ATWT: LOOK OUT!!!

Oy… either Jean Passanante and her team is back writing early or the scabs have really, REALLY dropped the ball and broke it into a million shards.

Wednesday, February 27th:

The problem I had with the part of Ameera questioning Luke and Noah’s sexuality was the huge lack of continuity. Luke said after coming out to Holden and Lily that he can’t remember not being gay, and Noah… well, first of all there’s he and Gabe’s awkward confrontation in Branson, and we had Colonel Psycho going on and on about him being with “the wrong crowd” and “those kinds of people.” With Wednesday’s scenes, we’re supposed to just disregard all of that. I don’t know if they just forgot about history, or if it was just plain bad dialogue. Either way, I didn’t care for it at all. And let’s not forget the big swerve. What were they trying to avoid? It was clear there was nothing on the road… nothing but air.

Thursday, February 28th:

You’ve just got to love closed-minded drunk guys with about 24 beer cans in their car. I felt there were good and bad things about the fight scene. The good was the fact that Luke can surely defend himself, especially when his man is in danger. I was chanting “GO, LUKE!” during that. The bad parts I felt were that it seemed like there was way too much going on, and at parts it was hard to follow. And why wasn’t Holden kicking any ign’ant frat boy tail?

One thing I don’t get is that why did Ameera say that Noah was her brother at the hospital and nothing happened? She said that, and the scene ended complete with Luke’s surprised expression. You can’t say out of the blue that you’re related to someone and nothing happen that day after the fact.

My problem with the whole religion/gay bashing bit is that Procter & Gamble is sending such a mixed message. It’s nice that they’re trying to show that it’s wrong to attack people because of their race and religion and that being a bigot is not okay… but at the same time, this effort gets canceled out because by not letting Luke and Noah kiss and show simple affection, they’re caving into the same group of people. And then throw the word faggot into the mix and you’ve got yourself a pretty sticky situation. The fans want to see the kisses… and after seeing the Public Service Announcement… not only do Van and Jake and the writers get the message, but even CBS does. Everyone gets it… except Procter & Gamble, who caved into the demands of the AFA. The AFA, of all people. They could learn from Brothers & Sisters. Kevin has kissed a guy on the lips on that series at least three times and the sun has always risen the next day. The world didn’t end both times Luke and Noah kissed either. By reaching this “compromise,” are the ‘phobes supposed to watch now and say “Yes! They didn’t kiss on the lips today! Score!”? I don’t get it.

What I am sure about as far as the storyline goes is that I do like the idea of there being angst between them. Angst when done right is always a great thing on soaps. They’re on more than once a week. But at the same time I’d be a lot less skittish if this didn’t seem to be such a blatant way of holding off on Luke and Noah’s affectionate scenes.

I’d also like this storyline if there weren’t holes in it already. I love my boys, I really do, but this week has kind of been just… wow.