I Am A Swede

I wonder if Brad Bell secretly hates all his characters? At least he writes them like he does. Or is he just that completely clueless?  

I used to think that KKL had it worst, trying to act out Brooke's stories in a way that made sense, but Scott Clifton has it way worse than she ever had. The writing for Liam is so ridiculous I'm amazed Scott can say his lines without cracking up.

15 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

The thing is Liam allows Bill in his life and he's basically a step below Sheila with all he's done over the years and has gotten away with cause of his $$$

I know that Bill has done some questionable things over the years, but in comparison with Sheila he's an amateur.

I can understand being a fan of Finn/Steffy and not liking Liam, but it feels like people are downplaying Sheila's crimes in order to keep Finn from looking completely idiotic. Sheila has spent the last 30 years terrorizing and tormenting, and even killing, countless people. Her crime spree includes stolen babies, kidnapping, shooting, poisoning, blackmail and attempted murder. She's a complete lunatic and Finn is looking like a lunatic himself for suggesting that Steffy should even remotely entertain the idea of having her in their life in any way, shape or form.

8 hours ago, Jeff said:

People are going to start to take sides now @dragonflies at least I'm starting too, herein lies the problem being a SINN fan.  I hate to say it but my girl Steffy has made her own mistakes, granted she has owned and matured from them...However, I feel she is being a bit harsh with Finn.  I don't want to have to choose sides, cause right now I'm on Finn's.

Finn has opened a door into their lives for the lunatic who almost killed both him and Steffy just over a year ago. A lunatic who shot and almost killed both Steffy's mother and her grandmother, almost killed the woman Finn has called mother his whole life and held Steffy's grandparents and father (alongside others) hostage at gunpoint and threatened to kill all of them. And that's just a sample of her misdeeds.

No, Steffy is not being harsh to Finn. And any mistakes she has made pales in comparison with this. I see people bringing up the fact that Steffy hasn't told Finn about Liam kissing her twice recently. But there are some major differences. First, Steffy did not initiate, nor encourage Liam's kisses, and she has made it clear to him that she's not interested in him that way. Second, however annoying Liam might be, he is not a murderous, psychopathic killer. He poses no threat to the lives and/or well-being of anyone, quite unlike Sheila, who has a list of victims that is into double digits, and still growing.

Somehow I get the feeling that the ones in charge of Emmerdale now only care about the stunts, and frankly they're not even very good with those. But they are useless with the day-to-day stories. It's all plot, plot, plot....

3 hours ago, dragonflies said:

Way too much Lame/SC. 

Don't you mean not enough? I mean, he missed a whole episode.... 

5 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

Wyatt needs to shut his pie hole about FINN and SHEILA. How he forgets that Lame was saying he was just like QUINN cause she raised him and is his mother. Quinn also has done some shady sh*t so he knows what it's like

Sheila never raised Finn though. He has only known about her for a few years, and during the time he has known her she has done absolutely nothing to earn any love or respect from him. So comparing him and Sheila to Wyatt and Quinn is hardly relevant. Wyatt grew up with Quinn, and she's the only mother he has ever known. Finn also had a mother, Li, and there's been no hint that she was anything but a good mother to him. So why he's now ready to throw everything away to have a relationship with Sheila is more than mind-boggling. It's beyond comprehension.

3 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Believe me, I’m glad Steffy and Finn finally have some conflict. For me, the problem is that seems like it’s being written to make Liam the one that’s in the right. And who wants that?

8 minutes ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

It was confirmed on July 17th

Must have missed that.

10 hours ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

Because Bernice is leaving the show soon

I've seen those rumours too, but has it been confirmed that she's leaving?

6 minutes ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

Wait. I'm confused. Sept. 12th is the anniversary of the move to Peacock. 

What's the confusion? 

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scenes taped around that time will air next month, which will also mark the one year anniversary of the show's move to Peacock

Next month is September  

I had no idea that Y&R was so popular this early in its run. That makes it easier to understand why CBS wanted to expand it to an hour..

54 minutes ago, dragonflies said:

Plus SINN is the show's most popular couple, so yeah lol 

Considering the competition that's hardly saying much though.... 

Emmerdale casts former Hollyoaks actor in Nate and Caleb storyline

Why couldn't he be his former Emmerdale character? It's been 24 years and it's not like he was a well-developed character back then so he's practically a blank slate anyway, and it would give Samantha Giles something to sink her teeth into if Bernice's former fiancee turned up....