DAYS: You were raped? Eh, who cares?

[xDaysAddict]

amazing post! I agree about the rape story being dealt with so poorly.they should have never had EJ rape Sami and instead of insta-fast Lumi reunion have her sleep with EJ,then finding out he's a Dimera later and to be reunite with lucas only to learn she is pregnant.that way,I would have had no problem with an EJami pairing.I loved Sami and EJ last summer..probably the only JERk thing I kinda 'enjoyed'.

I became really sick of EJ after they made him a Dimera,stuck him in every story and he never got punished for anything,not to mention the air time.I enjoy the Ejami scenes because Ali and James work great together,but I dont want to see them as lovers.Enemies would be good for me.I cant get past the rape.

[ANDREA LOATHES REILLY]

You are not alone!

There was no crime committed in that car. If EJ is guilty of anything, it's that he is a bad samaritan. He simply wanted payment for providing the help he was not required to give.

EJ didn't have to help Lucas, and Sami did not have to WILLINGLY have sex with the man. She had a choice, and if Lucas had died had she chosen SELF RESPECT first, then so beit. Sami's body was the only currency she had at the time, and she used it.

She was not raped, and we really need to stop this.

Rape victims are not given a choice... Sami had the luxury of a choice and she made yet another bad decision.

Sami is a rapist herself, so she should know that the manure coming out of her mouth is offensive... She took THE choice away from Austin the door knob. EJ did not do that to Sami because again, he was not required to help Lucas - he just asked to be paid.

Sami needs to get off that rape thing, and so does some of the audience. You can't re-define a sexual event as rape because your favorite character is the "victim"... It's offensive to anyone who was actually raped... To date, EJ is NOT a rapist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!END OF STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FINITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BOTTOM LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I will never get over my disappointment of Hogie trying to redeem that demon and make her a heroine this way. It's appauling. He's a good writer, and I expect better than this from him. Leave this vile sh!t to HackReilly, McTrash or Pigley!

ANDREA

[David_Vickers]

Sami & EJ should NEVER be a couple. EJ raped Sami. Not violently, but it was still rape. The true love of her life is Lucas. EJ, IMHO, is a psycho and a stalker and should be put in a mental institution.

[ANDREA LOATHES REILLY]

EJ is NOT a rapist, and if he is a psycho and a stalker, what exactly is Sami? I think both should be fitted for his and hers straight jackets...

ANDREA

[xDaysAddict]

On the show I am watching,EJ RAPED SAMI.

they both said it was rape,so did other characters who actually had the chance to react to it.the post isnt even about that,it's about the aftermath of the RAPE.

[ArizonaDaze]

Oh Andrea, that is your opinion and you are entitled to it as am I entitled to my opinion that it was rape. There will always be disagreements on this subject and we are all entitled to as many different opinions as there are posters.

[Toups]

Wow, the excessive use of exclamation marks and the words "end of story," "period," "finite," and "bottom line," made me realize that you're absolutely right. I can see the light!

[billyjill]

[ANDREA LOATHES REILLY]

You are most welcome. Glad I could be of service to you...

Please let me know if I can clarify anything else...

[KLN]

Absolutely.

At the end of the day, I don't watch soaps for morals. I watch soaps for the stories. When you come across two characters who are entertaining together and have a unique chemistry, you can't just throw that away because the story could be tricky to tell.

There are other "villain" couples in daytime. Why are those okay but EJ/Sami aren't? Because every other crime committed is forgivable except rape?

[ANDREA LOATHES REILLY]

It's not just my opinion. It's reality...

Sami willingly slept with EJ to get help for Lucas... That is the reality (and prostitution)...

ANDREA

[ClayZebra]

If SON existed back when Sami drugged Austin, I wasn't aware of it. And I have many times complained about Sami never having a lightbulb moment where she realized just how awful her action toward Austin was. One of the reasons I hated the Sami/Austin "romance" was that it was a pairing of rapist and victim.

As for Bo, I don't really care about him as a character and wasn't too into the show at that point in time. But I don't think the show's treatment of that incident was okay, either.

Days is not the first show to handle rape badly. This is not the first time Days has handled rape badly. It was, however, the first time TODAY that Days handled rape badly. That was why I commented, and I don't see how past history of Days or any other soap makes my comments any less valid.

No, in fact, I didn't.

I'm a Lumi fan. I don't deny that. But while I'll tell people what I like about them (sometimes at great length), I have no interest in taking part in a full-blown, name-calling, taunting, poster-baiting, poll-fixing, mailbag-stuffing fanbase war. (But, hey, if that's what some people out there enjoy, more power to you. Variety makes the world go round, and all that.)

I get where EJami fans are coming from, at least some of them. They love James Scott; or love his chemistry with Ali Sweeney; or want a Brady/DiMera fueding families romance; or just want a new couple since many Days couples have onscreen history dating back 10-20-30 years. I don't agree with all of the various EJami fans' various reasons for liking their couple, but the original post was not intended to be some kind of attack on those who still want the couple after the rape.

Quite the contrary. If I had been an EJami fan, I'd have been furious that the rape happened at all and aggravated by the way its being handled. Because if I had been an EJami fan, I would have wanted a character-driven, nuanced story-- not one where such a hideous act was swept under the rug to facilitate a quickie romance. As a Lumi fan, I DID hate the extent to which Lucas' drugging of Sami in Italy was swept under the rug, but at least there I felt like Lucas spent a year in a coma indirectly because of the Italy mess. EJ has had perhaps half a second of regret.

My only point in making the original post was that Days has handled Sami's rape badly.

Days went out of its way to call what EJ did to Sami "rape." Sami called it rape. Lucas called it rape. Nick called it rape. Celeste called it rape. When Ali , James , and Bryan do publicity interviews for the show, they all call it rape.

Fine. If the show wants to do a story where EJ rapes Sami instead of one of the various alternatives-- and it crossed that bridge five months ago-- it shouldn't have the victim's friends/family, including her mother the psychiatrist, blowing off her who's-the-daddy pregnancy like the mildly inconvenient side effect of an affair.

One gasp from Marlena. That's all I'm asking for. She's done it over far lesser things.

[Ilovemydays]

I don't see what happened as rape. Sami had sex with EJ to save lucas, EJ had sex with Sami to save Stefano. What made it disgusting is that while Sami did not enjoy it apparently EJ did. That makes any possible pairing for EJami a big 'ICK' for me.

I think it's weird that I don't think it was rape and I don't want EJ and Sami as a couple yet there are people that do see it as rape have no problem with EJ and Sami becoming a couple.

As for James Scott and Alison Sweeny having chemistry, IMO, James has chemistry with everyone! I think they could pair James with just about anyone: Phillip, Kate, Hope, Maggie etc. and make it look good.

[Ponz]

[ANDREA LOATHES REILLY]

THANK YOU! It was on all our screens! Rape is not subjective!

And ITA...JS has chemistry with everyone!

ANDREA