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tracyluver, I love your utopian world. Personally, I think a little angst in the LuNacy sl would not be a bad thing. I think they need to be forced to admit what they have has the potential to be very, very good, and to admit that they need/want/LURVE each other. Tracy has done a remarkable job of growing up; Luke needs to do the same. He's still trying to live like he's 25, and it doesn't look good on him. I have this image of Luke coming back, deciding he wants Tracy, trying to get her, and her responding with something like this: "I love you. I'm not happy about it. I certainly didn't intend for it to happen, and I'm sort of amazed and horrified that it did. Nevertheless, I'm in love with you and that can't be changed. However, as much as I care about you, as amazing and wonderful and entertaining a man as you are, I need more. I need to have a man who wants me as much as I want him, who's committed to being with me, who puts me first in the relationship. You can't do that, Luke. I don't know if you're capable of learning to do that. Maybe twenty years ago--hell, maybe five years ago, what you offer would have been enough for me. Lord knows, I've settled for less. Lord knows I've suffered through worse, when it comes to husbands. But the fact is, Luke, I'm not 20 anymore--I'm not 30, or even 40. I'm a grown woman, and I'm too tired and too fed-up to live like this anymore. So please, make it easy on both of us. Accept that I care, that I've enjoyed our time together, hell--that I'm a better person for having been with you. Accept it, Luke, and then...leave. I want you out of the house by the end of the week." Then she kisses him. Then he spends the next few months trying to win her back.

That is cruel. And almost exactly what I've been fantasizing about happening for months.... Cruel.

ETA: MsQ, I LOVE your new banner. I want an icon like that. Also, somebody needs to do an animated gif of Edward waving around the condoms--sorta like Stewie Griffin doing the frug in the little sailor suit. So scary it's funny. SPOILER RANT . .. ... Luke returns! Having been tracked down by Sonny's men, Luke returns and is shocked to learn about Lulu. And just when it seems Lulu has caved and is going to sign over custody of her unborn child to Dillon, her dad intervenes and makes it clear that this decision is hers alone to make! AARRRRGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! WHY does it have to be Sonny's people who track him down? Tracy has the freakin' resources to bribe an entire South Pacific government, hire a motley band of hardbodies to carry her around the jungle, AND fly the entire Krewe of Maroons back to Port Charles! WHY, oh WHY does it have to be freakin' SONNY? I don't WANT Sonny involved in this storyline. I'm sick of Sonny in every second scene. I mean, yeah, he's got his fingers in a lot of pots, but COME THE [!@#$%^&*] ON!!!!! *breathes out* Morons. /END SPOILER RANT Any chance of TQ on today's episode? I saw Little Lulu in the previews, but that doesn't mean anything. I'm pushing through the days until the weekend. Then, The Redneck goes to Paducah until Thursday and on Monday, my coworker comes back and I get to stop working her hospital for her! Ya-Ya!

Oh, the trauma of RL--I'm not even second-place! Sat down and watched three days' worth of GH last night--with only a leeetle bit of ff-ing. I have this to say to young Dillon. My son, today you are a Quartermaine... ...heartless, self-centered, arrogant prick that you are..... I know your mama didn't raise you to be such a jerk. She raised you to be sweet, and innocent, and pliable to her wishes. NOT to get girls pregnant out of wedlock then blame everybody (INCLUDING THE FREAKING CONDOM YOU WORE) for your own lack of judgement. (Oh, Georgie had the best line EVA at Kelly's. Something to the effect of "Yeah, the defective condom made you sleep with Lulu." Score.) I loved Tracy in this episode. I didn't think she had ANYTHING to apologize for, and STILL she apologized to her son. I would love for Ned to see this, and see how Dillon responds, and smack his brother upside the head. It's like, do you KNOW how lucky you are? Do you KNOW how much she's mellowed? Do you KNOW what it cost her to just bite her tongue, apologize, and try to let you make your own choices? Hit him again for me, Ned.

We are so starved for Tracy, aren't we? One decent episode every three or so weeks is not really enough? Maybe we need to do a spin-off. I mean, <i>The City</i> should have happened. (Hey, MsQ, did your friend ever get back to you about those tapes, btw?) <i>The City</i>, from what I saw, should have been big. Even with the lame transcripts I read, I know I would have loved the show. Jane Elliot is strong enough to anchor a show, and she really deserves it. Maybe we should go and start pitching TQ spin-offs to the network?

sorry about the repost. SOP is being wonky. *tap dances to the tune of "TQ's On the Show Today--Doo Dah! Doo Dah!"*

Okay, ignoring spoilers because they are LIKE NOTHING to me. Remember? "Tay Inna Weeennnn...." sayeth Nell. Now, to cheer MsQ up: Keith posted some lines from today's episode (which I haven't seen yet, but hope to see SOOON) that give me hope for at least SOME LuNacy in the near future. -- Tracy: Marriage is out of the question. Well, of COURSE it is, Pookie. Cuz you and Dillon's Baby Momma's Daddy is IN LOVE. You can't let them get married and still stay married to Luke, which is why marriage is out of the question. And I'm serious that this isn't just another Dillon's Too Young/She's Not Good Enough for Mah Boy thing. It's LUKE. She's in love with Luke, she wants to make it work, she wants to stay married to him. And she can't do that with Lulu and Dillon getting hitched. -- Tracy: Maybe this provide Luke and I with some common ground. Edward: Love has addled your brains. Edward, you know I loathe ya, baby. You know I hate the air that you breathe for keeping you alive all these awful horrible years. But, EddieQ, you said a mouthful. They are going to give us a LuNacy sendoff, I'm sure of it. They may kill the ship and use it to get rid of Tracy, mouth-breathing bastards that they are, but our girl is going to get some emotional action out of it. She's in love with him. Everybody knows it. He's in love with her, as much as any emotionally-stunted overgrown adolescent male can be. They have a relationship, despite themselves. And they're going to be heartbroken when the aforementioned mouth-breathing bastards blow it up for the sake of Genie Francis's much-*yawn*-heralded return. But hey, any time JE can have on screen, she's gonna make the most of it. She's a rock, talent-wise, and even the HIDEOUSLY UNTALENTED MOUTH-BREATHING BASTARDS can't destroy that..... And we have TQ on today. *dances around*

Thank you guys for the update. After the day I've had, you can't imagine how much I appreciate knowing I'm going home to a big TQ episode. Really. I may cry.

Lord, Keith and ILTQ are like keeping the TQ Lurve going today! I'm feeling a little better now that I've had lunch. Thanks for the offer, ILoveTracyQ. It doesn't normally go bad--it's just that today would be the day they do something stupid, right? So, is anybody (looks in the general vicinity of MsQ) able to give us a real-time update on today's show? I'm going to try to take my break at four, so I can get updates because I won't get home until later tonight. Oy. At least she's on. Let's hope Guza doesn't massacre her pure-form too much. Oh, Jane, Jane, Jane, we've missed you so much! And you want to know the sad part? Aside from the fact that he gives JE a better shot at screen time, I haven't missed Tony Geary/Luke at all. MeBad, huh?

ILTQ, those suggestions are all good. We are already paying the cable bill for the house, but cannot afford the extra it would take for SoapNet. I cannot go home at lunch, because Fey and her mom have my car on Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays to get her to school. (Fey's mom's car was totalled, and she hasn't gotten it replaced yet.) I set the timer at night, then check it before I leave in the morning. On Tues-Thurs, I go home for lunch. But basically, it's a matter of respect. There are times where people will turn it on to watch the news at lunch, not realize it's on timer, and not put it back on. No amount of yelling or fighting will change that. We are planning to move out in January/February if at all humanly possible. Until then, I breathe in, breathe out. Before I left this morning, I told Fey's mom that it was the first TQ episode in weeks, and if I didn't get it on tape, I would probably have a fit. This, coming on the screaming fit I threw last night (totally non-TQ related, but very very serious--I'm not a screamer by nature...), seemed to hit home. She promised she wouldn't touch it. Now, if we can just house-trained the EFFING Rednecks.... Back on topic, yeah, it does look like they plan on villainizing TQ in this situation. Saddens me to see it, but I'm willing to bet that's what's going to happen. Oh, well....at least she's on. *rolleyes* Isn't Guza planning on retiring? Hopefully in the next 10 minutes?

TQ is on today. If I wasn't so d*mn exhausted, I'd be dancing around the LoveFest Pole with ILTQ. As it is-- *grabs pinwheel and holds it up to the breeze* Whee! Although I have to admit, the previews for today's show didn't have me feeling too positive about how they're going to show TQ during this SL.... Oh, and I woke up at six this morning and my TV was on. Fey's mom had gotten up in the middle of the night to lie on the couch and had turned it on, (disabling my timer recording). I'm telling you right now, if somebody screws up my recording after WEEKS of waiting for a significant TQ episode, there will be a MASS of hurt going around this place tonight.

Ooooh---forgot the last part of the scene: TRACY: Oh, Sonny--what do you think I do to get my life back on track, to make myself matter, to be the woman I know I can be? SONNY: Wanna make out? TRACY: I thought you'd never ask. <They make out on the couch.>

On the Next General Hospital: <Tracy approaches Corinthos Manor> TRACY: I suppose you're wondering why I'm here? SONNY: <puts out big sign that says "The Doctor is REALLY In!"> No, Tracy, I have you penciled in for my three o'clock. TRACY: <lying down on couch while Sonny takes out a pad and pencil for notes> So, I'm at the house the other day, and I just start to feel like I'm invisible. Like I'm just a prop in somebody else's drama. SONNY: Uh-huhh..... TRACY: I used to be somebody. I used to destroy wives....erm, LIVES. And now--I'm comic relief in my own life. SONNY: And how does that make you feel? TRACY: Um...bad? SONNY: I think we're coming to a break through. Hold that thought. <Sonny gets out of his chair, crosses the room to where Carly is standing, kisses her passionately. Pulls out a gun, fires a shot at a mobster who is lurking in the shadows, goes to another corner of the room where Emily has appeared, kisses her passionately, pushes her away to jump through the window and save a man from drowning in a pool that just showed up, only to see Lainey there, kiss her passionately, returns to the house to give a gasping Alexis verrrryyy slowwww mouth-to-mouth resuscitation after rescuing a kitten from a tree, shoots another gangsta, teaches Michael long-division, then returns to the chair.> So, where were we, Tracy? TRACY: <without missing a beat> I just sometimes feel I'm not as important in the grand sceme of things anymore...

SPOILER TALK: > > I'm going to go with ILTQ on this one and stay positive. Mainly because spoilers are "lahk tayy een a weeennn" (does best Nell impersonation) and mean nothing to me anymore. NOTHING, I say, because spoilers lie, scenes get cut, and mostly--spoilers don't take into consideration the talent of the actors. See, when I read the spoilers of TQ finding Dillon with Little Lulu in the boathouse, my first reaction was--screeching hysterics. Look how good that came out. The spoilers for the vow renewal had me cringing--and aside from the horrible hair and dress (and two "Damn you, Luke Speeeennsssaaaahhhhh"'s in one episode), it turned out to be quite poignant and sweet, in its own dysfunctional way. Why, you ask? Because Elliot and Geary can rise above most of the crap lines/situations they're given and make it terribly entertaining. So. I'm going to breathe in, breathe out, and think of better days.....Tracy Days....Tracy flicking olive days---No. Not Tracy flicking olives. I still have an hour of work to get through....

You should be able to read it--I'll check my flist to make sure you're on it. ETA: You're added. You should be able to read it. Not sure *why* you weren't on my list already. *scratches head* Good RL news to tell later when I have more time--involving the Redneck, his new job, and his BEING IN PADUCAH (2 hours away) from Sundays to Fridays for the next six weeks. Oh. I just told my news. *dances off in merriment to the tune of "Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead...." KEITH, will get your edits to you tonight. Promise.

Dudes, am I the only person who thought from the beginning of "Oh, Baby" that Baby Lila would make it to term? Am I that naive? Or just that clueless? (I don't know nothin' about birthin' no babies.) Either way, if you put us through 60 chapters of cravings, swollen feet and the silent treatment from Edward, c'mon--it's just wrong to have no pay-off. (Oooh, Tracy and Luke madly in love would be nice compensation...) Okay, Baby Lila is toast. ILTQ, Caesar Faison + Tracy = NOOOOOOOO! I saw him on the Lucy/Scott edit tape, and well, ew. Besides, wasn't he part of the Cartel that sicced Paul Hornsby on Tracy? I can't imagine she'd ever side with him on anything. Besides, he's gross. (Well, at least he was gross back in the 90s, with that slicky hair. Ew.) No. No, no, no, please no. Keith, you are a b*tch for ending Chapter Two that way. Found some typos and grammar stuff I'll fix tonight, but otherwise--to quote Rachel Ray--Yum-OH! LaineyBev714, kid, there's nothing wrong with bittersweet. I love bittersweet. And raunch for the sake of raunch is not only vastly overrated, it's freaking difficult to write. (I've never been able to do it in 20 years of fanfic writing, and I used to co-edit an NC17 Star Trek zine.) So go with what works and just write the best fic you cna. Now, I have four minutes before I have to go to work, and I'm hoping it might involve food--TA, ya'll. Hopefully today's show will have maybe a touch of TQ?

MsQ is SO fibbing! Something big DOES happen in chapters 59 & 60! Yumminess! More, more, more, more, more! I've decided to be decadent--I brought my Tracy Music Video CD to the computer lab (with my headphones) and I'm just going to goof off and play videos while I way for Fey to get out of her diabetes class. Ha! Laziness RULEZ. Oh, and ILTQ, fear you and the bad 90s haircut. ETA: Ooooh, just have to add this--I FRACKIN' Lurrrrrvvveee the necklace Tracy wears the first time she tries to get Luke to have sex with her (the white outfit, leaning back on the chair, wiggly fingertips!) ETA2: Oh, Nex4Eva, Accidentally in Love rawks my socks, in case you needed to know. MsQ, Full of Grace always makes me want to cry. First Tracy vid I ever saw, and still my favorite, I think. Now, can you please reupload it, because my file is corrupted and ends right after the clip where Edward has his heart attack..? Me, NaNa is my favorite of your vids, although MadMad Me does tug at my heart strings. Kenna, I like your version of Not Ready to Make Nice soooo much better than mine. BTW, do you have the first half of the Edward Fakes a Heart Attack video (where it looks like he's going to hit her?) I don't have that one. WHOEVER MADE IT BUT DIDN'T PUT THEIR NAME ON IT,Ooh, LaLa is the the Flicking Olives at the MetroCourt of music videos. I need a cold shower. Really. Smirks, On Being Quartermaine is just damned brilliant. Freaking amazing. I love it sooooo much. And I lust for clips. LUST, I tell you. MsQ, I cannot hear Bad Day EVA without thinking about your vid. I'm serious. It's just that intricately intertwined in my mind now. Oh, and then there's Shazzer's LuNacy masterpiece, "Won't U Please Be Nice." Oh, lawd. Lawd, lawd, lawd......

I have 2 1/2 minutes left on my break--my spoiler email came in and there was Tracy in it. Mostly the same old cr*p, but thise looked interesteing from Soapzone: SPOILERS: > > Lulu prepares to face what should be a very grown-up ordeal, and it's very hard for the young girl to do… Hi, Jax!... The scene everybody's been waiting for is coming up, when Tracy reacts uncharacteristically to Lulu's pregnancy. Robert revs up to fight some criminal element. So. What defines "uncharacteristically"? 9 seconds left. ILTQ, dug your plot. Break's over--talk to you guys later this evening--it's my night at the computer lab.

I'm depressed. Won't somebody entertain me/cheer me up/give me hope for a TQ-Filled Future?

I was bored this weekend. Somebody on LJ had a Team Tracy icon which I thought was funny, but it was with an image I don't really care for. So I took some time and made a bunch of Team Tracy icons. Not vouching for the quality, just the enthusiasm.

Regency, all is good in the fullness of Tracy. Dazzle us.

coolkid, what Keith said. OTOH, she says naively, they could surprise us. I mean, think back to your worst nightmare of what they could have had Tracy do when she found out about Dillon and Lulu sleeping together--they didn't do that, did they? In fact, Tracy handled it incredibly well, considering. (Much better than I would have handled that situation.....) Of course, put precious ELQ at risk, and all bets are off (Damn you, Guza, and your total lack of creativity). Tracy's got a history of doing really stupid things where that company is concerned, so who knows? And since Guza seems to see Tracy in only two modes (thank god he's not the only writer on the show): !@#$%^&*] or Comic Relief, we're in for a rough ride if he takes on this SL personally. I really hate the whole stupid defective ELQ condoms SL...for even more reasons than you guys (and - cross your fingers - probably Guza) might have considered. He's talking about a "rash of unexpected pregnancies" in Port Charles. Well, of course Eddie and TQ are going to fear lawsuits. But people also use condoms for protection not only against pregnancy, but from the spread of disease, up to and including HIV, as well. Hey, we've got April there--she's our Token HIV/AIDS patient. Let's say she got the disease from using a defective ELQ condom. We know April is toast, she'll be lucky to last through August. Let's say her family gets a really good lawyer, the vicious ambulance-chasing type, went for negligent homicide, and won. These people would OWN ELQ (and the Benleys and the Qmansion....). They could even conceivably push for jail time for the CEO (TQ) or the Chairman of the Board (ELQ). Do you see how serious this stupid storyline is? Do you see why I hate Guza? But hopefully, Guza has not thought this through fully. Hopefully Guza & Co will give this storyline the deep thought and the attention to detail they lavished on the Monkey Fever storyline (where the hospital staff never bothered to wear gloves or face masks in the face of an airborne epidemic.......) and we'll just have a bunch of marriages break up and maybe a touching scene between Sonny and "fill_in_the_blank." Oh, and an Emmy nod for Natalia Livingston, who has absolutely nothing to do with anything, but is still employed for some unfathomable reason....

LaineyBev714, I say "Raunch, raunch, raunch!" My biggest problem with both versions of "Happy" were that they were so damned bland, IMHO. Not a lot of pizzazz. But hey, it's another notch on the prompt table. Hey, Nex, I couldn't view that clip you linked to. I don't have the proper version of QuickTime or whatever player it used. Could somebody post a copy of it as an individual file, say compatible with WMM? I mean, if that's at all possible.... Wants to see TQ in all her glory.....

New fic--pure smut, boys and girls. There's the R-Rated version and the NC-17 version of "Happy." It's LuNacy. I couldn't do the Tracy/Coleman story I had because, well, it was just too mean. I chose instead a Utopian future!fic of Tracy and Luke's 5th anniversary celebration where they...well, it's a plot-what-plot story, so you know what they do. I will try to get back to the real fic soon. In the meantime, those who enjoy that sort of thing, enjoy the smut. (Oh, the NC-17 version is posted only on my LJ and is friends-locked. You'll have to sign in to LJ to be able to read it. If you're not on LJ and are over 17, PM me and I'll see about getting you a copy.) ETA: Ms.Q, Oh, Baby is perfect. It is not too long at all. I think your pacing is fine. Just don't give up, okay? Also, ILTQ, woooT on starting a fanfic. I understand totally the short attention span thing, which is why I could never post a story until it was complete. I have too many dead WIPs in my past to trust myself to finish a story that goes on for long. But I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with, so please try not to lose interest.

nex4eva, couldn't view the preview. MsQuartermaine, did download the banner! Love it. The new fic is dead in the water--hadn't even finished one page before I deleted it to start over. I don't like version two, either. Oy.