Guiding Light - MESSAGE BOARDS

Did you witness that jubilant scene between Alex and Alan in the study yesterday?

That scene was significant because we finally saw the two head Spauldings acting as normal people with a complex relationship. I want to see more of that. We actually saw Alan smile--and sing! Seeing their naked motivations actually left me wanting to see more of the characters' actions. That is a hallmark of good writing. It's not always about who can yell the loudest (Jonathan) and who can chew the most scenery (Olivia and REVA), it's sometimes about the little moments.

Gimme more!

Thank you! I'm blushing right now.

Writing is my first love but it's not my occupation, unfortunately. I can always express myself far better in written than spoken word.

It infuriates me sometimes that the writers don't seem to enjoy writing for these shows because writing for GL would be my dream come true. I'd need no other motivation than to see CC interpreting my script. I'd swoon right there on the set. OMG! Then I'd be put in a coma when Olivia slapped REVA down at my direction. Talk about heaven!

It was great to see them having a real conversation instead of the one liners we usually see.

My favorite part is when Alex called him over and planted a kiss on his cheek. I was starting to wonder if they were living in separate houses since you never see them together in the house anymore. They definitely need to show more scenes like that.

I desperately miss the core characters and the things we could always count on like the Bauer BBQ and Christmas celebrations. Its sad to me that the writers do not realize that this history is so relevant to the long time watchers. Continuing to spin a storyline around Reva and Josh is not what we mean when we say we miss the core characters and those meaty storylines, yet that is all we get.

You're so right! Let's not forget hot sex, though. You know we all watch soaps for our daily hot sex quotient.

Hot meaningless sex and screaming at obscene decibels. Those are all the things we soapers desire, right? /snark

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Remember the days of Holly and Fletcher, those were good days to watch. I miss so much about the old days of GL.

Sigh.

We had actual multiple-character scenes and layered scripts and subtext then. While the writing is good today it's very MTV cotton-candy stuff.

:)

Oh Thank you!

Did you see the conversation with Lillian and Alex today? Again, great scene. Maybe it took Marj to injure herself for the writers to realize that conversations between relatives and friends actually take place in Soapland.