So I came to this show super late. I caught bits and pieces as a kid while my mom left the tv on for General Hospital. Didn't really bother to go back until back in 2012-2013 when Todd/Blair/Starr/Tea/McBain all went to GH for a bit. Gravitated towards Todd for "some reason". Went back and watched his storyline from the 93 Marty rape through the Tale of Two Todds. Really feel like his storyline was pretty much done after he feigned DID. He betrayed everyone once again and needed to go. It was kind of jarring seeing him return and being a bit of a computer wiz in the 2000's and tbh I didn't like the writing much then. There were a few good moments. When he had the wedding from Hell with Blair, but that's it. Didn't like Victor/Todd too much. Felt like they just wanted the character to be around so they could revisit all his old stories again with Marty and Powell and multiple rape trials.
Anyways recently in the last year I started venturing beyond that and I have to say I gravitated towards the late 80's. The show was gold then. I finally got why Max Holden was such a big deal, because I hated his guts in pretty much every early 2000's storyline with Todd. Might have become my favorite character. Thought his romance with Megan was really well done. Haven't yet gotten to much of the the Jake/Megan storyline (aside from already watching her death scene, which is one of if not the best SOAP deaths I've seen). But Max and Megan was crazy fun. Totally see why it ended though. Max and Gabrielle was white hot. I haven't watched too much Luna yet either so who knows. Everyone during that era was great though and they all had really distinct characters with nuances that were well thought out. Like how Megan would be this soft caring person when she was with Max or Vicki or anybody she was growing close to but would become "Ms the the revolves around me" soap actress whenever she was in public.
I still have a ton to watch. Just wanted to say that I recently binged this thread and loved the videos and insight you all have had. It's really helped me get more of an understanding of the characters and where to see the storylines heading. If anyone has any good pointers, I'm all ears. Thinking I need to check out some of the Eterna storyline.
