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I swear my most hated post on here ever was from years ago and I said I thought RC was cold and unlikeable as Skye lol! Posters told me I was so wrong. I don't think they frequent this board anymore, but I was surprised how much people liked her and liked Jax/Skye. Like it wasn't an obvious rush job pairing to give the returning Brenda an obstacle for Jax. The show never even tried them again post-Brenda. C'mon! I do think RC is a decent actress and have advocated a Lila Rae/Skye return as you know, but she had no business on the GH canvas at the time in the middle of all the Q's. Outside his early stuff with Sami, Rafe has been useless for years. Wandering around town as an incompetent police officer bouncing from pairing to pairing. Then the show fired GG and immediately brought him back a few years ago. I don't even think it was because of fan outcry. I think GG is just a likable guy on set and people like working with him. I think we are stuck with Rafe forever!

Good Sarah/Xander scenes. Both sides had understandable, valid points and there was good acting by both. Rex needs to STFU. I know we are supposed to think Rex is a good, upstanding guy, but he's kind of pathetic and creepy. Why does he want Sarah's crumbs of affection and to raise another man's child? He knows Sarah doesn't love him at all. Pack up what's left of your pride and head back to Chicago, Rex! Why is Rafe like that? Why do they write one of the 'heroes' of this show like such an ass? And Jada just sits there lovestruck or something. I agree with @AbcNbc247 fan re: Chloe/Phillip. Chloe's love life has been hard to follow for years. Sometimes it's Brady that's the love of her life, sometimes it's Phillip, and it's even been Daniel. It's very hard to take Chloe/Phillip seriously when there has been no indication she had romantic feelings for Phillip and Brady was the love of her life 6 months ago. You get whiplash thinking about it and I am not even throwing her love for Xander into this. I think JPL is playing Phillip all wrong as well. I know Phillip has changed and is struggling with mental health, but JPL plays Phillip like he's socially challenged and awkward. Almost like he can't handle the most normal social cues and emotions. Even a struggling Phillip would have some bravado and cockiness in his interactions while battling demons. At least IMO. This Phillip is completely lacking any charm or lightheartedness that Phillip once had.

Anytime someone posts anything negative about Skye/RC there are a ton of fans who swear she was the greatest, that Jax/Skye was an amazing pairing, and she was robbed of all the Emmys. And I know someone will come at me now and say she deserved Vanessa's emmy and maybe she did. Whatever. I think a lot of Skye love comes from Brenda hate. And that's fine, but let's not pretend her character wasn't a hot mess of weird backstories, awful pairings, and several failed stints across ABC. That said I do think she has a few stans and diehards. I would propose GH's Courtney for this thread. I know it was all a backstage thing to push ALW, but I need to know if anyone on this board is a fan of Courtney as a character. Not because you hated Liz/Jason or Nik/Emily but because she was great as a character on her own. I think Days Rafe also deserves a place on this thread. He's been leading story for at least 15 years and I have no clue as to why. He just bops along from story to story and love interest to love interest without doing anything useful. I have never known him to have a large fanbase.

Xander wasn't created by Ron and I do think PT/Xander had a bit of a fanbase before Ron brought him back. I also think Sarah/Xander have a pretty substantial fanbase as well or at least did before Sarah became the worst. IMO, Xander is really more of a grey character that does bad things and does pay for them for a while at least. I don't doubt Ron favors PT as well, but I think there is more substance to Xander as a character in general in comparison to current day Ben and Alex. I know Ben wasn't created by Ron either, but since he reappeared the writing for Ben was heavily skewed in his favor. Ben wasn't a grey character. He was a fully reformed serial killer and romantic lead, and you were wrong to think he was a bad guy. His victim Will even became his bff. His victim's grandmother became his biggest cheerleader. It all was so heavy handed. Creating an entire other character for RSW is ridiculous as well. It isn't necessary and it feels like RSW is being pushed upon us. I have no idea if Ron actual has crushes on these men and don't really care, but it's clear there is some favoritism there. All that being said, RSW does have an extremely large, rabid fanbase as well not to mention CIN's following. I can understand wanting to keep RSW around. I just think if you can't keep VK's Ciara recast, 'kill' her off or find reasons for Ben to make long term visits to the canvas. Don't create another character and shove him in our faces. Perhaps others have different feelings on this, but I feel like most of Xander's stories flow a little more organically and I never feel like Xander is shoved in my face the way RSW is. I would also add that Leo and Gwen are much less popular and pushed way more than Xander ever has been, and I know that Leo/Gwen don't have large followings.

Kate had the issue conceiving with Phillip (can't recall why...I would assume age), but an heir was one of the terms Victor had for marrying Kate hence the IVF. Can't recall the whole Kim story. I think it was just switched paternity tests not anything to do with Victor's sperm count lol.

Checks out lol It's almost like some Days intern did the bare minimum of research and stopped reading a synopsis after seeing the line "Victor offered to marry Angelica" and just went with that detail.

They had quite the shaky relationship, so I always wondered how they managed all those children so quickly after reuniting. The stress of it all!! I have to look at Jason's page too because you have to imagine there were some behind the scenes changes with writers and stuff. I can't imagine any single writer just giving a couple that many male children so rapidly. I don't think Ron would even go that far!😂

I'll be honest, Justin/Adrienne always bored me a bit so I can never remember their entire history. I just remember they went from unable to have kids to raising 4 in a year or so lol. And Adrienne and Emilio which was not good at all.

I think in the preview I saw Justin was a lot more upset. I am assuming when he talks with Bonnie he lets his emotions out more? I could see Justin keeping his feelings calm and in check in front of Alex and losing it more privately. I am clearly not trying to defend any of this nonsense, but I don't think we have seen the entire fallout yet. Exactly what I was thinking. Unless he thought Alex being Justin's would keep Adrienne and Justin apart forever and that was the ultimate plan lol I left Neil out of this entirely, but didn't Victor offer to marry Angelica at some point?

Yes, and at the time Victor was a villian. He and Justin were close, but he wasn't above screwing things up for him if it was under the guise of being for Justin's own good. This is a situation that Victor would have obviously stepped in for a male heir and to save Justin from Angelica. It makes absolutely no sense anyway you think about it. Justin would have been mad for maybe 2 days about Victor/Angelica hooking up lol. Instead, let's just have him raise Alex for a lifetime and drop the bomb later. That's much better. The only way this could have possibly worked is if Victor didn't know Alex was his son or found out recently. If Alex/Justin/Maggie/whoever accidently stumbled upon it I would buy it more. I just can't imagine Victor would leave it in his will and honestly leave everyone else besides Maggie nothing. Alex finding out later and fighting for his inheritance, place at Titan, etc would be a bit more interesting than him being handed everything in a day.

I suppose GH could be just biding time until they find a replacement and are just setting BAS to fail harder so the next Molly has an easier entrance. At this point I have no idea why they didn't just keep Kriegel. At least she looked like HP and was the right age. I haven't seen anything out of BAS's acting that's much better than MK.

The thing about Justin/Alex/Anjelica is that initially the whole Angelica's being pregnant by Justin was a huge problem for him and Adrienne. It continued to be a contentious issue for years. Victor being the father would have been helpful for lack of a better word. It would have saved Justin a lot of problems in the beginning. I feel bad calling a baby a problem, but it's not like Justin was over the moon happy about the circumstances. I also have a hard time believing Victor would step aside all these years and just put it in his will letting his family deal with the fallout without him. That's just not Victor at all.

I feel like that's an insult to "cool moms" and mini-vans.😂 Alexis legitimately dress younger than this Molly. Kristina and Sam dress like teenagers. There has to be a middle ground between that and Diane. At least style her like Elizabeth who dress a bit more conservatively, but in style. It's like GH took the feedback that Molly reads old and doubled down trying to find ways to make Molly look even older.

It doesn't help the show styles NuMolly like she's 60. She looks like she gets her wardrobe at the same Talbots as Diane.

I imagine 99% of what EOB does as Theresa will piss me off so I am ready.😂

Yeah, forging Angelica's letter is harder to explain, but Brady made a huge point about how much money Theresa spent on food so maybe she quickly hired some sort of shady notary or something and paid them through the hotel under the guise of extravagant food. That seems like a real stretch, but I could see Days sloppily explaining it like that.

I could be wrong, but my understanding of the will and those scenes is that Alex gets to be in charge of Titan and Maggie just gets the 50% of the estate. So I was assuming Alex was solely in charge of the business and wouldn't share power with Maggie in that regard. I see your point about tension between Chad though. I just think Maggie has basically been removed from the business aspect. I am going to be honest, though, I don't see that much story from Alex arguing with Xander, Chad or Maggie or at least it's not story I would be interested in. A revelation like this should have a ripple effect on the whole canvas and it won't. Xander will have issues with Maggie regardless with the Sarah baby secret and Chad could just quit and go back to his job with Stephanie with little consequence. He already quit the other day. I do think there may be some truth to Theresa changing the will to make it appear Alex is Victor's son. How she would do that from a hotel room in a small amount of time is questionable, but I could see it being something Theresa would do.

I guess I don't know the point of making Alex Victor's son for long-term story. Yes, there is an immediate story, but how much is it really going to change anything? I guess he gets money and to be the head of Titan. He already almost was head of Titan and had money, so how much will that change his life? Victor is dead and Justin raised him. Where's the long-term fallout? After the shock wears off Justin will still be the dad that raised him and Alex will still continue to treat him like his father I assume. Sonny and the twins will not be his half brothers anymore, but I doubt Alex will shun them and become bff with Phillip (who I don't believe is here long-term). Isabella is dead, Bo's in a coma, Angelica, Victor, and Adrienne are dead, and Sonny and the twins are offscreen, so........recurring Justin and Alex are the only ones affected? It's a huge twist that's missing 95% of the key players and it seems pointless because there really isn't any external conflict. If the show needed to do this Xander is the much more obvious choice here. I get that it's to make RSW and Alex more relevant, but it really doesn't.

With storylines I am less critical. Hardly any of Days stories make sense and the Vivian drug lord stuff falls in line. It's just a lot of the casting decisions could just be avoided if any thought was put into them. I lost hope of the stories having thought put into them long ago, but Days casting seems to want to find the most obnoxious ways to "creatively" cast a role and it's only for Ron's pets. MM's Belle is disposable, but let's give EOB something else to do 😂. It honestly creates more problems and fan discontent than just hiring someone else to play Theresa. It's like Days actively is trying to cause needless problems.

True. Do we even have any confirmation EOB is even playing Theresa to begin with?

I don't know it feels awfully dumb to: 1. not know Jen Lilley's availability 2. cast an actress currently on the show in the role 3. hire JL back only to can her after less than 10 episodes 4. Start the story then throw off everything by recasting Couldn't this story have waited a few weeks? Couldn't EOB tape scenes as Theresa to have them ready for when she exits as Gwen? Brady and Alex could have done something else in the meantime. To me the show is completely missing the oppurtunity to re-introduce Theresa with someone new by bringing Lilley back. It's like, say, bringing Zach Tinker back as Sonny to reunite with everyone he knows then bringing RSW in a few weeks after those connections have been reestablished with Tinker. If Days needed Theresa that badly either work around Lilley or go full in on EOB as Theresa. Days is being wishy washy about this and if we are going by JL's word she was transparent about her schedule and didn't spring anything on Days. The show is choosing this ridiculousness and I can't find an acceptable reason for this to make sense.

I don't like Theresa as a character that much. I think JL elevates the material and makes Theresa likable or at least understandable. I think EOB is good and there are times I actually liked Gwen, but why replace the very good og actress with an actress that has already failed us once on this canvas? Why bring Lilley back at all? It just reminds us how good she is. Honestly, if they just set out to bring Theresa back with EOB and never brought JL back it would have worked better.

Lol! No, I need to be de-SORASing like Marlena through the years if anything.😂 The show this week just hasn't inspired me to post. I am bummed JL is leaving as Theresa so I can't invest in her story. Same with Belle/Shawn. And the other days I have been too hypnotized by Talia's eyebrow acting to post. I haven't watched today's episode yet though.

Agreed. Gwen has never been played as dumb until now. Unlikeable, but savvy at the very least. There was just one specific scene where I thought Gwen knew she was being played. I think @AbcNbc247 mentioned it that day as well?

I feel like there was an episode in Iceland where Gwen listened to Leo/Dmitri's dumb excuses and the last shot was her looking away disgusted like she knew they were lying. There wasn't any follow up and I can't remember the exact episode but I definitely remember a look that made me think she was on to their game.