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I loved Lena!

I've never had any login issues (on up to date Chrome), but I am getting a lot of the above Error 500 screen lately.

I think FV has actively pulled his punches with this SL for awhile. He seems hesitant about having Chase actually cheat (or at least is slow walking it) and at this point I won't be shocked if he pulls another Sonny/Carly/Jason situation like in 2021, where Sonny came back from Nixon Falls moments before the newly-married Jason and Carly went to bed and the whole thing was inexplicably immediately forgotten lmao. That was so insane I remember even @Errol turning up to complain about it! (Hi Errol) It took Patrick Mulcahey's arrival for Sonny to dare to bring that situation up again and invoke Carly's lust for Jason while he was off his meds. And we all know what happened to PM. Frank seems to have an aversion to heavy interpersonal drama with the veteran characters that he never used to earlier on GH or at OLTL. There's now usually a Sidwell or Cyrus or Victor or Cullum for people to rally against instead. The open warfare between Michael, Chase, etc. has not gotten as heated as it could yet. I hope it will, and I am waiting for the affair between Chase and Willow. I also did not think BLQ wanted to adopt after finding Gio. But here we are. @DRW50 I hope you'll check out Michael's read of Chase from yesterday(?). It was spot on IMO.

The steel Setton showed here (and can show as a Quartermaine businesswoman and the breadwinner for her husband) is what should be helping to drive a wedge in her marriage and push the emasculated, self-pitying Chase more towards Willow. But FV hates Brook being even remotely nuanced or controversial as a character, sigh. It's a messy situation because she's limiting herself despite still being a great actress and we know FV will not challenge her unless she agrees to be. Michael's searing assessment of BLQ and Chase's marriage and how she has diminished herself for him was 100% right BTW IMO. I've always felt that way about how Chase treats her. Michael's motives are self-serving and Quartermaine manipulative, yes, but he's correct. Pure facts. I don't know why anyone would say otherwise.

Same here.

Brendan Fraser tested for Brian Bodine on AMC with Kelly Ripa. Not sure why it's not loading.

Black characters are often allowed to sing and not much else. I remember Tim Stickney talking about how he deliberately sang poorly on the show to avoid this trap at OLTL lol.

What a waste! Yet not surprising.

Today is wild shít. Van Etten going for broke! Don't get me started on the Molly/Kristina stuff. Yeah, you committed to that baby, Kris. More like should've been committed. At least Emma is still on one. We've both hated Britt from Jump Street!

I still wonder what exactly happened with Sheri Anderson when she came back to DAYS with Carlivati a few years ago.

EW interview. Interesting that (like The Pitt) they have apparently committed to a yearly release schedule.

Thanks for this. I'm looking forward to it far more than I look fwd to anything Marvel these days. Season 1 was lightning in a bottle and as we've all said, very soap-coded in many ways. It also got away with a lot in terms of dialogue and subtext that most American animated shows wouldn't, particularly in the Genosha episode (probably the best filmed piece of X-Men media ever) and in the intimate stuff, as well as in Xavier's final scorching speech to the Shi'ar. I just hope that danger and anger isn't gone with Beau DeMayo, who obviously needed to be let go and can't come back.

Jesus Christ.

I think what helps Laura in the '80s as she has a wealth of history and a real character POV. From what I've seen Luke is extremely paternalistic with her during their early whirlwind romance which would be gross even without the rape angle, but which was unfortunately just a sign of the times and how they handled those gender roles. But what sets her apart and makes it still work for is that she still has a voice and viewpoint, and more importantly she still gets into a lot of her own trouble and makes a lot of her own choices. She also unavoidably gets under Luke's skin on a primal level, and pushes that advantage a number of times when they're at odds after the Left Handed Boy. You understand she is his Achilles heel that makes him not a superman, and that she knows it. And both Tony and Genie play that angle heavily, and it's something Tony repeatedly returned to how Laura was the key to Luke's existence for decades after. Until he stopped doing that. I would assume that's partly down to both of them having PFS and Thom Racina at various times, unless I'm wrong? Analyzing Racina's past work at OLTL in 2013 was a ride, in part because he was clearly shaping up to build some sort of intricate Ice Princess-style arc with the conspiracy left over from 2011 on the network, and which was of course unfinished.

Obrecht first appeared in 2012. She was part of the team holding Robin prisoner. She was Faison's longtime henchwoman and lover, who we later learned had given birth to Britt and several of his other children.