I don't even think they alluded to it. I mentioned the rape last week and it bothers me that it was ignored. This would have been the perfect opportunity for AJ to find out to with Carly being so disgusted with his enthusiasm that she blurts it out. Missed opportunity

I don't even think they alluded to it. I mentioned the rape last week and it bothers me that it was ignored. This would have been the perfect opportunity for AJ to find out to with Carly being so disgusted with his enthusiasm that she blurts it out. Missed opportunity

I think the use of took of advantage of, isa pedophile, used him, preyed on him are alluding to it. Then again maybe it just made me think about his rape.

JP, this makes too much sense, so naturally, it won't happen. But I think they may be saving the rape for another day when they can really capitalize on it. Right now, it's not funny, so until FRon can make Michael's rape hilarious for the audience, we will have to wait.

Thanks.

And yeah. Guza already turned that rape into something light and fun with hookers. I can't even imagine what FRON would do with it. Tho this was a perfect time to make light of it in this story so I guess I should be thankful it wasnt brought up at all.

What STD did she have? None, and I found that offensive and not even barb worthy.

She's a ho he doesn't like..I still don't see the problem.

Neither do I. This who these characters are. They are mean to each other. No reason to get offended.

I loved the STD line.

She's a ho he doesn't like..I still don't see the problem.

Carly got around

Liz got around

His mother got around

That's not the point. I simply thought the line was offensive and unnecessary.

Seriously, have you MET Carly? Any insult to her is well worth it. Especially after all the crap Carly has put AJ through over the years.

Seriously, have you MET Carly? Any insult to her is well worth it. Especially after all the crap Carly has put AJ through over the years.

I don't care that it was said to Carly at all. She's my fav, but I'm not blind to her faults at all, hell, her faults are why I like her. I just didn't find that line funny. There are many ways to get at one another, but that was not one of them IMHO. It's simply a matter of taste/opinion and nothing more.

Carly got around

Liz got around

His mother got around

That's not the point. I simply thought the line was offensive and unnecessary.

that is the point. He was trying to offend her and if you found the line offensive than goal accomplished

Edited April 23, 201312 yr by Cheap21

In Cartiniland, rape is only to be guffawed at or be turned on by. So Michael doesn't fit into that. I think we may get a mention, briefly, to remind us that Brenda is a bad person, but otherwise I don't think it will happen (I could see them using this to demonize AJ if they eventually want to Ross/Eli/Ewen him - perhaps he eventually finds out and tells Michael that means he's not a man).

I saw a comment that Sonny talking about wanting to kill Brenda was so refreshingly honest, unlike Guza, and I shook my head, because the scene was played as semi-comedy, and also as perfectly understandable. No one on the show seriously questioned that Sonny nearly had Brenda killed execution style, or whatever, because she had sex with his son. This wasn't a heart of darkness moment. This was seen as no big deal. I think if every episode involved dog [!@#$%^&*] being thrown against the wall (which might be an improvement over some of these stories), some people would say, "Smells better than Guza."

Edited April 23, 201312 yr by CarlD2

that is the point. He was trying to offend her and if you found the line offensive than goal accomplished

I don't give 2 chits if he was trying to offend Carly - of course he was. I already covered that. I, personally, didn't like it and was simply saying so. You get it now?

Oh, dear. Can we please not turn this into the Prospect Park vs ABC thread and have the merry go round again?

ChitHappens found the line offensive to her senses.

Others didn't find it offensive to theirs.

Different strokes for different folks. Chastising her is not going to make her like the STD line any more than she did at first.

Oh, dear. Can we please not turn this into the Prospect Park vs ABC thread and have the merry go round again?

ChitHappens found the line offensive to her senses.

Others didn't find it offensive to theirs.

Different strokes for different folks. Chastising her is not going to make her like the STD line any more than she did at first.

And WTF did we get to where we could not say how we felt about a scene? WTH is going on here?!

It's called discussion. We don't have to agree, but we can post different opinions, can't we?

Which answer offended you?

It's called discussion. We don't have to agree, but we can post different opinions, can't we?

Which answer offended you?

I'm not offended by any answer - just a little annoyed that I have to explain why I didn't like something.

I simply did not care for AJ's use of an STD to someone that never transmitted one to him or anyone else (to his knowledge). There are certain things I wish writers or FRon's crew should leave alone. That is one of them. I cringed when AJ said that, and normally, I love their scenes.

The Brenda vs Carly thing could've been great and was for a moment. The issue, for me, is that while they touched upon what Carly has done by taking advantage of men and using them for her own plots, they have completely ignored the fact that Michael is a survivor of rape. They have Carly call her a pedophile for sleeping with Michael who is into his 20s now and have her say she took advantage of him, that he was vulnerable, that she abused him but they don't just go there and let Carly say she raped him, because IMO that would make her anger and rage less over the top and more understandable. Brenda doesn't know about that either, so she could find out about what happened to him and feel guilty about using him like this and come clean.

It just feels like they go out of their way to have Carly not say rape but allude to it and it bothers me.

Carly calling Brenda pedophile reminds me of all the attacks against Patrick for sniffing around Sabrina. RC should just hook up immature twits, Michael and Sabrina already, and spare us making light of the term pedophile already.

I've never been a Brenda fan and hate LW's entitled version of Carly, yet I've been wincing at the writing for them during this story. AJ treats Carly like a $10 prostitute and Jax leaves her feeling unworthy of saving. Sonny sighs as if Brenda's love is a cross he must bear and rolls his eyes at Carly's pathetic self. AJ is cheering his son on for hitting that hot piece of azz Brenda. Both women been degraded here while Michael looks super saintly, AJ smirks in the most disgusting fashion, and Sonny & Jax are treated as honest men so put upon by these two worthless women.

Edited April 23, 201312 yr by TeamEric