Some quick reflections ...

... on the past few weeks.

I'm loving the Show. I'm just a Soap Whore I guess. GRIN!

Even with the uncomfortable circumstances (I am the mistress of understatement ... yes, I am. Grin!) surronding Paul and Meg's two weddings ... I'm happy that they ARE married. Paul fan that I am, I am thrilled that Paul has finally gotten his gal. He's been in love with Meg for years. It's been a long long road. I was furious that their wedding in the Fall of 2006 was derailed by Emily. And yeah ... finding out that Paul tried to smother Craig was a shock to Meg, but honey? Looking back, I WISH that Paul had not been interrupted. Especially by e m i l y ... who had none so clean hands herself in that whole mess. If she hadn't continually colluded with Craig to break Paul and Meg up ... Paul would never have been driven to that attempted homicide. It's all Emily's fault. Heh. Damn her. And ... Craig dead would have saved me a lot of the aggravation that followed. Sigh. But that's Soap. Hee!

And ... speaking of Soap. I think that the poisonings are a terrific mechanism. Is it realistic? Well, sorta. Our government has been developing and experimenting with population impact psychotropic warfare for decades. With all the advances in pharmacological specific targeting ... it is believable to ME that a drug could be devised to target the release of inhibitions. To release subconscious fears. And that is what seems to be happening with Allison, Chris, Emily (though she just seems to be her regular self to me ... grin!) and Meg.

The poisenings are also a terrific umbrella Story that ties a lot of people into the same Arc. It gives some of my very favorite characters a chance to shine, and my not so favorite characters another way to live down to my low expectations of them. Ha ha ha!

In any case ... even if (and that's a big if) there is no real proof that such a drug could exist in Real Life ... so what? Soap is NOT Real Life. Soap Opera takes place in an Alternate Universe that is similar to our Reality, but does NOT follow a lot of our Real conventions. People whine about Medical and Legal divergences, but c'mon! Soap is where people come back from the dead, have face transplants, quickly recover from catastophic injuries ... have very rare psychiatric disorders. Not to mention ... time travelling, trips to Heaven, lost cities, alien encounters, Satanic posessions and on and on. As the World Turns has dipped into that, too. It is NOT a reality based Soap as some allege. Nor should it be.

Soap is an Art Form that has it's own specific "rules". It is stylized in it's own specific way. It, like other stylized Art Forms, requires "Suspension of Disbelief". Because ..... Soap is NOT about realism. It is about EMOTION.

People talk about the Death of Soap. Soap is still Soap. It is the audience, not the Art Form that has changed. And ... if Soap ever does die, it will be a terrible loss to Story Telling. Which for thousands of years has NOT been "reality based."


Soap is about Emotion. And with this present Story Arc, we have been treated to an emotional rollercoaster ride that still has not reached that last peak. Yay!

This Arc just has everything. I could not be happier.

• I am LOVING this storyline! This is what soaps are all about....totally suspending reality in your mind! I mean....c'mon....even without poison jewelry....how many people commit adultery 5 times in their lives!? LOL Or marry the same members of the same family over and over?! Please! This is great story, and I am enjoying the entire SL....okay, I admit, I did FF thru almost all of Parker/Liberty and their parents today....ugh. Tomorrow....hurricane day....RH!! Thank goodness for YouTube, b/c I'm sure my local station will be showing a puddle of 2 inch water and warning us all to stay inside! LOL (NT) -- MissBecks, 20:12:49 08/04/08 Mon
  • Oh man ... I'm having the BEST time, Becky! Wooooooooo! And RH? Can he get any sexier? Well, probably ... whenever I think he's reached the height ... guy astonishes me again. Yesssssssssssssss!

    Uh. Guity Grin here. Blush. I LOVED Brad and Liberty at the cabin yesterday. I've always loved Brad ... and when he and Liberty did that "duet" I was grinning my face off. Hee! (NT) -- tat, 05:20:38 08/05/08 Tue

    • And hey? I hope that the hurricane does fizzle. Take care! (NT) -- tat, 05:22:54 08/05/08 Tue