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One thing that annoys me is when they talk about how Diane is so evil on Y&R, the only reason they give is that she faked her death or stuff she did during Maura West's run (which I've pretty much blocked out). Phyllis never says anything like "I don't trust Diane because she framed me for arson!" or "She threw herself under my car so I'd run her over!" It's incredibly odd since all the actors from that period of time are still in the roles and they could show flashbacks of it and it would totally make sense.

 

It was also strange that when Abby went through the conception of Dominic she never once mentioned that she herself was an artificial insemination baby or asked her mother for advice about that.

On 10/27/2022 at 4:52 PM, BoldRestless said:

One thing that annoys me is when they talk about how Diane is so evil on Y&R, the only reason they give is that she faked her death or stuff she did during Maura West's run (which I've pretty much blocked out). Phyllis never says anything like "I don't trust Diane because she framed me for arson!" or "She threw herself under my car so I'd run her over!" It's incredibly odd since all the actors from that period of time are still in the roles and they could show flashbacks of it and it would totally make sense.

 

It was also strange that when Abby went through the conception of Dominic she never once mentioned that she herself was an artificial insemination baby or asked her mother for advice about that.

One of the reasons I can’t be bothered with these shows. They are so frustrating to watch when they ignore history that would enrich stories, sometimes history we’ve just seen play out.

I get that B&B was trying to wipe the slate clean with KA’s Taylor and memory-hole some of the unhinged stuff HT played in her later years. But still they haven’t respected the complexity of Taylor as a character or her relationships with Ridge, Brooke, and her kids. B&B is written for kindergartners and has been for years, though. 

32 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

One of the reasons I can’t be bothered with these shows. They are so frustrating to watch when they ignore history that would enrich stories, sometimes history we’ve just seen play out.

I get that B&B was trying to wipe the slate clean with KA’s Taylor and memory-hole some of the unhinged stuff HT played in her later years. But still they haven’t respected the complexity of Taylor as a character or her relationships with Ridge, Brooke, and her kids. B&B is written for kindergartners and has been for years, though. 

Y&R is especially bad with acknowleding past history outside of the occasional Victor and Nikki flashbacks. GH wether well or poorly written will bring things up from the butt crack of history and run with it. 

16 minutes ago, ironlion said:

GH wether well or poorly written will bring things up from the butt crack of history and run with it. 

And totally eff it up most of the time. Or use it for stuff nobody asked for (like the whole Austin debacle).

53 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

And totally eff it up most of the time. Or use it for stuff nobody asked for (like the whole Austin debacle).

Exactly. They have an obsession with unnecessarily tying new characters to the existing canvas with random retcons.

Meanwhile on Y&R we have to beg for a crumb of history acknowledgment acknowledgment.

Edited October 29, 20223 yr by ironlion