Missed Couple Pairing Opportunities

[Planet Soap]

What soap characters do you think should've been paired together? Not just for chemistry purposes but storyline potential.

GH: Carly and AJ (Billy Warlock and Sarah Brown or Sean Kenan and Laura Wright) could've been the next Alan and Monica. Bickering, sexual chemistry and complicated history.

Y&R: Lauren & Brad, they were each other's equivalent and it would've been interesting how that marriage would've worked out. I think it would've been a more interesting pairing than Brad and Eileen Davidson's Ashley.

Jill & Victor (either Brenda Dickson or Jess Walton). That would have been tumultuous and ended explosively.

Edited April 29, 2022 by ironlion

[kalbir]

Summer 1989 Victor and Jill had scenes where they appeared to be intrigued by each other. Then of course the hookup in Fall 1992. 

 

[MinnaH]

Brad and Sharon had potential in 2005, but were apparently no match for that other pairing that formed around the same time.

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[carolineg]

Jason and Brenda on GH.  They could have been something good circa 2002.

[Liberty City]

So many missed opportunities.

[Forever8]

A few years ago, I was watching Guiding Light from 1991 and I saw the sizzling chemistry between Mark Derwin's Mallet and Kimberley Simms' Mindy. Too bad they didn't go through with it like they should've instead of Nick/Mindy and Mallet and Harley. 

 

 

Edited April 29, 2022 by Forever8

[Soapsuds]

Will and Tripp

Tripp and Johnny

Will and Chad

Will and EJ

[DramatistDreamer]

Since Y&R didn’t really do anything with either character, I think the show should have at least tried to see if Anna Hamilton and Ravi Shapur had any romantic chemistry. 

I will never understand why B&B never gave Storm Logan a serious romantic pairing. Then again, until Clarke Garrison came along, it seemed as though no men other than Forrester men got any romantic pairings. Ethan Wayne had great chemistry with a number of female leads, from Joanna Johnson to Teri Ann Linn to Lauren Koslow. The show should have picked one, even briefly.

[Planet Soap]

A long term pairing is what I'm curious to see the results of.

Yes! That would've been good.

[carolineg]

Jason/Brenda would have been amazing at that particular moment and time.  I have never shipped them any other time, but if the show kept VM it would have been great.  It felt like such a welcome change from Sonny/Jax/Brenda.  By 2010 the schtick of Jason/Brenda and the bickering felt old.

[Videnbas]

True - it IS strange that Storm never got a romance.

Also B&B: I think they should have done more with Bridget and CJ (and with CJ, period. His romantic storylines were always so short-lived and he usually ended up dumped or widowed within a couple of months). 

[Forever8]

Austin and Greta - DAYS 

Weren't they going that way for a while? 

 

[carolineg]

Yes.  How easily you forget the epic tale of Virtual Garden of Eden.  I actually do think Austin/Greta were a couple but that was during the time AP and JM were very vocal about their Christianity and pre-marital sex, so I just don't think it really advanced too much.  Honestly, with Greta she was EVERYWHERE when she first appeared and then the show slowly lost interest in her. 

I actually think Eric/Greta was the better pairing though.

Edited April 30, 2022 by carolineg

[SteelCity]

Emily and Patrick on GH. Of the charts chemistry especially during the girls night out! Unfortunately they only brought him in for one pairing.

[Dr Neil Curtis]

When Lexie first came to Salem in the 80s I think Days miss the boat with RoJohn & Lexie.