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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 145970" data-attributes="member: 27">Willow (Ms. Tait) seems to be a &#039;stealth&#039; character introduction.&nbsp; Usually, when they introduce a new character, they hit us over the head with them and have them immediately eating up tons of screen time (think: Peter August, Margaux).&nbsp; Instead, they&#039;re doing a really good job of easing her into the cast and making her character important to several plots at once without making us sick to death of her.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been seeing several new names mixed in the list of writers lately when I get the chance to watch, so this different approach has to be their doing.&nbsp; As they slowly ease her into the lives of the PC residents, we see she has a lot of back-story left to discover, even as we&#039;ve figured out some of it.&nbsp; I like how, as one question is answered, another question takes its place. When we found out Willow was the &#039;secret mother&#039; in Lucas and Brad&#039;s adoption, we then felt bad, knowing that she believes Wylie is her son, when in fact her son died and was switched by Nelle.&nbsp; She believes that if she gets closer to Michael (who only believes himself to be Wylie&#039;s godfather) that she can be closer to her baby, even as she attends grief therapy with Michael to get over giving up the baby. She&#039;s endured all this pain (some of which we haven&#039;t really gotten to know--is there some extra layer(s) to this other than the typical decision to give up for adoption?) and we know there&#039;s more pain to come.&nbsp; Her place as Aiden and Charlotte&#039;s teacher was a smart move, as well, because they needed a professional to act as objective mediator in this bullying story to counteract the overbearing personalities of the several of the parental figures involved.&nbsp; Best part? So far, they haven&#039;t made her another illegitimate Sonny spawn. <img src="http://yoursmiles.org/tsmile/censored/t10505.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":ms:" title="Shut&nbsp; &nbsp; :ms:" data-shortname=":ms:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 145970, member: 27"] Willow (Ms. Tait) seems to be a 'stealth' character introduction. Usually, when they introduce a new character, they hit us over the head with them and have them immediately eating up tons of screen time (think: Peter August, Margaux). Instead, they're doing a really good job of easing her into the cast and making her character important to several plots at once without making us sick to death of her. I've been seeing several new names mixed in the list of writers lately when I get the chance to watch, so this different approach has to be their doing. As they slowly ease her into the lives of the PC residents, we see she has a lot of back-story left to discover, even as we've figured out some of it. I like how, as one question is answered, another question takes its place. When we found out Willow was the 'secret mother' in Lucas and Brad's adoption, we then felt bad, knowing that she believes Wylie is her son, when in fact her son died and was switched by Nelle. She believes that if she gets closer to Michael (who only believes himself to be Wylie's godfather) that she can be closer to her baby, even as she [I]attends grief therapy with Michael to get over giving up the baby[/I]. She's endured all this pain (some of which we haven't really gotten to know--is there some extra layer(s) to this other than the typical decision to give up for adoption?) and we know there's more pain to come. Her place as Aiden and Charlotte's teacher was a smart move, as well, because they needed a professional to act as objective mediator in this bullying story to counteract the overbearing personalities of the several of the parental figures involved. Best part? So far, they haven't made her another illegitimate Sonny spawn. :ms: [/QUOTE]

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