15 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Honestly, the Todd Manning doll is the ONLY thing I remember about that store.  Lol

I think they had Nurses Ball stuff which help support an HIV/AIDS charity which I thought was cool. 

Now that I think that was Angela Shapiro, not Frons. Sorry.

You're right - the Nurses Ball stuff is a good idea for a good cause. 

15 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Apparently during Covid, LH also played the role, temp but for a while, and they wanted her to stay on permanently. She begged off, citing Duties Directing & Lifetime movies. 

Interesting. Makes sense for her not to want to be there full time, especially with all the hate she'd get. 

I do wonder if there would be more emphasis on Jason/Sam if Kelly weren't in the part.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

I do wonder if there would be more emphasis on Jason/Sam if Kelly weren't in the part.

I think there might be a bit more.  I think both Kelly/Steve were way over the JaSam pairing before it ended.  KeMo especially seems pretty happy paired with DZ.  I think LH would probably be more open to it because she just seems to go with the flow.  The woman was on Passions for it's entire run.  I can't imagine she'd be that picky about story lol.  

JaSam is frankly pretty played out.  I am just surprised the show isn't even trying to play any romantic interest between them at all.  Same with Liz.

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6 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I think there might be a bit more.  I think both Kelly/Steve were way over the JaSam pairing before it ended.  KeMo especially seems pretty happy paired with DZ.  I think LH would probably be more open to it because she just seems to go with the flow.  The woman was on Passions for it's entire run.  I can't imagine she be that picky about story lol.  

JaSam is frankly pretty played out.  I am just surprised the show isn't even trying to play any romantic interest between them at all.  Same with Liz.

I also think they would go there *maybe* with LH & won't with KeMo. Liz, though, I am very sure their plan is Liz&Lucky Redux. 

I guess it would hinge on whether or not LH/SBu had chemistry.  I can't recall them ever sharing a scene.  They might have when LH was covering a few years ago during Covid.  I do think Hartley actually has better chemistry with DZ than KeMo does though.

Rick Raped Claudia right?

No.  Ric didn't rape Claudia.

2 minutes ago, carolineg said:

No.  Ric didn't rape Claudia.

But, Ric did do something awful. I'm sure he did. For some stupid reason I can't recall what it was. 

On 8/21/2024 at 2:20 PM, carolineg said:

@Antoyne said they hadn't caught up with the show yet and I assume @Liberty City was just being polite and leaving it as a spoiler tag so they could choose to read it or not. 🤷‍♀️

YES! I was trying to be polite. A rarity these days.

3 minutes ago, Contessa Donatella said:

But, Ric did do something awful. I'm sure he did. For some stupid reason I can't recall what it was. 

Fake raped Carly?  Ric's done a lot of really bad things.

His father was the one that Claudia "seduced" when she was 16.🙄

Ric/Claudia liked one another and had consensual sex unless I am remembering wrong.

I believe Claudia was raped by Gino Solieto? and that's how Brandon Barash's Johnny became her son not her brother after she died.🙄

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6 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Fake raped Carly?  Ric's done a lot of really bad things.

His father was the one that Claudia "seduced" when she was 16.🙄

Ric/Claudia liked one another and had consensual sex unless I am remembering wrong.

I believe Claudia was raped by Gino Solieto? and that's how Brandon Barash's Johnny became her son not her brother after she died.🙄

I was actually a fan of Ric/Claudia and also Claudia’s friendship with Nikolas. But SJB/RH had definite chemistry but alas she needed to be killed off and obsessed with Sonny.

15 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I believe Claudia was raped by Gino Solieto? and that's how Brandon Barash's Johnny became her son not her brother after she died.🙄

That was a stupid fricken storyline that even Sarah Joy Brown said she would've never agreed to do.

5 minutes ago, Antoyne said:

I was actually a fan of Ric/Claudia and also Claudia’s friendship with Nikolas. But SJB/RH had definite chemistry but alas she needed to be killed off and obsessed with Sonny.

I liked Claudia/Nik.  

IIRC Ric/Claudia were pretty serious about each other.  I think Ric pulled some weird crap once she got pregnant with Sonny's baby.  He certainly didn't rape her, but was being usual sleazy Ric.  There was a certain point that I basically stopped paying attention to Ric and his shenanigans and 2009 was way past that lol.  

The show really, really, wanted a SJB/MB Sonny/Carly redux no matter how much it made Claudia suffer as a character.

1 minute ago, Liberty City said:

That was a stupid fricken storyline that even Sarah Joy Brown said she would've never agreed to do.

Good for her.  I mean, it's really demeaning for SJB.  BB looks almost the same age as her.  

2 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Good for her.  I mean, it's really demeaning for SJB.  BB looks almost the same age as her.  

And that was her point: it would've have made sense, age-wise, even in the age of SORAS. 

21 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Fake raped Carly?  Ric's done a lot of really bad things.

His father was the one that Claudia "seduced" when she was 16.🙄

Ric/Claudia liked one another and had consensual sex unless I am remembering wrong.

I believe Claudia was raped by Gino Solieto? and that's how Brandon Barash's Johnny became her son not her brother after she died.🙄

I googled it and it says he raped her by blackmailing into sex!

10 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I liked Claudia/Nik.  

IIRC Ric/Claudia were pretty serious about each other.  I think Ric pulled some weird crap once she got pregnant with Sonny's baby.  He certainly didn't rape her, but was being usual sleazy Ric.  There was a certain point that I basically stopped paying attention to Ric and his shenanigans and 2009 was way past that lol.  

The show really, really, wanted a SJB/MB Sonny/Carly redux no matter how much it made Claudia suffer as a character.

Good for her.  I mean, it's really demeaning for SJB.  BB looks almost the same age as her.  

It’s funny, despite all of the terrible things Ric did through the years, I was ALWAYS on his side over Sonny. 

8/19

I know it won’t end well in his favor but Jagger arresting Kristina to spite Sonny was hilarious and amazing.

Molly coming to the realization that Kristina is responsible for her own tumble out the window is great. I also liked Jordan calling out Molly for her immediate treatment of TJ and the family after the baby died.

Someone in the writing staff HATES Anna. Did I miss Valentin somehow being the absolute love of her life? All of this weeping over keeping Valentin alive just because of her guilt over Charlotte is stupid.