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I wish all the actors would treat their lines with the same cavalier annoyance that Tristan does. It’d make for a much more entertaining show.

We can’t ignore the fact that Anthony Geary was largely (and perhaps solely) kept on for logistical reasons. Gloria Monty had big plans for the actor who played Roy. But the actor who played Roy got a prime-time series and said syanara. So, instead of killing Luke off after the assassination attempt, Gloria killed off Roy. She had a gap to fill in terms of a leading man, here was an actor she liked working with, and, yes, Luke was getting a surprisingly good reception (Luke’s palpable remorsefulness after the rape resonated with may fans). Without Roy getting killed though, Gloria may have stayed with her original plan, and there never would have been any Luke and Laura.

Agreed. Though I never understood why they didn’t go with Lea as a name instead or Leora. Finola once said she knew the child was doomed when they named her Leora (my apologies to any Leoras out there). I don’t think most RNA fans are hostile to the idea of Anna or Robert having another child in and of itself. It’s that the characters’ lives have been so filled in that no explanation would be consistent with their history. We met Anna when she was in her early 20s, a hot shot up and coming spy, and it was expressly stated on camera that Robert was her first sexual relationship. We meet Robert a couple years after their break up, as he arrives in Port Charles in, what, late 1980 early 1981? Once Anna arrives, we see their lives play out in real time for the next seven years. We also got pretty detailed flashback storylines. So it’s impossible to retcon without contradicting canon. More than that, the history laid down was something that many viewers latched on to and appreciated. So shitting all over that would, and should, ruffle some feathers. Okay, do I even want to ask how it is that Lulu is Charlotte’s mother? And why did they cast two very similar looking brunettes who — on Fast Forward — resemble Britt? And there’s a cult? I actually did enjoy the scenes with Liz and her son’s teacher, and Nina being the bully-defending mother/bad guy. It’s actually a good topical storyline that organically works with the characters.

Mainly harmless, honestly. Annoying. Loud. Unaware. Really, really unaware. But harmless. Let’s just say if she were to spend an evening with Mother Theresa, Gandhi, and the Pope, she’d dominate the conversation, talk about herself for 90% of the evening, and, unironically, declare, “You are all so lucky, because I know so much about spirituality.”

Why are you triggering my PTSD? WHYYYYYYYY?????!!!!

Oh man. I should never have come back — I’m already triggered — ha! That’s why there’s an executor of a will. The assets of a will can take decades to play out. Depending on what state the will is effecutuated in, it can be up to 90/100 years. Google “rule against perpetuities” and you’ll get a state-by-state breakdown at some sites. Basically, according to the old common law, you can tie up a will for all those who are alive at the time the person whose will it is dies and THEN another 21 years. So, you designate money in your will for all grandchildren born of child alive at the time of the testator’s (the person whose will it is) death or for all great-grandchildren of grandchildren alive at the time of the testator’s death. If, say Edward Quartermaine wanted to give money to “all his grandchildren” but he has an affair with a General Hospital nurse and he has a 1-year-old child at the time he dies, then that portion of the money has to be set aside for the 1-year-old to grow up and possibly have any children. So, basically, the money that could possibly go that grandchild or great-grand-child or great-great-grandchild (if there are great-grandchildren alive at the time of death) gets set aside and one waits out the time period to see how that money is disbursed. That’s why a good trust and estate attorney is important. They talk through with the person to see what they want to give right away and have the person understand that other moneys might get tied up for decades upon decades upon decades to come. It’s all in the wording of the will. Oh — that’s why Ron Carlivati’s will for Edward Quartermaine sucked. RC went to a decent enough law school. And he still wrote a honking piece of shit of a will. He might as well have wiped his ass with his law degree. All because he wanted some lame ass race to 51%. (By the way, if you’ve ever wondered why Tori Spelling pops out more kids than most can imagine ever having, I’m sure Daddy Spelling put a provision in his will that all grandchildren get “X” amount of money. So, while Tori herself was limited to $800K, the more kids she pops out, cha-ching! Just a hunch on my part.)

Who got a cake with their name spelled wrong?

Did they really kill off Kiki Jerome? I thought killing young, pretty (preferrably blond) 20-somethings was a Guza thing. If the actress was leaving, why not just send her off screen? If it’s for storyline purposes, do we really need to be “entertained” by senseless violence against young women? Is anyone actually find that tantalizing or engaging or engrossing? So, Kiki’s story for the last year was getting sexually harassed, facing her harasser in court, and then getting killed by a serial killer. Great take on #MeToo, GH and ABC.

Anna never "banged Casey the Space Alien's earth twin." I mean, *I* thought he was cute, and I wouldn't have minded if Anna and Shep Casey has hooked up. But they didn't. Nor did she hook up with the actual alien himself. It was just Duke and Robert during her first stint on GH.

I’m just disappointed this show isn’t going directly to “Kiki goes to HR.” Rather than make this a long, drawn out ordeal, show it like how it should be dealt with. How it would be dealt with in today’s age. The show shouldn’t be sending the message that a sexual harassment victim should legitimately be afraid of reporting completely inappropriate conduct. They should not be telling a story of a young woman NOT knowing when a line has been crossed, when it has been crossed as blatantly as it has here. They should not be telling a story of a young woman not reporting for fear of retaliation. No hospital — at least no hospital that doesn’t want a discrimination administrative complaint — is going to find against Kiki. Either her claim will be substantiated, or it won’t. If it isn’t, they’ll separate Dr. Letch from Kiki. If this is the third, fourth, fifth time Dr. Letch has been reported, it’ll be time for a big ol’ sit down. No alleged accuser is going to get railroaded. No alleged victim should be in fear of losing their job, etc. Report it. Have safeguards put in place. Bing, bam, done.

Why do Liz and Franco sleep in the same bed as Lulu and Dante? I mean, right? Are the two couples down on their luck, and sharing an apartment — one couple lives there in the day and other the night? Or is the show’s budget just that cheap?

As far as a 6-year-old Emma could have traveled when she wandered away from Kelly's that one time. I think they were putting up barriers 10 miles outside the city for that.

Wait, Homey say what about someone — who isn’t 14 (or 21 and in arrested development) — reading The Fountainhead?!!!!! This? Explains SO much. Just when I thought my opinion of LW couldn’t get any lower.

Sure, put up the picture of Tristan and Maurice. That'll get me titillated. Because I didn't cut school back in 1988 to see who would get to Anna first, Robert or Duke (the answer was Robert). Because I didn't tape gravelly reception that semester in 1991 just so I could at least hear what was happening with Anna and Robert. Because I didn't root -- for years -- and religiously watch this d@mn show just to see Anna and Robert. Nope. None of that happened. Idiots. Catering to their own freakin' egos. And not having one scintilla of understanding as to what their 18-162-yr old (sorry, but daytime shows skew older, no matter how much TPTB salivate over the potential younger viewers) mainly female audience wants. So not here for the boys' club. So not here for Robert to be in Sonny's orbit. So not here for the crumbs. Catch ya on the flip side, RXS.

I’m catching up on Hulu, so I’m a bit behind. At least x-ray the darn thing. Did this storyline already end? Shhh, don’t spoil it for me. ;)

I have no i ..de ... idea to whom you are referring ;)

Hey now. Just no.

Crap, to leave up or edit with a n/m? I’ll just say that I don’t think LW is malevolent. Or mean-spirited. But she has a toddler’s sense of self and others. And that’s not to say she’s simple minded. She’s not. No brainiac, either, but not dumb as a door post dumb. But she has absolutely no sense that the world does not revolve around her. And not in a grandiose way but in a sincere “what? You’re not interested in what happened to me during spring break of 1992? That’s not riveting to you?” There are a couple types of people whom we all sit next to on planes. There’s me, who’d prefer to pretend that you don’t exist and I’d prefer it if you’d pretend that I don’t exist, either. Then there are the people who chat you up. And of those, there are two subgroups. There’s subgroup A, where they ask you questions about yourself and engage in a back and forth. And there’s subgroup B, who seizes on this opportunity, and they truly believe, they are bringing entertainment to your world by talking about themselves wholly and completely. Because if they are the most fascinating person to themselves, they can’t conceive why you wouldn’t think they are the most fascinating person on the planet as well.

Gah! Okay, so I’m half-drunk (make that fully drunk) tonight, and i’m Sitting on something I cannot say. but I can confirm that this is 100% true. Trust me. Seriously. The pain i’ve Endured.

I had literally blocked that out, thank you very much. I'm torn with watching. On the one hand, Anna and Faison. On the other ... what's this about Laura's boyfriend playing Anna's son? Insert Clue "flames. flames on the side of my head" gif. You know, someone message or tweet me when they: 1) re-cast Laura's panties paramour; and 2) reveal that it's actually Tanker Baby(TM) after all.

I’m more concerned that Lulu is only 4 feet tall. Seriously. Look at that scale. Oh, before the public would instantly call out bad photoshopping.

It’s so going to fucking be Anna. Because that’s how my life goes, fanbase-wise. Actually, this is how it’s going to go: The plan right now is that it’ll be tanker baby (aka the baby Robert and Anna had conceived prior to her January of 1992 kidnapping by Faison. Robert, Anna, and Faison all blew up on a tanker, supposedly. But no bodies recovered. We hardcore RNA fans believe that Anna was pregnant at the time of the tanker explosion. Hence, tanker baby). So, the plan right now is that it’ll be Tanker Baby in the end. But, we’re forced to go through a whole bunch of plot twists beforehand. The planned reveals will occur as follows: 1) Faison says kid is Anna’s. 2) Anna will be convinced she willingly slept with Faison. 3) Faison will go along with that. And then, FINAL REVEAL 4) Faison has been deluding Anna (and perhaps himself), and it’s really tanker baby (aka Robert’s, after all). Except, part 4 of the plan will never be executed. So, we’ll be stuck with a hurried, last minute rewrite where the baby, after all, is in fact Anna’s and Faison’s. Until it become Dr. O’s and Faison’s. Because this show refuses to give me anything good.

Oh Genie, never quit. I mean never quit quitting all the time and throwing off storylines. And then coming back. And then quitting. Consistency is a viture, after all. I’m still miffed at how this show went from grade A+ entertainment, medium be damned, to middling less-than-average soap opera in a matter of, literally, episodes. I’m telling you, this show was near perfection in 1996. Guza — yes, that Guza — had set up a wonderfully interwoven, complex and compelling umbrella story that included close to 80% of the cast. It was SO good. Truly must see tv. And a large part of that was Genie’s performance. She, and everyone else, was bringing their A game. Even Maurice! And then Genie got pregnant and wanted an immediate break. And it was right at the same time Guza left due to Sunset Beach being picked up. And while Guza said he left a detailed outline as to how the storyline would play out, the showrunners instantly scrapped all of it and played wack-a-mole with Genie’s time schedule. And I’m parity queen, so I get that Tony had his outs and that Genie should have been entitled to them, too. But Tony would give them months’ notice so that they could work it out. Genie was more like “ummmmm, so how about 3 weeks in December, and then I want another month off for the holidays, and how about 73 minutes the third week of January. But I have to be done by 2:45. And then I’ll be back May-ish. Maybe. Toodles!” And the show in 1997 was unrecognizable dreck. YMMV. But really, it was.

Is Alex now an evil twin? i didn’t watch FH’s last turn as Alex on GH from last year. On AMC, Alex was never evil. She went off in a happy marriage to Dmitri. And Dmitri returned, sans Alex, for the online re-boot. I guess if I keep checking in here twice a day, I should check in and watch the show. It’s kinda a Sophie’s Choice though. Quit PTV or watch GH. Quit PTV or watch GH.

Yes, I know the Bong HIts for Jesus case. For everyone else, a school back in the 1960s or 70s* had a race that led students around the permiter of the school. A student stood on the opposite side of the street with a banner than read “Bong Hits for Jesus.” The school disciplined the student. The student said, “Hey, I’m not on school grounds.” The court said, “Your actions brought drama onto school grounds caused a substantial disruption there.” Today, we see these kinds of cases all the time when it comes to students engaged in social media activities at home. Is their conduct reaching school grounds in that students are accessing the information there and creating disruptions in the classroom? These cases are very fact specific. And more often than not, the conduct is not deemed a substantial disruption to the school, and the conduct is unpunishable. A dance is neither political nor religious speech. And, while interpretative or dance made with the intention of making a statement may be speech, it’s not inherently speech, and that’s why my post focused on assembly. You can’t tell people they can’t hang out together because the school is doing something. Imagine if the school attempted to apply this to a basketball game (son, you’re suspended because you and your friends organized a 3-on-3 tournament down at the playground). Or, again, a school-sponsored bowling night. Put simply, it doesn’t pass the smell test. It’s an ACLU lawsuit waiting to happen. What constitutes a violation for the policy? People hanging out to play dancing video games? And does head bobbing count? By the way, to bring religion into this, so a student can’t have a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah on school dance days under this policy? Or are religious exemptions built in? It’s a ridiculous stretch of a school’s authority. I thought that “was he the great big, fat one” was a reference to Silence of the Lambs, too. One of Jame Gunn’s lines. *I looked it up after this post, and had the time period wrong. It’s a 2007 case (I was confusing the date with the seminal school speech case, Tinker). The race was actually the 2002 torch relay. But the rest of my post still stands.