Characters that ATE their Soaps

[Planet Soap]

GL: I know many would say Reeva and that the show was more of her ensemble during her missing years from 1990-95.

GH: Sonny, Carly, Jason from about 1999-2012.

Edited May 23, 2022 by ironlion

[carolineg]

GH is super easy besides the above: Dante (for his first couple of years), Brenda (both her returns), Michael (no child has ever been so important), Courtney, Peter and Franco.  I am sure I am missing a few lol.

Days-Sami in the 2000's, EJ in the same era, Daniel, Carly (first run), the Last Blast crew in the early aughts.

[kalbir]

Y&R: Cricket from summer 1986 to end of 1989.

[slick jones]

GENERAL HOSPITAL

Franko--- Howarth version

Peter

Nina Clay   Staph. version

Kiki         both

Silas

Julian

The Big three   Sonny/Jason/Carly   though in smaller doses like 2012-13 where the stories were more backburner they weren't so bad.

Wallow/ Dawn of Duh Story

Kung Fu Courtney

[Soapsuds]

Days

 

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[Videnbas]

B&B: Hope/Liam/Steffy

[Khan]

Hope, Liam and Steffy haven't eaten B&B.  They've set fire to it, bulldozed the dirt over its' remains, and then built a new theme park devoted to their screwed-up dynamics on top.

[kalbir]

Another for Y&R: Nick/Sharon from fall 1994 to spring 1996.

[AMCOLTLLover]

Luke and Laura ofc from 1979 to 1982

[Paul Raven]

This far into the topic and no mention of Victor Newman??

Particularly post 2000 and throughout the MAB years. He is still far too prominent today.

[Planet Soap]

Often, charachters eating a show has a negative connotation. Were there any examples of charachters occupying ALOT of screen time that you were okay with?

[MichaelGL]

DAYS: Daniel Jonas and Melanie 

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 What a horrible period that was. 

GL: Of course Reva, but I'd throw in Cassie, Richard/Jeffrey, and Edmund too. 

GH: At this current point; Carly under the current regime. 

 

[MichaelGL]

Honestly, looking back on GL, I was okay with Billy/Roger/Alexandria occupying a majority of the storylines & airtime under Curlee/Demorest. 2 out of the 3 had good writing most of the time. (Alex until the whole Mindy/Nick mess)

[Mitch64]

Yea, to all of those on GL...God, who thought those island people were interesting??? Reva ate up the show during Long's run but there was so much going on when she was not onscreen and she was mixed in with the rest of the cast....During Rauch's time it was the big REVA storyline, and oh, yea, everyone else. Even during the climax of the stalker storyline (which I liked...okay, so kill me...) Holly's moment on the bridge became all about Reva and Zimmer chewing the scenery. Talking her down should have been Ed, or better yet Blake, (since it was being a bad mother which set her off) but no..its gotta be Reva saving the day.

I never thought Billy took up that much airtime...even during the Lewis takeover in 1985. I did always think it was weird that he became this....just kinda there character after jail ..I know it had to do with Jordan's issues..but when Van came back from that stupid faked death and then sighing on the internet over "Maaaatt" I thought they would have him at least pining away for Van. 

Oh, how could I forget that GL for a few years was "Guiding Buzz..let's watch JFP and the writers come up with scenes for Deas to chew up what was left of the scenery to get an Emmy from the lazy daytime Emmy committee"

[titan1978]

Shocked nobody had mentioned Buzz on GL yet.