Days: November 2020 Discussion Thread

[Bright Eyes]

 

You thought Emily's rape story was told well? The evil doppelganger who gave her permission to kill him afterwards?

[carolineg]

Lol, obviously, not the OP, but I am going to assume they were talking about Elizabeth's rape.  Emily's rape was awful including having Nik cheat because Emily didn't get over it quick enough.

 

I would say on Days Kayla's rape?  Maybe Stephanie's wasn't that bad.  Jen and Sami's weren't awful, but I didn't think they were outstanding either.  God, a lot of Days ladies have been raped: Julie, Marlena, Kayla, Jen, Sami, Ciara, Allie, and that's just off the top of my head with current characters.

 

Not to mention Kristen was once trapped into sex slavery, Abby's basic rape by Stefan, and Nicole's porn issues in her youth a lot of these women have been sexually menaced.  It's pretty disgusting.

Edited November 4, 2020 by carolineg

[titan1978]

I think Kimberly Brady was also raped, and Hope having sex with John while brainwashed into thinking she was Gina is rape because Hope could not consent.  Wasn’t Laura also raped by Bill?

 

DAYS also has more rapists that became romantic leading men- Jack, Lawrence, EJ (which I get some fans do not think was a rape), Bill...I hope I am not forgetting anyone.  Jeez.

 

At least GH learned their lesson with Luke.

[te.]

 

Well, I guess Ben technically only *strangled* women to death...

[AbcNbc247]

Unfortunately, DAYS is the rape soap. I can’t even name another soap that has had multiple mothers, daughters and granddaughters all be raped?

 

Even a few male characters have been victims of rape.

Edited November 4, 2020 by AbcNbc247

[John]

NBC needs to follow CBS and show regular programming til the votes actually come in

[AbcNbc247]

I wish.

 

With any luck, they’ll just completely preempt the episode and nobody will miss it

[SteelCity]

I would say that Santa Barbara and Passions were rape soaps, when you compare the years they were on.

[prefab1]

That's what YouTube is for. Watching it now, and it's pretty good. Plus, it features Judi Evans, who's looking surprisingly well after her ordeal earlier this year. 

[SteelCity]

I thought the way her reaction and recovery was written was well done.

[carolineg]

 

 Kimberly was molested and then she had to sleep with Victor to save Shane or something like that so yes.  Laura was raped.  Hope technically slept with Stefano as well as Gina, so definitely rape.

 

Jack at least had a lengthy redemption arc. Days never sugarcoated the fact Jack was a rapist, but definitely over compensated by making him 'wacky' and comic relief.  Lawrence wasn't really ever redeemed.  He got Carly, but that didn't really turn out as a win for him.  And the less said about EJ and that mess the better.  I think the Laura/Bill thing went back and forth throughout the years as to whether it was rape or not by the writers.  Even though not a rapist, Steve was a pretty awful guy when he came on menacing both Hope and Kayla.  So Days really has had some shady male leads.

 

Days also has it share of female rapists that became leads with Kristen and Sami, so they are equal opportunity. 

 

I do applaud GH for staying away from rape for a long time after Luke and Laura.  If GH had Days rape tendencies Felicia, Anna, Brenda, and Robin all probably would have been rape victims.

 

[AbcNbc247]

Glad to see JJ back but I'll have mixed feelings if they end up pairing him with Gwen. I kind of want to see that but at the same time I don't. A JJ/Gwen pairing will probably end up dumbing JJ down a lot but it could also spark a really good rivalry between Gwen and Abigail. 

[prefab1]

I haven't read any spoilers, but isn't Gwen going to turn out to be his half-sister? The show's been dropping some hints that Jack might be her father. 

[AbcNbc247]

I've heard that, but I've heard so many other theories that I can't even guess what Gwen's going to turn out to be. JJ did seem a little interested in her today though.

[prefab1]

 

I just figured that was Days going back to its roots as a Bill Bell soap.