Chemistry not forced is a funny thing.

1 hour ago, titan1978 said:

Me too.

And make me three. Even SOD was talking about this on their page for their now-online BEST OF. 

On 12/20/2024 at 1:22 PM, Aragorn said:

I like Natalie, I want to meet Eloi, and I want Blaze to come back.

Those of us who want Blaze are few & far between. But at least we do exist.

2 hours ago, Vee said:

Eh, Rory was a block of wood.

I actually needed to stop, google Rory and try (in vain) to recall even one scene with him.  That's how hard I struggle these days with the 42,000 people who are on this damn show (41,980 of whom Frank refuses to fire).

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2 hours ago, detroitpiston said:

I can’t blame the show for moving away from a potential Trina and Gio pairing. Her “fans” (air quotes bc I think they only support with terms and conditions that include NAC’s Spencer) continuously rejected every scene Gio and Trina had together saying he looked like a little boy next to her. Their tone only started to shift once Kai showed up. 🙃 

 

1 hour ago, Vee said:

Eh, Rory was a block of wood. I never had anything against Gio, but there are some overzealous fans out there for any pairing.

The show also never really committed to Trina and Gio. He was making cow eyes at Joss even as we were told he was supposed to care about Trina. Many Trina fans loathe Joss, with good reason. The optics were awful and yet again reminded them that a black woman isn't good enough, especially one who so degrades herself to the point of calling herself a "bitch" at Joss' mercy. Frank isn't going to have one of his himbos with someone the show doesn't see as the ideal. 

Even if the show had actually cared about a Trina/Gio pairing, some fans would have objected, undoubtedly, but that is just how a lot of overzealous fans are. Liz fans have hated all her pairings for many years, and she still gets stuck in them. They were never seriously committed to putting Trina with a white man, especially one we are meant to love. And this C-pairing with Kai will likely just serve as a "well, here's something, leave us alone," until Trina leaves next year, never to be mentioned again.

2 hours ago, titan1978 said:

It is stupefying that GH has the most Black actors on contract in their history, and they do use them consistently, but still clearly not letting them center anything or feel significant to the fabric of the show. I would argue that the first two Simone’s felt more centered than any of the Black women do right now, and she was tied to the B story characters and a bland Tom Hardy.

You could argue that nobody on the show feels important right now, but they feel more dismissed than the rest of the disposable cast.

 They do. Even Stella, who was used well under Mulcahey and had a good response, is not getting those moments now. The show has been visibly afraid to give anything beyond a crumb of a crumb to black characters, and the election results likely just confirmed every fear or prejudice.

I agree that Simone felt more centered, and the show would never make that effort today, no matter how dull Tom was (he was still seen as an important character at the time).

Rory was a cipher, an attractive one but a placeholder nonetheless. Also Rory was boring. Not his fault, he was just written that way. No one missed him, not even one day after he was dead. Did he even have a last name?

On 12/20/2024 at 1:22 PM, Aragorn said:

I like Natalie, I want to meet Eloi, and I want Blaze to come back.

Blaze was an over-glorified day-player that way played-out their welcome. She can stay gone, and her mother can join her, permanently. The brother should never be mentioned again.

Oh, man.  I forgot GH was preempted today and got a real jump scare when the show opened with Finn/Violet. 😂

What a horrible episode to show on a holiday.  GH can't dig out a Christmas episode from the past?  Even the recent past?

4 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Oh, man.  I forgot GH was preempted today and got a real jump scare when the show opened with Finn/Violet. 😂

What a horrible episode to show on a holiday.  GH can't dig out a Christmas episode from the past?  Even the recent past?

Death is death on GH... it's all we receive from this soap now: death and miserable.

2 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Death is death on GH... 

Tell that to the Cassadines!

3 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Death is death on GH... it's all we receive from this soap now: death and miserable.

No, we also get BABIES!!

2 minutes ago, Khan said:

Tell that to the Cassadines!

*looks at Helena, Stavros* *turns to Valentin/Charlotte* JOIN THEM

1 minute ago, carolineg said:

No, we also get BABIES!!

Those die, too. *looks at Sasha* didn't her baby die right around Christmas?!

4 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

*looks at Sasha* didn't her baby die right around Christmas?!

I pray it wasn't in a manger when it died (but given how this show works sometimes, I wouldn't be a bit surprised).

2 minutes ago, Khan said:

I pray it wasn't in a manger when it died (but given how this show works sometimes, I wouldn't be a bit surprised).

They would make that child the second-coming of Jesus.

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

Blaze was an over-glorified day-player that way played-out their welcome. She can stay gone, and her mother can join her, permanently. The brother should never be mentioned again.

Yep, I agree. There's no reason to show Blaze ever again, and my hatred of Natalia continues.

23 minutes ago, carolineg said:

What a horrible episode to show on a holiday.  GH can't dig out a Christmas episode from the past?  Even the recent past?

Who in the hell chooses these repeats? Violet? Because GH never gets it right.

-- Lots of great comments on these pages about Trina, Gio, Lulu, and others. Still, I don't think they're going to listen to any of us. Have you seen the streaming numbers? Last week, GH was number 1 on Hulu for most of the week and in the top 5 every day. I'm sure they see those numbers and tell themselves how awesome it's all going.

 

21 minutes ago, ranger1rg said:

Who in the hell chooses these repeats? Violet? Because GH never gets it right.

 

Surprisingly, Violet isn't even the worst part of it all.  It just a sad episode where Gregory dies and Dex is all beat up with everyone begging him not to turn Sonny in.  At least show Brook Lynn and Chase's wedding if it has to be from that time period.  That was a happy event that is fitting for a holiday.

37 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Those die, too. *looks at Sasha* didn't her baby die right around Christmas?!

No idea.  Probably.  Babies do die on the show, but a lot of them don't hence the reason we have 15 kids on the canvas right now of varying ages.