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I guess that’s a wrap on Blaze lol? That felt like a very hard writing pivot, Kristina pretty much gave Blaze her ass to kiss. Mulcahey must have been the one responsible for their storyline this whole time.

Good luck to Eva La Rue who seems to be sticking around, for her sake I hope they bring on Natalia’s son and can redeem the character for the audience because I do see value in her being on the cast, the character was just not started on the right foot.

Molly’s face while Kristina showed her the pictures of her confrontation with Ava was telling. I’m looking forward to her hopefully calling Kristina out for being reckless and irresponsible.

Ava, Scotty and Jagger walking into the Metro Court restaurant was brazen lol I loved Carly dragging Jagger specifically with the dig about ignoring his son. I didn’t buy her allowing them to stay and eat though, as soon as CVE appeared in the credits again we went back to these really contrived character actions that are clearly just for setting up a scene to happen. Jagger is definitely going under the bus for Ava and its what he deserves.

Anna looked kind of goofy with Brennan today and not in a intriguing way, I prefer him and Carly. I did not enjoy Anna’s scenes warning Sonny and Jason to leave Ava alone though.

We did not need Tracy and Violet having a tea party all episode. Send that little girl offscreen with her mom please.

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No, #Kraze was created during the strike, a long time prior to Mulcahey. #Kraze was not created by any writer. Once created, first the scabs had to write for them. Then Dan & Chris would have picked them up & run with them. In a way #Kraze was like the house band. Possibly they did not have enough protection. But, I don't get it. Kristina did not break up with her, so why did Ali say that? 

 

Without Ali I have NO NEED for Natalia. 

A lot of people right now are blaming Kristina for everything. 

Probably unfair. I imagine Stone lives in a Group Home. 

Yes, true, we are now back to silly scenarios & set-ups. 

 

Had just said how nice it's been not having to deal with Vile-ette. Now, dammit, she's been in the Inner Sanctum with Monica!

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Not to defend one of my least favorite characters, but Jagger said Stone was an adult and living on his own.  From that one conversation it seemed like Stone was doing well and probably didn't need Jagger to be constantly involved.   It was one of his first episodes and I think he was talking to Olivia in regards to Leo.

A Violet and Tracy tea party is something out of my worst nightmares.  Poor Jane Elliot.

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Frank & Co. probably don't see past the fact that it's Eva La Rue and Mo Bernard together.  How could it go wrong?  

Natalia's a bigot and awful, but that was just Ava's fault.  The choices are astounding.  If you wanted an ELR/MB pairing maybe just make the character likeable in the first place.

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Fully agree. I've always liked ELR as an actor, and never disliked her even when her characters were shady or difficult. But Natalia? I actively hate the character -- and that's who Frank and Co. built.

It's hard to believe that soap execs and insiders can be so clueless about making a character so unlikable. I feel contempt for Natalia every time I see her on the screen.

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I have no use for Blaze or Natalia.  I am just shocked in the year 2024 someone greenlit the idea to drop the LGBTQ daughter and keep the bigoted awful mom.  Does no one vet these stories?

And it's also not 1996 Sonny.  It's not going to make Natalia more likeable to be with Sonny.  It will make her even more dislikeable.  

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Daytime is too sanitized to really go there but I would have leaned more into her religious upbringing. Showcase the debauchery, hypocrisy and brainwashing that can happen in church in an earth shattering way that forces her to question her faith lessons and judgement. Instead they’re relying on Ava exposing her and Sonny still making googly eyes and it just doesn’t land.

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Here’s what I don’t understand. Especially now that Blaze is on her way out: if practically all of the story choices  that were approved when Patrick Mulcahey first started head writing were disliked so much, to the point that GH is being reset to the way that it was before he came on, why was it all approved in the first place? 

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