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She gave it all up to Melanie so fast! She lies this whole time and on her wedding day Melanie miraculously figures it all out and then tries to call Father Matt so Chloe just caves in? She couldn’t have just said that she and Father Matt had a difference of opinion about religion or the wedding or something? Good grief woman you deserve to be slapped again.
Chloe is running a very close second to Stephanie FF’ding at my house! First with the constantly "I will marry Daniel. I won’t marry Daniel." Then the I have to tell everybody that I don’t know who the daddy is – like a secret is going to stay a secret in Salem??? And then it is the holding of her "belly bump" at three days into telling everyone that she was preggers. Chloe may over take Stephanie in fast forwarding dept. real soon!
about the realization that I despise more characters on this show than I love. Chloe has for some time been climbing the ladder and is now running right up there with Stephanie, in that she’s super-whiny, needy, desperate, insecure, manipulative, and has no self-worth. Did I leave anything out? Melanie, careful, you’re also one or two rungs below them. It’s just a matter of time before you, too, will be sucked so far into the black hole of pitiful women on this show …. oh, wait, I forgot, you got there first. What is wrong with you, Dena Higley? Do you not know how to write a strong, independent, self-sufficient female character for this show, or do you honestly perceive women, in general, in this light? I was wondering why so many posters on other boards thought you ruined One Life to Live. I’m starting to understand that now. You’re the one-trick pony when it comes to writing for female characters ….. they have to be tortured souls, dependent on a man for self-preservation, too weak to face life on their own ….. or completely batshit crazy….. one or the other.
Can you tell me who in Salem IS a strong woman–maybe Caroline, Maggie, and Kate.
In the past, all of the women have Needed a man to fulfill them. The young ones go from on to another in the blink of an eye. Steph, Mel, Chloe and Sami have had several lovers without one day alone.
I don’t think this is something new.
and isn’t that what we watch for? If they were like regular people we’d be bored to death. Just think, what in the heck would we have to write about here?
there were lots of EXCELLENT soap operas back in the day, by extremely talented soap opera writers. Another World, Edge of Night, Search for Tomorrow, and many others, that were well written, believable, and all with fantastic actors that fans admired for their talent as well as their characters. Today’s soaps are a joke in comparison to these gems, and the writers were so far above and beyond today’s soap writers, that people like Dena Higley, Hogan Sheffer, Bob Guza, and a host of others penning today’s soaps, can’t hold a candle to them, or shine their shoes. Frankly, I’m tired of the "IOASA" excuse for bad writing with rinse and repeat plots, and less and less strong character-driven story lines. I’d rather watch repeats of any one of these Oldies but Goodies than some of the crap being shown today. Don’t take my word for it …. just look at today’s ratings compared to Days gone by.
and I know it’s a soap, it’s entertainment and it is an adult fantasy story, and it is suppose to be over the top of reality. However, it’s like the old saying goes, "If you are going to do something, do it well or don’t do it at all." I know we all love our "Days" or else we wouldn’t be watching or sticking around for as long as we have as fans. I just think that we fans deserve better, we deserve the quality that was in the writing of story lines in the past.
I have been thinking about this for a long while now. I have come to the conclusion, that if my beloved "Days" cannot be written with smart, cohesive, and interesting story lines for five hours a week, then I am willing and would gladly give up four of those mediocre, repetative story line hours for a great, bang up, keep us on the edge of our seats one hour show. Never in a million years did I think that I’d say that. I truely would love to say great things about the show and talk about what neat and great story is going on in in the show, instead of gritchin’ about one more Stephanie or Chloe whiney scene, or Sami will she stick with one more guy or will she not stick with the guy. I know I’ve blamed the writers over the years and I know they have a hard job to do writing a "never-ending" story – but quality over quantity is always the way to go.
I agree and have actually said the same thing once before that the show might be better as a weekly show than being on daily. It seems as if they’re short on actual story so they use a lot of drivel and flashbacks as filler and it ain’t workin’.
I’d rather see 1 well written show a week featuring meaty storylines than the sorry excuse we’re being handed right now. I think the actors deserve better as well as the fans.
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