41 minutes ago, xtr said:

KMan101,

 

Regarding your comments about the Rosales, I do agree that Mia could have had more potential. But I think they were doing too much with her early on and that hurt the character. I did find it amusing they way she was interacting with Jack at the opening of Society's dinner, and trying to get him to take a romantic interest on her. He passed of course on that but I thought that was more fun/entertaining than the really abrasive/strong way they introduced her in. She could have worked as a vixen, but I think they wrote too OTT in the beginning and it hurt her.

 

I think that Arturo was okay until they had him judge/threaten to beat up Kyle for caring about Lola. And then he went downhill even further when he cheated on Abby by sleeping with Mia again.

 

Lola is a mess. I don't know how that character can be fixed at this point. She is an incredibly judgmental person who is hailed by a saint and who constantly mistreated her boyfriend. A boyfriend she cursed at for buying her an expensive purse and who she constantly degraded. And now she decides to sleep with him after he marries another woman. And he and other people are still referring to her as "perfect." It's ridiculous.

 

She doesn't work as heroine, but she can't be a vixen either, one big reason because the characters (sans Summer) don't call her out for her bad behavior. She gets away with doing whatever she wants and is heavily propped. More than anyone IMO. It was cringeworthy the other day seeing Abby literally begging her for the sexual details of her and Kyle's first time together. Just ew. Lola has become slimy (in addition to being very unlikeable), IMO, yet she's really not called out by anybody except Summer.

 

Rey is the only that's actually likeable, IMO.

 

Agreed with all of this.

 

I don't mind Rey much but I feel like the writing's on the wall. I think he and Sharon fell in 'love' waaaay too fast. But he's not awful, just needs more fleshing out. I guess they could put him with Chelsea?

5 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

I guess they could put him with Chelsea?

 

Or with Nikki.  I'm sure MTS would love to coo all over Jordi's Parker House rolls-like pecs.

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8 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

 

Agreed with all of this.

 

I don't mind Rey much but I feel like the writing's on the wall. I think he and Sharon fell in 'love' waaaay too fast. But he's not awful, just needs more fleshing out. I guess they could put him with Chelsea?

 

I'm thinking they may end up reuniting Adam with a returned Chelsea. I believe that they may just be using Sharon right now, because Chelsea isn't around and she's a past love interest of Adam's. Maybe they feel that Sharon is the best choice right now to jog Adam's memory, because she's currently on canvas and Chelsea isn't. 

 

Plus, it provides some extra drama for her and Rey/Nick. I think they may tease something with Sharon/Adam at first, (like maybe he ends up thinking that he's still in love with her for a bit). But I could see them moving away from that, by having Chelsea return and her and Adam making their way back to each other. And Sharon/Rey can be together. (And Nick may also hover around as well, since he still cares about Sharon and has been acting protective of her.)

 

If they did decide to really pair Sharon/Adam again, I'm not sure what they would do with Rey. They could put him with Chelsea. I'm not sure who else they would consider putting him with. 

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Griffith was the one who established Chelsea as the “love of Adam’s life” the last time he wrote the show. I think he’ll definitely go there again when Chelsea is back.

 

I wonder if they’ll also revisit Pumpkin Spice’s spawn really being Adam’s and not Nick’s.

33 minutes ago, Khan said:

 

Or with Nikki.  I'm sure MTS would love to coo all over Jordi's Parker House rolls-like pecs.

lol. On the bright side, he's not related to most of the women on the show, so he has some options, though I'm not sure who they will put him with.

 

I believe that they will try Abby and Nate, but if that doesn't work out, she could be an option. Maybe if they split up Victoria/Billy she could be an option. If they ever bought back Lily long term, that could be an option. I saw someone elsewhere suggest they wanted Ana with Rey (though that might not be very likely). If they could get Ashley back for a long term, maybe something there could happen as well. And Phyllis is single.

 

26 minutes ago, BetterForgotten said:

Griffith was the one who established Chelsea as the “love of Adam’s life” the last time he wrote the show. I think he’ll definitely go there again when Chelsea is back.

 

I wonder if they’ll also revisit Pumpkin Spice’s spawn really being Adam’s and not Nick’s.

 

I definitely think they will. On today's show Sharon mentioned that Adam being alive could affect Nick's role in Christian's life. I could see a custody battle happening between Nick/Adam. Especially since Nick was tense about hearing the news of him being alive and possibly interacting with Sharon. Nick was talking about the things that Adam was capable of doing on today's show. I could definitely see conflict arising over who should be raising Christian.

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4 hours ago, Vee said:

It actually did. Vimal and Rama were on OLTL 2.0., though Vimal's sister(?) Neela was not.

 

The Patels were one of the best things about the waning years of OLTL.

 

 

I remember wanting Ravi to have a fun-loving older sister that hooks up with Noah when he was on the show. 

4 hours ago, BetterForgotten said:

I think at one point in the late 90’s it was said Melody Thomas Scott and Shemar Moore had the highest Q ratings for Y&R cast members - meaning the general public loved these actors and and partially tuned into the show because they found them to be a very likeable presence.

 

I wonder if this is why Shemar has historically been the one black actor Y&R would cater to and kill to have back.

 

Initially Vicki had the most importance in the Barber Winters orbit (Y&R went to great lengths at various times to keep her around including BB once declaring her irreplaceable) with Shemar (beginning with his marriage to Olivia) a close second.

 

After Shemar exited (among several other actors), ratings began to slide (part of a genre-wide trend) & Vicki was once again on contract, the power shifted to him. They practically begged him to return the first time only to thoroughly waste him to the point where he refused to return for the better part of a decade. Hence the huge media circus for his 2 day stint several years ago.

 

Meanwhile Veronica & Tonya got (and continue to get) NOTHING (except extremely rare guest appearances).

I wonder did TPTB try to get Veronica Redd back for Neil's Memorial? 

 

Because I read on another message board she declined. Maybe she was busy or might not been in the best health?

32 minutes ago, Forever8 said:

I remember wanting Ravi to have a fun-loving older sister that hooks up with Noah when he was on the show. 

 

I proposed that idea on here more than once.  In fact, I proposed that Shenaz Treasurywala (Rama, OLTL) play his older sister, a chemist who was recruited to Brash and Sassy.  I thought Treasurywala would've fit in really well on the canvas and her character could've clashed with Ashley, especially since, at the time, Ashley was still physically involved with Ravi.  

Missed opportunity.

Shenaz was part of Larry Wilmore's short-lived Nightly Show. I think she's just going to keep moving up.

 

I think people judged Ravi too harshly. I always liked him.

Too bad Mariah's a lesbian.  They could try pairing her with Rey.  She and Sharon need some strong mother/daughter conflict.

Actually, they never flat out said Mariah's a lesbian - they've suggested she may be sexually fluid. 

8 hours ago, Vee said:

The new Ana is great - so vivacious and full of life, albeit different from Mishael Morgan. I can't understand a show that wouldn't want to capitalize on that presence, but I couldn't understand how they could let go of MM either.

 

Loren Lott is a star and the fact that Y&R doesn't realize that tells you a lot about the state of the daytime drama. They're wasting her the same way they're wasting Camryn Grimes and well...most of their younger cast. I'm not saying Nick, Sharon, Phyllis, Jack, etc. shouldn't get story but my god, you have this younger talented cast being utterly wasted in order to keep propping up characters who honestly need to break.