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somuchwhatever
Jun 1 2014, 06:13 PM
throughthehourglass
Jun 1 2014, 02:32 PM
ShaneDOOLFan
Jun 1 2014, 02:07 PM
Apparently James Scott (EJ) mentioned to someone at the event that the next 4 months are EJAMI fantastic and that there is the most fucking fantastic twist in soaps coming up. Ill believe that when I see it.
Shit just got real.

:run:
The last time James Scott said there was a fantastic twist coming up, we got EJabby.

:rockon:

:popcorn:

:cheers:

EJ/Abby was a fantastic twist for me.Since Nicole shreded the material that could have proved Kristin raped Eric,they killed Nick,and EJ/Abby affair ended,I have gone back to "enduring" rather than enjoying the show.The main reason I still watch on a daily basis is to look for clues to how the affair reveal will play out.
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Jun 1 2014, 08:19 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 11:31 AM
I think supercouples are a thing of the past. They don't write like that for couples anymore.

I think Ericole was the closest in recent history & then they blew that all to bits.

I liked Ejami alot back in the day but they never got true supercouple writing, IMO.

I don't think Wilson is either. It's like tptb are too scared to really give them any obstacles. Plus, I think GW & To a lesser extent FS would really have to step their game in the acting dept.
If acting skills determined supercoupledom then many people would be out. Take for example, Drake Hogestyn who has zero acting range.

I watched GW on other shows and his acting is good. I think he's been given bad direction but also he's getting used to the soap format and even then I have no problem with his acting. Granted, he looked stiff and somewhat nervous in the beginning but he stepped up. He would probably be good as an edgy and sarcastic guy with an attitude. I think Freddie is great and does good job with the crapy material he gets.
Drake is terrible now, but back during his "supercouple" writing he was actually pretty good, IMO.

I just watched Friday's Days and I thought GW was incredibly stiff. He's not the worst actor ever to be on a soap but I don't think that the writing for Wilson or the acting is going to get them any attention outside of soaps....other than what they've already gotten for being a gay couple.

Freddie is part of an incredibly popular couple and that popularity is testament to Freddie's and Chandler's talent and appeal. I don't think it was only because they're part of a gay couple. But it has a lot to do with the two actors, their charisma, screen presence....as well as acting. GH has gay characters and people didn't fall in love with them as soon as the characters appeared. People felt that way about Sonny. So, I believe Freddie has a lot of appeal that can translate to other things if he makes smart choices.

I can't say much about Guy because he assumed the role recently (January) and most of that time he was not featured, so it's hard to evaluate him. And it takes time to make a role played by someone as appealing as Chandler your own in such a short time.
Eh. Freddie is okay, IMO at times. Other times I think he's awful.

CM was good during The beginning of his run but towards the end he was totally phoning it in.

I just feel like Wilson is like an old couple.

I'm waiting for them to start helping each other up off the sofa & talking about the frequency of their bowel movements.

They're like watching your grandparents. They're cute & sweet but nothing exciting.
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Jun 1 2014, 07:33 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 12:12 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 12:07 PM
I don't think it's a very good formula for today's audience, though.
Ahem.

I respectfully disagree. :$
I disagree as well. There is no reason it couldn't be done now. I don't see how today's audience is any different or somehow wouldn't appreciate seeing that SUPERCOUPLE formula. In fact I think it's the reason why soaps are slowly dying.
I definitely don't agree with this. Many soap fans have changed. The viewing audience has changed. Back in the 70's, 80's and 90's, especially, there weren't as many TV channels or other media outlets to keep people's attention. Now if you don't like what you're seeing on one channel, it's very easy to change it to something else and never go back.

With some people's definitions of "supercouple" it really takes an extremely dedicated fan to continue to tune in to the show every episode over months and years at a time...through all of the torture that the couple is going to go through, etc...to hopefully get a semi-satisfying ending. I know that I used to tune out for long periods of time when things got too rough to watch or just didn't have enough of a pay-off and I know that I'm not the only one and I'm convinced that it is happening more often with soaps than ever...obviously, since the ratings don't lie.

There's a reason why this style of writing has died out, for the most part, and it's unfortunate that the soap writers have yet to be able to figure out what will please and fully entertain the next generation of soap fans but clearly they haven't yet.
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Jun 1 2014, 08:47 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 08:08 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 08:07 PM
I don't remember the last time JS said "brilliant twist", but he's been saying that the writing is the best he's ever seen for at least the last two years.
Which is why I'm not feeling confident at all about this supposed best twist in soap history.
I'm almost positive it will be the complete opposite of brilliant or whatever adjective he's using to describe it now.

It's like when they described the ugly baby as "breathtaking" on Seinfeld.
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Jun 1 2014, 07:33 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 12:12 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 12:07 PM
I don't think it's a very good formula for today's audience, though.
Ahem.

I respectfully disagree. :$
I disagree as well. There is no reason it couldn't be done now. I don't see how today's audience is any different or somehow wouldn't appreciate seeing that SUPERCOUPLE formula. In fact I think it's the reason why soaps are slowly dying.
I definitely don't agree with this. Many soap fans have changed. The viewing audience has changed. Back in the 70's, 80's and 90's, especially, there weren't as many TV channels or other media outlets to keep people's attention. Now if you don't like what you're seeing on one channel, it's very easy to change it to something else and never go back.

With some people's definitions of "supercouple" it really takes an extremely dedicated fan to continue to tune in to the show every episode over months and years at a time...through all of the torture that the couple is going to go through, etc...to hopefully get a semi-satisfying ending. I know that I used to tune out for long periods of time when things got too rough to watch or just didn't have enough of a pay-off and I know that I'm not the only one and I'm convinced that it is happening more often with soaps than ever...obviously, since the ratings don't lie.

There's a reason why this style of writing has died out, for the most part, and it's unfortunate that the soap writers have yet to be able to figure out what will please and fully entertain the next generation of soap fans but clearly they haven't yet.
I think they could potentially still make it work, but I definitely think it needs some adjustments. Until the last 14 or so years, I feel like Days did a good job of changing with the times. The OTT romances of the 80s fit that decade. The craziness in the 90s fit that decade. I don't think they've found what works for the two most recent decades. Though I guess since they've managed to stay on the air, they're not doing too badly. But I do think they need to modernize. The same formula could still work...with some minor changes.
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Jun 1 2014, 08:54 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 08:07 PM
I don't remember the last time JS said "brilliant twist", but he's been saying that the writing is the best he's ever seen for at least the last two years.
Which is why I'm not feeling confident at all about this supposed best twist in soap history.
I'm almost positive it will be the complete opposite of brilliant or whatever adjective he's using to describe it now.

It's like when they described the ugly baby as "breathtaking" on Seinfeld.
Imagine me as Kramer when he saw the baby everytime JS brags about a storyline.
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Jun 1 2014, 08:50 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 06:13 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 02:32 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 02:07 PM
Apparently James Scott (EJ) mentioned to someone at the event that the next 4 months are EJAMI fantastic and that there is the most fucking fantastic twist in soaps coming up. Ill believe that when I see it.
Shit just got real.

:run:
The last time James Scott said there was a fantastic twist coming up, we got EJabby.

:rockon:

:popcorn:

:cheers:

EJ/Abby was a fantastic twist for me.Since Nicole shreded the material that could have proved Kristin raped Eric,they killed Nick,and EJ/Abby affair ended,I have gone back to "enduring" rather than enjoying the show.The main reason I still watch on a daily basis is to look for clues to how the affair reveal will play out.
I got a bad feeling it won't be revealed until EJ is dying. AS said the dream fake-out allowed them to do a totally different take from what the actual reveal will be. That just seems weird to me because I don't see how Sami wouldn't be raging at him unless he is about to die. I hope that is not what happens because it would be really lame IMO.

Loved that JS said his favorite scenes were the shower scenes with KM. :D
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Jun 1 2014, 08:08 PM

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I'm almost positive it will be the complete opposite of brilliant or whatever adjective he's using to describe it now.

It's like when they described the ugly baby as "breathtaking" on Seinfeld.
Imagine me as Kramer when he saw the baby everytime JS brags about a storyline.
Precious.

Precious. Not previous.
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Jun 1 2014, 08:57 PM
sillibella
Jun 1 2014, 08:53 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 07:33 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 12:12 PM

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I disagree as well. There is no reason it couldn't be done now. I don't see how today's audience is any different or somehow wouldn't appreciate seeing that SUPERCOUPLE formula. In fact I think it's the reason why soaps are slowly dying.
I definitely don't agree with this. Many soap fans have changed. The viewing audience has changed. Back in the 70's, 80's and 90's, especially, there weren't as many TV channels or other media outlets to keep people's attention. Now if you don't like what you're seeing on one channel, it's very easy to change it to something else and never go back.

With some people's definitions of "supercouple" it really takes an extremely dedicated fan to continue to tune in to the show every episode over months and years at a time...through all of the torture that the couple is going to go through, etc...to hopefully get a semi-satisfying ending. I know that I used to tune out for long periods of time when things got too rough to watch or just didn't have enough of a pay-off and I know that I'm not the only one and I'm convinced that it is happening more often with soaps than ever...obviously, since the ratings don't lie.

There's a reason why this style of writing has died out, for the most part, and it's unfortunate that the soap writers have yet to be able to figure out what will please and fully entertain the next generation of soap fans but clearly they haven't yet.
I think they could potentially still make it work, but I definitely think it needs some adjustments. Until the last 14 or so years, I feel like Days did a good job of changing with the times. The OTT romances of the 80s fit that decade. The craziness in the 90s fit that decade. I don't think they've found what works for the two most recent decades. Though I guess since they've managed to stay on the air, they're not doing too badly. But I do think they need to modernize. The same formula could still work...with some minor changes.
Part of that era was the big beautiful gowns, the balls, the weddings, the big adventures, the big heroics. I don't think they have enough money to to keep up all that. Back then the fashion, the makeup, the hair were great in of themselves. Nowadays, it's torturous just looking at the show aesthetically. It's an EVENT when ONE character on the show looks good. I'm just remembering Melanie's wedding dress that looked like a yard sale find.
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Jun 1 2014, 08:57 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 08:53 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 07:33 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 12:12 PM

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I disagree as well. There is no reason it couldn't be done now. I don't see how today's audience is any different or somehow wouldn't appreciate seeing that SUPERCOUPLE formula. In fact I think it's the reason why soaps are slowly dying.
I definitely don't agree with this. Many soap fans have changed. The viewing audience has changed. Back in the 70's, 80's and 90's, especially, there weren't as many TV channels or other media outlets to keep people's attention. Now if you don't like what you're seeing on one channel, it's very easy to change it to something else and never go back.

With some people's definitions of "supercouple" it really takes an extremely dedicated fan to continue to tune in to the show every episode over months and years at a time...through all of the torture that the couple is going to go through, etc...to hopefully get a semi-satisfying ending. I know that I used to tune out for long periods of time when things got too rough to watch or just didn't have enough of a pay-off and I know that I'm not the only one and I'm convinced that it is happening more often with soaps than ever...obviously, since the ratings don't lie.

There's a reason why this style of writing has died out, for the most part, and it's unfortunate that the soap writers have yet to be able to figure out what will please and fully entertain the next generation of soap fans but clearly they haven't yet.
I think they could potentially still make it work, but I definitely think it needs some adjustments. Until the last 14 or so years, I feel like Days did a good job of changing with the times. The OTT romances of the 80s fit that decade. The craziness in the 90s fit that decade. I don't think they've found what works for the two most recent decades. Though I guess since they've managed to stay on the air, they're not doing too badly. But I do think they need to modernize. The same formula could still work...with some minor changes.
It's possible, but, imo, not very probable. There's just too much going on elsewhere and the writing has to be pretty spectacular to keep people's interests over long periods of time. Right now they are just shooting darts in the dark and hoping to God that something sticks. Honestly though, so many people really do have the attention span of a gnat. If you don't catch their attention in just the right way, it's very difficult to bring in new viewers, or to keep the viewers you already had.
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Jun 1 2014, 08:57 PM
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I definitely don't agree with this. Many soap fans have changed. The viewing audience has changed. Back in the 70's, 80's and 90's, especially, there weren't as many TV channels or other media outlets to keep people's attention. Now if you don't like what you're seeing on one channel, it's very easy to change it to something else and never go back.

With some people's definitions of "supercouple" it really takes an extremely dedicated fan to continue to tune in to the show every episode over months and years at a time...through all of the torture that the couple is going to go through, etc...to hopefully get a semi-satisfying ending. I know that I used to tune out for long periods of time when things got too rough to watch or just didn't have enough of a pay-off and I know that I'm not the only one and I'm convinced that it is happening more often with soaps than ever...obviously, since the ratings don't lie.

There's a reason why this style of writing has died out, for the most part, and it's unfortunate that the soap writers have yet to be able to figure out what will please and fully entertain the next generation of soap fans but clearly they haven't yet.
I think they could potentially still make it work, but I definitely think it needs some adjustments. Until the last 14 or so years, I feel like Days did a good job of changing with the times. The OTT romances of the 80s fit that decade. The craziness in the 90s fit that decade. I don't think they've found what works for the two most recent decades. Though I guess since they've managed to stay on the air, they're not doing too badly. But I do think they need to modernize. The same formula could still work...with some minor changes.
It's possible, but, imo, not very probable. There's just too much going on elsewhere and the writing has to be pretty spectacular to keep people's interests over long periods of time. Right now they are just shooting darts in the dark and hoping to God that something sticks. Honestly though, so many people really do have the attention span of a gnat. If you don't catch their attention in just the right way, it's very difficult to bring in new viewers, or to keep the viewers you already had.
I think that's the main tweak they'd need to make. There would need to be enough going on otherwise to keep people invested. But I agree that it's not very probable, lol. If we go with the Ericole example, I think they REALLY needed to have them both involved in other stories instead of always together in that rectory. If the two of them had been heavily involved in other things and the build to their romance had been more of a tertiary story, I think it would have worked better. Their actual build up was well written, IMO, but it was hard to stay interested because their story WAS their build up.
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Jun 1 2014, 08:09 PM
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I don't remember the last time JS said "brilliant twist", but he's been saying that the writing is the best he's ever seen for at least the last two years.
Which is why I'm not feeling confident at all about this supposed best twist in soap history.
It'd really be to his advantage to take it down a notch or 17 when he describes story, lol.
Him and KA.
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It's like when they described the ugly baby as "breathtaking" on Seinfeld.
Imagine me as Kramer when he saw the baby everytime JS brags about a storyline.
Precious.

Precious. Not previous.
I would always assume you were saying precious to me. :wub:
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Jun 1 2014, 09:08 PM
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Jun 1 2014, 08:53 PM

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I think they could potentially still make it work, but I definitely think it needs some adjustments. Until the last 14 or so years, I feel like Days did a good job of changing with the times. The OTT romances of the 80s fit that decade. The craziness in the 90s fit that decade. I don't think they've found what works for the two most recent decades. Though I guess since they've managed to stay on the air, they're not doing too badly. But I do think they need to modernize. The same formula could still work...with some minor changes.
It's possible, but, imo, not very probable. There's just too much going on elsewhere and the writing has to be pretty spectacular to keep people's interests over long periods of time. Right now they are just shooting darts in the dark and hoping to God that something sticks. Honestly though, so many people really do have the attention span of a gnat. If you don't catch their attention in just the right way, it's very difficult to bring in new viewers, or to keep the viewers you already had.
I think that's the main tweak they'd need to make. There would need to be enough going on otherwise to keep people invested. But I agree that it's not very probable, lol. If we go with the Ericole example, I think they REALLY needed to have them both involved in other stories instead of always together in that rectory. If the two of them had been heavily involved in other things and the build to their romance had been more of a tertiary story, I think it would have worked better. Their actual build up was well written, IMO, but it was hard to stay interested because their story WAS their build up.
Yeah, I definitely agree that the couple needs to be involved in other stories besides their own and those stories that they would be involved in have to be interesting as well. It's a tall order these days and while that's a shame I understand that it can be difficult these days because of so many other shows going on and more movies than ever coming out and all these other media options that fans have, writers have been under the gun to do whatever it takes to get new viewers and keep viewers that for years we've now gotten stories that are plot-driven and not character-driven way more often than not (I'm being nice here). Twists and turns and angst and rare happy moments used to be something to be sought after because we knew so much about the characters and couples and time was taken for them to be together (friends or enemies...what have you) before they ever really got to be a couple. Now we have way too many instant-romances or instant-affairs or crazy plot twists that just make absolutely no sense. If there are too many meaningless turns, too much angst and not enough happy (or too much happy), people are more likely to tune out...but that's just my opinion.
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I think they could potentially still make it work, but I definitely think it needs some adjustments. Until the last 14 or so years, I feel like Days did a good job of changing with the times. The OTT romances of the 80s fit that decade. The craziness in the 90s fit that decade. I don't think they've found what works for the two most recent decades. Though I guess since they've managed to stay on the air, they're not doing too badly. But I do think they need to modernize. The same formula could still work...with some minor changes.
It's possible, but, imo, not very probable. There's just too much going on elsewhere and the writing has to be pretty spectacular to keep people's interests over long periods of time. Right now they are just shooting darts in the dark and hoping to God that something sticks. Honestly though, so many people really do have the attention span of a gnat. If you don't catch their attention in just the right way, it's very difficult to bring in new viewers, or to keep the viewers you already had.
I think that's the main tweak they'd need to make. There would need to be enough going on otherwise to keep people invested. But I agree that it's not very probable, lol. If we go with the Ericole example, I think they REALLY needed to have them both involved in other stories instead of always together in that rectory. If the two of them had been heavily involved in other things and the build to their romance had been more of a tertiary story, I think it would have worked better. Their actual build up was well written, IMO, but it was hard to stay interested because their story WAS their build up.
I think where they went wrong with the Ericole story, at least in regards to modeling it after a traditional supercouple story is having Nicole destroy the evidence. She should have internalized her insecurities by believing Eric deserved better and pushed him away, thinking he'd decide to stay a priest. Even better if she had some fake fling to convince him she didn't want him. He should have left town (not for long, just long enough for Nicole to be sure it was over). Then he comes back, but he's still decided to leave the church. While he's gone, Nicole marries some guy for his money or some other stupid reason (believing she doesn't deserve real love anyway). Then when Eric comes back free from his vows and determined to convince her, she's stuck in some marriage.

Then you get a few months of angsty looks, temptations, and maybe even an almost kiss or two before the big something happens that puts them together (at least until the next thing happens).

That would be in line with traditional supercouple writing. It might not be everybody's cup of tea, but I would have loved it.
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It's possible, but, imo, not very probable. There's just too much going on elsewhere and the writing has to be pretty spectacular to keep people's interests over long periods of time. Right now they are just shooting darts in the dark and hoping to God that something sticks. Honestly though, so many people really do have the attention span of a gnat. If you don't catch their attention in just the right way, it's very difficult to bring in new viewers, or to keep the viewers you already had.
I think that's the main tweak they'd need to make. There would need to be enough going on otherwise to keep people invested. But I agree that it's not very probable, lol. If we go with the Ericole example, I think they REALLY needed to have them both involved in other stories instead of always together in that rectory. If the two of them had been heavily involved in other things and the build to their romance had been more of a tertiary story, I think it would have worked better. Their actual build up was well written, IMO, but it was hard to stay interested because their story WAS their build up.
I think where they went wrong with the Ericole story, at least in regards to modeling it after a traditional supercouple story is having Nicole destroy the evidence. She should have internalized her insecurities by believing Eric deserved better and pushed him away, thinking he'd decide to stay a priest. Even better if she had some fake fling to convince him she didn't want him. He should have left town (not for long, just long enough for Nicole to be sure it was over). Then he comes back, but he's still decided to leave the church. While he's gone, Nicole marries some guy for his money or some other stupid reason (believing she doesn't deserve real love anyway). Then when Eric comes back free from his vows and determined to convince her, she's stuck in some marriage.

Then you get a few months of angsty looks, temptations, and maybe even an almost kiss or two before the big something happens that puts them together (at least until the next thing happens).

That would be in line with traditional supercouple writing. It might not be everybody's cup of tea, but I would have loved it.
I agree from a narrative perspective, but as a person who liked Ericole, I was also bored out of my mind. It'd have really helped me at least if they'd been involved in more.
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Jun 1 2014, 07:50 PM
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ETA: I just googled her. I see she sets up fan events. Was she setting something up for Drake at one time?
She managed his fan club and was doing his events. I'll leave it at that :D
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I think that's the main tweak they'd need to make. There would need to be enough going on otherwise to keep people invested. But I agree that it's not very probable, lol. If we go with the Ericole example, I think they REALLY needed to have them both involved in other stories instead of always together in that rectory. If the two of them had been heavily involved in other things and the build to their romance had been more of a tertiary story, I think it would have worked better. Their actual build up was well written, IMO, but it was hard to stay interested because their story WAS their build up.
I think where they went wrong with the Ericole story, at least in regards to modeling it after a traditional supercouple story is having Nicole destroy the evidence. She should have internalized her insecurities by believing Eric deserved better and pushed him away, thinking he'd decide to stay a priest. Even better if she had some fake fling to convince him she didn't want him. He should have left town (not for long, just long enough for Nicole to be sure it was over). Then he comes back, but he's still decided to leave the church. While he's gone, Nicole marries some guy for his money or some other stupid reason (believing she doesn't deserve real love anyway). Then when Eric comes back free from his vows and determined to convince her, she's stuck in some marriage.

Then you get a few months of angsty looks, temptations, and maybe even an almost kiss or two before the big something happens that puts them together (at least until the next thing happens).

That would be in line with traditional supercouple writing. It might not be everybody's cup of tea, but I would have loved it.
I agree from a narrative perspective, but as a person who liked Ericole, I was also bored out of my mind. It'd have really helped me at least if they'd been involved in more.
Oh, no question. I wasn't disagreeing with that aspect. I was just saying that their buildup didn't have to be the whole story. And there is no doubt that most couples these days suffer from the characters being stuck in the small bubble of their story.
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Halloween Family
Jun 1 2014, 09:02 PM
Part of that era was the big beautiful gowns, the balls, the weddings, the big adventures, the big heroics. I don't think they have enough money to to keep up all that. Back then the fashion, the makeup, the hair were great in of themselves. Nowadays, it's torturous just looking at the show aesthetically. It's an EVENT when ONE character on the show looks good. I'm just remembering Melanie's wedding dress that looked like a yard sale find.
This is kinda sorta true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHIcWtDAUKs

And she wasn't the only one, lol.
Edited by granolagirl, Jun 1 2014, 09:42 PM.
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