SwordQueen

New-Franco. I'm good at blowing smoke. OG-Franco could be an ex of mine's twin. So, I can't look at him, it's creepy. Would you rather: be kidnapped by Jerry and be called 'darling', while you get three hots and cot, or be kidnapped by Helena and be fabulously insulted, while you get some fashion and poise instruction?

Westbourne dinner, for sure! The insults yelled in German would be awesome. I'm not sure I'd eat or drink anything and I'd definitely wear a bullet-proof vest though, just in case. Would you rather: Have Heather Webber as a mom (and possibly be stabbed and/or poisoned), or Have Emo-Franco as a son (and possibly be stabbed and given woobie faces)?

He wept?! Wow. TC is best at playing deranged. It's still not very good, but it's better, and I think it might have worked, had we not been made to endure the blossoming of Princess Lots 'o Sex. In fact, I wonder if it would have worked better if she had been this way (unbalanced-religious-manic) from the get, while still maintaining her more youthful nerdy nature. Britt could have been the more decent one -- not a Princess Pollyanna Pureheart -- just a noticeable contrast from her psycho parents. Britt, Dr.O, and Faison all being crazy lying liars, was just too much (and predictable), for me. If Britt had somehow been the normal-yet-weary daughter of psychos, then discovering who her parents were would have had more impact, again imo. But, I really want Sabrina to go away. Britt is coming close to being in "GTFO" territory, too.

This must be what constitutes as growth for Sonny, since he's not going to shoot her in the head, while in labor. So going off of that, I'm guessing she'd survive until right after the umbilical cord is cut. Such a humane man, that Sonny is.

That whole thing is so disgusting to me. I know, soaps aren't real, but the pure ... delight... Sonny and Shawn seem to be getting from their plan is just sickening, beyond tolerance. I want everyone to know about this, so NO ONE can ever say that Sonny doesn't hurt women and children, again.

Well, I know that I'm rooting for everyone's immediate fiery death. I guess he would have to be wearing a Luke mask then? I'm not sure if it was a mask or surgery. Is fondue a thing in Amsterdam? One thing I've been wondering about is that since Fluke has been shown to be a horny perv, if he's not related to Luke in any way, how come they haven't shown him acting gross towards Lulu? While Fluke still behaves differently than Luke, he was still shown to be somewhat "fatherly" with her. Fluke didn't seem like he had self-control with his perviness, so I wonder what stopped him from staring at/flirting with a woman who wasn't actually related to him? I love CT, but Helena has no point on this show anymore, imo. Why would she even care about PC and the idiots who live there? Laura, who was the main target of her wrath, is not even living there anymore. She wants to use Jason --for what -- I'm sure there are other hit men out there, just as capable. Or she could just build an army of robots, if she wants a killing machine that doesn't blink. So, how many villains have been on this project, working their various agendas? Fluke, Jerry, Helena, (deceased, hopefully) Victor and Stavros, and who else? I want to feel sorry for Britt, because shit's going to hit the fan again and she's going to have to go back to sleeping on Brad's couch, but she should be smarter than this. Why does she want Nik, anyway? He's not worth all of this trouble, and his son makes me want to rip my uterus out with my bare hands and set it on fire. Britt and Brad are cute though. It feels like they have an actual, genuine friendship.

That's the exact reason why the breakdown writers have nothing to work with. Ron doesn't do start/middle/ends. We're going to have to start philosophizing now, if nothing can come from nothing, and then all go lie down from headaches.

Oooh easy! GG is my show, and I like Brad, but what's a Lucas? Would you rather live with Kiki as your roommate, or have Ava run you over and you get a new face?

That was meee! lol And I call her Tigger-like and Tallulah. She's easy to nickname, because of all her annoying. Her running 'round the hospital also reminded me of the Kool Aid Man, busting through brick walls, all hopped up on sugar and insanity. WTActualF, Deal! You can have Liz/Jake, if I can have Nathan/Dante! Anna can stay at home, I've got this covered.

We need to start our own 'Mystery Science Theater 3000" with all of the funny that is made here. My soulmate in hate!!! Hate on, friend... hate on. I read some of these replies before I watched Friday and today's shows, and I really see this. He's even been a bit self-deprecating so far, with that social/manners quip. That was what AJ did, not Jason. Ryan P/Nathan is sooo adorable. He and DZ/Dante are just too cute together. The dock 'n roll was just the best scene, and one of the best endings for a waste of a character in a long time. So mad that Re-Ron took one of the only good things he's done on GH, back. BM, as AJ, would have been interesting to see. This ...whatever...that they are doing with him and Liz is just barf-worthy. She really does attach herself to any man in sight, like a clinging vine, doesn't she? Total overkill. It's just weird. Ron doesn't get subtle; his "nods" and "winks" are like fists and sledgehammers. Silas! He's alive, he's alive! Finally putting the pieces together, and I hope they have him go all out in messing with her. At least it's more fun to have two people go at each other, who are more equally matched, rather than have one person crazy and the other asleep. Liking Silas' obvious sad at realizing Sam was right and he's lost her. I hope she leaves Patrick in the dust on her way back to Silas, now that he's lucid again. Nina continues to be, if I can be frank, a complete burden. But, man those emoticons were hilariously embarrassing. And nice rip-off there, Ron, with, "I won't be ignored!" Why not take more ideas from others, and maybe it would explain Neener's behavior a little more if we found out she was "40 going on 14". I really doubt Tracy wouldn't know what 'space cakes' were. And Jerry was fun. Stupid character, but SR is always delightful, to me. Still no Kiki, hell yeah! But, I still hate her.

It all seems so obvious, doesn't it? Instead of Michael finding Morgan reading the 'Dummies' book, Dante should have. They could, you know, have a conversation or two about becoming a father, being an older brother and a responsible role model. Oh, I so think Joss would be cute with Morgan, and hell, she could probably even give him advice on raising a child, since she seems to be raising herself (when not with Jax), while Carly is too busy humping Sonny, or lying to Franco. I'd much rather see the kids on the show interacting with their family, than having some kind of kiddie-triangle-romance with each other.

I was just thinking this last week. It's strange how isolated some characters are, esp. from people they should be around. I really do want to see Dante, Michael, and Morgan (and maybe Joss, too, cause she's corn) interacting and hanging out. They've all needed each other to lean on lately. Which is one reason, out of many, I didn't like Michael going to Sonny to clean up the botched mob hit. I know why they did it that way, but it would have shown that Michael is learning something. Oh! And if Morgan wants to learn how to be a daddy/older brother, why can't he go to Dante? He can babysit Ben, hang out with Lante, etc.

My main issue with Ron is the dialogue. I've only been watching since 2006/7-ish, but under Guza, the day-to-day dialogue seemed ... more intelligent? Better thought-out? More relevant to the actual s/l and what we were seeing onscreen? More in-character? Less campy? Less juvenile? Less WTF? I don't know, but I did enjoy it more. Even if it was all-mob-all-the-time (and it has pretty much returned to form), the characters had better conversations with each other. So, that's one difference for me. Not saying I liked Guza, no. But, I do miss how the show's dialogue was written, even if the storylines were awful.

Jakeson's doctor. Only for the fact that I don't want my hands to be anywhere near Carly's face when she starts curling her lips into a snarl and gnashing those teeth. Would you rather be Felix's roommate or Brad's roommate? (equal opportunity for haters of each)

Yes, there's a major difference between using the props around you to create a natural, flowing scene, that makes sense for the characters and s/l -- and performing those strange interpretive dances she keeps doing, like wearing rubber gloves while paying leapfrog. I'm going to start calling her Tallulah (as in Bankhead). Still haven't watched Friday's show, but I'm looking forward to the sweater scene. If Spencer represents Ron (and I think Ron totally writes him that way, for some personal reason, since he's so obsessed/giddy about it), then who/what the hell does Nina represent? It's like we're watching some kind of play therapy, from inside the mind of RC. What confuses me the most, is how before we met Nina, Silas would opine about how much he loved her, what kind of life they had, and how guilty he felt, etc. But when she rolled onto the scene, that one horrible, black letter day, he already seemed to give no fucks. It was as if he was irritated that she was interrupting his life, right from the get-go. I was kind of disappointed that they didn't have him at least seem surprised and relived that she was alive. I've never seen, from ME/Silas, any hint of love or affection toward Nina. So this, already shitty, s/l has fallen so flat, for me. There are no stakes (as usual). Silas loved Sam before Nina (B.N.), Silas loves Sam after Nina (A.N.). I get that he's doing things for her out of guilt, but I don't even feel like that is being shown onscreen very well. He may feel guilty, but he's acting openly apathetic and somewhat hostile. I don't know. I don't mind fanwanking some things, esp. with characters I feel are getting shafted by the writing, but Silas and Nina (as said many times) are just poorly created characters, in general, and the actors are playing at opposite ends of the spectrum. It doesn't mesh well, or line up to what we knew B.N. (before MS/Nina.) This is the very reason I prefer Nina with Franco (...and not with Silas. I prefer neither of them). They are both insane, manic, annoying characters, with portrayers who almost always overact. At least for me, they seem to even each other out, a bit, because one doesn't stand out over the other. I am grateful though, that ME looks alive again, somewhat. I enjoyed his interaction with Monica, even though it was random. Still a stupid, stupid, waste of time s/l.

Orange dress. Might be a bit too matchy-matchy, since I've already got Sonny's tan, but it'll complete my Halloween costume as a traffic cone. Would you rather have Sonny for a father or Sonny as a lover? Both can be fatal, so choose wisely.

Oh, come on Turtle, there are lots of friends on GH; Morgan and Kiki, Franco and Nina, Felix and Sabrina, Britt and Brad, Patrick and Sam's boobs; Carly and Sonny's penis, Ron and Spencer, etc. Now doesn't that sound like Must See TV?

Sonny's tan. Halloween's coming up, so I can just be an Oompa Loompa, or a burnt carrot, or something. Would you rather go on a date with Milo or sit through Nina trying to seduce you with her Praying Mantis-like wiles?

LOL! This WILL never not be funny. Maybe she TOOK Mrs. Chanandler Bong's clASS on word emphasis. I enjoyed so much of that part of the Robin/Legion of Doom s/l. Funny thing is that it wasn't going that well in real time, but looking back, the show's only gotten worse. I PPH adventure. PPH adventure. (I don't enjoy Nina so much, OTOH *twitch*). That whole MetroCourt scene with Britt, Nik, and That Kid was so freaking weird! WTF are these writers doing, my god. It was so, random, I wasn't even sure what was happening. And when they need Spencer to have to spell the scene out, during the scene, you know we're in for some stupid shit.

I think it's Lesson No.2 in "How to Smell a Fart 101" as taught by Drake Hogestyn, with Joey Tribbiani as TA. Don't really know anything about Rose McGowan, except what her ass looks like. From the sound of it, though, I've already seen the best of her. I agree, and I really, really liked that scene with Nik finding Robin. That whole sequence of Robin seeing Nik, Robert, and Anna was aces. I was actually hoping that Nik and Robin would be explored more -- that seeing each other would in someway imprint on them, a bond between them that would be re-awakened when they were in scenes together. I don't know how it would all work, but I would have been willing to watch and see. And we all know how much Nik loves to be Cap'n-Save-a-Hoe (You, know, the gardening tool. What?). I get so frustrated about the lost opportunities with certain characters. The children of the vets should now be the center of the show, with the older vets, themselves, being the supporting anchors. Not these flash-in-the-pan newbies. New characters are always needed to resupply the gene pool, but the focus on new (and shitty) characters is ridiculous. Nik should still have a lot of s/l left in him, but he's been in a walking twilight slumber for years. Actually, so many of the actors seem to need a strong B12 shot to the ass, or something. GH and soaps in general have a really bad habit of putting the wrong emPHAsis on the wrong charACTERS.

Sonny. Then I could totally snicker and call him "Closet Boy". Would you rather have Shawn as your body guard who has to protect you, or Franco as your friendly local SERIAL KILLER gunning for you?

One of these days, I swear I'm going to be in sync with when most of the board watches. Some rants: First things first. Shawn, ugh. One thing that I really hate, is when a guy gets all up in a woman's space (well, anyone in anyone's space) and demands to know exactly what she's doing, who with, and where, etc. like he has a right to know. I'm probably projecting here, but it drives me insane. Shawn does this way to much with Jordan, who, by the way, I am liking more and more. She's, what I think, so far, is good example of a gray character. She works for the law, but has a shady past, and is undercover where she has to make shady choices, yet she's not boring, or cartoon character crazy or evil. Also, she's hot. And, I'm sorry, but Anna needs to step down as Commissioner, and let Jordan take a crack at it. She always seems a few steps ahead of Anna when they have their little meetings. Loved Lucy today bringing up Tony. She makes Duke more interesting (more interesting, not actually interesting). That 'stash is frightening. But kinda funny. Please let Lucy sneak into his room at night and shave it off, then draw on a handlebar one in Sharpie. Carly sucks, necklace, yuck. That changes everything! Sabrina better die or move to wherever, soon. Making her "darker" is not working. She doesn't do "villain" very well, and seems even stupider than when she was a "princess". I'll bet DarkSabrina wouldn't have aced that nursing exam. Here's hoping that her next role is of "corpse". Hey, Carlos, hey. Hope he gets sprung soon. And where are Johnny and his boys? I'll bet they know who Fluke really is. I like Julian, precisely because of what you stated; he's only interested in one woman, and isn't chasing after another one, even when Alexis [totally, for real, this time] dumps him. Dante is another guy in PC who isn't a ... Sonny. I can't use the word, so I'm just calling it "a sonny" or "pulling a sonny", now. Sad that there are only those two men, plus Mac, like this in town, although Nathan and Ned seem like they'd be this way, as well, if they were in relationships. Even Morgan seems to be all about Ava, that is, when Kiki's head isn't blocking his view of her. I like Ned with Olivia. They are cute, and he makes her somewhat palatable. Shoo Alexis! Can someone please send Spencer to boot camp? I hate what a terrible child he is, and even though he's smart and snooty, he's not even well-mannered like you'd think he would be. And Nik is in competition with Sonny and Carly as the worst parent in PC. He's so blah when it comes to speaking to Spencer about anything, like he can't be bothered. The hell happened to Nik, anyway? Watching old clips of when he first came to PC - he's like a completely different person. A fucking prince on this show, and he's, more often than not, less refined than a mobster (Julian) and a 20 yea-old kid (Morgan). Sadness. Franco and Nina must be in some kind of Bizarro World, where they are only not-blow-your-brains-out-shittastic with each other. I think The List has now been replaced by The Voice Mail. . I see that ME has decided to rejoin the living. Liked his phone conversation with Sam, and I liked that she became emotional -- I'll take it when I can get it, from KeMo. I'm wondering now if Patrick isn't a foil for Jason, so much as he's a foil for Silas. If Sam realizes her feelings for Silas are jus as strong as before and gets back together with him, even more committed than ever, that would make for some emotional stakes when Jakeson re-Jason's himself. I'd like that better. My source of ill-will comes from how Tiggerish she is. Hop, hop, twirl. Jump, crouch, spring. Stretch, flex, do the hustle. All I hear are sound effects when she's on. Boing, boing! I've never wished someone were actually wheelchair-bound, more, than with her. Yes, a thousand times, yes to this! I know characters have to keep mixing it up to some extent, but damn. I'm just waiting for the party scene where they zoom in on the bowl with a bunch of keys in it, and a pile of underwear on the floor. OoH, ooh! Maybe that's what Scott's porn 'stash is for! I just grossed myself out.

Uh, man. Stavros? At least he "dies" and goes away for several years at a time. Sonny never dies -- cockroaches are so tricky that way. Would you rather be the DA, who tries, but can't seem to win a case against the criminals, or be Sonny's lawyer and have to defend his killing of AJ, but most likely win?

Watching it again, on Netflix, which makes for the 4th or 5th time I've gone through the series. lol It's my comfort show, next to The Golden Girls. I really hated what they did to Mel (and Donny) just to make Niles and Daphne's affair more palatable. I loved Mel, but once Fraiser (*incorrectly, imo) labelled Mel as a Maris retread, he kept picking away at her, until everyone else believed it as well. He only gave her a few minutes while Mel met Niles in Frasier's condo before he made his first and final judgment. I thought that they had changed Daphne too much by the end of the show. She lost pretty much all of her quirkiness and blue collar attitude. *The worst was that Mel was not a Maris type. She was exactly like Niles in many ways, which is why he was so wowed by her. She was fussy with cleanliness and organization, and was obsessed with dust and germs, and they shared the same interests. But, in contrast to Niles, she was assertive, yet not emasculating, like Maris was. She wanted to build him up, not tear him down. And frankly, I didn't blame her one bit for wanting Niles to wait it out a bit for the divorce, so she could save face. He broke up their marriage and hurt her, yet she was expected to just fade into the background quietly like their marriage never existed. I liked Claire, as well. She and Martin had such a cute relationship. And only when Frasier dumped her and she and Daphne talked, they realized how close they could have been, so I thought she would have made a great addition to the family. I also liked Fabulous, Forever Faye, but she was a great match for him, so of course he couldn't appreciate that. Didn't like Charlotte at all -- at all, at all. It felt so rushed and forced (like the show was ending and they needed to put him with someone), and I can't imagine Frasier would have been very happy with her in the long term. I like to think they broke up shortly after he flew to Chicago and he reunited with Faye. Lilith will always be my favorite, of all the women, though.

That's one of the reasons I think it could be fun. Everyone is either a friend or a family member (with Nathan having a relative from each side). I'd like to see how Britt would behave considering there's still a layer of uncomfortableness. She wants to make nice with Maxie for Nathan's sake, and Lulu for Nik's, and Nik could fill Nathan in on his family tree* a bit. Dante and Nathan can play footsie under the table. It's also amusing the level of crazy between all of their parents. I really enjoyed the conversations Nathan and Britt and Nik and Britt had about their families -- it felt both believable and like old school soap. and was still meta enough to speak directly to the audience. This might also work as a loophole with the current s/l if Lulu and Dante want to get Nathan and Maxie together without it being a "date". *As far as the character's know, Victor is Nathan's father. I say this a lot (with good reason), but Ron sucks. I hate that he's making me wish bad things on children. Like, Beetle-Fasion needs to come back on Halloween with some candied apples and razorblades. Those kids can be cute-ish, but with Ron writing for them, they're like cotton candy and swizzle sticks -- a little bit, on a rare occasion, can be a nice treat, but too much just makes you want to curl up in a fetal position while puking your brains out, and wishing for death (your death, their death, who cares). I do feel sorry for the kid who plays Spencer though, he's picking up some really bad acting tics.