Members Paul Raven Posted May 22 Members Share Posted May 22 I'm referring to those pairings that come about because there are 2 characters on the canvas w/o love interests so the writers decide to pair them to fill guarantees and give them some airtime and stories. Sometimes it's shortlived, others hang around on the backblocks and sometimes things work out and they become fully fledged couples. I saw that GH put Robert and Diane together and that pairing didn't seem to go down well. Y&R had Cane on contract and Lily was gone so we had a Cane/Traci story for a while. What other examples past and present can we discuss? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted May 22 Members Share Posted May 22 90% of GH today. (Starting with Dante and Sam, who we were just discussing. Two characters the show doesn't want to get rid of bc of fandom but who they have no real interest in telling story for anymore.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kane Posted May 23 Members Share Posted May 23 GL: Buzz and Lillian. Buzz and Alex. GH: Maxie and Austin - they were a couple for about a year and I'm not sure that they kissed more than once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteelCity Posted May 23 Members Share Posted May 23 Damn near every Rafe pairing on DAYS. Why's he still there again? Carter and Katie on BOLD. They clearly just felt that they had to do something with them. Especially when Katie would have made more sense with Justin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Maxim Posted May 23 Members Share Posted May 23 Bold - Taylor and whoever it was available past 2007-8. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NothinButAttitude Posted May 23 Members Share Posted May 23 Meg & Damian on ATWT. I feel like they just slapped those two together because fans were tired of PEG. Meg was literally a placeholder until time to put Lily back with Damian. I feel like that story destroyed Meg and Damian even further. Damian was written more horribly than before, and Meg was turned into a nut and shipped off. There was no real payoff. I'd add Nick & Diane on Y&R. I feel like that tryst was just to bounce around and see who Maura West's Diane had chemistry with. It was also used to provide another reason for Redzilla to hate Diane. Horrible pairing and horrible story. Mel & Cyrus on GL. I just feel like they tossed them together to appease those of us who wanted Mel to have a happy ending. Sucks she had to get latched to a Foley. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Powers Posted May 23 Members Share Posted May 23 Roman and Kate on DAYS. It is like the writers threw up their hands and said -“she’s been with every other man in Salem-guess it’s Roman’s turn” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Forever8 Posted May 23 Members Share Posted May 23 Robert and Diane - GH Finn and Liz - GH Ridge and Brooke 2.0 - The Bold and Beautiful: When will Brad and Co. understand that Katherine Kelly Lang and Thorsten Kaye do not have romantic chemistry with one another? Rafe and every one of his pairings - DAYS 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SheenaSoaper Posted May 24 Members Share Posted May 24 Y&R: Ashley and Paul Ashley and Neil Ashley and Tucker 1.0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted May 25 Author Members Share Posted May 25 Y&R Paul/Nina Days Maggie/Don Maggie/Neil Marie/Howie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted May 25 Members Share Posted May 25 Shayla. IYKYK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carolineg Posted May 25 Members Share Posted May 25 While I do think Shayla was out of convivence in some ways due to SN leaving and Kim casting issues in other ways I think it was a bold idea. It was executed poorly and MBE and CS didn't have much chemistry, but there were a lot of different beats to play with the pairing. Having the two 'calmer' and less 'messier' sides of another supercouple pairing come together combined with Kayla's feelings of always being considered the lesser sister as well as both Shane/Kayla knowing they had already found their 'great love' is an interesting concept at least. I know the pairing is universally reviled and I am the only one even mildly defending it though. I could just see the pitch of the idea being intriguing. I personally would have went with Kayla/Marcus though. That probably would have been a one way ticket to the backburner for Kayla unfortunately lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Posted May 25 Members Share Posted May 25 I agree about "Shayla"! There was some interesting stuff to play there. I get why it went over like a wet fart, but the concept is interesting if you come at it head-on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carolineg Posted May 25 Members Share Posted May 25 At the very least we got some good character work from Kayla calling out the Brady family on their favoritism and upbringing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SteelCity Posted May 25 Members Share Posted May 25 Ashley and Neil were actually very good together but, they weren't really given much of chance. I wish they could have worked out though. I'm surprised about Ashley and Paul! I really don't remember that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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