Days: Willow is horrible!

[Andre]

Wise words indeed. Everyone should take heed.

In a completely unrelated matter, here are some salmon steaks:

[Cheap21]

Im glad so many like Nick. I love that nerd! I think the younger set is the best thing about Days. Lucas/Sami/EJ and Kate; been there done that. Patch/Kayla, boring. I dont even know what is up with John/Marlena and Bo/Hope. I think the Belle/Shawn/Willow/Philip quad is the best thing on the show followed by Nick, Chelsea and Abby

[DrewH]

I was wondering when someone was going to step in and speak up. Thanks, Phoenix.

[DrewH]

I agree that, for the first time since the Salem High days, I'm enjoying Shawn/Belle/Philip. And thanks to Hogan, Willow was added into the mix and it made everything that much better. Hogan knows these characters very well and he has given them such a great story. Fans just need to back off and accept that the tides are changing and Shawn, Belle and Philip are going to soon be the new leading characters of the show.

[Jinxed Soul]

That's one thing I totally agree with! John, Marlena, Bo, Hope, Roman etc are still around, but won't be the leading characters in the future. There roles are already degrading. Quite frankly, I'm happy with the direction the show is taking. I find myself liking the storylines revolving around Belle, Shawn, Phillip, Max, Abby, Nick, Chelsea, Sami, Lucas and EJ a lot more!

[DrewH]

Had this been a year ago and Reilly was still writing, I would be worried about Shawn, Belle, Philip, Abby, Max, Chelsea, Stephanie, Sami, Lucas, EJ, etc. leading the show into the future. With Hogan, I don't have that fear. I know he has great things in line and I'm loving every minute that I see now.

[bleu]

For the record, I'd like to state that Annie is from Wisconsin, not Iowa. I know you were speaking in generalities, but we Iowans are not claiming Annie.

[bleu]

I adore Nick!! He's a likeable, endearing character. He's a fantastic actor, too. It's definitely not that fans are against newbies. They're against newbies who subject us to Acting 101. And Annie, in my opinion, falls in that category. She's not fun to watch on any level for me.

Edited for spelling because I'm anal like that

[billyjill]

Great point, bleu.

[bleu]

Thanks!!

[daysfan]

This is just a theory, but I think alot of the Willow hate might come from Shimi, Jan, or mabye even Nicole fans. That's just a theory and more the first two than the latter but if some think she might be a Nicole 2 and they are huge huge Nicole fans it could make them upset.

[Days4Life]

I am not a Shimi fan or Jan fan and liked Nicole but got tired of her very easily if she was onscreen too often. I really don't know why I don't like Willow. Her eyes and lips bother me, but that's mostly because of the way she's made up. I think her makeup accentuates her most unattractive features. Unlike some, I don't think she's ugly. She has beautiful hair and I think if they would soften her makeup (especially the lip gloss!) she'd be very pretty. The problem is she has so many bad qualities (vengeful, obsessive, manipulative, kind of crazy) but no good qualities--at least none we've seen yet. There have been a lot of villainesses that I've loved (Kristen, Sami, Vivian), but they've had more character development. With Kristen we saw her evolution from the do gooder social worker to the evil DiMera. With Sami, we saw her catch her mother committing adultery and saw the rape by Alan Harris so we knew the issues that were behind a lot of her schemes. With Willow we have little to no character development; there's been nothing to make me care about her. All I've seen is her tormenting and manipulating people I have cared about for a long time.

[Bree]

You brought up some good points about why I don't like Willow either. And I thought Ari Zuker was horrible back when she started, but she became fun to watch as she progressed. The first Jan was terrible, Heather Lindell was much bettter. But I wasn't a rabid fan of any of those girls. Shimi had no interest for me.

At least when Nicole and Jan were on, we saw why they acted the way they did. We saw what a b!tch Jan's mom was to her. Nicole was forced into porno by her sleazy father and was lonely. But with Willow, the only things we know about her are A: she used to be a hooker, and B: she's money-hungry. She says she had a bad childhood, but there's nothing to indicate that yet. Her brother's only been on for one day, so maybe he will be the character to fill in the gaps about their family. But right now, there is nothing in the writing or AB's performance that makes me care for Willow or want to see her everyday.

That said, her dress she wore on last week's episodes was gorgeous. It softened her up, and the color was perfect on her.

[aMLCproduction]

i feel the same way although she looks like a sea donkey i like to watch any scene shes in beacuse i know its gonna be good. But she sho is uuggllyy

[px780]

I was a Nicole fan, though I don't remember when that started, and I do see Willow as Nicole 2. It's not because I'm missing Nicole or anything like that that I'm not into Willow. I just don't feel like going there again, and I was more interested in Willow back when she seemed like your everyday, normal, sweet streetwalker.

And if they needed a sidekick for Phillip, I would much rather see Jan. Jan would have a reason to go after Shawn and be so pissed off about a breakup. Or like I said in another thread- I'd rather see Lauren, the surrogate carrying Mimi and Phillip's baby. That would have added all kinds of layers. Willow...I'm sure Willow has her reasons, but I can't force myself to care and there are many, many stories I'd rather see and characters I'd like to learn about instead of her.

So from a character standpoint there's nothing drawing me in. And the actor doesn't have what I'd need to pull me in, either. I'm not bashing her (hopefully- I'm never sure where the line is), she just doesn't have a lot of charisma, imho.