Members Skin Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 That would make sense and would be understandable. Heather right now has no motivation or reasoning for doing half the things she does. The excuse is just that she is crazy. She is basically a reverse dues ex machina for the writers, any problem can be explained away by Heather's craziness. Heather is there solely to cause drama she has no real characterization or motivation on her own and that's the problem. Even RM can't even hide the fact that her character doesn't make sense because on paper she simply doesn't. Straw dogs. Straw dogs. That's still dumb reasoning. She is going to take a baby from a mother simply because Sam didn't want to be a carrier pigeon? Ridiculous. Sam only "threatened" Heather during those run in's when Heather purposely started making Sam uncomfortable and threatening her. Heather started the threats first. Heather has been annoying and heavy handed from the very beginning and it's getting to the point where I want Sam to roundhouse her face in and push her off a ledge because her craziness isn't even smart nor does it even make sense. OLTL's Tess and Marty made more sense then this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Well that wasnt her original plan. She simply wanted to mess with Sam's relationship with Jason by switching the tests and making her think she was having Franco's kid. Switching the babies literally fell into her lap and it wasnt her idea. Do you think Heather cares? In her twisted mind, Sam has been the antagonist. She processes things differently than a normal person as she always feels her actions are justified and everyone else is against her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 The problem with this writing is that we can say "She's crazy," as any excuse. It's just lazy and pointless to even care about what is going to happen, because it's just made up as it goes along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SweetPea36 Posted June 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 It's beyond stupid that they brought back the sublime Robin Mattson to act in a story with all of the depth of a mud puddle supporting a couple with all of the depth of a mud puddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skin Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Yeah but that is just lazy story writing. It would make more sense if Heather had a reason, a viable motive for her to do what she is doing. It doesn't even necessarily have to be sympathetic as Kahn expressed you could easily give Heather a viable motive for hating Sam and Jason and still have her be crazy. As it stands now Heather just looks idiotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Actually this fits in with who Heather is. I see no big deal here. Heather has always been about Steve and who ever gets in her way, even to the smallest degree pays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 She's crazy is not a good enough excuse even crazy people have real motives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 She does have a motive. People just dont like what it is agreed. I actually prefer her brand of crazy this time rather than her last return which was built on some retconned ONS which she was obsessed over 20 years later. Her obsession with Steven Laaaaaarrsssss and hating on anyone who she sees as a threat to their relationship seems to make more sense and fits her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frequentsoapfan Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 She doesn't not have a real motive and right now she just looks like a cartoon villian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Skin Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 +1 she's a machine for the writers to use to extend plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Like I said, its there, people just dont like what it is. Oh well, Im loving her and enjoying the fact that she's back and driving story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 She's barely about Steven at this point. It's just a cheap catchphrase while she drives story for characters who can't do it themselves (Sam, Jason). Nothing in Heather's original run is anything close to this. It's just cheap plot point writing. There isn't anything to love, IMO, because she's not a character. I like seeing Robin Mattson, but no one can save garbage like yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Heather's motive for the most part of her run since 1977 has been her son, Steven. This fits perfectly IMHO. She felt doublecrossed that Sam learned about Franco & Sam left without the letter. Plus Sam has been telling Heather, Ill tell Steve about Franco. That is another double cross 2 Heather in her mind. Your not dealing with a sane woman. I love Robin & what she is doing here. She has a history of playing soap roles of women on the make or Villians. Makes me wanna see her run as Sweet Hope Bauer on GL in 1976-77. That would be weird to see now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Exactly. If we saw her with Steven more, MAYBE I'd buy it. As it's playing, it's beyond weak. Don't forget she played Janet as sane for a long while on AMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Its twisted parenting but its still about Steve. This fits in with Heather from 77-83. Now the 2004 was a total whack job. Cause she only had three scenes in 6 months with her son at that time. Never bought that return at all. That was a evolution so I bought that. It happened over six years but to see her as virginal Hope would be a treat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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