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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 274810" data-attributes="member: 27">Boring ol' Michael and Willow would be just fine if Michael were not a legacy character connected to so many core families.  Pairing her with Chase would be fine since they're both second-tier, likeable characters who interact well with the main characters.   They seem to make the same mistake over and over with Michael's love interests (goody two-shoes boring, just like him), which is why most of them end up getting killed off due to viewer disinterest.   It's sort of a running gag at this point, but a lot of people think there is more romantic chemistry between Michael and Chase than Michael and Willow. I'm reminded of boring ol' Jamie Frame on Another World being paired with boring ol' Lisa Grady and causing us all to doze off---until scheming heiress Vicky Hudson set her cap for him and stole him away before Lisa knew what hit her.  Anne Heche's Vicky had enough personality and charisma for both characters, so people actually started to care for Jamie again.  Their stormy pairing wasn't meant to last forever, but she did more to make people care about Jamie than anything he could have done on his own at that point.  If GH could find someone equally tempestuous and problematic to keep Michael guessing, he could show more layers and be more than everyone's "straight man".  I've suggested Maxie in the past, but her life is in such tatters right now that he does not need that added baggage.  There will never be another Vicky Hudson, unfortunately, but maybe something along the lines of a younger Ava?</blockquote>

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