Members ranger1rg Posted April 29, 2018 Members Share Posted April 29, 2018 I’ve watched soaps for decades, too, so we’re even there. i just don’t have to love and root for a character to want him or her on my screen. Even when I don’t like Hilary, I still care enough about her to want her around. I would miss Hilary/MM if she were gone, so the actress is doing something right and the show isn’t writing Hilary so that we HATE her. For a show that doesn’t “give a damn about the character,” they sure as hell write a lot for her. I just dont think Hilary needs the sympathy and anguish she gets here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluejeanbaby3 Posted April 29, 2018 Members Share Posted April 29, 2018 I felt the same way about Hillary but watching her last week and reading May sweep's spoilers has got me rooting for her. I don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted April 29, 2018 Members Share Posted April 29, 2018 But he did beat her after they had sex in Denver, correct? We found this out after she killed him. Prior to her killing him, we didn't know that detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ponds Posted April 29, 2018 Members Share Posted April 29, 2018 Thanks all for refreshing my OLD brain cells. Maybe Nikki and Sharon might even mention...been there, done that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted April 29, 2018 Members Share Posted April 29, 2018 I thought we'd said why Hilary's on and agreed. She's useful and they trust the actress. They don't have to care about hilary to recognize that and write for her. They only have to care about keeping their own job. Interesting that you say you don't have to love or like a character to want them around. I don't doubt that's true. But I don't think for a second that the show believes it. Every EP or writer's pet whom they want around gets writing that screams "love this character". So I'm going to conclude that viewers liking/loving a character matters to them being kept around on the show. That they are doing the total opposite with Hilary tells me they don't care. As for being written to be hated, even the so called soap press and bloggers are saying that the show is doing just that. They have openly said it is off for Hilary alone as well as for her romance with Devon and written for people to dislike her and root against them. I realize my love for the character might make me see things through an unobjective lens. But for so many people to also say this, surely its something to it. At the very least, claims can't easily be dismissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted April 29, 2018 Members Share Posted April 29, 2018 I'm seeing some dislike for Devon being expressed as well. Both characters are being written pretty poorly, IMO. As for the 'rootable' quality, haven't soaps openly courted this formula since the 80s? Wasn't that most of the premise behind the supercouple idea? I mean, Hilary's not even being written as a proper vixen right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted April 30, 2018 Members Share Posted April 30, 2018 Devon is written so OOC to push this plot. Since when would Devon Hamilton mistreat any woman carrying his child to the point of walking past ignoring her. Or insist she speak about their private matter in front of a woman he barely knows. The only people who dislike Devon atm are people who care about Hilary. Everyone else is rooting him on glorying in him "finally seeing her for what she is". Which you can't blame them because that's what the show has written them to want for the last 2.5 years. Anyone who witnessed the writing for SBu's Dylan knows that loving and rooting for a character matters. JFP would have nothing less for her boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rlj Posted April 30, 2018 Members Share Posted April 30, 2018 Yup, the body ended up being Frank, Cassie's Bio Dad, given ALL the "deaths" Sharon has been involved in , directly or indirectly, her guilt is selective lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GMac Posted April 30, 2018 Members Share Posted April 30, 2018 Um... What's up with closing scene with Victor & Neil? That was odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteelCity Posted May 1, 2018 Members Share Posted May 1, 2018 Actually, some of us just don't like Devon because he's boring and played by an uncharismatic actor. Don't assume anything about anyone or their opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aback Posted May 1, 2018 Members Share Posted May 1, 2018 Ditto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted May 1, 2018 Members Share Posted May 1, 2018 A) I'm not assuming anything. B. ) Like the person I responded to, I'm going by what I've seen C) We were speaking in context to the current story and writing. I'm seeing people who love the character hating on him. Of course, people who just dislike Devon for whatever reasons they've developed in their head anyway aren't included. Much like those who despise Hilary's existence even when her writing is good aren't included. See my previous response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 1, 2018 Members Share Posted May 1, 2018 Wow, I thought I was the ONLY one who didn't care for Devon or Bryton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ajsp35801 Posted May 1, 2018 Members Share Posted May 1, 2018 How could you possibly have thought that on this board. Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteelCity Posted May 1, 2018 Members Share Posted May 1, 2018 Well, perhaps you shouldn't generalize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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