59 minutes ago, GL95 said:

I recently watched the episode where Blake tells Holly that she called immigration on Eleni, and Holly immediately knows this will blow up in Blake’s face in addition to being a terrible thing to do, but Blake just instantly accuses Holly of not supporting her. It’s an interesting dynamic because Blake will claim Holly has never been a reliable mother to her but also hates it Holly acts like a parent.

That's Blake's go defense when Holly calls her out on her [!@#$%^&*], "you're not supporting me." Aside from the way Holly tore into her over Ross (which, again, I don't care if Ross is "publicly" dating her---Holly knew they weren't a couple. After the Jack Kiley trial ended, Vanessa tries returning the support Holly gave her and wishes her well with Ross....and Holly basically says that they're not together.), which really got ugly, Holly was just endlessly talking to a brick wall when it came to Blake.

At least it makes sense at the time. Later writers tried recreating the dynamic in the Vanessa/Dinah story, and it boiled down to (mostly) Dinah walking all over Vanessa.

I remember there was talk on the old WoST boards about Stuart Damon (ex-Alan, GH) as an Ed Bauer recast, he ended up playing Juicy Janet's mobster "uncle" on ATWT instead.

7 minutes ago, Spoon said:

I remember there was talk on the old WoST boards about Stuart Damon (ex-Alan, GH) as an Ed Bauer recast, he ended up playing Juicy Janet's mobster "uncle" on ATWT instead.

I can't see Stuart Damon as Ed. Mike? Maybe. But not Ed.

7 minutes ago, P.J. said:

That's Blake's go defense when Holly calls her out on her [!@#$%^&*], "you're not supporting me." Aside from the way Holly tore into her over Ross (which, again, I don't care if Ross is "publicly" dating her---Holly knew they weren't a couple. After the Jack Kiley trial ended, Vanessa tries returning the support Holly gave her and wishes her well with Ross....and Holly basically says that they're not together.), which really got ugly, Holly was just endlessly talking to a brick wall when it came to Blake.

At least it makes sense at the time. Later writers tried recreating the dynamic in the Vanessa/Dinah story, and it boiled down to (mostly) Dinah walking all over Vanessa.

I feel like Holly’s anger towards Blake was justified-not as a cheating scenario but that the intent was always to humiliate Holly on Blake’s end. Blake was encouraging Holly to throw herself at Ross, etc. When Ross/Blake were caught in bed, Blake made a point of lashing out. I feel like that’s why Holly was able to forgive when she realized Blake/Ross were in love was that it wasn’t really about “losing” Ross, or at least not mostly about that.

1 hour ago, GL95 said:

I feel like Holly’s anger towards Blake was justified-not as a cheating scenario but that the intent was always to humiliate Holly on Blake’s end.

That lead to Holly not reacting at all when she witnessed Roger slapping Blake.

From what I recall, I think the years that Holly was married to the elusive Dietrich was when the divide between Holly and Blake started. Blake felt neglected and I think mentioned that Dietrich was cold/uncaring.. and I think she did feel resentful toward her mother for taking her away from Springfield and cutting off contact with the people she remembered from child-hood (The Bauers).

I know that Blake was meant to be a different character pre 1988 writer strike, but I always wondered if she had mentioned why she wanted to come back to Springfield once it was revealed she was Holly's daughter? And I know the scabs didn't know who she was talking to on those mysterious phone calls or why she was wondering around a playground alot... but did Pam Long decide on a reason or was that all dropped?