Melgaypet

I know soap characters make ridiculous choices all the time. But if the ONLY reason a character does something absurd is "so this story will work," you (as the writers) need to rethink. Find a plausible motivation for your characters to do what they do, and if you can't, then the story doesn't work and you need to scrap it. Why doesn't Sasha just say she got pregnant from a one-night stand with a rando? The best lies are the ones closest to the truth, and that's true except for the "rando" part. Maybe it's a little embarrassing to say "yeah, I didn't actually catch his name," but personally, I would find it a lot more embarrassing to say I banged my ex-boyfriend's 60 year-old hitman uncle.

Michael is so boring. That's not unpopular, but it's true! My (possibly) unpopular opinion is that the whole Gio "bombshell" could have worked. It sounds soapy on paper, doesn't it? But, like so much else on this show, the writers seem to come up with some traditionally soapy idea, but don't seem to understand why people respond to them. So they're always empty. (And dragged way the hell out, which is another consistent problem.)

Sorry, @norahs99 and @ciarra, I seem to have misplaced my torch and pitchfork and bucket of tomatoes. You'll have to settle for imagining me shaking my head sadly at your obviously incorrect opinions.

Was Brennan a character who needed to be recast? I'm all for Chris McKenna, but he could easily be the WSB guy who comes in to replace Brennan and investigate his murder/disappearance. I suppose it's to keep the Carly/Brennan thing going, but I haven't given a damn about Carly's romantic life since she was marrying Jason for mumblemumble reasons and it looked they were finally GOING THERE and I could dream about Sonny returning from the dead/Nixon Falls and the three of them finally cannibalizing each other.

In theory, I do like the soapiness of Willow/Drew, especially with the Nina factor baked in. Heck, I'm pretty sure I was complaining in here about the show not letting them just fuck already. (You know, before they did.) And if it facilitates Submissive Cult Girl Willow coming into her own and becoming more of a force, so much the better. But somehow, it all just feels...tepid.

I still don't get why Mesure wasn't a recast Jax, but whatever, that's not a big deal. I'm not sure why Brennan, who exists mostly to do Carly's bidding, needs to be recast at all. This is odd. Are they going to make McKenna do an Aussie accent, do you think?

SHUT UP I DON’T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT CHARLOTTE THE LAB-BRED MONSTROSITY SHUT UP GO BACK IN YOUR FUCKING COMA IF YOU CAN’T SHUUUUT UUUUUP. *deep breaths* So, Lucky and Elizabeth are pretty cute, huh?

If dogs can be soap stars, then surely they can be soap critics! Here’s Sammy’s nuanced critique of everything connected to the Crispy Michael story.

I said earlier that I wasn't mad at Tracy over this kid thing. And that's still true. (It would be hilarious if she's arrested. Tracy in Jail could be fun.) But I am fucking over this situation. Are we leading up to Willow finally finding her goddamn spine and fighting for herself? Because that would be better, but please hurry up, if that's the case. And if it's not...this feels like wheel-spinning because the man who should be at the center of all this drama - Michael - isn't available. And Sasha can shut up. Girl, this has nothing to do with you. This is not your family.

I was so happy to see a new post in this forum! Then I was scared because I thought someone else died. Then I saw the post and was happy again! So that was a little rollercoaster. Also I'm glad you reminded me this show exists. I need to make sure I watch.

Eh, I'm not mad at Tracy. Do I think she's morally correct in this situation? No, but I also don't care. See, show, I can be hypocritical and inconsistent, too! Let her tell Carly and Drew to fuck all they way off. Those fictional, unnecessary children are fine.

Joss playing Girl Detective is irritating because everything Joss does is irritating, but I do have to say that teen or young adult characters solving a mystery is a soap staple. Brennan grooming Joss to be WSB is a new wrinkle and could have been interesting, in theory. An Alias-type story, like @nilyank mentioned. But then, I think of Joss, of all people, being the one to bring down the shadier elements of the WSB and I die a little inside. I wonder if the Emma angle is being dropped. Anna warned Brennan off, but Emma is an adult, she can join the WSB if she wants to. That could be some organic family conflict where no one has to be the villain - Anna (and Patrick and Robin and Robert wherever he is) would have good reason to not want her in such a dangerous line of work, but that would look quite hypocritical and insulting to Emma.

I don't know what to say. I don't think I understood when I was so young what a revolutionary kind of character Monica was. The Alan/Monica/Rick/Lesley story was before my time. But Monica was neither ingenue or vixen. She was a career woman but also had great passions. Flawed, smart, kind, vindictive, loving, selfish, wounded, fierce - Monica was all of these things. And Leslie Charleson brought it all to life without histrionics but with deep realness.

I don't understand what the hell they're even doing with with Natalia. Why is she here? Why is this the character they think we need to invest in? So Blaze, who had the actual LGBTQ romance with a legacy character, was in fact a total nothing character meant only to introduce Noted Bigot Natalia, who we're actually supposed to care about. I generally like Eva LaRue, but fuck that. This bi woman is not feeling the warm fuzzies, GH.

FOR FUCK'S SAKE What ever happened to a new actor showing up and a voice-over saying, "The role of Michael Corinthos will now be played by Blahbiddy McBlah"?