11 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I could see a world where Monica saw the good in both Drew/Jason

Totally, Monica was a boomer, she watched Dallas, splitting the Q mansion is very Jock Ewing-coded. 🤠

But, Tracey is the logical heir in every sense of the word.  

The inheritance of Drew/Jason were Alan's concerns, not Monica's.  Just as Queen Camilla won't leave stuff to Prince Harry.

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Monica considered Jason, Drew, and Emily as her own children.  It's not just Alan's concern.  She raised Jason since he was a baby.

Someone like Skye, who Alan decided to adopt as a full grown adult when she turned out to be not his daughter, is an Alan problem.  That's why no one mentioned her.

Considering I learned the definition of the word bastard watching Monica speak about baby Jason, I have a slightly different perspective.😉

On a related note:  I assume Sam and Lucas weren't in Helena's will as Mikkos's grandkids, despite knowing Lucas most of his life.  But, we can see how ridiculous all that would become as characters pass.

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1 hour ago, carolineg said:

when she turned out to be not his daughter, is an Alan problem.  That's why no one mentioned her.

Oops.

1 hour ago, j swift said:

Considering I learned the definition of the word bastard watching Monica speak about baby Jason, I have a slightly different perspective.😉

So a few scenes from 40 years ago negates the fact that Monica considers Jason her son?  And Jason considers her his mother?  Nothing since Steve Burton was cast has said anything differently.

12 minutes ago, Taoboi said:

Oops.

Skye deserves all the shade.

37 minutes ago, carolineg said:

So a few scenes from 40 years ago negates the fact that Monica considers Jason her son?  And Jason considers her his mother?  Nothing since Steve Burton was cast has said anything differently

It is more of a hill, rather than a mountain, that I'm willing to defend.

My experience is Monica repeatedly used the phrase, then kid Jason was rarely seen except at the holiday.  Then, he was suddenly Steve Burton, Jason.  Then the accident, then the estrangement.  And then after years and year there was a rapprochement.

But, that's a difference in perception based on age and when we focused on GH, rather than anything that could be objectively corrected. 40 years ago is not ancient to some, and I think we can mutually respect that idea.  Because I would never be offended by the ageism that suggests a 40-year-old memory is less valid.

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37 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Skye deserves all the shade.

I CAN TELL!!!! Your words were on point. LOL

They trotted out a bunch of flashbacks during the memorial period, and the video circulated online and here as well - Monica was very warm and loving with Jason by the time he was a toddler or a small boy.

45 minutes ago, j swift said:

It is more of a hill, rather than a mountain, that I'm willing to defend.

My experience is Monica repeatedly used the phrase, then kid Jason was rarely seen except at the holiday.  Then, he was suddenly Steve Burton, Jason.  Then the accident, then the estrangement.  And then after years and year there was a rapprochement.

But, that's a difference in perception based on age and when we focused on GH, rather than anything that could be objectively corrected. 40 years ago is not ancient to some, and I think we can mutually respect that idea.  Because I would never be offended by the ageism that suggests a 40-year-old memory is less valid.

It's not the age of the scenes but the actual current narrative?  Monica considered Jason her son a few months after that scene.

The hiring of Steve and the accident were years apart. 

Do you actually watch GH?

Also, you were that person that said Cat and Sarah were too old to have kids so is the ageist narrative only right when it serves you?

Edited November 9Nov 9 by carolineg

I actually think Monica was respecting Jason’s wishes by not leaving the house to him. He spent the majority of his Jason Morgan life either pushing away from the family, or on better terms but still at a distance. He is more part of the family right now than ever before, and a huge part of that was Danny when Sam died. He doesn’t want the house, or the legacy. He now has more respect for what Alan and Monica felt when he left, and more understanding of what his life with Sonny has cost him. But he is still Jason Morgan.

There is one Quartermaine left that was there from almost the beginning. That’s Tracy. The house and the name means more to her than anyone else. And with her history of being turned away, leaving it to her is very profound. To me, there were two options- Michael or Tracy.

As far as Drew goes, she accepted him as Alan’s son. But there is a huge difference between that acceptance and actually raising Jason and Emily. Those were both very important moments in Monica’s story. It makes total sense to me that Monica would kick Drew to the curb over what he was doing with Willow and Scout.

5 hours ago, Taoboi said:

Hehe...your hatred for Sonny. I live!

He is the bane of my soap watching existence. There is never a world in which I will even remotely like the character of Sonny.  I have to remind my friend all the time that Sonny has killed multiple characters I actually enjoyed with little to no consequence. And they’re still trying to write him like he’s some smooth operator to swoon over when Maurice’s heartthrob days have long passed him by.

47 minutes ago, carolineg said:

It's not the age of the scenes but the actual current narrative?  Monica considered Jason her son a few months after that scene.

The hiring of Steve and the accident were years apart. 

Do you actually watch GH?

Also, you were that person that said Cat and Sarah were too old to have kids so is the ageist narrative only right when it serves you?

So true. Can barely remember what happened on DAYS (and asks endless questions about what they supposedly just watched), but comes in trying to keep what happened 40 years ago relevant, when the script negates that. SMFH. Disgusting, actually. Guess the recaps of episodes for the past 40 years negated to mention how Monica felt about Jason.

56 minutes ago, Vee said:

They trotted out a bunch of flashbacks during the memorial period, and the video circulated online and here as well - Monica was very warm and loving with Jason by the time he was a toddler or a small boy.

Exactly, and even Tracy (not Tracey) stated as much: Jason was Monica's son in every sense of the word.

1 minute ago, Antoyne said:

He is the bane of my soap watching existence. There is never a world in which I will even remotely like the character of Sonny.  I have to remind my friend all the time that Sonny has killed multiple characters I actually enjoyed with little to no consequence. And they’re still trying to write him like he’s some smooth operator to swoon over when Maurice’s heartthrob days have long passed him by.

I watched a whole bunch of Labine era shows, and also Brenda’s 2002 return. I have also hated him so long that I forgot how good he could be, and also how attractive he was. He was a real smoke show. I had been over him for a long time, but sometime around killing AJ and suffering through Kate 2.0 I just don’t care anymore. I don’t think he offers anything, and in the last few years it’s even less. I have a lot of respect for Maurice for his mental health work, it’s really not personal. I think I hit my Sonny quota like twenty years ago.

58 minutes ago, carolineg said:

The hiring of Steve and the accident were years apart. 

Many years! He was hired by Gloria Monty!