John/Isabella were also very popular. I recall SOD saying it was inundated with mail for Marlena/Roman and John/Isabella, wanting those couples to remain together.

 

John as Roman and Marlena were popular in the '80s, but I think that was in part due to the built-in history established by Wayne Northrop's version of Roman. And as for John not being interesting without Marlena, he seemed to do fine when she was gone. RoJohn had fans with his pairing with Genie Francis' Diana (as a matter of fact, I recall a SOD cover with them in wedding garb; apparently, they were to marry but it got scrapped. Maybe because of the '88 Writers' Strike?), his flirtation with Yvette (remember her?), and so forth, including as John with Kate - and the mini meltdown that followed I can still remember. I think both Drake and Deidre were lessened a bit by having their characters solely defined by the other, losing their individualism. But they still have a following. Maybe because of their long history.

I don't remember much about RoJohn's other pairings pre-Deidre Hall coming back, but I heard him and Diana were fairly popular.  I believe John/Isabella were very popular they were meh to me,  but I would have loved to see a true Isabella/John/Marlena/Roman affair story to see how it played out.    I think the DH's have by far the strongest chemistry and would be my pick as each character's best pairing by a longshot.  They both definitely had other popular pairings.  I just don't find John super interesting in any scenes outside family and Marlena.  Marlena I find to be a much more fully developed character, but that's probably because her backstory hasn't changed 10000 times.

 

John/Kristen/Marlena (along with the B story of Carrie/Austin/Sami) basically carried the 90's and gave the show it's last big ratings boost.  I can see why they put them together as endgame.  

 

I get your point that they have been written as tied together for the last 15 plus years, but I also think the show needs that core couple to stabilize it.  There's no Bope, Steve/Kayla, Jack/Jen (currently), Mickey/Maggie to take the place of John and Marlena.  And I think it's silly to break J/M up at this point in their lives.  I am not a super hard core Days fan anymore (gave up awhile back), but I have been tuning in since their non-wedding although I have been skipping more and more episodes lately........I get why they have a following still.  Good chemistry, long history, strong family ties.  They are just easy for me to watch.

 

  

I simply loved Sheila calling bland Lani a skank. I hope Days isn't going to do a romance with Sheila & Grumpy old man Carver. I can't picture those to together. Sheila will ended up losing her edge. Brady & Kristen were boring as hell. I'm not ready for a Ericole redux. 

 

I really like Sheila and TBOZ is a fairly good actress.

Why is every set sooooo green?

 

And Marlena's office now used as a hotel room.

I actually like T-Boz too.  She much more dynamic than Lani who is zzzzz...

So I know this is Days, but shouldn't the cops ie Hope/Rafe be doing the leg work in this investigation?  It's seems like John is basically doing all the work on Marlena's shooting.  And is Hattie still masquerading as Marlena?  Can't they switch them back again now?  Since the Salem PD can only handle so much I think they would be fine to get away with it now.

1 minute ago, carolineg said:

I actually like T-Boz too.  She much more dynamic than Lani who is zzzzz...

 

Anything is better than boring Lani and she even makes what's his name interesting......LOL

On 10/8/2018 at 2:17 PM, Sindacco said:

I think another reason fans in recent years were put off by Maggie was because she took Daniel's side over Jennifer's when they were having relationship problems and she took Melanie's side when Nick was released from prison. Despite the fact that Maggie was the one who looked after Nick during his first run. Basically, some of Maggie's long-term relations with characters from the Horton family were ignored or downplayed for the sake of her new family members (Daniel and Melanie).

 

There's also the fact that Brady has seemed to care more about Maggie and Victor's opinions than John and Marlena's. Victor can be a complete ass and slut-shame the women in Brady's love and he's just old grumpy but loveable grandpa Vic, but when John's concerned (with good reason) about Brady hooking up with the likes of Kristen and Theresa, Brady treats him like he is the scum of the earth.

 

All of this

20 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Anything is better than boring Lani and she even makes what's his name interesting......LOL

 

lol

 

I like Lamon Archey but he's not exactly the most exciting here as Eli. I wish he brought even a tenth of the personality he has outside of the show to Eli. Lawd. Eli is SO [!@#$%^&*] boring. And so is Lani. I want to like both of them, I do, but zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz seriously. The actors aren't boring or lifeless (outside of the show), so why are their characters? Sigh.

 

I love me some T-Boz

21 hours ago, dragonflies said:

I really like Sheila and TBOZ is a fairly good actress.

 

 her

On 10/9/2018 at 11:50 AM, victoria foxton said:

 

  

 

 

Edited October 10, 20187 yr by KMan101

So Xander who's son is he? Another brother of Victor's we don't know about, had a son? LOL

22 hours ago, dragonflies said:

I really like Sheila and TBOZ is a fairly good actress.

 

22 hours ago, carolineg said:

I actually like T-Boz too.  She much more dynamic than Lani who is zzzzz...

 

 

1 hour ago, KMan101 said:

 

All of this

 

lol

 

I like Lamon Archey but he's not exactly the most exciting here as Eli. I wish he brought even a tenth of the personality he has outside of the show to Eli. Lawd. Eli is SO [!@#$%^&*] boring. And so is Lani. I want to like both of them, I do, but zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz seriously. The actors aren't boring or lifeless (outside of the show), so why are their characters? Sigh.

 

I love me some T-Boz

 

 her

 

 

 

Count me in as another person  who is really enjoying T-Boz as Shelia. I love how breezy and unbothered she is. I liked the way she dealt with Lani the other day. And she brightens up Eli and makes his handsome self him smile.  I enjoy their interactions.

 

I think there is potential for Eli, I do think they need to move him away from Lani.   (Though, I with they hadn't killed their baby.). But IMO, unfortunately they don't have chemistry and she is dull. I agree with Shelia, I don't care for the way she treats him. She treats him like he's not good enough for her.

 

Let him get in a storyline with Shelia where maybe they need to help each other, maybe get into some high jinks. Maybe she also has a younger sister or cousin he can date. And I could see them trying to put Shelia with Abe, especially since him and Val are having some tension do to their differing opinions on whether Lani and Eli should be together. So they could also  have Eli involved there, if Abe ends up actually torn between Shelia/Val.

Edited October 10, 20187 yr by xtr

+1 on the Eli potential. He just needs a better romantic pairing and a friend that isn't Rafe. 

21 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

+1 on the Eli potential. He just needs a better romantic pairing and a friend that isn't Rafe. 

RC has never bothered to flesh out the character. It would be great if his backstory with Sheila was finally explored. Through Sheila  we see glimpses of a personality. It would be great if Eli became friends with his Horton cousins Will and JJ. Who are only a few years younger than him.  

Edited October 10, 20187 yr by victoria foxton

9 hours ago, dragonflies said:

So Xander who's son is he? Another brother of Victor's we don't know about, had a son? LOL

A brother named Titus that had never been mentioned pre-2015. A year later they created yet another brother in Deimos. Sigh this show.

Nicole and Mimi hogging up an episode is horrible beyond words. What a terrible terrible episode. Fake Kristen talking/looking at some mystery man the whole hour was zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

This soap is getting worse if possible.....