GH: February 2025 Discussion Thread

[Aragorn]

Trump won the election. It is 1955 again. Jason will be forced into a marriage with Sasha.

[Contessa Donatella]

I very seriously doubt this.

[Aragorn]

The WSB is observing Joss. They want her to solve the murder case. If she brings down Cyrus herself, then they will recruit her into the WSB.

Carly will demand that Jason marry Sasha. Jason will do it because he is her robot.

[Contessa Donatella]

Carly will not do so. You don't understand the relationship between Carly & Jason. He is not only not her robot, he is not anyone's. Carly & Jason mutually respect each other. She asks him to do things. He asks her to do things. Neither one of them is superior to the other. They are equals. Steve has said that it's not that Jason has to do things for Carly but that he gets to. 

[carolineg]

Honestly, I would take any story that lets Sasha make her own decisions about her body and her baby.  

The whole Sasha needs a man to support her through this trying time is just ridiculous.  Sasha has a job, a home, a large group of friends and family-women have been having with a lot less for years.  Plus, even if she didn't she's still carrying a Q heir.  She'll be fine.

Considering all of Sasha's past trauma I am rooting for her to have this baby and not go through another crisis though.

Edited February 5 by carolineg

[Khan]

And this is where I would need Liz, as a single mom who has raised three sons pretty much on her own, to step in, provide friendship and comfort to young Sasha and defend her against those who insist a baby needs both parents or a woman needs a man to support her in raising her child.

[Liberty City]

I am praying the torture porn for Sasha is done and over with, because it's painful to suffer through.

[janea4old]

 

 

Yeah it's 2025, not 1955.
But the current U.S. government wants to bring us to 1825. 
(Not trying to derail the GH thread, as there's an entire Politics thread at SON for that.)

To stay on topic, I'm just saying that I'm curious how ABC/Disney will respond to the current political climate.  I hope they won't derail progressive storylines on GH or primetime, but who knows.

I just want Sasha to make her own decisions.  As Khan pointed out, they might not even say the *bortion word on the show. 

And I agree with CarolineG and others upthread:  Seeing as how Sasha suffered so much in so many storylines, and already lost one child, if she chooses to keep this child, I hope it goes well.  And yeah she CAN raise the child herself.  She's a grown woman!

Edited February 5 by janea4old

[carolineg]

I would like a Liz and Sasha friendship.  I could understand if Sasha felt overwhelmed or scared about this baby, but she hasn't expressed those thoughts at all.  My baby.  My choice.  The father won't be involved should be enough for everyone in town.  And honestly, if Jason was the father Sasha would have plenty of reason not to name him due to pretty much everything that's happened to Jason since 1996.  Also a solid reason not to name Michael as the father as well.  The guy that just got burned by a bomb that was intended to kill his mob boss father.

I am over Sasha's torture too.  Yet she continues to be humiliated and treated badly to this day for no reason.  I don't think she needs more sympathy from the audience at this point.

[janea4old]

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Oh I really like this idea!  And Elizabeth did it without Jason, so yeah.

[Contessa Donatella]

In  reply to comments by @carolinegand @janea4oldand any others I may be missing, I just want to add H*ll yeah, leave Sasha alone! Let her do this her way. No inserting some man into this story. Enough!!

Edited February 5 by Contessa Donatella

[Vee]

GH should be doing an abortion rights story, as I have said many times before. Not necessarily with Sasha's baby but with some unexpected pregnancy, any pregnancy. It would be topical for the times and very appropriate for the show.

But even before the last election, I can't remember the last time GH said the word 'abortion' onscreen or ever dared allow a character to consider pursuing it. Which is pathetic of Frank and co.

[Khan]

I agree.  And that's exactly what she should tell Sonny and Carly, too: that she doesn't want them (or Jason) to have any part in how she raises her baby, as Michael is Exhibit A for what happens when you let your child be raised by [!@#$%^&*] sociopaths.

TBH, I wouldn't trust this regime to tell an abortion rights story since it's clear they don't even understand how babies are made (hi, Gio, Sasha and Cody!).

[Taoboi]

I mean I could see that considering Liam's birth. It could be a complication from that. 

 

 

YES!!! But I am bias as a Liz fan.

 

 

[Khan]

Well, I'm not so much a Liz fan as I am a fan of the dynamics that have resulted from her raising three, young men single-handedly.  I feel like single mother/head nurse Liz and her boys should be a major focus on this show, because it's REAL, and it's something that a lot of real women deal with everyday.  Something to remember since TIIC have forgotten that these shows are produced primarily FOR women!

Moreover, I feel like if Liz SHOULD be pursuing a new romance, it shouldn't be with any of her baby daddies but with someone who isn't related to any of her sons, as that's a situation that could yield interesting conflicts as well.

Edited February 5 by Khan