11 minutes ago, Vee said:

It's crazy. Ric also should run for DA or Mayor again, maybe usurp Laura (for a while, not forever) while married to Ava.

I really don’t get it because Ava hasn’t been on the front burner much in like two or more years. She is a natural antagonist that should be up to no good. Deeply involved with Drew against Sonny. Or with Sidwell against Sonny. Watros is in the same boat. It’s like Valentini would rather leave them on the shelf than actually use their talents. And Rick Hearst has energy and chemistry to burn all over the place. And now he’s back to trying to win over Sonny too! Puke!!!!

1 minute ago, titan1978 said:

I really don’t get it because Ava hasn’t been on the front burner much in like two or more years. She is a natural antagonist that should be up to no good.

Because someone clearly does not want her to be. As soon as PM was dumped the Svengali story with Sonny ended and Ava's relationships with Nina and Trina were instantly repaired.

I think there are two cross-purposes involved in this stuff. While popular with fans I also think Ava's friendships are favorites of the prior team (CVE/O'Connor), who historically seemed to prefer keeping Ava in a softer and lighter antiheroine role, weeping over Nikolas and fretting with Austin, friendlier with Sonny, etc. which also enabled them to keep her around. I think that is unnecessary to keep Ava and is a major tonal mistake.

OTOH I suspect Korte can take or leave Ava at best, hence her overall secondary status again today. The instant PM was gone she began being dragged and embarrassed all over town for a month or two and any semblance of a cozy relationship with Sonny was shattered. So I suspect you've got one writer who doesn't care about Ava and another who just wants to see Maura be fierce and keep her around as long as possible, and both these opposing drives enable the worst or least use of the character today.

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1 hour ago, Vee said:

It's crazy. Ric also should run for DA or Mayor again, maybe usurp Laura (for a while, not forever) while married to Ava.

Oh my god I love this idea!

Why am I watching Liz talk about eye mites? Is this really a we have for her? Can Ric like come flirt with her or something.

3 hours ago, Vee said:

As soon as PM was dumped the Svengali story with Sonny ended and Ava's relationships with Nina and Trina were instantly repaired.

I know I have said it before, but the Ava/Nina and Ava/Alexis confrontation scenes during that period were my favorite Ava scenes in a long time. Maybe ever. The turn with Nina where she just drops the pretense was so good! It wasn’t just two ladies sparring, Ava seemed dangerous again.