Ever had a soap couple that you knew was wrong in every way, but couldn't help but loving anyway because of the great chemistry?

For me, it was Jonathan and Tammy - GL's resident cousin-lovin' couple. I was all set to hate the very idea of half-cousins as a soap couple until those two sucked me in. (Needless to say, I left that show behind after they killed off poor Tammy)

Roger & Holly on GL. Though I only caught them as a child in MZ's final years on the show (started watching from 93 onward), along with not knowing/understanding their history (ie. him raping her), I loved those two together and that is the ONLY rapemance that I'll cut for b/c I feel that Roger always felt remorseful (like Jack on DAYS with Kayla) for raping Holly, and did silly things to try and prove to her that he was trying to do better. Plus, MZ and MG has stellar chemistry that was sometimes too hot for TV. I could've watched them for hours and they were Guiding Light to me.

Danny and Michelle (JBL version). Hot. Hot! HOT!!! That scene when they were in the room and he was giving her the "man speech" and how he wanted to touch her was just so hot along with the pool scene in San Cristobel. NSA version was alright but original MANNY was where it was at! They made the later years of GL good for me.

JR & Kendall

Yep.

FMB was the EP then, right? Was it Broderick or McTavish that wrote that storyline?

I think the story started with McTavish but I'm not sure how much she had to do with the Alec/Arlene part. I know it must have at least started with McTavish because in early 1995 Hayley was having newly created flashbacks of her past (with the black wig - nice continuity, for once).

You can find complete episodes from spring and summer 1995, but like you said, few or no clips. It's too bad, as I just love watching Olivia Berklund in that role.

Edited June 6, 201213 yr by CarlD2

These two are my current guilty pleasure and yes I ship them even though I know nothing will happen

Doesnt that look like a HOT Days Promo? Man Im sure the ratings would go up if they aired that on tv

You mean Victor and Marty, don't you?

No Todd and Marty would apply. I thought RH and SH had crazy chemistry in the mid 90s and at times wondered if the show was gonna pull another Luke and Laura here

Edited June 6, 201213 yr by Cheap21

Supposedly they were going to pair them until Roger Howarth quit. This is a hint.

Ugh Massey's facial expressions just ruin everything.

AMC: Liza and Damon

B&B: Brooke and Thomas, Brooke and Oliver

Y&R - Brad & Olivia

My Top Choice for this thread:

AMC's Alec & Arlene

How could I forget about Pine Valley's trashiest lush with Hayley's trifling husband? Shame on me!

Edited June 6, 201213 yr by VirginiaHamilton

No Todd and Marty would apply. I thought RH and SH had crazy chemistry in the mid 90s and at times wondered if the show was gonna pull another Luke and Laura here

I hate you so much for having me even consider this...

Will's expression here is so "Brady Bunch," it's hysterical.

Supposedly they were going to pair them until Roger Howarth quit.

IIRC, too, Howarth was not opposed to pairing Todd and Marty, per se, but he felt the circumstances surrounding her gang rape simply were too graphic and beyond the level of a typical, ambiguous "soap opera rape."

Erica Kane & David Hayward

Annie & JR

Stefano and Chloe, circa 2001. He was intrigued by her around the time of the Coronation Massacre. Can you imagine if they went that route? I could actually see them doing that, since Chloe was practically in every storyline during that era.

OLTL's Paul Cramer and Natalie (then) Vega! I also guiltily floved all 5 seconds of the David/Kelly teasing between Malone Round II and Dena Higley. TSJ's Todd & Kelly was another one I was hoping would extend past that beginning-of-the-baby switch kiss, however craze it was!

On AMC, the only time I was able to tolerate Zach was when they were teasing him with Dixie in '06 . . .

Victor and Marty...I know many many many hated the Rapemance but I thought TSJ/SH were amazing together. And the story got me rebooked on OLTL.

I thought I was one of the only people 'round here who LOVED this story, but I was rooting for John to find Marty (and for them to reunite) all the while enjoying the twisted dynamic of Todd & Marty.

Yeah I could swallow TSJ's Todd/Victor and Marty. It was probably down to the fact that I really felt TSJ's Todd changed and was a completely different character so I got it more. Add in the fact that Marty was sympathetic to Todd and said that she couldn't see him ever raping someone again and it was just more believable that something could come from it. The Blair fake rape really helped Marty and Todd's relationship IMO. I could never imagine RH's Todd with Marty though, the rape was just too real to even imagine them together and the fact that he was so disgustingly unrepentant originally and dragged her threw that trial. That he made her get on the stand and relive that torturous night was just so far beyond that I could never forgive Todd for that. It was unimaginable to me to pair him with Marty once I saw that storyline.

Edited June 6, 201213 yr by Skin