GH: October 2024 Discussion Thread

[Soapsuds]

Exactly!

[Taoboi]

Perhaps they are just waiting for Laura's return. 

[Vee]

I do think Lucas may have been added back (along with quick returns for Terry and Brad) to get the heat off them re: the mess with Natalia, etc. But I also think it dovetails with preexisting plans re: JJ and

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Whether that Spencer rebuild in turn came about after collapsing ratings who knows, but I do believe they are committed to that because they have to be. You also don't hire not one but two major marquee soap performers as the Spencer kids unless you intend to play them. Frank can't autopilot it. (For an example of the opposite, look at him quickly removing Josh Kelly from the role of Joey Buchanan on OLTL, a character he had no investment in, and creating a new role for him while passing the role of Joey off to an actor who got very little to do instead.)

[Taoboi]

And with the return of Spencers, everyone wins. Except for Frank somewhat. lol.

[carolineg]

Yeah, even if there is an agenda behind bringing Lucas back I am okay with that.  He was severely underutilized for so long.   I feel bad for the way every thing went down with JGL, but I don't consider Blaze much of a loss and consider Lucas a win (for now).

[Liberty City]

THIS. THIS. THIS.

[Taoboi]

I liked Blaze, but I concur. Lucas automatically comes with history that dates all the way back to him as a kid. And there's still plenty of people to play him with. Not to mention just his hospital connections.

 

 

 

[Taoboi]

Just watching those scenes today and I was just zoned out. 

 

Like Tracy, there is so much going on on the canvas that they could be involved in so why this little girl that isn't needed anymore at all? BLQ should be mixing it up with the Qs or Deception. Same as Tracy. Meanwhile, Chase could be taking point in the death of Wagger. 

[carolineg]

I never disliked Blaze, but the character always felt like a day player/D-role upgraded to a story that was way out of the characters league.  JLG is okay and had some charm, but I don't see how it could have lasted long term.   Mansi and Kristina's story was just so far out of what the character and the actress could realistically handle.   I suppose they could have transferred Blaze out of Kristina's orbit, but it wasn't necessary.  While I hate how the show/FV handled JLG's firing and the disregard for the LGBTQ community, I just would hope they cast a wider net for the next Kristina love interest.  IMO, the firing wasn't wrong, the way the show did it was and keeping ELR/Natalia is disgusting.

[Antoyne]

It really tells you the type of people that are behind the scenes. The gay character is written off the show, but the homophobic mother is kept to flirt with Sonny. But honestly if I want representation as a gay black man, I find it outside of soaps. 

Edited October 9, 2024 by Antoyne

[Vee]

The irony of course being that Frank is openly gay. But yes, he threw the gays under the bus long ago IMO, starting at OLTL in 2010.

[carolineg]

If the show wanted ELR so bad, why didn't they just bring her in as a character involved in Deception?  She didn't have to be Blaze's mom to flirt with Sonny.  The entire Blaze/Kristina/Natalia story just seems like a huge waste of time now.  Natalia didn't learn anything, Blaze got shipped off, and Kristina doesn't care about it now that she lost the baby.  I guess it gave people in town a chance to take a few more jabs at Ava, but I seriously don't understand the point of it all.

I suppose with the writer changes backstage there could have been a better story outlined somewhere, but that doesn't really matter now.

[Antoyne]

No one hates gays more than gays sadly

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[Soapsuds]

Yup!

[j swift]

I would cite the contrarian argument that we now have a gay character played by a gay actor, which I would consider progress