All: character may be killed off

[AbcNbc247]

I can't help but think that he sometimes does that on purpose so that he has an excuse to be nasty on Twitter

[Faulkner]

 

 

 

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Edited June 10, 2022 by Faulkner

[j swift]

I often think both Ron and Brad don't endear themselves to the audience when they seek to trick us, rather than surprise us.  Nobody wants to feel either stupid or duped.

Ron in particular never writes a mystery where the audience is in on the secret that the characters have to figure out, and I think it alienates his base.

[Errol]

@Tonksadora 

I deleted the snapshot you had attached to your post. Screen grabs from magazine's are not allowed on the message board due to copywritten material.

[Contessa Donatella]

Oh, I apologize. Sorry, I was so annoyed at the material I wasn't thinking clearly.

[Errol]

No worries. It's understandable.

Just to clarify though, I know the same image was shared from a tweet earlier in the thread but that's outside of the message board's jurisdiction. We don't allow any media to be uploaded to this site's server that's under copyright by a publication or production company.

Thanks for understanding.

[Contessa Donatella]

Yes, of course, I do. I was wrong! It happens.

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[Faulkner]

Everything is just so meaningless on this show (death, etc.) I know a lot of that is soap convention, but DAYS takes it to an extreme.

[Darn]

It’s not even worth getting mad about. 
 

I hate the idea that “this was our only option”. If you’re creatively bereft maybe. But Abigail and Chad have had such an up and down relationship is it really out of the realm of possibility that she’d leave him? Come up with a reason for her to exit. You can wring just as much drama out of a relationship ending as you can a murder, it depends on how well the story is told.
 

Death is the highest stake in any drama and a well Days goes to on a weekly basis. How can anyone invest in this nonsense? How can they enjoy writing it?

[Michael]

Now that we're pretty sure she doesn't get DECAPITATED, I don't really mind this. The issue with Will's death was that he was the first major gay character on the show and we watched him be brutally murdered. Abigail being found dead? Meh. I know they're trying to make it seem permanent, but they already had her "die" in a plane crash in 2016, so... whatever. 

They've been writing a part-time Abigail for like six years on and off. Ciara being part-time has held Ben hostage and resulted in a [!@#$%^&*]-ton of scenes where it's just the two of them in bed or "schmoopy"-ing each other. Sami's ins and outs are causing them to twist stories and characters into pretzels constantly. I have no idea how they're going to navigate Will being on recurring, but I'm sure it'll become exhausting at some point. So whatever. "Kill" her off for now, if they want to write for Chad. Frankly, I'd just have written him out, too, since J&J's family seems to be naturally receding from focus, but if they wanna write for him... whatever. 

Now, will the story be well written? Probably not. And will she be back? Of course she will. I long ago stopped taking any grief seriously on this show, which is part of a larger problem. But if they aren't chopping off the head of a legacy character, I'm just kind of meh on the whole thing.

Edited June 10, 2022 by Michael

[Faulkner]

This is also a show that regularly employs the unbelievable device of masks to artificially create drama instead of taking the time and care to do it organically and credibly. It’s just lazy all around. 

[Antoyne]

So instead of recasting, the only possible thing to do is kill her and bring on a RECAST of her cousin to essentially take her place.

[edgeofnik]

DAYS should embrace the part-time actors - Port Charles 13-week stories was actually a good idea, but not always executed well.

 

As an hour show, DAYS can embrace something similar - core contract players on for consistency and then have 8- 13- or 16-week contained stories that involve these part-timers. To some extent, DAYS production model already forces odd continuity - cliffhanger than that story isn't seen for 2 or 3 episodes, etc.

No death on DAYS matters - it can't with the continually revivals. If neither actor wanted to play Abby, there's certainly enough material to craft a viable split with Chabby - send her off to Boston, etc. Let Chad move forward and, if the character is needed, bring back one of the actors or recast. It's pretty basic soap stuff.

[David_Vickers]

HELL NO!   Recast all 3!

Abigail hasn't been part time for the last 2 years.

[Michael]

Kate Mansi left in spring 2020, when Abigail went off to the treatment facility, and Marci Miller didn't return until Sept 2020. Marci wasn't on contract when she returned, and then they wrote her out for months during 2021 to accommodate her maternity leave. Abigail was "in Boston helping pack up Laura's [!@#$%^&*]" for all of summer 2021. She's only been back on-air (and on contract) since Sept 2021. 

Edited June 10, 2022 by Michael