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They had chemistry and all but, it was super rushed! Didn't they get engaged in like two months. There was no build up.

Speaking of which, I would say that John/Kate was one of those convenient couples.

Thank you. I'm not sure how it devolved into nonsense when I was clear. I have been told to dumb things down when I talk in real life though.

You're welcome! I have to admit that I need to catch up.

Well, it's not filmed. They're told in writing form. check the links.

I've actually never seen those! What I'm referring to is more serialized novelization.

Weren't the characters best friends at one point?

Such as About Sky Falls https://www.skyfalls.com/, Footprints https://fpsoap.com/ , or there were a few others. They're pretty well written. Just curious if any other soap fans got into reading them. For a soap fan like me they're pretty fun.

Ashley and Neil were actually very good together but, they weren't really given much of chance. I wish they could have worked out though. I'm surprised about Ashley and Paul! I really don't remember that.

Damn near every Rafe pairing on DAYS. Why's he still there again? Carter and Katie on BOLD. They clearly just felt that they had to do something with them. Especially when Katie would have made more sense with Justin.

I'm just hoping with the tv season over to hear something in the way of a new nighttime soap.

Really slow news day for soaps, eh?

It's really funny you say that about SMG because it's usually true. Save for Simply Irresistible I guess.

That also shows us a problem with giving characters too many unnecessary kids. It's done for shock and goes nowhere. Where the hell is the Taylor/Brooke baby? The other issue it presents is the issue with making everyone related. I hate that we have no "Around Towners" anymore. That's what makes characters like Nicole (DAYS) work. She can be a romantic wildcard. That's why a family of friends style kinda works too.

Oh. I guess. I just thought Alice was unhinged! i'm big catfight fan, when it's warranted and done well. I always hate when they're played for comedy. That's my one gripe with All My Children, everything always seemed comedic for some reason. The first and second catfight on Dynasty made sense and were actually pretty volatile, that's why those worked for me.

I'm not sure what I was expecting but, I wouldn't call that a fight.

I was 14 when it came out and I was already writing my own soap with way better storylines and smarter characters! I'm not sure what idiotic kids he was writing for but PASSIONS to me was like an insult to soap and and everything that people make fun of soaps for. It brought to death the modern soap opera.

Totally! She also had so much potential not being related to EVERYONE on canvas. Imagine a team up with Justin! They could take over.

Too bad Shauna has disappeared completely. She was so good against Brooke. Of course they can't be forced to write outside the core! I really did like and thought she brought a fun bitchiness to the show.

Quite the opposite actually! They go out of the way to avoid them!

Seriously! All that BS about "fated couples" and "true love" yet none of that ended up happening aside from Ethan/Theresa which by that point was tired as hell. They also never recognized that Theresa was really a conniving and manipulative bitch! Honestly, up until the scene where Gwen ignores the rape, I was team Gwen!

That's where we differ! I loved SuBe! It wasn't without flaw, no soap is but, I thought was a good modern soap. The earthquake is still probably the best one I have ever seen on a soap. PASSIONS really had no redeeming qualities and was so inconsistent. We also NEVER go payoff! Not to mention that they dropped stories left and right losing their own mythology.

All of PASSIONS. Especially after the first year.

I would love to see him come on as famous record producer and notorious lothario. Not into the marriage and kids bit. Just screwing and fitted pants.

I really don't know how B&B has been on almost 40 years and won't do a film or music industry family. It's literally right there! Or how about a modeling agency?! Which, I actually wrote up a whole thing for!