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Separately I would love for some Steam flashbacks from Steffy..you know 1. Liam telling her "I hate you" 2. Crawling on the ground begging 3. Catching Liam and Hope about to have sex after giving birth to Kelly 4. Liam forgetting Kelly existed while he made his new home with Hope 5. Crying alone while pregnant... 6. Brooke telling her that Liam will have to focus on his new family etc..etc..etc.. You know the highlights...

The bonus scenes which don't air in the USA have Thomas stating that he is continuing to see a therapist, this was one from a last year pre-Rome and in another with Ridge post-Rome Thomas said that he is utilizing techniques he learned in therapy to stay on track. Now we can discount those scenes since they didn't air in the USA but they air internationally. Since I watch the I count them as part of the show. The bonus scenes usually are pretty good and seem to add to the show not just the Thomas/Hope ones but also other characters. I don't know how they choose what to cut but I would much prefer to watch those compared to repetitive scenes and dialogue.

Honestly I wouldn't have minded if Thomas has said that people have said the same about him just for the self reflection part. Thomas has also been needled and poked, no one has punched him in the face but Finn straight up told him he is a bad person and he overheard Finn badmouthing him to Hope, how many times has he been harassed by Brooke. Steffy is telling him how Hope doesn't love him. Yet he has not regressed, as stated above he has gotten therapy and while we don't see the bonus scenes that air outside USA based on those he is still in therapy and utilizing techniques (whatever that is lol) to stay on track. He also did his apology tour. Sheila is literally a career criminal who Steffy should have left alone. I do believe people can change and even if Sheila did change Steffy and Finn have the right to never give her the time of day. Just as Liam and Brooke has the right to never give Thomas the time of day. If anyone is interested Thomas/Hope Bonus Scene 2.23.24

Today was the first time in a long time I didn't ffwd the show. Loved Hope and Thomas, she opened up about the relationship with Deacon, they really should explore the insecurities that left behind in addition to Liam and his continued love for Steffy. Thomas was great support staff, he didn't say much but it was nice to see them talking and connecting outside of sex. They act very much like a couple, Hope/AN is very tactile in those scenes. In my eyes, Thomas and Sheila are different, when Thomas ties his mom to a chair and then set her house of fire or shoots Douglas and is wife ..maybe...Remember Sheila threatening baby Thomas, telling Stephanie that Thomas wouldn't live to see his first birthday if Stephanie didn't do as Sheila wanted. Sheila, Sheila, Sheila - give KB the material and she delivers. I am looking forward to what she does next. That ending was great and her emotions over Steffy's continued harassment. Finn WTF? The woman kept you captive and she SHOT you!! He just has that dumb look on his face. ..Steffy should have left her the hell alone but I will never sympathize with Sheila. She shot FInn AND Steffy and left them to die. If I were Steffy I would just move out of LA with or without Finn.

Steffy …

Oh Lord, Liam is like a goddamn broken record! Mr. doom and gloom. Also why was he at FC?? Btw no amount of flashbacks will erase the amount of times Liam dogged out Steffy! Did Sheila call Kelly her "granddaughter"...oh oh.. As tired as this Sheila/Steffy feud is, that was some good acting today with with JMw/KB. Best part of the episode:No RJ/Luna

I see Liam is sorely in need of that Steffequin 🤔

Like Jon Snow (GOT ref ) - I know nothing but here is my unsolicited speculation. SC is kinda dangling in the wind - I do agree, the writers got themselves into a corner. He is a strong actor but without Steffy or Hope what is his purpose? I think they were potentially planning on revisiting Steam, but the popularity of Sinn put a hard stop to it. I recall one of the soap sites social media asking who wanted Steam and a majority of the responses went from "no" to a "hell no". I think they put the nail in Steam with Steffy crawling and begging. Steffy spent how much time alone looking at that photo of her and Liam. Along comes Finn and Sinn is born and they gain a solid fanbase. Steffy's character has also grown with Finn , she has matured. Now we have Thope, I still think Thope was meant to probably be short term but they have also gained a solid fanbase even though their storyline is molasses paced and all over the place. Some may not want Hope with Thomas but they don't want her with Liam either. Hope is now evolving as a character. Liam has not been allowed to evolve and mature over time, his claim to fame is which woman he is dating and the TOD part deux. Now Steffy/Hope are entangled with other men and now tptb is stuck with (Sound of music reference) - How do you solve a problem like Liam- They need to give Liam a business based story and more scenes with his kids.

I’m flabbergasted at Liam. How many times will he tell Steffy to leave Finn before he realizes that his milkshake doesn’t bring all the girls to the yard anymore

RJ's sweater.... Imma leave that there....just marinate on that...

So I see Thope is now also on the obligatory propping of RJ/Luna. I hope that new drawing means a new line, I’m so sick and tired of HFTF and frankly it’s way past time for Hope to transition out of that line. I will forever 😒 the writers for making Thomas so evil when MA came back. He just works so well with AN. I’m sorry I find them too cute 🥰. We could’ve done without RJ walking in on his bro/sis making out. 🫤 RJ looks odd when he’s sketching. He has a terrible posture. Also while pocket sized Runa may fit on a couch, it don’t work or Thope. They’re on the taller side. ETA:Zende wtf ? Just let it be.

Soo..am I the only one who thinks Deacon just painted a target on Hope’s back which may come to fruition.

RJ really needs to stop scrunching up his face.

I was thinking - Poor RJ His brother and sister are f**king each other for the second time in his life. First was Steffy/Rick...

Poppy mints and Luna’s mints were in different shaped bottles. One was round and the other square. I do feel bad for Luna though. I keep going back to Hope’s sexual expression with Wyatt and Thomas which is/was a lot more free. Today would’ve been a good segway into a conversation about her first time. She was clearly uncomfortable talking about it when RJ brought it up. Would’ve even nice that she reflected on the impact of her disastrous first time with Liam after RJ left the room. Thomas has commented on how she has surprised him in that aspect enough times. That would’ve been better than repetitive conversations.

I would say today it's constant texting and not so much calling lol.

So I just binge watch’s season 1, I’ve never played the game so I know nothing. However I enjoyed it. Didn’t realize that Makee was show created, sorry to see her die. I was sure she would end up preggers with a super blessed one but alas she was just a plot device.

This Luna/Zende situation bothers my soul and yes the fact that he’s a black character getting thrown under the RJ bus during black history month irks me even though other characters have had the same treatment. Thinking back I’m realizing how many times this has happened Ridge/Caroline Sr - she thought he was Thorne Eric/Brooke - Bridget Ridge/Brooke - where he says “they needed this” blech Thomas/Caroline - Douglas I won’t be watching this week.

This will be misunderstanding night #4 or 5??? Awful story..

No offense but no amount of happy pills can make someone mistake Zende for RJ. They’re different race/ethnicities and RJ ain’t cute WTF is tptb smoking… I’m feeling a bit insulted - my intelligence that is.

They should let Thomas be Thomas, this new version needs his edge back. He’s not meant to be good, let him be gray. I need snarky Thomas who will tell Brooke about herself instead of the well controlled “I believe etc”. Hope can accept that he has a manipulative side and go from there. We’ve seen this type of pairing in soaps before. I mean it’s quite clear that Hope has drunk the Thomas cool-aid. Not that I mind since I love the pairing. Speaking of meetings wouldn’t it be nice to show the characters in these business meetings moving and shaking vs the repetitive dialogue. I’m more interested in that HFTF meeting than Eric’s party. Can we get someone trying to steal some fashions ? ETA: I’m thinking Luke and Laura from GH, Luke was always involved in some mess (usually illegal) and Laura generally knew what he was up to. 1993-96 they had stories not related to a triangle or cheating. They were just two very different people who loved each other until tptb blew them up in 1996 and retconned some of their history. Their conflicts were usually the consequences of Luke’s schemes on their family.

Finn is working and Steffy is sick and doesn’t want to pass on her cooties. Hope and Thomas have an all important HFTF meeting they just can’t miss which makes no sense if this is an evening party. I got all this from the recap by the way, I didn’t watch the show. No interest.

I’m here with you. I’m wondering if Finn is the daddy. Finn was in college when Poppy lived with them. Maybe Finn was altered and doesn’t remember and we have misunderstanding night #4???

Gawd I hope not. I am curious about those mints she and Poppy keep popping.