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SoapLand - The Battles
Bribery and Blackmail - The Result
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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 215881" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>Okay, I was hoping someone else would post first to give me more ideas, but no such luck. <img src="http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/rolleye/rolleye0010.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":re:" title="RE :re:" data-shortname=":re:" /> So here goes...</p><p></p><p>1. Olivia blackmails Abby, KL. Abby had been involved in the kidnapping of Val's babies, and when Olivia found out, she used the information to get Abby to allow her to move out (and in with the MacKenzies). This one sticks out in my mind because of how Abby was more heartbroken than angry at the blackmailer, and because Olivia's demands were such small potatoes in comparison to the demands typically made by blackmailers with sensitive information. A handful of others used the same info to blackmail Abby, but the situation with Olivia was the one most representative of how Knots handled plot twists like this.</p><p></p><p>2. Laura blackmails Abby, KL. Abby had created a shell company and was secretly building a high-rise hotel and resort on sensitive wetlands, and when Laura discovered the scheme, she demanded 10% of the project, or she would tell environmentalists Karen and Gary about Abby's misuse of Gary's money. Laura's brief turn to the dark side (keeping the Apolune/Wolfbridge secrets) allowed her to be a player in of one of KL's best stories, and when it all blew up everyone forgave her anyway. Best of all, she got to keep the 10%, too.</p><p></p><p>3. Ruth bribes and/or blackmails Abby, KL. Ruth found the missing pages from Scott Easton's notebook that implicated Abby in the kidnapping of the twins, so she offered the pages to Abby if she would break up Greg and Laura's romance. I can't tell if Ruth was blackmailing Abby ("Break them up or I give the pages to Mack") or if she was bribing Abby ("Break them up and here's what I'll give you as a reward"). That was part of what made every one of Ruth's scenes to much fun--she was always working multiple angles.</p><p></p><p>4. Alex blackmails Claudia, KL. Alex knew that Claudia, while caring for terminally-ill Ruth, had withheld medication that hastened Ruth's death. He held the info over Claudia's head to sponge off her and to flirt with Kate, but you never knew just what the end-game with him was. Was he after her daughter? Did he have the hots for Claudia instead? Did he think Greg would pay him big bucks to go away? Did he really want Claudia to be punished for euthanizing Ruth? His motives changed from day to day, keeping us (and Claudia) guessing.</p><p></p><p>5. Mack tries to bribe Mary, KL. Mack sought to pay off Mary to make her go away, securing $500,000 from Claudia via the Sumner Foundation. He thought he could film the bribe to have her arrested, but Gary's camera malfunctioned; Mary got her payoff but decided to stick around for more money. Worse still, Claudia actually took $1 million from the foundation, told Mack she only got 500k and kept the other half for herself! Mack ought to have left such crimes to the criminals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 215881, member: 27"] Okay, I was hoping someone else would post first to give me more ideas, but no such luck. :re: So here goes... 1. Olivia blackmails Abby, KL. Abby had been involved in the kidnapping of Val's babies, and when Olivia found out, she used the information to get Abby to allow her to move out (and in with the MacKenzies). This one sticks out in my mind because of how Abby was more heartbroken than angry at the blackmailer, and because Olivia's demands were such small potatoes in comparison to the demands typically made by blackmailers with sensitive information. A handful of others used the same info to blackmail Abby, but the situation with Olivia was the one most representative of how Knots handled plot twists like this. 2. Laura blackmails Abby, KL. Abby had created a shell company and was secretly building a high-rise hotel and resort on sensitive wetlands, and when Laura discovered the scheme, she demanded 10% of the project, or she would tell environmentalists Karen and Gary about Abby's misuse of Gary's money. Laura's brief turn to the dark side (keeping the Apolune/Wolfbridge secrets) allowed her to be a player in of one of KL's best stories, and when it all blew up everyone forgave her anyway. Best of all, she got to keep the 10%, too. 3. Ruth bribes and/or blackmails Abby, KL. Ruth found the missing pages from Scott Easton's notebook that implicated Abby in the kidnapping of the twins, so she offered the pages to Abby if she would break up Greg and Laura's romance. I can't tell if Ruth was blackmailing Abby ("Break them up or I give the pages to Mack") or if she was bribing Abby ("Break them up and here's what I'll give you as a reward"). That was part of what made every one of Ruth's scenes to much fun--she was always working multiple angles. 4. Alex blackmails Claudia, KL. Alex knew that Claudia, while caring for terminally-ill Ruth, had withheld medication that hastened Ruth's death. He held the info over Claudia's head to sponge off her and to flirt with Kate, but you never knew just what the end-game with him was. Was he after her daughter? Did he have the hots for Claudia instead? Did he think Greg would pay him big bucks to go away? Did he really want Claudia to be punished for euthanizing Ruth? His motives changed from day to day, keeping us (and Claudia) guessing. 5. Mack tries to bribe Mary, KL. Mack sought to pay off Mary to make her go away, securing $500,000 from Claudia via the Sumner Foundation. He thought he could film the bribe to have her arrested, but Gary's camera malfunctioned; Mary got her payoff but decided to stick around for more money. Worse still, Claudia actually took $1 million from the foundation, told Mack she only got 500k and kept the other half for herself! Mack ought to have left such crimes to the criminals. [/QUOTE]
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