If you could change ONE storyline element from any time in Days history, what would it be? Would you add something, take something away, end something sooner? What? #Days #DOOL #DaysofOurLives #Jarlena #Stayla #Bope #Dulie #Shelle #Ericole #EJole #EJami #Lumi #Caustin #Broe - ThreadSky

rachieq.bsky.social • 106 days ago

If you could change ONE storyline element from any time in Days history, what would it be? Would you add something, take something away, end something sooner? What?

#Days #DOOL #DaysofOurLives #Jarlena #Stayla #Bope #Dulie #Shelle #Ericole #EJole #EJami #Lumi #Caustin #Broe

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jenetic9.bsky.social•106 days ago

I don’t think I’ve ever said this but the mofo castle. Sub rape, couldn’t just give us hotness on their honeymoon. They really tie it up for me. The damn pod twins, couldn’t just give us our 86 baby.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

Change subr*pe and you inevitably change everything after it. Like you say, give J&M a happy honeymoon, send them home to their LITTLE kids and then go into a completely different storyline about Marlena’s missing time and the 86 baby. Sigh.

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

Or do a storyline of Belle finding out about her conception as a pre teen/teen. They really missed a good opportunity with the younger years to have drama. Or her finding out that her sister kidnapped and tried to sell her on the black market.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

I’m just not really fond of Kristen Storms as Belle tbh and would rather the kids hadn’t been so ridiculously sorased. They should have given J&M a few more years with them as little ones before making them teens.

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

They could have aged them slightly like to 8-9 to give them meatier stories. I’m thinking Cassie on YR type thing. That show hit gold with CG playing her. And there was a lot especially with Belle they could have explored for a couple years. Also I’m not a huge KS Belle fan either.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

I loved young Ciara and am gutted they SORASed her. A Belle of that age would have been fun and interesting!

hotspringz.bsky.social•106 days ago

For me when Fauxman arrived in 97. Not that I wanted Marlena getting married in that yellow dress but that storyline signifies a finality to the great run of stories we had from 93-97. Would’ve loved them discovering 86 child at this time.

kellyraz.bsky.social•106 days ago

I would do away with Alex North. Total BS storyline!😡

rachieq.bsky.social•106 days ago

Ugh, THE WORST. It could have been SO GOOD too - if they'd gone down a different route with her amnesia - oh like maybe what had happened to her when Stefano had her (and I don't mean the Alien Twins - they could have rewritten that easily).... but NO. Make her an abused wife. 😶🙄🤢🤮

jandmfan1986.bsky.social•105 days ago

I remember watching it thinking it would be a great twist if it was actually Samantha he was married to and abused but blamed Marlena for her leaving him or something. Marlena being married to him made zero sense and I wanted to throw something at the TV.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

It really did make absolutely NO sense. I watched it recently for the first time and kept waiting for it to make some kind of sense and it just got more and more ridiculous and confusing. I just pretend it didn’t happen.

jandmfan1986.bsky.social•105 days ago

Right! I kept waiting thinking that the “aha” moment was coming and John would figure it all out, but 🤷‍♀️.

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

And then have the baby actually survive and give us Marlena’s niece.

jandmfan1986.bsky.social•105 days ago

I mean if we couldn’t have the 86 baby Sam’s daughter would’ve been an acceptable replacement 🤣

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

I want both! And Sam’s daughter is something they could do. Like ok we have bs right now. Make her an actress because she was raised in Cali and have her come for the show because she knows part of her past is linked to Salem. Or make Marin her daughter

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

Now see there is something I could get kinda sorta behind. And with her amnesia, if we have to sit through that, he could manipulate her into thinking it was her. And it would make more sense given that Sam took off to California.

kellyraz.bsky.social•106 days ago

Your next fanfic?

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

Well I kinda did that with TEV tbh. I’m thinking of doing my own take on The Affair at some point.

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

Thinking? 😂 is this not foregone. More bribery needed 😂 ✔️

004clinden.bsky.social•105 days ago

OA who’s “Alex North”?????

jenetic9.bsky.social•106 days ago

Did they ever explain why her sister and parents didn’t mention him?

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

I don’t believe they did. Like you’d think all that time Sam was living with Marlena she might have let slip that Marlena had her own mental instability and that she had a husband she’d forgotten all about? Ugh, I LOATHE that whole fucked up storyline. It could have been so cool too.

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

You’d think so. Or that DJ wasn’t her first pregnancy. And how did it take him that long to find her? She wasn’t using an assumed name and she was in the papers after possession.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

Well, also, he was a psychiatrist and she went to conferences and was well known and respected internationally. He said he didn’t want to upend her life but I don’t believe that. I choose to believe it was all bullshit and they were never married.

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

Which doesn’t fit given his entire storyline of trying to destroy her life. No abusive husband like that is just gonna let her live a happy life for 30ish years.

kellyraz.bsky.social•106 days ago

Nope

sabrina55.bsky.social•106 days ago

I hated the possession storyline. So corny

rachieq.bsky.social•106 days ago

While I respect that you didn’t like it, we’ll have to agree to disagree on this one. The attempts at the seduction of Fr John by MarDevil are some of my favourite moments of the 90’s!

70judyjack.bsky.social•106 days ago

Ruining Jack Deveraux by killing him off multiple times and “abandoning” his family. It is all bs. Thankfully, they fixed in 2012, but killed him again. Finally, came back in 2019

classicdaysof80s.bsky.social•106 days ago

Sub ra*e - there’s no question

rachieq.bsky.social•106 days ago

Yeah, I think that would probably be mine too. There's a LOT I would change but that comes top of the list.

🤢🤮

classicdaysof80s.bsky.social•106 days ago

It was the catalyst that led to my hiatus so - I wish it never happened. 😥

chatterbox20.bsky.social•106 days ago

Really torn between this and the SSK aftermath. They both lead to several years of awful stories.

rachieq.bsky.social•106 days ago

You’re not wrong! I almost think the SSK was worse except…. if Subr*pe hadn’t happened then the storylines after that would have taken a different turn and maybe SSK would have never happened either. I would happily expunge the John and Hope’s awkward attempt at tepid sex from my brain!

classicdaysof80s.bsky.social•106 days ago

SSK was my final straw in walking away with very brief glimpses back that never lasted. So if the subr*pe never happen the chain of events that caused me to leave likely wouldn’t have either - one more thing to blame on Tom Langan and jope.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

F*ckin’ Tom Langan! I mean, on one hand he gave us Da Plane, on the other hand he gave us Princess Giner. 🤮🤮🤮

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

He’s also responsible for aging the kids.

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

Yeah but take solace in the fact that he got escorted out when he got canned 😂

chatterbox20.bsky.social•105 days ago

It always blew my mind that Langan is the one that pushed the DHs to give us the incredible plane scene and then also gave us Jope, subr*pe and the Garden of Eden nonsense.

classicdaysof80s.bsky.social•105 days ago

I still am triggered by the damage he caused - that likely has a lot to do with how I couldn’t stick around long term every time I dipped my toes back in the past.

msgoldie.bsky.social•106 days ago

There are so many options!!! But I’d have to get rid of Princess Gina and everything that resulted from it.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

A-freaking-men!!

ntere.bsky.social•106 days ago

True I absolutely hated that storyline and i stopped watching 👀 days🤷🏻‍♀️

msgoldie.bsky.social•106 days ago

I watched it once when I was editing commercials out of full episodes and I will never watch any of it again. The writers ruined the honeymoon, they ruined Hope, and there was this general feeling of ugh 🤢🤢🤢 for so DAMNED long. Every time I think about it… 🤬🤬🤬

ntere.bsky.social•106 days ago

I stopped when TJ was born ..it was awful.I don’t know what the writers were thinking 🤔

lundt06.bsky.social•106 days ago

John and Kate.

rachieq.bsky.social•106 days ago

It was certainly vomiting-inducing, that’s for sure! And without Jate there would be no call for RoMar s*x (🤮) so no pregnancy, no staircase tumble, no Amnesia and no Alex North.

binkysprina.bsky.social•106 days ago

The story of how Johnny was conceived

Lexi getting killed off due to cancer

The Body and Soul storyline (it’s current but wacky)

The way Chanel and Johnny lost their baby (screw Rob for letting it happened)

#Days

004clinden.bsky.social•105 days ago

OA ooh good one. I’d also make sure that Allie and Chanel never became a couple.

binkysprina.bsky.social•105 days ago

They were okay but it wasn’t as great as Chanel and Johnny

004clinden.bsky.social•105 days ago

OA Challie were as about toxic as Chalia. I don’t get why some People shipped Allie and Chanel as a couple or what they saw in them. Still #Janel will always be better. ☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️

scarolinaladyt.bsky.social•102 days ago

Challie were a horrible couple. Not only did the pairing not make sense, I still don’t get how they were friends. As for what's happening with Janel, I'm not happy. I hate how Chanel is being written as so dense, but I say that with my continued uncertainty that Johnny actually slept with Joy.

004clinden.bsky.social•102 days ago

OA I believe he only slept with her but hopefully he didn’t get her pregnant. I hope #Janel can get through this when she finds out that her Husband slept with Joy!!!!! 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

binkysprina.bsky.social•105 days ago

I never cared for Chanel and Allie as a couple

004clinden.bsky.social•105 days ago

OA truthfully I still love Allie and Tripp together I never liked him with Wendy along with Johnny. However I do wish JJ or Joey would’ve dated her.

004clinden.bsky.social•105 days ago

OA that’s alright neither did I. 😂😂😂😂😂

kat82.bsky.social•106 days ago

The divorce stuff with Kristen in 2013, I think it was. Such a bulls..t story line and so out of character for John.

004clinden.bsky.social•105 days ago

OA also I’d get rid of MarDevil the first time it happened.

004clinden.bsky.social•105 days ago

OA have #Phloe get married, stay together and have a Family together.

shallotpeel.bsky.social•105 days ago

ONE?!!! Only one? I could probably list pages worth. Okay, one, you asked for it. When Marlena went to try to talk John Black into staying in Salem I would have had her rebuff his sexual advances, so Belle would be Roman's & #RoMar would still be the best ship.

shallotpeel.bsky.social•105 days ago

The brilliant DAYS story of Marlena loving 2 men. Dee deserved an Emmy, so did the writing.
https://rumble.com/v52qak8-days-of-our-lives-12-5-91-marlena-and-abe.html

notjenniferparker.bsky.social•106 days ago

Virtual Garden of Eden should not have happened, Adrienne should still be alive, and I really did not care for the John is the love child of Colleen Brady/Santo DiMera.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

I miss Adrienne. Seeing Bonnie fall down the lift shaft in the preview has me quietly hoping that we might see Adrienne again. Garden of Eden was awful but not show-destroying though.

notjenniferparker.bsky.social•105 days ago

I fast forwarded all of garden of Eden. Terrible.

kclynne.bsky.social•106 days ago

Abby's DID. Take all of it away. Personally I would have liked to have seen them decide to have another baby & lose it along the way. It could have been good post-partum with Abby's MI and then Chad reliving Grace... #Chabby

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

Yeah the DID out of nowhere was stupid, especially because DID like that is almost always related to abuse in childhood, so it’s a big NOPE from me. Using mental illness as a form of entertainment is pretty much like using r*pe and even worse when the two converge.

stevenk7.bsky.social•106 days ago

When the Salem stalker storyline ended I wish everyone went home happy. Then the 6 months of extra crap we got was meh.

rachieq.bsky.social•106 days ago

Yeah, it was pretty awful. I think a lot of us thought Reilly was trying to tank the show with the stalker bullshit. I am not sure at which point in the storyline he was jettisoned, but it wasn't soon enough.

stevenk7.bsky.social•106 days ago

It started off so well done but as it progressed something changed. The story is still highly remembered just felt like we were shortchanged.

jenetic9.bsky.social•106 days ago

I think Reilly got told he couldn’t kill that many characters off. Originally everyone who got killed was fired, so they had to find a way to bring them back. I still say it should have been a mar clone from the 90s.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

There was definitely a sudden backtracking. I’d love to know what Reilly’s real intention was. I pretty much hate that whole storyline because there are gaping plot holes and they never even tried to explain how Tandre was able to control Marlena and make her kill people.

jenetic9.bsky.social•105 days ago

I still think he was trying to tank the show to boost passions, and make it nbcs only “successful” soap. I see a huge conflict with him head writing both.

stevenk7.bsky.social•106 days ago

That’d have been bad ass.

jenetic9.bsky.social•106 days ago

I still wanna know where the clones are 😂

hershey-bar22.bsky.social•106 days ago

Sami would have never met EJ and Lucas would have been the father of Johnny and Allie.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

No EJ? Hmmmm, I could get behind that tbh!

hershey-bar22.bsky.social•105 days ago

Or at least EJ would have been the right age he's supposed to be, in Will's age range. I think that would have been better.

rachieq.bsky.social•105 days ago

Yeah, we’ve been discussing the Belle and Brady SORAS on another thread and the ridiculous age jumps make things so problematic. A young EJ coming back in the 10’s would have been great.

msdays.bsky.social•105 days ago

I agree ☝️ that Ej was so toxic and horrible

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