Michael is going to have AIDS! Robin's story is already going there. This is why it won't rear its ugly head for a minute. That's my take on the interview!

If the fans respond positively, perhaps Carter will "change" and they'll fall in love. Don't say it can't happen....

Hey, I know it can happen. Six years of "Oz" on HBO taught us all that. ;-P

Michael is going to have AIDS! Robin's story is already going there. This is why it won't rear its ugly head for a minute. That's my take on the interview!

ITA with this interpretation. One more stereotype. Raped in prision = HIV+. Of course, has anyone in daytime got HIV the old fashioned way (on-screen, not back story) by sleeping around? This would be too sad.

ITA with this interpretation. One more stereotype. Raped in prision = HIV+. Of course, has anyone in daytime got HIV the old fashioned way (on-screen, not back story) by sleeping around? This would be too sad.

Well, Robin did get it through hetero sex, even though she wasn't sleeping around. There was a character on B&B who got it by actually sleeping around, but I can't remember his name. I can't remember how Cristine's mother got it on Y&R, but I do think that was from hetero sex as well, although I'm not sure if she had multiple partners or not.

ITA with this interpretation. One more stereotype. Raped in prision = HIV+. Of course, has anyone in daytime got HIV the old fashioned way (on-screen, not back story) by sleeping around? This would be too sad.

Hollyoaks - Malachy Fisher got HIV for being a whore. He's still on the show and is a fan favorite. His wife, who is probably the biggest slut of all, feared she was infected and subsequently put fear in Malachy's bisexual cross dressing brother Kris, who she slept with also.

Well, Robin did get it through hetero sex, even though she wasn't sleeping around. There was a character on B&B who got it by actually sleeping around, but I can't remember his name. I can't remember how Cristine's mother got it on Y&R, but I do think that was from hetero sex as well, although I'm not sure if she had multiple partners or not. I guess it would be interesting if they let a main character get it from sleeping around on screen, but ultimately I don't think it matters that much if it's back story or shown on screen. Either way soaps have shown that hetero people get AIDS just as readily as gay people. That's not exactly ground breaking news at this point, but given how conservative soaps can be, I'm not going to knock it.

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Hollyoaks - Malachy Fisher got HIV for being a whore. He's still on the show and is a fan favorite. His wife, who is probably the biggest slut of all, feared she was infected and subsequently put fear in Malachy's bisexual cross dressing brother Kris, who she slept with also.

Say what? Are you sure this wasn't PASSIONS? LOL!

Say what? Are you sure this wasn't PASSIONS? LOL!

No, because Kris, Malachy and Mercedes aren't caricatures.

Touche. ;-)

Just youtubed the scene itself. That guy was awfully forward. Rape was DEFINITELY implied, and the way Michael wasn't really that beat up afterwards (on his face anyway) hugging his knees in the corner... I mean, Drew Garrett, I think was his name, the other Michael after the one that looked like the Chucky Doll - sorry, don't much watch GH - would have done it much better... (Though he would have been whinier , he was a good actor)

If they shy away from this edgy and pretty realistic story it will be a wasted opportunity to play the beats of the story they've set up. I can see not showing it for obvious reasons but to imply it that heavily and then back out of it is spineless even for Guza, who was willing to let Michael take a bullet in the head as a lesson for playing with guns.

I Guza's rationale will be that this time, letting Michael take a "bullet" in the other end will be his punishment for hitting Claudia

"Macho" guys such as Bob Guza and Hoagy Sheffer just refuse to believe men can be raped.

LMAO - I once had someone inform me that a woman cannot rape a man because that would be like putting a marshmallow in a toaster. Best analogy of life.

Well, as a matter of fact, I did once put a marshmallow inside a toaster when I was a child. Does that mean I raped someone? (Oh, God, this is like some bad episode of "Law & Order.")

Well, as a matter of fact, I did once put a marshmallow inside a toaster when I was a child. Does that mean I raped someone? (Oh, God, this is like some bad episode of "Law & Order.")

Bahahaha! That's what you call a ... wait for it... hot mess!