carolineg

I am no expert on blackmail, but it would seem like the most direct way to go about this would be to extort the actual person that committed the murder. Not a dead man's family lol. It's a very intricate plot depending on multiple factors to work when John probably just would have given him the money lol.

Oh, definitely. I am just confused as how Ava got from point A to B here and I suppose it doesn't really matter. Did she take muscle relaxers/sleeping pills and they didn't work so she tested those? Or did she just make the leap to test all Sonny's pills?

It seems like Konstantin would have been better off blackmailing rich John instead of this huge elaborate plan to make Alex the heir, bring Theresa in, and count on wooing Maggie.

What's wrong with the outdoor set Dex/Chase were using? It looks like a parking lot and I am pretty sure it was supposed to be a parking lot lol. It's more unbelievable that Michael Corinthos knows how to fix a stove, tbh. I have a hard time believing Abc/Disney/Frank/GH wants to have this large of a cast especially when quite a few bring very little to the table. So I am unclear still. Was Ava taking bi-polar medicine not made for her to sleep? Or did she just get his bi-polar meds analyzed?

True, but I think Konstantin said she was only a teenager in dialogue. He specified her age I just can't remember exactly what he said. I am pretty certain he said 16, although the actress appears older. It could always be changed though.

I think he said 16 or 17. She was pretty young. Younger than her pic looks lol. But still could have been pregnant/given birth.

I still think probably 30% of the cast and/or recurring players need to go. With the emergence of the kids teen scene there are just way too many characters to keep up with. I don't need people like Brick on my screen. I say cut them all and re-hire Vanessa Marcil lol. I think a bloated cast adds some value as far as Port Charles seeming like a larger town, but there are so many people I don't care at all about, could use a rest, need a reset, etc.

To be fair I also watch Days where Paulina is currently radioactive so SpongeBob SquarePants would probably feel more intellectual. lol There's a lot of things PM/EK inherited that they have to clean up, but I get the feeling they are at least trying. I feel like summer is when everything will kick in. I still really need a cast purge.

Everything about the show just seems more mature for lack of a better word. Adults are having real conversations. It's not a perfect show, but it feels more intellectual than it did 3 months ago.

When Anna said charm has no moral weight in regards to Sonny I felt that. Good dialogue between Laura/Anna You can objectively like someone and then realize they are awful at the same time.

She's radioactive my friend, she might have busted the snowmobile with her radioactive powers lol None of it makes sense.

Yup. Super easy fix in the scheme of things.

That's an easy detail to fix for Days. His "mom" could be his adoptive mom

It looks like 2014 where Vanessa was a guest at NLG's GH fan club weekend event. That's not to say she hasn't done some events with others, but not at the fan club weekend. Is Vanessa low key/high key campaigning for her job back? Don't answer just let me live in carolineg's dream world for a while.

I have never been a Maggie fan, but I have always considered her smart. I don't think after being married to Victor all these years that she would be that naive. I also don't consider Maggie a thoughtless person and all these people she cares about telling her about Konstantin being a bad guy would not just fall on deaf ears to her.

I think she's done a few with Mo over the last decade, but I don't know the last one. It has to have been several years. I think she was a special guest of Mo's on fanclub weekend maybe 6 or 7 years ago. They are both still pretty friendly so it's not terribly surprising. Tbh, I am not the best at recalling fan events because you tend to hear the same stories and info over and over especially with non-current cast member events.

For sure. My point was I feel like Ingo deserves the criticism while Genie, Vanessa, whoever don't. So our basic ideas are the same, but I wouldn't defend Genie or Vanessa if they didn't want to get vaxxed back then either.

I don't think it's fair to blame Vanessa for deals GH willingly gives her and for her to leave when it expires. Do I wish she'd commit longer? Yes. Has it screwed up long term plans? Yes. But I can't fault someone for fulfilling their contract and leaving when it is done. She doesn't owe us or GH a lifetime of servitude. I think every time she left her reasons were valid. But Ingo's been trashed for way different reasons. I don't feel it has anything to do with gender. It's more like he's an awful person. Not "difficult", "high maintenance", or "controlling" so I don't see the correlation there.

Lol. I have always said watching Carly's head explode was the best part of Brenda's last return. LW just gave the unhinged portrayal perfectly and VM and LW sparred great together. I am not disagreeing with most of your points especially about Vanessa, but what does Ingo have to do with it? It wasn't a sexist thing-it was a safety thing. Steve being allowed back with open arms is more of an issue than Ingo who will mostly likely never be back.

Yeah, I am definitely not saying Vanessa isn't both those things at all. I agree she's earned it. And at the end of the day she might be a little more work, but the upside she brings is worth it. Maybe Frank doesn't want the headache and that's up to him. Seeing Vanessa/Brenda as only a vehicle for MB/Sonny's happy ever after does irk me (if true) because Brenda is so much more than that. And it becomes a double standard when Genie/Vanessa are treated as "difficult", but Steve, Mo, and Tony are just fighting for their characters.

I have a bit of a problem with the Michael/Brenda stuff mostly because she wasn't there to really play any fall out from it. Sonny was mad for a few days and then made out with her. They left the whole thing on a cliffhanger, IMO, with Brenda on the plane recalling the incident which made viewers (at least me) think more happened than she said. The Jax engagement was supposed to more of a story, but Ingo got Dancing with the Stars and could not commit like he thought he could because of that. I can see her being high maintenance, but overall Vanessa has worked quite a bit and we haven't heard she was much of a problem. Her co stars all speak pretty highly of her on GH. I do think there is something there about soaps being entirely different than when she was in her heyday. I know Vanessa mentioned the pace was difficult. I still tend to think of Vanessa as someone who knows her worth and her character and that might rub people like Frank and Ron the wrong way.

This is all rumor and I have no insider info, but the gossip was Vanessa was a bit of a diva and/or demanding. Nothing awful, but I think Vanessa was used to a certain level of treatment in her previous runs and Frank basically didn't really care lol. I get the sense neither like one another very much. I haven't heard Vanessa or Frank say anything negative though obviously. It could be nothing but the lack of Brenda for a decade and very few mentions of the character lead me to believe there is 0 interest on Frank's part. I could see Vanessa having issues with Brenda fake sleeping with Michael. That was a bit much. I always heard "demanding" which vocalizing issues with story falls under that.

I think Eric/Johnny fall under similar categories. We aren't supposed to think they are deadbeats or losers because they are generally nice guys, but the show makes no effort to give them career goals at all lol. I could be wrong, but the way SR plays it makes me feel like Maggie knows what's up.

But that alone to me shows he has little regard for Vanessa and for Brenda as a character. Frank can't find a place for Brenda unless she rides off into the sunset with Sonny? When Lois, Sonny, Jason, Jagger, Lucy, and Deception are currently driving story on canvas? If he can find a way to "fit" 3 Michael Easton and 3 Roger Howarth characters, he can figure freakin Brenda Barrett out if he wanted to. I am not trying to negate what you heard or know, but at this point it's clear FV doesn't want Vanessa on the show, not that he can't find a place for her. Frank may not hate her or Brenda, but he certainly doesn't like her lol. I always thought the rumor about him not liking Vanessa or her behavior during the anniversary run a decade ago sounded pretty true.

In some ways the AJ/Carly is the unfulfilled pairing on GH. And then they just go back to Jason/Carly or Sonny/Carly. I didn't think SK was FV's enemy, but more Ron's. I thought Vanessa was Frank's #1 enemy lol