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Post by HQ75 on May 12, 2013 17:38:46 GMT -5
I don't think you can tell if someone is a good kisser by watching them kiss someone else. A kiss is about the two people involved in the kiss. So if you have to kiss a scene partner and the two of you find a way to kiss that works, you have to go with that. I also think the same actor can kiss differently with different partners. I've noticed that with Casey (CHAD) and Allyson (Sami).
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Post by HQ75 on May 12, 2013 11:01:57 GMT -5
I AM LOVING THIS SO HARD RIGHT NOW!! I wish there was a way to bump this up to the top so folks would know about it. I love Gero and Lukas!!
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Post by HQ75 on May 11, 2013 18:09:20 GMT -5
So many feelings!
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Post by HQ75 on May 11, 2013 8:52:43 GMT -5
I don't actually like Gaby ANYMORE. I think I've been clear about how I feel about her. I just don't like it when folks act as though women are useless without a man or a partner. Single moms with less means raise children alone all the time. But Gabi ISN'T a single mom. She is a single woman sharing the raising of her child with the child's dad and an ENTIRE town of people willing to help every minute of every day. The reality is that Gabi will never be alone. She has too many other people up in her grill now to ever be alone (whether she has a husband or not). Whether she lives with Will or not, Gabi is never alone. LOL. Gabi will never be alone. She might lose her husband that she's known for 8 months but she won't be alone. And she'll meet some new man to obsess over.
ON A DIFFERENT TOPIC Is Sydney dead? Isn't she also EJ's child? He never talks about her and we never see her. It's very confusing. Johnny talks about Allie but not Sidney.
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Post by HQ75 on May 11, 2013 8:25:34 GMT -5
You don't usually have parents together, that are dating other people. There is something to be said about privacy. Knowing too much of what the other person is doing can cause problems, no matter how good your friendship may be. Obviously we all have different life experiences that filter how we see htings. What is or isn't "usual" depends upon what you're used to. Having said that, there is NOTHING usual about Gabi and Will having a baby together anyway so why do they need to worry about "usual"? Gabi and Will are best friends. Just because Gabi is single doesn't mean she can't function like a grown up adult woman. In fact, she functions BETTER when she's single and not putting all her energy into getting or keeping a man. And Will doesn't "butt in" to her life. They are best friends. Best friends are supposed to rely upon each other like family. If Nick had never entered the picture and Gabi had not done the horrible things she did to Melanie, Will and Gabi and Sonny would be absolutely lovely at dealing with their queer little family. Gabi has ALWAYS been supportive of Sonny and never jealous even when she was struggling with her own self esteem issues. That is one of the things I respected about her before she went all Single White Female on Melanie. Maybe being gay makes me look at this differently because I don't think women need to have a man to take care of them (despite how the writers write for Gabi) so I don't see her being single as a liability. Also, I think for the first year after the baby is born, Gabi would WELCOME having the support of the baby's father and his partner (assuming Will and Sonny stay together). I know popular culture likes to promote the idea that a straight woman and a gay man can't be best friends without the straight woman being in love with the gay man or jealous of his relationships but that is a stereotype that I hope DOOL will challenge. For all her many faults, Gabi's love and support and genuine love for Will has never been in doubt to me. They are more like siblings than former boyfriend and girlfriend and I love that the show remembers that. Gabi may be in love with Nick but she never lets him talk bad about Will and Sonny and she has never once let him believe that she would willingly shut Will out. Gabi is not a victim. The show seems to have forgotten this but she's not weak willed when she's not letting sicko nick whisper in her ear and I think she would be hurt if she and Nick broke up but once she learned the real reasons behind Nick's actions and all the crap he has pulled she'd be too angry and too focused on the baby to sit around pining for Nick or being jealous of Sonny. Granted I'm just basing this on what I know of the characters thus far. DOOL could decide to turn Gabi into a raving postpartum murderous fiend bent on Sonny's destruction and I wouldn't be surprised. And I realize why this bothers me so much. Because I actually used to LIKE Gabi. Before the Chad obsession and betrayal of Melanie I really enjoyed her as a character and her relationship to Will and Sonny. So part of me is really, really mad at DOOL for ruining her as a character for me. Even if the show find some way to "forgive" her, I can never really see her the same way which makes me sad because right now I want to be rooting for her to get hip to Nick and cuss him out in Spanish and kick his ass out of the mansion. LOL
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Post by HQ75 on May 10, 2013 23:45:45 GMT -5
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Post by HQ75 on May 10, 2013 22:54:11 GMT -5
I think some folks have a very old fashioned idea of family and how families can be constructed. Children aren't confused by having parents who aren't married to each other. MOST children in the US have parents who aren't married to each other and they are raised by step parents, the partners of parents or even uncles, aunts or grandparents. This isn't the 1950s. Also, this soap has every possible combination of people living in a house together Brady lives with Victor, Adrienne, Justin, Maggie and now Nick and Gabby in a mansion. Any number of random folks are living at the Dimera mansion at any given time. Let's not pretend like Sonny, Will and Gabi living together would even stand out as odd on this freaking show.
Hell, I know lots of lesbian and gay couples that live next door or in the same building and raise kids TOGETHER.
Children are infinitely adaptable as long as they have a stable home and love and support.
Gabi, Will and Sonny are all still in college. Who knows what their lives will look like down the line but the baby won't even know or care where it lives for another 3 or 4 years so I don't think it's something to worry about now.
Even if the baby only lives with Gabi OR Will and either Will or Gabi broke up with their respective partner or spouse, the situation would change.
As long and Will and Gabi create a stable, loving environment for AG, the rest won't matter. Which is why Will has been working so hard to try to make things work with Gabi (despite Nick) because he knows the the worst thing about his childhood was his parents going at each others throats and treating him like a prize.
None of them are poor either. Gabi could have an entire floor to herself if they pick the right house. How much privacy does she need?
I don't get the hand wringing over this. Children are raised in all kinds of environments and grow up to be just fine.
The days of one dad, one mom, a dog and a house in the suburbs are long gone and in fact never really represented most people's families in the US anyway.
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Post by HQ75 on May 10, 2013 15:40:26 GMT -5
I could see Sonny not wanting to live with Gabi because he can't stand her. I don't see him being jealous. There is nothing for him to be jealous of. Gabi doesn't want Will and even if she did, Will doesn't want her and never has (not sexually or romantically). And if they are all in the same house, Sonny doesn't have to feel like he has none of Will's attention or wonder what Will is doing. Place they have tons of family around to help take the pressure off. Sonny doesn't like Gabi but he has managed to tolerate her when she's not acting like Nick's hand puppet.
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Post by HQ75 on May 10, 2013 15:05:38 GMT -5
I think Will, Gabi and Sonny living together makes total sense too. It will actually take the pressure off and it means Sonny and Will can have MORE time together because Will doesn't have to choose between being with his daughter and being with Sonny. Obviously y'all know I don't like Gabi. But if she's not gonna die or go to jail, then she and Will should try to raise their daughter together with as little complication as possible. They have the resources to get a space with enough room so there is private space for Gabi and private space for Will and Sonny.
I think some people just freak out any time a gay man gets near a girl he's slept with. It's weird. Every gay guy I know has an ex girlfriend with whom they are close and they have NO desire to be with each other sexually or romantically.
I haven't seen the spoilers so I don't know what's going to happen with Gabi but as long as she's on the show, I'd rather she be in Will and Sonny's sphere than somewhere else where Will has to keep going to her house or some such.
Plus the potential for all kinds of drama and comedy can come from them all living together. Hell, let Chad move in too.
US soaps don't have enough flat shares with lots of roommates. It would save them money on sets and it allows for a non artificial reason for the characters to interact regularly.
Plus, it means they don't have to do EVERYTHING at the coffee house, the pub or in Horton Square.
I'm all for the group home of teenaged parents, boyfriends and friends.
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Post by HQ75 on May 10, 2013 12:32:01 GMT -5
I'm not sure about Charlie. I think it's intentionally mysterious. I can't decide how I feel about "new" Bryce. The old Bryce had a certain charm and whimsy about him. The new Bryce just seem so frantic and hysterical and he's a lot meaner. Hmmm
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Post by HQ75 on May 10, 2013 12:30:21 GMT -5
Dr. Browning has just trumped Silas, Brendan and Walker in the Evil Genius department. Damn...
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Post by HQ75 on May 9, 2013 14:35:09 GMT -5
Cameron is still a resident. They don't make any money. Plus Cameron has to pay for his own way through school so he has student loans. It takes a long time to become a doctor and a longer time before you make any money. Maybe Cameron doesn't want to feel like he's taking money from his friends? That's why he didn't just ask Chad or Abe for the money to begin with. He wants to do it on his own. I still have no idea how Will makes any money or Gabi. So it's nice to see someone actually working and struggling financially.
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Post by HQ75 on May 9, 2013 14:26:01 GMT -5
Maybe the title of this should be changed since Jamie Foster isn't a character on the show any more. Is that possible?
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Post by HQ75 on May 9, 2013 14:18:23 GMT -5
Dear Silas. Please come back and this time finish the job with Dr. Browning and Will. KThanksBye
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Post by HQ75 on May 9, 2013 14:10:54 GMT -5
Hawthorne, hold on to your hat honey!
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Post by HQ75 on May 8, 2013 13:47:30 GMT -5
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Post by HQ75 on May 8, 2013 13:45:46 GMT -5
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Post by HQ75 on May 8, 2013 12:54:58 GMT -5
The Outs Chanukah Special (on Youtube)
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Post by HQ75 on May 8, 2013 12:37:35 GMT -5
Ep. 1, Crossing Paths - Conversations With My Ex
Ep. 2, Walking Out - Conversations w/ My Ex
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Post by HQ75 on May 8, 2013 12:19:09 GMT -5
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Post by HQ75 on May 8, 2013 12:04:46 GMT -5
Yeah but plenty of shows are Geo-Blocked outside of the US. Degrassi was. That doesn't stop folks in the US from watching. It's just weird that folks put so much effort into watching shows with on or two gay characters and spend all their time complaining about the gay characters not being leads but then when gay folks make gay web series (there have been some really amazing ones in this past year til now) Hunting Season, In Between Men, Gossip Boy, Old Dogs & New Tricks, DTLA, The Outs and now Eastsiders and Conversations with My Ex You barely hear a peep on The Gays of Daytime. or the gay blogs. Just makes me sad. I guess folks must prefer the soap format or maybe the shows are "too" gay? No clue... The times when you don't have to complain about the lack of sexual intimacy, lack of screen time or lack of focus and folks hardly notice these shows. Obviously folks like what they like, it's just so strange to me that these threads of all gay or mostly gay series wouldn't be blowing up all over TGODT
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Post by HQ75 on May 7, 2013 16:45:40 GMT -5
Definitely needs more gay. I'd actually be okay with bringing back Kyle and Oliver as recasts at this point. They have such a grounding in the community being part of the hospital and police force.
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Post by HQ75 on May 7, 2013 16:43:54 GMT -5
I think Cameron is gorgeous and I like the chemistry between them better than Abby with Chad (they seem like brother and sister to me). I think Abby is ready to have sex. That's where they have been leading. It's about time too. Not having had sex is not some scared thing and in 2013 I'd think a soap would be more realistic at least about something like sex. I think Cameron is sweet and kind and he has a strong personality and he and Abby have hot chemistry. I'm hoping they find a way to get Cameron more involved with Will and Sonny in the future. Fingers crossed.
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Post by HQ75 on May 7, 2013 16:25:31 GMT -5
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Post by HQ75 on May 6, 2013 21:55:16 GMT -5
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