carolineg

To be fair, I did defend SM/Sasha a lot in the beginning and always thought she had potential. But I am 100% over it now. Sasha will still always be better than Willow in my eyes though. It's very faint praise. I just think both Donna and James are the cutest kids in the world and I basically dislike all children. Leo is fine too.

Ha! You read my mind about Ava. Wouldn't it just make a lot more sense for her and Harris to move into Wendy/Tripp's apartment than to live side by side upstairs at the Brady Pub? I assume Ava just can't afford the apartment. Has Rita appeared before this week? I was wondering why this sassy assistant just suddenly made an appearance and has a whole lifetime of experience with EJ. Sloan was about 5 feet away from Eric/Nicole and they didn't notice her at all, so I am going to assume they couldn't hear her either. But Sloan yelling that in a public Town Square was not smart. Perhaps we are supposed to think Eric/Nicole's love was just too all consuming to notice space, people, time, etc.

I like the idea so much. Unfortunately, I don't think SM could play that. Maybe a recast Sasha could.

Well, I do agree with that but both those kids are just so adorable. I find them aesthetically pleasing and that's more than I can say for half the cast.

She's Swedish like someone said. The only reason I know is she made a whole post about becoming a citizen. I am just assuming English is her second language lol For all i know she was just born in Sweden and has spoke English her entire life. If this was Guza era GH Natalia would have not only slept with Sonny at this point, but would also already be pregnant with his child lol. Dang! Both Aiden and Georgie were recast? Lol. I agree with whoever said keep James. Love him and Donna. Those are the only two children that need to stay.

That's fair. I still don't really see the point of the character unless she's going to hook up with Sonny or something lol. I am not advocating that or anything but she's pretty lame as far as Kristina/Blaze obstacles. Ha! She does talk slowly, but I always thought it was because English wasn't Sophia Mattson's first language. I am pretty sure Sasha is supposed to be from upstate NY and not from a farm in Kentucky. I really don't know much about upstate NY, so it is entirely possible she just cooked and hung out with horses, but.....seems unlikely.

It's so strange what they are doing to Sasha. Not that she was ever a fully fleshed out character but she seems uncultured? backwoods? country? I am not even sure. As a Deception model for years I would think she would be more chic and modern, but she isn't at all. I think it's supposed to come off humble or something, but it really just makes no sense.

Yeah, and that's why I don't really blame ELR. She seems confused about how to play the character. She doesn't think Natalia is homophobic, but she is. She doesn't think she's bad, but I think she is. It has to be difficult to play a character that is so loosely thought out. It's an experience I thought I'd never have lol. But, honestly, they are entertaining.

I hate both of them, but they are damn entertaining these days lol. At least I can admit I *might* have been wrong about Nina being a complete dead end character. I still am not completely sold on CM as Drew though.

I am pretty sure I recall Marlena referencing it years ago and Kate knows about at least from Lucas's perspective. I think it's safe to think Kate/Roman and Marlena/John at least know about it. I don't believe it was ever referred to as sexual assault on the show either. Not because it wasn't, but because the show was trying to sell Sami/EJ.

That's morbid, so it probably will happen. Anyway, I think PM/EK realize both Sasha and Willow are an issue and boring, so the career changes are at least acknowledging there is a problem there. Hopefully they will realize the characters are dead ends eventually. I don't really know why Willow has had 3 careers when both being a nurse or a teacher were viable enough. I can understand moving Sasha out of Deception because she was never a believable spokesmodel, but I don't think the Q's chef is a solid choice either. As far as Natalia, again, I just think the whole character is badly designed. She's not "evil", but she's not nice and she's not really doing anything. It feels like they cast ELR first and thought about the character second. Drew and Nina continue to be the best part of the show. And I honestly can't believe I typed that.

Lol! I am a super picky eater and I am the worst person in the world to wind up with a French trained chef, but it's been so long he just knows lol. And is like here is some cheese...

Chef's never like to cook for themselves or at home lol. Anyway he's a general manager for a restaurant in Las Vegas. So he doesn't actively cook on the line anymore, but the student loans were A LOT. But it worked out fine for him and me so 👍 If you are going to Vegas or near by you can PM me because he totally would lol.

Full disclosure my husband is a chef. Went to a bunch of culinary schools and all that nonsense. That's not a slow brag. It's how carolineg gets to spend half her time on soap boards lol. NO CHEF WOULD EVER MAKE A CASSEROLE AS THEIR 'try out' MEAL. Like a filet mignon was too hard for you, Sasha? Shrimp Cocktail? A nice charcuterie board?

Meh..I am only on Tuesday and Sasha cooking chicken tetrazzini was almost enough for me to turn it off. This is a story? I think Eva La Rue is doing her best with a character that is just badly conceptualized. She's just walking a line between being homophobic and a smothering stage mom.

See, I find Violet to be one of the most obnoxious child actors ever. The lisping, the precociousness, the singing. Listen, she's a young kid so I wish her the best life off my tv screen lol.

I am for the mother/daughter triangle mostly because it would finally give Willow something exciting to do and it will make Michael sad. I totally get what your saying about Nina/Drew though. They have potential on their own without any extra nonsense. Since my tolerance for Nina, Drew and Willow is on the very low end, I say go for maximum chaos.

Please let it be Violet.🙏

One can only hope.🤞

I don't think NLG is all bad or anything. This is just a situation where she just invites herself to criticism. I have no problem with her supporting Haley in private nor do I think Haley is an awful, horrible, unlovable human. But I just don't get why NLG puts herself in these situations. It seems more trouble than it is worth when Haley was basically going to quietly serve her time and move on.

I think Nancy should probably keep her mouth shut on this. It's a pretty light sentence and she most likely won't serve all of it. It's great she's done some work, but in this situation it's probably better for NLG to just support HP privately.

Private chefs make pretty good money, but Sasha is neither a true chef or has any credentials. But........she also probably got a pretty cut rate deal as a model as well since she wasn't a model previously. Not sure which would be more profitable.

The wig looks awful. I am not sure I am understanding how Theresa would look more like Theresa if EOB lost the wig. It's a new actress with a new face. Hair color doesn't matter much at all, especially since we've had months to get used to a new Theresa. I have no idea how he got the card in the first place. Very good question.

I was also pretty confused about Wendy/Tripp's exit. It seems like an extended trip (no pun intended lol), but everyone was being vague about how long they were leaving for. I mean, I am sure Wendy could get a job if they were moving there, but I don't know if Tripp could practice medicine. Weird exit.

Oh, okay. I said a few posts ago I thought she has some money either from Sonny or leftover. It still doesn't make sense she can't afford her apartment after being unemployed for a few weeks though. If her apartment was that expensive her Deception salary couldn't cover it and she had to dip into her savings, she probably should have moved long ago. She could live above Bobbie's next to Jason lol.