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Greg Vaughan makes me swoon like no other soap actor.  And I like that the character Eric is a nice guy.  Imperfect, flawed, and a bonus is that he catches himself when he starts to be judgy.  Self-aware.

The expressions in his eyes and smile are what are what I find hot. I just melt!

Right now, for me ... 
Eric Brady >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> the rest of the show.

(I love Allie with Chanel, but I got no interest in watching them until after the possession crap is done.)

I also enjoyed Greg Vaughan's character on Queen Sugar.  Well every single actor on that show is outstanding but I thought he kept up fairly well and I enjoyed GV's character Calvin during his time with Rutina's Nova.  I liked how  his character Calvin ended up acknowledging his own hypocrisy and did the right thing.
(I won't elaborate so as to not spoil things for anyone who missed recent seasons of Queen Sugar - it's important to watch his scenes unspoiled, because of how that affects things).

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I like Eric/GV/JA a lot, but Eric has always been the forgotten twin lol.  The show spent so much time on Sami that Eric basically had to be a nice guy and the show really missed out by not bringing him on earlier when they brought AS on. They wasted JA his entire run with pointless pairings (you know Nicole/Eric Version 1 was lame) and no real story.  With GV, the show has tried a lot with him, but the priest stuff is a little weird for someone from a family that's not overtly religious (at least his parents aren't).  Eric is bland, but I prefer him to both Rafe and Brady.   GV is hot, has charisma, and good interaction with his co-stars.  He's not going to win any acting awards, but he fills a role on the show that I like.

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I'm glad Chad called out Sonny on how over obsessive he's being and he should focus more on Will. I get all things Leo did to Sonny, but I'm assuming there's something else behind this new found obsessive behavior. 

This was the second time now that Sonny was grossed out by Chad and Abby kissing. Then that joke from Abby about "Don't have a three-way." More and more I'm convinced they are going to hook up Sonny and Chad down the road. 

I know this is never going to happen for real, but oh do I love me some Leo and Xander! 

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For opposite-gender twins, I loved Brenda and Brandon on the original Beverly Hills 90210.  I wish DAYS had given Sami and Eric that type of relationship.  We were robbed of that because teen Sami was brought to Salem while teen Eric was left in Colorado.

DAYS still could have given viewers the Sami/Eric twins with some type of adult twin-closeness, but the show never bothered.   I keep hoping every year that this will be rectified; but it's been nearly 30 years so I guess I should let that dream go.

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Brenda/Brandon were really good.  I feel like Sami/Eric were close when JA was first cast.  I remember Eric saying he had a twin sense with Sami and Sami actually cut herself to appear like she was sad or in pain so Eric wouldn't guess she was lying about something.  It was always a missing thread to leave Eric in Colorado.  His entire family is imploding is Salem, but Eric's just living with his grandparents lol.  I don't think it would have been hard to find a teen actor to play Eric when AS was cast.  I wonder if JER just didn't care and didn't bother.

But you are right, I have never felt much twin-closeness between GV/AS nor do I think they look alike at all.

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Interesting!  I missed most of the Jensen Ackles years, except for what I've seen in some historical Lumi and Ericole clips.  I do remember the Greta/ Garden of Eden nonsense.

I remember watching the OG Ericole scenes on youtube (back when you could do that) ... these were scenes of JA's Eric learning that underage Nicole had been forced by her father to be in porn videos, and how he found the warehouse and reported it and all the videos were destroyed.  (That storyline aired before the internet was commonplace, so back in those days, it was plausible that you could destroy physical videotapes and that would be the end of the video being circulated.)  JA was really good in those scenes.

But I haven't seen any old Eric/Sami clips.

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JA's Eric was introduced right after JT's Roman was.  Carrie enlisted Eric to find out if Sami still had amnesia (she didn't) and was involved in exposing Sami at Sami/Austin's wedding.  He also had a mysterious past that he was running from in Colorado-which seem to imply he might be gay-but was something else entirely and overall not even important enough to recap lol.    He then worked with Sami to get Roman/Marlena back together for whatever reason they had. 

Overall, GV has had much more story over the years as Eric.  It just has never been very coherent IMO.  Except for the Nicole romance, it's almost like two different characters.  JA's Eric was never overtly religious or showed any interest in priesthood, but he was a photographer which is a thread the show still carries.

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I'm not liking this obsession Sonny has with Leo. Like Chad said why are you still here when Will isn't. 

Jamey must've written the script because Leo is flaming today and calling Abigail a b!tch.

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I want Sonny/Chad so bad and they are killing me with these teases lol.

I thought Leo was funny today with Abby and Xander.

IDGAF about Jake's back pain 

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Of course the wedding is taking place in the square. 

 

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