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Robservations / Re:#1169/1170: Robservations 11/17/03: A Curse is Lifted
« on: November 17, 2003, 09:59:51 PM »But really the idea that he's gonna trust Angelique cuz after a bit-o-time (not as long for her as HIM) . .. she's being nice and freed him from a horrible curse (which caused him to kill how many?) that she laid. . . it just really makes my stomache churn. . . and goes again to support a statement made elsewhere that the writers were just doing whatever 'til they were all outta there. . .
It's probably understandable how many Julia fans might have that reaction. But we've talked about this before, and it's inevitable on almost every soap that adversarial couples like Barnabas and Angelique somehow find a way to put their differences behind them and suddenly realize that they were really attracted to each other, if not in love all along. And as hard as it is to believe, some couplings have made a lot less sense than Barnabas and Angelique did.
It's just a tried and true soap convention. And once Lela Swift took over as the producer, it was clear that she wanted to introduce more classic soap elements into the show. Personally, I feel that if DS had perhaps kept more of those classic elements in its storyline, it may have lasted far longer than it did...