6 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Ughh...I forgot about my Anna/Sonny fears until this moment lol.  Do we think Sonny is actually going to permanently move on from Nina?  

I have no idea, but I think anything is on the table with potentially strong new writers. Or so I choose to hope!

16 minutes ago, Vee said:

I've often felt Finola leans into the more emotional, soppy material since returning into the 2010s because she wants more vulnerability for Anna and enjoys playing with some scene partners. I can understand that to a point, and I could understand her being emotional in the Robin saga in that early period in 2012-13. But no one plays a cold operator like Finola, and Anna is just too hardcore for me to buy into all the weeping over Valentin, etc. and the cozy scenes with guys like Sonny. The Scorpios should both have a hard line on him.

Anna was somewhat like this on AMC too. 

She had the Leora story, but she was never this weepy.

Now that Spencer is no longer around, Trina should be backburnered. Her screen time should go to Kristina. Kate Mansi is a good actor and Tabyana Ali is not.

2 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

Now that Spencer is no longer around, Trina should be backburnered. Her screen time should go to Kristina. Kate Mansi is a good actor and Tabyana Ali is not.

I think they're both quite good. Until Spencer comes back from the dead we can see her mourn, scenes with Ava, scenes with her family but of course, all the scenes of their romance will be MIA. 

I'm looking forward to some #Kraze stuff. Which reminds me, apparently somewhere unknown to me, they are calling them Blistina. I mean, that sounds clinical, in need of medication. Or maybe it's people making fun of them? 

 

22 minutes ago, Vee said:

I have no idea, but I think anything is on the table with potentially strong new writers. Or so I choose to hope!

As much as I hate Nina/Sonny I just don't feel like this is the dealbreaker for them.  After years of the show telling us how compatible they were it feels like a letdown to their fans at least? If they exist.  I guess Nina could go back to Valentin, but that feels like a fate worse than death and I still don't think Nina was wrong in the SEC nonsense.  

1 minute ago, carolineg said:

As much as I hate Nina/Sonny I just don't feel like this is the dealbreaker for them.  After years of the show telling us how compatible they were it feels like a letdown to their fans at least? If they exist.  I guess Nina could go back to Valentin, but that feels like a fate worse than death and I still don't think Nina was wrong in the SEC nonsense.  

Me neither, but who cares? Any excuse to end some of these boring couples I'll take. Nina and Valentin can leave together or perish in a house fire for all I care.

To be clear I don't think they were committed to Sonny/Nina being over before the HW change or are currently in what's onscreen. I think they may have been playing with Lois, Anna, Ava, Valentin, whatever. But going forward I think anything goes.

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Just now, Vee said:

Nina and Valentin can leave together or perish in a house fire for all I care.

 

5 minutes ago, Vee said:

Me neither, but who cares? Any excuse to end some of these boring couples I'll take. Nina and Valentin can leave together or perish in a house fire for all I care.

To be clear I don't think they were committed to Sonny/Nina being over before the HW change or are currently in what's onscreen. I think they may have been playing with Lois, Anna, Ava, Valentin, whatever. But going forward I think anything goes.

Lol.  I don't care that much either.  I am just a completionist I suppose.  It just feels unfinished at this point and pushing Sonny towards Anna or Lois or Ava or whoever feels strange.  I guess we will see what's next. 

Just now, carolineg said:

Lol.  I don't care that much either.  I am just a completionist I suppose.  It just feels unfinished at this point and pushing Sonny towards Anna or Lois or Ava or whoever feels strange.  I guess we will see what's next. 

If Drew was played by someone other than Cameron Mathison, I would push him and Nina together.  (Yeah, Drew falling for the woman who turned him into the SEC sounds crazy, but if written properly, it could work.)

3 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Lol.  I don't care that much either.  I am just a completionist I suppose.  It just feels unfinished at this point and pushing Sonny towards Anna or Lois or Ava or whoever feels strange.  I guess we will see what's next. 

No, I agree it's such a weak breakup. And I think under D&C anyone else in the mix may have just been spoilers/complications for Sonny and Nina, who knows (despite the writing team clearly despising Nina!). But hey, I just don't care so long as I'm watching something new lol.

1 minute ago, Khan said:

If Drew was played by someone other than Cameron Mathison, I would push him and Nina together.  (Yeah, Drew falling for the woman who turned him into the SEC sounds crazy, but if written properly, it could work.)

I'll let @Darn describe his reaction to Drew spending years in supervillain torture vs. a few weeks/months in lock-up, lol. Drew's behavior re: Nina lately is truly psycho. He was going full Wrath of Khan on her ass with Michael the other day. You would think she killed Oscar.

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8 minutes ago, Vee said:

Drew's behavior re: Nina lately is truly psycho. He was going full Wrath of Khan on her ass with Michael the other day. You would think she killed Oscar.

Like I said, pairing up Drew and Nina sounds crazy, given the circumstances.  But, like I also say, an audience will go wherever you want them to, so long as you take the proper steps to get them there.

1 minute ago, Khan said:

Like I said, pairing up Drew and Nina sounds crazy, given the circumstances.  But, like I also say, an audience will go wherever you want them to, so long as you take the proper steps to get them there.

I don't think it's the craziest idea, but I think Drew is short on time here.  Once Steve is back Drew will be marginalized and gone again.

2 minutes ago, Khan said:

Like I said, pairing up Drew and Nina sounds crazy, given the circumstances.  But, like I also say, an audience will go wherever you want them to, so long as you take the proper steps to get them there.

Oh, I don't doubt it's possible. But I honestly find both characters superfluous. My only interest in Nina is playing to CW's strengths and writing a psycho arc for her to exit in a blaze of glory, preferably losing her marbles over Brenda - Nina came on this show batshít insane and that's how she can leave. Drew, I've talked about the dilemma with him as a blank slate and how he could be recast into anything with the right actor. But I'm so tired of what CM's been doing that I need him to be gone for at least a little while too lol.

I will add that Brook Kerr has been killing it as always and deserves a much stronger male partner onscreen. Be that an old or new Justus as I suggested or whoever else, free Portia!

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2 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I don't think it's the craziest idea, but I think Drew is short on time here.  Once Steve is back Drew will be marginalized and gone again.

I agree.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

Drew, I've talked about the dilemma with him as a blank slate and how he could be recast into anything with the right actor. But I'm so tired of what CM's been doing that I need him to be gone for at least a little while too lol.

Hey, that's fine with me.  Let him take a job hosting a game show in L.A.

4 minutes ago, Vee said:

My only interest in Nina is playing to CW's strengths and writing a psycho arc for her to exit in a blaze of glory, preferably losing her marbles over Brenda - Nina came on this show batshít insane and that's how she can leave.

I agree!