carolineg

I actually think Martha Madison can act too. She actually is one of the better actresses on the show, but her Belle is just very unlikable. I honestly don't think there has ever been a time where I liked or enjoyed her Belle ever. Honestly, I would rather have someone that was a lesser actress, but more charismatic and warm playing Belle.

I am here for Sonny/Chad. I would love to see that played out. I will say I don't care that people are mad at Kate and Lucas, but does it almost seem disproportionally more mad than people usually are at them for their misdeeds? Everyone is so angry at them, but it's not the worst thing those two have done and Allie/Marlena seem to be more upset than I would expect from either character. For example, Kate knew Steve thought he was Stefano and didn't tell Marlena or John thus allowing a kidnapping and almost rape and no one batted an eye. But now Kate knew after the fact when Sami was fine that Lucas kidnapped her and that's worse in everyone's eyes? Again, it might be the actual appropriate response by everyone, but it seems so different that the usual fallout for Kate being Kate. I agree with those who said Sarah/Xander weren't half bad in the beginning, but they were really mismanaged by the writers.

Agree with everything you said. I am sure Brook talks to Lois, but Lois seems like a character who would not want phone calls and want to be there in person. She's nothing if not protective and sometimes overbearing with Brooklynn. I agree Matt Cedeno looks right for the Brandon as well. He looked so distinctly different from Nicole and the Taylors I am surprised it took everyone so long to question his paternity lol. But then Nicole/Taylor don't look much like Paul either so who knows?

You could easily have Lucy call in a favor from a friend and have Brenda do damage control for Deception. Either as a throwback to the original Face of Deception or as an investor for publicity. Make that her entrance and main reason for being in town and just let everything else happen naturally around her. It's one of the easier times in recent history to fold Brenda back in without it being weird. And I guess Brenda could bring her kid to fall in love with Joss or something. Lucky is obvious for so many reasons. Lois would be great to add for Ned/Olivia, but it seems so odd for her to parent Brook from afar when she made so many sacrifices for Brook to have a good life and just isn't around when all this major stuff is happening. As far as Brandon on Days, it seems obvious to bring him back. He has so many ties to the canvas Matt Cedano (I think that's his name) was good and he's been gone long enough to also have a bit of a blank slate (an ex wife, kids, etc.) And again, it's always good when you bring someone in who is not directly related to the Horton/Brady/Evans clan.

If you didn't say it-you knew I would lol. So besides Brenda-who needs know further explanation from me..... GH How long has it been since Lucky aired? Lucky if he meets the 7 years Lois-it would be tough to recast, but I think it's weird she's not around for her only daughter Mya Ward-not because the character was amazing, but I think the idea of the character was good Skye-if she brings her daughter. I strongly dislike Skye, but the two of them could be useful. Alcazar-not sure why he was killed off never to be brought back. He still has a lot of connections on the show especially if they brought back Skye Jagger-ASJ and his politics aside, I would dump a few males in his age range (Austin, Finn, Cody, etc) and bring Jagger back. He has a built in rivalry with Sonny and usefulness as a cop/FBI agent. Plus, he could be paired with several different women. Days- Peter Blake-seems like the most obvious Days one for me. Chris K/Savannah- we know what they are up to now. Bring them back so I can get my ultimate dream of Wayne back as Roman. Brandon Walker-With Lani gone and Theo in and out, why not bring Brandon back? It would be nice for Nicole to have some family. And we can always throw him at Sami since this Lucas/EJ stuff has really been played out. Mike Horton-I don't know why he hasn't been brought back. Same with his son Jeremy. I know the first time Jeremy was brought on it was a failure, but why haven't they tried again? Chelsea-It's like she doesn't exist anymore. I always liked RM and I think Chelsea is with Max, so they should both be back on the canvas.

Lol. I get it. Especially when you are just watching the same characters glance across the room or be totally into the singing smiling and clapping and laughing. I think I heard Robin Christopher retired from acting, so maybe that's an issue? I have no idea why they don't bring Lila Rae back. She would fit right in and should have been Spencer's girlfriend. Lila Rae is Skye Chandler and Alcazar's daughter.

It depends for me. I don't love it. I don't mind the Nurse's Ball having singing because it's an amateur event and people don't have to be amazing. I just don't particularly need to see KA sing lol. I didn't even mind people singing at Luke's or the Outback BITD until it happened all the time. And, as I have said before, it's kind of awkward to watch people watching Eddie Maine or Ricky Martin sing for several minutes and those two sang A LOT. It doesn't advance the plot. You are just watching them sing and watching other characters react to singing or longingly looking at someone across a room lol.

I figured as much. I guess that leads to the obvious question: Were they still Kiki's friends after they heard her sing?🤣

Oh, I forgot about Chad Duell the ladies man lol. They were together for a while too I think. There really wasn't much of a reason to kill Kiki off so I think KA would probably still be playing her. She'd probably just be in Willow's place or she would have just come back as Starr. You know what? I will take your word for it lol!

Honestly, KA was fine as a precocious kid. Starr was cute. As the years went on it was clear she wasn't exactly Kim McCullough or Jonathan Jackson in the acting department, but Ron and Frank didn't seem to share my opinion on this. 🤣 As far as her singing...........it's okay? As far as her time on GH-I thought she was okay with Michael.

Not as Starr. Starr was shipped off before the re-introduction of the Nurse's Ball. That's how we got the story of Brenda fake sleeping with Michael. He was drunk because Starr dumped him. KA might have sung as Kiki. I don't know. I don't have a big appreciation for KA's singing "talents", so if she did I probably changed the channel 🤣

Starr and then Kiki, but I doubt she would have been killed off if Alderson was still playing her.

I have seen people use Payla for Patch/Kayla too and Shim for Shane/Kim and that squish name is ridiculous. If I am mentioning Shane and Kim in a post I would spell out their names because otherwise no one would know who the hell I am talking about. I think it gets much more confusing going back and renaming couples from the past, but with a current couple it's okay. I did think Cin was kind of cute and clever, but I didn't need the show to tell me that so it became annoying.

Why did Alderson leave in the first place? It was her choice, right? She had a pretty good gig going at GH and hasn't really worked since so that seems a little silly. I am not advocated a KA return or anything, but it's weird she left when she did.

I have definitely heard Jiz for Jason/Liz said by haters and it does make me giggle. I also think it would be funny if Belle/EJ on Days were called BJ, but I digress. Something simple like Carson for Carly/Sonny or L&L2 for Lucky/Liz is fine, but when you are weirdly stretching things like calling Jason/Courtney on GH Journey or the above mentioned Scrubs it's obnoxious. I also don't like it when older couples get a squish name. Jarlena doesn't bother me too bad but Bope and Stayla sound so stupid. Again, it's not something that specifically bugs me or puts me off when someone posts them, but they tend to be unnecessary. Then again, I do use them so I am just as guilty 🤣

I thought she sounded good. As someone who has seen her live multiple times-she rarely sings much live, so it was interesting to hear her natural voice. I would love for her to release new music and tour again, although she still seems troubled or at least very angry still.

I don't hate squish names. Some are ridiculous and some make no sense (Scrubs for Patrick/Robin on GH?). Jarlena for J&M is something that has come about more recently. When I first was on the internet I would always refer to them as J&M, but suddenly Jarlena seems more common. I don't particularly like it but sometimes I find it easier to type and easier to understand for posts especially if I am discussing multiple couples and multiple initials might be confusing. There are some couples on soaps that don't have squish names and I would only refer to Sonny and Brenda on GH as S&B because I am not going to give them a dumb squish name like Sorenda. Or something like Liason for Liz/Jason on GH is stupid as well because it's saving you from typing out 2 letters lol. I can see why people find them obnoxious, but I can't say it's ever bothered me. I just think most of the time they aren't that cute or clever.

The nuJoey is kind of goofy looking. I don't really get the point of him when Tripp fills the same role and Lucas Adams is cuter and better.

I just can't get over how unaffected Deidre Hall was while playing this. She looked like she could care less about everything. "Hey, John I love you! Oh, you slightly pushed me into Paul? Game over. Hope it works out John!"🤣 The whole show was messy, but I didn't actively hate it.

Marlena's Dr. Skillz are very intense. Why not stab Steve with her magical potion? It's not John. She's at no risk at losing that bondage loving with that. Although how she got the brainwash antidote after almost being fired is beyond me, but she is a woman who was in Salem and Hong Kong at the same time so I don't doubt her powers🤣

Apparently Marlena's use to bondage so she made quick work of those ropes lol. I think Marlena was just trying to bring John back with their amazing love-because it always worked before 🙄 and then was like f**k it by the time she got around to Steve. Again, Dee just looked bored......

Isabella died the same day Abby was born. So there you have it. Belle/Brady were aged way too much.

You would think they would use TB/MB's chemistry especially with the build up of Oscar's mom. You really thought she was going to be surprising-not a weepy version of Carly.

She's that AMAZING!! I buy it lol. Or maybe it's Hattie.

I miss Guza's events a lot. The day to day show tended to be dreary, but things really happened under him. Not always good things, but I liked the structured sweeps events.