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I was watching SoapTalk on SoapNet and they had a little discussion session. One of the things they were discussing was should soaps have happy endings or should the characters end up victims. I think we need happy endings. Of course it wouldn’t be a soap opera without the conflict…kidnap, rape, adultry, etc… but as Erin Torpey (OLTL, Jessica) mentioned, there is only so much a character can go through. This is so true…take Hope Brady for example. Anyone who’s watched Days of Our Lives knows that she has been through everything. She’s been kidnapped more than we could ever imagine and she’s been presumed dead several times as well. After so many times of her being a damsel in distress, it becomes very old news. I quit watching for a while…then pick it up again…lo and behold…Hope has been kidnapped once again. Then everyone thinks she is dead…except Bo of course. He would know if she were really dead.

I think the writers need to back off and put Hope on the back burner for a while. The character needs some peace in her life and I think the viewers need a break from seeing her going through another kidnap.

It’s great to have conflict…but I think I can speak for many. We would also like to see someone having fun and being in a loving relationship. Currently there are no couples that are really happy in any of the soaps I watch. They may think they are happy, but if you think about it..can you really name one that is truly happy and that are currently having no issues? I’d like to see just one in the whole mess.

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