Ryan's Hope Discussion Thread

[Chris B]

As much as I love Ryan's Hope, if any of those characters returns it needs to be written by Claire Labine. Why would anybody care to see Delia on GH? This is just insane to me. I don't want this at all and I actually like Maura West as Ava. Now if they did a reboot of Ryan's Hope and wanted Maura West on that show I'd be fine with it, but not like this. Such a waste of time.

[Khan]

IA. Let her appear on RH2 as Lizzie.

[John]

Your right It was used for Max's then Wandas then Rodi's. That Bar traveled all thru LLanview

[John]

Also when would Delia have had Ava. Ava would be younger than Delia's son with Frank, John. Delia was gone from December 84 to September 86 I guess that could be but Lucy said Victor met the mistress at Ryans bar.

IMHO this would have to be a rewrite and I wonder how Claire would feel and surprised Ilene would do it if it messed with Claire's story

Edited October 24, 2013 by John

[Khan]

Not necessarily. Ron COULD say Delia had Ava before she even married Frank and that Bob helped her get rid of the baby. And now that that's out there, I'm going to crawl under a rock.

[rlj]

There was never a before Frank, or before Pat, or before the Ryans for Delia at that young, and she wouldve NEVER left the Ryans, any of them for NINE MONTHS, so that would be a major reqrite.

[Cheap21]

do you honestly think this writer cares about any of that? They made Rex, Clint and Echo's son from an affair that happened years before Jessica and Natalie were born, not to mention the debacle with Dani and Jack switching birth orders Edited October 24, 2013 by Cheap21

[safe]

Delia was also off screen from mid-fall 1983 (the firing of Ilene ) through mid-June 1984 (and the return of Delia played by Robin Mattson).

Ryan's Hope messed with their own timeline by SORASing Johnno into a 19 year old with a baby and having dialog that said Frank was the same age!! when he (Frank) became a father. That would have made Delia – according to early RH years “facts” - - giving birth to Little John at 14 -- after having married Frank at age 9.

[John]

Thats the only time frame I could see working. But John would still be older than Ava & for me thats the only way I can see this rewrite having a chance of working

Edited October 24, 2013 by John

[allmc2008]

There doing this basically because they like Ilene. Because they can't have Roxy over they are bringing Delia and I bet you all anything that Delia will be written the exact same was as Roxy on OLTL.

[Chris B]

I'm getting more pissed the more I think of this. Ryan's Hope was such a special show and I can't imagine how Claire Labine will feel about this. I know they won't make this simple either. As complicated as Carlivati's storylines get, this could be a huge clusterfuck for Ryan's Hope. In other news, it's kinda making me wish somebody would reboot this series. I know Rosie O'Donnell and Claire Labine tried, but they couldn't get any traction.

[Soaplovers]

Were Delia and Roxy all that different from each other? If you looked at Delia in the 70s compared to Roxy then yes.. but what about Delia circa 1986 to 1989? Was she all that different from Roxy?

[DRW50]

I don't think Delia was ever trashy the way Roxy was.

What annoys me is that Claire Labine helped Ron get his start in daytime, and you just know that instead of asking for any of her input regarding this, he will likely [!@#$%^&*] all over her creation and then tweet that he knows Delia better than anyone and he saved Delia from Claire's drudgery.

[John]

Just saw this and was tweeting this at that time

So It looks like we are getting some Ryan's Hope on @GeneralHospital soon. I HOPE @carlivatiron@valentinifrank consulted with Claire Labine since she co-created Ryan's Hope & was one of their EP's from 1975-1981 and Head writers from 1975-81;, 83; 87-89.Plus If Delia is coming to GH then I hope she is written as Delia and not OLTL's Roxy.

[John]

Too cute

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