12 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

Lol wasn’t Evan supposed to be the secret Jarlena 1986 baby? I liked Evan so of course the show trashed his character yikes.

I floved Evan...another character wasted by Ron on at that time by awful FS version of Sonny.

Edited January 30, 20223 yr by Soapsuds

1 hour ago, John said:

RSW will get work and he's been on the show almost 9 years. Thats great employment for an actor.

Sure. But I often feel for actors who get screwed over because they are in a supercouple and the other half wants to leave and writers decide to write them both out, even if that actor would have wanted to stay

Granted, here it is more than time to write them out regardless of what either actor wants but...

As for the blind item, repeat after me: stop. killing. young legacy characters. Period. I don't care who. I don't care what show. I don't care how great the short-term story is or how awful the character is.

That sense of time and legacy and family ties is one of the few remaining things that keep us loyal to these shows.
Write them out into the sunset and stop killing characters just because whatever latest actor playing them is bored

6 minutes ago, FrenchBug82 said:

Sure. But I often feel for actors who get screwed over because they are in a supercouple and the other half wants to leave and writers decide to write them both out, even if that actor would have wanted to stay

Granted, here it is more than time to write them out regardless of what either actor wants but...

As for the blind item, repeat after me: stop. killing. young legacy characters. Period. I don't care who. I don't care what show. I don't care how great the short-term story is or how awful the character is.

That sense of time and legacy and family ties is one of the few remaining things that keep us loyal to these shows.
Write them out into the sunset and stop killing characters just because whatever latest actor playing them is bored

I mean calling Cin a supercouple is a stretch but I get your point.  But think of the characters on Days specifically that just flounder when their other half is gone (Hope, 90's Kayla come to mind) because the audience doesn't really want them to move on but they have to so they just become stuck as well.  And Ben has like no point without Ciara and i can't feel bad for RSW because he got a second life on Days after being an actual SERIAL KILLER.

Edited January 30, 20223 yr by carolineg

They wrote years and years of story for Ben and Ciara in like, 2 years. Now they're already married and settled down and having a baby. The writers obviously are not going to have them cheat or break up and get with other people. There is absolutely no story left to tell with them, unless we're going to see Ben save Ciara from kidnappers every other month. I hate them but I'm totally fine with them riding off into the sunset together. They can pop in for Christmas or something if the actors are available. 

Maybe Rob can go back to The Price is Right. I liked him there. 🙃

9 hours ago, KLN said:

Ron is serious from what I hear.

They wring the beats which is great if there's a bigger plan. That's why Cady was back. But I also heard Missy was back so who knows. We might see Hope for the funeral. Another actress though. It sounds well written but I'm pissed if it's not a fakeout.

Neither Kate or Marci want to be there. For Kate it might be more of the show not wanting her, I've heard different things so I'm not sure.

In any regard this is Ron's solution. Abby dies, pretty savagely I'm told.

I see what you mean, but Corday was swearing in 2015 that everyone that Ben killed were all dead for good. And that didn't stick. So Ron might be as serious as a heart attack, but if Corday and Sony change their mind in two years and Ron is still there, he will have to change it. So in comes Rolf with her serum or MM's Abby is found to be an imposter and in comes KM as a the real Abby held captive on Melaswen in a DiMera dungeon. 

9 hours ago, AlexElizabeth said:

Exactly. And even if Ron is serious about it, we could always have a different writer some day who brings the character back and says Rolf was behind the whole thing. It's DAYS. 

And it was even Ron who wrote the story, undoing the last "seriously, they are all dead" story. 

8 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Same...deaths are nonexistent on Days. It's a joke! How many people have come back? I've lost count. 

I mean, many soaps have done it, which is why soaps became a joke at one point to many people. But DAYS is the worst offender in this area. It is absolutely ridiculous what DAYS did for shockvalue only to regret it all and reverse it, making even more damage to it's credibility as well as emotional value of the stories, since people became incentivized to death on DAYS, lowering the impact such stories should have. 

 

The only way I see Abby not returning at some point is if DAYS is cancelled in two years and they don't have time to bring her back by then. 

Yeah, I'm not sweating this one from the man who wrote both the rapemance and then the Two Todds.

 

The other thing that bothers me is what if any long term storyline effects we will see on the show because Abby dies. 
 

Jack and Jennifer mourn for a week and then just simply move on? Gwen becomes even more haunted? Gabi develops a split personality named Abby? Chad and Will finally hit the sheets in the moment of their deepest despair? 

1 minute ago, soapfan770 said:

Chad and Will finally hit the sheets in the moment of their deepest despair? 

I'd be down for that.

21 minutes ago, soapfan770 said:

The other thing that bothers me is what if any long term storyline effects we will see on the show because Abby dies. 
 

Jack and Jennifer mourn for a week and then just simply move on? Gwen becomes even more haunted? Gabi develops a split personality named Abby? Chad and Will finally hit the sheets in the moment of their deepest despair? 

I feel Chad and Sonny is more likely. As much I love Sonny and Chad's friendship, the show has mostly forgotten that Chad was Will's friend first. 

This would be the perfect time to finally make Chad bisexual... 

Picture it.

AUGUST in SALEM: A moment of despair leads to spied passion for Chad and Will. The killer stalks his next victim. Jack and Jennifer have it out. A vengeful Arianna tells Charlotte her dad killed her mom. Phoenix Bentley reveals his true identity to Gwen. Kristen uncovers the truth. 

Chilly summer if I was writing.

Edited January 30, 20223 yr by KLN

Too bad it's not beyond Salem because we'd have both Sonny and Will in a threesome with Chad trying to make him feel better.

You would not have that on Beyond Salem. You would have a dream sequence teasing more gay content followed by more drag. That's all.

17 hours ago, KLN said:

Ron is serious from what I hear.

They wring the beats which is great if there's a bigger plan. That's why Cady was back. But I also heard Missy was back so who knows. We might see Hope for the funeral. Another actress though. It sounds well written but I'm pissed if it's not a fakeout.

Neither Kate or Marci want to be there. For Kate it might be more of the show not wanting her, I've heard different things so I'm not sure.

In any regard this is Ron's solution. Abby dies, pretty savagely I'm told.

If it is "pretty savagely" ..be careful Ron...

Edited January 30, 20223 yr by Melroser