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A few observations...
2.22.2000
I am at my mother's, so we watched the show live yesterday.
Sympathy for me...LOL My grandm, who is staying with us a few days, opted not to watch. The smart lady took a nap.
Loved Julie's snarkiness about Lili yesterday. That is real Julie. The bitch is never too far underneath the redeemed
surface.
Loved John telling Bo to shut up. That is real John, being decisive and forceful.
Where is Marlena? She had exactly five lines. She asked John the same question twice. Was she drunk like Lili,
or were the writers drunk when they wrote it?
Let the cockpit open accidentally, and let Mimi and Greta both fall out. The only problem with that, however, is
Marlena will feel guilty for inviting Mimi along. I don't want to see that.
I have to prove I am a good man...
2.22.2000
Watching my tapes this week (my tapes are at my mother's, so
I tend to binge in the wee hours watching tapes), I am reminded of how Marlena has ALWAYS been the one who has
convinced John he is good, he is whole, he is complete. There are so many wonderful scenes in their early history
where he feels he is unworthy, he is having memories of violence, and her love and steadfastness pulls him through
the whirlpool of violence in his personality and memories. John being the mercenary could conceivably be a good
story if Hope was totally out of it, and they used some real flashbacks. They did the mercenary story in 92, but
almost no one liked it because Marlena wasn't central to it. Danielle and Ick were.
2.6.2000
As a good Days fan...
I will root for John and Hope now. I will root for their "incredible
bond" even though chemistry and history tell me that John and Marlena, and Bo and Hope are soulmates. I will
root for them even though John should have shown some recognition of PG lookalike Hope all those years ago when
he first came to Salem. I will root for them even though the show's most popular couple's honeymoon was ruined
so their chemistry free sub sex could air ad nauseum for the next few years.
As a good Days fan,
I will root for Sami and Austin, even though she is a rapist
who did everything she could to ruin her sister's happiness. I will root for Sami and Austin, even though Austin
could forgive his rapist but not his wife.
As a good Days fan,
I will root for Kate and Nicholas, even though Nicholas's mother,
Carly, used to Bo's age, and Nicholas used to be Shawn Douglas's age. I will root for Kate and Nicholas, even though
Nicholas acts more like Stump's son and Kate is now a one-dimensional bitch.
As a good Days fan,
I will root for the triangle of Eric/Nicole/Greta to go on forever,
even though I don't know who Eric is after two years, and don’t' care to know who Nicole and Greta are. I will
root for this triangle, even though Greta is a walking plot device (What is my motivation? Let's see how the wind
is blowing.), and Nicole is just another in a long line of women whose whole life is a stupid man. I will root
for this, even it is soooooooo boring.
As a good Days fan,
I will root for Shawn Douglas (excuse me, Shawn) and Belle,
even though they are essentially related in every way except blood. I will root for Shawn and Belle, even though
I find them both obnoxious.
Aren't I a good Days fan??? LOL
Remember when R/M caught the shoe in Mexico
while fishing...
That was the one of the first signs that Roman had been
married before. He was remembering that Anna was pregnant when she "died." Days was so good then at slowing
developing their stories. R/M got the big payoff of Mexico where Mar told Roman she loved him for the first time.
Then, when they returned to Salem, the Anna/Carrie stuff was soon around the corner.
Inescapable sexual chemistry...
Remember the scene in 92 when John surprises Marlena
at her office after an her encounter with the psycho from a few episodes who had killed someone. She dropped the
papers and he helped pick them up. I am sitting there and I say, "Woah, what was that?" The sexual chemistry
was just palpable. Don't forget, this was the era of Ick and Danielle where they were doing all they could to get
John away from Marlena. Of course, as the ratings went down, that writer was fired and we got the pit and the affair.
Good Days.
2.1.2000
Stefano hates the Bradys BECAUSE...
This is the real reason at least. In the early 80's,
Stefano brought his crime syndicate to Salem. Roman became a thorn in his side and tried to stop him. Stefano didn't
like this and tried to destroy Roman's life. Then, he got interested in Marlena. Then, Megan, his daughter, died
trying to kill Hope. This made his hatred even more intense. After Roman "died," he wanted Marlena to
come live with him. That is when she shot him. There was also the RoJohn story where Stefano blamed him for making
Benji, Stefano's son, deaf. Of course, that was RoJohn, and Stefano supposedly knew that John wasn't Roman. The
only way any of this makes sense is if John is the real Roman. That is the real reason, nevertheless, for his hatred.
It fueled wonderful story for years, and my motto is, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Loyalty to certain characters...
From reading some of the posts, I find it funny to see
the same poster excuse J/M (if they are a J/M fan) or B/H (if they are a B/H fan) and in the same post bash the
opposite couple for being (pick the adjective) when in both cases, it is the writing, folks. I don't see how anyone
who has watched any length of time can think that any of these four characters (and let's throw Stefano, Julie,
Doug, etc. in the mix as well) are the same people they were originally. Of course, we still see glimmers of the
real characters (mainly because the same actors play these roles.) I am a huge fan of the DH's chemistry. I would
like to be a fan of J/M's and B/H's again. All four (as well as Stefano, Julie, Doug, etc.) are all pods at this
juncture.
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