Before it gets too crowded and me too distracted again...
I wanted to say that I agree with what Vee said yesterday or the day before yesterday about my favorite BBFs.
No matter how much she has grown in the last year and a half...and she has grown in spite of her one step forward, two step backwards approach...I also feel that quite a few people have never fully forgiven Dani for that first month of gun-trotting, over-the-top-being craziness. And while she is still a lot (ironically mellowing down to just a soap diva), that does not take away from the fact that Dani has at least showed signs of growth. Whether those stuck in Month 1 believe it or not. I could never imagine the Dani of the first few months sitting down like she did recently talking about being insecure about returning to any form of modeling. I could not imagine the Dani of the first few months currently being in a marriage at all with Andre. And of course, I cannot imagine the Dani of the first few months NOT throwing hands on Silk Press Sheila by this point. lol.
Now Vanessa on the other hand...
The flipped side to that (besides people already did not like her from GO, the character NOT the actress), I thought that Vanessa was highly well developed and had beautiful shades of gray. You may not like her, but you understood her. Even with her issues with Doug, Vanessa was developed in a way that you understood or could read between the lines. Where she fell foul was when she started to flirt with Joey. Then she fell for Joey. And even then, I felt both of them were still well-developed. Even when they were not liked...which was most of the time last year. So when they were the center of the week as the most developed and well-paced of the B plots then, I already knew there were going to be complaints. Some of which were very constructive which I loved, but some just wanted them (well, Joey) off the screen. Which for all the issues was a shame because they were at least giving soap drama and good pacing. Where my like for the story fell was post-Doug's death because Vanessa has completely stopped being any hint of three-dimensional or shades of gray and is just whiny and frankly annoying. A cardboard heroine...and she's not even a heroine...more like a...Jacinta...if you catch my drift from the GH board. While Dani has developed, Vanessa has...regressed? She cries at the drop of a hat now where she used to be cunning. Crafty. But still funny. Where did that WOMAN go?
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