back, and 7.06. Bernadette has worn hers in every episode since Howard returned except 6.15 (and it was a bed scene). So, I don't know if it's the writers or anyone's intention to convey this, but it always makes me wonder if could also be interpreted as showing that Howard and Bernadette have gone the distance with their relationship and have reached marriage, so Bernadette always wears it, and that Leonard and Penny still have a ways to go before they reach that point. I'm almost certainly wrong, but it's fun to wonder about.