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Oh yeah. Thanks! Another child that throws off all timelines even if Orpheus is his dad. I don't know why I thought it was Ben. Someone who should be older than Sami/Eric is a contemporary of Will lol. Well I at least liked Robin and grew up with her. I assume they will just ship Ciara off screen to be with Hope and Ben will hook up with Claire. I would think about recasting Ciara, honestly, if they are going to keep Ben. I am not that attached to VK or anything.

Wasn't there a rumor Ben might be a 1986 John/Marlena kid? Or was that just weird Cin stan's fanfiction? Obviously that would completely throw the timeline of everything off, but I am surprised another Marlena/John kid never popped up. It would be very Ron. Is Ali Sweeney's schedule throwing things off? Because the Sami stuff was just dropped after a few days. And Marlena hasn't interacted with her at all has she? I hate the Townhouse. It must be huge though. I feel like half the town lives there. I would literally not care if the Penthouse was the only set in Salem, just redressed every scene because I loved that set so much.

I think watching Sonny play poker might be more boring than watching Willow/Michael name drop Wiley 100 times in a five minute period.. I know that MB has guarantees and stuff, but he does not need to been on everyday doing nothing. Why do I not remember Franco and Nina being involved at all? I genuinely can't remember a single thing about them. The Finn stuff was okay. I think if I cared about any of them I may have liked it. JS was pretty good in them.

LOL. I actually think the murder story could be good. It's the pacing that sucks, but that's been Days problem forever. I care more about Charlie's murder than this Kristen stuff. Or honestly the Ciara stuff. I can't with Ben reciting Romeo and Juliet to her. GROSS. And seriously, what kind of love do Kristen and Brady have if she can't trust him not to have sex with Chloe? And why so many "jokes" about Chloe's boobs?

She does sort of look like a blonde Ciara lol. I never thought that until you said it. I always thought she looked too much like Allie.

Like Maxie is a pretty girl. Why are they making her look ugly? And they dress her awfully too. I know she gained some weight, but her styling is atrocious. Wes Ramsey is what he is. I don't think it's him really. It's just an awful character. I really like the idea of Nina/Sonny although i think it's off brand for Sonny to go for a blonde. Even if it tracks with his dreams. If it was a random petite, brunette I would buy it more. But like I said it's the ultimate betrayal to Carly/Jax. So yeah! Own your crazy Nina!

Not Vanessa................😝 I met SBu in real life( a non-fan thing)and he was hella short. So i can only imagine MB's actual height......

Sorry my bad I thought Lipton was 18. I don't think they look inappropriately young in the way, say Lexi Ainsworth did (and lol still does). Or the way Amber Tamblyn did or Kim...but they got real stories. I am not saying a 17 year old Eden should be paired with a 30 year old man like Karen/Brenda. But can they do something?

Rh is way too old to be Lucky, right? Please tell me I am right? GV was pushing it as far as Lucky's age. Lucky should be in his mid-30's now? Maybe late 30's? I can't even think like that lol Yes. The kids don't do anything except cry over deaths. I want my teen scene to do actual teenage things. I know Eden is still underage, but the rest aren't. I just don't get it. KMc was underage and played huge stories. Obviously, she is a better actress, but I think all the kids are talented and could do more. Carly's only daughter should have some sorta edge and she's the ultimate good girl. ZZZZZZ.....

I definitely think it's how you take the performance. Acting was involved so I don't want to say too much. He was trying, unlike half the cast, so I will give him that. He's definitely the best teen actor on set.

I think he was walking a line of being OTT and heartfelt. It's literally how one perceives it. He wasn't awful, he was just A LOT yesterday. I like the kid, but for me it was a no on that reaction.

I think NuClaire tries really hard to hide her accent and it effects her performance. She was really likable in the Day of Days event clip when she was using her normal voice and accent. ORK was a real find, but ID isn't the worst or anything. I think she does a pretty good job interacting with her family. It also helped ORK that she looked exactly like MM's daughter and DH's grand daughter. Durant just looks like a random blonde girl they cast.

I was going to ask about Theo's autism? Is it still a thing? Or is it like Phillip? He magically grew his leg back when JkJ came back. Phillip's leg isn't that big of a deal, but Theo's autism is lol. NuClaire seems too old to me. And I think her and Allie look too much alike.

Aside from the Franco stuff, I am here for Nina seducing Sonny. I think that will be fun if it happens. And the best eff you to Carly and Jax. Although I think Watros is taller than MB. I though Lipton was OTT as Cameron yesterday, but Liz/RH was fabulous. I loved her hair like that as well. Why does Maxie's make up make her look like she got punched in the face? That's some odd contour KS is sporting. Are the actors still doing their own make up due to Covid? Because someone needs to help Storms lol.

I get it. But why have a teen scene then? It sounds really bad but these teens aren't like anyone i ever knew. But Brenda/Jagger/Karen/Jason were hot. Liz/Lucky/Nik/Emily not as hot but still amazing. Why can't we do this again? They are so puritan it's annoying. Maybe they can hire a bad girl that shakes things up (ala Brenda)? I would love a random Nik/Gia spawn.......

It doesn't have to be debauchery or anything, but like smoke a cigarette or have sex. It isn't the 50's lol. Like Brenda and Jagger were banging in the nurse's office 30 years ago and handing out condoms, but this teen scene just...talks a lot lol.

Correct, but that might have been RC. KA looked about 12 when pregnant. I don't have a problem with any of these teen actors, but why aren't they doing anything fun? They are tamer and more well behaved than any teen I know and better than most of us in high school and I am not that old lol

Perhaps. But why hire them then? Isn't it part of the deal? Not trying to be controversial but hire a 21 year old instead if that's an issue. They are all good actors, but if age is holding them back from having real stories recast. It never stopped KMC/Robin. And she looked like a little girl for a long time...She genuinely looked 5 years younger at least than Brenda, Stone and Jason but they gave her those stories.. I thought he was OTT today, but he's good and attractive. I hope it's his decision to leave.

Didn't they just cut Lipton to recurring? He's literally the best teen on the current canvas.

Lol. I know Marlena was 40 for like 20 years, but Don was always the older man for her. They never were contemporaries so I don't think that's a problem. And I agree they tried to make her contemporaries with Hope, Kayla, Kim, etc, but she was still good friends with Laura/Maggie, so it's a toss up. They were pairing her with JM's Stefano who was basically Jed's age, so I don't think that was an issue.

i am thinking post-Wayne's Roman would have been perfect timing. Obviously JA was still willing to work soaps. I think even outside the Don/Marlena connection he could have been paired with quite a few women. They could have played on the Maggie stuff as well. I also think it would have added dimension to the Marlena/John/Kristen situation if Marlena was allowed a love interest outside of pining for John for 3 years. I know Mickey was the defacto lawyer, but it would have absolutely made sense for him to get outside help for cases (John's Aremid stuff would have actually been perfect) especially since him and Don were partners. And it's very odd JLB's Laura never had a love interest. You could easily have him interact with the young set too since he knew Carrie/Sami as kids. They could have brought a re cast Donna back too. Wasted potential.

Could you even imagine? Since no one has mentioned him since like 1983? Perfect. Total Ron. The last thing Marlena/Roman/John need is another wayward fake kid. On a separate note, I am surprised they never brought Don back. He would have been perfect in the 90's to help Mickey on one of his trials (Jack's maybe?) and as a secondary love interest for Marlena while John was with Kristen or even a love interest Kate, Laura, or Vivian.

You can't build a show with male leads that are all problematic. Mobsters, rapists, or just insanely boring (Finn, Michael). Ingo/Jax should have always been the second male lead, but his charm has definitely worn off as well. But if you are going to focus a show on Sonny, Jax vs. Sonny was the way to go. At least Jax was heroic and rootable back in the day. There has to be a good guy to balance Sonny out and it's not his saintly hitman lol. But this is probably a highly unpopular opinion. I think SK/AJ could have been a strong male lead as well. Very flawed, but a likeable guy in the end that could never get it right.

The thing is I thought Todd was by far the best OLTL fit from all the cast offs that appeared. I liked Todd with Carly, but the YEARS and YEARS of trying to make ME and RH a thing and then letting MB and SBu also be a thing. It's just mind boggling and I have no problem with any of the actors. I like Sonny and Jason. It's just none of them are likable leads and I can see that. A crazy faction of fans isn't going to convince me otherwise. I think passive worked when he was first cast. His exasperation with Carly would crack me up. And I think he did fine with the rape stuff. But I think DG was probably the better of the two adult Michaels. I always felt Michael would be somewhat of a rage monkey due to his childhood.

She truly has gotten nothing out of the pairing. I don't know why the show can't find any way to use Liz other than giving her horrible love interests. There are definitely Friz/RoHo stans, I just think a lot of Liz fans hopped on the Friz train because it gave Liz airtime and kept her semi-relevant not because it was a good storyline arc for Liz. Perhaps. There is clearly nothing left for filming lol. Chad Duell seems so boring and almost asexual to me. Maybe it's his sad, doe eyed expressions. He always looks like he needs a hug. I mean, good for him for getting it off screen. But some days I think the show should cut their losses with Duell and hire someone better suited for the part of AJ/Carly/Sonny's kid. Although, obviously, there are many people I would cut before him.