DAYS: Will & Sonny Spoiler Thread

[Soapsuds]

The story could have had Marlena and Kate urging Will to help Sonny out to be there for him and Will not taking their advice....him staying away.....avoiding Sonny at all costs...then Sonny wises up and moves.on..and there is still drama there for more story...nope we get sleep with someone 101...not soapy at all.....Its lazy predictable writing.

[JackPeyton]

So basically, no soap opera should ever tell a "soapy" story again as its been done. No stories involving secrets being exposed, whos the daddy, murder mysteries, love traingles, etc, etc, etc... Those are all no longer soap opera stories as they have been told?

thats ONLY story for will/sonny, this provides stories for many more characters. why tell a story about a few when you can tell one about a lot?

[Ms. Chandler Quartermaine]

I simply don't like it because, they wouldn't do the same with a straight character. Jack Peyton, you say they are treating him like any other character, and I disagree. They are taking the easy way out, to simply have him do anything out of him being gay.

They wouldn't have Melanie jumping in bed with Gabi, or Nicole jumping in bed with Sami, or Abe jumping in bed with Bo. There are soo many storylines they can do with a gay character that is just as soapy, but nope, let's just have a gay man get with a woman after coming out. Why didn't they just make him bisexual (which I'm sure will be coming down the line for him).

Here you have this gay character that has spent months dealing with his sexuality. And we have watched him come to terms with it, we have watched him have feelings for another guy, and we have watched EVERY person he has told be supportive and accepting. Not to mention we had an amazing reconciliation scene with his mother.

Now we revert back to week one, with the whole "mommy doesn't love me" excuse...when we have watched for weeks, her being there for him at every turn. And yes Daddy and Mommy issues are a staple in soaps, but linking it to his sexuality is just idiotic.

[Soapsuds]

It's already soapy with Sonny being assaulted.

[Soapsuds]

And again this week we had Will love Sami again .....and now he is going back to my mom didnt give me love all over again.....Im sure the whole Will sleeping with Gabi will bomb in the ratings just like it did on ATWT and OLTL. Some are saying Gabi will come out pregnant...ugh...if that happens I am done with Days.

[JackPeyton]

No they wont do that, but maybe years from now they would do something like that. I know of situations like that happening, and its sad that tv just acts like it doesnt. Tho, some shows have tried with female/female, tho one is usually a lesbian.

I agree, watching Will's journey has been great and they have played almost every beat very well. I am not sure however why that means that he cant have sex with Gabi after being scared seeing what happens to Sonny. Will is out to a lot of people, but he isnt out like sonny. He isnt out to the world at this point, from what I can tell. I think that a lot of teenagers in wills situation, recently dealing with their sexuality, would be scared of what happens to Sonny. Gay men, teenagers and recently out incldued, so in fact end up in bed with women. It isnt some far reaching, never going to happen thing. I think the choice of making him go there with gabi is great on a soap opera storytelling level. It provides a lot of stuff and options for a lot of the canvas to play.I really hope Gabi is prego, or even fakes it.

I also dont see this at all going back to day 1 with sami not loving him. thats not what this is about, not at all. even if it is,

[DRW50]

I don't understand why Will even needs a child. When he gets the kid back from Gabi, or whatever, he will just palm it off on Caroline or Kayla, and never mention the kid again. There's no real story in this other than a few months of screaming and crying.

[Soapsuds]

Yes it is...Freddy Smith said so in an interview he did.....

[Ms. Chandler Quartermaine]

On another note, I can't believe you were all dissing that Daniel Colson sorry a few pages back. I LOVED that story!

I will forever be the lone DH fan.

[Soapsuds]

I remember seeing it but wasnt he killing people because he couldnt stand being gay?? or something like that??

[JackPeyton]

ok.. let me rephrase...

i dont think the REAL reason has anything to do with Sami. I think it is very topical and easy for Will to blame her without dealing things and Marlena will see through this and call him out on his bullshit.

Girl, no.

I loved that story!

[DRW50]

The story basically amounted to being gay means you're self-loathing and a serial killer (and didn't they have Nora worry about AIDS, even though no straight characters had discussed diseases or safe sex in years), or a complete dupe who is happy to have an affair with a married politician.

[Ms. Chandler Quartermaine]

Now THAT was soapy, I was on the edge of my seat! Great stuff!

But I don't remember any AIDS talk.

[JackPeyton]

oh, so will sleeps with her BEFORE sonny is beat up? i didnt expect that. i still like this.

[quartermainefan]

I think what is actually happening is the show is going to great pains to not show Will in any sort of gay context. Has he even shaken a guy's hand since he came out? Now he is sleeping with women? It's soapy? How convenient that the brand of soap DOOL is selling is all hetero soap. That's the problem.

They went to events, they held seminars, this was a triumph to help gay kids see a role model on TV, they felt honored to have a role in it blah blah blah....and sure enough they chicken out.