I personally thought they were going to go that way with the whole Chase's sperm count and then being demoted while BLQ was over here running Deception well without Maxie angle. And then Chase wanted to adopt and the look on BLQ's face spoke volumes. But it felt like it was dropped.

I think FV has actively pulled his punches with this SL for awhile. He seems hesitant about having Chase actually cheat (or at least is slow walking it) and at this point I won't be shocked if he pulls another Sonny/Carly/Jason situation like in 2021, where Sonny came back from Nixon Falls moments before the newly-married Jason and Carly went to bed and the whole thing was inexplicably immediately forgotten lmao. That was so insane I remember even @Errol turning up to complain about it! (Hi Errol) It took Patrick Mulcahey's arrival for Sonny to dare to bring that situation up again and invoke Carly's lust for Jason while he was off his meds. And we all know what happened to PM.

Frank seems to have an aversion to heavy interpersonal drama with the veteran characters that he never used to earlier on GH or at OLTL. There's now usually a Sidwell or Cyrus or Victor or Cullum for people to rally against instead. The open warfare between Michael, Chase, etc. has not gotten as heated as it could yet. I hope it will, and I am waiting for the affair between Chase and Willow. I also did not think BLQ wanted to adopt after finding Gio. But here we are.

@DRW50 I hope you'll check out Michael's read of Chase from yesterday(?). It was spot on IMO.

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Yeah, I hope they go full in on an affair, but I am also cautious Frank might try to walk it back. Heck, the marvelous tension between Michael and Chase has definitely cooled down after having it be so blazing hot for months. And Michael feels like he's basically cameo-ing after driving story for a bit of the year.

Yeah, that was another reason (finding Gio) as well to add to the cracks in their marriage.