By
J.V.
3/9/06
If I may, I wish to begin by going back to a while ago when the
Dominick Marones lost their baby. Since I started with _Y&R_ in 1995,
I have been _MOST_ pleased as to how, in virtually all cases, the
Bells have treated the unborn! Abortions are _THANKFULLY_ avoided,
and, in this specific instance, and though an abortion is not at issue
here, this couple recognized that, though a fictional character on a
television program, this child would have been a _REAL_ person were
this story real, and hopefully would have been regarded as such from
the _INSTANT_ of conception!!!
I trust we all regret the death of Miss Felicia Forrester, wishing
she could have remained to love her son, though I personally do not
share her partying spirit. She _CERTAINLY_ loved the assumed father of
her child, insisting he was his up to the _VERY_ last possible moment,
and still wished he could be raised by him and his then-wife. Yet it
seems that she accepted the fact of his _REAL_ father in the end, and
that he would now raise him with the mother of her choice, the
latter's marriage now being over, the equally-unfortunate death of
another, their natural daughter, playing a regrettable part in this as
well.
But, _MOST_ unfortunately for me personally, what would this program
be without one of my _ABSOLUTE_ least-favorite of soap characters I
have yet encountered, Miss Brooke Logan? In addition to her well-known
lack of morals, I was especially sore with her, and with Mr. Bell, for
using her to interrupt one of my favorite storylines of _ALL_ my time
with the genre to date, that of Master Zende Forrester Dominguez. I
think she has also interrupted others, though maybe it is well that I
cannot currently remember which these were! I do, perhaps with some
reluctance, have to admit that her current doings are at least
slightly gripping, the dilemma as to who she will choose this time,
Destiny No. 1, her much-recycled, supposedly-unforgettable
relationship with Mr. Ridge of the Huge Ego, or Destiny No. 2, the man
she temporarily (or will it be so?) sacrificed for her daughter's
happiness, the typically-hot-blooded sailor, Mr. Nick Marone. I
currently have mixed feelings about that sailor's father. My
conservative, traditionalist head understands him wanting to preserve
his family lineage in at least some sort of honor and continuity
(though he is also flawed), but my heart is leaning, though not
exactly passionately, toward this son getting his woman, thus _MAYBE_
giving his other and preferred-match son, Meister Ridge, a little
knocking-down from his pedestal, for the which _AT_ _LEAST_ some have
been calling for some time!!!
As those of us who have been around _B&B_ for at least a few years
may recall, Mr. Bell, when releasing Miss Tylo for a time, allegedly
said that Dr. Hayes was just too virtuous. So, after she was back for
a while, he brought _HER_ down a few pegs as well. While this maverick
never much cared for her personality, I regret the hardships she has
recently suffered, though, again regrettably, the night she spent with
Dr. Warwick is certainly realistic. Yet one could wish that it had not
happened to her. As I have asked in personal E-Mails, etc., could we
not _PLEASE_ do with some old-fashioned _VIRTUE_ on our soaps from
time to time, even though they, by nature, are largely taken up with
unvirtuous doings? May Dr. Hayes somehow beat that country-music and
otherwise demon, Al K. Hall, may Miss Logan get her sailor, and then
may that couple _PLEASE_ weigh anchor and sail _AS_ _FAR_ _AS_
_POSSIBLE_ away from Los Angeles (as is said, is one not allowed to
dream?)!!!
J. V.
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