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The amount of Weekend at Bernie's gifs and/or images I have left on the table...

Tessa and Mariah's fanbase only really hit full flow recently, AFAIC. They'll survive. Y&R can do whatever it wants, it chooses not to here for ulterior motive, as it has for a couple years now. As a gay fan I'll say, as I've said before, that I think the entire, shitty purpose of pairing Mariah with a tertiary, unpopular (for most of her run, anyway) woman in the first place was to section Camryn Grimes off from any leading frontburner story with men the show and/or network had earmarked for female leads they found more conventionally desirable. They think she's too ordinary for Kyle or Devon but it's fine to throw this chick at her. Ugly to say, but I absolutely think that's the toxic mindset and we've seen it before in daytime with lots of str8 characters. And in doing it this way they were able to claim it was progressive and forward-thinking. There's nothing wrong with Mariah being bi, and you can play drama with her and Tessa or any number of other more interesting women in the future. You can do it right now with her and any woman, not just men, and take time away from Abby or Victoria! But AFAIC they want to keep her where she is to keep her away from leading story with the rest of the show. That is an admittedly ugly perspective. Sadly, as a gay viewer who has seen this happen both with gay characters and with attractive leads of any orientation who do not fit into a proscribed box, I also think it is 100% the truth.

No, this is direct: When everyone says you're being rude, you're being rude. Move on.

The King sisters (Hunter and her sister Joey) have been up and coming in Hollywood for a few minutes now. I think Hunter is talented and I see why she's gone far on the show, besides what allegedly went down with Michael Muhney. I also think she was overexposed and overused beyond her natural ability, but those two sisters are doing well and the show needs to not hold the position for her because she's not coming back. (That being said, I also never really felt Summer was the only answer to a starring female role in any and all twentysomething storylines, especially with Mariah around, so...)

It is literally the Jessica story from OLTL all over again. Everyone was expected to roll with her delusions to the point of putting her back in high school as a thirtysomething and letting her pant after Cristian, who had a girlfriend and a job at the school! What's baffling is those involved seem to have learned nothing from that, either as writers or former viewers (like Giddens). I also really liked LG on B&B and in doses here before, and I feel bad for her.

Have you watched B&B? There is barely enough plot and character depth to fill 22 minutes.

From the Hill, an even more perplexing (and IMO not rosy-sounding) take:

If Thomas' seat goes, the GOP would do anything short of another 1/6 and possibly that to try to prevent the seat from being filled. But no, Thomas being ill is definitely not the GOP's plan.

Ashland finessing Nate with his fake cancer is not exactly a ringing endorsement for his skills.

Weiss' stock has definitely fallen in Substack exile. She's becoming toxic. That being said, the NYT is still trying hard to pursue the 'cancel culture' beat, leading to last week's public roasting. We'll see how long it lasts.

I don't think she looked 30, lol. I do think they made her up to look much more adult. She looked great to me, but she also was allegedly on a lot of drugs.

I cannot believe Amanda is still around. For God's sake. If you can bring back Diane Hilary is a breeze.

I said when Carlivati got fired that given the state of the show at the time they should've brought back the (alleged) cocaine tables from Monty's reign to work round the clock to overhaul the show, and I stand by it now.

I had no idea he was still Forrest Alamain. Wow. Who is Petrov again? The entire Jigsaw/Yo Ling thing was so insane and also so very vintage Josh Griffith, almost adjacent to his uber-gothic second OLTL run with Michael Malone. Who with his excesses def should've gotten a shot at this show. The whole 'private school, league of assassins' thing is actually great fun for a show like this IMO, but not with the 17th retcon of John's identity and Tobin Bell lol. I don't mind the bones of the retcon but I feel they should've left it alone.

Oh, we're not exactly weeping into our beers, trust me.

They also can't keep him on ice for two and a half more years should worst - 🤐 - come to worst. One way or another Biden will confirm someone.

Somehow, Bari Weiss continues marginalizing herself all the more:

I'll believe it when I see him. Habeas corpus!

These things are often superficial. AD is harder/stronger-featured in the face and has a more aggressive/masculine energy. Walters definitely looks younger. Plus, IIRC when AD got dumped her story was directly intersecting with MTS and a potential challenge to her character, which allegedly her husband the showrunner did not like. I believe it and it's been out there for years.

My PTV GH avatars used to change constantly with the absurdities of the Carlivati/Valentini era, so I thought why not add one here for old time's sake with something equally absurd?

It's the hair and makeup.

Out Noah the cuck goes!

Every time I've seen Alex Donnelley [sic] there is a visceral intensity to her anger or spite. You believe she's going to fùck someone up. It doesn't surprise me the network or EP might've preferred someone younger and/or less hard, but you don't get that everyday in daytime. I think Susan Walters is pretty good though.

If they wanted to impress me they'd say Rachel Locke.