Examples of SORASing messing up timelines

[Jody]

They are thinking of Making Spike be 8. Miranda and Little A were Born on March 24 2004. Miranda and Little A are 5. Bianca went to Paris and then came back to Erica and Jack's Wedding in May 2005. Bianca went back to Paris and I think it was the Next Time She came back to Pine Valley that Spike was Born. This was when Kendall was in the Coma. Emma is 6 and Emma was Spike's Big Sister. I don't know for sure, but I think Spike is around maybe 3 and Ian is 1. It may be Spike is 4 and Ian is 2. I'm not sure about Their Ages. Now, Kendall will go home and say Why is This 8 Year Old Boy doing in My House and Spike will say Mommy and Kendall will say I'm Not Your Mommy. Sorry about the Run On Sentence. Jody

[AmandainNC28655]

Technically DAYS took Shawn down in age. Wasnt he born about the time Bo and Hope left the show in 1987. I remember he was just an infant then. If I recall correctly, Belle was born in 93 or 94. Technically Shawn D should be in his early 20's and Belle in early teens. But somehow they're the same age and married..........hmmmm

[CSF]

Very good points here. I actually wish they never aged and de-aged any characters on soaps. Not only would things be more realistic and credible, I think having the continuity of aging in real time would keep more viewers tuned in because they can see their characters literally grow before their eyes. I mean really, how stupid is it that Nick Newman was born in like 1988 and has a 16 year old son in 2009? So absurd.

Also, in regard to your age on Jill, I believe Jill was 18 in 1973, so she would have been born in 1955, making her 54 today.

[SteveFrame]

Shawn D was born April 6, 1987 about 6 years before Belle was born in 1993. Brady was born in 1992, but now he is older than Shawn.

But they had done the same thing with Melissa and Hope years before. Melissa was always older than Hope and then all of a sudden Hope was 1 year older than Melissa.

What I have always found funny is that the British soap writers are talented enough to write without SORASing, but US soap writers can't.

[ChitHappens]

The biggest offender would have to be GH's Kristina, IMHO. I turned to it for a minute, and I could not believe Michael was talking to his sister in the bedroom. I almost flipped out of my seat.

ANDREA

[AmandainNC28655]

The other one that will be happening is on Y&R is the aging of little Summer Newman. She should be something like 2 or 3 years old, but the show is aging her to like 6 or 7???

[CSF]

SOARSing needs to END!

[ChitHappens]

That's not so bad now, but next year, she will be hanging out with Noah and Eden. Perhaps even Amber, Kevin and that bunch.

Just you wait.

ANDREA

[Paul Raven]

The new Summer is definitely 5 or 6,which makes it strange that the Nick and Sharon repeatedly stated that Cassie died 4 years ago.

With all the messed up timelines,I wonder why they were so specific about that?

Usually,they say stuff like 'all those years ago' etc

[Aback]

I agree with those who say that SORASing is lazy storytelling.

Sometimes it is just not needed. Look at Noah on Y&R, for example. There was no need for him to be this old. Especially since they barely freakin' use him. He was just fine as a little spoiled brat.

Writers need a reality check and maybe they'll understand what the real world is about, and that they are missing some juicy years to fast-forward to their silly teen-pregnancies storylines.

[SnCCorinthos4ever]

Another good SORASing one is DOOL

With the way all the kids age on that soap, would Alice be a great, great, great, great, great grandmother my now, after all isn't Julie (has she made her bi yearly appearence yet) a great grandmother and Alice is her Grandmother.

[Dion]

Julie's not a great-grandmother yet (as far as we know - the most recent version of Scotty Banning was old enough to have a few kids by now) but she is a step-great grandmother to Claire who is also her great-niece.

But yeah if Ric Hearst had stayed on as Scotty Banning I imagine he would have had a few kids who would have been Sorased themselves and now be old enough to have their own lmao. Maybe thats why they never attempted to bring Scotty Banning back, because TPTB realised that the SORASing had gone a bit too far.

[Gray Bunny]

[Gray Bunny]

Yeah, I thought about that too... if Ric Hearst were brought back, they'd already have him have a 20-year-old son. It's bizarre how they so rapidly aged Julie's character, and thus abruptly ended storyline potential for her... the show began with her as a 16 year old in 1965 and was the grandmother to a teen by the late 80's! Meanwhile, Alice is about to celebrate her 150th birthday?

Speaking of former roles of Ric Hearst, wasn't GL's Alan-Michael Spaulding rapidly aged from being born roughly in 1981 to being a teen by 1987? But Amanda Spaulding was already an adult in the late 1970's, yet by the mid-90's, Amanda and Alan-Michael were only a few years apart? (Which reminds me... Shouldn't Alan Spaulding be in his 80's?)

[CSF]

Alan-Michael was rapidly aged. I think Amanda was like 20 something in 1977. Alan should be in his late 70s.

Speaking of rapidly aging, wasn't AMC's Jake Martin rapidly aged?