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This brings me to ask (apologies if this has been explored already): WHY is there so much misogyny on this show (with the exception of Steffy)? Women are the core soap opera audience. Why are female characters so, so, so badly portrayed/treated?

Is this show really going to do two simultaneous stories about a girl using a baby to make the baby daddy stay with her when he’s in a relationship with another woman?! No kidding! Weird that Philip didn’t ask about her job qualifications or what kind of job Joy wanted at Titan.

Uh…I don’t know. There are times I feel like Sophia is still clinging to Tate, and is using the baby to do so. She’s playing it close to the vest, but I can’t help this gut feeling she’s biding her time but her endgame is to break up Tate/Holly and have Tate for herself. My personal opinion is I prefer Tate/Sophia and Holly/Doug3. And then they can all leave Salem - literally, and live HEA.

This was my only gripe, not just for The Royal We, but any “royal” movie. First of all, royalty exists in non European countries so it’s a beyond tiresome that Hallmark only ever has (pseudo) European royalties. But since Hallmark insists on that, why not vary the accents? Why can’t royals have Scandinavian or German accents? This post perfectly sums up my feelings watching The Royal We. The chemistry and organic evolution of the lead’s’ relationship really elevated this movie.

This was kinda, sorta addressed by Sophia/Tate when he said that if they go against Mrs. Choi, she might cut off any funding for Sophia’s college education. Then Sophia said if that if that happens, she’ll get loans. I think this conversation happened at the Brady Pub. Of course, given how rich Tate’s family are (grandpa Shane, maybe even dad John?), they could 100% cut Dragon Lady Choi outta the equation by completely funding Sophia, now and in college.

So much truth to the bolded above. Mrs. Choi: did they ever mention when they came to Salem? It beggars belief Mrs. Choi wouldn’t know anything about the DiMeras via msm/social media. Johnny: I applaud him not wanting to sweep his father’s potential illegal deeds under the rug, but dude - it’s about timing! You know you’re dealing with a hyper judgmental woman whose grandkid you wanna adopt. There’s a time and place, dude.

For me, the difference with the three Hope relationships (and we don’t know if Hope/Finn will have a romantic relationship) is that of the three guys, Hope only grew up interacting/knowing Thomas. Hope didn’t meet Liam, and especially Finn until she was an adult. So with these latter two guys, it’s not really as icky. Any ickyness is more due to having romances with brothers or potentially, a later in life stepbrother (Finn).

UO…I’m ok if Tate isn’t involved in the Two Rachel’s story because I hate when the show tries to shoehorn a (close) relationship between people merely because they are related. And for me, this applies to other relationships beyond the Rachel’s, such as the DiMera siblings or other late in life “oh, hey - we’re related” relationships. I want familial bonds that are organic and develop over time, not “I’m you’re sister/brother/father/aunt/grandma/etc.” so now we’re magically super close and loving.

!!! But it doesn’t have an “indoor” feel . The light looks like all natural light (sunlight), and the manner in which people enter/exit the square doesn’t have an “indoor” ingress/egress vibe. Days does a bad job simulating an indoor setting with the town square.

Do the idiots making this show even talk to each other?! Tate and Sophia are sitting out in the town square with nary a whisper of snow, but the swooping, overhead shot of “Salem” showed snow covered everything.

This is the funniest thing I’ve read here in eons!

THIS! Since people like to bring up Ava’s mob past (EJ calling her Mafia Princess in today’s episode), lean into it. Why shouldn’t Ava use every advantage at her disposal? If justice justice won’t come through for her, then she should resort to mob justice.

All this brouhaha about Rachel the Younger being dragged by the cops/CPS if Ava gives a statement about her kidnapping. Just LIE and say it was aaaaalllll Kristen and her mom. They concocted the whole idea. With Kristen’s criminal past, doubtful anybody will quibble if that’s really the truth. There, Rachel the Younger won’t be implicated. And IF it played out like this (it won’t), let’s see if Kristen tries to throw her kid under the bus and say nooooo, it was Rachel the Younger who concocted the plan.

But really, if this show somehow, some way dragged Hope into this so Steffy and her cheerleaders (Ridge and Taylor) could blame Hope…would we be surprised?

Seriously, hang this entire post in the Louvre. It’s an absolute MASTERPIECE!!!