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LeBlanc is another one who self nominates frequently. I think MS and PB do also, there is a group of them. So there is a reason some win more than others....it's because they submit themselves all the time. Many actors never, or rarely, bother going through the process. Most just do it when they think they've done a important storyline. Bryton hasn't won that much at all given the number of self-nominations. I think 18 of them: 9 times in the YOUNGER actor male category (the easy peasy ones) and got 4 noms and 1 win. Another 9 times in the SUPPORTING actor contest and received another 4 noms and 1 win so far. So it's not an impressive result. PB, CB, and MS all submit for the much tougher to win, LEAD actor award, and have had much better results than Bryton with the noms and wins. But even if you don't win you get all the fanfare, (lunch's/interviews/media recognition) leading up to the event so it's a major PR thing for themselves also.

Not really a surprise since Bryton is a serial self-nominator. He's nominated himself, in the easiest to win category possible, almost every year since is he started in 2005ish? Even if he doesn't have a story he sends in his scenes. Most voters don't know if the actor had a story or not. You are only judged on the scenes. He nominated himself every year -in the younger actor male category-until he aged of it at 26 (I think). Those are as so easy to win, and get nominated for, because there are so few of them, and even fewer of the younger actors know how to nominate themselves. Then he's nominated himself for supporting actor every year since that.

Conner Floyd did an interview a couple days ago that explained why. I guess he grew a beard so Chance would look older. Chance was born on-screen in 1988, making him 35. He doesn’t have a baby face and looks mid-30s to me, so I don’t understand why he feels he needs to do that. I like him better without the beard too. I wish I could accept the honor, but I stumbled upon someone else using it on social media. It’s the perfect nickname, plus I don’t have to type out, Chance is so handsome, every time I post.

I sure am enjoying seeing Detective Chancesome on my screen more often. He may not be preventing any crimes, but he sure pretties up the place. Now that the GCAC set is back, isn’t it about time for the rooftop pool to open?

He's not lost any appeal to me! Chance is the only reason I still follow any of this soap. Although, I'll admit I don't see him in the big picture due to my method of watching. I collect 10-20 episodes and watch a Chance-a-thon (and maybe a few other scenes that may interest me) in my mass fast-forwarding spree. But I can certainly can get on board with your conspiracy theory that they are toning him down in order to not upstage some of their "writer's pet" male characters on the show. There is no other reason that they would put this spectacular looking man in GARBAGE! Y&R went to lots of trouble to create a set full of dumpsters and GARBAGE to place Chance in. WTH? Meanwhile, many viewers are chomping at the bit to see this handsome man getting out of the shower, grabbing a towel to pat himself dry, so he can answer the phone from a GC resident needing his assistance. They gave the new town psycho Cameron an open shirt scene in his bathroom right off the bat. It's been years and we have yet to see Chance in the shower. Give us the shower scene, please!!!!! A total and complete waste. The Chancellor legacy is a classic long running Bill Bell storyline many of us have followed through the decades. It can practically write itself, but it seems they try to suppress it at every turn. Is it because they are still trying to gaslight us into believing Devon is a Chancellor? I don't know, but that only works on the newest viewers. Most of us know Devon is not a Chancellor and does not have one drop of Chancellor blood. We have watched decades of a Y&R that included Brock and Mac, and know the difference between Katherine's blood and Chancellor blood. Katherine having descendants isn't something new. I don't think the show cares what we want, they definitely have their own agenda and write what pleases them. On another note, I just watched a Conner Floyd YouTube interview. It's kinda fun, the actor is sweet and seems into playing Chance. You can tell he really cares about the show. I wish the enthusiasm from TPTB at Y&R was mutual.

😂I guess I'm not the only one noticing this now. It seemed normal for Devon to be much smaller than Neil since he was his child. So we just got used to it. Devon was just....well....Devon. But now that the "tall blond" is his girlfriend, he's looking exceptionally short. Abby is already taller than him sitting down, add in her 4 inch heels once she stands up, and she towers above him. Even their sex scenes, though well choregraphed, look awkward. They are not the typical "pretty" soap couple. They remind me of a 50s Hollywood stereotype of the beautiful blond starlet on the arm of some old, bald, short studio head. Of course, Devon is not old, but if he let his hair grow in a little, and got rid of that mustache??? he'd look better. I don't understand why he shaves his head, it's a look only a few can pull off well. Shemar Moore, Telly Savalas, Dwayne Johnson, or Stanley Tucci etc. look great, Bryton not so much.

+1 I had about 20 episodes on my DVR that I didn't get to over the holidays. I was going to delete them all, but then decided just to fast-forward them and only stop to watch the scenes with Chance in them. It was an excellent decision, and I'm now a Chance expert. Some young girl will not do, Chance needs an older woman to make him feel better, and get him through this tough time in his life. Sharon must jump on that handsome hunk of a man for all of us. Please Y&R, make it happen. 🙏

Isn't everything, no matter how it's presumed to be expressed, an opinion on here? I wasn't triggered just puzzled to where it was coming from. I've never thought of Y&R as a supercouple kind of soap. Nikki & Victor of course , but they were apart quite a bit before this last decade or so. Maybe Nick and Sharon if they get back together?

Well, I guess it’s just a new thought to me. I’ve never seen the idea about Abby and/or Devon being some sort of super legacy kids before. Ever since they sorased Abby, for the most part she’s existed on the fringes of both the Abbott and the Newman families. So much so I often forget she’s a family member. Victor involves himself into every little detail in Adam, Nick, and Victoria’s life. Whereas he’ll show up for one important day in Abby’s… maybe. Same with the Abbotts, I can’t count all the family meetings they have that don’t include her. Romance wise Abby tends to have one-night stands, someone else’s guy, or the men right before they leave Genoa City. She slept with Summer’s husband Austin, and Sharon’s boyfriend Scott Grainger. Short stints with Daniel Romalotti, Carmine, Zack Stinnett-the pimp in the prostitution ring, Alex Chavez, and Nate. She was engaged for a short time to Tyler Michaelson and Arturo. But there was never a thought they were marrying one of GC’s major legacy characters in the story. With Arturo, the story was about marrying a wealthy woman since he was a working-class man but nothing much more than that. When she married Stitch there didn’t seem to be any big fanfare about him marrying a prime legacy character. All her relationships seemed to be an afterthought rather than planned out like the other legacy kids. Except when it came to Chance. The most super legacy thing I’ve ever seen Abby do is marry Phillip Chancellor the 4th in the Chancellor mansion with both families there. That’s the only one that seemed on par, and treated with the same importance, as Nick, Victoria, Billy, Kyle, Summer, and Adam’s weddings given it took place during the height of Covid. Even though they ret-conned Devon to be Katherine’s bio-grandson to me he’s still Devon, just with money. The character didn’t all the sudden become dynamic or grow to be dynamic. I guess the ret-con was too late in Kay’s life for me to remember them as family, because they really didn’t get a chance to show that. Even after the connection was made, Katherine mainly spent her scenes with Cane, Jill, and Murphy. When she did have time with Devon, he was a jerk to her most of the time. I notice that the writers go the extra mile trying to magnify the connection, they are constantly placing Devon under the Chancellor Park sign in the park, and in front of her picture at his apartment, or have him talking about “HIS grandmother Katherine CHANCELLOR”. But that’s not the same as watching them day after day, for years, as family. Brock and Katherine had such a special relationship that was so heartwarming. They really felt like mother and son. ❤️ Mac’s entry story also focused on the relationship with her. Devon’s relationship seems to focus on that her last name was Chancellor, which rings so hollow for me. Neither Brock or Mac cared about that, and it just wasn’t a thing for them, they weren’t Chancellors. With Devon, the bio-connection seems to be for the sole reason of entitling him to everything she had, and everything with the Chancellor name on it, even though he isn’t one either. Devon’s a more important character now, but I guess I don’t see him as some sort of major or super legacy character that's more important than the others since 1) he wasn’t born on screen like the others, 2) he’s not of the same blood (Neil) like the others, 3) he didn’t grow up with, or even live with, his family (Katherine) like the others, and 4) his blood connection is a major ret-con, decades after the fact, unlike the others. His ret-con is sort of like Dylan with Nikki.

I don't think it's big deal at all. Since there are so many Newman's and Abbott's these days almost everyone is going to get to marry one if they want to. It was significant back when Billy & Victoria got together because it was the first time offspring from the two biggest rival families married. But now we have Summer & Kyle, and Noah & Allie, too. We may have had Moses & Faith if they weren't cut. Same with money and companies. Gone are the days when there were 3 powerhouses, John, Victor and Kay. Today it seems like almost everyone is wealthy and/or in the "c-suite". Does it really matter if one character has two billion, another has ten billion, and another has 20 billion? There is nothing for any of them to aspire too really, they simply go back and forth buying each other and trading CEOs and COO's. They are all special and wealthy. Yawn. Giving Dominic six names is just trying way too hard. Just hearing his name makes me chuckle because it's so ridiculous, partly because the child isn't really a descendant of most of his own names. By blood he is a Newman, Davis, Hamilton, Shepard and a Hendricks...I guess. He doesn't have John Abbott's, Phillip Chancellor's, or Neil Winter's blood even though he has all their names pasted on him. Do I get to be future ruler of something if I name myself YRfan Gates Musk Bezos Buffet Walton? If anything I think it's rather sad that Devon doesn't have his own name on his own child. I guess Devon's Hamilton last name ( from a poor crack addict groupie) isn't prestigious enough to make the legacy supercouple cut? The writers are just too brand new with this Devon is Katherine's grandchild bit. Katherine having offspring is nothing new to Y&R. She had her son Brock around since the beginning in 1974. No one he got together with was ever thought to be a potential legacy pairing, he was just Kay's son. Same with Mac, also a grand child of Katherine. The way Bill Bell wrote it, the big heirs were from Phillip Chancellor. Kay didn't have any of those so she spent decades of her life trying to get them from Jill who did. Hence the 40 year rivarly.

The closed captioning said he was Tucker.

She did. Jill & Katherine attempted to take the company public 12 years ago and lost it to Tucker. You would think she would remember this but she seems to have no memory what-so-ever of that foolish mistake. None of this is the Jill I knew. She would never merge, much less risk going public, with the love of her life's company. She spent most of her 45 year onscreen life wanting everything Chancellor, and worrying about her offspring getting their rightful place in their families. But now she could care less about any of that. She has now become obsessed with Devon and Lily over Billy and Chance. She never even thinks of Philip Chancellor IV. Plot, plot, plot.

I'd bet money she is a mole for Tucker. (Not a spoiler all speculation) This whole IPO deal reminds me of when Tucker stole Chancellor 12 years ago. Back then he set up a bunch of dummy corporations to hide he was buying all the stock. So I'm predicting TSJ, who will be a new very youthful Tucker, will steal CW. Of course he will end up giving it to his son Devon in the end since Josh Griffith sees Devon as a Chancellor even though he isn't a Chancellor, or a Reynolds, so I don't understand why he has divine rights to any company she inherited from her husband. But then JG wrote the whole baby story simply to give Devon's spawn Phillip Chancellor's last name, so whatever. I guess that's easier than building up the character of Devon Hamilton, just switch it to Chancellor and voila, the fact that he isn't one doesn't seem to matter.

Of course it is, so is the merger. There is nothing in Jill's character that would ever do any of this. Jill should be running her beloved Chancellor Industries offscreen as Katherine did, but this whole convoluted mess of a story (merger and going public) is simply Josh Griffith wanting to take Chancellor away from Jill. Josh Griffith wrote Katherine's Will leaving Chancellor Industries to Victor for some reason, to disappear it into Newman Enterprises, but then he was fired. The next regime had Victor sell it to Jill, and Josh Griffith cannot stand being rewritten. I imagine he'll have his new de-aged 50 year old Tucker come in and buy all the shares, or Victoria.

I'm good with anything that makes Chance lose some clothing. 🔥 Chance is the new Brad to me, they should never give him his shirt back.