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For a good while I didn't realize Tamara was back on DAYS either. I guess it is a credit to her that such an ill-conceived character - didn't she arrive as being obsessed with Steve? - has lasted for so many years.

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She did yeah. Her first stint in 2008 was 6 months or something. When they moved her out of Steve and Kayla's orbit and into the RoboJohn story she became interesting. Ava became friends with Nicole, but Tamara didn't resign. It was a shame she left the first time, but all her returns since that original stint fell flat for me. The character really floundered under Ron. Her romance with Rafe was horrible and unnecessary IMO. Her relationship with her kids could of worked if they tapped more into her instability, but much like her, her children were kind of unnecessary as well (Tripp is such an awful character). I feel like the show only brought her back so much because she once was popular on another soap and maybe cause of her emmy win. Hope we never see Ava again, but good luck to Tamara! She is very talented.

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IIRC Ava was a Dena Higley pet character (not unlike Gabi, I think). She brought her in and then just kept bringing her back when others would write her out. I think the only reason she stayed on post-Higley was people there realizing hey, we have Tamara Braun.

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From a storytelling perspective, it feels like a missed opportunity for Ava to continue serving as a surrogate mother figure for Sophia.

It seems inevitable that Sophia is about to go full-on gaga over Tate. But with Ava as her confidante, she felt more grounded—like a legitimate fourth spoke in the Tate/Holly/Doug3 triangle. Now, there’s nothing tethering her to reason, making her all the more likely to embrace full-fledged villainy as a force determined to keep Holly and Tate apart.

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Ava, Kristen, and EJ are all rapists. I feel that they have ZERO place on DAYS.

I want them all dead and gone, never to return.  They are NOT redeemable, despite several different writing regimes' desires to finagle reasons to keep them on canvas.
At least Ava's gone.

Sami is a rapist, too.  The show has never dealt with specifically calling it that. She's also been raped by multiple people.  Sami needs therapy.  The show refuses to deal with this issue for her, and until they do it, I have no reason to tune in,

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