ATWT: Nuked

Gemini6Ice · Post by **Gemini6Ice** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:43 pm

I have become obsessed with the Luke/Noah storyline on <i>As the World Turns</i>

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:49 pm

Isn't it just a gay crush storyline? Nothing too special on a soap opera. It's not like a mass murderer or a a possession or a Passions crazy-ass storyline.

WeaselSlayer · Post by **WeaselSlayer** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:59 pm

You're so jaded.

Gemini6Ice · Post by **Gemini6Ice** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:47 am

Niveous wrote:Isn't it just a gay crush storyline? Nothing too special on a soap opera. It's not like a mass murderer or a a possession or a Passions crazy-ass storyline.

Well, no, it's actually progressing towards something--it's not simply unrequited love (as Luke's last storyline was). mass murders and possessions are pretty common fare though. What makes the storyline remarkable, for me, is that it is being treated as any other love triangle on a soap. It's nothing special--and that's what makes it special.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:25 am

Well then its really the tail end of movement of homosexual storylines in soap operas. It's good to hear that a storyline like that can be treated like its commonplace (even though you're treating it like special). I can remember the uproar when they did the Azure C. storyline on "The City" (Azure C was a model who had undergone a sex change). It's nice to see progress.

Gemini6Ice · Post by **Gemini6Ice** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:20 pm

Niveous wrote:Well then its really the tail end of movement of homosexual storylines in soap operas. It's good to hear that a storyline like that can be treated like its commonplace (even though you're treating it like special). I can remember the uproar when they did the Azure C. storyline on "The City" (Azure C was a model who had undergone a sex change). It's nice to see progress.

Sorry, I think you misunderstand what I meant by "nothing special"--outside of the context of the show, it's big, but, within the show, it's being treated as any other romance on it. That is, the story's focus is on the characters and the story and not OMG THEY ARE TEH GAY. It's equal treatment by the scriptwriters and producers--which is what makes it a big deal to me.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:24 pm

Again, it's nice to see progress.

Gemini6Ice · Post by **Gemini6Ice** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 9:47 am

Monday's ep was great! I feel so bad for poor Maddie now that she's figured it out. :(