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I don't dislike Rebecca Budig as much as I thought I would. I like that as nuTaylor she doesn't take over the show as much as Krista Allen once did. If she continues to be just a conversation partner for Steffy, I can get used to her, but I don't need a big storyline for her.
So Steffy and Finn are becoming the new Stephanie and Eric?!? Steffy is bossing her husband around just like Stephanie did Eric, because she knew it was difficult for Eric to resist other women, but Finn is actually committed to Steffy. I wish more would happen in this marriage than Steffy telling Finn what to do and then later telling him she was right.
Nothing about the Luna story excites me. I just hope it's over soon.
So Steffy and Finn are becoming the new Stephanie and Eric?!? Steffy is bossing her husband around just like Stephanie did Eric, because she knew it was difficult for Eric to resist other women, but Finn is actually committed to Steffy. I wish more would happen in this marriage than Steffy telling Finn what to do and then later telling him she was right.
Nothing about the Luna story excites me. I just hope it's over soon.
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I saw a clip of a scene with Taylor and Steffy recently and it still looks quite odd to me. It feels like two sisters discussing an upcoming double date more than it does a mother and daughter. That being said, I’ve always liked Rebecca and I think she will be a good addition to the show overall.
I never really got Eric and Stephanie vibes from them to be honest. Maybe more like Macy and Thorne? I’d say Brooke and Ridge are more positioned as the Eric and Stephanie couple now, essentially being the only original characters still around at this point other than Eric. Of course I just compared Brooke to Stephanie and that means the Queen Forrester might be spinning in her grave right about now.
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I don't really see Steffy as bossing Finn around. I see a strong opinionated woman who can't for the life of her understand why her husband has any interest in spending time with a psycho sociopath who almost murdered them, Li, Taylor, Stephanie, Brooke, Amber, Lauren etc. Killed Lance. Crippled a nanny. Kidnapped and poisoned people. To name a few things. And then makes friends with her longtime rival.
To me, it is 100% understandable that Steffy tells Finn she's not fine with it. I wouldn't be ok with it.
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Last winter, B&B told a story with a terminally ill character (Eric) and now the same thing is starting again, with a recast that has only been on the show for a few weeks - who came up with this idea? Will Finn find a miracle cure like he did with Eric?
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So they soon might be doing a Taylor death you’re saying? There’s something new.
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The news that Heather Tom has joined the writing team gives me hope that the stories will soon get better. After all, she knows a lot about great stories that she experienced on Y&R and partly on B&B with the heart plantation or when Katie and Bill fell in love for the first time.
I have no idea where Hope's love life is going or whether the writing team is as clueless as I am, but Heather Tom should clarify that. Hope and Carter, the new dream couple?!?
I was surprised to find out that Taylor's heart disease is due to broken heart syndrome. Can she therefore only be cured by Ridge's love?
I would like to know what happened behind the scenes that Scott Clifton suddenly became so uninteresting to Bell. Liam hasn't had a storyline for months, but in the last 10 and more years not a week went by when he didn't ask himself whether the current woman at his side was the right one or whether someone else would be a better fit for him.
I have no idea where Hope's love life is going or whether the writing team is as clueless as I am, but Heather Tom should clarify that. Hope and Carter, the new dream couple?!?
I was surprised to find out that Taylor's heart disease is due to broken heart syndrome. Can she therefore only be cured by Ridge's love?
I would like to know what happened behind the scenes that Scott Clifton suddenly became so uninteresting to Bell. Liam hasn't had a storyline for months, but in the last 10 and more years not a week went by when he didn't ask himself whether the current woman at his side was the right one or whether someone else would be a better fit for him.
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I wouldn't hope for much if I were you. She's only becoming a scriptwriter, just like Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter). No storyline writers, just writing lines based on what the storyline writers come up with.
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What amazes me is this has to be longest case of broken heart syndrome ever recorded. This woman’s heart has been breaking since 1990 so I’ll give her credit for at least having a very strong one until now.
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When I read that she "was part of the writing team," I assumed they were asking her to keep track of the "Mad Libs" books they use to write the show.
Mad Libs - Wikipedia
She's already an actress and has a lot of directing credits (she notably directed several episodes of NuDynasty), so adding writing to her resume seems to be someone creating a pathway to becoming a full-fledged show runner. It worked for Ellen Wheeler. Heck, maybe Bradley Bell's trying to train a replacement!
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I'm torn about the show's new supercouple, Hope and Carter. From Hope's point of view, I can completely understand why she is enthusiastic about Carter and has even confessed her love to him. She just wants a one woman man who isn't a psycho, and that's exactly what Carter is. Unfortunately, I can't understand Carter's love for Hope, for which he risks everything. He's risking not only his career, not just at Forrester Creations, but in the entire business, because of Hope, but doesn't even ask himself whether he is just a consolation prize for her because she can't have Finn, or whether she doesn't actually love Liam but doesn't allow herself to trust him again. It's always sad when smart characters get dumb down for the sake of a plot.
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I think Hope & Carter will be a short-term couple, only paired to shake things up for a little while.
Carter looks really bad in this story. Freud, backstabbing best friend Ridge, backstabbing Eric again and being desperate to show another woman that she should be with him.
Hope doesn't look much better. Going from Liam, to Thomas, to Finn, to Carter in a short period of time, always needing a man a fight for her.
And both feeling entitled to a family company even though neither of them are Forresters.
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I'm glad that B&B has finally managed to tell multiple storylines at once. Not that I'm happy about Bill visiting Luna in prison as if hypnotized or the stalker casting his net, but it's a distraction from Carter's story that seems more like fan fiction than a real plot to keep viewers hooked. So much (or maybe even all?) is bad about it. The only surprise was how Ridge and Brooke split up, because I thought it would be completely different, like Taylor having a heart attack and Ridge and Brooke just pretending to be split up so Ridge could heal Taylor.
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I see that we haven't talked about B&B at all this year. The reason for that is probably because nobody is excited about it, unfortunately not me either. I do think B&B is the most soap of all the US soaps, but that's for better or for worse. When it comes to dramatic reactions and hypocrisy writers and actors go all the way, but what actually makes sense? I gave up thinking about logic a long time ago, regardless of whether it's actual facts or character development. I'm not worried that Bill will never be Dollar Bill again after the whole debacle with Luna; he'll suddenly be Dollar Bill again without any explanation. Hope (a character I've always found boring) is the only one I'm excited to see where her journey takes her, but it doesn't really matter because next week Hope could realize that she only wants Liam and the other men were just fillers and all my excitement about her might be gone just like that.
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The only thing that touched me so far about the story of Liam dying was when Steffy told Hope about Liam's condition. That was just the right amount of schmaltz; otherwise, it's often too much for me. I'm not really worried about Liam. I could imagine that Steffy and Hope's united love for Liam will resurrect him after his death. The tears of both women will bring him back to life. If Ridge's love can cure Taylor of broken heart syndrome, Liam too can be cured by love alone.
I was a devoted reader of Soap Opera Digest, which I still miss as a magazine. In what felt like every other interview with Scott Clifton, he managed to talk about his hair, and he did it in a smart way: He talked about how others (hair and makeup on B&B or fans) praised him for his hair. He never tired of talking about his amazing hair, which is why it's funny that he's had to hide his hair under a hat on B&B for weeks now.
I was a devoted reader of Soap Opera Digest, which I still miss as a magazine. In what felt like every other interview with Scott Clifton, he managed to talk about his hair, and he did it in a smart way: He talked about how others (hair and makeup on B&B or fans) praised him for his hair. He never tired of talking about his amazing hair, which is why it's funny that he's had to hide his hair under a hat on B&B for weeks now.
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B-b-but.....I want Liam to die so that Scott Clifton and his Self-Proclaimed Amazing Hair can jump over to GH to play the recast Michael Corinthos!
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I read recaps of this past week and B&B has gone and done it again. A storyline about unconsensual sex that is treated as an "oopsie". Luna tricked Will to drink a lot stronger alcohol than he thought, then put on the mask that Electra was wearing and snuck into the bedroom to have sex with the very drunk half-unconscious Will. Plain out rape.
Then Luna brags about "sleeping with" Will to Sheila, telling her enough to make Sheila aware that she schemed to make it happen. And they laugh and cheer about Luna having Will.
Incredibly disgusting. Rape is treated as a no big deal. And the writers will probably have Will feeling guilty about cheating. As if it's cheating when you got raped.
Sick.
Then Luna brags about "sleeping with" Will to Sheila, telling her enough to make Sheila aware that she schemed to make it happen. And they laugh and cheer about Luna having Will.
Incredibly disgusting. Rape is treated as a no big deal. And the writers will probably have Will feeling guilty about cheating. As if it's cheating when you got raped.
Sick.
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It is repulsive, but I bet they're slapping themselves on the back for recycling the plot where an obsessed Sheila (while a new character on Y&R) similarly took advantage of Scott Grainger and kicked off the multi-decade feud between Sheila and Lauren (Scott's then-wife). Moreover, there is the equally ridiculous B&B plot where Brooke had sex with one of Hope's boyfriends (Oliver?) who was also wearing a mask. Never mind the boyfriend was...like maybe 20, blond and tall but she claimed she thought it was 50-ish Ridge in the mask. I think she ended up pregnant then, too? I forget, because Brooke is just so busy in that regard.
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I'd much rather watch paint dry. The incessant face transplants has turned me right off B&B. On YouTube I happened to catch a classic scene between Stephanie and Brooke. The writing was superb and the actresses were on point.
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After Deacon's return, I always wondered if we'd see Little Eric again at some point and was disappointed that he was never mentioned. But now that he's actually appeared as Deke, I'm still disappointed because I thought his return would be better. Remy as his boyfriend is especially disappointing. Remy isn't so entertaining as a villain that he necessarily needs to stay on the show, and the same goes for Luna. I don't think the younger generation is very good at acting anyway, and Will is the worst for me. His acting style borrows a lot from his real-life father, Joshua Morrow, who isn't exactly one of the best actors on Y&R, so I don't need to watch that style again.
I was surprised that Nick didn't get an exit. He certainly deserved an on-air send-off. I wonder if viewers had truly forgotten that Nick was also in love with Katie and Ashley before, and that's why they pretended for his whole life he was only interested in Brooke. As for Ridge & Brooke's (how manyth?) wedding, I didn't think it could be cheaper than the Forresters' living room, but with the office at Forrester Creations, the writers actually had an even worse idea.
I was surprised that Nick didn't get an exit. He certainly deserved an on-air send-off. I wonder if viewers had truly forgotten that Nick was also in love with Katie and Ashley before, and that's why they pretended for his whole life he was only interested in Brooke. As for Ridge & Brooke's (how manyth?) wedding, I didn't think it could be cheaper than the Forresters' living room, but with the office at Forrester Creations, the writers actually had an even worse idea.