Stories that annoyed you more than they should have

[ajsp35801]

Having Clint and Vikki watching that tape was some of the grittiest scenes I have ever watched. It was painful. Not because the scenes were bad but because it was heartbreaking.

I wasn't surprised at the "retcon" of Jessica's childhood. They had already stripped her of her identity to give it to Natalie Balsom anyway...

[ajsp35801]

Me too...always hated them together. I don't necessarily want them to leave the show. And for the past few years I have come to appreciate them more as a couple because of Phyllis and Nick..anything is better than them.

[y&r_fan]

B&B

Any story where another female character (Taylor, Katie, Bridget, Ashley, Macy) is thrown under the bus to prop Brooke.

Hope/Liam/Steffy, and any similarly infuriating triangle.

Y&R

Pretty much everything written by Maria Arena Bell.

[Khan]

Thank you, dc. I had forgotten Lori was actually still alive, lol.

[Khan]

Someone on this board -- forget who -- suggested awhile ago that Megan McTavish could have revealed Josh as Kendall's fraternal twin brother, and that neither Erica nor Mona knew about Josh's existence because he was born after Mona had already informed the doctor(s) of their decision not to keep Kendall. Given what actually played out on-screen, I think I would have accepted THIS explanation much more easily (and this is coming from someone who liked neither the Un-abortion NOR the initial Kendall ret-con).

[Khan]

I loved your description (at least, I THINK it was your description, qf, unless I'm mistaken?) of this story from way back: Terry Brock having flashbacks and crying fits, Bobbie yelling, "What IS it, Terry?", and Terry being afraid and unwilling to say. Over and over again. LOL.

[Khan]

I've always wondered whether Clint and Viki watched those tapes of Jessica's sexual abuse without the Llanview PD's knowledge. Would the authorities have allowed the parents to endure that kind of torture?

[JackPeyton]

Days-

Santo/Colleen. It was a bad story, for sure, but this story annoyed me so much I tuned out for the first time in my life. Ej and Sami as Santo and Colleen was terrible. half the canvas sitting around reading letters was a total bore. It really was just nother insane, dumb backplot to the dimera vs brady fued (that is really quite simple to explain) but hated it so, so much and looking back im just like eh.

[Khan]

Count me among those who didn't need a convoluted backstory to explain Stefano's vendetta against the Brady family. Roman, and later Bo, thwarted his initial attempts to control all of Salem. IMO, that's more than enough.

Moreover, to this day, I don't know why DAYS keeps avoiding the obvious -- that, in fact, John is most likely Stefano's son -- but this IS the show that refused to acknowledge Chill and their sizable fan-base, so....

[JackPeyton]

thats all the explanation needed. thats how it started, and everything done from that point on has kept it going.

[ajsp35801]

I don't see how authorities can stop a person from watching something they want to watch unless is illegal. But since that was technically "child porn", it was illegal to watch. But the authorities stopping them from watching it because it is torturous. I don't see why they would care.

[electrorat]

This, only I don't think that it annoyed me more than it should have. My annoyance with it is justified. They took the child of my actual overannoyance, ED's Susan, and supersorased him. I vividly remember the scene where Susan suggested an Elvis/Will playdate and WILL WAS THE OLDER ONE!! Elvis' arrival in Salem in 2006 was designed to infuriate longtime fans and it succeeded.

[ellabelle]

I disliked the possibility of him being Kendall's twin, but I could have bought that because ultrasounds weren't done in the 60s (when Kendall was born before she was de-SORAS'ed) and because Erica was likely hysterical enough during labor that they knocked her out entirely. Plus, sad but true, it was not uncommon for twins to be split in an adoption back in the day.

Erica was off camera a few months for both of Susan's maternity leaves, and I could have accepted that she was pregnant with Tom's baby when she left town and gave it up in secret (although that would have made no sense because she would have used the baby to get him back). I could have accepted that her eggs were stolen when by Greg Madden when she was a patient at Oak Haven in 1975 after losing Phil's baby. Any of those options would have been preferable to the unabortion. And yes, I'm still annoyed by it all years later.

[All My Shadows]

Honestly, as much as I loved Josh as Erica's son, my ideal story for him simply would have been to make him a maternal cousin. For a long time, I liked the idea of him as the long-lost Kane-Cudahy baby, but I vehemently dislike "forgot I was pregnant/hid my child for 25 years" storylines, so to have him as a cousin who arrives in Pine Valley as a shady figure that Erica learns to trust would have been perfect for me. Then they could have finally opened up Mona's side of the family for once.

[ellabelle]

That Mona and Eric both were apparently only children with no parents or relatives beyond their children and grandchildren always bothered me.